By Jenn Kim
So…I consider myself a pretty even-tempered person. I mean sure, I participate in the random riot and/or bar brawl here or there, but for the most part, not that many things set me off, with the exceptions of: 1) racism; 2) being told “Nice to meet you” when I’ve met said person before (30 Rock so got that right); and 3) when a show kills off an INCREDIBLY ATTRACTIVE CHARACTER. FOR NO GOOD REASON.
Thursday night I almost threw myself off my porch when I watched the very hot Lee Thompson Young, aka the Famous Jett Jackson, aka Agent Al Gough throw himself off the roof of the building. (No, I’m not dramatic or anything.) Why, FlashForward, WHY!?! Why must you be so cruel as to take such a beautiful black man away from us like that?
Sigh. I’m so torn. On the one hand, FlashForward presents interesting and plausible themes. I mean, the whole Blue Hand Thing was somewhat comical, but do I believe that a Fight-Club-slash-death-club-like group would exist for those who didn’t have a flashie? Sure. The Russian Roulette gun game was a nice touch (“Not today”!), and I find BSG alumn Callum Keith Rennie oddly compelling (and it’s nice to see him not stalking Starbuck for a change). Also, Al’s flashie is an interesting one: knowing that your supposed future self accidentally causes the death of a mother of two must be pretty angsty and gut-wrenching.
On the other hand, the concept of fatalism has always been pretty maddening to me, and that’s been at the center of the show’s ideology. Yes, I believe that it’s human nature to let the flashies affect your psyche and relationships with others, but sorry, no, I’m not going to just blindly accept them as inevitable truths. Which I guess is why I can appreciate “The Gift,” as it FINALLY introduces the idea that the flashforwards CAN be prevented.
But couldn’t the show have done it without sacrificing Jett Jackson???
Some more Flashie thoughts:
- “Like a book club. With bullets.”
- Why in the world wouldn’t British Lady from ER eat dirty rice with Al?? I would assume any human being who was attracted to the male persuasion would want to. Both literally and euphemistically.
- How did Demetri know where Al would be?
- Speaking of Demetri, I was so mad at him when he walked away from Zoey like that. At least he made up for it with baked goods and the TRUTH. Choose hope, Demetri! Choose HOPE.
- Who’s Annabelle?
- That guy who served with Aaron’s daughter looked so familiar that I had to IMDB him, and lo and behold, I discovered he had co-starred in Hang Time. Man, I loved those Saturday morning NBC shows! *Hang time! Running together…putting it on the line! Oh how I miss that show. And California Dreams. Remember that one? There was an Asian female singer! *California dreams! Don’t wake me up if I’m dreaming….
- Sigh. I’m still so mad.
About Jenn Kim: When she’s not attempting to fangirl in an organized fashion, Jenn enjoys stalking celebrities and getting over her totally rational fear of zombies. She also idolizes Joss Whedon, and is crossing her fingers that Nathan Fillion and NPH will accept her friend requests.
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When she's not questioning her decision to enter lawyer-hood-dom, Jenn enjoys stalking celebrities and getting over her totally rational fear of zombies. She also idolizes Joss Whedon, and is crossing her fingers that Nathan Fillion and NPH will accept her friend requests. 
For a moment I thought he was going to land on the woman when he jumped.
hahaha that would've been pretty amazing.
one issue here. since most people on tv are pretty damn hot, you're not leaving a lotta room for unexpected deaths!
True, but hotness is subjective. Maybe they could just kill off more white people.
Well…I suppose hotness is mostly subjective… But some people, I think are just undeniably hot. And yes, a puppy probably dies every-time a minority dies on TV.
And a spotted owl gets punched in the face.
haha yeah, i think a lot of my indignation came from the fact that they killed not only a beautiful character, but a black one at that. ah well, my friend pointed out that at least there's That Other Questionable Scifi show on ABC: Beautiful Black Man on that show isn't dead yet, and it looks like he'll be hard to get rid of considering…you know, he doesn't have a human skull and all.