Welcome to Mosaic Investigations, our weekly look at all that we saw in the latest episode of FlashForward – 1.02 White To Play.

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White To Play

As we speculated last week, it looks like each episode of FlashForward will feature a clue in the opening titles to foreshadow the episode. The clue in the NMGD titles was the friendship bracelet, given to Mark by his daughter Charlie. The clue for White To Play was the white queen chess piece discovered at D. Gibbon’s lair.

D. Gibbon’s seemed to be an avid player chess player (above) – he had computer chess game in his warehouse (rigged to the explosives) and as we mentioned, a white queen chess piece was found after the explosion. The white queen also offers insight into the episode title – “White to Play”. Are certain groups viewing the Global Blackout in game-like terms? Is the GBO their first ‘play’? Perhaps we’ll have to start keeping closer tabs on color thematics from now on?

Suspect Zero

According to video forensics, Suspect Zero is male, 5’8″ and 150 pounds. If I’m wrong I’ll hold my hands up, but that profile seems to fit this guy (possible spoiler for those who don’t know about casting).

Sketchy Vision

Bryce Varley could be seen drawing a picture of a mysterious woman. I don’t know who this is, but I think it must carry some significance due to the fact they showed it to us. Could she be someone from his flash forward? Is she the reason for his future happiness?

Message Man

D. Gibbon’s seemed to know more about how the pieces were fitting into place than either Mark or Dimitri. He went on to give Mark a cryptic message that went like this: “He who foresees calamity suffers them twice over”. Is this a clue?

It can be a taken at face value as a warning about seeing your future before you actually live it out (although I guess that would only apply if your flash forward was a bad one). But it could also allude to my idea on alternate realities in FlashForward?

As an aside, Charlie also calls D. Gibbon’s a “bad man”. Did she see him in her flash forward?

We received a few emails from people who thought D.Gibbon’s is being played by a certain actor from “LOST”. We can confirm that Gibbon’s is not a former LOST actor. Here’s the clearest shot we have of him. I don’t recognize him from anything, but if anyone has any ideas feel free to let us know.

As always, if you’d like to add anything to the above or you think that we’ve missed something out, feel free to let us know what YOU saw in the comments.

Welcome to Mosaic Investigations, our weekly look at all that we saw in the latest episode of FlashForward – 1.01 No More Good Days. Consider this our way of piecing together the FF clues and eastereggs.

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Handy Opening

FlashForward sneakily incorporated a quick flash from Mark Benford’s flash forward in the opening title sequence. You had to be quick to notice the friendship bracelet which foreshadowed one of the most poignant strands from the episode.

The title sequence flash was cool for those of us who like searching for these things. Although they probably nicked the idea from Fringe.

It’s possible that the opening titles could include a different foreshadowing clue each week, so we’ll see what the next one brings.

Foreshadowing?

Demitri tells Mark that his wife-to-be wants Dolly Parton’s Islands In The Stream to play at their wedding. A throw-away line you might think? I think not. I may be reaching too far, but I think this could be one of those seemingly innocuous references that will turn out to be a major clue in seasons to come.

Specifically the lyrics, possibly alluding to multiple worlds..multiple realities on FlashForward.

Islands In The Stream lyrics:

Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in-between
How can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, ah-ah
From one lover to another, ah-ah

Of course, it could just be an innocent reference. I guess we’ll find out in several seasons time.

Who Lost Their Desperate Housewife?

The obligatory hat-tip to “ABC” cousins LOST and Desperate Housewives.

Mosaic

Here are the important images from Mark Bendford’s flash forward, including references to the Mosaic investigation, a black swan, 137 Sekunden, Red Panda Resources, Blue Hand and more!

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Hop, Skip, Jump

One of the most intentional clues dropped in the pilot – not sure what it means, but something tells me Skippy is a ‘marker’ of some kind (both for the characters and the viewers?).

Seeing Double

I’ll just come and and say it now – alternate realities in FlashForward. There. I said it, again. Now we wait.

“I Know Olivia”

This one was explained in the episode – Lloyd Simcoe’s son knew who Olivia was because he must have seen her in his flash forward. To complete the circle, we also know that Olivia saw Lloyd (but not the kid) in her flash forward. There does seem to be an element of fate about their meeting in the hospital – what wife her saving his life and all.

Could this act be the thing which initially bonds Lloyd and Olivia? It’s becoming fairly significant that time is far from linear in FF. A case of the old chicken and egg scenario – what came first, fate or freewill (and is their any controlling factor over either)?

Oh, and by the way, I wonder what Lloyd saw?

Robert J. Sawyer Cameo

..and he’s looking right in the camera! Nice little hat-tip to the creator of the FF source material.

Suspect Zero

Perhaps the biggest bombshell of the episode – who IS Suspect Zero? I have a few ideas..

“Guys..where are we?”.

As always, if you’d like to add anything to the above or you think that we’ve missed something out, feel free to let us know what YOU saw in the comments.