"A mysterious global event causes everyone on the planet to simultaneously experience, for two minutes and seventeen seconds, his or her life six months in the future. When it is over, many are dead in accidents involving vehicles, aircraft, and any other device needing human control. Everyone who survived is left wondering if what they saw will actually happen.

A Los Angeles FBI agent named Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes) tries to figure out what exactly happened and why it happened. Along with his team, he creates a database of people's flash forwards from around the world called the Mosaic Collective (for which a website has been launched). Apart from the various catastrophic visions, people also see themselves relapsing into various former vices; Benford seeing himself drinking again, and his wife Olivia has a vision of herself with another man."

Just watched the first episode of this and apart from the lack-lustre CGi which thankfully the show won't have to rely on very much going forward I was impressed by the premise and you have to admit they have pulled together an impressive cast.

FlashForward is a science-fiction television series currently in ... On ABC, the show inherits the timeslot held by Ugly Betty in the 2006-2009 seasons.

@stake038

Please look at http://sharetv.org/shows/flash_forward

I thought the first episode was promising. definitely will follow this show...

disappointed.
it was boring and poorly written, but have a little potential.

Good first episode. I think this show has the potential to be very good.

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I'm fascinated.

What sort of mechanism have the scriptwriters got in mind, to cause this effect? One thinks of mad scientists fiddling with fundamental particles.

Aliens

Great - another show that keeps ya on the edge of your seat and leaves ya hangin' for a whole week tryin' to figure out all of the possibilities....maybe the universe farted, throwing us to the other side of the solar system 6 months later for 2 1/2 minutes....Thats what I thought until that guy showed up at the statium. The writers of Lost where good - lets see what these will do. Its good to see that we haven't lost good writing - I was wondering there for awhile if Steven King was the only one left with a vivid imagination. Feels good to have something to look forward to every week. I wonder if Steven Hawking watches it??? Part of the way into it, the question of "what about those who died" before the 6 month burp? That was partially answered but then his fiancee said he was at their wedding. Thor - you may be right. Maybe aliens wanted to screw our heads up before they took over, as if they weren't already screwed up. As with "Lost" I've already pondered 10 or more possibilities but I was never right there either. The writers always seemed to be 3 steps ahead of me.....Good for them - I have always appreciated those who are good at what they do.

Just d/l and watched this.

As above has good potential and an intriguing storyline.

As you say UCG uninspiring effects but sufficient to the purpose I think.

Must say the episode end cliff-hanger was totally unexpected.

I was saw first episodes and i like this very much. At last, one very good sf tv show.

Guilty - This one got me so excited I started pecking away at the keyboard without realizing I was somewhat saying TOO much.....oops!

you want I should delete that post, icarus?

I downloaded it it was bad download I am intrigued now

@softwizz
If you think it would spoil it for anyone who hasn't watched it yet.
Thx

@icarus7z7

I enjoyed reading your coments. I don't think you have spoiled it for people who haven't seen it yet.

I have no problem with it either

second episode was good too. Enjoying the show. hope it stays long enough for some good reveals. HAd some good ones in the last episode. I like shows with something revealed in each show.

I just finished watching 4th episode.
This show might be the new Lost that (at least I think) ABC was looking for.
It looks good, I like new twists and I hope that it will continue towards SciFi direction.

I agree, jaaa - its good and I like where it is going too...

I like this show!
There is many new and refreshing ideas.

I just hope that all mighty 'The Organization' or something like that (similar to plot in many other shows) will not be responsible for this global event.

It is rudeness to post two consecutive entries.

No its not Quark its just a sign of alzheimers!!!

:)

I had a lot of hopes for this show but - its movin' a l-i-tt-l-e s-l-o-w than I had hoped. Maybe it will pick up.

now they have a 25-ep season, its likely to slow down even more :-(

There is so little of good shows on TV now, so I'm ready to watch this one no meter now slow it gets :)

With each new episodes there is more and more mess. What we will see to the end?

:o) Mess = Mosaic : a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns - or mess....mosaic was a good term - so is mess liliflaj

I doubt very much I can keep watching this show much longer, I'm just sick to death of treating me like such a moron that it has to repeat every bloody plot point at least 5 times an episode just in case I didn't get it.

@icarus7s7,
mess, i think that events are complicated and unawares.

Well at least they have answered the question of causality this episode, about time really but how many times do they have to re-hash what went on in previous episodes, it's like the show was designed to be watched by goldfish. I'm starting to think you don't have to watch this show week by week, just watch the end of season finale and it will have all the important scenes in it anyway for you to understand the whole thing.

agreed lets get on with it the promos keep saying this episode will reveal every but then you watch it and nothing happens of note

David Goyer replaces Mark Guggenheim as showrunner from episode 13. Maybe there will be some changes/improvements to come.

yep, at least the last episode was somewhat revealing. Sticking with the show though - like the potential.

I like it, I'm sticking with it. It really makes one think about what it would be like if this really did happen. Kinda plays into the theory that we are toy soldiers and someone else unbeknownst to us is running the show.

@uncertaingod, know what you mean i think i missed the second last episode (the one before halloween) will have to check the dtvr box , i remember the shooting but maybe i saw that in the recap or the 'coming in next weeks episode' preview.
Also does any one else have trouble remembering peoples names if the info says demetri speaks to lucy for example I think ...who are they, I know the characters by sight but not all the names have registered yet, is that weird or intentional??? or am i going senile? answers on a postcard please lol

Your not remembering the names because they are just not that interesting as characters, that and the narrative of the show is clearly designed to make your brain shut down.