re: *OFFICIAL* Fringe M/TV Board rewatch thread (current episodes discussion p. 60)

Better late than never......

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And so it begins...

Peter



So glad they moved right into the Peter backstory. No filler between Olivia seeing AltPeter's aura.


Real nice touch with the 80s theme to open the flashback.

Why is Olivia upset at the start of the episode? Peter is the same Peter she has known from day 1. She doesn't even have the facts yet. It is AFTER she finds out that Walter and Mrs Walter kept Peter, when she should be pissed or cuffing Walter for kidnapping.

Walternate.

I forgot he actually coined the name.



I'm surprised Walter ever thinks nicely of Belly. He chopped up Walter's brain and he skipped Peter's funeral. What a total dick!


Had no idea until recently that Stoltz actually was the original Marty.


I forgot Walter caused that little mishap. Also forgot he took Peter to save him. Not a straight up abduction. Although once he had him....

Also should be noted that Nina actually was taken aback that Belly wasn't returning her calls about Walter jumping universes. Shows that even though she thinks she is on the same page with Bell, he has an agenda of which she has no part.

One question...How did Peter forget? Especially since he knew Walter wasn't his dad. That bit seemed a bit forced to me. How would he have any idea that a perfect copy of his father wasn't his father after just a few minutes?

I could see him thinking dad was acting strange but not immediately jumping to the belief Walter was a fake in just a few minutes.

I guess you can argue his illness and the splash into cold water caused him to lose his memory but that is a bit more convenient than believable.
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Olivia. In the Lab. With a Revolver


Instead of continuing to complain about biological and chemical agents being ignored, I'll just post the above pic in future reviews.

Jacksonville connections. While part of the main arc. Nothing overly exciting. Monster of the week.

Why would Olivia tell Peter? What good would come from that? He would probably hate Walter and he would feel guilt that his illness and Walter saving him, put billions at risk. Not a single good reason to tell Peter other than to punish Walter.


The final scene felt false to me. The second she saw the killer, she would have dropped his arse. Or at minimum pulled her weapon. No way she would have turned towards the door. Nope.

Even worse was going over to the phone to call Peter instead of finding the gun or running out of the apartment.

And even though Walter wants to tell Peter, I still don't see how telling him would help anyone. At least at this point there is ZERO reason to tell him.

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White Tulip


Peter Weller is in the house.






Ok, I said I wouldn't say anything but a group of people died of unknown causes and instead of wearing hazmat suits, the FBI agents are piled into that train car like its a clown convention. Seriously. They have a ridiculous number of people piled into that car without any knowledge of what killed everyone at once.

I get that we don't need the stars in hazmat suits every episode but how about tossing out the line "we've tested for biological or chemical contaminants and they found nothing."



Normally I don't like time travel but Groundhog day nailed it and so did White Tulip. Solid episode.

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The Man From the Other Side


Something keeps exploding and flashing so stoner wants to go check it out. He got what he deserved.

Kids. Don't smoke pot. If you do, aliens will kill you. Little known side effect.

Hmmm..... The plot from The Headless Leader to bring something across using the vibrations got me thinking.'



In the Peter episode, Walter tells Olivia all about Peter's past including the use of the technology to get across to the other side.

How does Walter have these memories? I would assume anything to do with the technology to get across was removed from his brain and thus he also probably shouldn't even remember getting Peter since he used the technology, in fact created it, to get to Peter.

Belly used some gadget which showed which areas of the brain had the stored memories of the technology so in theory, Walter should have no memory of the night he took AltPeter.

/End Hijack

Oh snap.....after all of that soul searching, Peter figured it out on his own.



Double whammy for Walter. Peter hates him and ....


The Arrival.