Flash Forward: "White to Play" 10/1 - Grading & Discussion

[Anwar]

Why did Benford say the Utah thing was a dead-end? Didn't they tell him that the guy was talking to suspect zero at the stadium while the blackout was happening (thus the doll-man had to be awake as well)?

It's classified information that he shouldn't be (can't) tell his wife?

Ah yeah, that makes sense. Thank you.

As for the pregnant FBI agent, probably she'd be so overcome by emotion she'd just ask anyways. Human.

 

[SG-17]

I wasn't caring much for this episode, but that final line really made it for me.

 

[Starbreaker]

I'm already addicted to this show.

 

[Tom]

Well it obvious that the flashforward visions are put in play becuase the flashforward event itself and and actions directly relating tot he balckout/visions will cause these events. For example the wife who says she won't cheat, It seems that the husband will end up getting so upset by that vision that it will cause them to split, and her to get cloaser to the other guy. Predestination paradox?

 

[SG-17]

Predestination paradox?

I really hate predestination paradoxes.

 

[Tom]

Predestination paradox?

I really hate predestination paradoxes.

It's Bragga, need I say more!

 

[Trekker4747]

I can't wait until we get to the season finale and I see the look on your faces when you realize I never exsisted!

 

[Aragorn]

"In my vision, I was responsible for the death of Captain Kirk!"

Why is it that in all the movies and TV shows people of authority never see the instigator (the boy ripping the stuffed animal in two) but only see the retaliation (the girl pushing the boy to the ground)?

 

[Tom]

In my vision I was watching Star Trek XII and then my vsion ended right before the Shatner cameo..

 

[Star Wolf]

Those polls are worthless anyway. Why do you think every episode of almost every show that has one are always "Above Average" or "Excellent".

That was just Enterprise. Every episode got mostly A-pluses. I've noticed that people tend to be a little more reasonable with other shows.

Not really. They all get almost all above average or better...

How can EVERY episode be above AVERAGE.

Consider how many message boards and how many active threads there are. How many shows and how few hours we have to watch. It stands to reason we keep watching and talk about the shows we like, if we don't like the show we skip the thread unless we are looking for a fight.

 

[The Habs Fan]

Excellent

A little bit less action-packed than the pilot but still extremely interesting.

 

[Aragorn]

Consider how many message boards and how many active threads there are. How many shows and how few hours we have to watch. It stands to reason we keep watching and talk about the shows we like, if we don't like the show we skip the thread unless we are looking for a fight.

Not counting the Enterprise or nuBSG haters who watched every second of every show just to tell us how bad they are and how we're all stupid for watching them.

 

[Archangel]

Good episode but....WHY WHY WHY WHY do showrunners feel the need to make children important to the story arc?

Now we have Charlie and her last line...

LOST had Waaaaaaaaallllllt!!!!

 

[Middle Earther]

What did shadow guy in doll factory say before he blew himself up? I didn't catch it.

 

[Dark Gilligan]

Something hasn't been brought up in the show so far and I really think it needs to be. Only half the planet should be in chaos, the side that was daylit during the flashforward. The other half of the world, the side that was in night, should be relatively unscathed. Russia, the Middle East, China, Australia, most of the people there would have been asleep. No car crashes, no planes falling out of the sky, no patients dying on operating room tables. The governments of these nations would certainly be taking advantage of the situation, yet nothing has been said.

 

[Tom]

Something hasn't been brought up in the show so far and I really think it needs to be. Only half the planet should be in chaos, the side that was daylit during the flashforward. The other half of the world, the side that was in night, should be relatively unscathed. Russia, the Middle East, China, Australia, most of the people there would have been asleep. No car crashes, no planes falling out of the sky, no patients dying on operating room tables. The governments of these nations would certainly be taking advantage of the situation, yet nothing has been said.

Yeah, I thought of that too, fodder for upcoming episodes I guess.

 

[SG-17]

What did shadow guy in doll factory say before he blew himself up? I didn't catch it.

He didn't blow himself up, he escaped out of a hatch during the commotion caused by the initial fire. The same pulley system that started the music, pulled the pins on the grenades.

 

[Alex1939]

Something doesn't make sense to me. In the LA city shots, nearly every single building has upper floor damage somewhere. How is that possible in a 3 minute blackout?

There was the scene where a helicopter hit one building. But I can't imagine if everyone blacked out for 3 minutes there would be that much damage in the upper stories of buildings. A helicopter wouldn't hit every building. Fires would not begin in 3 minutes time without people around.

It just makes no sense to me, anyone have an explanation?

 

[Dark Gilligan]

^ I don't think they need explaining. The scenes were meant to invoke a feeling of chaos, and they worked marvelously. Nothing further is needed.

 

[Middle Earther]

What did shadow guy in doll factory say before he blew himself up? I didn't catch it.

He didn't blow himself up, he escaped out of a hatch during the commotion caused by the initial fire. The same pulley system that started the music, pulled the pins on the grenades.

Oh. Well, does anyone remember what he said, though?