The essential episodes of FlashForward
Watch these 15 in order and you've got FlashForward — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A normal day turns to chaos when all people on Earth black out for 2 minutes, 17 seconds and see events from their own futures.
- 02
Demetri and Mark travel to Utah in search of a suspect who might be connected to the global blackout; Olivia runs into the man from her vision.
- 03
An imprisoned Nazi claims to have knowledge about the blackouts; Demetri receives an anonymous tip about the future; Aaron tries to get approval to have his daughter's body exhumed.
- 04
Scary Monsters and Super Creeps
Mark, Demetri and Wedeck try to connect Janis' attack with a separate attack made on them; Olivia confronts Mark about his experience; Demetri and Gough track down a clue from Mark's; Dylan goes missing from the hospital.
- 05
Mark, Demetri, Gough and MI-6 agent Fiona Banks look into a Blue Hand Club's possible connection to recent suicides; Aaron gets a surprise visit from a former Army pal of his late daughter.
- 06
Demetri and Mark disregard Wedeck's orders and pursue a woman claiming to have details of Demetri's fate; Zoey learns the meaning of her flashforward.
- 07
Part one of 2. Mark must meet with a therapist to regain his badge after being suspended by the FBI; Demetri reluctantly teams with CIA agent Vogel to search for Lloyd; Janis learns family secrets about Simon.
- 08
Conclusion. Mark must meet with a therapist to regain his badge after being suspended by the FBI; Demetri reluctantly teams with CIA agent Vogel to search for Lloyd; Janis learns family secrets about Simon.
- 09
Demetri, Janis, Simon and Vogel go to Somalia to search for clues; Bryce tells Nicole he has cancer; Olivia tries to get her daughter to tell her what she saw in her flashforward.
- 10
Mark and Vogel execute a plan to uncover the identity of the mole in the FBI; Mark moves out of the house to protect his family; Keiko continues her search for Bryce.
- 11
Mark and his team search for Demetri; terror suspect Alda promises to give Zoey information on Demetri's whereabouts; Olivia learns the identity of who sent her the text message about Mark's flashforward.
- 12
Olivia receives disturbing news from Gabriel; Aaron's life is in danger as he continues to search for his daughter in Afghanistan.
- 13
Demetri and Banks try to track down a killer; Mark reluctantly agrees to help Simon find his sister; the FBI discovers the identity of Suspect Zero.
- 14
Mark does everything in his power to protect Gabriel; Aaron risks his life in an attempt to rescue his daughter; Janis must kill a fellow agent.
- 15
April 29, 2010, arrives as everyone waits to see if the flash-forward predictions take place; Mark uncovers the date of the next blackout; Simon and Demetri break into the NLAP mainframe.
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