'FlashForward': Lloyd takes responsibility for the blackout
On "FlashForward" tonight, Lloyd and Simon finally outed themselves and the National Linear Accelerator Project (the group they work for). They held a press conference and stated that they believed that they caused the blackout. Well, that's what Lloyd said anyway; Simon was more wishy-washy.The worldwide audience didn't take their announcement very well -- particularly the woman sitting in the auditorium who grabbed a security guard's gun and shot at Lloyd while he was still talking. I guess that sort of thing is to be expected when you announce you've killed a whole bunch of people and kind of changed the world forever.
Of course, the show is still putting out there the notion that Simon, Lloyd, and NLAP might not be responsible for the flash -- it might be D. Gibbons. Simon, in fact, kind of insists that it wasn't them. I found myself very much wondering whether Simon was right, in denial, or simply doesn't want to tell anyone that he's sure they did it.
There was one statement Simon made that definitely sounded accurate: Even if they did it, it probably wasn't a crime. Unless they knew what was going to happen in advance, and I can't imagine that they did, it is hard to hold them responsible.
All of that was well and good. I do like that the story moved forward in terms of Lloyd finally stepping up and claiming responsibility for the flash, but the show really picked up the pace when Simon went to chat with the FBI. Apparently he did design the structures in Somalia -- they're specialized pulsed lasers for a plasma afterburner -- but he didn't know that they'd been built. He didn't even know that they could be built. Oh yeah, and the photograph was taken before Simon designed the thing. Simon working with the Feds could make the show very cool.
Elsewhere this evening, a nice man named Marshall Vogel met Mark and Demetri as soon as they landed in Hong Kong. Their passports had been flagged by immigration, and Wedeck was on to them as well. That I understood perfectly, as it made complete sense (how did they think they were going to get into Hong Kong without being made?). The new information Vogel provided (at least I can't recall it being discussed before) was that the United States believed China was responsible for the blackout. Is that a theory we had before?
After getting caught leaving the country when he wasn't supposed to, Mark then took his first opportunity to lie to Wedeck. This time he told Wedeck that he had lied to Demetri about getting approval for the trip. That, allegedly, saved Demetri's job. Or would have saved it had Demetri hopped on the next plane back. I imagine that the show will claim that it did save the job in regards to the Hong Kong trip. However, Demetri's gallivanting all over Hong Kong for a couple of days, after he was told to come back, probably ought to be taken into consideration by Wedeck.
The two men did succeed in talking to Nhadra Udaya, and she was even forthcoming, so the trip wasn't a total loss. She told Demetri and Mark that Mark was going to be the one to shoot Demetri. Mark's kidnapping Nhadra at that point certainly made things interesting, but it didn't really prevent the events she was talking about, nor did it work to Mark's advantage, as the cops and Vogel were right there outside the restaurant to rescue her.
Mark's actions do seem to have gotten him fired though. Not like he didn't completely deserve it.
Quick flashes:
- Seriously, how dumb was Lloyd not accepting the FBI's help watching him and his son? I won't say he deserved to get kidnapped, but he was almost asking for it.
- Was that Nhadra Udaya's own version of a crazy Mosaic corkboard in her office or something else?
- Are Zoey and Demetri's family really in Hawaii for his funeral or is it just a beautiful beach and kind of inappropriate?
- Lloyd and Olivia could have met at Harvard... had Olivia gone. I appreciate Lloyd busting out the "many worlds" theory in order to try and mack on her.
- Apparently there are no more episodes till March. Wow. Until next time!
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The "China Theory" was from the 5th episode during the Senate hearings, they thought China because they suffered the least amount of deaths.
This show was awesome tonight and the promos when they come back look fantastic!!! I'm pissed we have to wait till March to see it. WTF ABC?!?!?!
Yes, the CIA propogates the "China Theory" even though our guys pointed out that they had the least number of deaths because they were all sleeping at the time.
Still, it's been mentioned many times since by Weddick that it's the leading theory in Washington and the CIA are seen as antagonists because of it. Tonight's episode certainly plays to that.
yeah, parroting others, China was mentioned as suspicious since they were mostly sleeping at the time of the blackout. i also remember it being mentioned several times.
Mark is still in contention for dumbest FBI agent ever. he couldn't figure out that number was his gun's serial number? c'mon Mark, after she said the number, i instantly thought that's his gun's serial #. and it's not even my gun! how hard to surmise that?? and yeah, that "kidnapping"...i agree with the comment above, tsk tsk tsk.
and, didn't we figure long ago that it was Demitri's funeral in his fiance's flashforward?? okay, so now the character has finally caught on to what we've suspected for weeks. and she's a lawyer??
i think they need to hire some math majors to help write this show, ppl with a firm grasp of logic anyway.
but anyway, i'm still watching....
In people's flash-forwards, they are supposedly experiencing the emotions of the future event, not merely seeing and hearing as if watching a movie. Wouldn't the emotional experience of attending the funeral of one's fiance feel noticeably different from one's wedding?
@Ellen -- that's a good point. One of the reasons Olivia was so alarmed by her FF is that she distinctly knew she had feelings for Lloyd in it.
Ellen - i thought that too, but maybe in the FF she was reminiscing about her love for demetri since it was a funneral, but the present her couldn't separate that until she remembered the parents faces.
Also, it was so inappropiate for lloyd to brush the wife's hair outside the hospital! She should have slapped him
Also, it was so inappropiate for lloyd to brush the wife's hair outside the hospital! She should have slapped him.
I think that is exactly the point they were trying to make, because she didn't slap him and because of the reaction she had when he hugged her (at first she seemed taken aback, but then she seemed to sink into his arms) they were trying to make the point that she is starting to feel something for him.
You sort of left out the end of the show in your review, didn't you?
Am I still supposed to be rooting for Mark and Olivia's marriage to work out? Because the two of them have zero chemistry, especially in comparison to Olivia and Lloyd. After last night, I rather found them wanting to get together. I guess it doesn't help that Mark is a total jerk.