It’s Friday and that means it’s time for us to all watch (and freak out) over a new episode of Fringe! This week’s episode is a flashback-heavy story and is a sequel of sorts to season two’s “Peter.” Are you excite? EXCITE.
It was nice to see a few new faces last week, so tell your friends to join in on the party for “Subject 13.”
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 “Subject 13†floating around the ‘Net (WHICH I HAVE AVOIDED TYVM), so please, DO NOT POST THEM HERE. I know that this episode in particular has COMPLETE SPOILERS out there, so please be courteous to other viewers and keep them to yourself.
This liveblog will work in relative to when the episode airs for you. So, you may begin your livebloggy commenting down below when the episode starts. To avoid spoilers, I stick to the first page and comment away, and then go back afterwards to add any more.
PARTY TIME IN LESS THAN ELEVEN HOURS! Well, for me, that is.
Oh. Oh my God. Are you serious.
Safety Czar?
Poor Walternate.
haha, I couldn't hear that clearly either. Was it safety czar? I heard star wars
Star Wars is the defense system he made. Safety Czar is like a media nickname I think.
Oh bah. I've got the dishwasher running, and the background noise is wreaking havok on my ears.
Poor Walternate! Poor everyone in this episode really.
Star wars defense system? Is that what they said?
They've been doing a good job of making Walternate awful, but still sympathetic. I feel really bad for him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_In…
"Star Wars" was a nickname for a defense system that Reagan actually tried to make happen in the '80s. It never went anywhere, but apparently in the altverse it did!
Ahh, I didn't know that. I like how Fringe pulls in details like that.
A lot of shows and stories ask the one-for-the-many question, but not with kids. Way to ratchet up the stakes there, show.
Too true. It's always a terribly awful question. But it's somehow always worse when there's kids involved.
amazing acting-it's so obvious which Peter's mother she is; her entire presence is different
It's absolutely brilliant.
Jonsi! *dances*
Pity for Walternate. He can have it now.
Why do I always miss the fourth letter?
I think it was a T
Thank you.
Poor Altizabeth.
He's her son too!
In this tragic moment, I am squeeing over the old 80s computer!
So sad. These actors all do such a great job with the subtle differences that make their alternate characters perfect!!!
Oh goooddd don't sit sadly in his room. I can't TAKE IT.
Nothing is beautiful and everything hurts.
This is true. I am all sad.
God, I feel so sorry for Peter's real mom.
Ugh. UTTER TRAGEDY.
SO MUCH FOR HOPE.
And Walternate went to work anyway! BASTARD
Bishop Dynamic?! Is that new?
Obviously pulling the marriage back together doesn't work given the future and I'm proved right as I'm typing.
See? The sadness moves too fast to type about it. IT'S ALL TOO MUCH. WHERE IS MY BLANKET? I NEED AN ICE CREAM.
I'm already in bed, blankets don't help 🙁
BISHOP DYNAMIC?!?! WHAT THE HELL!??!!
WHAT WHAT WHAT??
We already know William Bell died before he met Walter in the Red universe so I guess Walter set up Massive Dynamic himself.
Wait, he did? Where was that?
William Bell told either Walter or Olivia back in the series 2 finale, I think.
Seriously?
I need to do a massive marathon.
Oh, he did go to work. Are we seeing the beginning of uncaring Walternate?
S-W-I-T-C
Yeah, it's Switch.
Peter and Olivia!!!!!! 😀
How did Peter find her in the meadow???!!!
Haha, Olivia wants to know too!
Awww, poor baby Olivia. The only drawing that looked happy.
'It's the only drawing that looks happy' Break my heart a little more why don't you.
Mine too.
*gasp* His mom! He said it!
But, telling Walter doesn't save her!
Even as kids, they are the cutest couple!
Little Olivia and Little Peter are so cute.
Mini-Peter has Big Peter's mannerisms down pat. That's amazing.
Aww, snow! All kids love snow.
Poor Olivia! Going back to the step-father!
It's not right!
GO WALTER!
Please let me be wrong but Walter you better not send Olivia back to her step Dad if she confesses.
EVERYTHING IS TRAGIC AND NOTHING IS GOOD.
WHAT THE HELL
Walter please don't send her home…..I'm so sad and teary.
HOLY SHIT!!!!! She told Walternate!!!!!!!!
OMG wrong Walter!!!!
WHOA WHOA WHOA She was seeing Walternate!! DUN DUN DUNNNNNN.
YES WALTER! THREATEN THAT SON OF A BITCH
Edited because a re-watch cleared up my confusion.
Yeah, Walter. Thank you for speaking up.
FUCK YEAH WALTER
You go Walter! And threats from government friends. Hells Yeah!
Maybe Olivia crossing over made Walternate think of alternate universes.
It definitely seems that way, I agree.
Peter just accepting where he is. So sad.
Poor Peter. It's not fair.
I want him to go back so bad, but we wouldn't have Peter…
SO TRAGIC
SWITCH it is.
Poor Peter… he chose to give up. Poor Elizabeth, having to live with this lie, this stolen son.
As much as I can sort of put myself in their shoes, in that in the absence of a solution, it's in baby Peter's best interest to be able to be happy and comfortable where he is. But they're essentially brainwashing him. And you can see it's tearing Elizabeth apart. I bet this is the beginning of her spiral.
OMG he has Olivia's drawing!
Two weeks. Goddammit!
Two weeks?!
WHAT?!
I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG
Hahaha, interesting preview. He chimes a bell at Nina. Belly? No, it's still me.
God, I love Nina. We need more of her.
I'm still straddling the fence on whether I trust her, but man I definitely love her.
Did anyone see the Observer in this episode? I didn't…
I never see him. Because I'm oblivious. I have to watch episodes so many times to catch that kind of stuff. Like the bad wolf stuff in Doctor Who? Mark was picking up on it SO MUCH MORE than me. I was glad I had reveiws to come read that showed me everything I'd overlooked.
No, but I'm betting he was somewhere in the toy store or outside when the police were there. I spotted him in last week's episode on my second viewing. It was the most exciting thing EVER.
I think I saw him in Bishop Dynamic.
SPOILER!
Anything that has not publicly aired WILL BE CONSIDERED A SPOILER.
Seriously – I'm so sad I read that. Why did I expand the replies? Why??
I was about to shut down my laptop to go to bed when the email came through 🙁 I've reported it so hopefully someone'll have deleted it before Mark sees it or too many others get spoiled.
I just deleted it. I hope not many people saw it.
Thanks. I'm hoping most people missed it since it was after the episode finished airing but before the West coast live blog. Fingers crossed.
It's gone 😀 I'm deleting my own comment up top just in case cause people will probably be able to put 2 and 2 together given a spoilery comment was deleted after it.
Smart. I'm so relieved! But still sad for me. Sigh.
OH MY GOD, I AM SO SO SO SORRY PEOPLE. I WASN'T EVEN THINKING. I am so sorry. I can't believe I did that. I feel awful. Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry.
OH! By the end of the episode, Walternate, Bishop Dynamic, and #fringelivetweet were all trending on Twitter. Definitely in the US, someone said worldwide, too. So that's cool.
FUCK YEAH
36 MINUTES LEFT.
FRINGE!!!!
omg the lake. OMG.
UM THAT IS FUCKED UP
holy crap what an opening
Well, this is depressing.
How doesn't Peter remember any of this?
wasn't expecting that from the mom
Ok, so Walter actually intended to take Peter back the whole time?
WHAT.
WHAT THE FUCK OLIVIA.
OH NO BABY OLIVIA! D:
I just want to hold her and keep her safe forever. Heart. BROKEN.
Hahaha, the Red Riding Hood commercial is hilarious.
Child Peter is QUITE PERCEPTIVE.
Oh Little Peter breaks my heart.
So incredibly fucked up that Walter lets Peter go on thinking he's mad.
That opening was awesome.
Child Peter is totally an ANGRY HIPSTER.
BSG!!!!
STOP HOVERING.
"Jeez, you're such a blimp-mom!"
choose the battle star!
Awwwww!
He never meant to. Of course he didn't.
Wait, how is he writing to William Bell?
There is no way a beta max looks that good.
beta max hehehehe
Oh god, Walter, what did you do to Olivia? 🙁
Baby Olivia is so cute!!!!
this is awful!!!
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.
I just… I can't… holy FUCK, Walter!
AIEEEEE! That scared me! Poor Olivia!
Walter testing Olivia is hard to watch.
UGH, Sprint, not again…
OH SHIT WHAT IS LITTLE PETER GOING TO SEE.
gonna have a hard time liking Walter after this 🙁
aw, shit.
OMG Star Wars defense program. I think with Walter/Walternate on board it may have actually worked!
Did I miss something about WHY Olivia going over would save the world? I shouldn't liveblog, I really shouldn't.
Where is she! Go find her, Peter!
MAN, I feel more sorry for Walternate than Walter.
You can definitely see why Walter had Bell take out parts of his brain…