8 November 2009 1:31 PM, PST | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

The following article was originally posted on hyperMosaic.com by Sam McPherson. You can read the original article there.

In this week's episode, "The Gift," Agent Al Gough committed suicide in order to prevent his flashforward from coming true. While this event effectively ended his character, it also opened up a variety of possibilities for the other characters who hoped to escape the inevitability of their flashforwards. However, it also opens a myriad of questions — Is death the only escape? How much do these changes affect the future they saw?

Lee Thompson Young, who played Gough, spoke to Zap2It about his thoughts on the character's death, and what it meant for the future of the show.

"He basically changes the entire world because he's the first person to defy Fate," Young said in the interview, which can be read in full here. "He found a way to change the game. »

- Sam McPherson

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