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How cool was that universe-spanning IBM Selectric?
Next week’s episode will be the one featuring the return of Leonard Nimoy as William Bell.
And I sense the Oct. 1 episode is Kirk Acevedo’s last.
2.8 will deal with The Observers. There are more than one.
Find a trailer that shows what happened to Olivia right after the zoom-out from the World Trade Center tower here.
Tonight:
Night of Desirable Objects
Written by Jeff Pinkner (“Lost”) & J.H. Wyman (“Keen Eddie”)
The Fringe team travels to Pennsylvania to investigate an underground tunnel full of human remains. Meanwhile, Walter experiments using frogs to travel between realities.
Next Thursday:
Fracture
Written by David Wilcox (“Star Trek: Enterprise”)
Peter, Olivia, and Walter race against time to investigate the bombing of a train station. Walter discovers something unusual about the human remains.
Oct. 8:
Momentum Deferred
Written by Ashley Miller & Zack Stenz ("The Sarah Connor Chronicles")
Agent Dunham, still recovering from her traumatic visit to the alternate reality, is given a concoction by Walter to help her remember. Another woman being experimented on by Walter is introduced. Meanwhile the Fringe team look into a series of robberies that are linked to shapeshifting.
9 p.m. Thursday. Fox.
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Written by Jeff Pinkner (“Lost”) & J.H. Wyman (“Keen Eddie”)
The Fringe team travels to Pennsylvania to investigate an underground tunnel full of human remains. Meanwhile, Walter experiments using frogs to travel between realities.
Written by David Wilcox (“Star Trek: Enterprise”)
Peter, Olivia, and Walter race against time to investigate the bombing of a train station. Walter discovers something unusual about the human remains.
Written by Ashley Miller & Zack Stenz ("The Sarah Connor Chronicles")
Agent Dunham, still recovering from her traumatic visit to the alternate reality, is given a concoction by Walter to help her remember. Another woman being experimented on by Walter is introduced. Meanwhile the Fringe team look into a series of robberies that are linked to shapeshifting.
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Fuck yeah, should be fun.
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He was woefully underused in the initial season. Oh, well. Should have some meaty stuff coming up before he gets obliterated, I guess.
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You have it listed twice, as "Next Thursday" and "Oct. 1st." FIX IT, CUZ IT ANNOYS ME....
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What's up with that?
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Interdimentional Business Machines?
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It sure is good to see the Empty Child from DOCTOR WHO getting work again.
Are you my mummy?
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Itll be good to have Fringe to fall back on. It still hasnt reached Lost level of greatness, but its the most comparable substitute for now.
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I think you've got a typo there, Herc. Today is the 24th, next week is Oct. 1st. Don't want to confuse the sheep on here more than is necessary, right?
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There, I said it.
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Someone is typing from the other side. Also that trailer clip on the Fox site confirmed what I noticed when I watched the Star Trek movie: Old Leonard Nimoy is one scary motherfucker. Did you see those eyes?
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Sep 24, 2009 9:59:52 AM CDT
Watched the HOUSE premiere... beautiful television writing
by yackbacker
And that scene with the music box... why do I cry so easily?
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Cancellation.
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Thanks for that translation...I can't understand Nimoy anymore with his ill-fitting dentures.
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I too am bummed about Charlie. Plus, there was one body too many. Think about it. It didn't make sense. One shapeshifter, one victim. Boom, two the same. oops, and the other one. They got some splainin to do.
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You can't understand Nimoy because fear has paralyzed your eardrums! I'm telling you, man!
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The shapeshifter kept the body of the nurse hidden, and then planted it instead of Charlie's body.
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Even though there's no sci-fi undercurrent for us to geek out over, it's still right up there with Lost in my book.
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He was the German dubbing voice of Walter and also often voiced John Lithgow and Michael Ironside. Just wanted to say that, even if only a few people here will be affected by his death.
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The ONLY true Lost-Opponent reagrding television. Fringe is a guilty pleasure and not bad - but also not some kind of rollercoaster tv. not to date - let's see what they've got in store for us. But HOUSE was like watching a moving theatrical release of something without any CGI (or?).
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Will Olivia be faced with Walter's choice? How's over there Charlie's family life? Didn't he have a big ass scar on his face "over there"?
I think there's still some leverage here. Winners never quit and quitters never win. "Andrew, you've got to be number one! I won't tolerate any losers in this family...Your intensity is for shit! Win. Win! WIN!!!"
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But that's just me.
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The fuck is wrong with these people? If anything, Charlie ought to have a bigger role. They dump him so they can bring in that spokesmodel to create sexual tension. Lame.
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Obviously you were jsut being a dick, but why would Fox cancel a highly rated show that is widening its fan base? Just curious.
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It really feels like they are trying to kill the show. Thursday is ridiculously crowded. What was wrong with Monday? Why don't you guys earn your paycheck for a change (wait, sorry - Harry pays you in snacks and hugs, right?) and call up the network and ask them why oh why they moved one of their best shows to the most congested night of tv?
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I think BoE just answered your question to Xiphos. There is a risk to moving it to Thurs. night.
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Sure, the move makes us all think about Fox's Friday Deathslot and it's extreme hatred (it seems) of genre TV. But look at it from an upbeat angle---
Sure, Thursday has become (as BoE puts it) the most congested night of TV (well, either that or Monday). But that means this is when people are watching television. Nothing's on Tuesday and Wednesday (right now...sorry, dreaming of Lost), because it's not getting viewership. So Fringe's move almost feels like Fox has great faith in the show, wants to open up their audience and thinks it'll hold it's own.
And what happened? Ratings went up something like 18% from last season, and it's fucking owning non-reality television shows opposite it.
'Cause let's be honest, reality TV's here to stay. There are too many mouthbreathers out there to hope it'll ever fade into obscurity, and it's cheap as SHIT to produce. And NBC Thursday Comedy night is not what it used to be; I love the Office, but it's on a downhill progression right now folks. Community looks good, but it's just starting. So I think Fringe is sitting in a WONDERFUL spot, and will continue to watch it every Thursday. -
Season premeire was fantastic. It makes me feel like S1 was a tease...they laid out EVERY element this show will be about, give us a big ole' cliffhanger with Spock in the WTC, and then BOOM! Pull the wool back over the viewers eyes so they can go into far more detail as every aspect of the story, and also make it extremely convient for new viewers to get involved. *Clap clap clap* I'm in it to win it for this show. The long haul, that is.
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IS REVEALED.
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I felt bad for Charlie for a minute, and then realized there's limitless alternate-universes from which to pull him back in to the show. I like how things have been set up, and am looking forward to another strong season.
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I saw that as another dumbass Fox move that could kill the show, but now I'm worried that if it does well, it'll kill other shows I like. Sure the Office isn't what it used to be, but it's still one of the best comedies on, and Community has potential. Why not put this on one of those nights where there's nothing on but hours upon hours of fat people, dancing "stars", or other reality crap?
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Sep 24, 2009 1:28:46 PM CDT
I wonder if, in the parallel world of JJ Abram's FRINGE,...
by christian_bale_trashed_my_lights
Isaac Asimov is still alive?
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Last season I started out dubious but was hooked by the end. That last third of the season, especially the finale, was pretty fantastic.
Then they come back and crap all over it with that awful season 2 premiere. It was so bad that I lost all desire to watch the show again. It'll have to get some really awesome reviews from all corners of the internet for me to bother watching it again. -
The writers should have used the time they had before CSI, Greys and all the other shit comes back to blow our fucking minds = convince us that THIS is the show we should be watching out of the huge pile of shows all airing on Thursdays. After that they could continue cockteasing us again for a while until they conjure up some more big reveals. I'm sorry to say it but the premiere looked like they didn't even try to give us anything. Hiring writers from Enterprise and Sarah Connor Chronicles is only going to make things worse.
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episode 4 -"Momentum Deferred"- will be the episode the Shifter-Charlie gets killed. I hope they bring back Kirk Acevedo, and not turn Fringe into "The Joshua Jackson/John Noble Comedy Hour.
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I never thought I could possibly not hate Josh Jackson but it happened.
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I can honestly say, I've never been so pumped to see a new episode of a show since Lost.
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It felt like a real feature- quite impressive. What an emotionally satisfying piece of television. Blew me away.
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Widening fanbase? If you say so tiger. I have a sneaking hunch the numbers that will come out tomorrow might not bear that out unsupported by facts statement. Plus the show sucks goats ass on every level and deserves to get shit canned. It probably one of the worse shows of the last decade but what would you expect? The shittastic duo of Kuntzman and Orci are the driving force behind this shit pile.
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I wonder if there's some kinda time limit on shapeshifting
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Mostly because it's too small.
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hit's it out of the park
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...the paralell universe because the one from here got killed in the 1st season finale? I saw some promo photos on the Space channel website and they hint at Peter and Nina's otherworldly status. I missed the first ep of S2 so this might have already been all explained to everyone else.
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announcing some city they're in that fill up the screen.
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has definitely started slower than I expected, but I'm still thoroughly enjoying it. Amd I don't think the Nina we're seeing now is an alt - I think it's the same Nina we've seen all along. As for her otherworldly past, I'm thinking along the lines that perhaps when William Bell went there, she came here. I think her and Bell run Massive Dynamic across both dimensions together. Just a theory...
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I, too, thought the season premiere was one of the best eps. of the series...it felt to me like "House Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", but in a good way. Just like Randall P. MacMurphy, House shows up, immediately sizes up everyone in the joint, and proceeds to find every way possible to subvert authority, which in turn livens up the other inmates. Thought it was an excellent episode that should (hopefully) finally get Hugh an emmy next year. But sad news though, as I read on msnbc.com that Dr. Cameron is leaving the show in November. And all without ever getting into bed with Thirteen. sigh...such a shame...
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Arf Arf!!!!
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Dammit! I'm starting to get a Heroes vibe here... Excellent opening season gambit... pissed away in shoddy foot-dragging, and as some have politely phrased it, "cock-teasing". Strike One: Shitty switcheroo last week. Strike Two: Lame amnesia and Lame Monster of the Week episode! And what did Miss New Character do this week? Heck, I've already forgotten. Hell, the criminally under developed Astrid is STILL more memorable. Blah. Disappointed.
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...that Charlie doesn't have to leave the show even though eh's been replaced. There's an infinite multiverses to steal another one from. That said, I still kinda wish they'd dome something original and interesting with the character. Fringe is so almost great. They just always ultimately have to play it safe. I blame Akiva Goldsman. Maybe that's not fair, but neither was Lost In Space.
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"The shapeshifter kept the body of the nurse hidden, and then planted it instead of Charlie's body."
Either: a) they think the one dead nurse body they found is the nurse, and the shapeshifter is on the loose, and they clearly don't think that; or b) they think the one dead nurse body they found is the shapeshifter, and then they have to wonder where the nurse's corpse is. Even the incinerator wouldn't have totally vaporized it.
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I have written to Fox to request that any future episode such as that has a warning message go out beforehand: "Warning. Despite high production values, this is just a filler episode. Little main story arc advancement will be shown."
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Olivia discovers and tries to cope with her new superpower (super-hearing) and we have a Freak of the Week. Can't wait for Olivia to start racing around at super-speed instead of flying.
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How friggin long did it take for Lost to reveal stuff, I mean come on !
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Fai enough. I had thought that but kind of hoped that it was something better to somehow have Charlie not get axed. Wishful conspiracy. Not the case though after tonight. Bring on Scarred Charlie from the alternate universe.
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Loved the first season! Really dig kick-ass chicks on television, and Olivia jumped right up there last year when she escaped from those whacko doctors who kidnapped her and pinned her to a table in "Bound". I kept expecting some "white knight" to save the day, but when she took 'em all out herself, I was hooked! (well, Anna Trov floating in Walter's sensory deprivation tank might have helped too)
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One of Fringe's problems is they have a lead actress with a great body and an attractive Australian accent. She can't act to save her life but she does have those two positives.
So naturally, they have her put on a bland American accent and cover her head to toe in trench coats. I'm not suggesting they turn her into cheesecake or have her talking like Paul Hogan but they need to find a middle ground. -
Fringe has been very good from the start (can't give it "great" status), but it went one notch closer with the bass fishing conversation Peter Had with Farley from Never Cry Wolf last night that actually made it sound like the writers knew what they were talking about.
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Hey all.
If I recall correctly Fringe is now shot in B.C. Anybody notice the house of the genetic-manipulating doctor was the same house from the X-Files episode with the inbred hillbillies, legless/armless mother-under-the-bed and a black sheriff Andy Taylor?
Anyone?
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In the end they're driving away in I think an old Cadillac listening to the oldies. That episode freaked me out. Wasn't X-Files on the tv in one of the background scenes last week?
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i like the show ..but the plot line of the govt shutting down the fringe division seems pretty lame. And the fact that it takes peter to point out that 'hey we discovered some cool things from all these wacky investigations that we can use as leverage' is also kind of lame. Also, these politicians fold like cheap suits with just a little bit of lobbying money ... if massive dynamics is such a powerful corporation they shouldn't have any problem keeping fringe open for business
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Hey all.
If I recall correctly Fringe is now shot in B.C. Anybody notice the house of the genetic-manipulating doctor was the same house from the X-Files episode with the inbred hillbillies, legless/armless mother-under-the-bed and a black sheriff Andy Taylor?
Anyone?
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Yeah, that was probably amongst the most disturbing eps of X-Files I ever watched. That and the "fly" boss of the call center where his workers were zombie drones but looked normal unless you overcame his "hypnosis" or whatever the hell it was.
As for last weeks ep there were two (2) references to X-Files. The first was the pan across the TV in the first victim's apartment. I think the second movie was on there. The second was a dialogue reference at the Senate hearing where a Senator references the department with an "X" designation or Fringe or whatever you call it...something like that.
BTW. So glad Fringe is back. Missed it over the summer.
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Sep 25, 2009 1:54:19 PM CDT
I laughed when that monster grabbed Olivia and then got smashed
by nopix
I'm sorry but it started digging frantically only to get a cop car on top of it? That was a really clumsy scene. Tell me I'm not alone in thinking this.
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M: I was thinking of that X-Files episode during the entire show. Glad I wasn't the only one. The urban legend is that X episode only aired once, never in the season's reruns because it was so messed.
N: That scene sucked, like the whole episode.
The whole nurse's body from 2.1 is really bothering me. If the duplicate planted the body, when did it get it? Did it run back to the lab and then back to the basement while Joshua Jackson was running down the hall, following the gunshots? Or was the duplicate carrying the body with it all the time, even when it was hiding in the pipes? It was just sloppy writing. Sloppy. -
It rips off 2 episodes. "Home" and "The Host". "Home" was the brilliant and violent episode about the inbred Peacock family living in that old house. "The Host" included a monster living in the sewage systems that looked exactly like the mutant on Fringe but with paler skin. Chris Carter is laughing right now.
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She was blowing tunes.
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Is a great show. Fringe and Dexter are the best two shows on television.
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...wonderful, WOOOOOOOONDERFUL...
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Noving the body down to the furnace area ( for easy diposal ) was probably the first thing the assasin did. Remember there was an undisclosed period of time between the killing of the nurse and the FBI's arrival. He just hadn't disposed of it yet and it came in handy.
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...because that was the price to be paid for bringing that ones' Peter to ours? Don't ask me where that thought came from, it just appeared...
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The problem isn't that Charlie just happened to run to where the shapeshifter was hiding within 30 seconds of the nurses body (the time it took from Peter hearing the gunshots for the shapeshifter to kill Charlie, take off his clothes, find the nurse, and dump her). Well, actually, it is a problem. The problem is that for the FBI to close the case, there had to be two bodies: the nurse and the shapeshifter. They only ever found one body.
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what we see when Olivia turns and everything seems to be blown???
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... typewriter was brilliant. I do wonder why the lines are so short, but seeing the keys type in the mirror while the one in our world does not struck me as inspired.
This show will have to get really bad for me to stop watching it now. And it's nowhere near that point.
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