<p>OK, I’m hooked. I liked it from the previews. I haven’t gotten sucked into a TV show in a couple of years, guess I was due.</p>
<p>But I like the story and the whole idea, I think it’s intriguing. I like that they seem to have enough characters but not TOO many to follow (that’s what killed Heroes for me, there were way too many characters). I like the actors.</p>
<p>Anyone else watching?</p>
<p>I’ve been watching too. I think it’s really well done and very intriguing.</p>
<p>it’s a little quirky. i think i like it.</p>
<p>are you watching fringe too ?</p>
<p>I saw the previews and tivoed it thinking the kids would love it. So I watched the first episode three times. I really really like it except that it bugs me that some of the plot doesn’t seem possible. I mean beyond the obvious that it’s science fiction.</p>
<p>For example, the blackout ocurred on October 6, 2009. The person who didn’t black out was at a stadium in Detroit. That stadium doeesn’t appear to be Comerica Park, but it is a baseball stadium. And the Tigers don’t play on Oct 6.</p>
<p>But otherwise it’s a great show.</p>
<p>Missed the first show, but watched last night. I like it. Is there a website where I can watch the first episode?</p>
<p>CBBBlinker – it looks like there are full episodes at this site [url=<a href=“http://abc.go.com/watch/flashforward/235637?partner=rm&cid=KNC-rm+flashforward_title_fall_launch+google+flash_forward_episodes]FlashForward[/url”>http://abc.go.com/watch/flashforward/235637?partner=rm&cid=KNC-rm+flashforward_title_fall_launch+google+flash_forward_episodes]FlashForward[/url</a>]</p>
<p>What bugged me during the first episode was after the blackout the highways were just miles and miles of one giant car wreck - which was believable - but that night, Mark and Olivia both came home from work, apparently with no problem getting there. And they showed the mysterious dad with his injured son in a very quiet, dark, peaceful hospital - shouldn’t it have been chaos? Shouldn’t Olivia have had to work all night? But in the second episode they showed cars weaving around wrecks that still hadn’t been cleared, so that was better.</p>
<p>But other than that I really like it. I’m willing to go along with the little blips like that because I like the actors, characters, and the whole concept of the show is kind of unique.</p>
<p>Do you think April 29 is a definite future, or is it just a possible one?</p>
<p>watching it on TIVO as we speak; from what I’ve read in the NYtimes, April 29th is a definite future and the show will apparently answer many questions when that date approaches…</p>
<p>I wonder, though - it feels like the show has given itself its own “end date” - where do they go after April 29th, and we all know which visions came true and which didn’t? Then the “mystery” becomes just another whodunit.</p>
<p>Just watched the first episode on hula, so now I’ve got the beginning. It’s an intriguing story line.</p>
<p>Oh Chedva, I’m sure they’ve got some sort of plans if the show is a hit. I just hope it doesn’t get as crazy as “Lost.” I made fun of my son for getting sucked into that “ridiculous” show, but I think sometimes if the acting is good enough and the characters are relatable and well-rounded, viewers can get sucked into almost any series or movie. I loved Friday Night Lights (TV series, never saw the movie), even though the 27 year olds playing high school students who apparently stayed in the same grade for 3 years should have made me laugh it off. There were at least 2 relationships where “high school kids” were sleeping with adults and that should have been creepy - but it wasn’t because all the actors were clearly in their 20’s (except Aimee Teegarten). The acting was so good, the dialogue & relationships so real, that you could overlook the ridiculousness of the situations (does every teenager in Texas drink beer like it’s Pepsi?)</p>
<p>I LOVED Friday Night Lights. But if I remember correctly, they did not stay in the same grade for three years. Matt, the quarterback, started as a sophomore. He replaced the quarterback that was injured. The only relationship I remember between a high school kid and an adult was Tim Riggins and his next door neighbor which was pretty believable to me. Not a good idea, but believable.</p>
<p>Lost was really good the first year, okay the second and then went downhill. So far I really like Flash Forward.</p>
<p>FNL - What about Matt Saracen and the nurse who was taking care of his grandmother? And I think Leila was looking at colleges for 2 years straight, so maybe she was only a Senior for 2 years. And the way those kids walked into houses and were offered beers… but you’re right, I LOVED that show too. Especially the relationship between the coach’s wife and daughter. The acting and characters were so realistic and fully developed.</p>
<p>Funny you should bring up Lost; the creators of Flash Forward specifically named Lost as the show they do not want to emulate in terms of “revealing information”…that’s why they said that “some” but not “all” of the answers will be revealed by season end (I’m assuming that’s the first week in May, but they may coincide with April 29th)</p>
<p>I have a bit of TV induced ADD, so walked into the room near the end when there was a fire burning. It looked like the Fienes character was burning something up - and his wife asked why he decided to start a fire. Can anyone tell me what that was about?</p>
<p>In his flash forward, he had a string bracelet on his bulletin board; in the present, his daughter gave him a string bracelet identical to the one in his vision…he started the fire to burn the bracelet…(and to supposedly alter the future; he was NOT happy with the vision he had…)</p>
<p>If we all had flashforwards of 7months, we Class of 2010 parents would know where our kids will be accepted to college and where they end up chosing to go! Then we could save a lot of money on app fees, and our kids could save a lot of time and stress by writing fewer essays… lol.</p>
<p>Thanks, Rodney - I remember the bracelet now. </p>
<p>The writers missed an opportunity by not setting someone’s vision at a college re-visit - the April 29th timing would be perfect - or sending off a deposit.</p>
<p>I thought about the potential for college-bound seniors too! Maybe a character could have seen the campus he/she had committed to, then would know from visiting schools if it was “the one” or not. That would’ve been interesting.</p>
<p>Good show, but I think it’s unrealistic that there’s only one camera at the stadium to capture the one person who was not affected by the blackout.</p>