Yes the two deaths of people who had flashforwards proves that the future can be changed. But given that the motivations of people remain the same, added to which all of the people who are trying to make their flashforwards self-fulfilling if they liked them, the timeline has some inertia/momentum to it, such that many of the same events will still play out.
My own personal theory is that the flashforward is like video feedback or one of those infinite mirror chambers, that is, the loop keeps repeating and spawning off alternative universes. So this flashforward was what happened last time the loop cycled, and that the next loop will see whatever our characters do on D day. So the best thing to do on D day is have some kind of note or video to oneself at the ascribed time. While this wouldn’t help yourself per se, it would give the next loop’s version of you a big head’s up…
I’m enjoying the show, but the entire “mole” angle drove me up a wall. Not that there was a mole, but that the team even considered there was a mole.
Since Dyson Frost has had so many flashforwards, why would they think there was a mole? Wouldn’t the though be “Of course Frost had advance notice of our actions…he had flashforwards about it”?
I assume that the writers have some idea how they are going to end this season…at least one point to cling to, because it appears that it is being written week to week. If they feel the need to fill some sort of plot hole, they create some sort of contrived explanation with about 15 seconds of dialogue (i.e. Mark solving for Dyson’s cell phone number using decades old chess moves that now are on-line).
However, it has created some unique plot twists that no one saw coming…not even the writers until this past week.
Because advance knowledge meant he would have got rid of them long before, not immediately after they found out. That seemed fairly obvious to me, if the bad guys find out at the same time you do then someone is feeding them your info.
I’ve really enjoyed the show thus far and have religiously watched every episode, but the whole time of movements being morse code was reaaaaaally ridiculous. Even for a show whose premise is everybody seeing their potential future.
And I hope Janice doesn’t end up being a mole (I haven’t watched this past week’s episode yet but it’s sitting on the DVR). I can’t stand when a show grooms you to like a character over the course of several months and then flips it on you. Stop playing with my emotions!
I just watched this episode (and the next one) on Hulu and they both were a complete pile of suck. FlashForward has gone completely off the rails and I’m pretty convinced that the show is done at the end of this year.
I’m kind of hoping they wrap up the current season’s questions and cancel the show - that’d be the best of both worlds for me.
I like how Television Without Pity’s recap of last week’s show asked “Remember how last week, Janice implied she was a mole? Well, you’re the only one, since it doesnt get mentioned this week.”
I was wondering… Did Olivia go to bed with Lloyd, or did they just kiss?
Also, is that how you save your marriage? Get mad at your husband, kick him out of the house/move out, then kiss the guy you’re scared you’re going to have an affair with?
And btw, if I never see the alcoholic with the daughter in Afghanistan again, I would be thrilled. For some reason, the story completely bores me.