First let me start off with an apology: I skipped last week's FF accidentally when I stayed out later than usual and just completely forgot about it! However, let's get back on track here, people! Last week's episode focused on a youth haunted by imminent death. In the end, tragically, we realized what was actually bothering her all along: she was witnessing her own death...caused by the very ability that allowed her to perceive the deaths of others. In true Fringe tradition, it was both a very tragic and beautiful episode...however, it was a startling pop off of the main plot, which has shifted from "Where is Peter Bishop?" to "Where the **** is Peter Bishop, and WTF is David Robert Jones doing alive!? And why is Nina such a shady chick!?...oh and Where is Peter Bishop?"
However, we all know that the main storyline of the first half of season 4 is second fiddle to the real prize of this episode, as I will discuss below!
MAKING ANGELS
After last week's episode, here's to hoping that we can get back on track with "Making Angels"...the very first "Astrid-centric" episode! I'm personally ecstatic about this because she hardly gets a chance to really shine as an awesome character unless she's being used as a super-knowledge dispenser to push the plot along easily (She navigated her way through "The First People" puzzle in about 15 minutes after it took all the Sam Weiss's out there hundreds of years to research and hypothesize millions of years' worth of hidden clues in the earth's crust...) or as a lean-to for another character's need for catharsis... So, for her to be the focus of the story for a full episode (and to have both Astrids in one place for once!) we're once again reminded of our wonderful writers' abilities to give us anything and everything we could possibly want to happen with our favorite characters (of course along the way, there's also MANY things we'd never wish on our poor set of characters as well!) and just how far these actors are willing to lose themselves in "slightly different versions of ourselves..."
So, who else is pumped for FRINGE FRIDAY!?
Here is your platform to post all your thoughts, worries, emotions, and theories on FRINGE! I leave you this post to discuss our great show for the entirety of FRIDAY so that you guys have a proper place to meet up and express yourselves! So, get to it!
FRINGE FRIDAY'S SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!
I've crafted a spotify playlist for all you FRINGE fans out there who will be pining away for the new episode all day! From selected tracks related to promoting FRINGE to the score of FRINGE itself, some hand-picked tracks that keep with the mood, and even the latest SPOILERTV PODCAST that covers FRINGE has been loaded into this playlist for your entertainment! So, while you're at work, keep your excitement level at a peak with these tracks!
(FEATURING: Violet Sedan Chair, The Secret Meeting, Chad Seiter, Massive Attack, and many more!)
Alright, we're back! I hope you guys have a great Fringe Friday!
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding? I've been waiting for this episode all week :)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait!
Very excited about this Astrid-centric episode. So much so that this Friday I will be watching Fringe first and then Supernatural. I tend to love secondary characters better than main characters on most of the shows I watch and it's always nice when a secondary character gets more background. I can't believe it took this long for an Astrid episode actually. I'm also looking forward to seeing Alt-Olivia and Walter together. The previews have been funny.
ReplyDeleteAlways fun when the two universes work together and it has made for some very good moments in the past. I assume this episode will do the same, even if Astrid is possibly my least favorite Fringe team member - Although I do like her Red alternate Asptrid quite a bit!
ReplyDeleteHonestly though, knowing that the awesome bad guy is appearing in Episode 4.15, and knowing there is an Observer-centric episode on the horizon.... this episode seems more like an appetizer to me than an entree. I hope it surprises me and is brilliant after last week's "mediocre" episode we need another shot of the awesome that only Fringe can bring (when at the top of its game)!
Thank you for this!
ReplyDeleteYesterday I was reading some comments on the other post about not caring very much for this version of our characters and this timeline. I can say I too care very much more for the original ones and where they are now.
I also think that, as someone said, this could be another intellectual opportunity to analyze identity but, since the fanbase is not a department of psycologial studies, we're almost there)) I would say to be patient anyway, because I'm not quite sure this is another timeline...I could be wrong, I didn't watch the last clips and I honestly don't recall when the timeline was mentioned the first time but, among other little things, something resonates from last week: there was an exchange between Peter and Astrid:"Are you really from another time?", "I think so", something like that. I can't be positive but why underline that acknowledgment again, to build the relationship with Astrid maybe, or maybe not...And why Peter answers so uncertainly...I mean has it been confirmed?
I can see some mistakes in this season but it still remains a jewel related to the other tvshows and we have to wait 'til the end to see the big picture.
I was hoping you would carry on with Fringe Friday!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am really looking forward to the episode. Double Astrid Centric is such a treat, and like you, I praise the writers for giving us, and Jasika Nicole, something we really want! --It will be even cooler if the Astrid centric episode ties into either the Jones story line, or even the machines! I am very excited. Unlike some fans, I love this other timeline and the rehash and manifestation it brings to the story!
Thanks Wilson for starting a new tradition,FRINGE FRIDAYS!!! Not seeing it last week i thought you decided not doing it,so again i thank you,you ROCK WILSON!
ReplyDeleteI cannot wait for tonight's Astrid Centric episode!! I'll be back later!
I missed last week's Fringe because I was watching Chuck and haven't had a chance to catch up yet. I don't have DVR, so I'm waiting to be able to watch it online, but Fringe doesn't become available until 8 days after it airs. This is how I got so far behind last year. I didn't want to watch a new episode until I was caught up, but I couldn't catch up until they went on hiatus.
ReplyDeleteSo my question is for those who saw last week - should I wait to watch this until I see last week's episode, or should I just watch it anyway and watch last week's after this one?
Yippee! It's here! I can stop snacking on the same three sneak peeks and ready myself for the juicy entree tonight...
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed this season. Despite being restless that it may be the last season.. despite this revisiting of plots.. people.. events.. all slightly tweaked but intertwined with material already known to us.. it has still continued to be interesting.. like a game of spot the differences and then contemplation of just what significance those differences hold.. It may not be 'new' mythology, it may not be 'our' characters but it still feels like Fringe.. it's still a beautiful ride.. at times I feel as lost and confused and distant as peter must feel in this world but maybe that was the point.. to make us struggle like Peter b/t caring for and want to help these people or cut ties and jump ship.. but back to what.. reality? they've tried to force us to truly identify with his position.. clever little writers.. ;o)
my reply is always, eff it, go on watch tonight's.. you'll see last weeks tomorrow-ish.. i don't think tonight will ruin last weeks for you..
ReplyDeleteWilson I love your Friday Friday posts! Thanks for hosting it once again. This week should be a great episode.
ReplyDeleteI think you will be fine to watch this week's episode, last week had a bit of story arc but wasn't overloaded so you won't have missed too much
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback everyone. Fringe it is!
ReplyDeleteNo, just watch tonight's episode. You missed nothing major that you can't catch up on this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone else. I don't really think the plot advanced, as much as it just put things in perspective for this Olivia. It was more of a parallel the characters episode and contemplate the impending question about course correction in the universes, or at least the season 4 timeline.
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