flash-forward
Americannoun
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a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
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an event or scene so inserted.
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Origin of flash-forward
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When things go bad and we flash-forward 16 years, Perfidia is gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
Starting a TV series with a shocking flash-forward is a tiresome and overused narrative device, but once the plot spools back and the series finds its groove, it is superb.
From BBC ● May 7, 2024
He's the only person she can really talk to, she says in the flash-forward when she's in her 20s and making major scientific breakthroughs.
From Salon ● May 20, 2023
Are these unmotivated scenes a flash-forward to Vicky’s untroubled future?
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
There’s a flash-forward early on that indicates that we’ll be seeing more of the story at some point.
From The Verge ● Sep. 23, 2021
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