FlashForward: Revelation Zero

After an extremely long hiatus FlashForward is finally back with a two episode spring premier. I wish I was more excited. This was a show I did not miss at all and I did not even give a single thought to since the episode named after the serial number of Marks gun until I realized my DVR was recording this episode.

I still hate Mark and Olivia's feelings towards Lloyd are still non-sensible. But overall I cannot say that I hated this episode. I might have even liked it if ABC did not force feed me two hours of FlashForward in a single sitting. Unfortunately, as aired the second hour seemed to make the entire first hour seem irrelevant when it was actually building decent drama.

Simon's "Uncle" was either poorly acted or written or both. I did not buy him as middle or upper management in an evil plot to conduct a science experiment. The "interrogation" scene with Lloyd was downright moronic sounding. "How many kilowatt hours did you produce in your particle acceleration track?", does not exactly make for engaging dialogue. When he said, "I'm the bad guy" I actually cringed. He may have said something about being evil but I'm not going to spend the time re-watching that horrible scene.

On the positive side, I was genuinely shocked when the two masked men showed up behind Janice! Maybe it was because I find her to be the most engaging character on this show and was worried they would kill her off. I was frustrated with the way Simon escaped her custody time after time, but was placated by how easily she was able to apprehend him again.

I thought that the opening scene with the window washer would have made a much better opening scene of the series than the junk that aired in the first episode. I did, however, hate the character of the window washing preacher, two steps forward, one back.

I was not blown away by the revelation that Simon was in fact suspect zero. I am hoping that this allows him to become the extremely villainous character he is capable of becoming. He has killed at least three people and is obviously morally ambiguous enough to be consumed by the promise of the type of power his organization is able to wield.

If I was Lloyd and I was being interrogated by Mark about why I did not share all the information in my FlashForward I would have said, "I had to keep it a secret because the writers did not come up with that bit of story line until they had to tweak the series over the hiatus". Of course I'm not Lloyd.

It's a good thing I'm not Mark either because I was ready to kick in the eight ball door the second I saw it. Actually I would have called the FBI, then kicked in the door. Mark had to drive 10 minutes down the road before he made the connection that my dog Benji was able to make instantaneously.