FlashForward

When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to exist. Knowing their fate will alter each person's life, destinies will be changed.

FlashForward (2009-2010) is an American ABC network science fiction mystery drama created by David S. Goyer and Brannon Braga. When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, every person sees a flash of their own life six months in the future. FBI agent Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes) leads the investigation into the global event while struggling with what his own vision revealed about his family, his marriage to Olivia Benford (Sonya Walger), and his career. Demetri Noh (John Cho), a physicist and colleague, and Stanford Wedeck (Courtney B. Vance), a fellow agent, help chase clues across the world as personal destinies shift under the weight of foreknowledge. The single season of twenty-two episodes is a serialized mystery built around a mass event and the characters' attempts to change what they saw. Each episode alternates procedural investigation with intimate dread about the future. The tone is anxious, mournful and tense, with a grounded contemporary American setting. Fans of Lost, The X-Files and Heroes will find resonance in its global mystery and ordinary people facing extraordinary knowledge.

Audiences rated the single season positively for its high-concept premise and mystery, though its cancellation left the central question unanswered.

• Lostserialized mystery with a global event and fate-revealing premise, mind bending high concept
• The X-Filesconspiracy investigation with government agents and paranormal stakes, serialized FBI drama
• Heroesordinary people confronting a world-altering mystery, ensemble drama with speculative premise

Created by

David S. Goyer, Brannon Braga

Release Date

2009-09-24

Episode runtime

42 min

Rating

7.6 / 10 (571)

What is FlashForward about?

After a worldwide two-minute blackout, everyone glimpses their own life six months ahead, and an FBI agent races to understand why.

What is FlashForward like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of FlashForward as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is FlashForward violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in FlashForward as mild.

What did critics think of FlashForward?

Audiences rated the single season positively for its high-concept premise and mystery, though its cancellation left the central question unanswered.

Which shows are like FlashForward?

Shows with a similar feel include Lost, The X-Files, and Heroes.

How long is FlashForward?

FlashForward: 1 season, 22 episodes.

Is FlashForward still running?

No, FlashForward was canceled.

Where can I watch FlashForward?

In United States, FlashForward streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.