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!
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WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING SEPTEMBER WHAT THE FUCK
So it's Unite
The graffiti behind the Observer was a silhouette of a man… it seemed odd.
Observer painting?
Oh, no you didn't. Oh, no you didn't.
Oh, Frak my life!
father
um
what
I do not like where this is going
WTHWTHWTHWTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September, seriously, don't do this to me. Peter is a father? Is that symbolic or are they going to ruin my series by having a pregancy between AtlOlivia and Peter?
PLEASE GOD NO!!!!!!!!
I thought it was more a reference to Walter, and his struggle to do what's best and protect his son. But it was definitely leading so that the audience would wonder if Peter is a father.
oh no oh no.
OH NO. Surely not…I really hope not…
I thought he was referring to Walter and his relationship with Peter. Possibly thinking about his feelings for those he observes?
I assumed he meant that other world olvia was pregnant in his creepy observer ways
I refuse to accept this as an option. Even if presented with a baby, I will deny it.
GOOD WORK
guys i think it is awful, but a fantastically fascinating plot twist
Nooooo. DNW!
It just launches the emotional trajectory of the show into a completely different space. Fringe is sci fi, but with real emotional resonance. A pregnancy (to me) goes directly to soap territory.
I'm just worried about it, is what I'm sayin'.
Yes, that would be way too soapy. Nooo thank you.
OH MY GOD LOOK AT THIS EVERYONE.
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I was all, nah, that would never happen, but then I saw this on Tumblr and THAT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY BIG FUCKING CLUE, yeah?
I don't want to believe it. I had a feeling, but it seems so trite to do that.
holy shit i am so confused. like in a good way but wow do I not know what's going on
awww Walter and Roscoe are besties!
ah, christopher lloyd, making cryptic references to peter. very tricky.
Don't drink it! Peter will be a SUPER SUPER Genius. Like that crazy prediction guy from the other side.
Please Altlivia, don't be pregnant, don't get in the way of Peter/Olivia. I need this pairing…
Don't drink the milk, Peter!!!
Peter. If you drink that goddamn milk.
NO
PETER IS DRINKING THE DRUGGY MILK!!!
Walter, you gotta label your freaky druggy concoctions!!!
DO NOT DRINK. PROPERTY OF WALTER. FREAKY DRUGGY CONCOCTION.
BRAIN MAPPING MILK, DO NOT TOUCH.
have they shown what the books called?
OH GOD PETER
"If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!"
God, I'm literally screaming. Not the milk, not the milk!! lol
OH GOD WHAT THE FUCK SEIZURES?!
I'm feeling kind of bad because in Canada we're a little bit ahead
TEARS. OH WALTER.
so was this all in order for Walterto not remember?
So I figure someone would drink the foreshadowed milk, but I did not think it would be the endgame of the whole frickin episode.
Well, we were just discussing Chekhov's guns over at MarkReads today
WTF
This was all so Peter would take some aspirin?????
WTF WTF WTF?
Oh, I loved that "If I only had a brain" was playing.
Right? I'm pretty sure Peter is going to have a super-brain now.
Hmmm, yes, yes, very maybe.
I figure it was to make him into a super genius!
Mountain Timers are you ready?! Yes or Yes?
Oh, goddamn.
Is there some kind of symbolism to that music?
OK, so that was some kind of mind fuck test, September? You are now on my shit list.
WHHHHAT
my brain is repeatedly exploding
"UNITES" is the this episode's word.
WHAT! OMG! WHAT! Must stop commenting… Will ruin for West Coast… But WHAT???
Looks like some major plot pieces getting moved into place.
I normally spend Fridays unwinding from the frenzy of the week before, but thanks to Fringe I GUESS NOT ANYMORE.
Hmmm, not so much, my bald friends. I think you're giving yourselves too much credit.
Also, frak no! Babies no! Go to daytime scheduling for those shennanigans.
OMG Walter with his pants at his ankles.
Why are all these hospitals so dark? I've never seen a hospital that creepy, damn.
Okay, so this guy's son is not really his son, but a son from another universe, right?
Donde is everyone?
Apparently in the Venn Diagram of "Reads Mark Watches" "Watches Fringe" and "Lives in the Mountain Time Zone," you are the sole person in the center.
FOREVER ALONE.
Seen on my Tumblr dashboard, because it's cracking me up (WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILER AT THE LINK)
http://unconsciously-conscious-.tumblr.com/post/2…
Just to clarify, that isn't my Tumblr.
NOT READING BUT SO EXCITED. 90 minutes until I start!!!
5 more minutes, Mark. I hope you are prepared, because I was so not prepared.
I'm not sure we advanced a lot in terms of plotline today, although we did learn about other consequences of the kidnapping of Peter.
And what's with the mindgames, Observers? WHAT?
Preview for next week:
THE WEAPON. THE WEAPON OMG OMG OMG.
They're moving the story along so quickly this season! Part of me thinks it is awesome, but I hope they aren't trying to wrap everything up before cancellation.
Lol pessimism. :
I fear the same. Though I would very much prefer a nice wrap-up to it ending abruptly without providing some closure.
I'll be happy with 3 seasons in DVD to re-watch forever and ever, amen.
This is very true. I can't even imagine how horrible it would be to be left hanging with this storyline.
Just the "previously on" is making me excited: Observers! Love them so much.
Love the theme music to this show. One of my favorite original TV themes.
It really manages to convey a sense of suspense. I love it.
Oh god the Observer, and he caught the bullets, and he called the police, I think?
The bullet-catching was BADASS.
Walter's bicolor glasses are cooler than the Doctor's.
Y! And they were given him by Dr. Jacoby from Washington State. That was a Twin Peaks reference, right? Are they in the same universe? My mind, it is boggled.
I knew that name sounded familiar! And that was totally a reference, as he wore those same glasses.
I'm so confused about time zones/airing times. Where is Fringe on now? Why does mark say he's not starting for an hour?? Thank god I live in the midwest, so I only have to deal with the subtracting of an hour for Central time to view my primetime shows.
It doesn't air here until 9pm. I did get scared that it was on now when you posted this, hahaha.
OMG a cell phone interruption! That almost never happens in fiction, I am so pleased.
This video has probably been posted here before, but it seems appropriate for tonight's episode. Fringe, meet Firefly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz5H_LX8sMY
OH MY GOD ITS STARTING OH MY GOD
BUT ARE YOU PREPARED?
NO YOU ARE NOT.
WALTER WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO YOUR LEG
JKLSADFJKLFADSKLJFASDKLJFSDAJKLDFSAJKADFLS
You're going to be saying that a lot.
OH MY GOD CHRISTOPHER LLOYD. OMG OMG OMG
heart shattering in a million pieces 🙁 🙁 🙁
WHAT THE FUCK WHY ARE YOU INTERVENING
omg my god walter's glasses. OH MY GOD.
peter 🙁 🙁 🙁 i am going to sob forever.
as much as I love astrid, WHYYY peter and olivia really just need to get this out there D:
OMG RIGHT
omg
WHAT
WHAT
WHAT
WHAT
WHAT THE FUCK
Walter won't do WHAT????
Who doesn't love a strawberry milkshake?
They are psychedelic soulmates.
i am going to explode with head-fuckery
I CAN'T EVEN
oh my god oh my god the dream
i can't even. i can't.
SHIT. JUST. GOT. SO. REAL.
I said the same thing, LOL
Me too. Repeatedly!
seriously this is some bleak shit
WHYYYYY WHY DID THE OBSERVER DO THAT!!!!!!
GIVE HIM THE KEYS AND SAVE THE GIRL i seriously cannot even at all.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
I literally cannot understand this. My head has exploded a billion times over.
neverending fucking tragedy
maybe one day I'll learn how to do this…
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This is how I felt through this entire episode, since it didn't post the last time I submitted it…
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LOL! I felt like that too, only with more tears.
head officially exploded. i can't even.
There are no "catch your breath" breaks on Fringe, my friend. NA. DA.
As soon as the glyph comes I GRAB THE REMOTE SO HARD TO START FORWARDING.
So, I'm not sure the multi-timezone liveblog works too well. I don't know if people are avoiding being spoiled and so aren't coming on the blog or what, but the comments just look sad after the EST people finished.
Apparently I was the only person on the west coast who watched this.
nope! I'm west coast too!
I totally watched it! But I didn't want to get spoiled in the liveblog by someone from the East coast accidentally replying to me thinking I'd already seen the episode.
I bet plenty of people DVR'ed and will watch later. (And probably comment on your Monday review.)
Didn't want to be spoiled so waited until today to check out the posts. Time zones are a bitch.
I watched on delay, from Central time zone.
I think I could have just typed "WTF?" many many times.
Oh man, I randomly decided to have a milkshake with lunch today, and I chose Oreo. If I had chosen a strawberry milkshake, my mind would have totally been blown.
Hooooly shit, what a mindfuck.
But can someone explain/clarify something to me? When the Observer was talking about how he pulled Peter out of the lake, didn't that happen in "The Arrival"? Wasn't that what they showed in the Previously? I don't remember the incident he must have meant pre-firefly. I'm also hazy on "The Arrival." I've been meaning to rewatch that episode because I was tired and confused the first time I saw it.
Also, I love that the Christopher Lloyd episode involved time travel.
It was in the episode 'Peter'; right after Walter comes back from the Other Side with Little Sick Peter the two of them fall through the ice the gate was on. The Observer shows up and saves them both, then drives them to the lab. The fall through the ice was referenced in previous episodes though, 'The Arrival' might have been one, but I can't recall.
Also; I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH. LORDY.
Ah, so he saved Peter AFTER Walter had stolen him from the Other Side. That's an interesting place to intervene because Walter had already upset the balance. If the Observer hadn't saved Peter, then the Other Side's Peter would be superdead just like the original Peter, when he was supposed to live. Or, wait, no, he was supposed to die on that side too. The ice was course-correcting!!
I'm confusing myself.
He actually wasn't supposed to die on the Other Side, but the Observer distracted Walternate (BEST NAME EVER) from the cure he was making. Walter (Our Side) saw this through a window he and Bell had made that could see between worlds and decided, because Original Peter had already died, that he was going to save at least one Peter.
He also intended to take Peter back to the Other Side, but we can all see how that turned out. 😉
Oh, right! But then by saving Peter, the Observer was actually righting his OWN wrong! IT'S ALL HIS FAULT. Except for the part where Walter was supposed to return him. So I guess because he didn't return him, Peter caught the firefly. Except he was supposed to live all along! It was only because the Observer observed a little too hard that Peter was in danger of dying!
Man, the Observer just spits all over Heisenberg, doesn't he.
Everything is pretty much his fault. BE BETTER AT YOUR JOB, MAN!
I have almost convinced myself that the Observers are Time Lords.
If only he'd used a sonic screwdriver to unlock that door.
His finger if a sonic screwdriver? Why does that sound so plausible to me?
Living Prosthetic?
I watched on Mountain Time all by myself, too. Even if you count us all together there weren't that many of us.
This show. I love it so, so very much. MY WHOLE HEART IS OWNED BY IT.
Ahhhh! Peter! Olivia! BE HAPPY DANG IT. D: But HEEE! Walter!
And THE TRUCK. And then Peter playing in traffic! My heart clinched.
I'm on the east coast, but I just caught up on the episode. I like how the Observers have bullet-catching powers and also car-unlocking powers, on top of time travel and shit. Who knew? I want to know more about them again. Anyone remember the episode where they found that creepy kid in the sewers, and then at the end of the episode he drove past an Observer and they totally psychically connected or something and you realized he's totally a baby Observer? Where did he even come from? I need to know!
I also love how at the very end, Roscoe calls Astrid "Callie". Just like Walter, he can't get poor Astrid's name right. They really ARE soul mates.
Violet Sedan Chair Album turning up at vinyl record stores
I LOVE THIS SHOW!
but I didn't like this episode so much. It should have been awesome and excited but it was really more about character developement. If it was half way through the season I would have like it but I was just expecting something more.
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