FlashForward Episode 1.13 Blowback

Tracy is still drinking. She's worried that Jericho will track her down. Aaron believes she's making it easy for them, as he found her just by walking into the nearest bar. This logic actually sinks in, and Tracy takes the first step toward staying sober by heading home with her dad.

Mike Willingham, the soldier who toured with Tracy, asks if she is alive. Aaron tells him that she's safe and staying at his house. Later, two men break into the home to kidnap Tracy. Aaron realizes that it was Mike who tipped off Jericho. So, he takes the young man for a little drive.

James Erskine is the head of operations at the main Jericho offices in Santa Monica. Aaron uses his DWP know-how to cause a power failure at Erskine's house during his daughter's birthday party. Aaron cons his way inside and demands that Erskine give him back his daughter. Erskine feigns ignorance, but Aaron knows he's lying. He says, "You know the guys you really gotta be afraid of? The ones who got nothing left to lose."

Later, Aaron taps into a call made by Erskine to discover that Tracy will be kept alive until they get what they need from her. She has been taken back to Afghanistan. A cell phone rings. It's coming from the back of Aaron's truck where Mike Willingham is bound and gagged. Erskine's men are calling to tell Mike to eliminate Aaron. That's not going to happen.

Later that night, Erskine is stunned to find Mike hanging upside down outside his window. The words "Happy Birthday" are written across his chest. Aaron leaves a message for Mark, telling him that he's going off the grid. Things are playing out the way they're supposed to. He's in this thing to the end.

Mark questions Lloyd about the details of their heated future conversation. The two men head to Mark's house to walk through Lloyd's flash forward. Lloyd had received a text message from Simon. It was a formula that he wrote out in lipstick on the mirror. During his call to Mark, Lloyd said he was close to cracking the QED, which could be the name of the mystery formula on the mirror.

Mark wants to know more about D. Gibbons. Lloyd reveals the guy's real name is Dyson Frost. He once stole some of Lloyd's work and passed it off as his own. Since Lloyd never mentioned D. Gibbons to Charlie, Mark knows he'll have to again ask his daughter about this "bad man." But for now, he convinces Lloyd to help him find Dyson Frost. Mark says, "He's the key. We find him maybe we can stop this thing from happening again."

Dyson Frost wrote a paper about a test that determines recognition of consciousness among species, including crows. They need to go to Somalia to probe what happened there. Vogel tells Mark that Demetri and Janis will pose as part of a Red Panda team to enter the country. Simon will also be there. After all, he designed the mysterious tower that they need to investigate.

Zoey will stop at nothing to save Demetri from his imminent murder. She serves Wedeck with papers that allow her access to everything they have regarding the Mosaic investigation. After doing some research, Zoey has a chat with Alda Hertzog. Remember her? She's the suspected terrorist Mark and Demetri captured the day of the blackout. Zoey offers to represent her. Told ya she'll do whatever it takes to save Dem's life.

Determined to conceive a baby within the next week or so, Janis convinces a fertility clinic to take her case. After she got shot, the only thing she could think about was the baby. She tells Demetri, "We both have to fight for the future we want." She's doing so by having a baby. He must do so by getting rid of the gun used to kill him. Mark's gun. Unfortunately, that particular firearm has suddenly gone missing.