Posts Tagged‘flashforward’

FlashForward: “A561984”

Exit, Guns Blazing FlashForward “A561984” Thursdays, ABC, 8PM Written by David S. Goyer & Scott M. Gimple Directed by Michael Nankin The so-called “Fall Finale” of FlashForward ends with ambulances, guns, panic, and screaming—pretty much where it started. In the intervening ten episodes, we’ve had a world-wide shared consciousness event, two million deaths, a fundamental shift in our understanding of the future—and then a re-shift back to where it was. The only news we got out of this final episode was that Mark and Olivia probably met and married in another universe. Otherwise, we still don’t know anything more than we did…

FlashForward: “Believe”

Flash Light FlashForward “Believe” ABC, Thursday, 8PM Written by Nicole Yorkin & Dawn Prestwich Directed by Michael Nankin This episode of FlashForward went back to one of the strengths of the show: the exploration of the effects of the Flashforward on ordinary people. The FBI search for the perpetrators of the Flashforward has serious conceptual flaws, but the dissection of its effects on individuals is a rich vein to mine. I am glad to see that the show is now opening up these stories. Tonight’s focus was on Dr. Bryce Varley (Zachary Knighton,Bones), the handsome young surgeon who was on the brink…