FlashForward: Countdown

Mark Benford must die. Not because it makes sense narratively and not because it would make for riveting emotionally charged television. Mark must bite the big one simply because he is a miserable human being with a deficit of redeeming qualities. I will shed no tears for Mark if he does not make it out of this series alive, but I may cry a bit if he does because I will have been robbed of the only satisfaction I fear this series has in store for me.

Let us take stock of our characters positions relative to their flashes. Olivia and Charlie are going to ride out the flash on a beach? Something tells me they will be back home in time for their futures. Dylan and Lloyd are waiting for Olivia and Charlie to return so Dylan can have a cookie while his father roams topless around the house. Meanwhile, Mark is sobering up in a drunk tank. Hopefully he stays there long enough to stumble to the FBI where he can be killed. Janice is on her way to the particle accelerator, but she just grabbed her stomach as if something was wrong with the baby, perhaps she needs to get an ultrasound.

Wedeck is at the FBI which makes it likely that he will need to hit the toilet in that building, but I believe he will be too nervous to read the paper. His wife saw an adopted son, but we have not seen her since the one episode she was in and I fear that she is a dropped plot thread. The President is well on his way to resigning in order for his Vice President to take the oath of office. Aaron's daughter just died which means his flash was wrong, maybe he is on his way to D.C. to assassinate the president who obviously had a hand in the Jericho debacle.

Simon and Demetri are wild-cards because one did not flash and one could not flash. Hopefully together they can make something interesting happen.

Nicole confessed to Bryce that she knew the whereabouts of Kimeko. Which sent him running into the arms of Kimeko. No wonder she wanted to keep that a secret. Bryce is a jerk, maybe he and Mark should end of together.