Fringe Observiews 4.03: Alone in the World

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

Screen caps are taken from fringefiles.com. 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.

3.17 Stowaway

Lincoln: “… This was a tough one.”

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Fringe 403 Review: Alone in the World

“I need more time!”

It is interesting to consider the development of television narrative devices. I maintain that TV today is a place of subtle, radical developments in traditional narrative structure, just as much as Victorian novels (particularly the sensational ones) often addressed the grim realities hiding under petticoats and behind cravats. Those wildly popular novels incorporated radical critiques of law and tradition into suspenseful narrative; in the same way, TV today takes radical storytelling risks, trusting the viewer to follow multiple timelines, alternate realities, astonishing improbabilities, and deeply entrenched metaphors amid chase scenes, unrequited love, and everyday travails as experienced by telegenic people.

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Ratings:Fringe Scares Up Small Gain

Ratings: Fringe Scares Up Small Gain, Nikita Dips, Supernatural Holds Steady
Matt Webb Mitovich

The promise of Peter’s imminent return perhaps played a part in perking up Fringe‘s latest numbers.
The Fox drama, with 3.24 million total viewers and a 1.3 rating, rebounded from last week’s all-time low to gain 8 percent in the demo. It also notched a 6 percent bump in total audience.

In fact, Fringe was one of only two Friday programs to register a week-to-week gain in the demo, and the only show to bring in additional viewers.

Read the entire tvline.com article here.

Fringe Season 4 Episode 3 Review

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‘Alone In The World’

The show continues it’s exploration of what a world without Peter is like and its impact on those he left behind.  Till this episode that journey has been an interesting one with the success of the journey relying heavily on how interesting the case of the week is. In my books translucent shape shifters and serial killers trump killer fungus any day.

‘Gus’ was too flat a threat to get very excited about.

Pity too because John Noble acted the heck out of the episode. So did Anna Torv - when she could break away from the case of the week imposition.  Special marks for Jesika Nicole too.

Oddly enough on our last FBI - Fringe Benefits Inc podcast, (which you can find under the Podcast tab here at FringeTV), we remarked it was curious that Peter was only trying to contact Walter and not Olivia. The previous two episodes had a definite lack of Walter and we hoped for more of him. Both of these items were addressed in this episode.  

2 for 1 His 'N Hers Suit Sale?

One quite successfully.  The other not so.

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Fringe Sneak Peek 404 "Subject 9"

Here's the first sneak peek for next week episode of FRINGE.

Fringe Easter Egg: Next Episode Clue 403

Every episode of Fringe contains a hidden clue that foreshadows something in the next episode. In  Fringe #402 "One Night In October", the author of the book "Killer Mindscapes" is S. Pores - as in SPORES.

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Fringe Easter Eggs: Observer in "Alone In The World"

The Observer can be spotted in the Fringe episode "Alone In The World" walking outside Walter's lab, which is located in a Harvard basement.

You can see a close-up of the Observer after the break.

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Fringe Easter Eggs: Glyph Code in "Alone In The World"

The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode Alone In The World spelled out REBORN.

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

Fringe 404 Preview: Subject 9

Here is the preview from the end of "Alone In The World" for the Fringe episode "Subject 9", which airs next FRIDAY, October 14th 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 Episode 403: "Alone In The World"

Tonight on Fringe Friday is the third Fringe episode of season four "Alone In The World".

FRINGEY FIGURE CONNECTED TO CREEPY CASE

When two 12-year-old kids bully another boy, they are found dead and in just hours after dying their bodies are shockingly in an advanced state of decomposition. As the Fringe team investigates the mysterious case, they uncover an amorphous figure claiming more victims. Meanwhile, Walter becomes increasingly distracted by his hallucinations.

After the show, get more information on "Alone In The World" at:

• "Alone In The World" episode page on Fringepedia
• "Alone In The World" screenshot gallery at FringeFiles
• "Alone In The World" promotional photos at FringeFiles

Also, don't forget to check back here after the episode for Observer sightings, Glyph codes, and other Fringe Easter Eggs.

How do you rate the Fringe episode "Alone In The World"?

FringeTelevision LIVE Chat Room Tonight!

Tonight will will be having our traditional LIVE Fringe chat, where we play "spot the observer", and "What's the glyph code?", plus discuss the action on the show.  
 
Reminder: this season we have our own new and improved chat room at chat.fringetelevision.com

Come join the fun, and don't forget to enter our Watch Fringe LIVE And Win Contest tonight!

The Return Of The Black Box, A Unified J.J. Abrams Theory, And When Is Peter Bishop?

(This essay is meant to continue from ideas expressed here.)

What are birthdays on the other side? It is the death day which is the real birthday.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I’m trying to tell you this is an all bets are off sort of thing. We may be opening a black box that may scrap our whole picture of space/time, might even have a link to another universe.
– Dr. Edward Jessup in Altered States.


And if I have to tell you how Altered States fits into all this, you’re on the wrong fan page.

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