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Oct 22, 2009 · Gimme Some Truth: Directed by Bobby Roth. With Joseph Fiennes, John Cho, Jack Davenport, Zachary Knighton. Mark must testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee about his flashforward.
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- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Bobby Roth
- 2009-10-22
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- Trivia
- Unanswered Questions
Gimme Some Truth was the fifth episode of Season 1 of FlashForward. It first aired on October 22, 2009 on ABC.
Garage Attack
At 1:30 am on October 31, 2009, in a parking garage, Mark Benford is explaining to Stan Wedeck that things he does remember he remembers clearly; Wedeck tells him to keep quiet. Mark, Stan, Demetri Noh, and Agent Vreede enter their vehicle as Mark marks a call to someone and tells the party that their Mosaic Investigation funding is secure. A black sport utility vehicle slams into their car at high speed. The black vehicle backs off and the occupants dismount. One of the unidentified attackers fires a rocket propelled grenade at the agents' car. The car explodes, leaving no sign of life.
Polygraphs and a Senate Hearing
Thirty-nine hours prior to these events, the circumstances which led to the opening scene are revealed. Mark Benford, Demetri Noh and Agent Vreede are subjected to polygraph examinations by an FBI examiner. At 10:00 am on October 28, hearings about the GBO by the Senate Intelligence Committee chaired by Senator Joyce Clemente begin in Washington DC. The Surgeon General Anita Ralston testifies that psychotropic pharmaceuticals in the global water supply as the potential cause of the consciousness shift have been ruled out by various agencies. Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Chairman Warren Moore testifies that an alien intelligence may have caused the blackout. Director Keller of the Central Intelligence Agency blames the Peoples' Republic of China for the event because China suffered relatively few fatalities of less than half a percent during the blackout. When Senator Clamente points out that the blackout occurred at 2:00 in China, Keller responds that that is the point and that the event was designed to cause the collapse of the United States Government. Clemente announces a short recess, after which Stanford Wedeck will testify regarding the effort launched by the Los Angeles Field Office. Senator Clamente approaches Stan while he is talking on the phone to his wife. An adversarial conversation ensues in which Clamente reveals that she has an agenda against Wedeck because of something he had done with an unidentified woman six years earlier, alleging that if she could have proven his misconduct, she would be the current President of U.S. Stan replies that she would never have won re-election. Clamente reveals that in her Flash she saw herself as President. When the hearings reconvene, Stan testifies the Mosaic collective gathering the visions of people all around the world, allowing the FBI to construct a picture of what the world will look like on April 29, 2010. When Clamente chides him for having proceeded without authority, Wedeck reveals that Mark Benford had a vision of himself investigating the cause of the blackout and that the leads the FBI normally would not have for six months were already being followed. Senator Clamente says the committee should hear testimony from Mark. Stan attempts to block her move, pointing out that he is the Deputy Field Director in charge of the field office. Clamente comments the Wedeck managed to land on his feet and, in spite of Wedeck's comment that Mark has already been through a polygraph examination regarding his Flash, decides to reconvene the hearing the following morning with testimony from Mark. Stan tells Mark to just tell the truth. The next morning, Mark reports that the FBI has learned that at least two men were awake during the Blackout and causes some consternation when he says that one of the things that happened during the GBO was a massive crow attrition and that had also occurred in Somalia in 1991. Clamente challenges Mark regarding the decision to open the investigation without authorization from FBI Headquarters. Mark says it seemed to be appropriate because in his Flash he was conducting such an investigation and that a team of masked gunmen were trying to kill him. Clamente is incredulous that masked gunmen will be able to penetrate a secure federal building. In response to Clamente's question about why he was alone in the office in his Flash, Mark can only say that he was working late. He is unable to explain to the committee why he can only remember approximately thirty seconds of the future when other people can remember the full two minutes and seventeen seconds. Wedeck walks out of the room as Clamente comments that the investigative techniques are close to voodoo or fraud and asks if anyone has a question about NAZI repatriation.
Images of Somalia
At the Los Angeles Field Office, Al Gough gives Janis a thumb drive containing eighteen years of satellite imagery from Southern Somalia, telling her that it came from the Central Intelligence Agency. He does not tell her how he acquired the images. Janis gives the drive to Marcie Turoff with instructions to upload the images for review. Later, as they cycle through the images, Janis sees an asphalt road. She Marcie and Al closely examine the pictures and see five pylons or towers in "the middle of nowhere." Janis emails the images to Mark in Washington. As he and Demetri review the data, she tells them that the towers were built in approximately five months. They conclude that the U. S. Department of State probably knows that the towers exist and has kept the FBI in the dark.
General
•The pylons/towers found on the satellite images of the Ganwar Region appear to be five points perfectly spaced in a pentagon layout which could in turn also be seen as a five-pointed star (similar to the tattoos on the gunmen in Mark's flashforward). •Real-life US politicians Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are referenced. •Gina Torres makes an uncredited, voice-only appearance as Felicia Wedeck, talking to her husband over the phone.
Music
•Can You Find Me Love by Harrison & The Majestic Kind •Arabesque No. 1 in E Minor by APM •A Story by Sugarplum Fairies •Wait In Line by The Estate •Sister Christian by Night Ranger •Like A Rolling Stone by The Rolling Stones •Additional Background Music by John Charles Marshall
Bloopers and Continuity Errors
•Senator Clemente was referred to verbally by Wedeck as Joyce, but her nameplate at the panel hearing said Jane. •The panel hearings were a supposedly closed session, and no cameras can be seen, yet the news report featuring Clemente shows an image of her at the hearing. •The television in the parking garage in Washington, D.C. was carrying news from Channel 7 in Los Angeles. •When the episode aired on October 22, Agent Vreede, when recounting his flash forward while being polygraphed, says that he entered the incorrect security code when leaving the building. By October 24, ABC had edited this reference to an incorrect code on its webplayer, so that now, Agent Vreede says "I was leaving for the night. I was headed out the security exit. I don't know why - maybe 'cause it was late." •The polygraph examination were poorly represented; in a polygraph examination, the examiner asks a series of yes/no questions that have been previously discussed with the subject. •If 20 - 25 million (numbers differ thorough the show) people died world wide, that's roughly 0.30% / 0.37% (assuming a world population of 6.7 billion). So the number of casualties in China might be above average! •President Segovia offers Stan Wedeck the position of Director of Homeland Security, a Cabinet-level position. In real life, this is called the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Oct 23, 2009 · It was nice to take a break from Benford's (Joseph Fiennes) hinky Mosaic investigation which, most of the time, is a less-than-thrilling existential pretzel. In fact, Bedford and Wedeck's ...
Oct 23, 2009 · FlashForward Review: "Gimme Some Truth" Matt Richenthal at October 23, 2009 8:22 am. The first major death on FlashForward likely took place this week.
