Flash Forward

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Premise: A mysterious event causes nearly everyone on the planet to simultaneously lose consciousness for 137 seconds, during which people see what appear to be visions of their lives approximately six months in the future��"a global “flashforward”. A team of Los Angeles FBI agents, led by Stanford Wedeck (Vance) and spearheaded by Mark Benford (Fiennes) and his partner Demetri Noh (Cho), begin the process of determining what happened, why, and whether it will happen again. Benford contributes a unique perspective on the investigation; in his flashforward, he saw the results of six months of investigation that he had done on the flashforward event, and he and his team use those clues to recreate the investigation.The team investigates a number of events related to the flashforward, including "Suspect Zero", who did not lose consciousness during the event, the sinister "D. Gibbons", and a similar mass loss of consciousness in Somalia in 1991. Meanwhile, personal revelations contained within the flashforwards occupy the personal lives of the principal characters. Mark Benford sees his alcoholism relapsing, his wife sees herself with another man, Demetri Noh sees nothing which could mean he will not live to see the day of events everyone else has witnessed. Other characters grapple with similarly unexpected or surprising revelations in their flashforwards.

Main charactersFlashForward began with nine star billed roles. From episode six on, Dominic Monaghan is billed as a regular cast member. In the tenth episode, Michael Ealy will join the cast in what is expected to be a regular role.^[7]

FBI Special Agent Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes) ��" Mark's flashforward guides the investigation of the events of October 6. The husband of Olivia Benford and father of Charlie Benford, he is a recovering alcoholic. He sees himself drinking in his flashforward and tries to hide it from his wife.
FBI Special Agent Demetri Noh (John Cho) ��" Mark Benford’s partner at the FBI. He had no flashforward and fears that means he will die. He is engaged to Zoey, a lawyer who believed her flashforward was about their wedding until she realized it was possibly his funeral.
Dr. Lloyd Simcoe (Jack Davenport) ��" An academic at Stanford. Lloyd's estranged wife and mother of his son died during the blackout. He has a son with autism, Dylan, who knows Olivia and who Charlie mysteriously recognizes. His research partner is Simon Campos, and Lloyd believes themselves to be responsible for the blackout but according to Simon's Uncle Teddy, they only amplified it over a very large area (the whole planet).
Dr. Simon Campos (Dominic Monaghan) ��" A quantum physicist and research partner of Stanford academic Lloyd Simcoe, who doesn't believe he is responsible for the blackout. He told people that in his flashforward he sees himself fighting and later killing a man, which was actually a lie. He was given a ring, that kept him awake. We later find out he is "Suspect Zero." His uncle is the middle man in the deal, and Simon's younger sister is kidnapped by the people that want to control the blackouts. Simon's uncle killed his father, and now Simon's professor. He is 'Suspect Zero', as revealed in Revelation Zero (Part 2).
Dr. Olivia Benford (Sonya Walger) ��" Mark's wife and a successful surgeon at a major hospital. She supervises Dr. Bryce Varley. In her flashforward, she is romantically involved with Dr. Lloyd Simcoe, although she had never met him before the blackout. They meet when she treats his son.
Dr. Bryce Varley (Zachary Knighton) ��" A surgical intern reporting to Dr. Olivia Benford. He was on the verge of committing suicide due to a diagnosis of stage 4 renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer) when the blackout occurred. After the blackout he experiences a renewed will to live, and sees his vision as a gift.
FBI Assistant Director Stanford Wedeck (Courtney B. Vance) ��" Head of the FBI Los Angeles field office. He oversees Mark Benford's team and the October 6 investigation. His flashforward shows him on a toilet reading a newspaper.
Special Agent Janis Hawk (Christine Woods) ��" Works at the Los Angeles field office as part of Mark Benford's team. In her vision she was pregnant and having a sonogram, which she finds hard to believe because she is single and a lesbian. She is in charge of watching over Simon later in the series.
Aaron Stark (Brían F. O'Byrne) ��" A recovering alcoholic, he is Mark Benford’s sponsor and close friend. His daughter, Tracy, was presumed killed in action in Afghanistan, but his flashforward showed his daughter alive.
Nicole Kirby (Peyton List) ��" A 19 year old student and Charlie Benford's babysitter. She was also a childhood friend of Aaron Stark's daughter Tracy Stark. Nicole's flashforward shows her being drowned by a stranger. She is able to speak Japanese.

Recurring characters

Charlie Benford (Lennon Wynn) ��" Mark and Olivia's daughter. She had an unknown flashforward about Dylan and a mysterious figure known as D. Gibbons.
Dylan Simcoe (Ryan Wynott) ��" Lloyd's son, who is autistic and knows Olivia and Charlie from his vision.
Special Agent Vreede (Barry Shabaka Henley) ��" A member of Mark's team.
Special Agent Al Gough (Lee Thompson Young) ��" A member of Mark's team who committed suicide to save the life of another, presumably changing the future of not only himself, but those affected by him.
Zoey Andata (Gabrielle Union) ��" Demetri's fiancée and a criminal defense attorney. In her flashforward she initially believed she was attending her wedding to Demitri, but now believes it may be his funeral.
Nhadra Udaya (Shohreh Aghdashloo) ��" A Persian woman stationed in Hong Kong who is implied to be working with both the CIA and the suspected perpetrator of the blackout.
Tracy Stark (Genevieve Cortese) ��" Aaron Stark's daughter, a former soldier who was previously believed killed in Afghanistan. She is currently on the run from private military contractors whom she witnessed committing war crimes, and who tried to kill her. She is broken, bitter, and drinks to excess, which causes tension when she returns home.
Keiko Arahida (Yuko Takeuchi) ��" A Japanese woman whose family works at a local restaurant. Dr. Bryce Varley's flashforward shows himself meeting Keiko in a Japanese restaurant. Keiko's flashforward shows her running down the street and entering a Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles before meeting Bryce, so she travels from Japan to LA in order to make the visions come true

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Awesome topic

I do love the premise of this show, though it leaves it open as a one season thing. And I love the debate of pre-determined fate vs. making our own futures. I am very anxious to see how the main cat go about averting the catasrophes, both global and personal, that await them.

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DUDE i was just so glad with last weeks epi, that the blond GUY KILLED his "uncle" that guy was a DOUCHE BAG, using the guys sister SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Demitiri kicks ass. was so glad he killed that fat slug. He is one that I want to see what his true motives are, as he is the one who you have no idea what side he is on.

I still hope Mark and his wife work through things. I don't like ehr matched up with the other guy like she saw in her vision.

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I think they will, something is just wrong with it all, and what about his BF going over to the middle-East, breaking that guys arm, because HE was the one that reported about his daughter being ok, to the Jericho team, I Wanted to kill that Moroon MYSELF, that poor girl had been through SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo much

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no kidding. There is soemthing weird about that whole setup with the daughtrer and everything. jsut seems almsot fishy somehow. And those Jericho guys are too shady. which i'm sure is the whole point.

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I hate to think who the MOLE is, do you think its the asian GUY?

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very possible. maybe that is why he gets shot by his partner than. or else maybe he gets setup to look like the mole. Maybe the chief is. he is conviently absent in the future when the office gets raided.

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true never thought abut that one, or what about the GF of the asian GUY

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#10

not to sure about her. i think she is genuine. course, that is why they call it a plot twist. lollllllll

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#11

TRUE, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr i so not patient at waiting to see what is WHO & WHAT lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

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#12

lollllllllll. same here. but the half the fun is the ride there.

I never understood the frequency uh huh

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#13

Been glued from day one. I usually stay away from the TV section for fear of reading about something I haven't seen yet, but I love the show so thought I'd quickly stop by.

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#14

YEP its a keeper, your on the edge of your seat, trying to figure out WHAT the heck will happen NEXT

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#15

i LOVE shows like these, with a clear plot and an ending at some point. The characters are great and well thoguht out and the plots are like Lost, alot of twist and turns to keep you coming back.

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#16

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SO ON TOMORROW NIGHT

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#17

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#18

I know. I can hardly wait for it. It should be a good one as it is really picking up steam since coming back.

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#19

Im still waiting for the other shoe to drop with the scientist & and the Agents WIFE, or the agent getting preg

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#20

Yes, definetely those as well. and about last nights episode, OMG. Still love the freewill versus destiney part. Next week looks like it will be getting even better with Mark and his wife.

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