FlashForward - A561984 - Recap
(Here's Noelle's recap of tonight's episode of FlashForward: A561984)
It's the last episode till March (NOOOOOOOOOO) and they're setting us up with one heck of an episode. Mark and Demetri travel to Hong Kong in search of the mysterious woman who knows of Demetri's fate, Zoey has a realization about her flashforward, and Lloyd and Simon make a big announcement about the blackout.
The big announcement this week is Lloyd's decision to come forward with Simon and accept responsibility for the blackout. They hold a press conference where he tries to explain they didn't mean it. His company has been performing experiments attempting to duplicate The Big Bang. Aww Lloyd. Simon is not a happy camper and would rather Lloyd kept his mouth shut. Simon doesn't believe their experiment was the cause. It doesn't really matter however, because they are the ones on that stage and they are the ones getting shot at by a crazy grief stricken woman in the audience. I understand Lloyd's guilt but he has a son. Does he really think that taking responsibility for a global catastrophe is the safest thing to do?
Simon goes to the FBI to have a little chat. He's willing to work together to put together the missing pieces of the blackout puzzle because he apparently has a bigger brain. But..didn't he claim to know exactly what caused the blackout a couple episodes back? Or was that just a generalization to hook up with that chick? Anywho, Janis and Wedeck show him satellite footage of those creepy towers in Somalia. He explains to them what they are and says he designed them. "It increases the rate of acceleration for traditional radio frequency machines." I have no idea what this means. He says it's impossible that the photo is real because the technology doesn't exist yet. He came up with it in 1992. The photo is from 1991. Dun dun DUN.
Mark and Demetri head to Hong Kong to try and track down the mystery woman from Dem's death phone call. They find her in a persian restaurant (stereotype much?) and she's surrounded by heavily armed guards. It seems she was expecting this sort of disturbance in her meals. She tells them after much pleading, that she saw Mark, his gun, and his gun's serial number. It will be Mark who will shoot Demetri three times intentionally. Yikes. Wonder what Demetri will do to piss off Mark so much to want to kill him. I can only think of Charlie or Olivia. Mark overreacts just a tad. He takes her hostage, kinda stands there, hands over his gun and badge and finds out the CIA is involved in Mosaic. Sheesh, all in one trip.
Mystery woman is hanging out with D. Gibbons in her apartment. She's "protecting" him. What?? My brain. Unfortunately in the "I saw this coming" category, we have Zoey and her vision. Walking along a beach carrying a single white rose. Previously thought to be her wedding, we get a second piece of information. Demetri's parents are there, further making Zoey believe they have put aside their doubts and attended her future wedding. Sadly, she starts to realize that it isn't her wedding after all. It's Demetri's funeral. Change the future!
Lloyd really has put himself in quite a pickle. His son is no longer safe at the hospital he's currently at so Lloyd tries to have him transferred somewhere more secure. Olivia vows to help him arrange this and flirts with him along the way. Sigh. Oh Olivia. Not that I blame you. During one of their flirt sessions, Lloyd and Olivia discover they both almost attended the same college. Lloyd then officially brings in the alternate reality theory, suggesting he and Olivia could very well have met before. If you believe in that sort of thing. Two creepy guys posing as ambulance attendees transporting Dylan, kidnap Lloyd. :O Save Lloyd!!
I loved this episode! So much happened and it left us with a good cliffhanger. Even though it breaks my heart that the show is gone until March, the preview looks amazing.
Questions from Tonight:
Who kidnapped Lloyd and what do they want?
Why would Mark shoot Demetri?
What does Simon really know?
Have Lloyd and Olivia met before?