Fringe 413 Preview: "A Better Human Being"

Here is the preview from the end of "Welcome To Westfield" for the Fringe episode "A Better Human Being", which airs on FRIDAY, February 17th at 9:00PM on FOX.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel (and click the "pop out" button) to watch it in full-sized HD.

Screenshots from this preview can be viewed at FringeFiles.com.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyph Code in "Welcome To Westfield"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode "Welcome To Westfield" spelled out OLIVE, as in our Olivia, as in Peter's Olivia. Has she merged with new Olivia, like when our Olivia merged with William Bell?

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

Fringe Episode 412: "Welcome To Westfield"

THE FRINGE TEAM GETS TRAPPED

Peter, Olivia and Walter come face to face with a mysterious and terrifying Fringe event as they get trapped in a town that there’s no escaping.

Happy Fringe Friday!

During tonight's episode, you can chat LIVE in the Fringe Chat Room, and help promote Fringe by tweeting about the episode using this week's hashmark #BreakingOut. Also, don't forget to check-in to Fringe at GetGlue to get this week's Fringe sticker.

After the episode airs, continue the discussion here in the comments, and get more Fringe information at the:

• Episode page on Fringepedia
• Transcript on Fringepedia
• Screenshot gallery at FringeFiles
• Promotional photos at FringeFiles

Check back here soon for Observer sightings, Glyph codes, and other Fringe Easter Eggs.

How do you rate the Fringe episode "Welcome to Westfield"?

Fringe Sneak Peeks: Welcome To Westfield

Here are three sneak peeks from tonight's Fringe episode "Welcome To Westfield"

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Fringe Lounge: Chris Tilton Interview

Fringe editor Ari Margolis (@jonxproductions) interviews Fringe music composer Chris Tilton (@christilton) in this light-hearted Fox Lounge Q&A.

FRINGE: Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman Tease the ‘Mind-Bending’ ‘Welcome to Westfield,’ Olivia’s Fate, the Lincoln-Olivia-Peter Triangle, Their Fans and More

FRINGE: Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman Tease the ‘Mind-Bending’ ‘Welcome to Westfield,’ Olivia’s Fate, the Lincoln-Olivia-Peter Triangle, Their Fans and More

February 9, 2012 by Marisa Roffman

It’s hard to talk about Friday’s brand new episode of FRINGE, “Welcome to Westfield,” without spoiling too much, but at risk of over-hyping the hour, it’s safe to say it’s good. As in, canIhavethenextepisoderightnowplease?, good.

But again, at the risk of spoiling too much, I probably shouldn’t say much more.

Thankfully, FRINGE executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman were willing to tease a little bit about what viewers can expect from the hour, as well as just how dire September’s prediction for Olivia really was, Peter-Olivia-Lincoln, their awesome fans, and more…

The description for “Welcome to Westfield” — Peter, Olivia, and Walter get trapped together — is very interesting. Is it a bottle episode of sorts?
J.H. Wyman: No, no bottle episodes, but I think that one is going to go over really well. I really believe people are going to love that one.

Is there anything you can tease about it, specifically?
JW: It’s a fantastic episode, really mind-bending in the best FRINGE-ian kind of way. It’s going to answer a lot of mythological questions. It’s going to answer one very large mythological question, which we believe is of paramount importance, the answer to that question. It’s a big one as far as stakes are concerned.

Very interesting. You guys teased that answers are going to be coming in waves over the next few episodes. Is that going to come partially in the return of September?
Jeff Pinkner: September’s a piece of the puzzle, for sure.

Are we going to be finding out a little bit more about how he got shot and whether it was due to his actions in the season premiere?
JP: Without spoiling it, obviously the questions that are on your mind are the questions on everyone’s minds and we’re going to answer those questions and others and pose new ones. Hopefully like we always do.

Well, we did have his warning to Olivia that she had to die. Now, that sounds dire –
JP: It is!

But if you really think about it, everybody has to die eventually. Are we reading too much into this where he wants her to live forever, or is this a morbid thing where the message is, “You’re going to die soon.”
JW: The Observers, don’t forget, they’ve already experienced the future. It’s not an issue of him wanting her to live forever; he knows…there’s something tragic in the mail for her.
JP: It’s not like he’s saying, “Hey, you’ve got to age.”

That’s true. She just does not have the best luck. Everyone keeps wanting her dead or thinking she’s going to die.
JP: She’s a hero.

Yeah. Poor girl.
JW: She said as much [in last season's "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide"]: ” I saw the man who is going to kill me.” So these things might be connected.

Would those two things still be connected in the new timeline?
JW: That’s what’s really interesting — fate and destiny and things like that, they cross timelines, they cross who knows, right?

Okay, then I have a super-nerdy question: If this man is destined to kill her, why did Walternate kill her in the future Peter saw?
JW: That’s another time.
JP: That future will never happen. What Peter did at the end of last season –
JW: Altered the course of it.
JP: — altered the course of events. Peter’s sacrifice, getting into the machine and ultimately disappearing from the timeline, was specifically to avoid that future.
JW: Don’t forget, there’s many different possibilities of the future, many different versions. So one of them, maybe Walternate kills her, in another one, maybe the guy from the Zeppelin kills her, in another one, she can get hit by a car, and in another one, she can miss that car, in other, she can pull a gun and shoot Walternate — there’s all kinds of different versions. It’s precarious.

Speaking of precarious, there’s this weird triangle forming with Peter, Olivia, and Lincoln. How is the triangle going to play out in the next batch of episodes?
JW: The struggle is being around someone that [looks like the person you love]…Peter knows what he’s destined for, and it’s not [this Olivia], and that’s difficult for him. She’s there and she’s serving as a painful reminder every time he sees her of what he’s missing and what’s waiting for him. Biologically and chemistry-wise, she’s the same girl, really, so it’s very difficult.

Him watching another person dealing with her on another level that might be construed as romantic is also hard. So, it’s there for a reason. You’re going to see — that’s what it’s designed for — to show us that, “Wow, I really want to be with her.” And ultimately, you just want him to get his Olivia back. And that’s the whole key. You will watch some painful moments and some beautiful moments and hopefully you’ll be down there with him with his struggle.

Read Marisa Roffman's entire GiveMeMyRemote article here.

Fringe Observiews 4.11 Making Angels

Welcome to the Observiews for Season 4 of Fringe. I call them Observiews because they are more visual observations than deep thinking reviews, if that makes sense.

Screen caps from this episode are taken from fringefiles.com. Dialog is from fringepedia.net/transcripts.

All observations are mine and therefore could be totally off the wall and/or wrong. I have not read or looked at any recaps or reviews. I could also have missed a few things, oh well…


2.08 August
August had just come in the Diner to explain his actions about Christine Hollis

DECEMBER: “Your perception must be in error.”

Uh, I’m beginning to think that it might be yours, December.

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Fringe Episode 4.11 Review - Making Angels

Double Happiness

There was so many doubles even the props department added one in the background in the form of a lamp. Does that count as an inside joke?

Blu Mankuma portraying Astrid's dad. Wow! Sharp eyed viewers will remember his early role in The X-Files. He appeared in the Season 1 episode of that show, Ghost in the Machine. Ask if you are curious what other significance this has for me.

There's one interesting tie back to 3x23 The Day We Die. I don't know what he does now, but in one possible future, Astrid's father had been a preacher who would often quote, "When the world dies and a savior arrives to end the suffering and usher all the worthy into Heaven."

To be honest, I didn't pay as much attention to the case of the week until the M.I.T. professor mentioned lake house. Everything seems to stem from Reiden Lake doesn't it? Particularly interesting is that September was supposed to be there in 1985, when he did not save Peter.

I can't help but notice that all the cases of the week have been tied back to the overall myth, in season 4. The parallels were definitely strong in this episode. Neil, ruing that he was not his mother's favourite son, endeavours to find a reason to exist.

Alt-Astrid and Astrid's moments can be counted as best of the season.

Then there is Peter. He starts out the episode focused on going home. It wasn't long before he becomes involved with the case and growing ever closer to Olivia's side. He is becoming contradictory. Walter having heard Alt-Astrid's emotional investment argument, and Olivia trusting Peter more and more, will reinforce their bond, while it seems to align with that of the relationship of the old time line. If their paths continue as is, that should prove an interesting destiny.

I cannot believe the observers were oblivious to Peter's presence. Neil's ability would suggest they are all knowing. Looking forward to the next installment.

Additional Thoughts...

I love Bolivia and Walter together. I always knew he liked her, despite all the name calling. It's easy to see she turned up the sass just for him. It makes up for not seeing what must have happened between the two before.

Do you just love Mr. Farnsworth's apron?

Shitake Happens

Fringe Photos: Screenshots From "Making Angels"

HD screenshots of Fringe episode "Making Angels" are now available at FringeFiles.com.

These screen caps have all been randomly selected, so if there's something that might be missing, you can request a specific Fringe screenshot in these comments.

Promotional photos for "Making Angels" are also available at FringeFiles.com.

Support Fringe: Commercials From "Making Angels"

This is a compilation of all the commercials (and glyphs) shown during the Fringe episode "Forced Perspective".

Sponsors for this week's Fringe episode include:

• Cadillac
• Aaron's
• Burger King
• Apple
• H&R Block
• Olive Grden
• Walmart
• Dr. Pepper
• JC Penny
• Hardee's
• HH Greg
• Hanburger helper
• Green Giant
• Nationwide Insurance
• KFC
• Home Depot
• Blackberry
• Kia
• Pizza Hut
• Capital One
• Verizon
• Outback Steakhouse
• Kay Jewelers
• Nissan

Please take a moment to thank the sponsors of Fringe on their Twitter and/or Facebook pages (and if possible, purchase their products!):Keep it simple, like this tweet from @Ocean5ouL:

Hey @IntuitInc, I just observed your @TurboTax commercial during #Fringe. Thanks for supporting the show. :)

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Fringe 412 Preview: "Welcome To Westfield"

Here is the preview from the end of "Making Angels" for the Fringe episode "Welcome To Westfield", which airs on FRIDAY, February 10th at 9:00PM on FOX.

Head over to the FringeTelevision YouTube channel (and click the "pop out" button) to watch it in full-sized HD.

Screenshots from this preview can be viewed at FringeFiles.com.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyph Code in "Making Angels"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode "Making Angels" spelled out EMPATH, which is a person who has "the capacity to recognize and, to some extent, share feelings (such as sadness or happiness) that are being experienced by another".

For more information on the Fringe Glyphs, check out Fringepedia's Glyph / Symbols page, which has all the previous glyphs and codes.

Fringe Episode 411: "Making Angels"

UNIVERSES COLLIDE

Our Astrid gets an unexpected visit from her Alternate, while Peter and Olivia track a killer using a toxin that has yet to be invented. Both universes collide in a case that pushes the boundaries of what is possible.

Happy Fringe Friday!

During tonight's episode, you can chat LIVE in the Fringe Chat Room, and help promote Fringe by tweeting about the episode using this week's hashmark #TakeTheLead. Also, don't forget to check-in to Fringe at GetGlue to get this week's Fringe sticker.

After the episode airs, continue the discussion here in the comments, and get more Fringe information at the:

• Episode page on Fringepedia
• Transcript on Fringepedia
• Screenshot gallery at FringeFiles
• Promotional photos at FringeFiles

Check back here soon for Observer sightings, Glyph codes, and other Fringe Easter Eggs.

How do you rate the Fringe episode "Making Angels"?

Fringe Sneak Peeks: "Making Angels"

Here are two more sneak peek scenes from tonight's Fringe episode "Making Angels".

Beyond The Fringe Comic #4: Chapter A

DC Comics has released the seventh comic in the "Beyond The Fringe" direct-to-digital series.

Beyond The Fringe #4: Chapter A was written by Adam Gaines, is available now for $0.99 via Comixology.com.

Here is the official description:

Imagine If... Peter Was A Superhero

Billionaire playboy by day, costumed vigilante by night! With the help of the always-faithful Walter and Police Chief Commissioner Broyles - "The Pattern" takes on Fringe incidents throughout Boston City. When his arch-nemisis Mr. ZFT escapes from prison, steals a universe-crossing device, and kidnaps a young Olivia Dunham, will our Cortexiphan Crusader have finally met his match?

Order "Beyond The Fringe" here

Joshua Jackson: If "Fringe" Is Forced to End This Season, the Payoff Will Still Satisfy

Joshua Jackson: If "Fringe" Is Forced to End This Season, the Payoff Will Still Satisfy
By Scott Huver

Thursday, Feb 2, 2012
Updated 2:26 PM CSTView 

 With “Fringe’s” ratings leaving the show on the fringe of cancellation, Joshua Jackson says he’s confident the producers have a plan in place to satisfy the otherwise acclaimed sci-fi show’s faithful core audience if a forced finale comes this season.

Jackson, who plays timeline-lost Peter Bishop on Fox’s critically hailed cult favorite, tells PopcornBiz that as the more obtuse and enigmatic elements of “Fringe’s” ambitious but occasionally impenetrable Season Four are finally coming to light and putting higher stakes storylines into play. And while he’s hoping for more “Fringe” in the future, Jackson says he’s got every reason to believe that if low ratings bring the series to a close – as Fox executives have suggested in reluctant terms – the creative team will be able to execute the endgame they’ve always had in mind.

Season by season, “Fringe” has just got more ambitious, taken bigger risks, and they always do pay off within the context of the show. But ratings don’t always equal the creative successes. Are you guys at a point where maybe you’re starting to think about the ending of the show, so we can all have the satisfaction of getting there, before the ratings make us say goodbye?

The truth of the matter is, we already had that conversation last year. I think sort of we peaked ratings-wise, in Season Two – it was our most solid year. And I actually think creatively that was our most consistently solid year. But it wasn’t our most ambitious year – I would say Season Three was an extremely ambitious year, and a lot of people tuned out last year. So we were prepared that last year might’ve been the end. I’m not involved in those conversations, frankly, but I think [the producers] are prepared for it, if that was going to be the case, how they would implement that ending. And they’ve always said – and I believe them – that there is an ending to the show. I’m guessing you heard what [Fox programming president] Kevin Reilly said, and I don’t think you can be any more honest and upfront and still be a network executive. So if this is going to be the end of the show, if we are not making the money or they’re losing money on us, I just want to believe him when he says that he will give our guys enough time to implement whatever the end game is. Because as much as I don’t want to lose my job, at this point the thing that we have to do as a show, and as a network supporting the show, is satisfy the people who have so passionately stuck with us, and been so rabidly and passionately involved in our show. We cannot just go out in blink. It has to finish, whether it’s now, whether it’s next year, whether it’s five years from now, it just has to get to its end.

What can you say at this point about where the current season is heading?

This is the first time on ‘Fringe’ – and I’ve said this before tonight – where we’re this deep into the season and I have absolutely no clue where we’re going. Because there was sort of a natural place that the show had to go last year to satisfy the story that had been introduced. But there’s no necessary ending to the story we’ve introduced this year – It could go a bunch of different ways. So I have no clue.

Do you feel that in a way, even though you were absent in much of the beginning of the season, that this is gradually turning out to be Peter’s season?

Not really. I feel like the function of the Peter character, beyond who he as a man, is to reflect the other characters back – and this is a constantly changing thing, so this is my opinion today! – but it seems to be, getting two-thirds of the way into Season Four now, that what this season and last season really are, and I think ultimately what this show is about now, is a woman finding herself. I feel like this show is about Olivia Dunham coming to know herself. In Season One and Two I really thought it was about the family, right? This Bizarro family. But as we’ve gotten out of the family dynamic and definitely more into the romantic dynamic between Peter and Olivia…Last year the entire season was about us, as an audience, coming to understand what Olivia was, by seeing what she wasn’t – that whole Olivia/Bolivia dynamic. And this year I think, as an audience but also for her character, it’s her coming to know herself, in the grand sense, who the real Olivia Dunham is. So I think that that’s what this season and ultimately the whole show is about. So every prediction I’ve ever made on this show is wrong, so we’ll see.

How do you envision Peter now, overall?

Peter has been kind of a boy hero right from the very beginning. Peter is the one that gets brought into the world from the pilot on, but as that character, he’s the boy hero. He’s the thing that makes the machine go, but he’s not the central story of the show.

He’s like a living MacGuffin, in a way.

And we talk about that all the time. He was definitely the MacGuffin for the first two seasons. And then the last half of last season he was the MacGuffin as the battery of the machine, so definitely we’ve used him as that. But in his dynamics with other characters, what he seems to have always served, is in the ‘Fringe’ world that we’ve created, we don’t need to get to know Peter’s story, because it’s NOT Peter’s story. We need to get to know how people relate to Peter, and it sort of shows them back to themselves. In the beginning it was just Peter with Walter, right? We would never have been able to know Walter if he didn’t have Peter there to allow him that view inside. And I think that’s a lot of what Peter serves with the Olivia relationship as well: you get to see the human side of her, because of her relationship with Peter.

Read the entire NBCDFW.com article here.

FRINGE - Fans Ask: Impersonation

Ari Margolis tweeted this latest installment of the famous "Fans Ask" video series, earlier today.
Thanks, Ari!

FRINGE: Astrid-centric

Jasika Nicole, John Noble, Anna Torv, and Joshua Jackson discuss the upcoming Astrid-centric Fringe episode "Making Angles", which airs Friday, February 3rd at 9/8c on FOX. #WatchItLIVE

Fringe Observiews 4.10 Forced Perspective

Welcome to the Observiews for Season 4 of Fringe. I call them Observiews because they are more visual observations than deep thinking reviews, if that makes sense

Screen caps from this episode are taken from fringefiles.com and DVD. Dialog is from fringepedia.net/transcripts.

All observations are mine and therefore could be totally off the wall and/or wrong. I have not read or looked at any recaps or reviews. I could also have missed a few things, oh well…

3.17 Stowaway

BELL: “Hmm. Peter, your father wouldn't want to hear me say this, but even if he does find out more about this machine, it doesn't necessarily mean he'll be able to prevent the events depicted in that picture. I mean, that just could simply be your fate.”
PETER: “Thankfully, I don't believe in fate. Whatever Walternate's plans are for me, I promise you, I'm not getting in that machine.”
BELL: “Son, it is not always that simple. I've lived a long time, Peter. So believe me when I tell you that sometimes when one walks away from his fate, it leads one directly to fate's doorstep.”

I wonder...

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Fringe Episode 4.10 Review - Forced Perspective - Deconstructed

Nina is going to fix Olive.

This episode was definitely low-key, as the focus was shifted to Olivia facing her fate, in the aftermath of the bald man's warning of her impending demise.

What it did was to give her another new layer. She is within character as she tries to hide her pain (migraines) and concerns from all the people who care about her. We have Olivia taking control of her destiny. Despite knowing that the observer experienced the future where she has to die, she may not die at all. She may even save herself. That's why this is science fiction. Besides if William Bell can cheat death once...

Nothing is written in stone.

We don't have to die today.

Emily Mallum has a precognitive ability that allows her to predict death. She uses her natural gift to warn people, even if she had not been able to prevent the inevitable from happening. The closest analogy to the previous season is The Ghost Network. No matter what the science was used to explain how she can see the future, like Roy McComb, she was a receiver for such echoes in time.

Not all of the gadgets and references, from the past, worked for me, even after the second time I watched it. It was just not necessary. The plot hole here was with Albert Duncan. If his anger was directed only at the judge, then having the larger yield explosive was overkill.

Random Thoughts...

Do you recognize the throw pillows in the above image? They once belonged in the alternate universe Dunham apartment.

Nina Sharp was going to cook with her gloves on. I like to see her handle the ingredients like that.

Not only does Phillip Broyles know everything. He tells Nina everything he knows. Are those two still intimate?

A mention of first people was not used in the same context.

A lake house also represented happier times.

Emily's last drawing in the park, had Olivia looking on like an observer. The scene is somewhat different than the previous images as the subjects depicted did not all die.

An observer standing outside Olivia's apartment at a key moment in time. Any guesses what that maybe? I think Nina is going to enhance her.

Massive Dynamic is the likely 'we' Broyles said who was tracking for the strange bald me. Doesn't seem like something the FBI would commit their resources to without just cause. And it wouldn't be just for the last three years, with the numerous sightings.

Peter has already arrived at the conclusion that it will not work for him. Don't have enough facts to even wonder about this.