Welcome to the Observiews for Season 4 of Fringe. I call them Observiews because they are more visualobservations than deep thinking reviews, if that makes sense
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.”
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1/31/2012 06:04:00 AM
Know all things to be like this: As a magician makes illusions of horses, oxen, carts, and other things, nothing is as it appears. – The Buddha
Not everything is as it seems. – Secretary Bishop
Another dream.
Once again, Peter seems to have placed himself in the best of all possible worlds, a world even better and more emotionally fulfilling than the one he remembers. Like the first vision, it begins as a heavenly idyll but ultimately collapses, the first time because of Peter and this time because of a machine. Anyone seeing a pattern?
There’s one thing that I think is important to keep in mind, though, and that is that it’s not just Peter’s dream. These visions reflect the lives that all three characters aspire to and long for. Consider the fact that two of these people started to similarly visualize the third before they even knew who he was. In other words:
Forced perspective manipulates a viewer’s perception to create a visual illusion. Fringe, however, likely isn’t referring to a tourist’s snapshot of her boyfriend holding up the leaning tower of Pisa. Rather, Fringe is referring to three specific ways of grappling with both the freak-of-the-week plot and the larger thematic issues of Season Four:
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.
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Every episode of Fringe contains a hidden "next episode clue" that foreshadows something in the following episode. In the last Fringe episode "Enemy Of My Enemy", the Robert Jones stakeout happens right near the "Mallum Insurance" building.
The Glyphs code in the Fringe episode "Forced Perspective" spelled out MARCH, which could be the name of an observer, or when combined with last weeks clue makes DEATH MARCH.
Olivia continues to cope with the ominous warning from the Observers, while Peter and the team track a girl with the mysterious ability to predict death.
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 #ObserveItLive. Also, don't forget to check-in at GetGlue using the key word "Pea Coat" to get this week's Fringe sticker.
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Happy Fringe Friday everyone!
Last Friday's Fringe Twitter and GetGlue campaign was quite successful(see post from 01/20/12).
Fringe trended at #1 on the GetGlue.com site(more on GetGlue below).
Tonight, the Fringedom wants to try to get the hashmark #ObserveItLive to trend on Twitter starting at 7PM Eastern, that's 2 hours before the new episode airs, and then again at 7PM Pacific time.
Why? Because we know that ratings isn't just about Nielsen boxes anymore. TV networks and their contractors pay attention to which TV shows are 'socially-active' and our show Fringe is very socially-active
on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other venues.
Why continue this effort again? Last Friday's event catapaulted Fringe in multiple social media platforms, and we need to keep Fringe visible in these platforms in the weeks ahead.
Please consider joining in tonight at 7PM Eastern and 7PM Pacific to support your favorite show by signing into Twitter and using the #ObserveItLive hashmark.
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You can also adopt a special icon for this event by clicking here.
Just a reminder. Please do not tweet with the #ObserveItLive hashmark until 7PM Eastern, to increase the likelihood of trending.
Let's invade Twitter tonight, and make our hashmark and our show trend!
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If you are not familiar with getglue.com it is a very clever advertising site married to social networking.
GetGlue merges fans with their interests, and their interests' sponsors.
If you have a GetGlue account you can "check-in" to Fringe. The shows that get the most check-ins are highly visible to the networks and the show's sponsors. Tonight, use the phrase "Pea Coat" when you check into Fringe via getglue.com. Let's see if we can get that phrase to trend at #1! Remember not to use the phrase "Pea Coat" until about 7PM Eastern and Pacific, in an effort to increase the chance of it trending.
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Let’s make it a combined effort to not only check-in to the show, but to also check-in to the show’s advertisers and comment, “Thank You for your support of Fringe! @FringeOnFox”
If you don’t have a Getglue account, get one! You can post your check-ins to Twitter or Facebook.
The more activity, the better, as this may also get other Fringies involved in the GetGlue check-ins.
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So please, enjoy the new episode tonight, and support high visibility of your show by tweeting on Twitter with the special hashmark, and checking into Fringe at getglue.com and thanking at least 1 of tonight's many sponsors. Your efforts will not go unrewarded, and may help increase our chances of getting a Season 5. Go FRINGE!
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