Flash-forward

A flash-forward (or prolepsis, also sometimes known as a flash-ahead) in a narrative occurs when the primary sequence of events in a story is interrupted by the interjection of a scene representing an event expected, projected, or imagined to occur at a later time. The flash-forward technique is used less frequently than its reverse, the flashback, or the flash-sideways.

In Lost, the flash-forward technique was introduced in "Through the Looking Glass, Part 1", although it wasn't made clear that it was a flash-forward until the end of the episode. The first episode to feature a flash-forward that was clearly shown to be one from the start was "The Beginning of the End". "Ji Yeon" was the first episode to intertwine flashbacks with flash-forwards, although the flashback element was only clearly revealed to be in the past at the end of the episode, making its temporality a plot twist.

List of flash-forwards

• "Through the Looking Glass" - Jack
• "The Beginning of the End" - Hurley
• "The Economist" - Sayid
• "Eggtown" - Kate
• "Ji Yeon" - Sun
• "The Shape of Things to Come" - Ben
• "Something Nice Back Home" - Jack
• "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" - Oceanic Six
• "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" - Oceanic Six
• "316" - Jack
• "LaFleur" - Sawyer

See also

• Portal:Flashforward Characters