FRINGE FRIDAY - Episode 4.15 - A Short Story about Love

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We were treated to an excellent episode that ran the gambit from being touching and tragic, to completely crazy and violent! Let's start with Olivia: IS she or ISN'T she our Olivia? They've all but confirmed that somehow this IS the Olivia we've (along with Peter) been waiting for the entire season, as you can see she is no longer the isolated, cold, and sometimes belligerent Olivia we were introduced to in the beginning of the season.

Of course, Peter doesn't see it that way. Until he knows he is back in is timeline with his Olivia, and his world around him, he won't trust himself around her, for fear of repeating the mistake he made with the Red-headed Olivia from the Red Universe. This speaks volumes for Peter's integrity and his dedication to his Olivia. It's quite a stoic and noble decision to make in the face of such a similar Olivia. Seeing her face as he rejected her pretty much made for the low point of my week. Anna Torv's ability to convey Olivia's vulnerability remains one of the most poignant aspects of this multifaceted and brilliant show.

That whole last scene was made even more poignant by the preceding events, in which we witnessed Alt-Nina trying to coax Olivia into activating her powers, under the instruction of the one and only (well, maybe not the ONE and ONLY but it's a turn of phrase...) David Robert Jones. The only person that will remain civil in the midst of torturing you, while his face continues to melt off from his previous science experiments.

Then, something I've waited about 3 years for FINALLY happened: Olivia fried a man alive WITH HER MIND! (Which reminds me of something completely different when Liara T'Soni threatens a source that she will "flay him alive with her mind" in Mass Effect-oh sorry, that has owned my existence for the last 3 weeks now)...She killed a man, caused DRJ, and Alt-Nina to flee to another dimension, and got away from the facility ALL because of her love for Peter. I remember her saying that she went along with it the whole time just so that they would bring him to her. Annnnddd once again, we all know how he left things with her. (sadface)

So, onto the other main plot point of episode 4.14... WE KNOW WHO THE OBSERVERS ARE!

In a mostly awesome segment, Peter jumps into the mind of the seemingly dying September to get answers. Of course even though he demands answers for a lot of things that we as viewers want to know, September aptly deflects them, and basically states that he's from one of the possible futures of humanity. (Yeah, so I'm glad I'm not from that timeline...I like looking normal and having hair...) And that (and this is me trying to remember back a few weeks) he needs to GO HOME. So Peter's like "Yeah, so I already know that. How the **** do I get there?" Cue September poofing and Peter waking up, pretty much only knowing 1 new thing: he had a son, a son that pretty much ruined the timeline forever, and was therefore erased, like Peter himself. Outside of the emotional payoff, we're still in the dark about a lot of things that I hope we'll get to later this season!

We start a thread of 8 new episodes that lead to the season (series?) finale!

And what a way to start off, with an episode titled "A Short Story about Love?"

A SHORT STORY ABOUT LOVE

So, I really don't know where this episode will go. I think that I have purposely avoided everything except...well (SPOILER) the picture of Olivia and Peter totally smooching out in the open....

But seriously, I want this episode to be completely new and unspoiled outside of that one thing, so I have purposely been ignoring anything about it...even the press release. So I am expecting something truly emotionally and mentally engaging.

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