Due to time-constraints, we’re a bit behind in our FlashForward reviews, but we do plan to get back up to speed soon! For completeness, we thought we’d go ahead and post our very condensed review of 137 Sekunden by pointing out one good aspect to the episode, and one bad.
THE GOOD
- One of our complaints about White To Play was the lack of impact the global blackouts seemed to have on the global community. By visiting Germany and East Africa, Sekunden, at least went some way to making the show feel like the global story it was advertised as being.
THE BAD
- The Nazi. For one thing I doubt either the German or US governments would agree to his demands, especially as his tidbits didn’t exactly amount to much. (I’m fine with the flash forwards being an overarching mystery, but the ‘stepping stones’ towards completing the puzzle could be a little more believable, or interesting). Even his reveal about the crows seemed a little lacking in payoff. Sure, it turned out to be a clue, but only because the show made it fit. I guess it just felt too mechanical. As an aside, it does beg the question of where Team Mosaic will draw the line. In this episode they let a mass murderer go free for the smallest piece of information – what next!? Perhaps a question we should be asking is, whether the future is really worth fighting for if we’re just going to forget the past, like, completely..
Overall: A decent episode. FlashForward shows signs of live but we’re still waiting for the large hook to draw us into the mythology and mystery of the show.
Rating: 7.1/10
(Our Black Swan review will be posted in the next few days).
