Fringe 4.07: "Wallflower"
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icepixieASDFJKL; OMG THE ENDING. I thought it would be less cliffhangery since we weren't getting the real fall finale, but NO, NO, NOT QUITE.
(Although I suppose this could mean that the next episode is even cliffhangerier. As an aside, the preview made it look really, really good, and I so wish we'd gotten it this year. The Lincolns meeting! Fauxlivia telling Peter she doesn't remember him! Elizabeth Bishop! Olivia meeting the Observer!)
From the beginning:
I want to know how long Olivia's migraines have been going on. Are they related to Peter's reappearance? They seemed rather more long-standing. Bluelivia didn't have them, did she? Maybe it's a Cortexiphan thing. (If you go too long without being activated, you get migraines?)
I sincerely hope nothing comes from it because I am an OTPer, but I have to admit that Olivia and Nerd!Lincoln at the diner in the beginning was cute. Was his hair a bit spiker in that scene? OMG, he's slowly turning into Red!Lincoln.
Oooh, Amberlivia's back to black hair ties like Bluelivia instead of the white she's been sporting. I wonder if that means anything.
Walter: You must have been a very boring child.
Astrid: I'm ignoring that. *click*
Ha! Astrid seems more assertive now that she can just turn Walter off. He also seems more bitchy toward her than Blue!Walter was, but maybe I'm just misremembering.
Awww, Astrid has the good sense to go to the FBI shrink. And poor, confused Olivia's just like, "But I thought it was normal to take shapeshifters and alternate universes and time warps in stride!" It's sad that she doesn't even talk to Nina about her job, though. :( (Though after that ending, maybe that's for the better...)
So was Marilyn's Massive Dynamic private insurance something the family received for Olivia's participation in the trials?
What exactly is Peter building? Isn't there a machine already?
"Thanks for your help the other day." Wait, so if last week Peter had only been back for three days, and that adventure was just "the other day"...do these people not get weekends?
Hmmm, Peter said "timeline" rather than "universe." I wonder if that's significant.
Oh, I loved the way he just went completely still (and a little googly-eyed) when Lincoln mentioned Olivia's name. And Lincoln proves he's much more of a people person than this Olivia by immediately cottoning on to the fact that Peter and Bluelivia were/are together.
"That's not my Olivia." BRB, CRYING FOREVER. Also, awww, Lincoln has a crush. He's in for a rude awakening.Someone needs to find him a nice young man.
"You know I'm going to be the one to take the blame for this." Ohhh, Walter's budget minder would indeed be a TERRIBLE job function!
Blah blah plotcakes. I admit, aside from the Nina stuff and the few scenes with Peter, this episode did basically nothing for me. Maybe it would have been better if I didn't NEED to see what's going on with Peter and the timeline, but I think even without that urgency it wouldn't have been very interesting. They were a little heavy-handed with U-Gene's relevance to Peter's situation, too. He wants to be "looked upon by the right person" and "to see recognition" in their eyes, because "that's when you exist." HI, I AM YOUR SYMBOL. Peter doesn't really exist until Olivia, Walter, etc. recognize him!
Despite how anvilicious that was, though, it does fit rather nicely with what Nina says to Olivia later. (BTW, "Olive," OMG.) She says Olivia will find where she belongs *cough cough WITH PETER cough*, and when the time is right she'll know she's in the right place. I mentioned last week that I thought the timeline might be changed in part because Olivia would have to believe in it--since there's evidence from "Subject 13" that what she imagines can become real--and now I really think they're going to go there. I think maybe there's going to come a point where she has to choose whether to be more Bluelivia or more Amberlivia, and whichever she goes with is going to be which timeline dominates.
Ohhhhh, that completely impersonal acknowledgement as Peter and Olivia passed each other in the hall BROKE MY HEART. Such a change from Peter's demeanor in the scene at the Bishop house!
Linc and Olivia set up a date! I don't know whether to be sad because it's not her and Peter or to coo because they're awkwardly adorable!
And...Peter is trying to set them up. By giving Lincoln less nerdy glasses. Um. (How did he get Linc's prescription, anyway?) Personally, if he has to wear glasses, I prefer the hipster ones.
Olivia putting on an outfit very similar to the one she wore before her date with Peter in "Jacksonville" and messing with her hair in the exact same way was a knife to the gut, even if she did go with the ponytail instead of leaving it loose this time. And that date didn't turn out as planned either...
Olivia, is there a reason you have a security camera in your apartment?
So, um, Nina is getting less "vaguely" and more "evil" by the minute. Who knew Blue!Nina would seem less sinister than Amber!Nina? Arrrgggh, what did she do to Olivia? The only thing they said was that she wouldn't remember the last couple hours, but they didn't take her, and there was only one injection...was it red? I can't remember. Might it have been Cortexiphan? Not sure to what end that would be, since they already have a bridge between the universes. ARGH, WINTER HIATUS, WHY MUST YOU BE SO LONG??
(Although I suppose this could mean that the next episode is even cliffhangerier. As an aside, the preview made it look really, really good, and I so wish we'd gotten it this year. The Lincolns meeting! Fauxlivia telling Peter she doesn't remember him! Elizabeth Bishop! Olivia meeting the Observer!)
From the beginning:
I want to know how long Olivia's migraines have been going on. Are they related to Peter's reappearance? They seemed rather more long-standing. Bluelivia didn't have them, did she? Maybe it's a Cortexiphan thing. (If you go too long without being activated, you get migraines?)
I sincerely hope nothing comes from it because I am an OTPer, but I have to admit that Olivia and Nerd!Lincoln at the diner in the beginning was cute. Was his hair a bit spiker in that scene? OMG, he's slowly turning into Red!Lincoln.
Oooh, Amberlivia's back to black hair ties like Bluelivia instead of the white she's been sporting. I wonder if that means anything.
Walter: You must have been a very boring child.
Astrid: I'm ignoring that. *click*
Ha! Astrid seems more assertive now that she can just turn Walter off. He also seems more bitchy toward her than Blue!Walter was, but maybe I'm just misremembering.
Awww, Astrid has the good sense to go to the FBI shrink. And poor, confused Olivia's just like, "But I thought it was normal to take shapeshifters and alternate universes and time warps in stride!" It's sad that she doesn't even talk to Nina about her job, though. :( (Though after that ending, maybe that's for the better...)
So was Marilyn's Massive Dynamic private insurance something the family received for Olivia's participation in the trials?
What exactly is Peter building? Isn't there a machine already?
"Thanks for your help the other day." Wait, so if last week Peter had only been back for three days, and that adventure was just "the other day"...do these people not get weekends?
Hmmm, Peter said "timeline" rather than "universe." I wonder if that's significant.
Oh, I loved the way he just went completely still (and a little googly-eyed) when Lincoln mentioned Olivia's name. And Lincoln proves he's much more of a people person than this Olivia by immediately cottoning on to the fact that Peter and Bluelivia were/are together.
"That's not my Olivia." BRB, CRYING FOREVER. Also, awww, Lincoln has a crush. He's in for a rude awakening.
"You know I'm going to be the one to take the blame for this." Ohhh, Walter's budget minder would indeed be a TERRIBLE job function!
Blah blah plotcakes. I admit, aside from the Nina stuff and the few scenes with Peter, this episode did basically nothing for me. Maybe it would have been better if I didn't NEED to see what's going on with Peter and the timeline, but I think even without that urgency it wouldn't have been very interesting. They were a little heavy-handed with U-Gene's relevance to Peter's situation, too. He wants to be "looked upon by the right person" and "to see recognition" in their eyes, because "that's when you exist." HI, I AM YOUR SYMBOL. Peter doesn't really exist until Olivia, Walter, etc. recognize him!
Despite how anvilicious that was, though, it does fit rather nicely with what Nina says to Olivia later. (BTW, "Olive," OMG.) She says Olivia will find where she belongs *cough cough WITH PETER cough*, and when the time is right she'll know she's in the right place. I mentioned last week that I thought the timeline might be changed in part because Olivia would have to believe in it--since there's evidence from "Subject 13" that what she imagines can become real--and now I really think they're going to go there. I think maybe there's going to come a point where she has to choose whether to be more Bluelivia or more Amberlivia, and whichever she goes with is going to be which timeline dominates.
Ohhhhh, that completely impersonal acknowledgement as Peter and Olivia passed each other in the hall BROKE MY HEART. Such a change from Peter's demeanor in the scene at the Bishop house!
Linc and Olivia set up a date! I don't know whether to be sad because it's not her and Peter or to coo because they're awkwardly adorable!
And...Peter is trying to set them up. By giving Lincoln less nerdy glasses. Um. (How did he get Linc's prescription, anyway?) Personally, if he has to wear glasses, I prefer the hipster ones.
Olivia putting on an outfit very similar to the one she wore before her date with Peter in "Jacksonville" and messing with her hair in the exact same way was a knife to the gut, even if she did go with the ponytail instead of leaving it loose this time. And that date didn't turn out as planned either...
Olivia, is there a reason you have a security camera in your apartment?
So, um, Nina is getting less "vaguely" and more "evil" by the minute. Who knew Blue!Nina would seem less sinister than Amber!Nina? Arrrgggh, what did she do to Olivia? The only thing they said was that she wouldn't remember the last couple hours, but they didn't take her, and there was only one injection...was it red? I can't remember. Might it have been Cortexiphan? Not sure to what end that would be, since they already have a bridge between the universes. ARGH, WINTER HIATUS, WHY MUST YOU BE SO LONG??
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Date: 2011-11-20 01:12 pm (UTC)It could be the cliffhangeriest!
doesn't Olivia ever wonder why she keeps waking up on the floor?
They seemed to think she wouldn't remember about waking up on the floor? I'm confused as to just how the memory loss works, but... ok.... I do wonder about that prescription she had that seemed pretty old, and unused for a time. What kind of schedule is Nina on, anyway??
maybe they have a burning need for a pyrokinetic? *ba-dum-ching*
*GROAN*
When Olivia starts questioning why she's so stoic, out comes the cortexiphan to keep her that way?
Does that mean she's never been activated, and because of that cortexiphan has different effects on her? ....I wonder if Lincoln could trigger her? DUN DUN DUN.
All the fringe events are supposedly the result of the rift Walter made between the universes (right?)
A lot of them are, but Broyles talked about how the X-Files and other investigations had been going on for like fifty years, didn't he?
the universes are still actively apocalypsing, argh.
I'm pretty sure the bridge did not hit a giant timespace pause button, no! Let's get back to that!
Perhaps there is a chartreuse universe where Peter was never born and Olivia and Lincoln live happily ever after!
Awww, and their universe totally didn't get ripped to shreds! Awww! (This triangle is going to be pretty compelling, seeing as how both guys have a lot of audience sympathy and are genuinely nice people who love Olivia.)
I guess technically he already had a bit of a heart-smoosh when Olivia stood him up at the end...
Good practice for later?
I actually read about the white hair ties somewhere else, but the black one I noticed on my own!
I suspect before this season is out we're going to discover Amberlivia's underwear-color preference...
Awww, Peter's no longer the lightning rod for Walter's bitchiness!
Awww, now it's much less focused and tends to hit innocent bystanders!
I originally read that as "And maybe a drink," which would also be an option.
Oh, I'm pretty sure she's already gotten herself a drink! This is Olivia, after all.
Amber was just laid over Blue like saving over a document in Word?
Awwwww! Ctrl-Z! Ctrl-Z!!!
although I tend to think their "revert to last saved copy" function is partially broken...
SHOULD'VE SAVED AT THE LAST BOSS MONSTER!
LINCOLN WILL NEVER BE HAPPY!
UNTIL HE FINDS A MAN!
The writers are so good at multitasking!
Especially when everyone is so shy and pathetic!
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Date: 2011-11-20 08:36 pm (UTC)*waves hands frantically*
Does that mean she's never been activated, and because of that cortexiphan has different effects on her?
I think they've established that she was never activated, since she seemed surprised that Cameron James (or whatever his name was) had his magnetic powers in "Subject 9," and I think she also talked to Astrid and Walter about how she never had anything like that happen to her. Maybe Cortexiphan just gives her bad headaches?
....I wonder if Lincoln could trigger her? DUN DUN DUN.
But but but that's Peter's thing! I am mostly okay with Amberlivia and Lincoln's nerd!relationship, but it is REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME that Peter remains her trigger. I like the epicness and DESTINY it gives to their relationship.
A lot of them are, but Broyles talked about how the X-Files and other investigations had been going on for like fifty years, didn't he?
I remember something about the X-Files, but not how long they'd been going on. But that's plausible, sure.
(This triangle is going to be pretty compelling, seeing as how both guys have a lot of audience sympathy and are genuinely nice people who love Olivia.)
I hope they don't make it into a real triangle, though, because I hate triangles so much. Peter/Olivia/Fauxlivia wasn't so bad because at least with doppelgangers it's different enough to be interesting--and Peter didn't even realize he was participating in a triangle--but that's about all I can take.
I suspect before this season is out we're going to discover Amberlivia's underwear-color preference...
INTO THE TANK WITH YOU! (Also...beige?)
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Date: 2011-11-21 02:24 am (UTC)Wave the logic away! Wave the logic away!!
I think she also talked to Astrid and Walter about how she never had anything like that happen to her.
Ah, right.
Maybe Cortexiphan just gives her bad headaches?
Would it kill Nina to slip her a little migraine medication while she's out? :(
I am mostly okay with Amberlivia and Lincoln's nerd!relationship, but it is REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME that Peter remains her trigger.
Awwwwwwwwwwww. You never watched any Lost, did you? Last week, Peter's line of "There's too many variables, and not enough constants!" (and then a shot of Olivia) reminded me of Lost's concept of a Constant (http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Constant): someone who can anchor you to your "home" timeline and pull you back when you get jumbled up in time travel.
I like the epicness and DESTINY it gives to their relationship.
DESTINY ftw!
I hope they don't make it into a real triangle, though, because I hate triangles so much.
But it follows Bujold's Law of Maximum Angst! And if Olivia starts to fluctuate between Olivias, then it becomes... a quadrangle?
and Peter didn't even realize he was participating in a triangle
Um, yeah, it's good they're getting back to his genius roots, after all his stupidity last season...
INTO THE TANK WITH YOU!
Haha, yes, well, that too...
(Also...beige?)
Anything is better than chartreuse?
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Date: 2011-11-21 08:31 pm (UTC)"Pain builds character!"
You never watched any Lost, did you?
Nope. It sounded just a little too impenetrable for me, and I hear the finale was uniformly disappointing, so...
someone who can anchor you to your "home" timeline and pull you back when you get jumbled up in time travel.
Awwwww!
But it follows Bujold's Law of Maximum Angst!
But there is angst and annoyance, and triangles lean heavily towards annoyance!
And if Olivia starts to fluctuate between Olivias, then it becomes... a quadrangle?
NOOOO THAT'S EVEN WORSE! I suffered through two seasons of Quadrangle of Doom on BSG and that is ENOUGH for one lifetime!
Um, yeah, it's good they're getting back to his genius roots, after all his stupidity last season...
Selective geniusness, perhaps...
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Date: 2011-11-22 01:50 am (UTC)"We were trying to make you into a superhero! Did it work yet?"
It sounded just a little too impenetrable for me
Yeah, I watched every bit of all six seasons and I was still confused. I'm glad JJ Abrams seems to have learned his lesson from that. But it was still a great show, despite all the flaws.
I hear the finale was uniformly disappointing, so...
It wasn't bad but... you can't tie up several hundred loose ends in three hours. Just not gonna happen.
Awwwww!
The episode where the idea of Constants was established (and proven) was That One Where Every Single Fan Was Reduced To Tears Of Shippy Joy. It was epic.
But there is angst and annoyance, and triangles lean heavily towards annoyance!
Come onnnn, writers! Don't screw this up!
Selective geniusness, perhaps...
Haha, runs in the family!