Fringe Moults Again

Every season, Fringe comes back as something slightly different than it was the previous season.  I like this.  The tone is much more morose (not overly, but slightly) this season.  Poor Walter doesn't have his spark without Peter to give him joy in his life.  He is like a depressive that is functioning but who has that underlying feeling of despair that leads one to irrational acts like the horrific one he attempted last night.  You can justify any outlandish or desperate act if you don't really care about anything.

Olivia and Faux-livia/Bolivia are a highlight.  Olivia doesn't even try to hide her disdain for Faux-livia, her perfect antagonist.  I don't think we've seen this side of Olivia before.  Of course we've seen her irritated but such outright dislike?  New facet!  I think Faux-livia gets a total kick out of getting under Olivia's skin.

Didn't Alterna-Broyles get killed?  I suppose during all these corrections to the timeline his death somehow didn't occur...Faux-livia mentioned having a conversation with him in the 9/30 episode.


We like Lashes McGorgeous Eyes, aka Agent Lincoln Lee, in the Walter universe more than the Walternate universe.  He almost represents the home viewer taking in all of this with a bit of wonder and disbelief.  Plus with Agent Charlie Francis dead/MIA, he is very nice eye candy.

Have I mentioned I love the zeppelins?  I love the zeppelins.

What You Don't Want To See On The Way To The Bathroom: A Blood Trail

So I'm going to the bathroom at work and what do I spot in the hallway?  Oh, just a trail of blood is all.  Crime scene?  Sudden nosebleed?  Miscarriage?  This is the second mysterious blood pattern I've seen in this building.  Personally, I think someone should call in the Fringe division if they can get Olivia and Peter to stop holding hands long enough (!!! Olivia!  Holding hands!  I'm traumatized!).  This could be one of those weak spots between universes and all that blood on Walternate's hands could have physically manifested itself as real blood and dripped from his hands as he crossed back over.

And that concludes my late afternoon hunger-induced ramblings.

What The Heck Is Up With Peter?

So, I'm watching Fringe online today (I was out boozing last Friday and didn't get to see it on TV.) and here we have Peter Bishop being all Terminator, exterminating shape shifters without a hint of remorse.  Weaponized?  He sure seemed like a heartless android, single-minded in his efforts to get answers by any means necessary.  Granted, he was actually doing a good thing by taking out these undercover spies but so callously?  Perhaps he's reverting back to pre-Fringe Team Peter, the crook/con man/mercenary bastard.  Still, such a shockingly abrupt personality change...intriguing!

Speaking of abrupt changes, Astrid Farnsworth actually getting to use her technical skills and training?  Yay! for Astrid!!  More of this, please.

I know this is a fictional show, but I started thinking about the possibility that maybe there could actually have been societies that existed before our own, but that faced extinction.  I don't know why that should be so far fetched.  Then I think about the very exact set of circumstances (understatement) that led to our existence, and I'm not so sure that it would've been possible, not a civilization as advanced as ours.  Interesting plot point, though, and I can't wait to see where they are going with it.

How Very Random...

I'm on the Fringe website today and I think to myself, "You know, I really love blimps."  I like that folks in the alternative world are using blimps.  It's just so random and fantastic.  I also love that Alterna-Astrid gets to display some skills that don't involve cooking or grocery lists!

So, my friend Roger's ex comes in to my work today to check his mail.  He is quite possibly the most attractive dusty homeless person I've ever seen.  How can he, while sleeping on the sidewalk, mind you, manage to look 100% fresher than me?  How very disturbing...and distressing.

Not that I spent the whole of yesterday being absolutely fascinated by the Diesel Washington Vs The Hate Brigade drama.  I laughed HARD at the wonderful entertainment of it all, and I suppose it succeeded in making me familiar with some characters that I'd never heard of before.  It's nice to fill out the character roster and to get a feel for what made Diesel declare HATE LEVEL: RED.  **cracking up**