Forward glimpse

New show offers an entertaining look at deep questions of sin and free will | Megan Basham

Joseph Fiennes (Photo by Craig Sjodin/ABC)

What if everyone in the world got a glimpse into their future? Would it alter the way we live now; would we make different choices in order to change the outcome we saw, or would we resign ourselves to what looks like fate? These are the questions posed by ABC's new mystery drama, Flash Forward.

One day, the world's entire population passes out for two minutes and 17 seconds and sees a vision of what they're doing exactly seven months into the future. Some see troubling images. FBI agent Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes), a recovering alcoholic, sees himself falling off the wagon. His wife, Olivia (Sonya Walger), a surgeon, sees herself gazing lovingly at another man. Some see hopeful images, such as Mark's Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor who sees the daughter he believed to be killed in Iraq alive again. Perhaps the most troubled by the event are those, like Mark's partner, Demitri (John Cho), who see nothing. Does this mean he won't be alive on April 29, 2010, or that his particular future remains undetermined?

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October 24, 2009, Vol. 24, No. 21

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