i only caught up with the last week's episode because i didn't think we'd get a new ep when everything else is on hiatus. it worries me that they seem to be burning through the rest of the season, but hopefully these new eps against not much other competition will give fringe a ratings boost.
other than that, i'm also sort of puzzled by what happened in this ep and i agree with the following two things in particular:
Not so much at having to sit through a few brief scenes of her asking him if he wants to go to a street fair or something, but the way in which I do not get why they're together at all. I miss the scenes where she was quietly withdrawn and he was trying and failing to connect with her in clumsy ways. I miss the pain of that because it felt authentic in a way this doesn't, because I don't really feel the pain of that was ever resolved. It was resolved through Olivia's sheer determination not to be broken because Peter suggested to her that she was (which is interesting since I don't think, deep down, he wants to believe that at all). In itself, that's kind of heartbreaking too, but...I don't know anymore.
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He's reminding me of Walternate. I hope this is intentional. I hope Olivia gives him hell about this. I hope it was largely down to the Machine affecting him because otherwise I think I'm going to struggle with what I think of him.
yes. if this turns out to be a long arc about peter being under the influence, then kudos to fringe. but i'm not sure it is. also, i know this will end in utter heartbreak for olivia, who is totally putting herself out there and taking a risk and it will not be rewarded. so unfair.
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other than that, i'm also sort of puzzled by what happened in this ep and i agree with the following two things in particular:
Not so much at having to sit through a few brief scenes of her asking him if he wants to go to a street fair or something, but the way in which I do not get why they're together at all. I miss the scenes where she was quietly withdrawn and he was trying and failing to connect with her in clumsy ways. I miss the pain of that because it felt authentic in a way this doesn't, because I don't really feel the pain of that was ever resolved. It was resolved through Olivia's sheer determination not to be broken because Peter suggested to her that she was (which is interesting since I don't think, deep down, he wants to believe that at all). In itself, that's kind of heartbreaking too, but...I don't know anymore.
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He's reminding me of Walternate. I hope this is intentional. I hope Olivia gives him hell about this. I hope it was largely down to the Machine affecting him because otherwise I think I'm going to struggle with what I think of him.
yes. if this turns out to be a long arc about peter being under the influence, then kudos to fringe. but i'm not sure it is. also, i know this will end in utter heartbreak for olivia, who is totally putting herself out there and taking a risk and it will not be rewarded. so unfair.