It really did feel like a waste taking this unique premise and using it for a boring 24-esque terrorist plot. Hopefully the full episode brings something to the other characters because nothing I've seen so far is interesting.
Flash Forward (Braga's new show)
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Because the show won't be on in 21 years, it won't be on the air in 6 months.
The show is meant to have some answers by May 2010, if it gets picked up for a full season and that's a huge if. However the main mystery of why the flash forward happened most likely won't ever be answered.
To me this would be better at a British series. 13 episodes and you know everythnig you need to.
Uh, most British series are just a six episode order (Spooks went to ten episode orders from its second series on, a relative aboration in British television). Still, it's a fair point. The British serial State of Play was incredible, but I would be hard pressed to see it work as a continuing series (though I haven't seen the American feature film remake, I don't expect it to work as well in that format, either).
I like David Simon's plan for The Wire. Ideas for five seasons, but each year is (more or less) a self-contained narrative that could serve as a proper end to the series if need be. But HBO offered a somewhat unique environment for that kind of storytelling. That just doesn't work on network television. Think of Prison Break, a planned two season series that was extended to four painfully thin seasons.
I like David Simon's plan for The Wire. Ideas for five seasons, but each year is (more or less) a self-contained narrative that could serve as a proper end to the series if need be. But HBO offered a somewhat unique environment for that kind of storytelling. That just doesn't work on network television. Think of Prison Break, a planned two season series that was extended to four painfully thin seasons.
