The latest episode of FlashForward - Gimme Some Truth, left us with THREE BURNING QUESTIONS. Click through the jump to see if you can help us find the pieces to these mysteries..

1. Who is Nicole’s ‘Killer’?

The identity of Nicole’s killer is becoming one of the most interesting mysteries floating out there in FlashForward land ^TM. All we really know about the event is that she’s being held under water and believes that she deserves it. One thought that crossed my mind is that she is misinterpreting her flash forward. With her being a Christian, could it be that she is actually being baptized? As for the smiling man holding her down under water, could he turn out to be her priest (compare the above photo with this one of the Priest)?

This possibility looks slim when we take into account that Nicole was literally fighting for her life (most unlike being baptized), and the similarity between the priest and her ‘attacker’ seems like a vague one in the cold light of day. So the hunt goes on – who is attacking Nicole in her flash forward?

2. How Does Janis Become Pregnant?

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According to Janis’ flash forward she learns that she’s going to be a mother some 6 months from now. However, this episode threw up two potential roadblocks to that future. On the one hand we learned that she’s a lesbian (I’m surprised at the negative outcry from some quarters over that kiss , seriously, what century are we in?), with little interest in dating any guys in the near future. This wouldn’t necessarily prevent her from becoming pregnant since there are medical solutions available in such circumstances. But the fact that she gets shot – in the stomach - at the end of the episode suggests that maybe her future isn’t set in stone?

Put it this way, if Janis survives with all her bodily functions intact, then the show could well be heading down a deterministic path (at least for now), suggesting that what they saw cannot be escaped. Although, who’s to say that their visions aren’t some kind of freewill based prophecy?

Any way, the main point is this – with Janis lying in a pool of her own blood, how does this affect her future chances of fulfilling her flash forward?

3. Explosion Proof?

In what was probably the most contrived moment in FF‘s short history, the fact that Dimitri, Mark and Agent Vreede escaped that explosion (and the subsequent hail of bullets) without a scratch, leaves myself and many other FF viewers asking..HOW? (it’s not the first time either, remember the warehouse in White To Play?)

How exactly did they survive?  Are there supernatural forces at work? Does their survival allude to the idea that their flash forwards are actually safe-guarding them until April 29th (or March 15th in Dimitri’s case)?

Unless the show takes more of a..LOST turn in that respect (and you know what, it might just be doing that), this has to go down as a contrived moment that the writers hoped would be “cool”, but ended up insulting the intelligence of its audience. I know that cool guys don’t look at explosions, but come on!

Here’s a round-up of FlashForward tidbits from the last few days.

FlashForward was up in ratings from the previous week, as reported by TVByTheNumbers:

8-9pm: ABC freshman FlashForward finished second against its non-sports competition in the 8 o’clock hour to CBS’ veteran Survivor in Adults 18-49 (3.0/9), leading NBC’s comedies (Community/Parks and Recreation) by 50% (2.0/6). Among Adults 18-34 (2.5/8), FlashForward stood as the #1 non-sports program in hour, ranking as the top-rated series in the slot for the 5th week in a row. The ABC freshman led the hour overall with Women 18-34 for the 5th straight week. Despite increased competition in the hour week to week from baseball and Survivor, FlashForward increased its overall audience by 8% from the prior Thursday (9.8 million vs. 9.1 million).

FlashForward showrunner Marc Guggenheim has stepped down, leaving creator/EP David Goyer to ‘fly solo’ according to The Hollywood Reporter:

There’s been a change at the helm of another freshman drama recently picked up for a full season, ABC’s “FlashForward.”

Co-showrunner/executive producer Marc Guggenheim is leaving the series, with co-creator/exec producer David Goyer stepping in as sole showrunner.

The move follows a similar switch last week on CBS’ freshman drama “The Good Wife.” Showrunner/exec producer Dee Johnson, also brought in after the pilot, has departed, handing the reins to co-creators/exec producers Michelle and Robert King.

Because of Goyer’s limited hands-on TV series experience, “Eli Stone” co-creator Guggenheim was brought in after the “FlashForward” pilot to help with the launch of the mystery drama based on Robert Sawyer’s novel.

After learning the ropes in a co-showrunner capacity on the original 12-episode order of “FlashForward” alongside Guggenheim, Goyer will fly solo for the series’ back-nine order.

Guggenheim will focus on development under his overall deal with “FlashForward” producer ABC Studios.

TV Guide talk to Sonya Walger about what’s coming up on FlashForward:

TVGuide.com: Were you nervous about joining another mythology-heavy show?
Walger: No, not at all. It’s funny, I didn’t even think of Lost when I read that script. It sounds bizarre or naïve, but I really didn’t. I read the script and I was so excited by the writing and by this character, by this woman who is complicated and says ‘I hate you’ to her husband when she means ‘I love you.’ She’s a professional and a surgeon and a mother. I didn’t see any similarities to Lost. I honestly still don’t. I see them as big shows that have one big exciting event, the catalyst that gets it all going with an ensemble cast. I see that, but after that they just part ways. There isn’t a mythology to FlashForward in the same way. There’s not codes to decipher … There’s not islands moving and polar bears and smoke monsters, that’s not in our show … yet anyway.

TVGuide.com: Did you ever work with Dominic Monaghan on Lost?
Walger: This is the joke of me being a part of Lost, I haven’t met three-quarters of that cast. I’m not kidding. I would be as star-struck as you would be if I met Matthew Fox. I actually only met Dominic on a photo shoot for FlashForward — that was the first time we met. He comes into play in quite a significant way in this show. I can’t really tell you anymore than that. He’s a good part of it.

TVGuide.com: We haven’t seen all of Olivia’s flash-forward. What can you tease about what we haven’t seen?
Walger: In the flash-forward, the bit that you have seen is that Lloyd [Jack Davenport] gets up from the bed and gets a text message from someone. The person he gets a text message from is very, very unexpected.

TVGuide.com: Can Mark and Olivia’s marriage survive this flash-forward?
Walger: Who knows? I think it’s completely fascinating that just the ghost of this might be what undoes their marriage, or it might be what strengthens them and keeps them together. It might be the tension of it alone [that] drives Mark to drink. It’s such an interesting idea that just the threat of something might be what leads you towards it. It may well be that they get to a breaking point and then say, ‘No, this isn’t happening to us. We’re going to make this work.’

TVGuide.com: Do you have any personal belief in fate?
Walger: I don’t really. The word fate doesn’t really mean much to me in some ways. I think we make our own. Minute by minute you decide who you are and who you’re likely to be. You make the choices hour by hour, just in the present. I don’t believe there’s some roadmap laid out that we’re headed towards.

TVGuide.com: Give us a nice tease for what’s coming up for Olivia.
Walger: She’s going to be forced quite soon to deal with whether or not you can change the future. She keeps being reminded — evidence keeps being presented all around her — that you can’t change it. Every time she thinks she’s seen the last of Lloyd and that she’s managed to avoid it, he keeps coming back.

You can read the “LOST” part of the interview here.

A few people have been asking for the name of the song from the start of 1.04 Black Swan. It’s probably easier for us to post it here – the song was “It’s Oh So Quiet”" by Bjork. Here it is again:

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Meanwhile, if forums are your thing, check out WeFlashForward for some great discussion on all things FF.

Episode Description:

MARK IS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE DETAILS OF HIS FLASHFORWARD IN A SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER WEDECK’S TEAM SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED, AND JANIS PONDERS HOW HER FLASHFORWARD WILL AFFECT HER CURRENT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, ON ABC’S “FLASHFORWARD”

“Gimme Some Truth” – Mark finds himself on the defense while being questioned about the details of his flashforward during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, which will decide whether to continue funding Wedeck’s team. Meanwhile, Janis wonders how her flashforward will affect her current romantic relationship, and Olivia receives an anonymous message relating to Mark’s flashforward, on “FlashForward,” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“FlashForward” stars Joseph Fiennes as Mark Benford, John Cho as Demetri Noh, Jack Davenport as Lloyd Simcoe, Zachary Knighton as Bryce Varley, Peyton List as Nicole Kirby, Dominic Monaghan as Simon, Br’an F. O’Byrne as Aaron Stark, Courtney B. Vance as Stanford Wedeck, Sonya Walger as Olivia Benford and Christine Woods as Janis Hawk.

Guest starring are Lee Thompson Young as Agent Gough, Barry Shabaka Henley as Agent Vreede, Peter Coyote as Dave Segovia, Navi Rawat as Maya, Amy Rosoff as Marcie, Michelle Tuzee as broadcaster, Barbara Williams as Senator Clemente, Glynn Turman as Senator Noland, Frank John Hughes as press secretary, Emerson Brooks as Connelly, Micole Mercurio as Maureen, Michael O’Neill as Director Keller, Mel Rodriguez as Oscar Obregon, Michael J. Silver as Randy, Scott Kelly Galbreath as Jim, Michael Cavanaugh as SETI Chairman Warren Moore, Talia Balsam as Surgeon General Anita Ralston, Omid Abtahi as bureau agent, Mieko Hillman as Renee Garrigos, Christopher Mack as little boy with Renee and Nilson De Macena as Tae Kwon Do instructor.

1.05 Promo:

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3 Sneak Peeks

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Here is the pormo for next week’s FlashForward - 1.05 “Gimme Some Truth”.

ABC have released the official description for 1.05 Gimme Some Truth. Continue below the jump to read the press release.

MARK IS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE DETAILS OF HIS FLASHFORWARD IN A SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER WEDECK’S TEAM SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED, AND JANIS PONDERS HOW HER FLASHFORWARD WILL AFFECT HER CURRENT ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP, ON ABC’S “FLASHFORWARD”

“Gimme Some Truth” – Mark finds himself on the defense while being questioned about the details of his flashforward during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, which will decide whether to continue funding Wedeck’s team. Meanwhile, Janis wonders how her flashforward will affect her current romantic relationship, and Olivia receives an anonymous message relating to Mark’s flashforward, on “FlashForward,” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“FlashForward” stars Joseph Fiennes as Mark Benford, John Cho as Demetri Noh, Jack Davenport as Lloyd Simcoe, Zachary Knighton as Bryce Varley, Peyton List as Nicole Kirby, Dominic Monaghan as Simon, Br’an F. O’Byrne as Aaron Stark, Courtney B. Vance as Stanford Wedeck, Sonya Walger as Olivia Benford and Christine Woods as Janis Hawk.

Guest starring are Lee Thompson Young as Agent Gough, Barry Shabaka Henley as Agent Vreede, Peter Coyote as Dave Segovia, Navi Rawat as Maya, Amy Rosoff as Marcie, Michelle Tuzee as broadcaster, Barbara Williams as Senator Clemente, Glynn Turman as Senator Noland, Frank John Hughes as press secretary, Emerson Brooks as Connelly, Micole Mercurio as Maureen, Michael O’Neill as Director Keller, Mel Rodriguez as Oscar Obregon, Michael J. Silver as Randy, Scott Kelly Galbreath as Jim, Michael Cavanaugh as SETI Chairman Warren Moore, Talia Balsam as Surgeon General Anita Ralston, Omid Abtahi as bureau agent, Mieko Hillman as Renee Garrigos, Christopher Mack as little boy with Renee and Nilson De Macena as Tae Kwon Do instructor.

The story for “Gimme Some Truth” was by Barbara Nance, and the teleplay by Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin. Michael Rymer directed.

[ABC]