As previously announced, here at Mark Watches, we’ll be experimenting with watching a show in real time. I love the excitement of liveblogs, so I would like to try to do a liveblog every week for the show Fringe, which is currently airing on FOX on Friday nights. Shall we attempt to keep this show alive? YES WE SHALL.
I’ve brainstormed all week about exactly how we would pull off a liveblog for something that airs at multiple different times for different people. Initially, I wanted a liveblog for each time zone, but worried that would be far too confusing to keep track of. So, for the time being, we’ll stick with this system.
Image courtesy of ramarika from tumblr!
Each week, I’ll post a blog just like this for our Friday night episode. Like all liveblogs, use the comments below to word vomit and post GIFs and express your head-asplodey moments of excitement! Begin your liveblogging once the episode starts.
Because we are all on the exact same ground this time around, our spoiler policy for these blogs will be completely different. Anything that has aired in the past is fair game for discussion. Anything that has not publicly aired WILL BE CONSIDERED A SPOILER. I know there are spoilers for “Firefly” floating around the ‘Net (WHICH I HAVE AVOIDED TYVM), so please, DO NOT POST THEM HERE.
During the actual liveblogs, go wild. Now, I realize that people in later timezones than the east coast will arrive at a blog with potential spoilers in the comments. Simply put, there’s almost no way to make it so that past comments are hidden, so I would advise sticking to the first page of comments during your initial viewing/commenting so you don’t see the last batch of comments. Just in case! Of course, once the episode is over, the comments will be safe and you are welcome to go back and reply/discuss the episode.
Sound fun? As usual, I will post a review for this episode/liveblog tomorrow. It will be a traditional review as well.
LET’S PARTY!
Okay I am avoiding reading this post because I’ve only seen as far as series 2 episode 12, the one with the disfigured people, so I don’t want to be spoiled anymore than I already have but I just want to add to the Fringe love. Hopefully I’ll be caught up by next week so I should be able to take part in the episode reviews then.
Anyway, Fringe!
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Enjoy the episode everyone.
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I've watched up to episode 2×14 so I'm on the same page as you. Hopefully next week I'll be able to join in the Fringe love party!
oh my god I get to finally say this to other people:
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED
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LOL!!! It's what everyone keeps telling me!
Walter was so wonderful in "Inner Child". I mean, he's wonderful in every episode but the scene from that GIF is just fantastic. A++
YAY FRINGE GIFS YAY
OMG SO EXCITE.
EXCEPT WHY DO I HAVE PLANS TONIGHT? I never have plans on Friday night. But sure, the night Fringe and Supernatural come back on (and I still haven't forgiven Fox for moving Fringe to the same time slot as SPN), I make plans. ARGH, SOCIAL LIFE! *shakes fist*
i know u have plans, but any chance u could just leave your tv on when u go out. At least then it will be watched for the 'powers that be'. Nielsen, smielsen. i dont know anyone with a box.
Oh curse you US/UK time differences. I may end up sitting out this week, not sure if I can stay up that late while still being coherent (well normally I'd manage it easily but I've had a lot of early mornings this week).
I'll be looking forward to your review post tomorrow though Mark.
Did everyone see THAT TRAIN last episode? I have predictions that this episode will have to do with THAT TRAIN. Also if Nathan Fillion shows up that would be good too. 😉
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Hel-lo Anna Torv, you gorgeous specimen of delight.
I don't think I'll be able to liveblog tonight, but I'm definitely up for discussing the episode later! Good luck speed scrolling, non EST people!
KEEP FRINGE ALIVE!!!
I've pretty much told anyone who's asked what I'm doing tonight that "I'M WATCHING FRINGE! IT CAN'T BE CANCELLED, OK?!!"
No way I'm staying up to be here, even if I want to with all my being. But The Girl have to sleep if she is to function on work tomorrow… So yeah.
HAVE FUN YOU GUYS! And have some sweet Anna Torv, trying to wrap a goat:
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Hey! It's relevant, don't judge my Torv love, m'kay?
Following your recommendation, I started watching Fringe. I'm up to episode 5 now, but I'm kinda… underwhelmed? It's not bad, just kinda… average. Well, above average for a procedural, but I don't really like procedurals unless they're humourous a la Psyche and Castle.
Also, the "science" makes me cringe. (Although that opening in the Pilot with the rotting skin on the plane gave me nightmares. I mean that in a good way) It also amazes me that a show with a female protagonist manages to fail the Bechdel test (2 episodes out of 5) On the plus side, Peter and his dad are great.
Basically, some good, some bad. I'm on the fence, so I wanna know: when does the show hit its stride? I've been told it doesn't get awesome till later, so from which point can I accurately judge the show?
In a few episodes, I think, there will be more of a hint of the mytharc. And then, at a certain point in the first season, the show drops a FUCKING BOMBSHELL on you (a fucking bombshell that they were apparently going to save for later in the show, and I'm glad they just did it early on), and once the show reveals what it's really about, it's fucking sweet. (I don't know how much you know. But suffice it to say that the show is much more than a procedural.) Hang in there.
OMG THE BECHDEL TEST. <33333333333333
So, right where you are is where I gave up years ago when I started. I don't blame you. Besides the pilot being pretty fantastic, it's slow out of the gate. You're coming up on the next couple episodes, which introduce more of the mytharc, then a few slower episodes, and then one fantastic finish at the end of season one. Season two opens much better than season, and alternates between procedurals and mythology episodes. From episode fifteen ("Jacksonville") on, the show is entirely serialized and marks the moment the show also sucks you in with an incredibly emotional, moving mythology. I'd say if you get to "Jacksonville"/"Peter" and it does nothing for you, safe to say nothing much after that will. But once I saw those episodes, I was hooked FOR LIFE.
Fringe doesn't start getting into the good mythology until later in S1. And yes, you have to suspend your disbelief because of a lot of the science is inaccurate, which I come to expect from TV shows. I don't know many who portray science accurately other than those on Discovery Channel, and they tend to have a soothing narrator in the background. For me it gets better after episode 10 or so, and in S2 they start relying less on the "Monster of the Week" episodes and have more storylines that tie into the main theme.
Give it a bit more time. The first episode, when we see Olivia and John in bed together, I was all like seriously? A love story? Come on, I spent a whole $12 bucks on this on Black Friday? I was all excited when John asploded. Honestly? It gets sooo much better. There are certain things I'm not really on board with, but overall it is a spectacular series definitely worth watching, so much better than anything else I've seen on TV.
I should edit that… anything else I've seen currently on TV. Nothing is better than Firefly. Or The Simpsons. I'm partial to The Monkees, too, but that could be because I like Peter Tork in his tight pants. ** shrugs **
Oh good, that leaves Mike and Micky for me…
Gotta have something fluffy covering that noggin, right? LOL.
Thanks for your advice everyone. I'm gonna stick with it a while longer =)
I am, how you say, VERY EXCITE.
(Did I do it right? Did I?)
ALWAYS RIGHT <3333333
YEEEESSSSSSS! I will be here squeeing with the rest of you all. I'm in Mountain Time, I don't know if that matters. I don't want to spoil anyone's watching.
I'm so excited! I love Fringe and I'm so glad you are watching it and liveblogging.
PARTY
IntenseDebate is being a jerk and even though I got my verification e-mail and all, it's saying my account isn't verified and that my e-mail account isn't in the database.
So I guess I'll just keep commenting as guest.
**Crickets** Where are all the east coasters?
THANK YOU for reminding me that Fringe was coming on tonight! I ALMOST MISSED IT.
Super excited!
FRINGE TIME!!!
YOU’RE JUST TALKING TO AN ASTRAL PROJECTION OF ME
NEVER EVER CHANGE PETER
Haha, Walter has guitar boxers
I thought it was on at 8 instead of 9. I'm so excited! This is my first liveblog with Mark Watches.
The Observers kinda freak me out.
WHAT THE HELL?!?!?!?!?! Did the observer pull a kid out of time and bring him to Doc Brown?!
Fringe is on after "Kitchen Nightmares"? Oh for the love of. I hate the world.
This, exactly.
And they blame our show for the bad ratings…gah!
I’m aleady confused 🙁 I thought we were still dealing with the double Olivia drama!
my dad is trying to explain the observer to me…wut
Actually, we see the Observer every episode. You all just don't notice him.
Peter/Olivia relationship is going to be intensely awkward, isn’t it?
Oh, god, they really are trying to make our girl as miserable as possible aren't they?
is that Christopher Lloyd??
DOC?
I think Walter can definitely imagine what it is like seeing your dead son. Aww…they're kindred.
Are we ever going to deal with the fact that Olivia has a second set of memories? Or, like the John memories, are they just going to become plot-irrelevant and never get mentioned again?
I think they fade with time.
WHAT. HE BROUGHT HIS SON FORWARD. WHAT.
Oh no, please don't let anything bad happen to Peter!!!
awkward awkward awkward. No Olivia it is not okay at all.
Sooooo awkward.
"Hey, the gift you got for the girlfriend you thought was me and slept in my bed with arrived! I'M FINE!"
can i just say that Olivia being mean to pacey, i mean, peter bishop really annoys me?
The fact that Peter, who is, as they kept beating over our heads a few seasons ago, a genius, wasn't able to figure out that he was dating someone from a completely different universe annoys me. Really writers? I know it was for emotional drama, but he's supposed to be a genius! And a con artist! Can't cons figure out when they're being made marks??
well. when you put it that way… yes. that is annoying.
Probably not so much when they reeeally want it to be true. I feel bad for both of them. (And I'm not sure I'd classify that as Olivia being "mean" to Peter.)
IKR! and I totally get why olivia would be mad! itd be like your boyfriend hooking up with your twin and being like…whoops I couldn’t tell it wasn’t you! HOW RUDE.
I have no issues with her being mean to Peter. While watching the early episodes of season 3, I could totally see looks come across Peter's face like "WTH is wrong with Olive" but he never followed through on it. I'd be pissed.
What. Are. You. Doing. September.
The Observers can catch bullets????? WTF????
WHAT. WHAT. WHAT.
THE OBSERVER IS INTERFERING!!!!!!!! WHAT?!
OH MY GOD OBSERVER YOU ARE SUCH A BADASS OMG DID YOU REALLY JUST BEAT ALL THOSE GUYS UP SADFLKJSDFLKJSDAF OMGGGGGGGG NEW FAVORITE CHARACTER EVER.
The Observer is so badass. I love how he catches a bullet with his bare hand. And he gives the chick her asthma inhaler. I'm at a loss. OKOK why the frak did he keep it?
WHY DID HE TAKE THAT INHALER?! WHY AM I TYPING IN ALL CAPS?!
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Haven't looked at this in ages, but that was a U there.
N!
Um, how have I never seen this before? At the commercials, is there a message in every episode????
Geez, what a bad fan I am. Anyone care to explain where this came from?
This should help: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/04/ars-ci…
Thanks. 🙂
Yeah at the beginning of every commercial break they've got one of the symbols and it makes a word that somehow relates to the show. All of the ones from the past are here: http://fringepedia.net/wiki/Glyphs_code
Holy shit. I noticed the symbols. I even noticed they were different.
Did I notice anything beyond that? Did any real meaning occur to me?
NO big fat NO.
Feeling dumb. Must go to bed with a glass of milk to grow some new brain. 🙂
HOLY. SHIT. How did I not know about this?
Walter those glasses are flawless.
THEY REMIND ME OF TEN'S 3D GLASSES!!
Meeee toooo!
Oh, I love you, Walter Bishop. You rock those glasses.
LAWL MORE AWKWARD PETER/OLIVIA INTERACTION.
You tell her Peter.
Awww, poor Peter. Poor Olivia. It's not fair!!!
SMOOTHE, Peter.
OMG OLIVIA YOU POOR THING.
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I love this gif so much.
Walter you are my spirit animal
Bobby said, "Please silence all cell phones and pagers 'til after the show."
IF ALRIGHT MEANS DESPONDANT, THEN YES.
i love you walter.
U-N are the letters so far…
mvnkajengv;oajk;fekjnakglvjnf
I'm hating the commercials right now, since I have managed to watch the entire series without them. I'm Sirius.
This is gonna get depressing soon…oh, what am I saying. This is already depressing.
And you know, utterly addictive and overwhelmingly awesome. That too.
RUSH LIMBAUGH GET OFF MY TELEVISION
What is September doing?!?!!
“I have set everything in motion.”
WHAT IS IT
Did September seriously just steal a truck?
Catching bullets and carjacking in the same episode. These Observers are becoming an even odder bunch.
I'm freaked out more by the fact that after he caught the freaking bullet, he gave the asthmatic girl her inhaler and then took it with him. Then he stole a truck. Not interfering much here? Or did the other observer (I forget his name, the one that died) have some kind of effect on September?
yeah, i wondered about that too, why'd he take the inhaler?
Okay…Cryptic observers are cryptic.
Someone is totes gonna drink that. Foreshadowing much?
Wow, CL and JN, what a gift these two.
OMG STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE LOVE
THEY ARE SOULMATES
UNI so far
I'm gonna guess "Unite."
But who? Or what? Hopefully not the parallel worlds in an explosive apocalypse.
ETA: Looks like you're on track. Just got a T.
LOL Strawberry milkshake bonding, ftw!
OMG SEPTEMBER AND WALTER?!?!?!?!?!
What was the picture!? I missed it! What was the letter?!
I
Thank you!
So we've got UNI?
I'm calling "Union" for the glyphs.
I guessed "Unite," but it's all the same, I guess.
Oh September, your cryptic speech means so much and yet so little!
All of this "Ripple" talk is very reminiscent of Joan of Arcadia. Only far more depressing. Note: Observers = Not gods. They failed to look at "The Bigger Picture."
I AM WATCHING RIGHT NOW TO KEEP IT ALIVE.
GOOD SO FAR. 🙂
have i forgotten something? i thought this observer DIED?? or was that another creepy observer?
September is alive, August is the one who died.
That was a different observer.
September, you just made my brain explode. I am seriously about to cry.
I can't remember this Observer being called September, but everyone is referring to him that way…can someone explain? I must be forgetting something 🙂
http://markwatches.net/reviews/2011/01/mark-watch…
Mark mentions in this blog that the Observers were named after months for some reason, and then later on in the comments, someone mentions that a promo had this Observer with the name September. So, good enough for me. Mark said it, must make it so! lawlz
Well, I guess we know why the episode is called firefly.
It's like the butterfly effect, but fringe-ier?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
man, christopher lloyd creeps me out. always, I don't know why. He's good in this role, but creepy.
HOLY SHIT
THE MAN HIT BOBBY
JESUS CHRIST
Oh. My. God.
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!
NO. WAY.
September, you are diabolical.
Seriously… so Walter and September caused the death of Doc Brown's son because they saved Peter's life and he caught a firefly? And that was the day the music died with his son?
Aw, man. There goes my heart again.
This show, man!
Siriusly.
UNT..
hah, or not, completely forgot about the I.
Oh, we've been over this, have we Astrid?
How much do I love these two.
oh my god, did the observer in the truck hit the girl he saved?
was she the girl who kept looking for fireflies after not dead peter caught one?
She has to be….
Wild episode so far. I'm totally on edge.
Me too!
and now she doesn't have her inhaler!
UNIT… United?
poor walter 🙁 iluboo
I know I should be accustomed to the brain explodery in these episodes, but somehow I nearly just peed my pants at that accident.
Ugh, I know everyone has to be all right, but somehow I'm scared…
so this is why he took the inhaler?!
Frakkin September has her inhaler! OM… I don't know if I can handle this. To quote Mark, Shit just got real guys.
shit
here we go
OH GOD JUST GIVE HIM THE KEYS
I love you, Peter Bishop. Marry me. I already have a husband, but you can marry me, too, because you aren't real.
omg I JUST SCREAMED THERE
ME TOOOOOOOO
OH MY GOD PETER OH MY GOD
omg peter is going to the other side isn’t he? :((
DON’T GO IN PETER
NO STOP NO
They’re gonna play with us now aren’t they?
Look Both Ways!!! You're supposed to be a GENIUS!!! Stop giving me a heartattack!!
🙁
September you crazy, person/robot/thing