Fringe: I doubt I can spell the full name of LSD

[beccatoria]

SO. Four word review: meh, needed more Olivia.

This is super short for me. Like, almost a sane length for a review. I should be ambivalent enough not to be overly interested in dissecting my ambivalence more often!

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[daybreak777]

I'm pretty sure the stuff about death was a reference to AltBroyles' death which I think really affected him?
Yeah? I had no idea his alt's death affected him like that. I thought it had to do with his wife. I know one of the Broyles' wives is dead? I can't remember which one, though.

but much more in keeping with the style of the show if he'd just realised and not made a thing of it.
Really? Sometimes the show is so subtle I don't even get it. Thanks for explaining that to me!

We didn't actually see the stuff Peter was talking about - those conversations must have happened offscreen
This really pisses me off. It's one thing if I fall asleep in class. Okay. I slept a lot through Fringe 101. But I've made it to Fringe Intermediate! And this is important character stuff! I think the show has seduced itself with its own pseudo-science and alt!verse. It sometimes exposits more in favorite of that instead of the character beats. Not always, but it seems that way with me for Peter/Olivia.

Your comparison of Peter and Anakin continues to entertain me with its aptness.
It's clear to me that Bell was Qui-Gon, Walter is Obi-Wan and Walternate is Darth Vader. "Peter I am your father." It's all so clear to me. But like Act 3 of that series, the shit is going to hit the fan and soon.

He needs some fucking help like Anakin did
You are preaching to the choir. Thank goodness for other fans. Olivia has gotta react better than Padme in this. She must.

So I'm fine with it as long as she doesn't start acting like someone else and I don't think she will.
You're right. Real!verse Olivia is still in there and will make people love and care about her again the way Henry did. I still remember him waiting, like a getaway car, outside of her mother's. He barely knew her but that's Olivia.

Like Neo at the end of the Matrix.
Ooh, that would be rather mind-blowing! She's got a lot of untapped power in there. And now she's not as afraid so maybe can use it at will. I also want her to interact with her alt self. On the same side those two would be unstoppable. :-)