When the TV networks announced the list of new series that would be debuting this fall, very few shows grabbed my attention as the must-watch program of the season.

One TV show, however, did catch my eye: ABC's new series "FlashForward."

Over the course of an hour-long episode of "Lost" last April, ABC flashed strange images (a surfer, a sonogram, school children, a wedding and a funeral) on screens across the world asking viewers, "What did you see?"

This mysterious advertisement caught my eye and sparked my interest in a series being marketed as a companion piece to "Lost," my favorite TV show of all time.

In the pilot episode of "FlashForward," which debuted on Sept. 24, FBI special agent Mark Benford wakes up in his overturned car to screams of pain and cries for help. Bloodied and battered, Benford escapes his mangled car to discover that a mysterious and cataclysmic global event has just occurred; everyone in the world has lost consciousness at exactly the same time for approximately two minutes and 17 seconds.

Doctors in the middle of surgery, electricians working on power lines and businessmen driving to work all black out only to wake up minutes later to find the world in utter chaos.

But while every person in the world blacked out on the same day and time, his or her consciousness didn't stay in the present; it went to the future. Everyone experienced a vision: a two minute, 17 second glimpse into his or her future on April 29, 2010, at 10 p.m.

For Agent Benford, he saw himself as a paranoid and drunk wreck investigating the connections and cause of "the blackout" until armed men wearing masks storm his office ready to kill him.

For Benford's friends and family, their visions of the future are just as mysterious.

His wife, Dr. Olivia Benford (played by Sonya Walger from "Lost"), sees herself having an affair with a man she has never seen before. Mark's friend and AA sponsor, Aaron Stark, sees himself being reunited with his daughter, who was supposedly killed on military duty in Afghanistan. And Mark's partner, Agent Demetri Noh (played by John Cho from "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle"), is concerned about his vision, or lack thereof. Demetri doesn't see anything during "the blackout," which puts into question whether or not he will be alive on April 29, 2010.

In response to Mark's "flash forward," the FBI starts an investigation into the worldwide blackout, and Agent Janis Hawk develops a Web site called "Mosaic." The purpose of the Web site is for people to post their visions of the future so the FBI can search for patterns and piece together stories to create a complete picture of April 29, 2010.

The big twist, however, comes at the end of the episode when Agent Hawk searches through security camera footage of "the blackout." She discovers that while everyone in a Detroit ballpark was unconscious, one man was awake and walking around. BUM, BUM, BUM.

Since the pilot episode, ABC has aired four more episodes every Thursday night at 8 p.m., and they have received solid ratings. In fact, the premiere of "FlashForward" was the first TV show since "Friends" to beat "Survivor" in the ratings for the 18 to 49-year-old demographic. ABC has since given "FlashForward" a full season pickup due to its positive reviews and viewership.

If you haven't had a chance to catch "FlashForward" on TV yet, don't worry. ABC.com has all of the episodes available online so that you can get hooked on the show at your leisure.

Each episode is full of action, suspense and drama as Mark gets closer and closer to figuring out why "the blackout" occurred and whether or not it will happen again.

Much like Agent Benford, I, too, have had a vision of the future.

My "flash forward" revealed that ABC's new hit show will be around for a long time, so be sure not to miss this amazing show: one that keeps you guessing and leaves you wanting more every single week.