Fringe Episode 311: Reciprocity

When the Fringe Team visits Massive Dynamic’s assembly of doomsday device, Walter becomes greatly concerned for Peter’s well-being, so he turns to Nina for added brain power to understand the relationship between Peter and the superweapon. Meanwhile, the discovery of a dead body triggers an intense investigation.

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Tonight On Fringe: Reciprocity

Tonight's Fringe episode "Reciprocity", is the eleventh episode of season 3.

According to Wikipedia, Reciprocity refers to responding to a positive action with another positive action, and responding to a negative action with another negative one.

NOTE: Due to some unfortunate trolling last week, we will be moving to a new IRC channel tonight: #FringeTV on irc.mibbit.com. If you don't know what that means, just click on the LIVE Fringe chat link, and it will take you to the new channel.

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 - be creative!)

After the show, get more information on Reciprocity at:

• Reciprocity episode page on Fringepedia 
• Reciprocity screenshot gallery at FringeFiles 
• Reciprocity 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 Reciprocity or any other episode, head over the the Fringe episode section.

How do you rate "Reciprocity"?

Good News on Fringe Ratings for The Firefly

The ratings for the first Fringe epsiode on Friday nights look pretty promising, according to Entertainment Weekly:

By some miracle of magic or science, Fox’s Fringe moved to Friday night and did not go down in the ratings.

The episode — titled “The Firefly” (nicely ironic considering the show’s move to Fox’s infamous Death Slot) — actually improved upon its most recent Thursday performance.

Fringe, which featured Christopher Lloyd as a guest star, delivered 4.9 million viewers and a 1.9 preliminary adults 18-49 rating last night. That’s right in line with its Thursday season average. Remember, Fox’s Kevin Reilly said if the show maintains its Thursday numbers on Friday, he’d renew it, so let’s hope the drama can keep this up.

Things look even better when you add in the 3-day DVR viewings:

The drama has gained an additional 42 percent thanks to DVR playback after only three days of Nielsen measurements.

Fringe jumped from a 1.9 adult demo rating on Friday night (matching its Thursday average) to a 2.7, thanks to the added viewing. Compare that to CBS’ Blue Bloods, which has averaged a 2.4 on the night. Competition will climb in the coming weeks as Fringe will face more original shows like CW’s Supernatural, but this is a great start.

Tonight was supposed to be the big test, with new episodes of Supernatural returning, but it looks like that will have to wait one more week, as the CW pushed the Supernatural (and Smallville) returns to February 4.

Like EW's Jeff Jensen, I will of course be watching Fringe live, and don't plan on watching Supernatural at all. But what about you?

How will you watch Fringe and/or Supernatural?

Video: The Lightning Round

Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman give us a lot of spoilers ... Enjoy.

Fringe Photo Gallery: The Firefly

 
HD screenshots of Fringe episode The Firefly 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 the Fringe Easter Eggs section.

Promotional photos for The Firefly are also available at FringeFiles.com.

Fringe - Noble Intentions: 3x10 The Firefly

John Noble talks about the latest Fringe episode.

Sneak Peek & Scenemaker 311 "Reciprocity"

Here's a new video with interview with the cast about the episode.

Review: The Firefly

Roscoe: “Are you sure you don’t know what I’m supposed to do for you?”
Walter: “No idea.”

What a delightful episode. I had been a bit worried that Fringe would start to lose its shine now that Bolivia is back in her Bearth. (See what I did there?) But this episode managed to neatly balance on the fine line between mystery of the week and high-powered mythology.

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Fringe 3x11 "Reciprocity" Canadian Promo

This promo contain new footage.

Tales From The Fringe Animated Graphic Novel

In the Fringe episode "The Firefly", the Observer talks to Walter about how "every action causes ripples, consequences both obvious and... unforeseen."

The Tales From The Fringe animated graphic novel shows the story of what happened when one little boy caught a firefly. The novel is divided into five chapters:

• The Observer confirms the future.
• ...every action causes ripples.
• I couldn't have known that...
• A chain of events are in motion.
• He is still alive.

He are all of the videos combined into one.

Fringe Easter Eggs: Dr. Jacoby

In the Fringe episode "The Firefly", Walter dons a pair of glasses with red and blue lenses to enable him to "see Roscoe's aura" so that he can "measure the depth of his hypnotic state". He mentions that they were created by an old friend, Dr. Jacoby from Washington state.

Dr. Lawrence Jacoby, portrayed by Russ Tamblyn, was a highly eccentric psychiatrist from the TV show Twin Peaks (IMO, one of the best TV shows ever).

Fringe Now: Alt Universe Articles - Bubonic Plague

The Fox "Fringe Now" website has a new "Alternate Universe Article", which shows a news article from the Red universe, on one of those ubiquitous iPad-type devices.

The article is titled "Bubonic Plague - Blood toxicity tests indicate that the outbreak has been eradicated." It appears that in the Red universe, Bubonic Plague has not been eradicated.