flashback
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We learn all of this via flashbacks interspersed throughout the present-day trials of Dr. Grace after he wakes up, clueless, on a spaceship extremely far from home.
The script’s two mysteries — why is Tau Ceti safe and why is Grace not — intertwine in flashbacks that are interesting enough for a while.
From Los Angeles Times
From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s “kind of a flashback for some of us,” Andrew said.
The eight-episode series opens with a flashback to Sherlock’s childhood, revealing the loss of his sister Beatrice.
From Los Angeles Times
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