'FlashForward' - 'Let No Man Put Asunder' Recap

(S01E16) Well, I'm going to have to take serious issue with at least one of the plot threads that went down in this episode, but we'll get to that in a bit. For the first time since 'FlashForward' came back, we knew what day it was: three days before March 15, when Demetri is supposed to die.

Some nice plot threads were woven together, which should make for some interesting drama as we continue hurtling toward our April 29 deadline. It was nice to see Aaron Stark pulled back into the saga, along with a continued focus on Jericho. I still haven't figured out how they're connected to everything just yet, but it should be fun watching Stark try and find out.

The enigmatic Dyson Frost surprised me by taking a far more active and present role in the events of the episode than I would have ever expected. I was anticipating this mysterious shadowy figure making cryptic statements in the background to confound and frustrate Mark, and us. I couldn't have been more wrong.

He's still being cryptic and evasive in that he's not taking Mark's phone calls. Instead, he's working in the fringes of their investigation, making himself known from time to time to string the FBI along for whatever reasons he's come up with for doing so. I didn't, however, expect him to take such an active role in Demetri's supposed forthcoming demise.

I figure Frost for a "big picture" kind of guy when it comes to this whole flashforward situation, which means that Demetri's death must be key in some significant way. We got a pleasant flashback reminder of Al, which refreshes our memories that he sacrificed himself to prove the visions can be changed, just before Demetri's deadline. That's an innocuous way for the writers to remind us that Demetri's death isn't necessarily set in stone, though it looks like it takes a pretty dramatic move to change things.

Here's my issue with the day of the wedding, though. Mark's already made it clear that Demetri could still die on the 15th, even if he's shot up to a few days before that. So why the hell would nobody be by Demetri's side, helping get him to the church. Hell, death looming or no, the groom usually isn't left alone on the big day. Isn't one of the traditional duties of the best man to make sure the groom arrives at the church on time, or at least at all?

And yet Demetri was completely alone in his place, for Frost to abduct him. Which brings us back to speculating why Demetri and his death is so damned important to whatever Frost knows about the future. Is it that his death will push Mark and/or others in the FBI to do what they otherwise wouldn't? Perhaps he's hoping they'll change destiny.

Speaking of that, I've completely given up on Olivia. She clearly has no real commitment to her marriage with Mark, despite what she's said. It's not that hard to not fall into Lloyd's arms, though the kids setting up play dates together doesn't hurt. Lloyd doesn't seem to mind breaking up their marriage, but what does he have to lose in doing so? Olivia has her family to lose, and she's been vehement in saying that she wants to do everything she could to avoid that.

Or maybe she just wanted Mark to do everything he could to avoid it, and if he's not going to quit his job at the FBI and move away with her, then she doesn't care either and she might as well throw herself into Lloyd's arms. That'll show him! Yes, your marriage isn't perfect, but if you truly didn't want it to end, and you knew already about a moment in the future in which it had already done so with this guy, why are you just letting it happen?

I guess Olivia thinks Mark's a bigger dick than I did throughout the first half of the season. I think he's gotten much better since that hiatus, but I guess Olivia isn't seeing much of him these days so she's missed out on the changes.

Knowing now that Janis is the mole changes every scene with her. As powerful as her revelation to Demetri was that she's pregnant, I'm not even sure if I should believe her about it. She could be working an angle to get into his head psychologically; after all, he did cheat on his fiance with her in Somalia. I appreciate that it adds layers to her character, and makes us watch her more closely, which is intriguing, but I'm with a lot of you in that I really liked her. It's disappointing to lose her to the bad guys, unless she is some sort of strange double agent.

I love the idea of Aaron being Wedick's secret, off-the-books agent on his way into Afghanistan to track his daughter. It not only makes the idea of him accomplishing this mission much more plausible, but it adds some much needed depth to the character of Wedick now. I'm not sure if I trust the Vice President after she gave Wedick that in-or-out speech. I suddenly got a flash of her helping to orchestrate the President's downfall to elevate her own status.

We didn't make it to D-Day this week, which means next week is all about whether or not Demetri dies. The story could move forward in two very different ways depending on his survival. What do you think they'll do?

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