FlashForward - The Lowdown

This years highly anticipated ratings-buster series is ABC's FlashForward. The show is based on the novel of the same name by Canadian science fiction writer Robert J Sawyer. The first season is set for 13 episodes starting on Thurdsday 24th September in the States and about a week later in the UK.

The plot sees mankind coming to terms with a mysterious global event lasting just two minutes and seventeen seconds. The event caused the majority of people to simultaneously see glimpses of their life six months in the future. The after effects of the event leave people wondering if what they saw will come true and those who saw nothing worrying if they will still be alive in 6 months.

Joseph Fiennes plays a Los Angeles FBI agent named Mark Benford. With help from his team he tries to work out what exactly happened and why it happened. They create a website database called The Mosaic Collective which contains flash-forwards from people around the world.

Cast
Cynthia Addai-Robinson - Debbie
John Cho - Demetri Noh
Genevieve Cortese - Tracy Stark
Jack Davenport - Lloyd Simcoe
Joseph Fiennes - Mark Benford
Zachary Knighton - Bryce Varley
Brian F. O'Byrne - Aaron Stark
Courtney B. Vance - Stan Wedeck
Sonya Walger - Olivia Benford
Christine Woods - Janis Hawk

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