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Fringe 1×03 “The Ghost Network”: Reactions from a First Time Viewer
Hello Fringe fandom!
Apart from the typical pattern case, episode 3 proved how witty the writers are. There were so many funny lines from characters I didn’t expect – like Agent Francis and Olivia. I love how the writers are able to break the tension in a scene with a hysterical one-liner and execute it in a manner that elevates the scene rather than diminish its importance to the story. Without further ado, here are my reactions to episode 3.
- I hope this bus sequence doesn’t turn into Speed.
- Uh oh. Toxin! All that for a JanSport backpack?
- They are stuck in an amber-like substance – just like the mosquito in Jurassic Park.
- John Scott’s portrait at his funeral is creepy. Poor Olivia. She just got the stare of death from Scott’s mother.
- Aw, Agent Charlie Francis. You are a good friend. “I wasn’t going to tell you this, but he said he loved me too”
- I shouldn’t be surprised that Walter is self-medicating himself with psychotics.
- Gold star goes to Olivia for directing the investigation to the backpack.
- Agent Davidson wants to see Mendoza’s body. Looks like they had a secret something-something because there’s some major hand touching.
- Peter looks adorable in a lab coat.
- Really, Broyles, really? You have a hard time believing the office guy is psychic? ‘Cuz magic old man baby and people stuck in amber are totally mundane events?
- Mr. Psychic is getting a CAT scan and his blood looks like it’s boiling. That’s not normal.
- It’s called “Ghost Network.” Cool name.
- Uh oh. Roy McComb (aka Mr. Psychic) was another one of Walter’s test subjects way back when.
- Peter: “Did you ever bother to explain to him what you were doing?” Walter: “Well, it wouldn’t have been a very secret experiment if I had.” HAHA I can always rely on Walter to provide some comedy during a really intense scene.
- I love Walter explaining the “Rabbit or Duck” picture.
- After Peter breaks into his old house in Cambridge, Olivia looks at him like he is a hot badass. She is totally falling in love with him.
- Poor Walter. He thought the family dog was still in the house.
- Stupid Freshmen! “Is this poly sci 101?” Freshmen are always lost.
- Astrid knows Latin. She is trying to decipher the line when Olivia interjects, “She had it on her the whole time.” Astrid: “Oh yeah, that’s a possible translation.” This show is so funny.
- Fake out! Agent Davidson didn’t have a thing for Mendoza. He was performing minor hand surgery.
- “With proper demodulation, you could receive satellite television for free.” Can I have that?
- Hey, there’s the bald dude that everyone talks about!
- What?! Agent Davidson was just shot? Rewind! That is an impressive silencer.
- More pattern cases.
- Aw, Peter is playing the piano for Olivia. Can they just get married already?
- Broyles just gave Ms. Terminator the weird coin shaped item extracted from Mendoza’s hand.
- It’s Mr. Boring Face! Is Massive Dynamic still interrogating him?
I am really curious to find out why Mr. Boring Face’s body is still lying around. Is he part of a larger plan? I hope not. I want him gone so Olivia can focus on Peter. 
Thank you all who have read my previous posts and have shielded me from spoilers. It has been a lot of fun reading your comments and tweets afterwards.
-Mary
Fringe 1×02 “The Same Old Story”: Reactions from a First Time Viewer
My Fringe journey continues! Sex talks, rapid aging, and Peter singing “Row row row your boat” made episode 2 quite enjoyable.
- Someone call Sigourney Weaver! This girl is gonna burst Alien style.
- It’s the Fringe committee and they are talking about their new ragtag team (the best kind!).
- Ooh la la. Peter in his boxers.
- Walter is enthralled with his car seat- “It warms your ass.” HAHA
- The Fringe makeup department needs an Emmy because that magic old man baby corpse is amazing.
- Uh oh, the serial killer is on the prowl for another victim.
- Olivia is asking Agent Charlie Francis if he knew she was in a relationship with John. Honey, everyone knew.
- Girl, you need to turn around! Norman Bates is coming at you with a needle!
- I guess that cow does come in handy in the lab if you are ever thirsty.
- Oh snap! Magic old man baby’s father was experimented by Walter.
- Walter uses Pi as a lock combination: 314159. That’s awesome, I’m gonna use that.
- Peter just found a human hand in a glass jar in Walter’s old station wagon. Nice collection there, Walt.
- Olivia just saw Peter and Walter in the clunker. HA. Jump in, sweetheart.
- Oo, I like word association games. P…pituitary…penny…Penrose.
- Pseudofolliculitis nuchae = razor burn. I am expanding my vocabulary. I think it is adorable how Olivia looks at Peter for translation.
- So, Norman Bates is like those kid’s toys you put in water to grow in minutes. It just takes him 3 years to reach adult size.
- HAHA Way to go Walter, give em’ the sex talk now. “Even condoms are not 100%. You two should know that.” Aw, Peter looks adorably embarrassed.
- Walter to Peter: “I thought you had a way with women.” He does, Walter, he does.
- Norman Bates’ name is Christopher. It’s the scientist! Christopher is his son
- “When was it you lost our imagination, son?” That line hit me right in the heart. Sounds like something I would hear in a Disney movie and I love it.
- Yay, Peter is thinking outside of the box.
- [fan squeal] Peter touched Olivia’s hand.
- Now Broyles is asking Olivia if she practiced safe sex with John “Boring Face” Scott. Crazy pregnancy dream! Remember kids, use a condom if you have sex with someone who was engineered in the lab to age rapidly.
- It’s Ms. Terminator again. She knows more than she is telling.
- The gang is looking at the images the girl saw right before she died. They’re gonna solve this case in no time.
- Go ahead Peter, take off that lab coat. Why don’t you keep going?
- Peter and Olivia enter the warehouse looking for Norman Bates. He’s got your back Liv.
- Another chase scene! I hope Olivia invests in some comfortable working shoes. Looks like she is going to be running after a lot of people on this show.
- Girl is in cardiac arrest. Wow, you have bad aim Peter. It’s okay you have other qualities to contribute to this show. What is Walter’s obsession with drugs? He just asked Peter if he had cocaine.
- Norman Bates is aging. Cool cinematography again as the camera cuts between Olivia running and Peter trying to save the girl in cardiac arrest.
- Norman creepily said his father loved him.
- Ms. Terminator is describing the responsibilities of Massive Dynamics. So basically, it secretly rules the world? That’s nice.
- Peter Broyles is acting sketchy. What is he hiding?
- Olivia asks for a raise. You go girl.
- Uh oh, the plot thickens. Walter just asked Olivia to keep Peter’s medical history a secret. Is he a lab baby too? Ah. I want to know!
- Peter sings “Row row row your boat.” AH-DORABLE.
- More soldier old man babies!
So many things to discover! What is up with Peter’s medical history? Is he secretly a super hero? I guess I have to continue watching to find out. Woe is me. 
Hope you guys enjoy these Fringe posts from a first time viewer.
-Mary
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Fringe 1×01 “Pilot”: Reactions from a First Time Viewer
Hey Fringe fans!
You have probably visited this site to read Louise’s hilarious photo recaps. What you may not know is that I am not a Fringe viewer. (I can hear the gasps) Don’t worry. I am changing that this summer, and I will record my reactions as I watch Dunham and the Bishop men solve mind-blowing cases.
I am buckled and ready for an amazing ride.
“Pilot”
- Am I watching Lost? Someone get this dude a vomit bag. He doesn’t look good.
- Infection! Ew.
- This motel establishing shot reminds me of the Veronica Mars pilot.
- Who is this guy shacking up with Olivia Dunham? That “I love you” was quick. I bet this guy is gonna die.
- Fancy letters establishing location.
- HAHA. Sure, act like you two aren’t sleeping with each other.
- Wait, isn’t that the vomit bag guy from the airplane?
- Dang, Broyles gives out orders like candy on Halloween. “You want in, liaison? Suit up.” I’m gonna like him. Badass.
- Fancy letters again.
- Oh snap. Broyles, you have ‘tude.
- Explosion!
- Love the editing work as Olivia is being rolled into the hospital.
- Oh Em Gee. It’s Nikita’s Ari Tasarov.
- Agent Scott looks like Anakin Skywalker after being burned on Mustafar.
- Dramatic tear rolls down Olivia’s face.
- “Can you handle that?” Broyles has the best one-liners.
- It’s Charlie Conway all grown up with daddy issues!
- Peter calling Olivia “honey” and “sweetheart” is adorable and very 40s-like.
- Wow, Olivia does not mess around when she is trying to save a loved one.
- “Belly.” That’s a cute nickname.
- Scotty boy looks like he pissed off Dark Willow.
- WTF. Walter can extract info from a corpse?
- Walter is very excited to make LSD.
- Olivia is seducing Peter. Work your magic, girl, and get him to fall in love with you.
- Olivia looks like a precog from Minority Report.
- Geesh Agent Scott, stop playing 21 questions and tell Olivia what the dude looks like. She has limited time to dream interrogate your ass.
- What the what! Nina Sharp is part Terminator! She looks like Luke Skywalker with that arm.
- Of course, there’s a hatch that leads to a crazy lab in the basement.
- (Jaw Drops) Does Olivia have superpowers? How did she make that jump uninjured? Such precision.
- Yay, Peter caught vomit bag’s twin brother.
- Peter turned bad cop. “I’m going to count to one.” :-0
- It’s Ari Tasarov again.
- Agent Scott, you are a veiny betrayer. And now, you are trying to run the woman who saved your life off the road? That just bought you a permanent place on the naughty list.
- Good riddance.
- Peter is staying. Yay!
- Whoa. Ms. Terminator knows how to interrogate a corpse too.
Make sure to check out Louise’s photo recap of the pilot episode.
-Mary
‘FRINGE’ Photo Recap: “Brave New World – Part 2″
Physically, I may be sitting in a hotel room typing this on my laptop while listening to the Prince of Egypt soundtrack, but mentally and spiritually I’m still dancing in an imaginary conga line with the rest of the Fringe fandom because THAT WAS THE GREATEST THING EVER. (I know I say that a lot, but I think you know that this time I’m not exaggerating.) The season finale of Fringe was wondrous, magnificent, and all the other synonyms that are listed under “awesome” in the thesaurus. (I’m too lazy to type them all here.) It reminded me of this book I once read, where this guy had to save the world by dying and coming back to life, and this other guy built a huge boat for him and a bunch of animals to live on, and this other guy had a magical technicolor pea dream coat. That’s right, ya’ll. I’m talking about the Bible. This season was like one big long walk through the Old Testament, and the final episode marked the transition to the New Testament with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, AKA Olivia Dunham.
If you had asked me back in season one what the perfect finale episode would be, I probably would have described exactly what happened in “Brave New World, Part 2”: the whole team together, smiling and eating Red Vines, and Peter and Olivia HAVING A BABY TOGETHER. Of course, now that I’ve seen all the magical things Fringe has to offer, I would have to amend that vision to include Lincoln Lee (shirtless of course), Henry the cab driver, a musical number, Broyles on LSD, and AltLincoln and Altlivia riding a horse together in the background. (What can I say? I dream big.) But this finale was damn near perfect. And it certainly had more closure that I’m used to in my Fringe finales. Let’s get this party started!
TV Twitter Reactions: Fringe 4×22 “Brave New World, Part 2″
The Fringe fandom was thoroughly amazed with the Season 4 finale.
- @katiekschubert Super powered Olivia!
#fringe#buildabetterworld - @callmemrwayne ”Olivia Dunham” will heretofore be the phrase I use in lieu of “badass.”
#Fringe - @Godflash2012 Things are makin sense
#fringe - @BubbaAtkins Olivia has activated beast mode.
#fringe#buildabetterworld - @amywainwright Omg, is this zombie resurrection? I love where this is all going.
#fringe - @Elegantly_Chic Olivia is the new Neo. It is DONE!
#Fringe - @PennBarbie Olivia just amped her power by 1000 decimals. Is she related to the Observer?
#fringe is one awesome show - @nolatari OMG! She’s Olive-Wan Kenobi!
#FRINGE finale - @PwoperKeth Olivia is so badass, she can catch bullets and throw em back.
#Fringe#BuildABetterWorld - @HOTMAMATEE Olivia went Matrix on her! LOL
#Fringe - @JacobiteRose So… Maybe the observers are related to Olivia and Peter?
#BuildABetterWorld#Fringe - @jimbednarz WHAT THE?!?!?!? DID YOU?!?!?!?! CAN YOU?!?!?!?
#Fringe - @babalonga I have been clapping non stop for Olivia’s awesomeness!
#BuildABetterWorld#fringe - @MariaIreland My stomach is still in knots after seeing
#BuildABetterWorld ,well done#Fringe team
- @jmimi Jedi mind trick!
#BuildABetterWorld - @mdukett why is September stuck? Is Astrid alive? oh the questions are burning
#BuildABetterWorld - @BrandonSalmon I knew Olivia was going to say that at the end… Good finale, ending sets up next season pretty well..
#Fringe#BuildABetterWorld - @F2Az INSANE. I CAN’T BELIEVE BELL’S HUBRIS!!!!!!!!!!
#BuildABetterWorld - @Fringeship If I love this show any more, I will combust spontaneously. Fringe.
#BuildABetterWorld - @Sara_Newell Holy crap! Olivia is a superhero!!
#BuildABetterWorld - @meetDANIELLA The moment when your most favorite television show EVER disappoints you at a time when it should have blown you away. =(
#Fringe - @polivias I actually feel like I can just BREATHE again.
Don’t forget to check out Louise’s Fringe photo recaps.
-M
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‘FRINGE’ Photo Recap: “Brave New World – Part 1″
Do you ever wonder if the Fringe writers have like a checklist in the writers’ room so they can make sure that each episode elicits all of the various reactions within the range of human emotion that you can possibly fit into an hour of television? Based on this episode, I worked up a list, complete with emoticons (which I imagine is how the pros do it). See if you can guess what scenes match the responses:
- “Holy s**t that was awesome!!!”
- “WTF?!”
- [Adorbs overload]
- “LOLz!”
- [Swoon]
- “Wait, am I watching Lost?”
- [Fringe nostalgia]
- “MY HEART WILL NEVER BE WHOLE AGAIN”
- [Plaidgasm]
- “Seriously though. What just happened?”
- [Jaw = floor]
- “I’m hungry…”
- “I CAN’T HANDLE ALL THESE FEELINGS THAT I’M FEELING”
- [Emotional grab bag]
…Okay, so I just wanted an excuse to use the black sheep emoticon. Also, since when is “pizza” an emotion? I’m just saying, it was on the long list of emoticons that I had way too much fun researching for the purposes of this highly scientific chart. But anyway, the point is, this show always makes me feel like I’ve been slapped in the face repeatedly. This episode definitely set the stage for next week. And apparently that stage involves a very not-dead William Bell, which begs the question, what the hell is going on?! Come with me on a magical journey of discovery through this episode, and watch me try to make sense of it by making nonsense of it.
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‘FRINGE’ Photo Recap: “Worlds Apart”
Okay, I’ll just come out and say it. I know we’re all thinking it, so let’s put it out there: my new favorite pairing on this show is Peter and plaid. Seriously, how had I never noticed before how amazing he looks in plaid? It goes so well with his rugged Canadian handsomeness. He looks like a scientist who raided a lumberjack’s closet. And how fortunate that we had plenty of plaid to distract us from all the sadness of this week’s episode.
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‘Fringe’ Renewed for a Fifth and Final Season; In Related News, I Believe It Is Possible to Die of Happiness
My full reaction to this amazing news is forthcoming, but for now, suffice it to say, HOLY BALLS YOU GUYS WE DID IT THIS IS HAPPENING THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND WE WILL GET TO SEE A FIFTH SEASON OF FRINGE SDJGHIUGRWE!?>!#
Whoops, sorry, I got a little carried away there. Anyway, I don’t want to make a big deal out of it or anything, but it’s pretty much the best news since this happened. Fringe is getting a miraculous fifth season run of 13 episodes, which will bring the total number of episodes to 100. If you haven’t read about it yet, check out Entertainment Weekly‘s announcement, along with a teaser trailer for season 5. REJOICE, fellow Fringe fans! And a big group hug/high-five/drum circle/conga line of awesomeness for the entire Fringe fandom. You guys are wonderful! Thanks for taking this ride with me. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to find another box of tissues and fry some bacon for my celebratory peanut-butter and bacon sandwich.
-L
*Update: You can read my full reaction to the news of Fringe‘s renewal over at HuffPost TV.
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‘FRINGE’ Photo Recap: “Letters of Transit”
Here’s the thing about Fringe: There’s only so many times they can crank up the level of epic-ness before we run out of words in the English language to describe it. At this point I feel like I need to make up a word to describe the mind-blowing, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, earth-shattering awesomeness of this show. So here it is: extrasplendinifferous. That’s my new word. This season of Fringe has been extrasplendinifferous. And this week’s balls-to-the-wall future-set episode was no exception. “Letters of Transit” could easily have been the first part of an epic sci-fi movie. Or a spin-off series. Or a graphic novel companion series. Or an amusement park ride. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. That’s another great thing about Fringe—just when you think, “What could they possibly do that they haven’t already done? We’ve got multiple universes, rebooted timelines, flying porcupines… Where else can they take this?” they pull something huge out of their magic hat of fantastic ideas. You thought David Robert Jones was a problem? WRONG. The Observers taking over the world, now THAT’S a problem. I’m sorry Fox, but how are you gonna watch that episode and not give Fringe a fifth season? HOW, I ASK YOU.
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‘Fringe’ as ‘Star Wars’
Happy Fringe Friday everyone! Since I had so much fun dressing the cast up as the Wizard of Oz crew last week, I figured I’d try putting a Fringe spin on one of the most beloved sci-fi legacies of all time: Star Wars! Because the world could always use more Fringe crossover fun and I have no life. Let’s do a quick character rundown of who’s who…
