Janis’ Song: The Racialicious Roundtable For FlashForward 1.18

Mahsino: There very well could be a third mole, we still don’t have an answer for why Vreede was typing in the pass code at the FBI headquarters. I’m just sayin, Vogel did say there were about half a dozen candidates that could have been targeted…

Andrea: I think Vogel is the uber-mole. Which, of course, would jaink with Simon Hobbit’s swagger, but I don’t care. I want Simon to skedaddle back to the Shire. As of the first time I had to lay my eyes on him.

In the primary subplot, you had Gabriel literally showing up and us learning he’s been Forrest Gumping it throughout Olivia’s life. Funny, though, how Gabriel and the audience are seemingly in agreement: she really *is* better off with Commodore Lloydington.

Diana: That was freaky and stalker-ish. But you’re right Arturo, he said what we’ve been thinking all along. Dare we hope Mark dies as foreseen and the show continues without him?

Mahsino: You’re right Diana, he basically is a supernatural stalker. I don’t really appreciate them trying to make me care about Olivia with this whole “they can’t solve it without you” business. Even though Mark may be a complete jackass, I still don’t get why Lloyd would be a better husband. Sure he’s not an alcoholic, but he’s been known to bounce when the going gets tough (don’t think I haven’t noticed the writers trying to gloss over the fact that he basically bailed on his autistic son and was only forced to reunite him when his baby-momma died) and he’s a bit narcissistic and prone to leaps of logic. I’m just saying she might want to look before she leaps into another potentially awful relationship.

Andrea: Ooo, Mahsino, good points about Lloyd. I think why I sort of like Olivia with Lloyd is because, unlike Mark, Lloyd knows how to be adult enough to apologize when he messes up–something Mark just seems incapable of doing. And Lloyd has the sense to fall back when necessary, as seen by his “courting” Olivia. Mark is so ridiculous with these flash-forwards –talk about narcissistic!–that he allowed his marriage to fall apart. Now, as for Archstalker Gabriel, I’m going to be honest: every time I see Gabriel, I think it’s Zachary Quinto. Which, as I think about it, would have been a juicier casting choice, being all meta and thangs.

Diana: I’m with you Andrea, he really does look like Zachary Quinto. I was like, is Sylar on this show too?

Arturo: I’m told he was open to the idea, but his eyebrows wanted too much of a raise. Hiyooo!

And then you had Aaron in Afghanistan. At least they acknowledged he was lucky not to get his ass shot.

Diana: “You think you blend in, but you don’t.” I was ready for someone else to pop up and say, “So, take off that damn turban, you poser!”

Andrea: *Dead* Yeah, that was screaming for an extra Racialicious takedown, wasn’t it?

Mahsino: Every time he was on the screen, I kept going “look at this arrogant douchebag, I hope Ravi Kapoor and his thinly veiled British accent kills him.”

Open Mic!

Diana: No Cho in this episode, though. I was full of woe.

Andrea: Naw, his impregnating behind was at the beginning of the ep. ::Continues to give Demetri the side-eye::

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