Tv Nibble: What a Difference a Week Makes

Last week I was singing the praises of Dollhouse, this week it failed to do much for me at all, while last week I was picking on ABC’s new series Flash Forward, where as this week…

Last week I said that the pilot gave us answers, too many answers, too easily. We didn’t have to work for them, they were already there and the show only brought me back by dangling the smallest of threads, the possibility of a conspiracy.

However if you weren’t hooked by the pilot then you might be by episode 2: White to Play. This episode begins to delve deeper into the mystery that surrounds the blackout and the mysterious name D. Gibbons that Mark saw in his Flash Forward. We find out what may happen to Demetri and why he didn’t see anything in his Flash Forward. Plus we get to see a little more of Lloyd Simcoe, Jack Davenport, as he meets Olivia for the first time.

Interestingly ABC doesn’t seem to have a scheduling problem with two of Flash Forwards cast. Does that mean that Lee Thompson Young wont be returning in January with the rest of the Interns in the new Scrubs spinoff? Or more importantly that Dominic wont be returning to the Island in Lost?!