Fringe 4.03: "Alone in the World"
Soooo...another filler episode, basically, but with less of an emotional punch than last week. On the other hand, ANSWERS! And THE ENDING!
Too bad the poor kid had to listen to Walter exposit, but I'm glad he did anyway, because I had been wondering about things. I had actually been leaning toward the idea that both Peters were never born (because the Observers said "he never existed"), but I can live with him dying in the lake because the Observer--September, is it?--never stepped in to save him. Though this brings up the question of how Walter is still alive, since presumably Walternate basically went, "You stole my fatally ill son AND LET HIM DROWN?!?!" when he learned what happened. And probably there was a murderface involved. Hmmm.
And the ending--we are moving things along, yay! The moment Olivia told the kid in the first act that she liked to draw, I sort of figured she was going to pull out a sketch of Peter's face by the end, and I was not disappointed! I wonder if she's linking it to the sense of loss she's felt throughout her life.
Anyway, rest of the episode:
Awwww, Walter's on actual prescribed meds as well as his own. And his psychologist (Bill Sadler, aka Darren Tyler, yay!) doesn't even bat an eye at that. Heh.
Olivia's back to wearing a braid! I've always liked that hairstyle on her. Also, glasses. Are those new? She and Lincoln were sort of cute together with their giant plastic glasses frames. Also, is this the first time in over a season that we've been back to the Boston FBI building?
Hehehehe, Lincoln, I think Olivia wants you to freak out so that you get out of Fringe division. Something tells me this Olivia doesn't like having a partner.
"There's nothing scary about him." Bwahahahaha.
"I'm thinking flamethrowers." SHOW, I LOVE YOU. Also, Olivia and Michael Westen should meet up and chat.
Awwwwww, the lab is the only home Walter knows. :(
I'm not even going to ask about the tinfoil hats...
The intelligent fungus reminds me of something. Possibly XF's "Field Trip." Also, heh, "Gus."
...Is Olivia actually wearing a color? She is! She's wearing a green shirt and jacket and blue jeans! Wait, does this mean she was never cortexiphan'd as a kid? Surely not, because Walter was doing that before his Peter died. Maybe she never got programmed to wear only black, white, and gray? Or maybe it means nothing. Or costuming just decided to revolt.
Yay, at least Nina still exists! Even if we haven't seen her yet.
Bwahahaha, of course Walter wants to lobotomize the kid.
Oh, Walter conflating Peter and Aaron is just heartbreaking.
Heh, that scene toward the end where the fungus lets Lincoln go was filmed as almost an exact mirror image of the Fauxlivia/Red!Lincoln birth scene. He's in her arms, and their orientation is flipped relative to the camera.
...Walter, if you don't want to go back to the mental institution, I think GIVING YOURSELF A LOBOTOMY is not the best course of action.
"I'm perfectly sane!" Ummmm...
"We have to find him!" YES, YOU DO!
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Too bad the poor kid had to listen to Walter exposit, but I'm glad he did anyway, because I had been wondering about things. I had actually been leaning toward the idea that both Peters were never born (because the Observers said "he never existed"), but I can live with him dying in the lake because the Observer--September, is it?--never stepped in to save him. Though this brings up the question of how Walter is still alive, since presumably Walternate basically went, "You stole my fatally ill son AND LET HIM DROWN?!?!" when he learned what happened. And probably there was a murderface involved. Hmmm.
And the ending--we are moving things along, yay! The moment Olivia told the kid in the first act that she liked to draw, I sort of figured she was going to pull out a sketch of Peter's face by the end, and I was not disappointed! I wonder if she's linking it to the sense of loss she's felt throughout her life.
Anyway, rest of the episode:
Awwww, Walter's on actual prescribed meds as well as his own. And his psychologist (Bill Sadler, aka Darren Tyler, yay!) doesn't even bat an eye at that. Heh.
Olivia's back to wearing a braid! I've always liked that hairstyle on her. Also, glasses. Are those new? She and Lincoln were sort of cute together with their giant plastic glasses frames. Also, is this the first time in over a season that we've been back to the Boston FBI building?
Hehehehe, Lincoln, I think Olivia wants you to freak out so that you get out of Fringe division. Something tells me this Olivia doesn't like having a partner.
"There's nothing scary about him." Bwahahahaha.
"I'm thinking flamethrowers." SHOW, I LOVE YOU. Also, Olivia and Michael Westen should meet up and chat.
Awwwwww, the lab is the only home Walter knows. :(
I'm not even going to ask about the tinfoil hats...
The intelligent fungus reminds me of something. Possibly XF's "Field Trip." Also, heh, "Gus."
...Is Olivia actually wearing a color? She is! She's wearing a green shirt and jacket and blue jeans! Wait, does this mean she was never cortexiphan'd as a kid? Surely not, because Walter was doing that before his Peter died. Maybe she never got programmed to wear only black, white, and gray? Or maybe it means nothing. Or costuming just decided to revolt.
Yay, at least Nina still exists! Even if we haven't seen her yet.
Bwahahaha, of course Walter wants to lobotomize the kid.
Oh, Walter conflating Peter and Aaron is just heartbreaking.
Heh, that scene toward the end where the fungus lets Lincoln go was filmed as almost an exact mirror image of the Fauxlivia/Red!Lincoln birth scene. He's in her arms, and their orientation is flipped relative to the camera.
...Walter, if you don't want to go back to the mental institution, I think GIVING YOURSELF A LOBOTOMY is not the best course of action.
"I'm perfectly sane!" Ummmm...
"We have to find him!" YES, YOU DO!
This entry was originally posted at http://icepixie.dreamwidth.org/811318.html. It has
comments over there.