FlashForward

FlashForward premiered with the most audacious narrative of any new series: The world blacks out, and everyone comes to with a vision of where they'll be in six months. As the show has developed, though, its impressive strength has been less with time-bending tricks-Joseph Fiennes, as an agent investigating the phenomenon, follows leads in the present based on future clues-than with an essential, often sad, emotional element. The agent and his wife (Sonya Walger) have had a troubled marriage. A recovering alcoholic, he falls off the wagon in his flash-forward-does that have anything to do with hers, where she's involved with a new man? What hurts the marriage more, actual things to come or a presentiment? This is a lesson from Lost: The craziest mysteries count for nothing compared to human want.