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    Image of mekki mekki
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    I've noticed that they have been hiding not only Observers in every episode but, lately, glyphs as well.
    lab where the worm monsters were being extracted from the bodies last week. There were several on the graffiti wall where Olivia and fake Charlie were fighting at.) This week there was a butterfly on the glass window of the mental hospital's activity room.

    And once again, Abrams managed to slip in a Star Wars reference with Olivia's license place of 1C3PO1.

    The most heartbreaking scene for me was during the slide show when Walter was asked what he thought when he looked at certain pictures.

    Picture of a kid on the beach.
    WALTER: Peter!
    Picture of pudding.
    WALTER: (giggling) Peter!
    Picture of a casket.
    WALTER: (tearing up.) ....Peter...

    It reminds you just how much Walter thinks of his son.
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    12/11/09

    In reply to Ali Larter Will Rock A Silver Miniskirt In UFO, But Can She Help Christopher Nolan-Ize It?
    I always thought the SHADO acronym was kinda lame: Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization. But it was a nod, I think, to SHAPE: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe.

    I'm holding out for NEATO: Near Earth Aerospace Treaty Organization.
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    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    I noticed Astrid was carrying a sidearm (a Glock I think, same as Olivia, and currently FBI issue IIRC) when she was in Walter's old house. So she's not just a technician.
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    12/11/09

    @Chip Overclock: She's always been called Agent Farnsworth so I assume she's been through the FBI academy. I bet the weapon's usually nearby when she's in the lab (not near enough last week though).
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    Image of Rocketknight Rocketknight
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    Right. So I saw an excerpt from last week's episode that showed an Observer and I can't find the Observer from this week's episode. Somebody wanna point it out to me?
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    12/11/09

    @Rocketknight: When Peter, Olivia and the rest of the FBI unit are charging down into the subway to find Walter via the GPS signal, right on the street, way in the background is the Observer standing right behind a white car with a yellow wall behind him. He is blurry but it's hard to mistake the pale guy in a suit with a Fedora for anyone else.
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    12/11/09

    In reply to Ashes Explains The Ending Of Life On Mars And More
    I'm pretty damn happy with this. Bring Simm back.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    12/11/09

    In reply to Ali Larter Will Rock A Silver Miniskirt In UFO, But Can She Help Christopher Nolan-Ize It?
    It is like watching a live-action version of Sealab 2020.

    Oh, but seeing as how the remake is being directed by a Visual Effects Supervisor and may have Ali Larter in it, Jackson is sure to come off as a semiprecious gem set in an old, rotten sandwich. let's hope it pays off his house or something.
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    Image of DrMathochist DrMathochist
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    We haven't seen the bowling alley guy because he's busy trying to get Veronica into AA in Mercy.
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    Sane Walter was insanely scary. He turned into someone that I thought could beat up his kids.
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    Image of Emma C. Moore Emma C. Moore
    12/11/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Or send them off on a suicide mission to retake Osgiliath from the Orcs.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    12/11/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Yeah. It was like someone flipped his sinister switch. From his very first sane line (which was totally innocuous) I was crossing my fingers that he'd be crazy again by the end of the episode.
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    12/11/09

    @Emma C. Moore: OH MY GOD. I didn't realize that was Walter until you just said it! I knew I recognized him from somewhere when I started watching the show!
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    Tangent: Does anybody else get a kick that the major bad guys have middle names? Thomas Jerome Newton. David Robert Jones.

    I hope they keep doing this... it's those extra syllables that makes them sound so evil! Mwaaaah ha ha!
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    12/11/09

    @Bigdamnhero: ... Ashley Edward Miller?
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    Okay, it's that time again...

    So who else responded to Broyles' "There's only one Walter Bishop" with "There's more than one of everything, agent Broyles..."
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    12/11/09

    @Chuck: This is going to turn into some kind of audience participation thing at cons in the future, like Rocky Horror or OMWF.

    Oh, and yes.
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    12/11/09

    @Bigdamnhero: I still like the idea of a sci-fi bar where we can all watch it on projection TVs and invent drinking games...
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    Excellent episode. I even take back my griping about last week's episode; if they do one of these every so often, I'll forgive a few ho-hums...
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    That was the first full episode of Fringe I watched and I liked it! John Noble is at his best when he plays someone maniacal and powerful. Walter Bishop, Crazy Russian Consulate, Lord Denethor...
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    Getting that glimpse of the fully restored Walter was my favorite part of the episode. We finally get to see a bit of the amoral son of a bitch that Peter remembers. The question is, is that Walter gone for good, now that the brain bits are dead?
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    12/11/09

    @Bigdamnhero: You know, as much of a Walter fan as I am, I'm not at all sure we'd be better off with a fully restored Walter...
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    12/11/09

    @Chuck: Me neither. This new Walter I think is the truly mad one. I'm thinking that Belly is actually a good guy by removing those parts of Walter's brain and hiding them. But that would mean that Newton (Paris) was previously working for Bell, and now against him.
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    Image of Strick Strick
    12/11/09

    @Chuck: Fringe would loose a great deal of its charm without crazy Walter. I want the Walternate to be like the sane Walter we saw briefly, only really, really pissed off.

    That way we can have both flavors. :D
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    Image of Chuck Chuck
    12/11/09

    @Bigdamnhero: Sane Walter Bishop is the only potential TV character that scares me more than an Evil Sheldon Cooper
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    Edited by Chuck at 12/11/09 9:14 PM Chuck was starred Chuck was unstarred
    Image of ElimGarak ElimGarak
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    One sci-fi inaccuracy that was driven home in this episode for me was the GPS "chip". Most sci-fi gets that wrong unfortunately. A GPS system requires a power source, an antenna, a tuner to get the right frequency, processing to calculate the actual location, and finally a transmitter to send out that information to a receiver. It can be miniaturized to the size of a watch - but not to the size of a microchip.

    Not to mention that eddy currents generated by the MRI magnets would fry the chip in microseconds.
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    Image of Bruce White Bruce White
    12/11/09

    In reply to Fringe Solves the Mystery of Walter's Madness
    Last night's episode was one of my favorite, probably just because it was so "Walter-centric".
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    Bruce White was starred Bruce White was unstarred
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