Was it just me or was last night's episode of Fringe ("Inner Child") absolutely fantastic?(Hell, it was so good that it almost made the gargantuan wait between the installments bearable.)
You had the opportunity to read my advance review of the episode, which marked the first of six all-new episodes of Fringe for the remainder of the season, but I am curious to know what you thought of this week's installment, written by Brad Caleb Kane, and its reveal in the episode's final minutes about the nature of the mysterious and empathic child and The Observer himself.
Do you think that these two beings are, well, two of a kind? And does the government--or some shadowy element of it, anyway--have more of these beings in its possession? Was it essential that the child was kept underground, away from every stimulus, in order to gain his abilities, and at whose orders? Why did he bond so thoroughly with Olivia? Did The Observer undergo a similar treatment underground in order to gain his own abilities? Is this the last we've seen of the mysterious boy? Just what does Rachel need to tell Olivia? Will Astrid ever get something to do?
Talk back here.
Next week on Fringe ("Unleashed"), animal rights activists ransack a laboratory but one of the caged "animals" unleashes a ferocious appetite; Charlie is attacked by the creature, a genetically engineered beast with the body of a lion, claws of an eagle, fangs of a viper, skin of a rhinoceros and tail of a serpent; Walter must come face-to-face with both his past and the beast in order to save Charlie's life.
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Fringe has a lot of the magic that Lost has in that it asks more questions than it answers. I think the kid is an observer. Or perhaps there's a time travel thing going on and he is The Observer. To tell you the truth, I like that idea better. I don't want their to be more than one. Kinda takes away from the coolness of it. And anyway, it would explain his (The Observer's) affection/closeness to Walter - and also how he knows about the future. Yes...perhaps because he knows about the future, he can't do anything to intervene. All he can do is "observe". Hmm...
Unfortunately, this theory is probably shot because of what that CIA dude said on the phone: "Looks like we found another one..."
So...maybe there are others and this boy (our Observer) was the only one that got away and...and... Oh, my head hurts.
Another great, infuriatingly complex episode of Fringe. And next week, a chimera? I'm so there.
Thought this ep was great and exactly what the show should be. Very X-Files in a good way and also pushed the plot along too. If Fox were smart they would be allowing them to follow the mythology stuff more and more now and have the cases tie into the Pattern and not just get wrapped up at the end every week. X-Files did a great job balancing the alien stuff with the weird FBI cases and Fringe should do the same.
Each episode of Fringe has to date contained a clue to the following installment. The tattoo of The Artist's victim is definitely the clue for next week's plot. :)
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The last thing I saw was Olivia going to the hospital and talking to the doctor.
Anyone care to share what happened after that?
Some shows, like House, are not put up until 8 days after they air, and I didn't want to wait that long to see the ending. On a whim, I checked the website, and for Fringe apparently they put them up the next day.
As I said, every Fox show I've looked for online (mainly House) is put up 8 days after it airs. This is true of fox.com AND hulu.
So, without checking, I assumed that was the case for Fringe too. After my post, I thought I would check just in case, and it was already up so I watched it.
But thanks for being so patronizing!
I wrongfully assumed that all Fox shows were on the same schedule. That was my mistake.
You wrongfully assumed that being a jerk makes you cool. That was your mistake.
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