However, I’m glad it MADE these points, regardless of whether it made them well. The scattershot nature of the pilot may have tried to do a few too many things, but it at least shows that the show is intrigued with some of the same things I am (if not always to the same degree).

The pilot seems symptomatic of the notion that you need to thrill before you actually stop and present any sort of subtle or gradual ramping up of tension, and the result is something that really could have been a good four episode opening to get people excited about the show. However, the “slow pace” (speaking in terms of how the network would respond more than I) would have perhaps kept people from watching, and if this pilot was another to hook people in (in the way the FlashForward pilot did) then it’s at least a chance for a piece of science fiction to start big and then readjust to something legitimately great once things settle down.