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"1.19 The Road Not Taken"

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Episode #: 19 Season: 1
Original Air Date: May 5, 2009
Teleplay:Jeff Pinkner
Story: Akiva Goldsman		 Director:Frederick E.O. Toye
Special guest stars: (Michael Cerveris) The Observer, (Jennifer Ferrin) Nancy Lewis; (Clint Howard) Emmanuel Grayson; (Richard Bekins) Isaac Winters; (Frank Bonsangue) Bus Driver, (Michael Gaston) Sanford Harris
Featured song(s): "Traveling Riverside Blues" by Robert Johnson
Episode synopsis: Her first bad dreams became reality, and now Olivia is "dreaming" while awake, seeing elaborate bleak visions of things not really there. While investigating the disturbing case of a woman who apparently spontaneously combusted, Olivia throws caution to the wind and mines her unexplained visions for clues.
Meanwhile, Walter comes clean about his prior knowledge of the Z.F.T. manifesto, and Peter's secret project is revealed and yields surprising help in unraveling the mystery.


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1.19 The Raod Not Taken
Burn baby burn ..disco inferno

Date:
Location:
Paranormal occurrence(s):
 Pyrokinetics self-immolation
Parties involved: ZFT, Sanford Harris, Isaac Winters
Death(s):
 Susan Pratt, an American student in Budapest, an FBI agent, one of Harris' men, Isaac Winters, Sanford Harris
Method(s) used to solve:
 Searching for clues in the parallel universe; using phone tone-dialing.
Technology used:
 Peter's device capable of reading imprints in vinyl records, or glass, and recovering sound vibrations recorded therein
New clues/patterns: -Someone presumably with the ZFT removed the ethics chapter of Bell's manifesto for their own sinister purposes.
-The Arthur C. Clarke novel Childhood's End is featured prominently on Susan Pratt's bookshelf, as an obvious touchstone and homage to the similarities in thematics between the two works.
Possible suspects/tie-ins:
Conclusion(s):
See the bigger picture: Fringe Conspiracy ››
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PLOT DANGLERS

  • Why did Walter leave with the Observer Where did they go?

  • Is Nina dead?

  • Was Isaac Winters the lawyer who released Nick Jane from the asylum in "Bad Dreams"?

  • Who was Sanford Harris reporting to?

  • Who removed the ethics chapter from Bell's manifesto?

  • How did the Charlie in the alternate universe get the scar by his left eye?

  • When Olivia went over to the alternate universe, where was her counterpart?

  • What was the quarantine lockdown that the alternate Olivia ordered in the parallel universe?

  • What is the connection of Lennox Hill to Susan Pratt?

  • What happened the last time when the Observer appeared with this kind of frequency? When was that?

  • If each choice we make/not make leads to a different path, how many different realities will there be?
PLOT HOLES, INCONSISTENCIES OR JUST PLAIN IMPOSSIBLE?
Add unbelievable incidents or sci-fi faux pas to this list!




EPISODE'S BEST QUOTES

  • "It's possible we're dealing with a case of spontaneous human combustion."
    "I thought that was just a myth."
    "Oh, a myth is just an unverified fact."
    "Maybe she was hit by a tiny meteor."
    "It's also possible." - Walter, Peter


  • "Matter is just energy waiting to happen. The average adult at rest contains enough potential energy to explode with the force of five very large hydrogen bombs."
    "You know, theoretically, you're actually right."
    "Ho ho ho ho! My son finally agrees with me. Agent Farnsworth, take a note of that." - Walter, Peter


  • "You know, Walter, working with you, it's amazing the sort of things you get used to."
    "You're not the first person to tell me that." - Astrid, Walter


    • "I was prone to hide things because I was afraid that someone would unlock all my secrets. I didn't realize the someone would be me." - Walter


    • "Lab rule #1: Do not borrow Walter’s equipment without asking." - Walter

    • "I fell like I'm losing my mind."
      "Oh, I don't think so. If you were actually going insane, you'd likely have no idea what's happening. Take it from me." - Olivia, Walter


    • "I've seen this woman before. Why does she look so familiar?"
      "Maybe because you dissected her twin sister yesterday. Remember? Blond girl about 5'7". Really well done. Melted fillings."
      "Oh, right." - Walter, Peter

    OMG! MOMENTS

    • When Harris answer the phone (from the call made by Olivia's cell phone dail tone application)

    • Harris blowing up...!

    • Nina getting shot by two men in ski masks
    • When Walter left with the Observer
    EPISODE TRIVIA

    • As a cross-promotion of series creator J.J. Abrams' upcoming movie Star Trek, Clint Howard (himself a guest star on three incarnations of that series) is named after Spock's mother, claims to be Spock himself, mentions Khan Noonian Singh, and has confused the ZFT conspiracy with the plot of Abrams' movie, involving time-travelling Romulans.
    • The glyphs spell out VISION.
    • Possible clue for next episode - one of the book on Susan Pratt's book shelf entitled "Now Face to Face" (Bell and Dunham meeting face to face)






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    Wild-Kat Episode 1.19 The Road Not Taken - Discuss Away! (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) 152 May 21 2009, 11:11 PM EDT by rancor34
    Thread started: May 5 2009, 7:59 PM EDT  Watch
    Thoughts on the episode? Fire away!
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    gil_cdn ep.1.19 The Road Not Taken - thoughts and questions (page: 1 2) 23 May 9 2009, 1:09 PM EDT by Woolyworm
    Thread started: May 6 2009, 6:17 PM EDT  Watch
    An absolutely amazing episode, jammed pack with intense emotions and excitements. We have been sitting on the edge of our sofa, in front of the TV for the entire time, palms sweating and hyperventilating at points.

    THOUGHTS (or observations):

    #1: It started with the Department of Justice - Department of Homeland Security logo, not the usual FBI logo .... and according to Harris, Broyles has the Fringe team occupying the entire 13th Floor!

    #2: Thank God, they finally decided to seriously study the ZFT Manifesto (included in each DHS agents briefing packets), unfortunately the version they have is the 'cult' version, missing the last chapter "The chapter of ethics" where "someone has removed it to serve their own purpose!"

    #3: Did Susan Pratt went on the bus with MD advertising on its side? Coincidence?

    #4: Walter confirmed that the typerwriter (with the elevated "y") belongs to William Bell, he purchased it on a rainy day!

    #5: Who else sing / yell out GHOSTBUSTERS when Peter & Walter said "If there is something strange, in the neighborhood .... who you gotta call ......." I did!

    #6: How come in the "bleak" alternate reality that Olivia see, everyone is more tense, angry and agitated! So Nancy Lewis died in the "bleak" alternate reality and not our current reality? And in this current reality, instead of being a twin with Susan Pratt, Nancy went missing 11 years ago! ..... hard to keep up with what happen in one (1) reality, let alone multiple ones! (head started spinning)

    #7: Gross moment - cut out charred jaw with teeth still intact (for dental record scan)

    #8: Did you notice the burnt Susan Pratt eyes were Green (check out her driver's licence) and she is a loner, not much social life, has wardrobe of black and grey .... coincidence?

    .... more to come .....
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    Keyword tags: ep.1.19 The Road Not Taken Olivia Dunham
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    erich_torn Scientific theories behind the plot - educate yourself 3 May 8 2009, 6:24 AM EDT by erich_torn
    Thread started: May 8 2009, 4:34 AM EDT  Watch
    The theories behind the plot of "Fringe" manifested or were made most clear in this 19th episode.
    There is one theory which is directly related to "Fringe", and two which have auxiliarry relation.
    The former is theory called Everettics, which assumes a possibility of "parallel" Universes, which all together comprise a Multiverse.
    This theory, initially proposed in 1954 by american physycist Hugh Everett III, was recently expanded by works of russian physicist Mikhail Menskiy (Михаил Менский). The key element in Menskiy theory is that our consciousness is what creates "new"/"parallel" Universes - thus our consciousness is acting as a "brancher" (in fact, not only human consciousness, but any system with memory, which is in contact with system/"Universe" under investigation). {Now recall explanations of Dr.Bishop S01E19 on 20th minute}.
    According to Everettics axioms, two phenomenon exist: "branching" and "merging".
    "Merging" is a phenomenon of interaction between the Universes, this interactions occuring on different levels (not only physical events {Observer}, but also transfer of information from one Universe to another {ZFT manifesto is a knowledge which came from another "side", being a "prophecy" in our "reality"/Universe}).
    Two auxiliarry theories, which have relation to Everettics are:
    a) That the universe is in some sense a holographic structure — proposed by David Bohm;
    b) That consciousness is dependent on holographic structure — proposed by Karl Pribram.
    This two theories have a relation with recent developments made by Menskiy.
    In 2000 Menskiy proposed a descriptive theory of Existence - he called it Crystal (others immediately started calling it "Menskiy Crystal").
    Menskiy Crystal is in essence a hologram, and closely relates to Bohm theorie that all is hologram.
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    Keyword tags: everettics fractal fringe fox fringe show hologram hugh everett iii menskiy crystal parallel universe quantum physics walter bishop
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