Re: FlashForward: "Revelation Zero, Parts 1 and 2" 3/18/10 - Grade/Dis
Better. I particularly liked the second hour, pairing what are--to me--the breakout characters for this show; not surprisingly, also the characters least involved with their own petty bullshit. Campos' ambiguous anti-hero has the best screen presence, and the best narrative, so far; dynamic, intriguing, and slightly twisted. Nice to see actual motion on the conspiracy side of things, after so little happened in the first half of the season; hopefully this won't prove to just be a special occasion for the show's return, to vanish into irrelevancy until the finale, but the show's new standard. They'll still got a lot of questions to address, and ever dwindling time to do it in.
I also liked that they gave us a broader view of the blackout, in multiple locations around the world, and what was happening then. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the broadcast during the first hour; it kept cutting to an instalment of the 700 Club. And might our protagonist finally be getting over himself and making himself useful for a change? I hope this characterization, like actual plot development, will also be a feature of FlashForward '1.5'.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
