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Based on the novel "FlashForward" by Robert J. Sawyer, published in 2000 by 'Tor Books,' and which differs from the series plot, where the world's given a glimpse at their lives 21-years into the future.
Jack Davenport and Sonya Walger both starred in the television show Coupling (UK). Davenport in the UK version and Walger in the short lived US version.
The flashforwards show the characters visions of what may or may not happen on April 29th 2010. April 29th is the birthday of Robert J. Sawyer, the author whose novel the show is based on.
Right after the name 'FlashForward' is shown at the beginning of each episode, you get a glimpse of an image you will see later in that episode.
The characters "Mark Benford" and "Bryce Varley" were named after science fiction writers Gregory Benford and John Varley, both well-known for stories dealing with time paradoxes.
The character of Al Gough is named after Alfred Gough, a friend and neighbour of co-creator Brannon Braga.
The character of D. Gibbons is named after Dave Gibbons, the illustrator of the graphic novel 'Watchmen'.
The character of Demetri Noh was originally supposed to die, as indicated by the fact he did not have a flashforward. According to Gabrielle Union, a plot from a second season would have seen her character, lawyer Zoey Andata, the fiance of Noh, representing defendants against the FBI, whom she blamed for his death, but the storyline was changed.
When Benford and Noh are on a stakeout early in the first episode, a billboard can be seen in the background advertising "Oceanic Airlines", the fictional airline whose Flight 815 crashed on the island in the TV series Lost. Show stars Sonya Walger and Dominic Monaghan previously co-starred on "Lost".
At the very beginning of the episode, the sound of a crow can be heard in the background. The unusual deaths of crows are featured in this episode.
In an early scene, Dr. Benford (Sonya Walger) jokingly calls her husband "Shakespeare". Her husband, Agt. Mark Benford, is played by Joseph Fiennes, who played William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love.
On the submerged bus a young woman yelling "Nem tudok úszni! Nem tudok úszni!". It's in Hungarian and it means: "I can't swim! I can't swim!"
The title is taken from the David Bowie song of the same name.
When you enter "alreadyghosts.com" into your Internet browser, you will be redirected tho the official ABC FlashForward page.
SPOILER: First appearance of the the Quantum Entanglement Devices. First Ingrid Alvarez says she heard the men she saw talking about something that "sounded like QED". In the next scene, during the poker game between Simon and Lloyd, Simon mentions "QED" but does not explain what it means. Later, Janis shows Wedeck the new rendering by NSA of Suspect Zero that shows the man had a ring in his finger. In the final scene, we see six rings, but it is not yet revealed that *they* are the Quantum Entanglement Devices.
SPOILER: Episode title refers to the serial number of Mark's gun.
Noh's full name is given as "Demetri Fordice Noh". His birthday is February 17th, 1977.
Seen playing on a television screen in this episode is the BBC's production of A Christmas Carol (1977) (TV), featuring Sir Sir Michael Hordern as Scrooge and John Le Mesurier as Marley's Ghost. Shot in color, on videotape, the footage appears to be 'broadcast' in black and white. Even more bizarrely, the voices of Hordern and le Mesurier (both English actors, speaking English) have been overdubbed in English by other actors.
The stairs behind the Persian restaurant in Hong Kong is the same set that was used in episode 2.1 of Castle.
Working title was "Buddha in the Ruins"
Working title was "Kairos"
The episode title ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road") is also the title of a song originally performed by Sir Elton John and released in 1973 on the album of the same name.