Flashforward 11/12 (spoilers!)
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ewxEpisode 11
It’s been a while!
The start does a good job of exploring the chaos of the blackout. I’m still a bit sceptical about the number of buildings with aircraft strikes though. Good to see Mark Benford making copies of things, avoiding a standard cliché; and like he says, what else is he going to do?
It seems a good bet that the three star tattoo guys who were collecting α rings are the same outfit as kidnapped Lloyd Simcoe, since they both delivered to Flosso. Speculation: they are the Jericho Private Military Company who nearly killed Tracey Stark.
Campos is even less sympathetic than I remember him being, so his being added to Flosso’s physicist collection wasn’t exactly upsetting (and the revelation of his duplicity, while I didn’t see it coming, didn’t exactly astonish either). It was Simcoe actually trying to do something constructive while in their dungeon, which I’d initially interpreted as a comment on the character of the two men but could instead have been a hint as to Campos’s dubious loyalties.
Episode 12
“Flashforward, so what, boohoo. I have a hallucination every day, nobody gives a damn.”
Nicole was born in 1989 which makes her 20/21 now. Flosso credits CERN with a maximum of 500 TeV; not so long ago the LHC set a new record with 3.5 TeV.
Campos (at last revealed to be suspect 0) has been involved since age 13; I don’t think we know how old he is now. When he faked anaphylaxis and then ran off, I was so hoping he’d run straight into two huge FBI dudes. But being accosted by agent Hawk and several heavily armed copes will do, as will her catching quoting Shakespeare along with him. The arc from Campos retaliating against a childhood bully with rocks, to giving Flosso his richly deserved end, reminds me of Ender Wiggins.
Agent Hawk reminds me of Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney) from The Mentalist. Wild speculation: the father of her baby will be Campos.
Characters
| Name | Actor | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Benford | Joseph Fiennes | FBI agent | Husband of Olivia Benford Father of Charlie Benford Colleague of Demetri Noh |
| Aaron Stark | Brian F. O’Byrne | AA-goer | Confidant of Mark Benford |
| Tracy Stark | Soldier | Was thought to be dead | |
| Nicole Kirby | Peyton List | Student | Babysitter for the Benfords Japanese speaker, helps out Bryce |
| Olivia Benford | Sonya Walger | Doctor | Wife of Mark Benford Mother of Charlie Benford Apparent future lover of Lloyd Simcoe Colleague of Bryce Varley Operated on Dylan Simcoe |
| Demetri Noh | John Cho | Junior FBI agent, apparently doomed | Colleague of Mark Benford Fiancé of Zoey Andata |
| Zoey Andata | Gabrielle Union | Fiancée of Demetri Noh | |
| Bryce Varley | Zachary Knighton | Formerly-suicidal doctor | Colleague of Olivia Benford |
| Lloyd Simcoe | Jack Davenport | (Self-described) annoying parent | Father of Dylan Simcoe Apparent future lover of Olivia Benford Apparently unwilling co-conspirator of Simon |
| Dylan Simcoe | Ryan Wynott | Injured autistic child | Son of Lloyd Simcoe Saved by Olivia Benford |
| Charlie Benford | Lennon Wynn | Winsome child | Daughter of Mark and Olivia Benford Saw D. Gibbons in vision and didn’t like him |
| Stanford Wedeck | Courtney B. Vance | Assistant Director FBI LA Field Office | Boss of Mark Sanford and Demetri Noh Former fixer for the current president |
| Joyce Clemente | Barbara Williams | US Senator | Political opponent of Stanford Wedeck |
| Janis Hawk | Christine Woods | FBI agent | Girlfriend of Maya Pregnant in her flashforward |
| Al Gough | Lee Thompson Young | FBI agent | Would have killed Celia had he lived, but suicided |
| Celia ? | ? | Mother | Would have been killed by Al Gough |
| Timothy | Gil Bellows | Windowcleaner, prophet | Narrowly avoided a long fall; founder of Sanctuary. |
| Keiko Arahida | Yûko Takeuchi | Robot researcher at Nakahara | Seen by Bryce in his vision? |
| Maya | Girlfriend of Janis Hawk | ||
| Alda Hertzog | Rachel Roberts | Terrorist | |
| Nhadra Udaya | Shohreh Aghdashloo | Spook | Sheltering D. Gibbons Learned of Demetri Noh’s death |
| D. Gibbons | Michael Massee | Obscure hacker/bomber | Telephone interlocutor of Killer of Pigeon local cop |
| Simon Campos | Dominic Monaghan | Sinister guy on phone; suspect 0 | Tells Lloyd Simcoe they’re responsible for the “greatest
disaster in human history” (presumably the flashforward). Uses expertise in QM to pick up women on trains. Telephone interlocutor of D. Gibbons |
| Flosso | Ricky Jay | Collector of rings and physicists | Has six out of seven α rings, which immunize the wearer against the Flashforward. Also (temporarily) had Simcoe and Campos. Self-declared villain. But nonetheless, the monkey, not the organ-grinder... |
| “Reynaud” | Jeff Slingerland | Blue Hand organizer | |
| Annabelle Campos | Hannah Marks | Sister of Simon Campos | Kidnapped by Flosso’s associates |
This comment contains spoilers - don't read if you haven't watched
Date: 2010-03-23 11:06 am (UTC)Campos (at last revealed to be suspect 0) has been involved since age 13; I don’t think we know how old he is now.
No, I think you're right there. Did they say he went to university aged 13, or did I get that confused? His Mum reeled off a list of posts he's held (which ended with his current post, since it was the same one where he co-directed the project with Lloyd, I think). Also, he said he came up with his idea for the things-that-turned-up-in-Somalia in 1992, and that Philip (his now-dead mentor) worked that through with him *and* I gather Philip was his PhD supervisor (?), which would mean he was doing his doctorate c.1992 (?). But if he went to university so early, who knows how old he was when he did that? 20ish? Dominic Monaghan must be about 30, mustn't he (?), not that this is a good way to get a character's age :)
Wild speculation: the father of her baby will be Campos.
This was in my mind too. Though I sort of hope that's not what happens. Certainly I can't see Janet being seduced by Simon at all... though if he presents it to her (or she to him) as a business deal of some sort, that could work.
Speculation: they are the Jericho Private Military Company who nearly killed Tracey Stark.
Yes, I was thinking that too! I wonder how long it will be before Tracy mentions the tattoos :)
Flosso is confusing me a bit. Oh well, I guess he's not going to confuse me any more!
You know the rings? Does quantum entanglement device (or whatever it was Simon called it) sound even remotely plausible??
Re: This comment contains spoilers - don't read if you haven't watched
Date: 2010-03-23 08:24 pm (UTC)Did they say he went to university aged 13, or did I get that confused?
My memory says university at 14 but that could be completely wrong. Young, at any rate.
Certainly I can't see Janet being seduced by Simon at all...
Absolutely not, indeed! If Simon is going to have any kind of thing with Janet it’s not going to be by his normal seduction techniques. Maybe she should go after Lloyd Simcoe to keep him away form the Benfords’ marriage (it’d annoy Simon, as a bonus).
No idea about the rings, I was just interpreting them as plot objects with surrounding technobabble, I’m afraid!