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| Friday, January 15, 2010 08:20 PM |
| On the Viewer - Fringe (Season 2, Episode 11 - "Johari Window") |
 by Fëanor |
Just so you know, SPOILER ALERT!
Cop picks up a kid who's walking alone by the side of the road. It's hard to tell yet if it's the cop or the kid who's going to turn into a hideous monster. Hmm...
Turns out it was the kid! And more monsters showed up, killed everyone, and took him back. Way to encourage the stereotype that ugly monsters are crazy killers, ugly monsters!
I'm sad that Walter has taken such a big step backwards in terms of his social fear and awkwardness. Not to mention his ability to tell reality from fantasy.
The weird hum in town is supposedly from a nearby military base. Uh huh. That's definitely not the last we'll hear of that.
Maybe everybody in Edina is secretly disfigured? And it only becomes visible when they leave the town limits? Maybe the hum is something that's keeping them from looking like monsters? Hmm.
Hey, Teddy's got a Batman comic! Or at least a comic with Robin in it. Good choice, Teddy!
Heh. Walter slept through a car accident and part of a gunfight.
Olivia comforts Peter after he's killed someone, telling him the first time's hard. I can't help but wonder if it really is his first time.
Here come the classified military experiments! I think we all knew something of that sort was on the way.
I bet that butterfly's gonna be a mutant now. And the dead guy's gonna be a monster again.
Bam! Called it! In fact, I think I already have the great majority of this episode figured out. Nobody's transforming back and forth; everything in Edina is really a deformed monster. It's only the humming thing that's keeping them all from looking that way all the time. I'm also betting the "Elephant" in "Project Elephant" is a reference to the Elephant Man.
Yes! Another Walter and Astrid team-up!
Walter removes an ancient, dust-covered box of Devil Dogs from a locker.
Walter: "Oh look! Devil Dogs! I love these!"
Astrid: "Walter, we can get you a fresh one."
Walter: "A friend of mine once wrote that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
It does not surprise me at all that Walter was friends with Arthur C. Clarke.
I don't so much like Walter lying to Astrid and leading the both of them into danger. Dumb move! (Also, I was totally right about everything. Hee hee!)
Walter really seems to have regained a lot of his confidence and energy. I wonder if it's all due to the fact that he's working again, or if it might have something to do with the electromagnetic pulse in town?
Hey, Astrid and Teddy are definitely not playing Operation by the rules. I'm just saying is all.
Walter has changed a lot. He's advocating against examining mutants! I think the story behind the mutants - of a father's love for his child - really hit him where he lives.
Peter: "You did something brave, too. The way you spoke up for those people. You didn't have to do that, Walter. I'm proud of you."
Walter: "I'm glad you choose to see me the way you do."
That was a very moving exchange.
Not a particularly clever episode, as I solved the mystery about five minutes in, but it ended up being emotionally effective anyway, with the usual strong moments of character development, especially for Walter. I approve. |
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