I don’t think I’ve said a word yet about ABC’s “Flash Forward,” which is a shame, because it’s one of the fall’s most promising new series. Starring Joseph Fiennes as a recovering alcoholic FBI agent who tries to piece together a mysterious worldwide catastrophe, and featuring all sorts of well known faces (like Dominic Monaghan, Courtney B. Vance, Rachel Roberts, and Jane from “Mad Men”), “Flash Forward” is everything that “NCIS: Los Angeles” is not. Condensed from Wikipedia:

A global event causes most people to simultaneously experience, for two minutes and seventeen seconds, his or her life six months in the future. When it is over, many are dead in accidents involving vehicles, aircraft, and any other device needing human control. Everyone who survived is left wondering if what they saw will actually happen.

Apart from the various catastrophic visions, people also see themselves relapsing into various former vices, such as Benford seeing himself drinking again, and his wife Olivia has a vision of herself with another man.

I just got done watching the first 18 minutes on Hulu (sorry Canadians), and I have to say, it looks pretty cool. ABC’s definitely trying to catch the “Lost” crowd, as the first scene echoes the opening scene from the “Lost” pilot — and there’s even a billboard for Oceanic Airlines in the background in a later scene.

It’s pretty intriguing to see what kind of pandemonium would ensue if everyone just passed out for two minutes. Hard to comprehend for someone like me. “What… what happened? I must have lost consciousness. Oh no, I missed the rest of that YouTube video!” **clicks on ‘replay video’, puts hand down pants**