FlashForward Episode 1.10 A561984

The scientists behind something called the National Linear Accelerator Project hold a press conference where Lloyd Simcoe declares that their experiments caused the global blackout. The admission stuns and angers the room. One audience member is so overcome with rage that she grabs a security guard's gun and starts firing at the stage. Out of harm's way, Simon tells Lloyd that he should not have admitted responsibility until they were sure. He declares himself officially at war with Lloyd.

Simon goes to see Wedeck to say he does not believe they caused the blackout. He says he designed the tower in Somalia that the FBI is investigating via their satellite photos. It's a specialized pulse laser. He believes the photo shows a model because the technology to build an actual structure doesn't exist yet. Janis informs him that the structure is real and the photo was taken in 1991, a year before Simon initiated his concept. Hmmm.

Janis and Wedeck show Simon the file on D. Gibbons. Their "initial" suspect is highly-efficient in advanced computing equipment and particle physics simulation. Hey, who isn't?! Simon doesn't recognize the composite sketch of D. Gibbons, but promises to do whatever he can to help find him.

Wedeck sends Janis to stakeout the hospital for Lloyd. While she's there, Bryce tells her that if she was four months pregnant in her flash forward, something's gotta give in early January. Bryce tells her not to give up what she wants. We're wondering if he'll follow his own advice, as he still can't track down Keiko, the woman from his flash. Later, Janis gets the name of a good sperm bank from Bryce. Looks like she's getting proactive.

When Lloyd does show, he refuses Janis's offer of FBI protection. Instead, he wants his son moved to a more secure hospital. An administrator at his current hospital is less than willing to assist the man who just admitted he caused the blackout. But Olivia offers to help. These two can't seem to get away from each other.

They discover that Olivia almost moved into a building near Lloyd's place when she was planning on going to Harvard. But when Mark got assigned to L.A., she went with him. Lloyd speaks of a theory that suggests that anything that could have happened in their past actually did happen in some other universe. So maybe Olivia did go to Harvard in some other universe and they actually did meet. It's all very It's A Wonderful Life-ish.

Zoey leaves a message for Demetri's parents pleading with them to come to their wedding. They have to show, right? After all, they were there on the beach in her flash forward. While at a memorial service, Zoey has a disturbing revelation. She fears the scene on the beach from her flash may not have been for her wedding. It may have been for a different kind of ceremony. It may have been for a funeral.

Zoey visits Demetri's mom to discuss their visions. Mrs. Noh didn't want to talk about her flash because that would make it real. She wishes that the future would, indeed, be one where Zoey marries her son. Zoey says, "We can do more than wish, Mrs. Noh. We can change the future."

Against Wedeck's orders, Mark and Demetri head to Hong Kong to find Dem's mystery caller. They track down Nhadra Udaya dining in a restaurant amidst her team of armed security guards. Nhadra tells Demetri that the person who killed him is sitting at their table. His name: Mark Benford. To prove she knows what she talking about, she rattles off this sequence: A561984. What's that, you ask? It's the serial number for Mark's gun.

When Nhadra refuses to answer more questions, Mark flips the restaurant table up in the air and pulls a gun on her. He drags her out of the restaurant with a confused Demetri trailing close behind. They make their way into the street where Nhadra's security team and local police instantly surround them. It's a standoff. Marshall Vogel, the Hong Kong-based FBI agent who told Mark and Demetri to go home right after they arrived, convinces Mark to release Nhadra. Mark says this isn't over. Nhadra responds, "It never is."

Mark realizes Vogel is not FBI. He's CIA. Vogel tells him that Mosaic is much bigger than he knows. Wedeck calls Mark on his cell. After he hangs up, Mark turns over his gun and badge to Demetri. He's succeeded in changing the future. Mark Benford is no longer part of the FBI.

Back in her office, Nhadra is looking over her own version of a Mosaic bulletin board. It has many of the same clues featured on Mark's board. One thing that's conspicuously absent is the name D. Gibbons. That's probably because the actual D. Gibbons is sitting behind her playing a computer game of chess. This guy is beyond chilling.

Lloyd and Olivia say their goodbyes at the ambulance bay as Dylan is getting set to be transferred. When Olivia notices that the paramedics aren't following protocol, she calls for security. The paramedics draw guns and shoot the guard. They toss Lloyd into the ambulance and one gunman strikes Olivia with his pistol. She and Dylan can only watch in horror as the ambulance speeds away with Lloyd inside.