Fringe: "Reciprocity"
Jan. 29th, 2011 11:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieI don't really know what to do with this episode. Good Character Turns Evil is just about my least-favorite narrative device of all time, so I am...reserving judgment on Peter's "weaponization." (And yes, I know his con-man past doesn't mean he was ever really objectively "good," but...you know what I mean.)
Did like the moment where Olivia told him she understood that the fallout from Fauxlivia's mission was probably not all sunshine and roses for him either. That smile he gave her was great. "I'm gonna get laid again! The one I've wanted for years is giving me a chance, yay!" Of course, she may not feel so warm and fuzzy toward him when she finds out he was the shapeshifter killer. Those poor kids just can't catch a break.
Also liked Nina! It's been forever since we saw her. She should be around more, as should Brandon. ("Can I swallow?" Awww.)
Did like the moment where Olivia told him she understood that the fallout from Fauxlivia's mission was probably not all sunshine and roses for him either. That smile he gave her was great. "
Also liked Nina! It's been forever since we saw her. She should be around more, as should Brandon. ("Can I swallow?" Awww.)
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Date: 2011-06-06 09:12 pm (UTC)I was so afraid they were going to make our!Brandon evil and dead like they did the other Brandon! I'm so glad they didn't!
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Date: 2011-06-06 11:32 pm (UTC)Yeah. I guess as these things go, it was set up and executed well, I just have a visceral dislike for this trope.
I'm not convinced it was the machine that's messing with his head. I still think Walter's brain-enhancement creepiness that Peter drank has something to do with it.
Yeah, that is still hanging around. There's no shortage of things in Walter's lab that could mess with one's head...
I was so afraid they were going to make our!Brandon evil and dead like they did the other Brandon! I'm so glad they didn't!
Well, other!Brandon is still alive and evilling around. But yeah, I was SO. WORRIED. our Brandon would be evil, and so thrilled when he wasn't!
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Date: 2011-06-07 02:06 am (UTC)I hope it gets resolved in a not-stupid way.
Well, other!Brandon is still alive and evilling around.
Wait, is he? I thought he got killed in Ourlivia's big exit!
I was SO. WORRIED. our Brandon would be evil, and so thrilled when he wasn't!
He's such a good minor character!
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Date: 2011-06-07 05:36 am (UTC)*looks innocent*
I'll just note that you might need to define "resolved" before you make statements like that...
Wait, is he? I thought he got killed in Ourlivia's big exit!
Nope, he's still there! And still evil! I think he next shows up in "Bloodlines."
He's such a good minor character!
So wonderful!
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Date: 2011-06-07 06:11 am (UTC)ARRRRRGH.
I think he next shows up in "Bloodlines."
Wait, he turned up in "Immortality!" Why did I think he was dead?