Olivia knocks on a house door. The door opens to reveal Lloyd. Olivia wanted to say thank you for his handling of Charlie at the park earlier in the day. He invites her in and offers a drink. Olivia
demurs, but is clearly torn. Not enjoying the possible game being played, Lloyd wonders why she is there. He has a phone, she could have called to say thank you. "Why are you here?" he directly asks. Olivia stays, and the two talk on the couch. She admits that she's can't blame all of her marriage problems on Mark. She's certainly made a mess of things herself. Lloyd did the same with his wife. Worse, he used Dylan's autism as an excuse to leave his wife. He grabs Olivia's hands, and she doesn't pull away. He looks at her, and says, "I'm not arguing against Mark. He's a brave man doing something very important." "Yes, he is," Olivia admits. "But now I'm stuck being Lancelot trying to persuade Guinevere." Olivia laughs at the thought of Lloyd as Lancelot, but he presses on. He knows she's having the same feelings he is. How does he know that, Olivia wonders. He knows because he is in her room on April 29th. "This scares me," Olivia says to Lloyd, succumbing to the attraction between them. "It should," he replies, before they begin to kiss.
Aaron returns to his hotel room and finds Wedeck sitting at the table. Wedeck assures Aaron that he is a friend of Mark's and explains that he tracked Aaron down based on internet searches for Jericho generated near the hotel. He continues, telling Aaron that very powerful people want to take Jericho down, but they need proof. Aaron tells the FBI man that he's going to Afghanistan to find Tracy. Wedeck asks why Jericho tried to kill Tracy. Aaron responds that Tracy witnessed Jericho murder an entire village. Knowing he's not going to be able to stop Aaron, Wedeck offers help. The men meet later, where Wedeck provides Aaron with a cover (he will be an electricity contractor working to improve Afghan villages), a video satellite phone to record Tracy's story, and a number of guns. He warns Aaron to get to Bagram Air Force Base as soon as he can so he and Tracy can be extracted; however, if things go bad, Aaron will be on his own. Aaron knows. He will stop at nothing to find his daughter, "God help anyone who stands in my way."
Missions are the furthest thing from Demetri's mind as he is getting drunk with his coworkers the night before his wedding. Vreede even offers to officiate the wedding. Janis offers to get Demetri to a cab, and as they walk down the street, Demetri wonders if he's being chicken in running away. Janis assures him he is not, "Everyone needs an exit strategy." She puts her friend in the car, but Demetri needs to tell her something. What they had talked about in Somalia (getting Janis pregnant), he still wants to try, so he can leave something in this world. Janis tries to hush him, eventually telling him, "I'm pregnant" (and no, she wasn't drinking at the bar. I checked.) Utterly confused, Demetri is driven off by the cab.
The next day, Demetri and Zoey are looking at the church they want to be married in that day. While they speak with the priest, it is revealed that Frost, fingering his rosary, is up in the balcony watching them. Meanwhile, back at the FBI office, Mark asks Wedeck if he ever found Aaron. Wedeck responds that he doesn't think Aaron wanted to be found -- the subtext not needed to be voiced. Vreede enters with a video to show the men. He explains that Frost's cell phone was turned on a few days ago and was traced to a parking lot. The video is security footage of that lot where Frost is shown getting into an early 70's sedan. Frost was the one who killed the homeless man!
Demetri is in his apartment, joyously singing "Islands in the Stream" while getting his tux on. As he moves to put his shoes on, Frost jumps out and knocks Demetri out cold. At the church, the wedding is ready to start, but where is Demetri? Both Demetri's mother and Mark try to rouse the groom on his cell phone, but only get his voicemail. Frost has placed Demetri in the back of the sedan. He covers the unconscious Demetri with a blanket and gets out of the car and enters a carnival. Olivia is there, running the "Wheel of Fortune" game (no relation to the game show, save a large spoked wheel). She receives a call from Mark -- her slight hesitation before answering speaking volumes about her guilt. Mark tells her that Demetri is missing. He assumes Demetri might just be getting cold feet with March 15th coming soon, but he still wants Olivia to be careful. She agrees and hangs up. She looks around for Charlie but can't find her. Charlie has wandered away, and is sitting on a bench. A man walks over and sits down next to her. "Hello Charlie," Frost smiles at the little girl.
Commentary
Well, "Let No Man Put Asunder" was a much better hour of television than "Queen Sacrifice." If you read my recap last week, you won't be surprised why I say this -- no Nicole, Bryce or Keiko. With all of the plots centering around the FBI, and specifically the March 15th deadline for Demetri, the show had some real dramatic oomph behind it this week. It didn't feel like a moment was wasted in the episode, which I cannot say about many of FF's installments. You know how I can tell I was invested in the episode? Even though there is absolutely no way they are going to kill off John Cho's character, I was still worried about Demetri. I was actually beginning to doubt whether the powers that be may just actually kill off the most famous person on the show. If they do, I will literally be floored, but even if they don't, I am still very concerned with Demetri's well-being. The other stuff I thought was pretty great in the episode were Lloyd and Olivia's scenes (God, how good is Sonya Walger? I mean, any Lost fans out there so how great she was in last week's Desmond-centric episode, and she just continued to kill it here), and some of the dialogue and direction. For example, the questions Janis asked Marcy, and they way they were played by Christine Woods were top-notch. Woods played them with just the slightest hint of the double agent we know she is (do we know? Are we sure??), illustrating Janis' desire to figure out whether Marcy knows her true identity, and her attempt to gain more knowledge of the conspiracy than she currently has. Also, John Cho is becoming quite a great actor. Fantastic stuff with Zoey and the gunman scene. Great work all around.
Of course, this wouldn't be FlashForward if a couple things didn't work. First, was it just me, or was Joseph Fiennes trying out a new accent for Mark for the first half of the episode? I almost couldn't concentrate on Mark's speech to the new FBI agents because I was trying to figure out what was going on with his voice. Very strange. Also, from what I saw in the preview for next week, Demetri is going to be put into some Saw-like murder device? Really? That just looked, well, awful. I hope it ends up being a lot cooler than it looked.
That's what I have for this week. The show seems to be picking up some good momentum, so hopefully it will continue to grow in a positive direction and get picked up for next season. Prospects may be looking better. What did you think of this week's episode? Did you enjoy it as much as I did? Do you think there's any scenario in which John Cho's last episode is actually next week? How did Janis get pregnant? Was it by Demetri in Somalia? The sperm bank? Please leave your thoughts, questions and theories below. Also, be sure to check out TVOverMind for photos and sneak peeks into next week's episode when they become available, and for all of your TV needs. Don't forget to follow me and TVOM on Twitter. Our addresses are below. I will be back next week with a recap of "The Garden of Forking Paths." Until then, I'm off to hug everyone that's awesome.
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I think it would definitely show a huge amount of courage for the writers to kill off Demetri. It could be a really smart thing for the show to do, actually.