Flashforward

[Maat]

Does anyone have seen the TV series Flashforward ? I really enjoyed this one, it prompts a lot of thoughts about time, prediction, expectation and so forth

Wiki says :

FlashForward is constructed around a high concept narrative where a mysterious event has caused nearly everyone on the planet to simultaneously lose consciousness for 137 seconds, during which time people see what appears to be a vision of their own life approximately six months in the future: a global "flashforward". A team of Los Angeles FBI agents, led by Stanford Wedeck (Vance) and spearheaded by Mark Benford (Fiennes) and his partner Demetri Noh (Cho), begin the process of determining what happened, why, and whether it will happen again. Benford contributes a unique perspective on the investigation; in his flashforward, he saw the results of six months of investigation that he had done on the flashforward event, and he and his team use those clues to recreate the investigation.

The team investigates a number of events related to the flashforward, including "Suspect Zero", who did not lose consciousness during the event because of a quantum entanglement device (QED), the sinister "D. Gibbons/Dyson Frost", and a similar mass loss of consciousness in Somalia many years earlier in 1991. Meanwhile, personal revelations contained within the flashforwards occupy the personal lives of the principal characters. Mark Benford sees himself relapsing into alcoholism; his wife sees herself with another man; Demetri Noh sees nothing, which could mean that he will not be alive to see the day everyone else has glimpsed or, perhaps, that his future wasn't set on the day of the flashforward. Other characters grapple with similarly unexpected or surprising revelations in their flashforwards.

I will add that you have those that are doing everything possible to match what they saw in their flash, and on the opposite those who try to ward off their "destiny".

We also see how it can be easy to misunderstood a flash based solely on images without context

It talks about parallel universe of different timeline too but I don't want to say too much about it for those interested who haven't see it yet. I find it too bad they stopped this series.

 

[David Topi]

I also liked it, although I did not see it all, for some reason, they stop passing it on the spanish TV on the channel that started it.
In any case, I confess that it was for instance the trigger to learn more about the Many Worlds Interpretation and other stuff about parallel worlds (I read for instance Michio Kaku's books).

Now I am looking forward to watch Sliders, it is also about moving between parallel dimensions so it can be fun and enterteining.
btw, happy new year to all! (unless you are in Samoa, you are already there! )