FRINGE RECAP 11
Season 3: Episode 13 “Immortality”
“[Marge] I’m going to miss you so much. And it’s not just the sex. It’s also the food preparation.”
Well, I moved this weekend, so I didn’t even get a chance to watch FRINGE till this morning, and I feel bad about that, as this was a pretty cool episode. Despite my hatred of bugs, I got past it pretty quickly and enjoyed the fast pace of this episode, and enjoyed the fact that we had an entire episode without ANY of the main characters of FRINGE. Not every show can pull that off.
NO TIME TO MOURN
Poor alt-Broyles. I figured Lincoln would be in charge, but I was very surprised by the attitude of everyone in the Fringe Department. I mean, do people think Broyles is dead? Or just missing? Why does no one seem that sad about it? There were one or two small moments where he was mentioned, but I just can’t help but feel the office would be a bit more somber with Broyles gone.
My other big question, does Fauxlivia really not know what happened to Broyles? Why would she be kept in the dark about it? Was this done so we don’t completely hate Fauxlivia, distancing her from alt-Broyles death so we don’t cast any of the blame on her? Or is she just pretending to be clueless, but knows and just doesn’t care?
NO CHILDREN
I really liked the cortexiphan demonstration with the telekinesis guy. For some reason, it almost felt like we were watching a flashback to what it must have been like when Bell and Walter discussed the cortexiphan trials, and the conversations that led to their use of children in the trials.
And Walternate’s firm answer of “No children,” is an amazing comment for someone who’s being set up as one of the primary villains of FRINGE. He won’t cross that line to experiment on kids, and he’s as close to evil as we get on this show. What does that say about Walter before Bell removed those parts of his brain? Could he have ended up worse than Walternate?
Walternate is an adulterer, surprise? I think not, especially after seeing how our Walter is. However, I do wonder if this decision was mainly made so they wouldn’t have to get the woman who plays his wife to come back for this episode.
NO TIME TO WASTE
I’ll admit, the pregnancy was kinda predictable, especially after the Observer’s comment a few episodes ago, but I did like the bug mislead and how they got to the reveal in a very FRINGE way. It was a good episode for the amount of things that were confirmed, but not really that many twists that we as fans and theorists hadn’t anticipated.
I do however wonder if the child really is Peter’s. I know the timing matches up, and its clear Walternate thinks so, but I dunno, the whole thing just seems really convenient, and I would like to think that FRINGE would have some kind of crazy twist on it. Also, be on the lookout for signs of our Olivia being pregnant, as the rumor mill is buzzing that next episode shows how things are being duplicated in both universes…
MISCELLANEOUS
Why did sheep die out 10 years ago Over There? Are we ever going to get details on some of the craziness that occurred Over There? Or will it always just be random information and details that happen to go along with the story they’re currently telling?
Will Fauxlivia’s ex hook up with alt-Astrid? He seemed really into her while he was at Fringe HQ, and she seemed to enjoy his attention.
Ok, I know this week’s recap was short, but its been a long weekend and I’m tired from moving. Keep watching, keep spreading the word, and I’ll be back next week refreshed and with new ideas and theories.
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