Fringe (new JJ Abrams show) : Mad scientist, flesh eating virus, a cow and talks with the dead

wait what?

i am talking like peter is buried and in the ground so who is this peter we know and love?

for a minute i really hoped that by picking up the observer's hat and gun he would become a new observer!

ke kidnapped peter from the alternate dimension a few eps back

what is the deal with the double walter? i missed that

* he

ok clearly i'm not paying enough attention to this show.

walter visited original peter's grave a while back. i think it may have even been season one. and then in season two, they show peter's "nightmare" which is actually the recollection of his abduction. and then there was a woman who could see a glow that indicated someone was from another dimension and she saw that when she met peter.

ok i remembered the grave part but not the nightmare/abduction. very possible i missed some eps.

the grave was s1 finale cliffhanger, right?

yeah, in the finale, she leaps back & forth between dimensions, and then finally leaps into Wm Bell's office building

http://www.fox.com/fringe/recaps/s1_e8.htm

Walter lies in his old cell, fitful and unable to sleep. Then someone arrives and sits down on the bed. "Welcome back, Walter." Walter looks up to see that his visitor... is a cleaner, healthier version of himself.

yeah i just rewatched that. odd.

OK so they made this last episode's incidental character an attractive lady to make up for subjecting fanboys to that 15-year-old brat last episode, yes? Anyway, best episode this season since the premiere.

Walter looks up to see that his visitor... is a cleaner, healthier version of himself.

Screencaps or it didn't happen.

there was a woman who could see a glow that indicated someone was from another dimension and she saw that when she met peter.

LSD MILF, yes?

ive been thinking about the alter-walter and it really bothers me that they'd bring that up and not have mentioned it again.... so far.

LSD MILF, yes?

― Leee, Monday, November 23, 2009

Theresa Russell!

oh yea, wow

Yeah, one thing I do hope they don't fall into is pulling the BSG thing where you introduce these awesome concepts, ones that fuck with the reality of your genre show that already has mythic elements, and never mention them again or dismiss them out of hand.

So is Fringe moving to Monday nights?

Uhh, did I miss something? SPOILER...

Charlie's back?

yeah I caught it halfway through and I was like WTF? not sure what's happening there...

it's an episode that was meant for season one

first new s2 episode is this thursday

It would be way funnier/cooler if it was an episode set in the alternate universe and they just didn't tell anybody

I'm wondering if we'll see saner, more self-assured Walter in flashback at any point. Seeing him kind of cocky with the little pieces of his brain wired in was a little disturbing.

[i]It would be way funnier/cooler if it was an episode set in the alternate universe and they just didn't tell anybody</i?
If the show had balls, they would've done this.

mh, I loved how arrogant and sneering sane Walter was, but that "our" Walter isn't going be sane again, it'll probably be alternate universe Walter.

I am kind of scared that alternate universe Walter is probably behind all the nastiness coming from that side.

Yeah, the whole Charlie thing threw me in a loop but I can't imagine that we just watched an alternate universe episode (but that isn't likely because one of the Peters is dead?).

I honestly can't remember a Peter gravestone episode or the double Walter episode but according to this thread it did happen... I need a Fringe recap youtube I guess.

Walter has regrown a backbone AND has a conscience! Things are going to keep going well.

oh, asterixpaws.

"World Tolerance Initiative"

i'm always confused when dudes that look like father mulcahey always turn out to be nazis.

Is this where I cop to having paged through some of the Fringe comics before I decided they were not good and non-canon? Walter's dad being nazi defector made me think of what they could do with backstory.

Hell yeah! Nazi scientists! This is more like it!

Actually, Walter's Dad Comics could fit in quite well with issues of Atomic Robo

aw... saw that coming but still... aw...

not a bad episode, but def. tainted by how slowly this season has been developing.

was this on tonight?!

on hiatus until april :/

last thursday

For those who are really, REALLY into Anna Torv:

http://annatorv.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=127

hey now

:)

apparently, ribs are on the menu for dinner

apparently boner

http://i37.tinypic.com/a4t001.jpg

can't wait for this to return

So this got better, then? Posters around the first few episodes seemed generally down on it, and I skipped the rest of the thread to avoid spoilers. I'm looking for a decent tv show to keep myself distracted and can't really afford The Wire, will this fit the bill?

yes, it only got better + I watch too much tv and this is one of the few dramas where most all of the characters interest me.
this is basically a creative detective/mad science show with great effects and enough fun action parts so there isn't much to lose by watching this.

second season is miles better than the first, im glad i got back into it

TBH I think the standalone/freak-of-the-week episodes are rarely worth watching, though Walter's antics are almost always amusing. The mythology arcs are a lot better, especially towards the end of season 1, though season 2 seems to have ignored some pretty big developments.