Fringe Charity Auction In Los Angeles This Sunday!

Fringe fans in Southern California will want to take a trip to the alternate universe at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood on Sunday, October 24, from 5–9 p.m.

• Series star John Noble and executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman will be on hand to meet fans and auction off five special items from the series — five alternate-universe versions of classic comic book covers created by DC Comics artists that appeared on-screen in a key scene in the season two finale episode — to benefit Autism Speaks.

• In addition, Meltdown will display props and artifacts from the series, including Newton’s laser scalpel (episode 210), an alternate universe inhaler (episode 303), Nixon coin (episode 221) and Martin Luther King $20 bill (episode 221).

• The event will be an opportunity to collect autographs with Noble, Pinkner, Wyman and other writers from the show, all culminating in an auction of the amazing alternate universe comic books.

Meltdown Comics Event Director SAX Carr said, “Autism hits close to home in many families and it is really a remarkable thing when such a popular show can take time to raise money for such an important cause. We expect a large crowd, and are grateful to everyone who helped make this happen.”

If any FringeTelevision readers plan to be at the event, please email me. We would love to see your pictures and hear about the event.

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Tonight On Fox: Baseball

Tonight on FOX is game five of the Major League Baseball's National League Championship Series (NLCS).

This officially marks the start of the baseball hiatus mentioned a few weeks ago. There will be no Fringe episode on Thursdays until after the World Series. However, if the World Series wraps up in less than 7 games, we WILL have a new episode on 11/4 (titled "Amber 31422"), otherwise new Fringe episodes will resume on 11/11.

If you need a Fringe fix until then, you can catch Saturday Night Fringe repeats on Saturdays at 11:00PM (10:00 Central), or watch the last four episodes online anytime in the Fringe Episode section, on Hulu, or on Fox.com/fringe/full-episodes.

If you have a lot of catching up to do, there's plenty of time to get the Fringe DVDs or Blu-rays, or you can buy individual Fringe episodes on iTunes or Amazon Video On Demand.

New Fox Broadcasting Video from 304:Peter and Bolivia

Fox Broadcasting posted this new video recently on their YouTube channel, entitled "Peter and Bolivia," in which leading lady, Anna Torv comments on the ending scene of the episode.

Fringe Review 304: Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?

“You’re not his Olivia.”

Last week, Fringe gave us parallels between our Olivia and a man whose mind had been altered beyond all expectation by scientists. This week, Fauxlivia’s double is the man—that is, the shapeshifter—who becomes so enmeshed in his cover story that he starts to believe it. But will Fauxlivia ever feel the connection with Peter and Walter that Olivia has? Or will her resistance to developing those connections make her subterfuge easier to discover?

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Fringe Photo Gallery: Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?

HD screenshots of Fringe episode Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep? are now available at FringeFiles.com.

These screen caps have all been hand selected to increase quality and reduce duplicates, but if there's something that might be missing, you can request a specific Fringe screenshot in the Fringe Easter Eggs section.

Promotional photos for Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep? are also available at FringeFiles.com.

Fringe Scenemaker 304: Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?

Scenemaker is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fringe. This episode shows the making of the Fringe season three episode Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?.

You can watch previous episode's scenemaker videos here.

Review of 3.04 'Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?'

Let me start by saying this whole episode reminds me of an excellent movie from 1987 called No Way Out. Have you seen it? Basically, Kevin Costner is a naval officer who gets promoted to work under the Secretary of Defense in the Department of Defense. He is assigned to investigate the death of a young woman who had ties to officials in that department. We find out Costner's character had been having a happy affair with the deceased, and had fallen in love with her. He finds out her 'sugar daddy' and killer was his boss and seeks revenge. Unfortunately, the key piece of evidence is an old Polaroid negative which, eventually when re-constructed, shows Costner in the woman's company and hence the lead suspect. Costner tries desperately to find evidence to name his boss as the poor woman's keeper and killer. And he does. The boss says a KGB operative killed her. By the time the Polaroid's reconstructed, Costner has escaped. In an excellent twist at the end his 'landlord' speaks to him in Russian, revealing there really was a KGB operative in the DOD that no one knew about. Costner had been assigned to have the affair to gather Intel on the Secretary of Defense and the DOD. Costner's told to go back to the Soviet Union but he refuses. Surprisingly they don't kill him for refusing, his Soviet handler says "Where is he going to go?"

So how does the movie No Way Out relate to Fringe episode 304? First off, Newton had no way out. He had to be terminated in the holding facility so they couldn't get his Intel.(But seriously, couldn't he have just run way?) Secondly, that poor shapeshifter(yes, the executive producers made me have sympathy for this shapeshifter who had grown to love his current 'life.' Reminiscent again of 'Blade Runner,'yes?)had no way out. He disobeyed orders by not shifting. But he knew even if he had he was supposed to get 'rid of all traces' ie., his beloved family, and he said he couldn't do that. Thirdly, FauxLivia had no way out, so she thought. In order to complete her mission she needs Peter Bishop's unwavering trust. She thinks she's going to get that by sleeping with him. Ah, but let's examine the bigger picture here.

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Fringe Now: Typewritten Messages 2

On the "Typewritten Messages" section of the Sprint Fringe Now website, a new message has been unlocked.

After entering SHIFT , the glyph code from "Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?", a video is shown titled "Cancer  - Is it like ours?"



The 'Typewritten Message' this week is:  

SIR, THEY HAVE NEOPLASIA OVER HERE.
THEY CALL IT "CANCER".

AND THEY USE IT FOR
LIMB REGENERATION?

NO. IT'S A DISEASE. OFTEN FATAL.

INTERESTING.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?

The Observer can be spotted in the Fringe episode Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?, walking out of Massive Dynamic just after Altlivia, Broyles, and Peter arrive.

You can see all of The Observer's other appearances here.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyphs in Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep? spelled out SHIFT, as in Shape-Shifter.

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

New Chatroom For Tonight's Fringe Live Chat

The regular Fringe "Mibbit" chatroom is down, and it is not likely to be back up anytime soon, so for tonight we will try out a new chatroom:

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=fringe&uio=d4

Tonight On Fringe: Do Shapeshifters Dream Of Electric Sheep?

Tonight is the fourth episode of Fringe Season 3 - Do Shapeshifters Dream Of Electric Sheep?.

As always, we'll have a LIVE Fringe chat from 9:00 PM to 12:00 PM ET, if you want to talk with other Fringe fans, during or after the show. We usually play "spot the observer", and "What's the glyph code?", plus discuss the action on the show. To join the chat, visit the Fringe chat room, enter your name or a nickname, and join the fun! (please don't use the default mib_xxxxx nickname!)

After the show, get more information on Do Shapeshifters Dream Of Electric Sheep? at:

• Do Shapeshifters Dream Of Electric Sheep? episode page on Fringepedia 
• Do Shapeshifters Dream Of Electric Sheep? screenshot gallery at FringeFiles 
• Do Shapeshifters Dream Of Electric Sheep? promotional photos at FringeFiles 

Also, don't forget to check the Fringe Easter Eggs section for Observer sightings, Glyph codes, and other Fringe hidden clues.

To discuss Do Shapeshifters Dream Of Electric Sheep? or any other episode, head over the the Fringe episode section.

How would you rate "Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?"