Fringe: "LSD"
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icepixie...Well. That was a hot mess. And I say this as someone whose favorite episode is still "Brown Betty," so I like it when Fringe gets even weirder than usual.
I just...what was the point of all that? We got cartoons running around in Olivia's mind, and some cheap armchair psychoanalysis of her: she hides when she's scared (Really? 'Cause I got the impression from the rest of the series that she went out and kicked some ass when she got scared), she last felt safe before the Cortexiphan trials (which would be when she was two, and anyway it's not like she even remembered them until sometime in season one), and she's ready to "move forward" past these inner roadblocks that until this episode I was unaware existed. WTF?
And in addition to a negligible character story, we didn't even move forward on the plot very much: okay, Bell's gone for good (until they can get Nimoy again, and thus figure out a way to resurrect him once more), but that's about it. Hell, when Peter and Olivia were alone together at the end, she didn't even mention that the last thing she heard before getting taken over by Bell was Peter confessing that he'd killed the shapeshifters. Has she forgotten? 'Cause I'd think that would weigh on her mind, crazy LSD trip or not.
And the very end is her saying she thinks the mystery man is the man who's going to kill her, which makes no sense. I would ordinarily be okay with that, but following on the heels of this wretched episode, it just pisses me off.
Resolved: the only good things about this episode were Broyles on an acid trip and Astrid calling Walter "Wally" when he got her name wrong again. Okay, I also liked her downloading Zoom for him and offering to watch it with him, but that was it.
I just...what was the point of all that? We got cartoons running around in Olivia's mind, and some cheap armchair psychoanalysis of her: she hides when she's scared (Really? 'Cause I got the impression from the rest of the series that she went out and kicked some ass when she got scared), she last felt safe before the Cortexiphan trials (which would be when she was two, and anyway it's not like she even remembered them until sometime in season one), and she's ready to "move forward" past these inner roadblocks that until this episode I was unaware existed. WTF?
And in addition to a negligible character story, we didn't even move forward on the plot very much: okay, Bell's gone for good (until they can get Nimoy again, and thus figure out a way to resurrect him once more), but that's about it. Hell, when Peter and Olivia were alone together at the end, she didn't even mention that the last thing she heard before getting taken over by Bell was Peter confessing that he'd killed the shapeshifters. Has she forgotten? 'Cause I'd think that would weigh on her mind, crazy LSD trip or not.
And the very end is her saying she thinks the mystery man is the man who's going to kill her, which makes no sense. I would ordinarily be okay with that, but following on the heels of this wretched episode, it just pisses me off.
Resolved: the only good things about this episode were Broyles on an acid trip and Astrid calling Walter "Wally" when he got her name wrong again. Okay, I also liked her downloading Zoom for him and offering to watch it with him, but that was it.
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Date: 2011-04-16 02:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-16 03:04 am (UTC)(That said, Broyles seeing the little cartoon bird just about killed me, and gave the episode an automatic +10.)
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Date: 2011-04-16 03:07 am (UTC)Yeah, like, I can totally, totally already see how this episode is going to be divisive, and people aren't going to like it. I'll be curious to see the reactions trickling in over the next day or so (and whether I need to bug out for a bit, LOL).
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Date: 2011-04-16 03:46 am (UTC)Bwahaha. Yes, indeed. Which just shows that we have good taste, because any show that can appeal on such different planes must be excellent. ;)
FWIW, I've seen nothing but praise for this episode so far. I was expecting it to be more divisive. (Of course, I also expected everyone to dislike "Subject 13" like I did, and most people loved it. I think I'm completely out of sync with the fandom of this show.)
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Date: 2011-04-16 03:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-16 03:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-08 05:28 am (UTC)I really liked Peter in this one - tripping!Peter was hilarious, and the uncontrolled, full-body panic he was in after getting hit by the truck was... startling, but well done. And at least he recognized the fake Olivia this time, although it wasn't exactly rocket science. (Wimpy Olivia = fake, obviously! Oh show, good for you.)
But perhaps the best part of this episode was playing Spot The Stunt We Could Never Afford Outside Of A Cartoon game, bwahaha!
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Date: 2011-06-08 05:48 pm (UTC)Exactly! Argh, this episode. So annoying. I've decided everything but the last line is uncanon.
The only things she hides from are feeeeelings, and I don't think being possessed is a feeeeeeling, exactly.
Wouldn't that be a fun "mood" choice for LJ entries...
I'm gonna have to go with the theory that Peter did "kick something loose" while he was in there, or else Bell did.
Poor Olivia. Her brains have been scrambled from day one on this show.
But perhaps the best part of this episode was playing Spot The Stunt We Could Never Afford Outside Of A Cartoon game, bwahaha!
That was good, but my very very very favorite bit was the little birdy circling Broyles's head. Heeeeeee.