FBI agents Mark Benford and Demetri Noh investigate when everyone on Earth blacks out for exactly two minutes and seventeen seconds, during which they receive glimpses of their futures six months in advance.

Mark and Demetri head to Utah in search of a suspect associated with the blackout; Olivia meets the guy from her flashback, while Charlie, Mark and Olivia's daughter, struggles to cope with the consequences of her vision.

Mark and Janis fly to Germany to interrogate an imprisoned Nazi who claims to have information about the blackouts, while an anonymous tip leads Demetri to believe his greatest fears about his future.

Bryce feels a patient's flash-forward can help with diagnosis and therapy, but Olivia is sceptical; Demetri and Mark disagree over their flash-forwards; Nicole returns to work as Charlie's babysitter and tells him about what she witnessed.

Mark finds himself on the defence during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing; Janis is concerned about how her vision may affect her present intimate relationship; Olivia gets an anonymous message.

Mark, Demetri, and Wedeck look for a link between Janis's attack and another incident; Olivia confronts Mark, while Demetri and Gough look for a clue suggested in Mark's vision; Dylan goes missing; Simon contacts a reluctant acquaintance.