The premiere of FlashForward may not have been as mythology-laden as some where expecting, but it did raise some burning questions. We thought it would be a good idea to compile 7 of our most pressing questions from 1.01 No More Good Days, so that we can track them throughout the rest of the season to see when they get answered.
1. Why didn’t Dimitri see his future?
Does his lack of a flash forward mean that he won’t be alive come April 29th? If so, is there a way to change the future to guarantee personal survival?
How can this be achieved, and at what price for others?
2. Why..or rather, HOW did Dimitri and Mark get split up during the GBO?
They were in the car together before the GBO, and yet they wake up a fair distance away from one another after the GBO.
What caused them to seperate and why didn’t either of them question it?
Is Dimitri in on some kind of conspiracy – was he expecting the GBO?
3. What’s with the kids?
Was it just me, or did the the kids come across as being very mystical? The Benford’s girl gave us our episode title when she warned that there’d be ‘no more good days’ – a childlike interpretation of a bleak future? Whilst Lloyd Simcoe’s kid knew Olivia’s name even though they had never met – an indication that he saw her in his flash forward.
So again, what’s with the kids?
4. Is the GBO man-made or some thing above us all?
What can we read into the flash forward? Was it triggered, rooted in our DNA or could it have been a mistake..a one-off event? Did the flash forward come about to help us, or to serve as a warning?
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5. Why didn’t everyone blackout?
7 Billion people on the earth and yet not everyone lost consciousness during the global blackout, as revealed right at the end of the episode. Who is the man the Internet is calling “suspect zero”? Why did he not blackout? Did he know the GBO was coming? Are there others like him?
Whose flashes of the future are the most important? With 7 billion people on the planet, are some of these people just pawns for a higher order?
6. Who are the sides at play?
We know that Mosaic are the investigative team trying to piece together the flash forwards, but we also have hints at individuals or organizations with vested interests in the GBO. What are their objectives, and are they for working for the greater good or the greater evil?
7. What’s up with the Kangaroo?
The camera held on Skippy for far too long for it to have been a random occurrence. I’m expecting the Kangaroo to be an overarching part of the mythology, but what does it mean?
If you have any possible theories or ideas relating to these questions, or others that we have not covered above, feel free to let us know in the comments.
