This week Capt. Lance spoke from the heart to his remaining daughter on Arrow, The Big Bang Theory guys discussed the realities of celebrity and Lisbon likens her family to cavemen on the series finale of The Mentalist. 

To find out what else we have in store for you, just scroll through the slideshow and enjoy! 

Quotables from Week Ending Feb. 19, 2015

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Now, just a few days before the network officially announces its full slate of renewals and cancelations, it has made its decision: Goodbye, FlashForward. Hello, V!

Both dramas struggled to find a loyal fan base after going on a multi-month hiatus between December and March. But V has averaged about one million more viewers than FlashForward and, simply put, is a better show.

The former airs its first season finale next week and you can check out a clip from "Red Sky" now:

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• … people who thought they had escaped their fates are found dead.
• … Demetri and Agent Banks track down a killer.
• … Mark helps Simon search for his sister.
• … the FBI learns the identity of Suspect Zero.
• … Nicole struggles with whether or not to tell Bryce about Keiko.

Check out the following promo for "Course Correction."

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Meanwhile, Mark reluctantly agrees to help Simon find his sister. However, he discovers he’s withholding the truth about what actually happened with her. Also, the FBI discovers the identity of Suspect Zero and Nicole learns the whereabouts of Keiko.

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Elsewhere, Aaron’s life is in danger as he continues to try and locate for his daughter in Afghanistan.

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Elsewhere, Olivia finds out who sent her the text message about Mark’s drinking.

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Elsewhere, Wedeck attempts to help Aaron infiltrate Jericho in order to rescue Tracy; and Olivia’s bond with Lloyd grows tighter.

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There is tension on the home front when Olivia, not content to let herself be trapped by her vision, tries to coax Mark into moving the family to Denver.

By Olivia’s logic, since all their negative flashes took place in Los Angeles, a move would set them free. When she finally gets Charlie to reveal her flash and learns that she overheard two men (including that shady Vogel!) saying that Mark was dead, Olivia demands that Mark choose between Denver and his family and Los Angeles and his job.

Olivia believes that she is freeing herself of her vision, but by forcing Mark to choose, she may very well be setting herself up to leave him – just as her vision predicted.

Also Stateside, Bryce begins to tell Nicole about his cancer. We hope that this revelation will not push Nicole off her path to med school; we like her newfound purpose. But however tense the situations at home may have been, they pale in comparison to the team’s trip to Somalia.

Traveling off the radar and in disguise, Demetri, Janis, Vogel and Simon are almost immediately captured by Abdi, a warlord who saw the original experiment back when he was a boy, and to whom the blackout had given visions of great power.

Though we can assume he was no choir boy before the blackout, Abdi’s bloodlust shows that he is another person trapped by visions of the future.

His wanton killing – of the team’s translator and security guards – kept us on the edge of our seats (which is no small feat, given that we know that Janis and Simon are predicted to survive and Demetri’s death is predicted at another time. Plus, the large seats we sit in.) Looks like Mosaic was actually finally good for something, as Janis wisely uses it to show Abdi that he is meant to bring peace, not war. Way to figure that out after all the extras have been killed off, dear.

As we said, Abdi’s time was short-lived.

When he discovers the bodies of his villagers in the one remaining tower, he tries to kill Simon, again believing that God brought the two together so Abdi could have his revenge.

Vogel kills him, leaving Janis to ominously state that his death was not supposed to happen. This change in the future causes Janis to believe that her pregnancy was not meant to be. However, Demetri, perhaps drunk on rum, perhaps hoping Janis is drunk on rum, perhaps wallowing in the misery of his foreseen death, offers to impregnate Janis.

Will Janis take his offer? We hope not; it just doesn’t feel right. She is convinced that not every flash will come true – hopefully she’ll try to convince Demetri of the same thing and get him focused (besides, can you imagine the field day the Birthers would have with a kid conceived in Somalia if Janis’s child ever runs for President?)

However, sex was the last thing on Demetri’s mind once he decided to rewatch the D. Gibbons/Dyson Frost tape of the original experiments.  In the creepiest moment we’ve had in the entire run of the show, Dyson Frost suddenly turns to the camera and begins to address Demetri, all the way back from 1991. As the episode ends, Frost asks Demetri, “got your attention, didn’t I?” The show, with back-to-back strong episodes, certainly has ours.

One critique: Was it necessary to have Abdi have that scar across his face? It made us think of Omar Little, which made us think of The Wire, which made us think of all the shows that just don’t measure up, which made us hug each other close.

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Nicole tells Bryce that she is taking a pre-med class. Bryce gives her his calculator, a good-luck charm of his. He then begins to tell her that he has cancer.

Under the guise of international aid workers, Demetri, Janis, Vogel, and Simon travel to Somalia to investigate the previous blackout. However, before they reach the tower, armed warlords arrive and take them captive. Their leader, Abdi, sees through their ruse and kills their translator and security team. Abdi recalls when the towers were installed around the village. He says that there were originally five towers, and they killed his fellow villagers. Abdi reveals that his flash showed him giving a political speech and envisions himself the future leader of Somalia. He demands planes, tanks and boats from the captured agents for the war he believes he will lead. Janis uses Mosaic to prove to him that he is instead meant to bring peace to his country. Abdi leads the group into the tower, where Demetri finds a chess board and a videotape interviewing Abdi’s fellow villagers, who were not killed after all, describe their flashes. The tape then reveals that D. Gibbons was the man conducting the experiment. Vogel finds a room full of skeletons – the executed remains of Abdi’s village. Abdi reacts to this by attempting to kill Simon for designing the towers but is killed by Vogel, causing Janis to remark that his death was not supposed to happen. As the episode ends, Demetri and Simon are re-watching the D. Gibbons/Dyson Frost tape. On the tape, from 1991, Frost suddenly begins to address Demetri.

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Here’s a look at ABC’s possible cut list and why these shows, none of which have received a pickup for next season, might get one yet … or might fade into the sunset.

Castle

Why it should be saved: Probably the most secure show on this list. It just had its most-watched episode ever (12.2 million viewers) and has been a steady performer.

Why it should be axed: Its ratings in the holy-grail demographic of adults 18-49 are mediocre at best – it draws a measly 2.6 in the demo. Not exactly reassuring for ABC.

FlashForward

Why it should be saved: Great potential Word is that ABC higher-ups believe in the show and really want it to succeed. It’s also a relatively heavily DVR’ed show.

Why it should be axed: Its main character is a stiff; Since its big premiere in September, it tailed off, with its March 18 return scoring only 6.5 million viewers.

Will FlashForward receive a Season 2 pickup from ABC?

The Forgotten

Why it should be saved: Um, because of Christian Slater? It doesn’t look good.

Why it should be axed: It’s a below-average show in the Nielsen ratings at best, averaging 6.75 million viewers and just a 1.9 share in the critical 18-49 demographic.

V

Why it should be saved: Its first four episodes were great, and averaged 12.9 million viewers and a 4.7 in the demo, both of which are in the top 25 for the season.

Why it should be axed: Same-day ratings tailed off considerably from the premiere (14.3 million) to the end of its fall run (9.3). A lot rides on tonight’s comeback.

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