And Tracy was missing a leg! Our listeners gave us that theory a few weeks ago! We’ve got some smart listeners. Ourselves though? Not so much.

To get a full recap in under 2 minutes and 17 seconds listen to our podcast, or listen to just the recap.

Well, folks. This is the episode you’ve been waiting for with the interview of Robert J. Sawyer. He has some great insight to the show, and without giving too much away, gives you a look into how FlashForward might unravel.

Some flashes for this episode:

• Mark and Demetri follow a lead from the blonde terrorist, and meet up with the “Scarface of Pot”, yo
• Bryce and Olivia quarrel over a patient’s FlashForward to determine his illness
• A mysterious caller, Simon, contacts Lloyd Simcoe and claims they are responsible for the blackouts

To get a full recap in under 2 minutes and 17 seconds listen to our podcast, or listen to just the recap.

Next Thursday, Episode 1.05 “Gimme Some Truth”, Mark Benford’s special mosaic division is under scrutiny and is in danger of getting the plug pulled on their funding.

Remember that big interview we promised? Time to flash a little light on to it: we had the privilege to talk with multi-best-novel-of-the-year-national-award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer, the one responsible for the FlashForward novel and ultimately the ABC television series of the same name.

Robert was gracious enough with time out of his busy schedule to give us a lengthy interview, so we’ll be playing half of the interview on our upcoming podcast Episode 1.04: “Black Swan”, and the remainder of the interview the following week.

Take a listen to the sneak peek (or sneak peep since it’s audio) and let us know what you think!

Blackout2:17 is designed to give you the latest behind-the-scenes updates, spoilers, news, and gossip revolving around ABC’s new TV show: FlashForward.

From the co-writer of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, David S. Goyer, and loosely based off of Robert J. Sawyer’s 1999 novel FlashForward, the TV show FlashForward starts Thursday, September 24th, 8 p.m. EST and you can be sure we’ll have a first look at this surefire hit show.

We’ll have a podcast released each Friday following the show and several blog posts in between during the week. You can subscribe to our RSS feed to be notified of any updates we make to the page or look for us on iTunes.

Below you can play our first unofficial episode of the Blackout2:17 podcast. It gives an overview of the show, describes the major characters, explains how our show will bring you the best and most entertaining info about FlashForward, and gets you prepared for ABC’s answer to filling the gap LOST will leave behind after its final season in 2010.

And in case you’re not familiar with the show yet, the major plot line revolves around an event that causes everyone in world to simultaneously blackout for 2 minutes and 17 seconds, hence the name of our Web site.

Please leave us comments with your theories, ideas, and comments on FlashForward and Blackout2:17. Enjoy!