As viewers count down the days until Flash Forward premieres on ABC, we'll be introducing various characters from this new show to readers.

Last week, we got to know FBI Agent Demetri Noh. Now, say hello to Aaron Stark...

This power lineman is a widower and an alcoholic. His wife Tracy died two years ago in Afghanistan, where she worked as a medic. She left behind Aaron and their daughter.

Stark is a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. He sponsors Mark Benford and is the only person to to whom Mark confides his deepest, darkest secrets.

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