Did anyone see last week’s FlashForward? I blogged about the the Bryce/Keiko relationship before. In last week’s episode, the story returns to Keiko (AF) and Bryce (WM) and how they’re trying hard to find one another. (See video of Yuko Takeuchi, aka “Keiko,” above.)
[spoiler alert] In this episode, the cute Asian woman Keiko waits in the Japanese restaurant screening every guy who walks through the door to see if he’s her American Prince Charming, while Bryce takes Nicole, the model-esque Japanese-speaking White woman to Little Tokyo to see if they can find Keiko. While looking for Keiko, Bryce gets a surge of emotion and kisses Nicole, thereby creating all kinds of strangeness in the relationship and storyline. Bryce and Keiko actually do get physically near one another, but they don’t make contact since Keiko is drinking with her new employer and Bryce is having a conversation with Nicole.
I think Bryce and Nicole are good for one another. Nicole herself so far is a more compelling character than Keiko, as she has a history and a yearning for something deeper in life. I’m wondering…it seems like the writers have been building up quite a bit of rapport between Bryce and Nicole, all while driving the story forward with Bryce/Keiko. Check out some of the Bryce/Nicole scenes:
Could it be that the whole Rice Chasah storyline is just a bait for something deeper to take place? I like the characters of Bryce and Nicole a lot. Keiko is a bit of a stereotype right now, but that could change as she gets more screen time and we get to see what she’s really about. I’m starting to develop some hope for this part of the story.
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Bryce is just another guy. He’s single and has cancer. So it’s only natural for him to “seize the day.” Although if he was serious about finding Keiko, he wouldn’t have kissed Nicole. That move has “douchebag” written all over his cancer covered forehead.
Nicole is going to die anyway.
By the way, can you tell what the date is in each episode? Because March 15th was like a full month ago… shouldn’t Agent Noh be dead by now?
Haha…I think time moves more slowly in this show. I’m hoping Bryce/Nicole develops (haven’t yet seen today’s ep). I like Nicole.
I’m thinking that Bryce may have mistaken something else for love. Maybe Keiko helped fix his cancer, or set him up with Nicole. Now exactly why she should be dying while Bryce and Keiko are in the restaurant–that I don’t know.
He’s single and has cancer. So it’s only natural for him to “seize the day.” Although if he was serious about finding Keiko, he wouldn’t have kissed Nicole. That move has “douchebag” written all over his cancer covered forehead.
Nicole is going to die anyway.
Ha! Everyone’s turning out to be a douchebag on this show, huh? I guess in a world where people know the future, people would start hooking up and indulging in their urges. Like Demetri with Janis? Wow, that was out from left field. No setup, completely out of character for the two of them.
I think if some people knew the future, they would just use it as an excuse to justify their actions: “Well her flashforward said she was going to have a baby, and I was the only available sperm in the middle of war-torn Somalia. Besides she’s a lesbian, so I was just helping her out honey.”
Rrriiight.
Anyway, I still find the show entertaining, even though the plot twists are a little ridiculous. Like what FBI agent goes over to another country where he has no jurisdiction or authority and takes a woman hostage? As a side note on that episode, I found it pretty stupid they showed people in Hong Kong wearing bamboo hats.
But I do like the diversity of characters on the show. What other TV show currently has an Asian dude in such a prominent role in a relationship with a BF?
Alpha,
I too like the diversity. I’ve never seen an Asian male in so prominent a role on prime time, at least not a serious role.
But wow, what a ridiculous plot. Good stories come from good characters, and when characters act…out of character…it’s hard to leave with a good feeling.
Demetri and Janis was a totally ridiculous subplot. If you were going to die in a matter of weeks and were thinking of getting married soon, would you impregnate another woman? Even if he had a secret hankering for her, I would think legacy alone would prevent him from getting her pregnant. The last thing a guy like Demetri would want is for his wife to think of him as a philanderer after he died.
And Olivia/British dude is also ridiculous. The British dude has been spending half the series talking about how he wants to come out honest, and now he’s cheating–which is what Mark originally accused him of doing. Crazy–and out of character. Olivia too.
I think it all comes down to how the characters are built. I could see Simon cheating. But Olivia/Demetri/Brit? Crazy.
@Alpha Asian: The latest episode of Flashforward makes a great comparison with Oedipus from Greek mythology. Certain characters have been trying to prevent their fate, and in doing so, facilitate it.
No one knows who the baby’s daddy is, or if she’s really pregnant. Yes Demetri Noh hinted that he could help her out with the insemination, but that is the directors screwing with us… but I can and will call Noh a douchebag if he did get Janis Hawk pregnant.
Unlike her husband Mark, Olivia Benford has been using every excuse available to sleep with Lloyd Simcoe. Accusing Mark of drinking in his Flashforward, giving Mark ultimatums (our marriage or the global blackout?), the list goes on. If she wanted her marriage to work out, she wouldn’t visit Simcoe or see him as some kind of “hero.”
If I were a happily married woman, and I saw the man from my flashforward (in person) who will ruin my marriage, I would kill him on-sight myself.
The real hero of this TV show is Al Gough, who committed suicide to save a woman he believes that he’d kill in the months leading up to the Flashforward. He is the first character to break free of his fate.
\If I were a happily married woman, and I saw the man from my flashforward (in person) who will ruin my marriage, I would kill him on-sight myself.\
Damn.
That’s love.
Larry,
Simon,
That last episode had lots of action. The scientist dude was pretty cool.