But I am NOT complaining - I like Entertainment, that is not eye candy. Fringe is BRAIN candy, that causes us to THINK. Other shows, that maybe started out the same way, later became dependent on Special Effects: Like the last two Trek series, which depended on not how the stories were, but on how cool the special effects looked. So in a way, I'm glad Fringe took a huge Budget Cut, so when we see Special Effects, they are not being shown in a superfluous manner, but to expand the story and to give us a visual interpretation of a Fringe Event. The Fringe Writing Team, is making us work for our Peter! And making Peter work for Walter's Respect.
At this juncture: Walter hates Peter. Will NOT work with him. Refuses to participate in the investigation, not while Peter is around.
And one other thing becomes clear: Where is Peter? We've been assuming, this is the "Regular Blue Fringe 'Verse" - But it is clear, this is NOT our regular "Blue Fringe 'Verse". He is not in "The Other Side" universe and he is not in the regular "Blue Fringe 'Verse" - So where is he? He's in the Orange Fringe 'Verse, the 'Verse he does not belong. The 'Verse where he was never saved by The Observer. Which drives me crazy and insane, because WHY is "The Vacuum" there? What is the Machine DOING there, if Peter was not supposed to BE in that 'Verse? I'm hoping and Praying that Fox allows us to get to find out, so the more of us watch Fringe on Friday Night, the better chance we'll have at having MORE Fringe in the Future.
And so, now we have that out in the open. Peter Really does not belong where he is, although, we know now, he was brought there for a reason. The Observers never made themselves known in this 'Verse. But we still feel their gentle Ministrations, and wonder what in blazes they are doing, and wonder if we'll ever learn their whole purpose.
This ep has a great performance by Stephen Root and real-life wife Romy Rosemont (Amazing, I just learned this, how cool!). Root, who played Klingon Captain K'Vada in the famous "Spock" Episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" - Unification I and II - Is an Electrician who makes a Time machine that can bring him four years back for 45 minutes a stretch, working from his Wife's notes as she writes down Formulas 4 years earlier - In the Present Time, she is debilitated due to Alzheimer's Disease. So, the Fringe events in this Ep are related to Root going back in Time 4 years to have Chit-Chat's with his Wife.
Once again we see the Fringe theme of the Fibonacci Sequence. Using the sequence, Peter was able to find out where and when the next Root-Created Time Anomaly would hit.
Each time we get comfortable in this series, we have the literal and figurative RUG pulled out from underneath our feet! But now we can see a definitive direction this is going, and I'll stick with it, just to find out how in blazes they are gonna wrap this up. I know they ain't gonna put a BOW on the thing, but I do hope they will give us some damn good Fringe stories between now and the time this series ends. I was too LOST when I tried to follow LOST, Fringe definitely has a direction it is going, and more than anything in the world, I want to know how this plays out - I NEED to know! Walter Bishop is becoming a Tragic Figure like Denethor which he played in Lord of the Rings - We already know Walter can rise above his circumstances, but sometimes, they drag out the Epiphanies. So I hope within the next 2 eps Walter can start working with Peter again.
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