That Which Lies In Between

Let No Man Put Asunder

Last week’s episode had me confused about Flashforward. I haven’t read the book. I’m watching this show dry of history and knowledge. The threads on the show are so loose, I almost feel disconnected except for the premise of what the future supposedly holds for these people.

This week, the disconnect became weaker with Dyson Frost coming out of the woodwork to take place front and behind, meaning we can see him and he’s not a figure of anyone’s imagination. Seeing Frost adds the missing element I felt missing in the show. We can see the bad guy. We can smell the bad guy. The bad guy has Demitri.

This week I feel a little better about Flashforward.

Janice, is she really on the other side? Truly the second mole. Or is she playing a game. Is she pregnant? And wow, that was like really fast. Or is she lying. The change in Janice last week substantiated the confusion because I couldn’t or more like refused to believe that she, who is strong, straight, and reliable, is a traitor. Traitor to what is the question. I need help here.

And if she’s really on the other side, I haven’t been convinced yet, and if she’s really pregnant by Demitri, who works on the opposite of the scheme. Something is wrong with this picture.

Marcy jumps to the other side so she can feel important. I guess that’s the humanity part coming from her. I thought joining the organization like the FBI meant something bigger than oneself. What so odd, though. How can one align themselves with a cause and do not know the cause they’re working for. Marcy doesn’t know the players or have a clue of who’s running the show.

You know. Just writing this makes me realize Flashforward is driving me crazy. (Metaphorically, speaking.)

I think I was a bit tired trying to grasp the actions on Flashforward. Between snippets of sleep, I wake up seeing Simon, who appeared in this episode to move front and center of everything that is going on. I’m curious, though.

Flasso tells Simon he’s been involved since he was thirteen years old. Huh!

Simon was awake during GBO. He was forced to this stadium and given a ring to put on his finger. Then Simon watched the people around him faint away.

Somehow, Simon’s family doesn’t seem real. They sickeningly caters to Simon because he’s the brilliant, wonder kid. Flasso pays the family a visit as the uncle. Flasso then has been involved with the family for a while, but for not much longer. Outside the home after suffering a stressful family dinner, Simon kills Flasso. See below for the reason.

Flasso had Simon’s father murdered, kidnapped his sister, and when he was a captive along with Simco, Flasso had one of Simon’s pinky fingers cutoff at the nub. All to keep Simon in the game and controlled. Simon and Simco, interesting naming of the characters.

I do have this sense; did Simon fall out of the sky or something?

Meantime, Mark saved Lloyd Simco based on information he remembered from his flashforward. He drills Simco unsuccessfully, attempting to force Simco to reveal information about another possible blackout.

So what we have is a restart to the series generating more questions and answering a few from last season such as who in the hell is Simon. Now, I’m curious about the offerings of a 13 years old, brilliant, arrogant snit.