Fringe 4.05: "Novation"
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icepixieOH MY GOD, SHOW, RIP OUT MY HEART AND SHATTER IT, WHY DON'T YOU.
Oh, Peter. Oh, Walter. Oh, EVERYONE. I am woman enough to admit that the last scene between Peter and Walter reduced me to tears for two entirely separate reasons. Walter touching Peter's face and calling him "my son" was joyful and full of hope! And then Walter insisted Peter was sent to tempt him and see if he'd repeat his mistakes, and then the most horrible words ever: "You can't be here...that boy was never my son--and neither are you."
MY HEART, YOU ARE BREAKING IT.
Other insanely sad scenes: Walter drugging himself so he can sleep. :( Also, his first scene with Peter in the interrogation room/prison cell, Walter looking through dead!Peter's BSG lunchbox full of memorabilia, and his conversation with Nina where he said that he "saw my boy in that man's eyes," and it was the same boy he lost under the ice. (So technically Red!Peter rather than his own son, but Walter seems to have somewhat conflated the two up until the final scene of this episode where he decided to think of them as different kids.)
I'm also quite sad that they don't seem to have heard of the Observers. Wasn't that Bluelivia's pet project back in S1? I'm not sure why it would've been affected by Peter's nonexistence...unless they've been hanging around this universe because Peter lived and they wanted to keep an eye on that.
Intriguing things: So, wait, is that dropped storyline from "Reciprocity" about Peter killing the shapeshifters actually coming back? AMAZING! I hadn't quite given up on them finally doing something with that, but they seemed to give up on it so entirely last season that I did wonder.
Peter is...remarkably sanguine about the fact that no one remembers him. I mean, it obviously upsets him and he's trying to figure out what's going on, but I was sort of expecting more shouting, you know? Maybe there was shouting we just didn't see. I mean, something had to happen at his and Olivia's first meeting, right? (Given her line to Lincoln about how it bothers her that she dreamed about this man who has no obvious connection to her, I...am getting the impression that Peter didn't tell her they were together in the other timeline, which baffles me a bit. I would think that's the thing to lead with, you know? But maybe he realized it would freak her out too much and she would trust him even less than she does...)
TIME SLIPS, OMG. Does this mean the Blueverse and the Amberverse are trying to inhabit the same space-time continuum, but one is a ninety seconds ahead of the other? Whatever is actually happening, I hope it means Blueverse is trying to make its way into Amberverse!
Why didn't Peter get deleted when the timeline reset itself, anyway? The universe knows Amber isn't quite right? Though that goes more into fate rather than the free will the show generally seems to champion otherwise. Hmmm.
Other things:
Shapeshifters can now pick between any of their previous bodies and are genetically identical to said body (no mercury-based bloodstreams). They can't be distinguished from humans without surgery. Please tell me that when that last bit was being explained, someone besides me went, "They're frakking Cylons!"
Look, it's Pearlmutter!
Yaaaaay, more on Olivia&Nina! Awww, Nina got Olivia into horseback riding. (And she even has a picture of her in her office! *feels prophetic*) I guess if Nina "pulled strings" once Olivia and Rachel's mom died, she must have known Olivia from before. Did Olivia "run away" to her from the Cortexiphan trials?
Hee, I enjoyed Peter being sneaky and rewiring the intercom so he could listen and speak to the people in the office.
I finally realized who Amber!Lincoln reminds me of: MULDER. Remember how Mulder was so unfazed by weirdness and willing to go along with anything that got him answers about his quest? Lincoln was totally doing that with Peter here. He wants to figure out what killed his old partner, and the moment Peter mentions that he knows about shapeshifters he's all, "I don't care how mysterious this guy is, LET'S DO THIS."
Hmmm, I wonder if Bell is really dead in this timeline or still hanging out in the other universe. Olivia, Walter, and the Cortexiphan kids wouldn't have gone over there to rescue Peter in S2, so they wouldn't have needed Bell's help to get them back, and he wouldn't have died then.
...Wait, Bell said that some things weren't meant to be tampered with? REALLY? Damn, he's like a whole different person. Did he actually mean it, or was that a cover story to get Pearlmutter off the cell rejuvenation (or whatever it was) project for some unknown purpose?
Heh, after that conversation betwen Walter and Nina, I sort of got the feeling that they were divorced parents who were trying to be civil for the sake of the kid (Olivia). I was thinking before this episode that Walter might have been angry at Nina for keeping Olivia away from the trials when she ran away, but I guess it was more blaming her for breaking the vial of medicine for Red!Peter.
Speaking of that conversation, did it feel familiar to anyone else? Am I just imagining it, or did Nina give Walter a speech about how he had changed and wasn't evil anymore back in S2 or S3?
Wait, did the shapeshifter just fly?
Whoa, is Olivia actually walking around the office without her jacket?
Awww, overture of friendship: REJECTED.
Another quantum-entangled typewriter! And here I thought the mirror was mandatory. But is she talking to Walternate, or someone else?
Anyway, this was fun. I was a little jumpy during the first half because there were all these scenes with Pearlmutter and the shapeshifter when I wanted MOAR PETER, DAMMIT, but they did tie it all together by the end and introduce some cool new stuff (time slips!), so yay. Next week looks excellent as well!
Oh, Peter. Oh, Walter. Oh, EVERYONE. I am woman enough to admit that the last scene between Peter and Walter reduced me to tears for two entirely separate reasons. Walter touching Peter's face and calling him "my son" was joyful and full of hope! And then Walter insisted Peter was sent to tempt him and see if he'd repeat his mistakes, and then the most horrible words ever: "You can't be here...that boy was never my son--and neither are you."
MY HEART, YOU ARE BREAKING IT.
Other insanely sad scenes: Walter drugging himself so he can sleep. :( Also, his first scene with Peter in the interrogation room/prison cell, Walter looking through dead!Peter's BSG lunchbox full of memorabilia, and his conversation with Nina where he said that he "saw my boy in that man's eyes," and it was the same boy he lost under the ice. (So technically Red!Peter rather than his own son, but Walter seems to have somewhat conflated the two up until the final scene of this episode where he decided to think of them as different kids.)
I'm also quite sad that they don't seem to have heard of the Observers. Wasn't that Bluelivia's pet project back in S1? I'm not sure why it would've been affected by Peter's nonexistence...unless they've been hanging around this universe because Peter lived and they wanted to keep an eye on that.
Intriguing things: So, wait, is that dropped storyline from "Reciprocity" about Peter killing the shapeshifters actually coming back? AMAZING! I hadn't quite given up on them finally doing something with that, but they seemed to give up on it so entirely last season that I did wonder.
Peter is...remarkably sanguine about the fact that no one remembers him. I mean, it obviously upsets him and he's trying to figure out what's going on, but I was sort of expecting more shouting, you know? Maybe there was shouting we just didn't see. I mean, something had to happen at his and Olivia's first meeting, right? (Given her line to Lincoln about how it bothers her that she dreamed about this man who has no obvious connection to her, I...am getting the impression that Peter didn't tell her they were together in the other timeline, which baffles me a bit. I would think that's the thing to lead with, you know? But maybe he realized it would freak her out too much and she would trust him even less than she does...)
TIME SLIPS, OMG. Does this mean the Blueverse and the Amberverse are trying to inhabit the same space-time continuum, but one is a ninety seconds ahead of the other? Whatever is actually happening, I hope it means Blueverse is trying to make its way into Amberverse!
Why didn't Peter get deleted when the timeline reset itself, anyway? The universe knows Amber isn't quite right? Though that goes more into fate rather than the free will the show generally seems to champion otherwise. Hmmm.
Other things:
Shapeshifters can now pick between any of their previous bodies and are genetically identical to said body (no mercury-based bloodstreams). They can't be distinguished from humans without surgery. Please tell me that when that last bit was being explained, someone besides me went, "They're frakking Cylons!"
Look, it's Pearlmutter!
Yaaaaay, more on Olivia&Nina! Awww, Nina got Olivia into horseback riding. (And she even has a picture of her in her office! *feels prophetic*) I guess if Nina "pulled strings" once Olivia and Rachel's mom died, she must have known Olivia from before. Did Olivia "run away" to her from the Cortexiphan trials?
Hee, I enjoyed Peter being sneaky and rewiring the intercom so he could listen and speak to the people in the office.
I finally realized who Amber!Lincoln reminds me of: MULDER. Remember how Mulder was so unfazed by weirdness and willing to go along with anything that got him answers about his quest? Lincoln was totally doing that with Peter here. He wants to figure out what killed his old partner, and the moment Peter mentions that he knows about shapeshifters he's all, "I don't care how mysterious this guy is, LET'S DO THIS."
Hmmm, I wonder if Bell is really dead in this timeline or still hanging out in the other universe. Olivia, Walter, and the Cortexiphan kids wouldn't have gone over there to rescue Peter in S2, so they wouldn't have needed Bell's help to get them back, and he wouldn't have died then.
...Wait, Bell said that some things weren't meant to be tampered with? REALLY? Damn, he's like a whole different person. Did he actually mean it, or was that a cover story to get Pearlmutter off the cell rejuvenation (or whatever it was) project for some unknown purpose?
Heh, after that conversation betwen Walter and Nina, I sort of got the feeling that they were divorced parents who were trying to be civil for the sake of the kid (Olivia). I was thinking before this episode that Walter might have been angry at Nina for keeping Olivia away from the trials when she ran away, but I guess it was more blaming her for breaking the vial of medicine for Red!Peter.
Speaking of that conversation, did it feel familiar to anyone else? Am I just imagining it, or did Nina give Walter a speech about how he had changed and wasn't evil anymore back in S2 or S3?
Wait, did the shapeshifter just fly?
Whoa, is Olivia actually walking around the office without her jacket?
Awww, overture of friendship: REJECTED.
Another quantum-entangled typewriter! And here I thought the mirror was mandatory. But is she talking to Walternate, or someone else?
Anyway, this was fun. I was a little jumpy during the first half because there were all these scenes with Pearlmutter and the shapeshifter when I wanted MOAR PETER, DAMMIT, but they did tie it all together by the end and introduce some cool new stuff (time slips!), so yay. Next week looks excellent as well!
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Date: 2011-11-05 05:35 pm (UTC)There may have been some lip-wibble over here. That last scene between Walter and Peter was a neat reversal of Peter disowning Walter after he discovered the 1987 switcheroo, but, but... STOP DISOWNING EACH OTHER, GUYS. I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS.
Walter drugging himself so he can sleep.
"Who sleeps like this???" Aww, Olivia's turned into Peter!
Walter seems to have somewhat conflated the two up until the final scene of this episode
I think when a kid who looks just like your kid is begging you to save him, conflation tends to happen. And Walter had to force himself to... disconflate? disflate? unflate? differentiate the two at the end in a conscious effort to deny adult!Peter. End result: awwwwwwww! John Noble is just amazing.
unless they've been hanging around this universe because Peter lived and they wanted to keep an eye on that.
I'm thinking that. Since Peter survived because of an Observer not-just-Observing, they had to watch for consequences.
that dropped storyline from "Reciprocity" about Peter killing the shapeshifters actually coming back?
Yay!! I half-expected Peter to slip into that conversation, "They bleed mercury when you shoot them in the head. Oh, and would you like me to murder them for you? Because I've gotten pretty good at that!"
Peter is...remarkably sanguine
I think after his initial shock at the hospital, he's switched into Con Man/Emotional Shut-Down Mode. He's had practice dealing with Olivias and Walters who are not His Olivia And Walter, after all. He definitely flinched a couple times when he looked at Olivia, though.
I...am getting the impression that Peter didn't tell her
Yeah, telling her that would not have helped things at all. Probably once he established that she didn't remember him, he shifted his focus onto "WHERE'S WALTER I NEED WALTER HE WILL FIX OLIVIA'S BRAIN FOR ME!!"
TIME SLIPS, OMG.
Bwuh?? Is that what the Agent Jill thing was about?? Or did I miss something while pondering Nina's classy, classy camo jacket?? I assumed that one of the Jills was a shifter, although there didn't seem to be a point to infiltrating her. ...And now that you mention it, the first Jill was my bet to be the more likely shifter, and that would mean that real!Jill wouldn't have been alive to come in a minute later... I prefer melding universes!
They can't be distinguished from humans without surgery.
If they're just copying DNA, though, you'd think they'd lack various scars and damages picked up over the years that wouldn't be copied along with DNA...
Yaaaaay, more on Olivia&Nina!
The look on Lincoln's face after Olivia's exposition was pretty great, too.
Hee, I enjoyed Peter being sneaky and rewiring the intercom so he could listen and speak to the people in the office.
Peter is almost as bad at being held captive as Olivia!
I finally realized who Amber!Lincoln reminds me of: MULDER.
Bwah! Mulder would also have immediately referred to a giant killer brain-creature as Gus!
...Wait, Bell said that some things weren't meant to be tampered with? REALLY?
Maybe both Peters' deaths made Walter AND Bell more cautious and self-doubtful?
Am I just imagining it, or did Nina give Walter a speech about how he had changed and wasn't evil anymore back in S2 or S3?
Yeah, when he was comparing himself to Walternate? Maybe back when he was reinventing amber? I forget exactly which episode.
Wait, did the shapeshifter just fly?
SHE'S SPIDERMAN!
Whoa, is Olivia actually walking around the office without her jacket?
At one point she was walking around with her jacket unbuttoned! It's like we don't even know her anymore!!
Awww, overture of friendship: REJECTED.
I read that as more awkward flirting! (Has Olivia ever had an unmarried partner she hasn't slept with? Geez.) And possibly Nerd!Lincoln moving ever closer to CANON!GAY!
Another quantum-entangled typewriter!
Really? You're gonna stab away at a giant retro typewriter in the middle of a busy station, and you think nobody's gonna notice the oddity? Come on!
when I wanted MOAR PETER, DAMMIT
I know! I was all, "THERE IS NO ROOM FOR B PLOTS THIS WEEK, GUYS."
Part 1
Date: 2011-11-05 07:47 pm (UTC)SERIOUSLY. JUST LOVE EACH OTHER, GUYS, THAT'S ALL I WANT.
"Who sleeps like this???" Aww, Olivia's turned into Peter!
She kinda has! And Lincoln is in some ways like Olivia. Remember she was eager to go into the tank and Peter was like, "Do I need to remind you my dad's been IN A MENTAL INSTITUTE for the past seventeen years?" Now Lincoln's the eager one and Olivia's the skeptic.
End result: awwwwwwww! John Noble is just amazing.
Get him a truckful of Emmys, stat!
Yay!! I half-expected Peter to slip into that conversation, "They bleed mercury when you shoot them in the head. Oh, and would you like me to murder them for you? Because I've gotten pretty good at that!"
Or at least for someone to ask him how he knows all this, and him to be like, "Well, see, I kinda went through a violent period last year..."
I think after his initial shock at the hospital, he's switched into Con Man/Emotional Shut-Down Mode. He's had practice dealing with Olivias and Walters who are not His Olivia And Walter, after all. He definitely flinched a couple times when he looked at Olivia, though.
Yeah, he does seem to think that he might have just wound up in another universe that is neither Blue nor Red. Which I suppose he technically could have, although the time slips suggest otherwise.
Probably once he established that she didn't remember him, he shifted his focus onto "WHERE'S WALTER I NEED WALTER HE WILL FIX OLIVIA'S BRAIN FOR ME!!"
Awwwww!
Bwuh?? Is that what the Agent Jill thing was about??
I think so. They made a point of showing the empty desk after Olivia had set the files on it from the first Jill, and if she were a shifter, the files from the first encounter would still be there. (Unless she was a ninja thief, I suppose, but that seems unlikely.) Plus there were time shifts in the last episode when Peter was around in spectral and blue energy ball form, so I'm thinking this is a continuation of those incidents.
If they're just copying DNA, though, you'd think they'd lack various scars and damages picked up over the years that wouldn't be copied along with DNA...
*cough cough I think we're supposed to handwave that cough*
The look on Lincoln's face after Olivia's exposition was pretty great, too.
Heh, true.
Peter is almost as bad at being held captive as Olivia!
Holding either of them captive always ends in tears for the other person!
Bwah! Mulder would also have immediately referred to a giant killer brain-creature as Gus!
Of course he would've!
Maybe both Peters' deaths made Walter AND Bell more cautious and self-doubtful?
Perhaps? I'm still going with "diversion to get Pearlmutter off the project," though.
Yeah, when he was comparing himself to Walternate? Maybe back when he was reinventing amber? I forget exactly which episode.
The Amber one sounds right. I think that was "6B," which I watched recently.
At one point she was walking around with her jacket unbuttoned! It's like we don't even know her anymore!!
But she told Fauxlivia that she buttons her jacket! STAY CONSISTENT, OLIVIA! THERE ARE DOPPELGANGERS ABOUT!
Re: Part 1
Date: 2011-11-06 03:09 am (UTC)IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK? JUST TO LEAVE MY HEART IN ONE PIECE?
And Lincoln is in some ways like Olivia.
Aww, eager to do anything to solve the murder of his partner he was in love with! And Olivia's Scullying it up in response!
Plus there were time shifts in the last episode when Peter was around in spectral and blue energy ball form, so I'm thinking this is a continuation of those incidents.
Hmm. But I thought that was an effect on the electronic equipment? Forty-five minutes of information at a time is NOT ENOUGH!
*cough cough I think we're supposed to handwave that cough*
Gee, that cough sounds pretty bad, maybe you should get it looked at...
Holding either of them captive always ends in tears for the other person!
(Especially the people who have to fix all the stuff they broke on their way out!) People should learn!
I'm still going with "diversion to get Pearlmutter off the project," though.
True, true. How long ago did Bell go over to start helping Walternate with the mercury shifters?
I think that was "6B," which I watched recently.
Ah, yes, that one has lots of... mytharc information, and... amber-research scenes. ...Yes. Good choice!
STAY CONSISTENT, OLIVIA! THERE ARE DOPPELGANGERS ABOUT!
Well, having Faux around always makes her more uptight, what with all the insecurity!rage. ...That is totally how I'm explaining how this Amberlivia is so much different from the one in 4x01...
Also, how has nobody accused Peter of being a shifter/generally evil by now? Well, besides Walter, but that's on a more personal-destiny sort of level.
Re: Part 1
Date: 2011-11-06 09:18 pm (UTC)I thought it was more an effect on Olivia, but I don't really remember.
Forty-five minutes of information at a time is NOT ENOUGH!
If only it were possible to marathon this season!
Gee, that cough sounds pretty bad, maybe you should get it looked at...
*hack*
(Especially the people who have to fix all the stuff they broke on their way out!)
You know Joe and Jane Q. Technician are starting a petition to make it illegal to hold either of them captive!
How long ago did Bell go over to start helping Walternate with the mercury shifters?
Wait, he helped with the mercury shapeshifters?
Ah, yes, that one has lots of... mytharc information, and... amber-research scenes. ...Yes. Good choice!
So much...information, yes. And...lots of case stuff. Yes.
Well, having Faux around always makes her more uptight, what with all the insecurity!rage. ...That is totally how I'm explaining how this Amberlivia is so much different from the one in 4x01...
"I WOULD BE SUCH A BETTER PERSON IF YOU WEREN'T AROUND!"
Also, how has nobody accused Peter of being a shifter/generally evil by now? Well, besides Walter, but that's on a more personal-destiny sort of level.
Good question! They do seem to suspect he might be generally evil, but given all the shifters around, you would think they'd be all over that as a possibility.
Re: Part 1
Date: 2011-11-07 01:32 am (UTC)Why can't I insert twenty hours directly into my eyeballs grrrrrrrrrrr!
You know Joe and Jane Q. Technician are starting a petition to make it illegal to hold either of them captive!
"How did he screw up this speaker wiring so bad?? It shouldn't even *connect* to the phones! They're two completely separate systems!!"
Wait, he helped with the mercury shapeshifters?
Yeah, back when they were rescuing Peter from the Other Side, Walter got all shouty at Bell about backing ZFT and everything, and Bell said something about how he had to develop the shifters for Walternate so Walternate wouldn't get suspicious that Bell was a mole. Or something? I never did get a handle on Bell's exact involvement.
So much...information, yes. And...lots of case stuff. Yes.
Technical details. Lab work. Good stuff, yes.
"I WOULD BE SUCH A BETTER PERSON IF YOU WEREN'T AROUND!"
"YOU HAVE A WHOLE UNIVERSE TO SAUNTER ALL OVER, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST STAY THERE??"
They do seem to suspect he might be generally evil, but given all the shifters around, you would think they'd be all over that as a possibility.
Especially since he's genetically identical to somebody who should be dead...
Re: Part 1
Date: 2011-11-07 08:14 pm (UTC)Huh. Wow, I have forgotten basically everything to do with ZFT.
Especially since he's genetically identical to somebody who should be dead...
Well, considering how difficult it would be for any potential Peter-shaped shifter to get the DNA, maybe they're giving him the benefit of the doubt...
Re: Part 1
Date: 2011-11-08 01:05 am (UTC)Don't worry, so has the writing team!
Well, considering how difficult it would be for any potential Peter-shaped shifter to get the DNA, maybe they're giving him the benefit of the doubt...
The road to apocalypse is paved with the benefits of the doubt!
Re: Part 1
Date: 2011-11-08 01:57 am (UTC)To be fair, they pretty much wrote themselves a get out of continuity free card with the timeline reset...
The road to apocalypse is paved with the benefits of the doubt!
They're so shiny and well-intentioned!
Re: Part 1
Date: 2011-11-08 02:28 am (UTC)EVIL GENIUSES!
Part 2
Date: 2011-11-05 07:48 pm (UTC)I read that as more awkward flirting!
Maybe it's just my shipper goggles blinding me, but it felt distinctly unflirting to me. More like, "Wow, we almost but didn't quite catch the girl who tell us who killed his
secret crushpartner, and he's still living in a hotel and has no friends, maybe he'd like to just talk to someone for an hour..."(Has Olivia ever had an unmarried partner she hasn't slept with? Geez.)
Astrid? She seemed to be her partner prior to Lincoln in the Amberverse. Of course, she also doesn't seem to, you know, meet people outside of work, so maybe it's inevitable that she falls for her partners...
And possibly Nerd!Lincoln moving ever closer to CANON!GAY!
Yesssss! Or maybe he saw her reaction to Peter and went, "Welp, the writing's on the wall here..."
Really? You're gonna stab away at a giant retro typewriter in the middle of a busy station, and you think nobody's gonna notice the oddity? Come on!
That was rather obvious, yes...
I know! I was all, "THERE IS NO ROOM FOR B PLOTS THIS WEEK, GUYS."
JUST GIVE ME AN HOUR OF PETER, I'VE MISSED HIM!
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-06 03:21 am (UTC)This is tv overanalysis, not haiku!
More like, "Wow, we almost but didn't quite catch the girl who tell us who killed his secret crush partner, and he's still living in a hotel and has no friends, maybe he'd like to just talk to someone for an hour..."
Nerd!Lincoln is awfully pathetic. (Where'd he come from? Pittsburgh? Poor sad hotel living.)
Astrid?
But she totally already has a girlfriend! (And Astrid's sorta gotten kicked to the curb since Lincoln arrived, hasn't she? Girl can't catch a break.)
Of course, she also doesn't seem to, you know, meet people outside of work, so maybe it's inevitable that she falls for her partners...
They are pretty much the only people she speaks to...
Or maybe he saw her reaction to Peter and went, "Welp, the writing's on the wall here..."
"Welp, if I wasn't gay before, I might as well start now, because this is hopeless."
JUST GIVE ME AN HOUR OF PETER, I'VE MISSED HIM!
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE AREN'T QUESTIONS TO ANSWER THERE! (I lol'd at the list Broyles gave Walter - looked like somebody's shopping list on a memo pad: "peas, bread, milk, how do you know about the other universe?")
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-06 09:28 pm (UTC)So, so pathetic. I think he said he came from Hartford, actually.
But she totally already has a girlfriend!
True, true...
(And Astrid's sorta gotten kicked to the curb since Lincoln arrived, hasn't she? Girl can't catch a break.)
She really has. I guess she might technically not be a field agent--I believe the FBI has field and technical tracks, and they don't really cross-pollinate--but still. :(
"Welp, if I wasn't gay before, I might as well start now, because this is hopeless."
I hate triangles, but I admit, I would absolutely love a Lincoln/Peter/Olivia triangle where Peter is the apex. It would be one-sided on Lincoln's part, of course, but it would be awesome.
Alternately, get the poor man a boyfriend. Or...Lincoln/Astrid? (They would be so nerdy and cute together!)
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE AREN'T QUESTIONS TO ANSWER THERE!
From the promo, I think we might get, if not answers, then at least some more information next week. (Dunno if you watch the sneak peeks, but here's the one for next week. I think it'll be another heartbreaker.)
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-07 01:39 am (UTC)Right, right, one of them Yankee Towns.
but still. :(
Although basically all she got to do in the field was get downtrodden via satellite, alas.
I admit, I would absolutely love a Lincoln/Peter/Olivia triangle where Peter is the apex. It would be one-sided on Lincoln's part, of course, but it would be awesome.
YES! Equal opportunity angst for all!
Lincoln/Astrid?
Cuteness NERDOCALYPSE! If only they weren't both gay!
I think it'll be another heartbreaker.
Aiiieee! (I'm experimenting with zero spoilers (aside from episode titles, which I got accidentally spoiled for on teh intarwebs), because for a show as consistently shocking as Fringe, I like to maximize my trauma into one fell swoop of flail.)
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-07 08:22 pm (UTC)Yep. Hartford seems especially indistinguishable from the rest of the north. The only thing I know about it is that it's called "the insurance capitol of the world."
Although basically all she got to do in the field was get downtrodden via satellite, alas.
True, true.
Cuteness NERDOCALYPSE!
Imagine the nerdy double entendres!
If only they weren't both gay!
Gay BFFs? They could double-date!
(I'm experimenting with zero spoilers (aside from episode titles, which I got accidentally spoiled for on teh intarwebs), because for a show as consistently shocking as Fringe, I like to maximize my trauma into one fell swoop of flail.)
Aiiiieee! I try to be spoiler-free, but the sneak peeks and promo photos seduce me every time. :( I'll do my best to keep them away from you, though.
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-08 01:07 am (UTC)Aww, way to get out while the getting's good, Lincoln!
Gay BFFs? They could double-date!
YES!
I'll do my best to keep them away from you, though.
You label things well!
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-08 01:58 am (UTC)Before you got insurance'd to death!
YES!
This needs to happen on the show.
You label things well!
"We have to get organized!"
Me and Walter, labeling our way through life...
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-08 02:28 am (UTC)Forget the Machine, THIS NEEDS AIRTIME.
Me and Walter, labeling our way through life...
BWAH, please tell me you own a labelmaker, and labeled junk food!
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-08 04:39 am (UTC)Ha! Not quite, but my mom is incredibly fond of clear plastic boxes to organize stuff with. Seeing the contents = better than a label?
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-08 02:08 pm (UTC)This is my theory for leftovers in the freezer! And why Pyrex is the bestest!
(And one might think that once one is close enough to the giant jar of red vines to read the label, one might have already noticed that they are red vines. ...Unless one was high.)
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-09 12:14 am (UTC)I think that's a sentence you just have to automatically add to anything Walter's involved in.
(Have you noticed this season how Walter seems to be using drugs just to get through the day rather than for fun, like he used them before? So sad! ...I feel vaguely corrupted now.)
Re: Part 2
Date: 2011-11-09 02:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-09 02:25 am (UTC)I was too busy crying forever, but my sister pointed out that was a gorgeously brutal inversion of Peter's reaction when he figured out he was from Redverse.
But maybe he realized it would freak her out too much and she would trust him even less than she does...
LOL, would *you* want to explain their complicated, epic friendship-turned-romance? Because you just know Olivia would start asking questions if he simplified it, and he'd have to be all, "Well, then I thought you were you but you were actually alt!Livia, and *you* were actually brainwashed in an alternate dimension - but we got through it eventually!" ♥
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Date: 2011-11-09 06:31 pm (UTC)Oh, wow! I hadn't realized that.
LOL, would *you* want to explain their complicated, epic friendship-turned-romance?
Heh. Well, there's that too...