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2 Responses to “ 1.09 “The Dreamscape” ”

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   Page 48 Nov 26th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

   This was a better episode for a number of reasons, not the least of which is less time spent on gruesome autopsy details and more time spent on moving the plodding plot along. Less science, more story please.

   I’ve resigned myself to the fact that “Fringe” will not be the source of excitement and tension that I hoped it would be when I saw so many “Alias” folks involved. However, this does not mean that a story cannot be told and last night’s episode touched on a number of storylines, some of which have been neglected for some time.

   Peter has people interested in his whereabouts. We knew that, but it was almost forgotten until 1.09. We still don’t know why people are keen to find him, just that they are. We also got re-acquainted with Nina Sharp and MD, who have been MIA for a few weeks. John Scott is back in Olivia’s head again, leaving tons of email, etc…

   I get the feeling we are revving up for the inevitable Massive Midseason Hiatus (MMH), because information is coming at breakneck speed (breakneck for “Fringe”, anyway). Still, it’s time to address some stuff alluded to in previous episodes. For instance, it’s time we found out why Broyles sent Olivia to the storage facility. This thought was on John Scott’s mind when he died in her arms, it must be important enough to fill us in before we’ve all forgotten that the words ever crossed his lips. It’s also time to flesh out the enemy and their intentions. We all loved to hate Arvin Sloane because we knew he was a bad news bear, but we don’t really know who’s toying with Olivia and company and we sure as hell don’t know why. What fun is the World Series if we don’t know who’s playing? Now, at least we have somebody planting the seed in Olivia’s head that The Pattern is merely a diversion, so maybe we can get some traction here.

   Why did Olivia and Broyles meet by the river to go over case files instead of one or the other’s office? Broyles, as usual, did little to earn his paycheck, but at least Charlie got some field experience.

   Who gets an erection when they need to pee and more important, who announces it to co-workers? Just be thankful you’re wearing a lab coat when it happens and let it go. This is another “I just pissed myself” moment that writers need to leave out. Walter is already too close to being a cartoon character without goofy quips like that. And by the way, Walter, if that turns into a 4 hour boner, seek immediate medical attention…and keep it to yourself.

   Overall, a pretty decent effort, I thought. Still, a far cry from being a thrill ride.

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   FringeBlogger Nov 27th, 2008 at 11:07 pm

   Peter has people interested in his whereabouts. We knew that, but it was almost forgotten until 1.09. We still don’t know why people are keen to find him, just that they are. We also got re-acquainted with Nina Sharp and MD, who have been MIA for a few weeks. John Scott is back in Olivia’s head again, leaving tons of email, etc…

   The Peter storyline was one of the weaker aspects of what was otherwise a good episode. They did need to address the fact that people are after him, I just wish they did it in a more interesting way. Taking Peter away from the main Olivia/Walter story didn’t have the impact I had hoped for. Hopefully that side of things will pick up though.

   I get the feeling we are revving up for the inevitable Massive Midseason Hiatus (MMH), because information is coming at breakneck speed (breakneck for “Fringe”, anyway). Still, it’s time to address some stuff alluded to in previous episodes. For instance, it’s time we found out why Broyles sent Olivia to the storage facility. This thought was on John Scott’s mind when he died in her arms, it must be important enough to fill us in before we’ve all forgotten that the words ever crossed his lips. It’s also time to flesh out the enemy and their intentions. We all loved to hate Arvin Sloane because we knew he was a bad news bear, but we don’t really know who’s toying with Olivia and company and we sure as hell don’t know why. What fun is the World Series if we don’t know who’s playing? Now, at least we have somebody planting the seed in Olivia’s head that The Pattern is merely a diversion, so maybe we can get some traction here.

   I’m looking forward to the massive cliffhanger. I can’t imagine they’d leave us for seven weeks without something big to chew on. I could handle the storage facility thing being witheld for a while longer (although I agree, we do need to have that cleared up eventually), but I REALLY want to know Broyles’ feelings towards the clearly influential Mitchel Loeb. It’s such a shame we don’t get to see more of the character interactions and reactions spill over into subsequent episodes. I still can’t work out whether Broyles’ was suspicious of Loeb at the end of “Mr. Jones” or whether he was oblivious to his friends trechery? Looking forward to some more action in that direction - how cool would it be for Loeb to get busted and to go off the grid (We’ve had enough people with vital info die).

   I do love the ambiguity of the different sides in play but eventually we’re going to need one of the real big-bad guys to please stand up.

   Who gets an erection when they need to pee and more important, who announces it to co-workers? Just be thankful you’re wearing a lab coat when it happens and let it go. This is another “I just pissed myself” moment that writers need to leave out. Walter is already too close to being a cartoon character without goofy quips like that. And by the way, Walter, if that turns into a 4 hour boner, seek immediate medical attention…and keep it to yourself.

   The Walter “eraction” line was cringe worthy. I didn’t like it at all. It’s very rare that they get it wrong with Walter (the other time being the “pissed myself” comment that you mentioned), but when they do it’s really noticable. I guess this is the nature of the man though, he’s rude and crude as well as being adorable and super intelligent.

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