But life goes on, trains continue to run, and we finally get to meet Simon (Dominic Monaghan) good and proper. He is on a train, in the dinner cart, flirting with a beautiful woman (non other than Ashley Jones; Daphne from True Blood). He explains to her the idea of Schroedinger's cat and how that applies to the flashforward. That the cat is both dead and alive is true until the result has been observed. Now that the population of the world has observed those 2minutes and 17seconds, they are true, and cannot be undone. Which just leads me to hope that Cho is in a coma, and the FBI released that he'd been murdered...though it still does not explain who exactly his fiancee was marrying at the time.
Simon was deliciously evil, seducing Camille into his bed, and while entangled he told her his flashforward - he had murdered someone with his bare hands. He also had a flare for the dramatic, showing up in the back of Lloyd (Jack Davenport)'s car wearing a Hallowe'en mask, to talk to the man who had helped him with the devastating experiment.
It is interesting to note that both Simon and Lloyd had flashforwards, despite having caused the incident in the first place, so who was the man who was not rendered unconscious by the experiment and did he have anything to do with Simon and Lloyd or is it something else altogether?
Other events included Janis (Christine Woods) surviving the operations, with very little chance of getting pregnant because of the damage. But not no chance. The question remains, when will she decide that she wants to try to get knocked up artificially, or will something strange occur that will have her sleeping with a man and therefore pregnant. I really want to know how exactly that is going to come together.
Demetri (John Cho) and Al (Lee Thompson Young) followed the clue of the blue hand from Mark (Joseph Fiennes)'s flashforward to discover what will become the Rutherford case, which Al will be discussing in April.
The most important event was the crack in Mark and Olivia (Sonya Walger)'s wedding. Dylan, Lloyd's little boy, remembered Mark and Olivia's house as his house. He escaped from the hospital and went there. Soon, Lloyd was in the house, thanking Mark for finding his son and being quite confused about his familiarity with the living room. Then Olivia comes home and everything fits into place. Suddenly, the husband, the wife, and the future lover are all aware of the future situation, and no one is particularly comfortable. Mark asks Lloyd to leave with his son and never to trouble his family again. The men part of a very awkward but polite handshake.
Unfortunately, all is not well for Mark and Olivia. Despite have said earlier that they ought to live in the moment, and cherish the time that is now, Olivia cannot deal with the lack of trust she has for Mark who has seen himself drinking, and Mark believes so easily that Olivia will leave him. They end the episode with their marriage in rubble.
Again, we learned something important. Charlie, Mark and Olivia's daughter, was at home with Olivia, Dylan and Lloyd in her flashforward, so how does she know about the bad man who caused all this. I thought for sure she'd been kidnapped, and that Nicole had had something to do with it - which was why she was being drown. But her flashforward told her nothing of the kind.
What questions did this episode raise for you? Do you think the flashforwards cannot be undone?
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