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FlashForward: season 1, episode 9
"Believe"
November 19, 2009 - 08:11p.m.
Maybe we should only be watching FlashForward in the odd-numbered episodes because after last week's complete snore, "Believe" was quite possibly the show's finest hour yet. It probably doesn't quite deserve an A-, but I believe in ...
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FlashForward: season 1, episode 8
"Playing Cards with Coyote"
November 13, 2009 - 02:11a.m.
I don't know what this says about me, exactly, but Ricky Jay is one of my favorite actors. He pretty much plays the same guy in everything he's in, but I love that guy. He tells long-winded stories ...
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FlashForward: season 1, episode 7
"The Gift"
November 5, 2009 - 11:11p.m.
“The Gift” is the first FlashForward since the pilot where the stuff that makes me nod my head in appreciation outweighs the stuff that makes me want to throw things at the TV. There’s still enough clumsy stuff in ...
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FlashForward: season 1, episode 6
"Scary Monsters and Super Creeps"
October 30, 2009 - 03:10a.m.
It’s here, in this sixth episode of FlashForward, the prelude to what will surely be a big sweeps month starting next week, that the series reveals just some of the ways it’s letting down its really cool central ...
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FlashForward: season 1, episode 5
"Gimme Some Truth"
October 23, 2009 - 02:10a.m.
At this point, the most frustrating thing about FlashForward is that the show completely, completely works if you pretty much just ignore its central premise. Sans the fact that the entire world blacked out and mass chaos resulted, the series ...
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FlashForward: season 1, episode 4
"Black Swan"
October 16, 2009 - 12:10a.m.
Every week, FlashForward promises crazy batshittery and ends up turning into a pretty boring police procedural. Then, at the end, it pulls it together for some more crazy batshittery. This week, at least, FlashForward tossed in some random weirdness throughout ...
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FlashForward: season 1, episode 3
"137 Sekunden"
October 8, 2009 - 11:10p.m.
Let’s talk for a second about suspension of disbelief, shall we?
Suspension of disbelief is absolutely critical to a show like FlashForward. If you’re not willing to buy that nearly everyone in the world blacked out and had ...
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FlashForward: season 1, episode 2
"White to Play"
October 2, 2009 - 12:10a.m.
FlashForward’s second episode opens with a nicely creepy image, then immediately undercuts said image with the revelation that it’s all a big gag. That’s perhaps a bit harsh of a way to classify it, but at the ...
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FlashForward: season 1, episode 1
"No More Good Days"
September 24, 2009 - 04:09p.m.
FlashForward debuts tonight at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC.
Show, don’t tell. That’s the most fundamental rule of writing fiction. And there’s perhaps never been a better object lesson than the first episode of FlashForward, ABC ...
