Fringe: "Immortality" - 2/11 on FOX - Grading & Discussion
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Nomad?
Glad it wasn't GONAD.
Is wrong for me to get a kick out of seeing Alt-Olivia suffer? It's just that she seems so cocky and delusional into thinking that her life will remain the same after her undercover mission but I think the pregnancy and his boyfriend leaving her is when it finally hits her that it isn't the case.
I did get the chills when Walternate smiled at Olivia after saying that she is carrying his future grandchild. I think he has some sinister plan in mind involving Olivia's baby.
I did get the chills when Walternate smiled at Olivia after saying that she is carrying his future grandchild. I think he has some sinister plan in mind involving Olivia's baby.
That works, I thought they just screwed up the glyphs. Thanks for looking that up for us!
ETA: since this episode was only so-so, I'm going to give it an average rating. I might have expected too much since the alt-eps have been generally excellent. Though I hate bugs, the episode did reveal a new side to Walternate. I think the real evil threat is from Alt-Brandon.
Plus, Charlie is always awesome and the bug girl was cute. So, Average.
PS: we need to see more of bug girl.
ETA: since this episode was only so-so, I'm going to give it an average rating. I might have expected too much since the alt-eps have been generally excellent. Though I hate bugs, the episode did reveal a new side to Walternate. I think the real evil threat is from Alt-Brandon.
Plus, Charlie is always awesome and the bug girl was cute. So, Average.
PS: we need to see more of bug girl.
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Better than last week, but I'm not happy about the baby. It wasn't particularly surprising, though how they "faked" us out was sort of clever. Still, I truly don't know why Fringe thought they needed to go with the relationship angle thing. They have so much potential in other story lines with the first people, observers, alt-Fringe and everything else......why do we need any romance at all?
Overall : Above Average.
Overall : Above Average.
I thought maybe Scooby Doo was going to make a guest appearance. Ruh-roh!
A baby always seems like a last ditch move for a show.
The story became slightly predictable halfway through. That said, it was nice to see red universe again. I also liked how the weekly case was somewhat connected to the overall plot this time around.
Altlivia is so bubbly and happy. Well, not anymore.
Nice to see Walternate still has some shred of humanity left... and a mistress?
So the Cortexiphan research is ongoing "over there"? Alt-Brandon is so going to experiment on kids despite Walternate's objection.
Bug chick was played by Julie McNiven. I hope we get to see her and/or her double again.
Above average.
Altlivia is so bubbly and happy. Well, not anymore.
Nice to see Walternate still has some shred of humanity left... and a mistress?
So the Cortexiphan research is ongoing "over there"? Alt-Brandon is so going to experiment on kids despite Walternate's objection.
Bug chick was played by Julie McNiven. I hope we get to see her and/or her double again.
Above average.
Oh dear. I know the show is All About Olivia, a character who can't support the series. But to write a plot where Peter has to make a choice between universes, then do this? Giving the Secretary a mistress rather than remind us Peter has had no thought or feelings about his biological mother doesn't work. Also, as a signifier of Evilness a mistress is morally obtuse.
Dwelling on a preposterously absent boyfriend's reaction to a pregnancy doesn't work either. (The guy was only written off on some absurd mission because the real Olivia was too pure to have sex even when brainwashed. The boyfriend should simply have realized instantly the pregnancy was impossible on the grounds that he used a condom each and every time.)
I'm trying to figure why they wrote Peter as the linchpin instead of Little Miss Cortexifan and the only answer I could come up with is that the writers are dimly aware that the only successful character is Walter, which means Peter has to fit in somehow. Yet the show is Olivia angst which means the cortexifan powers have nothing to do. Olivia just gets to moan about being a child victim.
Poor.
Dwelling on a preposterously absent boyfriend's reaction to a pregnancy doesn't work either. (The guy was only written off on some absurd mission because the real Olivia was too pure to have sex even when brainwashed. The boyfriend should simply have realized instantly the pregnancy was impossible on the grounds that he used a condom each and every time.)
I'm trying to figure why they wrote Peter as the linchpin instead of Little Miss Cortexifan and the only answer I could come up with is that the writers are dimly aware that the only successful character is Walter, which means Peter has to fit in somehow. Yet the show is Olivia angst which means the cortexifan powers have nothing to do. Olivia just gets to moan about being a child victim.
Poor.
Per Marc Berman at pifeedback.com--
Fast nationals
Fringe on Fox (Viewers: #4, 3.71 million; A18-49: #3t, 1.4/ 4)
To be fair, ratings were down across the board, but Fringe is expensive to produce. That 1.4 isn't going to make FOX happy.
Julie McNiven played Pete's secretary, Hildy, on Mad Men, and she played Anna the fallen angel in human form on Supernatural. She got laid by Dean in the back of the Impala.
Caught season one of Fringe on DVD. Not a bad show. I do agree that Walter's the best character. Olivia's okay, but I'm afraid that Joshua Jackson has the screen presence of a petulant teenager. He's still Pacey.
Fast nationals
Fringe on Fox (Viewers: #4, 3.71 million; A18-49: #3t, 1.4/ 4)
To be fair, ratings were down across the board, but Fringe is expensive to produce. That 1.4 isn't going to make FOX happy.
Julie McNiven played Pete's secretary, Hildy, on Mad Men, and she played Anna the fallen angel in human form on Supernatural. She got laid by Dean in the back of the Impala.
Caught season one of Fringe on DVD. Not a bad show. I do agree that Walter's the best character. Olivia's okay, but I'm afraid that Joshua Jackson has the screen presence of a petulant teenager. He's still Pacey.
Also, Ginn on Stargate Universe. Didnt recognise her at all...
I can't believe I didn't notice Julie McNiven, I thought she looked familiar, more proof that the Clark Kent disguise might work after all. At least, with idiots like me.
Me neither, and now I'm kicking myself!
I'm wondering if they're setting it up for Peter to steal his kid from over there like Walter stole him. I'm ambivalent towards the idea, but it has a certain symmetry to it.
Above average. I enjoyed it. But this show is so getting canceled. :P
