Flashforward

I don't know about you, but I am enjoying this show. Not necessarily for the show itself (some of the characters are meh), but because of the questions it brings up. The quandaries the characters face because they know, or think they know, a piece of their future. Are they destined to be in those situations because of fate, or can they change it? If they change their behavior to avoid the future will they commit the very acts that bring about their fears, implying that had they never known at all they would have led different lives? It is all so interesting, and I am really enjoying wondering where the writers will bring these people and what the outcome will look like. And I am confident in the direction of the show because I have read that the writers have a whole arc mapped out. The writers of Lost did that - and while that show is totally confusing and mystifying, knowing they have a concrete resolution in mind, and now coming down to that resolution and seeing pieces fall in to place gives real satisfaction. It won't just end up mired in mythology and secrets and end with a lame explanation that never quite does the central mystery justice. Assuming of course that they really do have a plan (a good plan), and that they are competant enough to pull it off. For now, I'll stick with it, if only because pondering the mysteries of the space time continuum is kind of fun. Try saying that at your next cocktail party.