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Torley
09/18/09

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I didn't expect Fringe to have a shapeshifter so soon, but part of this is having watched Heroes' Sylar with that power. The neat twist was how that soldier crumpled/squashed his face before inserting the three-pronged thing.

~*~ SPOILERS ~*~

I was sad to hear of Kirk Acevedo's firing on Facebook — but as ambiguity exists whether over this, I hope Kirk playing a compelling character will continue on in someway. (Do the shapeshifters transfer memories? I wonder.) In a show like this, the door's open, as we've already seen alt-Charlie. Like Roklimber, I found what was coming obvious after Charlie did his own variation on the "I'm a cop and I've got two weeks until retirement" tale.

I'm not fond of the new female agent so far, she wasn't really memorable and she doesn't have a character counterbalance yet (as the wordplay between Walter and Astro... Astrid so often delights) but I'll need more episodes to decide.

The typewriter analogue of an Internet chat room was pretty cool. Had a steampunk vibe without being overly ornate.

And to kick of the second season of Fringe, here's me, showing you how to play the Fringe Theme on piano!
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Roklimber
09/18/09

@Torley: Nice playing!
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franklinshepard
09/18/09

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Question - will The Observer be back this season? I thought I heard that Michael Cerveris won't be returning since he's based in NYC, and the show now shoots in Canada.
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Roklimber
09/18/09

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Somewhere along the first season, somehow, Walter and his team sneaked into my subconscious and did something to me that made me start liking this show.

I was almost giggling in anticipation of the crazy things that would happen in the season premiere, but the car scene (you'll know what I'm referring to when you see it) just blew my mind.

- SPOILERS below -

I was sure that Olivia would really die but that then it wasn't "our" Olivia, but the Olivia from the alternate universe, who would have traveled here and be caught in that accident. Sadly, I was wrong.

I saw what happened to Charlie long before it happened. It was way too obvious.

The new agent is HOT.

Peter's line to the doctor - "Doctor, back off!" - was awesome.
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Roklimber
09/18/09

@Roklimber: Oh... damn, I forgot to pay attention to the Observer. I'll have to watch the premiere again to see where he appears.
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Coen
09/18/09

@Roklimber: Right at the beginning, when the man runs away from his car.
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Roklimber
09/18/09

@Coen: Ah! Thank you!
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Trai_Dep
09/18/09

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You forgot the biggest tip of all, Lauren: Beware the COW!
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Vexxarr
09/18/09

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Did anyone catch the X-Files reference during the congressional hearing? Could that mean a Sculley or Mulder crossover episode? Squeee!???
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J_Frank_Parnell
09/18/09

@Vexxarr: I caught it. Also, in the beginning when the shapeshifter went to that guy's apartment to kill him, the TV was showing an X Files episode.
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ShyamaliDawgument
09/17/09

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Why do we get to hear about Gene (not that we shouldn't) but not about Astrid? She's awesome!!!
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
09/18/09

@ShyamaliDawgument: Exactly.
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MargaretMoony
09/17/09

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Cow! Cowie! Cow! Can you tell I love Jean the Cow?
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
09/17/09

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As it's a cow (and not a bull) shouldn't it be "Jean" and not "Gene?"
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Lassus
09/17/09

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Is there going to be a Fringe livechatter?
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Experiment626
09/17/09

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I'm tempted to watch because Cedric Daniels is here. (What's his real name?) But he'd better speak. In. The. Same. Exact. Way. With EX-CE-LLENT E-NUN-CIATION.
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Jeriba
09/17/09

@Experiment626: He does. It's one of the highlights of the series for me.
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Lassus
09/17/09

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That picture of Astrid and the cow is easily the most awesome thing I've seen all week. Thank you.
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sydneyb32
09/17/09

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There is also the fact that Olivia's powers are likely destructive as well since at the end of Bad Dreams Walter watches a video where young Olivia is sitting in a blackened room with a huge hole in the wall and everyone is freaking out. Good grief I love this show!!
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it must be bunnies
09/17/09

@sydneyb32: Yes, I think that Olivia may have inadvertently killed Walter's assistant.
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fraying
09/17/09

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Great recap! But I thought Walter wrote the manifesto. Was it Bell? Or both?
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acrobatic rabbit
09/17/09

@fraying: well it was sort of alluded to that Walter helped contribute to the manifesto. I don't recall it ever being fully explained.
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Annalee Newitz
09/17/09

@fraying: Yeah, it was Bell but Walter had a copy of it. And possibly contributed to it, but that isn't ever stated explicitly.
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naugahydeinplainsight
09/17/09

@fraying: I also thought it was Walter, especially after the scenes when he matched what I thought was his typewriter to an anomaly in the typescript. But I see how the machine might have been Bell's or how Walter might just have helped.
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Trai_Dep
09/18/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: I recall that Walter especially wrote the missing chapter on ethics. But I'm not positive.
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Joey Comeau
09/18/09

@fraying: At first it seems like Walter wrote it, when he matches the type (y) to the typewriter in his lab. In a later episode he shows everyone else, explaining that it's "bellie's" typewriter. And that Bell had written it.

Though he was less than honest about the drug trials, so it may still turn out otherwise.
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keggers
09/18/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: Was it the same model as the one the shapeshifter used?
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naugahydeinplainsight
09/18/09

@keggers: The Selectric 251? Nope. An old manual, as I recall.
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NathanIrwin
09/17/09

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Thank you for remembering to include the cow.
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RaveX
09/17/09

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I, for one, like Astrid, and don't approve of you calling her "The Cow".
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