Weird Science: Fringe Episode 2x22 "Over There, Part II"

Well, folks, the season finale is here. The two worlds are now at war. Let's see how things turn out, shall we?

Oh, not MSG!

(I missed from part of Peter's chopper tour to when Walter met up with Belly again.)

Is the alternate universe stuck with Windows XP?

Walter is a KFC fanatic. Hehehe …

Hrm … a lot of red (Red Lantern, Red Arrow …)

Why is part of Harvard in a quarantine zone?

Does Walter only have money on the brain?

EXCELLENT fight scene!

Uh oh … I think that Peter knows that’s in store for him.

Handguns with explosive ammo?! WOW!

Crap! That’s not our Olivia! Check her! Check her!

Astrid! You could open a bakery on the side!

And the typewriter is back. Are we ever going to get an explanation about this?

CRAP! I knew it!

Okay … part of next season’s arc will definitely be getting our Olivia back … somehow.

Until the fall and the season 3 premiere, folks!

Weird Science: Fringe- Episode 2x21 "Over There, Part I"

Well, folks, the season finale is here. The two worlds are now at war. Let's see how things turn out, shall we?

Alt-Charlie! He's still alive somewhere!
Alt-Olivia is a ginger?!
Alt-Charlie still has the worm/bug infestation. I like the continuity.
Alt-Astrid is a techhead? Interesting.
Frank? Who is Frank?
How were our Olivia, Walter, and two other people able to stay so quiet?!
Oh, alternate title sequence! Cool!
What is Walter up to?
Oh, the Observer is helping. This should be QUITE intriguing.
I really like Brandon's recurring appearances. He's the geek who loves the little attention he gets. :)
Achieving noble goals through ignoble means ... eh ... not the best way to go about things, Walter.
Everyone saying their last goodbyes and making good before they go ...
Grayshot Bridge ... Cloverfield ... deliberate?
The analogy of Walter/Walternate and the theater ... interesting. :)
Hrm ... no Andrew Jackson in the alternate reality? Martin Luther King Jr. on the $20? Interesting.
The D.O.D. is on/near Ellis Island? Interesting.
The ZFT ... it came to fruition in the alternate world ... wow ...
What's the deal with the lack of coffee?
How did Lincoln know or recognize Nick?
Noooo ... not Walter! But he's going to be okay.
What's the deal with the tattoo?
Belly returns! :D
What exactly does that thing do?!

Until next week and the end of the season, folks!

Weird Science: Fringe- Episode 2x20 "Northwest Passage"

CAUTION: Spoilers follow. You've been warned.

Pecan ... excellent choice!

She dots her "I"s with hearts, how cute! Pity that she bites it.

Is Newton observing now? Or is he just keeping an eye on Peter because he knows that Peter is special?

Did Newton store the memories of someone else in other people?

"Gene Cowin." Ha!

Could the Sheriff be a good match for joining Mulder and Scully, perhaps? ;)

"Delicious strawberry flavored death!" Oh, poor Walter ... :(

Walter got Astrid's name right! :D

PETER! Watch out for the crazy guy with the axe/hammer!

Okay, it was just a crazy guy. Newton must've been in Peter's head ... or just sending messages from the other side.

"Find the crack." ... Hrm ... crack between the universes?

... So Newton WAS real?!

WALTERNATE?!?! SHIIIIT!

Until next week, you mad scientists!

Weird Science: Fringe- Episode 2x19 "Brown Betty"

Just a few brief thoughts.
CAUTION: Spoilers follow. You've been warned.

Walter, what did I tell you about the bo- Oh, you have some Yes playing. Nice choice!

“Low Spark”, Mr. Reddick?! NICE!

Gene in a colorfully dotted outfit?!

I’m loving the noir feel of the episode!

Ha ha ha! Singing corpses! And they’re Willy Wonka fans!

Oh, a bit of “A Chorus Line”!

August is a tad bit creepy – scratch that – VERY creepy here!

And a bit of Stevie Wonder to end the show. Great musical selection!

Aww! Great ending!

Warning?! What warning?!

Until next week, you mad scientists!

Weird Science: Fringe- Episode 2x18 "The Man From The Other Side"

For this episode, I just took some notes, so here they are in their unedited form.

CAUTION: Spoilers might follow. You have been warned.

Rush! Nice!

“Hang tight. I’ll be fine.” That’s what they all say.

Okay … THAT is just gross.

Walter likes pecan pie? My favorite!

Walter grows pot. Wonderful.

A new shapeshifter was sent over and … is dead?

An invasion is imminent, I would guess.

Star Trek plug! Woo hoo!

A random recent corpse, Walter? What are you planning to do?! … RESTARTING A SHAPESHIFTER?!?!

HOLY *&^$*@#^&@#*

Was that Walternate on the bridge?

Peter doesn’t want to hear the full story. This can’t be good. … Crap.

Until next week, mad scientists!

Weird Science: Fringe- Episode 2.17 "White Tulip"

Caution: Spoilers from this point on.

Episode-Related Questions
How'd Robocop appear on the train?! Okay ... he gave himself the ability to time travel about ... 12 hours back, I would say.
How'd Walter's letter end up on the train?!

Why was there a white tulip in Walter's case?
Hrm ... could Walter be sympathizing with Peck?
But what would happen if he jumps back to save his wife? Wouldn't all of his efforts be negated?
Was the Observer on the train platform? I must have missed him.

Musings/Comments
Weird kid ... WAITASEC!
Deja vu? Jinks? Interesting.

Peter didn't discover the letter the second time around ... interesting.
Hrm ... they discovered him a different way the second time around. Peck got a bit sloppy.
OKAY! That is just ... *retches*
A man of science with a belief in religion? Interesting.

Until next case, my weird scientists!

Weird Science: Fringe- Episode 2.16 "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver."

Caution: Spoilers from this point on.

As this episode was more of a monster-of-the-week episode, there were no questions or answers to be had, so there are just a few comments below.

Comments
Two more lab kids! Wonderful! One can give people cancer! And one ends up dead! Fantastic!

INtREPUS ... they had a hand in an early case in the first season.

... Oh crap! Stalker!

... And that's about it.

Until next case, my weird scientists!

Weird Science: Fringe- Episode 2.15 "Peter"

Caution: Spoilers from this point on.

Questions

We learned that the other universe is technologically advanced. How so and how did they develop so quickly?

Answers

We discovered how Nina lost her right hand.

And how Walter got Peter from the alternate universe.

Musings/Other comments

I would guess that somehow William Bell got stuck in the alternate universe and can’t return. We will most likely learn by the end of the season. If not then ... then next season, hopefully.

I quite liked the different intro. J

BTTF with Eric Stoltz?! Wow!

Until next case, my weird scientists!

Fringe, or Damn Do They Know How to Write Cliffhangers or What?!

Okay, so earlier in the day, prior to the play and all (and while I had laundry going), I decided, "Hey, I missed last night's fall finale of Fringe! I ought to watch it!", despite having missed one or two other episodes so far this season and despite being WAY behind on Glee (I'll catch up on that over winter break). I was mostly up-to-date on the events of the season so far, so I was in the know. And needless to say, this episode packed a freakin' huge cliffhanger and left us (the viewers) with more questions than answers, as JJ's TV shows tend to.

(Note: SPOILER WARNING!)

The biggest part of the episode was Walter and his brain. Literally, his brain. Like the 3 pieces of the hippocampus that were removed. I had just one qualm about that whole bit. When Olivia and Peter are looking at the X-rays and Olivia asks something along the lines of "What's the hippocampus for?" ... Olivia, I'm sure that you went through high school and college and at least took an anatomy and/or psychology course and learned what the hippocampus does. ANYWAY ... my FAVORITE Walter moment in the entire episode was when Newton temporarily restored Walter's memories to his brain. For a short while, Walter was ... whole again. It was very satisfying to see him with all his marbles. How sad that it can't happen again.

But back to the title of this posting! We, the viewers, were presented with 1) the leader of the opposition who is in our world (Thomas Jerome Newton), 2) what he looks like, and 3) his overall goal. However, with Olivia's decision to save Walter, he escaped. As for his future plans, we don't know. But the ending tag of the episode really brought things full circle in a way: we now know why Walter isn't all there. It was a decision between Walter and William to protect the doorway to the parallel universe, but at what cost you ask? Oh, Walter will be not quite there. For the rest of his life. Yeah. It sucks. Royally.

Wait! Kind went off on a tangent there! Okay. While the end of the episode was as big a cliffhanger as the fall finale from last season (David Robert Jones's mysterious escape from a German prison) or the season finale from last season (in which Olivia met with William Bell in the still existing World Trade Center in a parallel universe), it was still ... unnerving, perhaps? We know Newton's motive, but we don't know his next moves. It's almost like a chess game. We took some pieces from the opposing player, yet we have a feeling that he has an ace up his sleeve and he's plotting our downfall somehow. We don't know when it'll happen, but we know that it'll happen.

So, what's to come in the second half of Fringe's second season? We don't know. But we're waiting with baited breath.