User blog comment:Thejluninja/Next seasons/@comment-71.7.149.78-20120615185828/@comment-3094698-20120616211439

@Cari 24 had timeskips between each of its seasons, ranging between 1 and a half years and 4 years in length, and they never had flashbacks as a core element of their storytelling and it definately didnt hurt it because it lasted something like 7 or 8 seasons.

what im trying to say is that its not inconceivable for a show to skip foreward and make it work again and again.

also alias had a two year timeskip at one stage which was absolutely vital to the way the story was told and it continued for another 3 years afterwards. timeskips exist and they have been done in very successful shows