FRINGE IS BACK!!!!!! After an agonizing wait (and one HELL of a season three cliffhanger), it’s time for us to (hopefully) start to find out WHERE IS PETER BISHOP? Oh god, Fringe, I have missed you SO MUCH.
Alas, despite how unbearably excited I am, I cannot see “Neither Here Nor There” until TOMORROW MORNING. I am going to be in a car on my way down to Los Angeles tonight because I’m going to a wedding on Saturday. Ew, my friends are growing up and doing love things. GROSS COOTIES.
I’ll still have a review up….probably Sunday? It might be delayed to Monday, but either way, it won’t upset next week’s normal review schedule. It’s just an extra review! PARTY!
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.
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
DO. NOT. POST. SPOILERS. This community is not the place for that. You have the rest of the fucking Internet. Go there.
ENJOY!
woah i thought that guy was Baltar for a second
ME TOO. And then I snorted about him being a serial killer/professor. Not too different from mass murdering traitor/respected doctor!
AGH! SO EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING!
ME TOO! Community Thursdays, Fringe Fridays and Doctor Who Saturdays. These are going to be a good few weeks for tv weekends.
Yes! Also, for me, Parks & Rec on Thurs and Raising Hope on Wednesday! I also like Boardwalk Empire and Breaking Bad = love, so that takes care of Sunday. You know, I don't think I've been this excited for the fall season in years!
I just started watching Parks & Rec and it is amazing, but I'm not caught up for the new season yet. I'm actually liking Up all Night on Wednesdays so far.
Agreed!
I hope you catch up soon, it's my absolute favorite! Leslie Knope is a goddess. I watched the pilot for Up All Night and liked it, but forgot to watch it this week…oops! I'll rectify that now.
For me it's Fringe Saturdays, Doctor Who Sundays, and Downton Abbey and Breaking Bad Mondays! WOOOO.
Oh, and did anyone see that DC is doing a Fringe comic series that ties into this season, and that Joshua Jackson is writing an arc? I think I might check it out! They probably won't give Olivia the Starfire/Catwoman treatment, right?
YES! I'm definitely going to check that out.
I really can't imagine them pulling the Starfire/Catwoman thing with Olivia. (Though tbh, I don't mind the Catwoman thing quite so much as I thought I would as the comic itself was decently written and seemed to be going somewhere (hopefully- I'll drop it quickly if not). It wasn't just totally gratuitous cheesecake and I tend to ship Batman/Catwoman like burning. The Starfire situation on the other hand fills me with rage as they've completely removed and destroyed her personality, and the comic was terrible to boot! It sucks because I really love her and even like Jason Todd. )
You should, i liked it.
Haha, yeah, I didn't think they would, I just wanted to get a dig in at DC after reading all of the rabid fanboy responses to the criticism. I'm glad you enjoyed Catwoman since you're a huge fan, though.
Yes, and it's only a dollar! I read it, it's pretty awesome. It gave me a lot of nerd pride for Josh Jackson.
Olivia was wearing a color! Is this timeline sans cortexiphan?
Oooo good call …. I wonder!
Must be. No Peter, no cortexiphan, since Peter was the entire reason for those trials.
Yes! And I love alternate universes, so it seems like it'll be awesome!
I FUCKING LOVE THIS SHOW.
Just spend 40mins DLing the wrong episode. I AM DISAPPOINT.
At least I now have potato wedges, sour cream and sweet chilli sauce to console me.
MMMM, potato.
TWO MINUTES!!!!!
IT'S STARTED!!!!!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeee
OBSERVERS!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAH
Now how do tey know how events are supposed to go???
what was that flicker right before the observers?
Awww, I was hoping it to be purple…
If Sheppard dies…. DON'T DIE SHEPPARD!!!!!
Also, please ave pants in front of children.
First letter is A!
Astrid! In the field!!!
But of course Sheppard dies… BUT YAY LINCOLN!!
Awww, poor bb Lincoln… needs hugs!
And be nice to Olivia!!
another flicker
Walter seems more off kilter tan usual.
I wonder wy Walter chose to cross over in this universe.
Poor dead bird.
Second letter is P!!
OLIVIA AND ALTLIVIA SNARKING AT EACH OTHER, BE STILL MY HEART. I've missed you, show!
Also, ALL THE EMMYS FOR ANNA TORV. ALL OF THEM
She and John Noble were robbed
You go Lincoln Coco!
I wish Sheppard didn't die.
Awww, Astrid! I'm so happy to see her do things!
Except checking anuses.
I love Lincoln and his hipster glasses.
I was thinking about that while watching! I think he'd look better if they were slightly larger, but then I realized that they would be more hipster costume than fastidious nerd glasses. I'm guessing wardrobe put a lot of thought into that.
The girl took a picture! And she tried to hold it back!
PETER FLASH!
OBSERVERS! YAY! So, what are they planning? I wonder if somehow Future!Walter is responsible for the Observers, because he sent the machine back in time and that's how they have this "plan" they have to stick to?
ORANGE TITLES.
OUR!LINCOLN and he's in his nerd glasses! 😀
Calling it. His partner with the cute family is going to DIE.
Robert/Sheppard!! WHYYYYYYY???
What about his television babies?!
Third letter is P!
Observer with a shopping basket! So cute!!
What's he looking for? What's he doing?
Oh, he's in the sensory deprivation chamber.
He saw Peter in the mirror?
walter saw peter!
But you know, how did they get him out of the asylum? And is his wife still alive? Or did the grief cause her to commit suicide?
I'm guessing that Olivia didn't need to find a next of kin because there wasn't one.
So, John Scott's Transparent Disease is back in the world, eh?
Astrid's out of the lab! YAY.
"There's no one else, just me." FOREVER ALOOOONE. D:
I need a gif of this.
But what would the heavy metals have to do with transparent skin??
He looks like a wraith from Stargate: Atlantis.
Poor Walter. Poor Olivia. Poor families of the dead.
One thing though, if Peter never existed Walter never travelled over to the other universe to save him and, presumably, there weren't the same negative ripple effects.
Also, Walternate wouldn't have had the whole, "You stole my son" grudge.
Maybe it's like Doctor Who, Rory was erased but some of the effects/ actions of his life remained, like the engagement ring. Or else it's all just TIMEY WHIMEY WIBBLY WOBBLY.
I think Walter might have had the hubris to cross over but maybe he was unable to save Peter there too? But by crossing over he still screwed over their universe.
I'm thinking he crossed over, brought Peter here, then Peter died, hence the "died twice" and Watlernet still mad at Walter for both the Peter thing and ripping the hole in the universe. Wow, that is one run on sentence.
OK, pulling out your fingernail? SUPER CREEPY.
What is he, some kind of messed up shapechanger?
Olivia bares her soul to Lincoln! And John Scott is mentioned again for the first time since the middle of the first season.
OMG!!!
Oh wow, I just noticed Olivia is wearing green.
Train conductor? What is this guy?
OMG LEAVE OLIVIA ALONE!! YOU BITCH!!!!!
OH SHIT THERE ARE TWO?! SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT
What the fuck? Are all the dead people coming back?
more questions than answers
Standard Fringe.
"I need to erase someone from time."
Oh, September, you so silly. But seriously, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? I need to know where Peter is.
…and no reaction from the sales person. No reaction.
These new Droid Bionic makes me think people are actively working towards Skynet and a Terminator future.
What's in the folder Lincoln? What did you just read?
Also, WHAT IF SHEPPARD COMES BACK TO LIFE? I can't.
D: Walter saw Peter.
And Olivia's actually wearing colours now! That almost feels wrong.
Anna's Australian vowels are still coming through a bit.
"There's nothing sadder than when two people are meant to be together and something intervenes." D: Stop twisting the knife, you guys.
I guess they're sending the body back. To be buried.
OMG, they ARE messed up shapeshifters!!!
OMG THEY TOTALLY WENT TO THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE.
Olivia and Peter! In love despite his not existing!
FAUXLIVIA! NOOOOOO
Peter? Will Peter appear???
Aww, September, you can't do it can you? You got attached?
OMG PETER IN THE TV SCREEN!
Word is APPEAR.
omg best season is coming up this year, i can't handle the awesome.
yay…previews make me excited for the season!
Well, at least he's not going to have trouble finding a vein… ERGH, needles creep me out.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY ARE YOU PULLING YOUR FINGERNAILS OFF.
And, somehow, he can fire sparks out of those terminals on his wrists… why.
WHAAAAA- didn't you just die in a car crash?
So, are these things suppose to be a new type of shapshifter? They aren't reliant on those boxes, or else they have the boxes wired directly into their bodies, and they need to eat iron instead of mercury.
LINCOLN LEE! LINCOLN LEE! LINCOLN LEE!
I really, really, really can't wait until the two Lincolns meet, it's going to be adorable.
And it seems September can't go through with his promise to erase Peter completely, HMMMMM. Still, WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
If there are two Lincolns on my tv, my heart might just stop. I have officially moved into fangirl mode.
maybe i blatantly missed something, but at the beginning, when lincoln goes upstairs during the chase scene, and fights off and handcuffs someone to a bar and then runs down to find his partner being snacked on by a shape shifter – what happened to that person he handcuffed??? was that the other shapeshifter, cause we found out later there were two of them… would the shapeshifter easily escape from the handcuffs somehow? OR i totally missed something and am a fool.
the preview for next week was awesome! olivia asking lincoln if he was OK – so very precious. and both olivia's dressed the same, both with blonde hair – undercover sneaky assignment where they need olivia to be in two places at once??
ever since the movie Signs i am sort of terrified of seeing reflections of unknown people or things in blank tv screens, or windows or mirrors for that matter. and when i was younger i had a recurring nightmare where my reflection came to life and came out of the mirror and walked around with me, silently, and nobody else could see it/her/me even though i tried to tell them it was there. obviously peter is a good guy, but long story short, at a very basic level is still creeps me out like A LOT that he was reflected in the tv. walter SHOULD be freaked out.
But is Peter was the key for 'The Machine' to work, how do they explain that? Me no get it.
Then again, most things about Fringe just leave me flabbergasted and generally confused.
So heartbreaking to see Walter living alone in the lab, not being able to leave. :((
Ok, I'm not reading any comments. I just wanted to say, I'm really excited the show is back! I was in China when the new episode aired, but I'm about to watch it now (I'm back, obviously, and a little delirious from lack of sleep).
YAY FRINGE!