5 Things I Learned from 1.01 “No More Good Days”

by Roco on September 25, 2009 · View Comments

No More Good Days

The season premiere of FlashForward gave us an intriguing platform for the future of the series. Below, I share my initial thoughts of the season opener with the 5 Things I Learned from “No More Good Days”.

1. FlashForward will have overarching clues, lots of them. The season premiere not only gave us a glimpse into the futures of our characters, but also into the mechanics of the series going forward. Clues will be scattered in most, if not all, of the episodes, allowing eagle-eyed viewers the chance to dig deeper into the mythology of the show.

Some of the clues, nods and eastereggs I caught were: “blue hand”, mosaic (the investigation piecing together the global flash forwards), Red Panda Resources, “137 Sekunden” (also the title for episode 3 of season 1), April 29th (the day of the global flash forwards), 3 star tattoo and reference to a D. Gibbons. More on these later.

2. The premiere was very drama-orientated – even the flash forwards seemed rooted in the ‘real-world’ with a greater degree of realism than I had anticipated. But the flash forward ’swoosh’ and visual effect, underlined the science-fiction element that the show will play with.

3. Some of the characters are afraid that their futures will happen, while others are afraid theirs wont. For me, this begs the question of how far people will go to make sure that their version future comes true and what impact this will have on the rest of the world. This could create a degree of conflict amid the ‘global togetherness’ that was on the surface of “No More Good Days”.

4. Not everyone blacked-out. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the premiere came in those closing seconds when we discover that at least one person (probably more) didn’t black out. From the CCTV footage he appeared to be expecting the blackout. This was a nice hook into conspiracy/mystery underbelly of FlashForward, and I for one hope they run with this.

5. A shadowy organization is behind it all. Sure, the origin of the ‘GBO’ may be spiritual, scientific or nature-based, but the clues dropped in the premiere indicate that a group are responsible in some way – perhaps with a view to “make a better tomorrow”. Just putting that out there.

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  • Sunshine327
    That's the first thing my 14 year old daughter said "Why wouldn't he put it on his left arm?".

    I'm intrigued as to how the story will unfold. I like how they cross-referenced the FF's in the begining to verfiy if there was someone in your FF that they saw the same thing. I also like how they decided to institute a website for people to log their FF's.
  • MamaRen
    Did anyone else think: "Put the dang friendship bracelet on your left hand!!!" ?
  • MamaRen
    Not necessarily...the daughter may be alive but missing a limb. That limb could have been with the remains of another soldier and could have provided the DNA. That's what first popped into my mind, anyway.
  • Jack
    Some of things I noticed were:

    A British Passport

    Sekunden = Seconds in German ie. 137 seconds

    I noticed on the side of a bus that there was an ad for Red Panda Resources. What is this organization? Who owns, who works for it?

    What is the Rutherford Case that the Scotland Yard and FBI agent were working on in London?

    Who is Lloyd Simco, the injured boy's Father and "future" lover of Olivia?

    What did Charlie mean when she said "There are no more good days"

    Why was Kangaroo running down a city street?

    Why did Mark write on his planner pad "Who Else Knows?" on April 29th.

    Towards the end of the show in the future Promo's there is a stop sign with an x-ray of a hand. (Is this the "Blue Hand")

    I've got more, but I'll wait to see what percolates next week.
  • With regards to that guy in the ball park, I think as time goes on and we learn more, we will find out that there are more of these people who were "immune" to the GBO. I really couldn't speculate if it were a man made immunity or if there may be some other reason just yet. I have my theories, but it is way too soon to have any confidence in them.
    Thanks for the great site!
  • riverfox08
    It does seem weird that like, everyone has seemed to move on in the future. Maybe there's some kind of huge event that happens to explain the reason for the FF's at some point in the season, then life returns to normal after 6 months and everything's fine? Everyone elses FF seemed to be different, but the only one that really matters as far as figuring it out lies with Benford's FF and his alone.
  • riverfox08
    I wonder why Benford's best friend saw his daughter in the future, he seemed to have tracked her down and found her in his FF. Who would make up such a lie like his daughter's remains being shipped back. And you know that it has to be the govenment or something, because he said the only way he knew it was her was because of the DNA. Sounds fixed.
  • ScubaRaf
    Riddle me this:

    If everyone saw themselves 6 months into the future - and they were all going about their normal business in that future, then the people they saw and were in that future DID NOT experience the blackout 6 months earlier! If they had, they would have all been amazed/terrified/whatever to be reliving that moment. They would have been AWARE that that was THE moment they experienced in their flashforward 6 months prior! This did not happen in the show, yet the main character was investigating what had caused the flashforward in his glimpse of the future - suggesting the event had happened! Everyone should have been glued to their TV screens watching the countdown timer to see what was going to happen next! But this was not the case! This does not makes sense! Either the memory of the event FADES over the next six months or this complexity of time shifting was not thought out well by the writers. Which is it? Any other explanation?
  • JSpen
    To counter your argument, a prevailing theory is that these flash-forwards were manufactured and "implanted" into our collective unconscious; they were not an organic, random phenomenon. This can be backed up by the fact that at least one person was conscious and seemed to be aware of what was happening. If the flash-forwards were indeed manufactured through whatever Applied Phlebotinum/Wonderflonium the shadowy conspiracy organization uses, they wouldn't take the awareness of the flash-forward into account.
  • AndrewDScott
    Did anyone notice the 'Oceanic Airlines' billboard when the two cops (Fiennes and Sulu) are doing the stake-out?

    It's probably of no significance, just a nod to Lost, maybe the producer is a fan of that show.
  • annie
    I am extremely intrigued...look forward to many more episodes to replace my Lost addiction come the end of its final season
  • RossFA
    and next episode is titled "White to Play".
  • RossFA
    Two comments:

    There was a white chess piece (in an envelope) on the Mosaic bulletin board.

    The interval from Oct. 6 11AM to Apr. 29, 2010 is 17,496 seconds. Very close to 17,500 (which it could equal).
  • sb6738sb
    Black guys looting the stores. ABC is going to get kicked in the knees for that bit of PC insensitivity.
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