Fringe anyone?

[billmatic]

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I have this on the DVR, but based on the previews really had no interest in watching despite seeing every other episode. Any point in watching it? Is there any plot relevance at all?

[Burns11]

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Horribly conceptualized episode.

Anyway, you know this episode really isn't that unlike many other episodes where you have a one-off disconnected case and a short burst of main story arc info at the end, it's just that the rest of the episode was stupid as hell.

I also really don't get the mix of modern tech in there, with the cellphone, computer and in car bluetooth. I actually noticed right away that they had a modern aquarium setup with the very modern lighting fixture, little did I know that it would get much worse.

Am I the only one who thinks Anna Torv looks better without her hair and makeup all done up?

[Burns11]

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I have this on the DVR, but based on the previews really had no interest in watching despite seeing every other episode. Any point in watching it? Is there any plot relevance at all?

At the very end there was a 5 second clip:

Spoiler

At the end of the episode Astrid was dropping Walter off at home and from across the street a watcher dials someone up on a communications device that looked like a compass and said something to the effect of "no, his son has not returned, he must have forgotten my warning"

[billmatic]

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At the very end there was a 5 second clip:

Spoiler

At the end of the episode Astrid was dropping Walter off at home and from across the street a watcher dials someone up on a communications device that looked like a compass and said something to the effect of "no, his son has not returned, he must have forgotten my warning"

Thanks. I'll probably start the episode, but I don't think I'll make it very far, it looked pretty bad.

[jfsolo]

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This isn't the kind of episode that is going to be for everyone. I'm sure they figured that this episode wasn't going be a hit with most of the 18-35 male demographic. It is what it is. Anyone though who thinks that the seemingly wildly anachronistic Noir environment was ill conceived, and not meticulously planned out, is missing the boat though.

Also, this most definitely was not a filler episode. Plot and characters both moved forward, they just choose a completely atypical narrative in which to do so.

[Burns11]

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This isn't the kind of episode that is going to be for everyone. I'm sure they figured that this episode wasn't going be a hit with most of the 18-35 male demographic. It is what it is. Anyone though who thinks that the seemingly wildly anachronistic Noir environment was ill conceived, and not meticulously planned out, is missing the boat though.

Also, this most definitely was not a filler episode. Plot and characters both moved forward, they just choose a completely atypical narrative in which to do so.

Bull. I don't buy it, there's no way that a completely fantastic tale spun by a high Walter can move anything forward. It was trash, it was fluff and it was horribly conceived. I would go as far as to say it was an affront to anyone watching this show week in and week out. As someone to whom Fringe has become the only show I anxiously await each week, that episode made me feel cheated, and as time goes by angrier, after the previous exposition filled episodes.

[p_rushing]

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My only hope is that the story was in the alternate universe, not the people, but just the place.

Did they advertise this on Glee? Seems like they may have been trying to pull those people in.

[mgoblue678]

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As soon as I saw the ad for the episode at the end of the previous episode, I had no intention of watching it. Didn't even bother to record it.

[CMH]

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Haven't watched it yet, but I did hear that FOX was having some musical week because of Glee's return.

I'm guessing this was the episode of Fringe that was 75% musical?

[slickdtc]

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My only hope is that the story was in the alternate universe, not the people, but just the place.

Did they advertise this on Glee? Seems like they may have been trying to pull those people in.

Geez, yeah, I watched Glee and Fringe back-to-back on Hulu and it all kind of ran together.

Olivia is going out with Finn now, right?

[kehlis]

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Fringe is back! Awesome episode.

I honestly thought they were going to leave the cliffhanger of the secretaries identity until next week.

As some alluded to, not entirely shocking, but still excellent!

[CMH]

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Fringe is back! Awesome episode.

I honestly thought they were going to leave the cliffhanger of the secretaries identity until next week.

As some alluded to, not entirely shocking, but still excellent!

Yea, that was good.

I was wrong about Fringe. I thought they were trying to stay away from the story of the week idea, but it looks like they are staying true to their promise and delivering plot movement at the end of the episode.

You can watch last night's episode without having seen any previous episodes and found joy in it. Instantly you know that Peter left home and he's somewhere else and people are looking for him. That's all the backstory you needed. The dramatic reveal at the end is unimportant to that audience.

But like you said, kehlis, it wasn't surprising it to see Walternate. I'm actually very relieved that it's him looking for Peter. I know others have offered input on why there could be a potential war, but I'm still curious to know what Peter has to do with it.

[kehlis]

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I was wrong about Fringe. I thought they were trying to stay away from the story of the week idea, but it looks like they are staying true to their promise and delivering plot movement at the end of the episode.

You can watch last night's episode without having seen any previous episodes and found joy in it. Instantly you know that Peter left home and he's somewhere else and people are looking for him. That's all the backstory you needed. The dramatic reveal at the end is unimportant to that audience.

Yea, pretty much from the pilot I have compared it to the X-Files, not just in genre but in the flow of the series.

Much like Fringe, a casual watcher could watch an episode of the X-files and not need to know the background of the smoking man to enjoy an episode.

It certainly makes it more enjoyable for those of us who have watched it from day 1, but someone could have watched this weeks episode and enjoyed regardless of having no idea why Bishop is showing up as two different characters.

[jfsolo]

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Hopefully everybody is back in from off the ledge now. I expect next week to have like 20 WTF!?!? moments(In a good way) and have me going through withdrawal pains jonesing for Season 3 to begin.

[kehlis]

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Hopefully everybody is back in from off the ledge now. I expect next week to have like 20 WTF!?!? moments(In a good way) and have me going through withdrawal pains jonesing for Season 3 to begin.

Wait, there are two weeks left right?