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FRINGE Season 3 |OT| Inexplicably renewed for a 4th season!
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heliosRAzi
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DarthWoo said:
He was called Colonel on the other side. Maybe they merged or something. Or perhaps he has an extremely morbid sense of humor.
PhoncipleBone
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Great episode, and high on the creepiness factor. It was one of the weaker episodes of the season, but this season has been on fire anyways. And Torv was fantastic in the episode. That final scene with Peter was so well done, and I look forward to seeing how they handle all of this in the future.
And Walter's way to wind down after a hard day: strawberry milkshake, extra whip cream.
And Walter's way to wind down after a hard day: strawberry milkshake, extra whip cream.
Just popping in and hoping this hasn't been posted yet, because I'm just starting the episode now. But this was right at the beginning:
Firefly, the title of the next episode!
I'm going to try to look for these soon. They're supposedly in every episode, but all of the fan sites have only documented a few.
Firefly, the title of the next episode!
I'm going to try to look for these soon. They're supposedly in every episode, but all of the fan sites have only documented a few.
Cool episode. Not as good as last week, but still cool. The part with the marionetting or whatever was really creepy. They are handling the Olivia/Peter situation well I think. Fringe has definitely been my favorite show this year. It's been so excellent. I hope this Friday thing goes well.
Jay Shadow
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Higher than most mainstream shows, but The Event gets similar numbers.aswedc said:
9 for 9.
I was expecting a huge drop in quality for this episode. While it was definitely down from the last two weeks, it was still fantastic. This show does creepy and grotesque so often that it was awesome to see something even more gruesome than what's come before. The effects for the removed heart and eyes were brutal. Olivia/Peter was handled so well. Anna Torv's found an excellent sweet spot to play Ourlivia. She's still rational and calculating like she was in season 1, but she's also getting more in touch with herself emotionally. Peter's motivation to tell her was also amazing. And of course, Walter and his strawberry shakes and knowledge of wood flavors was funny.
Ending was awesome. September is back.
promo:
Also, I love that in the promos, you have slow-motion shots of the Fringe team walking. Peter? Sunglasses and serious look. Olivia? Serious look. Walter? Silly smile.
I was expecting a huge drop in quality for this episode. While it was definitely down from the last two weeks, it was still fantastic. This show does creepy and grotesque so often that it was awesome to see something even more gruesome than what's come before. The effects for the removed heart and eyes were brutal. Olivia/Peter was handled so well. Anna Torv's found an excellent sweet spot to play Ourlivia. She's still rational and calculating like she was in season 1, but she's also getting more in touch with herself emotionally. Peter's motivation to tell her was also amazing. And of course, Walter and his strawberry shakes and knowledge of wood flavors was funny.
Ending was awesome. September is back.
promo:
Badass Observers, hell yes. And they want something with Peter and Walter? Should be a thrill ride.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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What a creepy ass dude. Episode's nearly done here, but that marionette bit seriously creeped me out.
Edit: Oh damn, final scene is some heavy shit. I know why Peter kept rationalizing everything away. Dude's horny.
Edit: Oh damn, final scene is some heavy shit. I know why Peter kept rationalizing everything away. Dude's horny.
Reviews:
Av Club: A
Ryan McGee at Hitfix
Consensus seems to be that the relationship drama was handled way way better than to be expected from a sci-fi network drama.
Av Club: A
Ryan McGee at Hitfix
Consensus seems to be that the relationship drama was handled way way better than to be expected from a sci-fi network drama.
ultron87 said:
The case was obviously meant as a foil for Olivia's predicament rather than some big case to push the mythology forward. And to that end, it worked brilliantly. At first it looked like Olivia was just going to put on a brave face and act like everything was fine but the case made her realize everything was far from fine and she couldn't just get over it.
The Faceless Master
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damn, i really felt bad for peter after that delivery. HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW?!
big ander said:
http://thetvrealist.com/gossip/Insi...de-of-Fringe-is-Entitled-Firefly-4236345.html
Whether the joke will remain humorous or metamorphose into irony and prescience remains to be seen :\
I'm glad to see that they are addressing the issue of Olivia trying to reintegrate back into her old life rather than just sweeping it under the rug. Part of me wish that Olivia would just move on but I also understand her feeling of being betrayed, that no one, not even Peter, had any doubts they were with a fake (then again, she wasn't suspected as a replacement either on the other side).
rockman zx
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A little unfair to blame Peter, after all the stuff with the alternative universe and what happend there, I think Peter was right to think that something changed in Olivia. Anyway, I think both of them have some reason to be mad but also to forgive, we will see how it plays in the second half of the season.
I guess we all knew they would go down that pathetic Ross/Rachael route once she came back, but seeing it happen still made it awful.
She should have just said she got a taste for extra dimensional sex toys and couldn't go back to men and never bothered with the romance sub-plot ever again.
Its a shitty, lazy storyline that this show usually is better than.
She should have just said she got a taste for extra dimensional sex toys and couldn't go back to men and never bothered with the romance sub-plot ever again.
Its a shitty, lazy storyline that this show usually is better than.
The Faceless Master said:
Good episode. Olivia tried to suck it up, but in the end, too many things kept causing her to think about her personal issues with Peter. Peter did look guilty as hell after she walked off on him. I know many of us had similar situations happen to us where you're just sitting there, feeling like an ass. It's funny because I found myself making Peter's arguments for him in my head as he took a verbal beating.
squicken said:
I normally don't like that sort of romance roadblock, but it would feel wrong if they ignored it or glanced this season. In most shows it is just an unnecessary plot contrivance to add drama, yet here it really is part of the fundamental story. She spent weeks or months trapped in another universe while Peter boned her twin sister. You really think she should just get over that and move on?
Hell, they even spent time at the beginning of the episode wondering about her mental state and whether she was okay to be back on duty.
Yeah, I read an article on the next title before I saw the episode, which is why I noticed it in the first scene.Raistlin said:
And funnily enough they named the episode a long long time ago, before they knew they'd be moving to Fridays. So the title isn't really a nod at all, just a giant coincidence :lol
It's the complete opposite of lazy. We already knew the feelings were there and we knew their reunion would be testy. Lazy would have been having them together by the end of the episode. Your post really seems like you hate romantic plots in general. This show has never been "above" that; it's the motivation for the very first episode. This is a relationship done really damn well.squicken said:
We already have the promo for Firefly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr2nTkDyres&feature=player_embedded
:lol
Earl Cazone
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I did not really care for the content of the frankenstein storyline, but i loved the execution of the whole episode
- Anna Torv being awesome. The emotional outburst in the office was to the point.
- The part in her apartment was awesome and strong. No Music, just the silence and her.
- Marionette Part was creepy as hell, but i loved it.
- I love the 2 metaphorical events happening in this episode. One explicitely told to the audience "if you love someone, you will feel if its that person when you see her" and "once something is broken it will be hard to repait it.
love this show. hope well have another season at least
- Anna Torv being awesome. The emotional outburst in the office was to the point.
- The part in her apartment was awesome and strong. No Music, just the silence and her.
- Marionette Part was creepy as hell, but i loved it.
- I love the 2 metaphorical events happening in this episode. One explicitely told to the audience "if you love someone, you will feel if its that person when you see her" and "once something is broken it will be hard to repait it.
love this show. hope well have another season at least
squicken said:
OMG. OMFG.
Torv just Nariko'd every goddamn actress on broadcast TV with this episode. EVERY ONE. Ross/Rachael? FUCK THAT NOISE.
Let me make it clear and in neo-gaf moon rune transliteration what happend in this episode.
Truliv just came back from animu world.
horny bishonin from animu world is trying to say "OMG sorry like ya know"
Truliv kinda shrugs it off for a sec thinking that it wasnt that bad.
But she come into the house and its all Ani-Oliva's dere nonsence. smells like it so fucking cute its fucking disusting and shit. She starts cryin.
at the end of the ep, she realizes that dude should have known and realizes that horny bastard is horny bastard. SHE FUCKING didnt forget HIM. He got caught up in Ani-Oliva's moe BULLSHIT and still thinking everythings gonna be ok.
The acting sold it so why in the hell you hatin on this?
Wow. I completely disagree. Here we actually have fully-realised character whose feelings, doubt, and anger are actually real. I was cringing along with Olivia when Peter said "She smiled easier". Sure, it's science-fiction series but the series wouldn't resonate as good as it is if the characters are cardboard cut out whose feelings and emotion are non-existant to the viewers.squicken said:
heliosRAzi
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Novid said:
The fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck?
Larson Conway
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:lol :lol :lolNovid said:
The Shadow
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Novid said:
What the fuck am I looking at here?
OneEightZero
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Ander: Fringepedia's episode synopses have most of the preceding episode references.
PhoncipleBone
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Gotta pay for the show somehow. It wasn't as terrible as the Windows Phone 7 product placement in many other shows.CrankyJay said:
Exclamation-One
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If blatant product placement means Fringe will survive, bring on the BLATANT PRODUCT PLACEMENT!
PhoncipleBone
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Blatant product placement is usually REALLY bad, but I love how Chuck does it. It is so painfully obvious that it is funny, but it works on that show. On Fringe it would just get extremely tiring.Exclamation-One said:
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