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Episode #: 08

Season: 2

Original Air Date: November 19, 2009

Writer: JH Wyman,
Jeff Pinkner

Director: Dennis Smith

Special guest(s): Michael Cerveris (The Observer), Jennifer Missoni (Christine Hollis), Paul Rae (Donald Long), Peter Woodward (August), Ali Liebert (Danielle), Eugene Lipinski (Observer), Lilly Pilyblad (Ella), Sunita Prasad (Waitress), Amos Stern (Observer)

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Episode synopsis: A peculiar abduction occurs in Boston, leading the Fringe team to uncover details of the mysterious man known as The Observer. While the bizarre case takes center stage, Walter, Peter and Astrid hit the lab to analyze unusual evidence and deal with Walter's insatiable appetite for milkshakes.

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Paranormal occurrence(s):	Appearance of Observers throughout recorded human history
Parties involved:	The Observers
Death(s):	Donald Long, August, 200+ passengers and crew aboard flight
Method(s) used to solve:	Tracing import records of a rare chili pepper
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New clues/patterns:	The Observers know the future, and are aware that Olivia has a hard time ahead
Possible suspects/tie-ins:	The light pattern on the communicator that the Observer used!!!! Green-green-green-red.
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PLOT DANGLERS

What is the hard time that Olivia has ahead of her, and how do the Observers know of it?

The Observers apparently don't know who or what they are looking for, but they know what lies ahead for Olivia, at least in general terms. How?

What are the consequences for killing an Observer?

Will the child Observer discovered in 'Inner Child' take the spot of August?

PLOT HOLES, INCONSISTENCIES OR JUST PLAIN IMPOSSIBLE?
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EPISODE'S BEST QUOTES

"Who is she? Why did you save her?"
"I saw her many years ago. She was a child. Her parents had just been killed. She was crying. But she... she was brave. She crossed my mind... somehow. She never left it. I think... it's what they call... feelings. I think... I love her." - The Observer, August

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Episode 2.08 August Recap

Wild-Kat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:53:50 CST

Back to Fringe Episode 2.08 August FRINGE, EPISODE 2.08 AUGUST RECAP ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 11.19.2009 The Observer looks at his watch and takes notes in some form of symbolic writing while watching a young woman. An older man walks up to him and admires his binoculars. The man gives The Observer an American Flag pin and puts it on his lapel. The Observer thanks the man. He goes back to watching the young woman, closes his binoculars and puts them in a briefcase, which also contains a teddy bear as well. He walks up to the young woman, takes her by the arm and tells her, “Come with me, please.” As she starts to scream, another man tries to stop The Observer but he pulls out some kind of weapon which thrusts the man backward. He injects the young woman with something and shoves her in a car. A security guard fires at The Observer, but he doesn’t flinch. Using his thumb, he is able to start the car and they drive away with the girl in the backseat, unconscious. Olivia is at home napping on the couch. Her niece wakes her and they excitedly plan their day around the map of an amusement park. Olivia’s cell phone rings and her niece is immediately disappointed because she knows that Olivia is going to put off their trip to the amusement park. At the Bishop’s apartment, Olivia talks with Peter about the incident. Walter is in the kitchen making a smoothie in the blender. Olivia asks Walter about “The Observer” and why Walter had previously called him his “friend.” Olivia shows Walter photos of the Observer, who has been seen at over a dozen events. Walter tells of an incident 24 years ago when Peter was a boy. They had driven into a frozen lake and T he Observer jumped in and saved them. Back at the lab, Astrid tells the team that they found The Observer’s book but could not decipher the symbolic writing. They watch the video of the incident, freeze-framing on The Observer, realizing that this Observer is different ant that there must be more than one. They replay a scene again and notice that The Observer caught a bullet in his bare hand. In Lowell, Massachusetts, the Observer sits in a motel room with the young woman. He ties her to the foot of the bed. As she speaks, he speaks the same words almost at the same time. He gags her, puts on his hat and leaves. Broyles tells the Olivia that the young woman is Christine Hollis, a 27 year old student. Olivia ponders why The Observers have only watched for so long but now they choose to get involved. At the lab, Walter says The Observer never told them why he saved them from the frozen lake. Astrid examines the symbols and continues to be frustrated with the writing. Walter receives the lab report back on the blood sample they found in The Observer’s book. The blood has an orange tint, which he believes could be indicative of hemophilia. At Massive Dynamic, a researcher recognizes some symbols that have been found on ancient sites thousands of years ago. He finds several pictures from the 1700’s and finds The Observer in the background, and again in 1914 at another historical event. He explains that their time is not linear like ours and it’s like “they are observing time.” They’ve appear at important moments, maybe 2 dozen occurrences in the last 5,000 years, but recently they’ve shown up 26 in the last three months. In a restaurant, several observers are talking over photographs of the Christine. She was supposed to be on a flight to Italy, and they question why “he” abducted her as he’s “created an irregularity.” An assassin receives a photo of the young woman and prepares for his assignment. In Allston, MA, Olivia and Peter are in Christine’s house talking to her friend who is subletting her house while she was supposed to be in Rome. Peter looks at a family of Christine’s family and learns that they were killed in the big San Francisco earthquake. Behind the father in the picture is The Observer. In the motel room, Christine struggles to free herself. She breaks away from the foot of the bed and falls to the floor. As she does, The Observer walks in with food for her. He is calm despite her attempted escape. He sits her back up and removes the gag. He looks at her wrists and sees that she is bruised, showing concern. He turns on the TV to show Christine why he took her. In the car, Peter and Olivia talk about Olivia’s ruined day with her niece Ella. Olivia tells a story of going to a movie with her Mom and enjoying the time, even though the movie hadn’t started. On the radio, they hear a report of an Italian plane crash – the flight was the same one that Christine was supposed to be on. In the motel room, news of the airplane crash comes on and The Observer tells her he saved her. She is surprised. He tells her he must leave and that he prefers not to gag her, but must for her own protection. Back at the lab, Peter and Olivia discuss why The Observer saved Christine. The blood sample shows high concentration of chili pepper juice, and as it turns out, it is not blood at all; it is from a specific type of pepper, and Astrid start to hunt down the peppers in Boston. At the restaurant, The Observer walks up to the table of the other three Observers. They ask him to explain himself and who Christine Hollis is. The Observer says he has watched her whole life. They tell him they have interfered before only to correct a mistake of their own making. The Observer says he sees her as important, and the group tells him that his mistake will be forgiven, but his mistake must be corrected. Astrid finds that three restaurants and one private person had ordered the chilies previously. The assassin picks the lock of an apartment (which happens to be the same address of the person who had ordered the chilies) and enters with his gun drawn. On the wall he sees photos of Christine, from when she was a child. Walter enters a restaurant, as he’s decoded the note left by The Observer. Walter begs The Observer not to take his son and that he knows what he did was wrong. The Observer says that’s not why he contacted him, he needs Walter’s help. Peter and Olivia enter the residence. The assassin is waiting in the house and puts a gun to Peters’ head. Peter surprises him and hits him. The man escapes. In the restaurant, The Observer tells Walter that he’s interfered in the natural order of events and to correct it the others will try to kill Christine Hollis. He can’t see any course of action that will prevent her death. He believes Walter can help because once Walter saw beyond the limitation of his problems to solve them. Walter asks why she is important and he can’t explain, he can merely see it. He sees it with such certainty, but the other can’t see it. Walter tells The Observer that he must convince the others of her importance and that he must make her important. Of course, he must also be prepared for the consequences. At the residence, Peter and Olivia find a newspaper from 1884. At the motel, The Observer removes the gag from Christine. He asks her if she trusts him. She says she does. Then you must do exactly as I say, He tells her. At the residence, Peter and Olivia wonder what “they” are looking for. They receive a call, somebody spotted the Observer at a motel in Lowell. At the motel, the assassin bursts in. The Observer pops out of the closet and shoots him with his gun first, propelling the intruder backward. The Observer leaves the room with the man in pursuit. The man asks where the girl is. Peter and Olivia pull up. The Observer says, “Good bye,” before he is shot multiple times by the assassin. The assassin shoots at Peter and Olivia. They approach The Observer. He takes Peter’s hand and puts his weapon in it while Olivia pursues the assassin. She climbs the stairs of the motel and walks down the hallway. The man is on a roof, but is shot by The Observer’s gun that Peter has and falls to the ground. Outside, the Observer’s hat is on the ground, but his body is gone. Olivia enters the motel room, calling for Christine. She finds her under the bed, and helps her up. Christine asks about The Observer and Olivia doesn’t answer. The Observer is in the back of a car, with another one driving. He says he saw her when she was a child, after her parents had been killed, she was crying but she was brave. “She crossed my mind somehow. She never left it. I think it’s what they call feelings. I think I love her. Will she be safe now?” he asks. The other Observers says, ” Yes. You made her important.” A tear rolls down The Observer’s face, as he inches toward death. Olivia asks Christine who The Observer was. Christine doesn’t know. He never told her why he saved her. Walter tells her that The Observer asked him to give her something in case he didn’t make it and pulls out a teddy bear for Christine. She looks at it and remembers that her dad won this for her playing skeeball right before her parents were killed. The man shot was Donald Long, an assassin. They do not know who hired him and Broyles tells Olivia that the tip that spotted The Observer at the motel was called in from a motel phone. Olivia asks for the rest of the day off. She is at the amusement park with her niece. The observers are are the amusement parking watching Olivia and her niece, and one says, “Look how happy she is. It’s a shame things are about to get so hard for her.”

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FRINGE, EPISODE 2.08
AUGUST RECAP
ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 11.19.2009

The Observer looks at his watch and takes notes in some form of symbolic writing while watching a young woman. An older man walks up to him and admires his binoculars. The man gives The Observer an American Flag pin and puts it on his lapel. The Observer thanks the man. He goes back to watching the young woman, closes his binoculars and puts them in a briefcase, which also contains a teddy bear as well. He walks up to the young woman, takes her by the arm and tells her, “Come with me, please.” As she starts to scream, another man tries to stop The Observer but he pulls out some kind of weapon which thrusts the man backward. He injects the young woman with something and shoves her in a car. A security guard fires at The Observer, but he doesn’t flinch. Using his thumb, he is able to start the car and they drive away with the girl in the backseat, unconscious.

Olivia is at home napping on the couch. Her niece wakes her and they excitedly plan their day around the map of an amusement park. Olivia’s cell phone rings and her niece is immediately disappointed because she knows that Olivia is going to put off their trip to the amusement park.

At the Bishop’s apartment, Olivia talks with Peter about the incident. Walter is in the kitchen making a smoothie in the blender. Olivia asks Walter about “The Observer” and why Walter had previously called him his “friend.” Olivia shows Walter photos of the Observer, who has been seen at over a dozen events. Walter tells of an incident 24 years ago when Peter was a boy. They had driven into a frozen lake and T he Observer jumped in and saved them.

Back at the lab, Astrid tells the team that they found The Observer’s book but could not decipher the symbolic writing. They watch the video of the incident, freeze-framing on The Observer, realizing that this Observer is different ant that there must be more than one. They replay a scene again and notice that The Observer caught a bullet in his bare hand.

In Lowell, Massachusetts, the Observer sits in a motel room with the young woman. He ties her to the foot of the bed. As she speaks, he speaks the same words almost at the same time. He gags her, puts on his hat and leaves.

Broyles tells the Olivia that the young woman is Christine Hollis, a 27 year old student. Olivia ponders why The Observers have only watched for so long but now they choose to get involved.

At the lab, Walter says The Observer never told them why he saved them from the frozen lake. Astrid examines the symbols and continues to be frustrated with the writing. Walter receives the lab report back on the blood sample they found in The Observer’s book. The blood has an orange tint, which he believes could be indicative of hemophilia.

At Massive Dynamic, a researcher recognizes some symbols that have been found on ancient sites thousands of years ago. He finds several pictures from the 1700’s and finds The Observer in the background, and again in 1914 at another historical event. He explains that their time is not linear like ours and it’s like “they are observing time.” They’ve appear at important moments, maybe 2 dozen occurrences in the last 5,000 years, but recently they’ve shown up 26 in the last three months.

In a restaurant, several observers are talking over photographs of the Christine. She was supposed to be on a flight to Italy, and they question why “he” abducted her as he’s “created an irregularity.”

An assassin receives a photo of the young woman and prepares for his assignment.

In Allston, MA, Olivia and Peter are in Christine’s house talking to her friend who is subletting her house while she was supposed to be in Rome. Peter looks at a family of Christine’s family and learns that they were killed in the big San Francisco earthquake. Behind the father in the picture is The Observer.

In the motel room, Christine struggles to free herself. She breaks away from the foot of the bed and falls to the floor. As she does, The Observer walks in with food for her. He is calm despite her attempted escape. He sits her back up and removes the gag. He looks at her wrists and sees that she is bruised, showing concern. He turns on the TV to show Christine why he took her.

In the car, Peter and Olivia talk about Olivia’s ruined day with her niece Ella. Olivia tells a story of going to a movie with her Mom and enjoying the time, even though the movie hadn’t started. On the radio, they hear a report of an Italian plane crash – the flight was the same one that Christine was supposed to be on.
In the motel room, news of the airplane crash comes on and The Observer tells her he saved her. She is surprised. He tells her he must leave and that he prefers not to gag her, but must for her own protection.

Back at the lab, Peter and Olivia discuss why The Observer saved Christine. The blood sample shows high concentration of chili pepper juice, and as it turns out, it is not blood at all; it is from a specific type of pepper, and Astrid start to hunt down the peppers in Boston.

At the restaurant, The Observer walks up to the table of the other three Observers. They ask him to explain himself and who Christine Hollis is. The Observer says he has watched her whole life. They tell him they have interfered before only to correct a mistake of their own making. The Observer says he sees her as important, and the group tells him that his mistake will be forgiven, but his mistake must be corrected.

Astrid finds that three restaurants and one private person had ordered the chilies previously.

The assassin picks the lock of an apartment (which happens to be the same address of the person who had ordered the chilies) and enters with his gun drawn. On the wall he sees photos of Christine, from when she was a child.

Walter enters a restaurant, as he’s decoded the note left by The Observer. Walter begs The Observer not to take his son and that he knows what he did was wrong. The Observer says that’s not why he contacted him, he needs Walter’s help.

Peter and Olivia enter the residence. The assassin is waiting in the house and puts a gun to Peters’ head. Peter surprises him and hits him. The man escapes.

In the restaurant, The Observer tells Walter that he’s interfered in the natural order of events and to correct it the others will try to kill Christine Hollis. He can’t see any course of action that will prevent her death. He believes Walter can help because once Walter saw beyond the limitation of his problems to solve them. Walter asks why she is important and he can’t explain, he can merely see it. He sees it with such certainty, but the other can’t see it. Walter tells The Observer that he must convince the others of her importance and that he must make her important. Of course, he must also be prepared for the consequences.

At the residence, Peter and Olivia find a newspaper from 1884.

At the motel, The Observer removes the gag from Christine. He asks her if she trusts him. She says she does. Then you must do exactly as I say, He tells her.

At the residence, Peter and Olivia wonder what “they” are looking for. They receive a call, somebody spotted the Observer at a motel in Lowell.

At the motel, the assassin bursts in. The Observer pops out of the closet and shoots him with his gun first, propelling the intruder backward. The Observer leaves the room with the man in pursuit. The man asks where the girl is. Peter and Olivia pull up. The Observer says, “Good bye,” before he is shot multiple times by the assassin.

The assassin shoots at Peter and Olivia. They approach The Observer. He takes Peter’s hand and puts his weapon in it while Olivia pursues the assassin. She climbs the stairs of the motel and walks down the hallway. The man is on a roof, but is shot by The Observer’s gun that Peter has and falls to the ground. Outside, the Observer’s hat is on the ground, but his body is gone.

Olivia enters the motel room, calling for Christine. She finds her under the bed, and helps her up. Christine asks about The Observer and Olivia doesn’t answer.

The Observer is in the back of a car, with another one driving. He says he saw her when she was a child, after her parents had been killed, she was crying but she was brave. “She crossed my mind somehow. She never left it. I think it’s what they call feelings. I think I love her. Will she be safe now?” he asks. The other Observers says, ” Yes. You made her important.” A tear rolls down The Observer’s face, as he inches toward death.
Olivia asks Christine who The Observer was. Christine doesn’t know. He never told her why he saved her. Walter tells her that The Observer asked him to give her something in case he didn’t make it and pulls out a teddy bear for Christine. She looks at it and remembers that her dad won this for her playing skeeball right before her parents were killed.

The man shot was Donald Long, an assassin. They do not know who hired him and Broyles tells Olivia that the tip that spotted The Observer at the motel was called in from a motel phone. Olivia asks for the rest of the day off.

She is at the amusement park with her niece. The observers are are the amusement parking watching Olivia and her niece, and one says, “Look how happy she is. It’s a shame things are about to get so hard for her.”

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Wild-Kat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:42:31 CST

AUGUST

The Observer kidnaps a young woman he first saw over two decades ago in an effort to save her life. In doing so, he "interferes" compelling other Observers to correct the mistake. In the end, the obviously emotional Observer makes the ultimate sacrifice to spare the young woman's life and "make her important."

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WHERE WE ARE IN SEASON 2

	Olivia regains consciousness while shape shifters seek to learn what she knows.	In Seattle a doctor, quenches his addiction to dreams through an implant in his patients.
	A "scorpion-mole rat boy, " born from a father's love, pulls victims underground.	A dark shadow incinerates victims to feed its appetite for radiation.
	A secret military project renders human bodies explosive.	A Massive Dynamic experiment yields a cloned 15 year old with mind-control abilities.
	Olivia recalls her encounter with Dr. Bell to learn she is the guardian to the gate.	Multiple observers emerge as one of their own discovers emotions for a young woman.
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Wild-Kat — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:04:32 CST

November 2009

The man behind The Observer

11/19/09

We've thought a lot about the mysterious bald-headed Observer in Fringe (particularly this week), and then again, we haven't. Sure, we're all discussing who The Observer really is and what his role in the two universes might be, but have you thought much about who The Observer is in our real-life universe?

Good thing for us, USA Today did exactly that and now we know a little bit more about Michael Cerveris who plays Fringe's soldier from the alternate universe. In fact, Cerveris says that when he was first cast for the role, he only knew that he was a guest star on the show. He didn't know that he'd become a significant part of the story until much later.

According to executive producer, Jeff Pinkner, "He's more specifically connected with the overall character mythology of the show than we ever expected."

SOURCE: MICHAEL CERVERIS OF FRINGE RELISHES ROLE OF OBSERVER
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Anna Torv on Olivia Dunham

11/18/09

In an exclusive interview with a very giggly, un-Olivia-like Anna Torv, BuddyTV gathers Anna's insights on Olivia's relationship with Walter, a more emotional Season 2 Agent Dunham, and Peter's relationship with Olivia's sister. (So it seems a fling with her sis would be enough to nix a guy for Anna, but watch and see what she thinks about Olivia!)

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Sneak a peek at this week's Observer on EW exclusive vid

11/17/09

The wave of excitement continues to build -- The Observer is everywhere, just ask bugaboo628, who spotted an in depth (aka **SPOILER**) video on The Ausiello Files.

Take a peek (if you dare) or hang tight and don't **spoil** the fun.

SOURCE: FRINGE EXCLUSIVE: WATCH A PREVIEW OF THIS WEEK'S BIG OBSERVER EPPY NOW
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The next wave: Observer week arrives

11/16/09

We know The Observer is going to do more than observe on this week's Fringe, and in honor of Fringe's most mysterious character, FOX is unleashing a viral promotional spree right on point!

During "Observer Week," you'll find these bald-headed, well dressed men in live Fox telecasts and also in other Fox shows and openers, such as "So You Think You Can Dance." You'll likely even spot an observer or two passing out Tabasco sauce in and about some major metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Boston and Chicago, reports Variety.

So as another "Easter Egg" hunt is in full swing, so Fringe fan boys, please report in if you observe The Observer!

SOURCE: FOX SETS FRINGE CAMPAIGN
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The Observer does more than observe

11/13/09

Though Of Human Action was an episode worthy of water cooler gab, as we learned more about Massive Dynamic and their so-called research, the thing that got me the most excited about the episode was clearly the preview for next week's episode, August.

In case you missed it the preview, you can check out the trailer below -- please observe that the Observer does more than observe. August may very well be an episode of the same insightful caliber as Momentum Deferred.

Any theories on what next week might hold?

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Earthling ratings disappoint

11/12/09

As we all know, bad schedules can kill good shows, and though DVR viewing can help, sometimes it just ain't enough. Clearly, Thursday nights (one of the most fierce television time slots around) aren't doing Fringe any good, and moreover, the recently inconsistent programming schedule due to the World Series did a doozy on the Earthling ratings as well, but the two combined left Fringe at an all-time low in the Nielsen ratings.

The LA Times doesn't beat around the bush with the article, "Five Things that could Help Fringe". Read the full list and tell us if you agree -- is this what's needed to keep Fringe in our universe?

# 5 - Stop beating around the bush. We want more of the story finally revealed in Momentum Deferred.
#4 - Crack out the "Lost" DVD and add more "deep character development."
#3 - Stop killing your bad guys so fast.
#2 - Pick up your loose ends. (Or is this supposed to elicit an image of "fringe" in the literal sense?)
#1 - Move back to Tuesday. Exclamation mark.

READ FULL ARTICLE: FIVE THINGS THAT COULD HELP FRINGE
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The secrets behind Momentum Deferred

11/11/09

The storm is coming, perhaps the last and worst storm is coming, and when it is over, I fear there will be little left of our world.

Producers Jeff Pinkner and J. Wyman discuss the secrets behind Momentum Deferred, the monumental episode where William Bell explains "the first wave" and the "last and worst storm.

Watch the video and listen to how the Fringe masters explain:

The first wave
Hybrids
If William Bell is telling the truth
What William Bell is inhaling
Walter's personal journey
Religion and science
Who is the leader

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Earthling Easter Eggs

11/10/09

Did your watchful eye observe the bountiful Easter Eggs in Earthling?

Timestamp: 03:40 --- We see some type of decorative decor. The emblem it is projecting is that of the Zodiac sign "Taurus."

Timestamp: 21:59 --- As SAC Broyles is reading through the Top Secret document supplied by his friend, we see the date "28 April 2003."

The Zodiac sign Taurus begins on April 20th but does not reach the peak of it's power until April 28th. Coincidence? That's up to the viewer to decide, however there are so many coincidences on this show, who knows...

Also, here is the news story about a Russian space mission that took place on April 28th, 2003.

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For more super spots and finds from Fringe wiki member extraordinaire sac.broyles, collects them here on the FBI Fringe Division Blog.

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Walter meet Homer

11/9/09

I had to read it twice myself to believe it, but two seriously alternate universes are set to collide this week when the usual paranormal Fringe "Easter Eggs" will instead be references to The Simpsons.

Fringe isn't alone in this unusual mash-up though. In a 20th anniversary celebration of The Simpsons, FOX is putting together a scavenger hunt together that will feature snippets of The Simpsons on other hit FOX shows, including Fringe. We should expect to see "references that wouldn't be too obscure, though still fun to spot."

It all starts this week on FOX!

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Earthling Ratings, down but up!

11/6/09

According to the TV Business report Fringe had a ratings loss after the two-week baseball hiatus, but their ratings were still up over last year's Fall ratings.

"FRINGE also returned after a two week hiatus to post a 1.7/4 among Adults 18-49 and so far this season shows substantial gains compared to FOX’s regular programming in the time period last Fall, increasing +21% among Adults 18-49 and +40% in Total Viewers. "

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When Worlds Collide: Fringe / New Moon Mash-up

11/5/09

I'm not quite sure the meaning of all of this, save for it's the end result of a Fringe/Twillight superfan with lots of time on their hands. But it is extremely well edited and puts a new twist on two completely different franchises. You have to give them kudos for linking these two series together at least in imagery! What do YOU think?

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Fringe goes deep with Agent Broyles on "Earthling"

11/5/09

Last night's World Series victory for the Yankee's is also a great sign for Fringe fans -- Earthling returns tonight, and we should expect to dig deep into the mysterious life of Agent Phillip Broyles and learn more about his relationship with Massive Dynamic mogul, Nina Sharp.

The Show Patrol caught up with Lance Reddick for a pre-Earthling interview and Reddick revealed that tonight, we're going to meet the ex-Mrs. Broyles and much more about "why he does what he does," according to Reddick.

Also, when asked if Reddick thought there might be an alternate universe Agent Broyles out there, Reddick tells us:

That will be tricky. I don't know. That will be tricky, but it's entirely possible. I mean, if we're dealing with parallel universes and we've already seen glimpses of other Charlies in déjà vu moments in episode, I think it was 116. So, the truth is, I don't know and I think it will be tough to avoid it the more involved with get in it.

Other interesting trivia -- Reddick apparently read for the part of Charlie, but was cast as Agent Broyles instead. For more nitty gritty on Lance Reddick and Fringe Division big wig, Agent Broyles, you can read the full interview here.

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Episode photos from "Earthling"

11/3/09

While Thursday night's TV schedule is still tentative based on the World Series, we've got a sneak peak at Earthling right here! Get a glimpse of some great episode photos to see what's in store for us on Fringe.

Stay tuned for news on when Fringe returns...

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Multiple nominations for Fringe in TV DVD awards

11/2/09

Great news for Fringe and Fringe fans alike, as today's news confirms what many of already know -- Fringe is quality TV!

The nominees for the Sixth Annual TV DVD Awards, sponsored by Home Media Magazine, Agent DVD Magazine and TVShowsonDVD.com have been announced and Fringe Season1 appears in three categories, including Best Current Series, Best Extras, and Best TV Blu-ray!

Voting is now open to the public, so get those fingers poised and vote for Fringe right here on the Agent DVD site. Voting is open through November 20th.

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After a cargo ship runs aground, the shoreline becomes littered with bodies of hosting a giant squid-like creature. The Fringe team descends upon the scene to examine the bodies and discovers that the mysterious organisms are actually giant parasites.

As the investigation unfolds, Walter heads back to the lab while Olivia, Peter and Broyles race against time when they realize the case has ties to a threatening organization.

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OMG! MOMENTS

she's impressed with my knowledge

we'll have chinese tonight

EPISODE TRIVIA

Puttin' on my top hat

Top of the world son

something came up?

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Episode #: 14

Season: 1

Original Air Date: February 10, 2009

Writer: David H. Goodman
Story: Robert Chiappetta
Glen Whitman

Director: Norberto Barba

Special guest(s): (Chance Kelly) Mitchel Loeb; (Michael Gaston) Sanford Harris; (Jared Harris) David Robert Jones; (Clark Middleton) Edward Markham; (Noah Bean Kenneth Tigar) Warden Johann Lennox; (Philip LeStrange) Tommie; (Chinasa Ogbuagu) NID Agent #1; (John WuClark Middleton) Edward Markam; (Eric Lenox AbramsAdam Ludwig) German Prison Guard #1; (Henning Fischer Elizabeth Davis II) Joanne; (Chad Gittens Anthony Mazza) ND Swat #1; (Robert Matzelle) ND Swat #2; (Ben Van Vergen) Customer, Paramedic, Davis, German Prison Guard #2, and ND FBI Tech.

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Episode synopsis: German agents question Olivia about her "relationship" with David Robert Jones, an escaped prisoner questioned months earlier now living in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Fringe Division investigates a threatening case where victims die faceless from their orifices suddenly sealing. With few leads and many questions, German authorities turn to Olivia, Peter and Walter to help make sense of the return of Mr.Jones and the foreboding mysterious occurrences. As the investigation unfolds, Olivia is put to the test.

On Hold: The exploration of Gene's udders in the name of science.

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Date / Location:	February 2008, Wissenchaft Prison, Germany
Paranormal occurrence(s):	Scar tissues growing over all of the human body's orifices, suffocating the victim.
Parties involved:	Mr. Jones, the ZFT, Massive Dynamic, FBI
Death(s):	Tommie Avery, an FBI Agent (Officer Kemp). The newspaper vendor.
Method(s) used to solve:	Olivia's newfound mental abilities to be able to defuse a bomb by looking at the lights.
Technology used:	Toxin that causes rapid growth of scar tissue; a drug, cortexiphan, which eliminates the limitations of the human mind
New clues/patterns:	The ZFT manuscript, which speaks of alternate universes and invaders from those universes.
Possible suspects/tie-ins:	Mr. Jones, Nina Sharp, Walter Bishop
Conclusion(s):	Walter (or someone from his old lab) wrote the notes about the genes. He still had his typewriter with the 'y' that upshifted, so they were his writings that were never published.
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PLOT DANGLERS

Who (if anyone) abducted Jones at the end?

What are the other nine tests?

How did Walter learn of the other universes and their intentions toward this one?

Is ZFT working with Massive Dynamic? If not, how do they know about Bell's cortexiphan tests?

What was the "unthinkable" that Walter inferred would happen to Jones, or anyone after teleporting? Does this relate to his note of "ability" at the end?

Why was Nina's arm malfunctioning? Why did it get better? And what connection does it have to the invading universe's somewhat more advanced technology?

Did the bomb make Nina's arm "act up" or malfunction? After the bomb was turned off, Nina's arm is now better, how?

Is the Observer from the invading universe?

Was the "Walter" that Walter saw at the asylum in "The Equation" a hallucination, or one of the invaders? (suggesting the possibility of mirror universe counterparts)

If it is the invading universe that has somewhat advanced technology, how is it that ZFT and Massive Dynamic seemingly have access to it?

How does Walter seemingly have knowledge of so much advanced technology that seems to have come from the alternate universe?

Will Astrid report or pursue Walter's statement that Jones will transform into something "unthinkable?

Did Walter type the ZFT manifesto? William Bell also worked in the lab and had access to the typewriter.

Is there more to Walter than we're seeing or being led to believe? Does Walter know what was done to Agent Dunham?

PLOT HOLES, INCONSISTENCIES OR JUST PLAIN IMPOSSIBLE?
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Despite the fact the typewriter has been sitting in Walter's lab for over a decade, the ink ribbon still works.

The old phone in Walter's lab, last removed by Peter in ep.1.12 No Brainer, reappeared in this episode.

EPISODE'S BEST QUOTES

"How come when nobody knows and it doesn't make sense, they come to us?" - Peter

"Two thoughts to come to mind. The first, that this affliction might have been caused by a mutation, changing these lipids to seal any and all orifices. Did they check his anus and penis?"
"You think we could get the answer to that question without me in the room?" - Walter, Peter

"I was hoping you might have one of your... weird connections."
"Weird connections?"
"They're always a little weird."
"Well, you're always a little weird." - Olivia, Peter

"It's... fascinating, isn't it? I was just reading it whilst sitting on the crapper."
"Please, no more information than that." - Walter, Peter

OMG! MOMENTS

Olivia's ability to turn the lights off with her mind with only seconds to spare.

Walter sitting at his typewriter and revealing to the viewers that the manuscript was typed on that typewriter.

The huge hole in the wall of Mr. Jone's hospital room.

The look of pure astonishment on the Observer's face as the newspaper vendor stumbles into him.....he does not usually display any emotion.

Nina revealing that William Bell conducted trial of Cortexiphan at the military base in Jacksonville, Florida

EPISODE TRIVIA

Mark Valley is no longer credited as a series regular..

The Observer can be seen as the news vendor Tommie stumbles down the sidewalk.

In the previous episode, as Olivia enters the dreamscape hotel room, a reflected motel sign reads "ZFT," a clue to the group's involvement in this episode.

The toxin bomb is on the 47th floor: "47" being a number J.J. Abrams slips into his shows.

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"Transformation"

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Episode #: 13

Season: 1

Original Air Date: February 3, 2009

Writer: Zach Whedon
J.R. Orci

Director: Brad Anderson

Special guest(s): Rachel Dunham (Ari Graynor), Daniel Hicks (Felix Solis), Marshall Bowman (Neal Huff), Gavin (Armando Riesco), Agent #1 (Darby Totten), Agent #2 (Ash Roeca), Agent #3 (Guisseppe Jones), Conrad (Al Sapienza),Gavin's Man (Chris Lapanta), Mom (Dina Comolli).

Featured song(s): "Oxygen" by Colbie Calliat

Episode synopsis: When the Fringe Division delves into another bizarre occurence aboard an international jumbo jet, freakish remains are discovered at the crash site. Memories tip the team toward some promising leads, but the bigger picture and mysterious threat eludes them. With limited obtions and insufficient intelligence, Olivia and go undercover.

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I really sliced this one

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Paranormal occurrence(s):	A virus that turns a human into a beast.
Parties involved:	Conrad, John Scott, Bowman, Hicks, Gavin
Death(s):	Bowman, 147 passenger on flight 718
Method(s) used to solve:	John Scott and NSA agent's Hicks inside knowledge about the bio-weapon deal constructed by Conrad. Antidote obtained during the undercover transaction.
Technology used:	A glass data storage disk the size of a dime that ties into the DNA of the living host.
New clues/patterns:	A terrorist group that enjoys producing bioweapons to sell to the highest bidder, Conrad is the leader of a cell.
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PLOT DANGLERS

How were Hicks and Bowman dosed with the designer virus, and by who?

Why were Hicks and Bowman targeted for death?

Which "side," if any, are Gavin and Conrad working for?

What will happen to Hicks now that he is exposed as a deep cover agent for NSA?

How did Peter know about the White Horse around Oxford New College? [Did Peter actually go to college? We know he faked MIT credentials]

When the creature breaks out of bathroom on plane - it clearly has a lower body. When they recover the body there is no lower body.

When the plane is flying over the tree line past the soccer field, it looks as if something jumps from the plane right before impact. Similar effect that was used at the end of Cloverfield.

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EPISODE'S BEST QUOTES

"The typical number of young in the litter is usually equal to half the number nipples on the animal. The number of nipples being the maximum litter size. Humans, for example, one child is the typical. Maximum, twins. Barring extraordinary cases when the young exceed the number of nipples."
"God, I hope I never have to hear him say the word 'nipple' again." - Walter, Peter

"Bishop's House of Horrors." - Peter

"Prep Hicks. Ready or not, we're administering the antidote."
"An experiment. How exhilarating." - Olivia, Walter

"This is an antidote. While I can't guarantee will actually work, I do have a recorded IQ of..."
"196."
"Really?" - Walter, Astrid

"You didn't have to come with me, you know."
"Shady deals with shady guys in shady hotels is my MO." - Olivia, Peter

"That signal would be ...."
"'Christmas.'"
"We all look forward to seeing how she works that into the conversation." - Charlie, Olivia

OMG! MOMENTS

When Olivia saw John Scott in the lab at MD!

EPISODE TRIVIA

The Observer can be seen at the Scarsdale soccer field on the left side of the screen in the opening shot.

The plane that crashed is Flight 718. In the previous episode, there is a sign at the autodealership saying "Lease for $718.00 a month."

The name of Conrad Etienne Moreau could be a reference to the H.G Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau in which Dr. Moreau had experimented on animal human hybrids out of sheer curiousity much like Conrad

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Episode 1.15 Inner Child

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Episode #: 15

Season: 1

Original Air Date: April 7th, 2009

Writer:Brad Caleb Kane
and Julia Cho

Director: Frederick E.O. Toye

Special guest(s):(Jeremy Shamos) The Artist; (Spencer List) The Child; (Matt Mulhern) Dennis; (Alicia Goranson) Tattoo Girl; (Carolyn Feldschuh) Older Woman; (Jimmy Palumbo) Mike; (Erik Palladino) Eliot Michaels; (Nelson Pena) Junior Agent; (Robert Payne) Agent; (Victor Williams) Phil; (Phil Nee) Archie; (Sandra Daley) Dr. Winick; (Mary Lou Schriber) Nurse.

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Episode synopsis: Just second before a building is demolished, a mysterious mute child that has been living alone underground is discovered. When FBI's Fringe Division investigates, the boy forms an unspoken connection with Agent Olivia Dunham.

Meanwhile, an especially gruesome serial killer resurfaces and showcases his "artistry" by displaying his work publicly. As the boy gradually assimilates into a new environment, Olivia and the team must race against the clock to prevent the mad man from further macabre.

Mnemonic devices seem to work but they don't help his typewriter's "Y" key.

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kid stays at your place
I don't have room

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Paranormal occurrence(s):	Child with overdeveloped powers of empathy; connects emotionally to Agent Dunham.
Parties involved:	Fringe team, CIA, Observer(s), Dr. Winick
Death(s):	The Artist, Samantha Gilmore, the lady and the dog
Method(s) used to solve:	'Junior Observer' psychic power.
Technology used:	Walter's neurostimulator, voice modulator, voice simulator (to capture the child's thoughts into audio signal)
New clues/patterns:	There is more than one Observer, someone is "seeding" Observers in underground chambers
Possible suspects/tie-ins:
Conclusion(s):
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PLOT DANGLERS

How does the Child tie in with everything? Is he somehow linked with the Observer?

Why was there negative energy from the Child when he was looking at the Observer?

Did Eliot really work for the CIA, and what did he mean we he said "we found another one" while speaking on his cell phone?

What is Rachel trying to tell Olivia?

How did the Child end up in the concealed underground chamber? Eliot says he "found" another one, meaning his people didn't put the Child there. So who did?

How can the Child survive in a real foster family if he is really another Observer?

How much does Eliot's CIA Research & Development branch know about ZFT and the invading alternate world?

Why did Eliot so easily accept Broyles' story at the end? And will there be any consequences for Broyles failing to live up to his "personal guarantee" they'd turn the boy over?

When the Fringe team first met the child in Boston Children's Hospital, Peter received a text message on his cell phone and step aside to read it. The Child has a strange look on his face. Who texted Peter? What message did Peter received?

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How did Olivia's handfull of colorful M&Ms suddenly turned all yellow? (When she pour it out, there is only one or maybe two yellows in there.) The magic of TV.

Eliot wouldn't normally have any trouble tracking the Child to his foster home, as the doctor is following the official process.

How comes things moved to the OPPOSITE SIDE when Olivia leaves the room? The analogy of the Opposite Side

EPISODE'S BEST QUOTES

"Dr. Bishop? Any thoughts?"
"Perhaps. First I need a piece of special equipment. My turntable."
"Is that some kind of lab equipment?"
"No, no, a turntable. Record player. You enjoy music, don't you, Mr. Broyles? Well imagine the agony of having an extensive record collection and having no means to play it."
"The agony."
"I'll have someone get right on it." - Broyles, Walter, Peter

"Unless you have an IQ higher than mine, I am not interested in what you think." - Walter

"Walter. Olivia's here, she needs to talk to you. Walter!"
"Could she come back later? I'm about to step in the bath."
"No, she can't come back later. It's the middle of the night. She needs to talk to you right now."
"Honestly, Peter, can't a man get... Agent Dunham. Peter, why didn't you tell me Agent Dunham was here?"
"I'm pretty sure I did." - Peter, Walter

"Oh, Peter, don't be such a prude. I'm sure Agent Dunham knows what a penis looks like. Don't you, Agent Dunham?"
"My father, ladies and gentlemen." - Walter, Peter

"My dear, there is much that is unexplained. Until it is."
"In short, he has no idea." - Walter, Peter

"Walter, the last time you used that thing, you drilled it into the guy's head."
"If you think he'll find it disagreeable... I suppose it could be modified."
"Really? You didn't think to mention that to the last guy?" - Oliivia, Walter, Peter

"After that, it's a simply a matter of synthesizing the impulses. Think of it as creating artificial vocal cords."
"Simple. Like making an omelet."
"Actually, son, a good omelet is far more complex, eh?" - Walter, Peter

OMG! MOMENTS

The Observer watching the boy Observer riding to his foster family.

How the boy was found under the ground.

EPISODE TRIVIA

In the previous episode, Tommie's newsstand has a yellow evergreen on the awning, a clue to the Artist's identity in this episode.

The glyph code for the week spells out WALTER.

The G.I. Joe figure and Pete's believing it should look different is a clue to his true nature revealed in "There's More Than One of Everything."

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Season: 1

Episode: 01

Original Air Date: September 9, 2008

Writers: J.J. Abrams, Alex
Kurtzman and Roberto Orci

Director: Alex Graves

Guest Stars:

Jason Butler Harner as Marvin Steig & Richard Steig
Peter Outerbridge as Dr. Reyes

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Synopsis: When Flight 627 lands with all the passengers and crew dead, FBI Agent Olivia Dunham is called in to investigate. A search for assistance leads her to Dr. Walter Bishop, who has been institutionalized for the last 17 years. Gaining access to Dr. Bishop requires pulling his estranged son, Peter, into the effort. Under Agent Phillip Broyles, the trio discover that the Flight 627 mystery is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth.

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Date: September 2008

Location: En route from Hamburg, Germany to Boston, MA.
Logan Airport, Boston
Baghdad, Iraq

New pattern occurrence(s):

Flight 627 lands with all passengers/crew dead; their carcasses are decayed and transparent

Parties involved:

Morgan Steig, Richard Steig, John Scott

Death(s):

Morgan Steig (Passenger 108)
All other passengers/crew on Flight 627

Method(s) used to solve:

Investigation by joint task force of Dept. of Homeland Security, FBI, CIA

Technology used:

Deaths caused by derivative of Vietnam War-era compound
Plane lands using Pearl Auto-Pilot System
Synaptic Transfer System used to extract evidence

New clues:

At U-Case Storage facility in Chelsea, MA, a guard on duty reports, in his words, two "suspicious Middle-eastern men handing a white guy a briefcase" at 3:00 a.m. The "white guy" is Richard Steig.

New characters introduced:

The entire cast, duh.

Possible suspects/tie-ins:

Richard Steig planted the deadly compound with his twin brother, Morgan.
R. Steig's last employer was Massive Dynamic
R. Steig was threatened by Agent John Scott, as evidenced in a tape recording
Agent Scott kills R. Steig in the hospital, then is killed in a car wreck while being chased by Agent Dunham
The carcass of Agent Scott is brought into Massive Dynamic for questioning

Conclusion(s):

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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PLOT DANGLERS

Why was Morgan Steig on Flight 627?

Why did Broyles send Olivia to the storage facility?
Why did Broyles warm up to Olivia all of a sudden?
What is The Pattern?
How did the airplane land safely?

How does Nina Sharp know about the FBI's intelligence concerning "The Pattern"?

EPISODE'S BEST QUOTES

"Well, let me assure you: we'd be happy to treat you as family, too." - John Scott

"I thought you'd be fatter." - Dr. Walter Bishop, first words to Peter in 17 years

"You wanted my father, now you've got my father, which falls into the category of 'be careful what you wish for'... sweetheart." - Peter Bishop

"Oh! I just pissed myself. Just a squirt." - Dr. Bishop

"I need ginger ale. Haven't had some in a long time. Miss it." - Dr. Bishop

"The only thing better than a cow is a human. Unless you need milk... then you really need a cow." - Dr. Bishop

"Is that a cow?" - Charlie Francis

"Excellent, let's make some LSD." - Dr. Bishop

"I'm going to count to one... One!" - Peter Bishop

"Ask yourself why Broyles sent you to the storage facility." - John Scott to Olivia before he died.

"How do we protect people when corporations have higher security clearances than we do? When we're not fully briefed on half the things we're investigating? You know, when the truth... the truth is we're obsolete." - Charlie Francis

"And this is a show for children? Surprisingly profound for a narrative about a sponge!" -Walter

OMG! MOMENTS

Seeing Nina Sharp escorting John Scott's deceased body down a conspicuous corridor and giving the command to interrogate him.

When John Scott got up at the hospital and smothered the Steig twin suspect
When the pilot's face melted off.
Seeing the cow walking through Harvard.

EPISODE TRIVIA

In a possible nod to Lost, Morgan Steig was passenger 108. In Lost, the numbers had to be entered into the computer every 108 minutes.

The name of the airline is Glatterflug which translates as "smooth flight."
Broyles briefly describes how John Thompson and 46 other kids were reported lost in 1998 and found halfway around the world in 2008 without having aged a day. Another one of these kids was Adam Sears, as described in the Fringe comic book prequel issue.
In both the pilot episodes for Lost and Fringe, a pilot dies.
On Sunday, Sep. 14, 2008, this episode was broadcast in an "encore presentation," along with the "sneak peek" lead to Episode 1.02.
The Observer can be seen outside Massive Dynamic as Olivia pulls up.

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The "Synaptic Transfer System" grossly oversimplifies the complexity of the brain and its activity. In reality, much more information than brainwaves would be needed to accomplish such a feat; as the name implies, the state of every synapse (of which the human brain has hundreds of trillions) would have to be known.

Agent Charlie Francis gets a tip about two suspicious "Middle Eastern" men seen handing off a case to a man in a self-storage yard. The tip comes from "Back Bay PD," however there is no Back Bay PD as the Back Bay is a section of Boston therefore the tip would come from Boston PD.
The self storage yard is in Chelsea, Mass. Chelsea, adjacent to Boston, has its own police department. It is incorrect to have a "tip" come in from the non-existent "Back Bay PD," if a tip was to come in, it would be from Chelsea PD.

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1.16 "Unleashed"

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Episode #: 16

Season: 1

Original Air Date: April 14, 2009

Writer:Zack Whedon
J.R. Orci

Director: Brad Anderson

Special guest(s):(Craig Alan Edwards) Matt; (Tim Gallin) Ken; (Keith Nobbs) Carl Bussler; (David Pittu) Robert Swift; (Chris Jackson) EMT; (Kiersten Warren) Sonia Francis; (Rafi Silver) Jonathan Swift; (Jeremy Zorek) Tuck.

Featured song(s): "No You Girls" -Franz Ferdinand, "Trashcan" - Delta Spirit, "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"

Episode synopsis: As animal rights activists ransack a laboratory, they get more than they bargained for when one of the caged "animals" unleashes a ferocious appetite.
Leaving grotesquely mutilated dead bodies in it's wake, the scientific engineered beast- with body of a lion, claws of an eagle, fangs of a viper, skin of a rhinoceros and a tail of a serpent - attacks Charlie. With Charlie's life on the line, Walter must come face -to - face with both his past and the beast.

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did you see the teeth and tail on that thing!

Date: April 2009

Location:

Paranormal occurrence(s):	A manmade animal created by melding DNA from various animals, using bat DNA to prevent cellular rejection
Parties involved:	Swift Laboratories, Cameron Denglmann
Death(s):	Cameron Denglmann, Jonathan Swift, three other activists, two animal control workers, one hybrid beast
Method(s) used to solve:	- Using the monster's larvae as bait, luring the monster to an intersection at the sewage system and killing monster with a .50 caliber gun with incendiary rounds! - to save Agent Charlie Francis: inject monster's blood into his body, confusing the lava, so that they stop consuming Charlie and eventually starve to death.
Technology used:
New clues/patterns:
Possible suspects/tie-ins:	Walter Bishop, Walter Bishop's assistants in 1989
Conclusion(s):
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PLOT DANGLERS

Will Charlie Francis be changed after having the creature's bloood injected into him?

PLOT HOLES, INCONSISTENCIES OR JUST PLAIN IMPOSSIBLE?
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EPISODE'S BEST QUOTES

"It's an omelet."
"It's not an omelet!"
"Oh, my...ugh! Walter, why is there an ear in the omelet?"
"It was an experiment. It was a protein-rich incubator. It was growing."
"It was growing? That's perfect."
"No, it's not perfect. You just ruined it." - Peter, Walter

"Whatever did this doesn't appear to be indigenous to the area."
"Well, wherever it is indigenous to, I don't want to live there." - Broyles, Charlie

"How interesting."
"Some would say disgusting." - Walter, Peter

"This is quite delicious."
"Where did you get that?"
"In the car, uneaten."
"What is the matter with you?"
"Oh, forgive my son. He's been in a mood all day."
"I just figured "don't eat the evidence" goes without saying." - Walter, Peter

"Are you okay? Did you take something?"
"Psychedelics? No, not since Thursday, no" - Peter, Walter.

"Could you carry these, son?"
"Sure thing."
"Be careful. We must be very gentle with them."
"Right, 'cause we wouldn't want to hurt the monster babies." - Walter, Peter

"I need to tinkle. Could either of you direct me to the facilities?"
"The facilities? You're in the sewer, Walter. You're knee-deep in the facilities." - Walter, Peter

OMG! MOMENTS

The larvae bursting out of the stomach of the dead MIT student, now that was 'gross'!

When Walter drank the poison and locked the gate

EPISODE TRIVIA

The Observer can be seen behind the reporter on TV as Charlies watches the news report.

The glyphs for the episode spell out "Peter."

In the previous episode, the Artist's first victim has a tattoo of a griffin on her left arm. The griffin, a mix of two different animals, is a clue to the creature's nature in this episode.

Kirk Acevedo (Charlie) and Kiersten Warren (Sonia) are real-life husband and wife.

ratings : 18-49 4.5/11 18-34 3.3/9 11.50 Million #1 in it's time period.

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Episode 1.17 Bad Dreams

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"Bad Dreams"

VITALS

Episode #:17

Season: 1

Original Air Date: April 21, 2009

Writer: Akiva Goldsman

Director: Akiva Goldsman

Special guest(s):(Ari Graynor) Rachel; (April Grace) NYPD Detective; (Lily Pilybald) Ella; (David Call) Nick Jane; (Laurie Williams) Dr. Miller; (Victor Verhaege) Billy Willis; (Johanna Day) Mouse Willis;(Kelly Briter) Ginger; (Ed Vassallo) Manager; (Darren Copeland) Bouncer; (Rebecca Naomi Jones) Risa Pears; (Duane McLaughlin) Todd Pears.

Featured song(s): "Nellie The Elephant" by The Suicidal Mom, "Via Veneto" by Lou Monte, "Starstruck" by Lady Gaga

Episode synopsis: As a suicide incident occurs at New York's iconic Grand Central station, Agent Dunham simultaneously witnesses the event while asleep and dreaming in Boston. Rattled by the extraordinary and coincidental circumstances, Olivia, Peter and Walter investigate further, but keep coming up empty-handed.

As these violent occurrences continue and worsen, Olivia is sent into an unthinkable direction and shocking details emerge about the ZFT manuscript, the highly experimental drug Cortexiphan and Olivia's childhood.

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I like my coffee, Hot

Date:

Location:

Paranormal occurrence(s):	Olivia Dunham has dreams during which she kills innocent people. The next day, she finds out that those people were either murdered or committed suicide.
Parties involved:	Olivia Dunham, Nick Lane, Walter Bishop, William Bell, the ZFT
Death(s):	Risa Pears, Billy Willis, Ginger (strip dancer), woman on the roof
Method(s) used to solve:
Technology used:	REM Stimulator
New clues/patterns:	Cortexiphan test subject activated to become warriors, Walter and William Bell were running Cortexiphan on Olive (Olivia) and something went wrong.
Possible suspects/tie-ins:	The ZFT and the mysterious "lawyer," Nick Lane, William Bell, Massive Dynamic
Conclusion(s):	Do we ever really have a conclusion? Or just more questions...
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PLOT DANGLERS

Did Walter test Cortexiphan on Olivia?

Why can Peter calm Olivia when she is under the REM Stimulator?

Who is the woman with Walter and William Bell in the old video? Could it be Nina Sharp?

Is the fire in the old video related to the fire when Walter's lab assistant was killed?

How come Olivia suddenly starts to feel Nick? What triggers this? (remember Nick checked out of the mental hospital 4 months ago, this could not have been happening to Olivia for 4 months?)

How many other "sleeper soldiers" are out there?

Who went to St. Jude to activate Nick Lane? (Guy with glasses who falsified his identity as an attorney) Can Olivia be "awoken" by the same words?

Was Mouse Willis cleared of the murder charge? If so... how?

PLOT HOLES, INCONSISTENCIES OR JUST PLAIN IMPOSSIBLE?
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EPISODE'S BEST QUOTES

"I thought you might have teleported to New York in your sleep and killed her. Wouldn't that have been wondrous?" - Walter

"She had a bad dream."
"No, I could smell the platform. I saw her baby staring at me. I saw her face before I saw the news. How is that possible?"
"Opium?" - Peter, Olivia, Walter

"What is mankind's oldest dream?"
"World peace?"
"Oh, hardly. It's a social construct imposed by an awareness of our own mortality."
"Should have gone with "great taste, less filling." - Walter, Astrid

"You know, until this year I'd never actually been to a mental hospital."
"Learn to like new things." - Peter, Olivia

"Where's the fire? I always loved that expression, which is curious, since my lab assistant was killed in a fire." - Walter

"I've always wanted a two-headed goat. Where can I get a subscription?" - Walter

"What is the greatest desire of the weak and the subjugated? Of the man whose fire is stolen by an opponent whose only advantage is the luck of superior size?"
"We're stealing fire?"
"I think we're cavemen in this story."
"Whose woman is wrenched away by brutality and force."
"Sexist cavemen at that." - Walter, Astrid, Peter
Charlie " Suspects last known address is St Jude's Mental Hospital" Bishop: " Well, I'm not going there"

OMG! MOMENTS

Walter's video of little Olive!

Olivia realized she was linked to Nick by Cortexiphan!

The 'Kiss' !

In the video of little Olive there clearly is a burnt bed and voiceover of Walter trying to comfort her... "...it's not your fault... you didn't mean to..."

EPISODE TRIVIA

The Observer can be seen walking past an ambulance at the building where people are "infected" by Nick's emotion to jump off the roof.

The code word for this episode is BELLY.

The clue from the proceeding episode is a label saying "Red Balloon Lager" on a beer keg outside of Carl's house at MIT.

Walter is singing "Corner of the Sky" from the musical Pippin. As Astrid notes, the Jackson Five did a remix of the song. In "The Two Towers," John Noble played Denethor, and the hobbit Pippin sang to him.

The number "47" features prominently on Nick's board. The number appears in many J.J. Abrams' projects, and was the floor where the bomb was located in "Ability."

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"1.19 The Road Not Taken"

VITALS

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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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):
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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?

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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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"1.18 Midnight"

VITALS

Episode #: 18

Season: 1

Original Air Date: April 28, 2009

Writer: J.H Wyman & Andrew Kreisberg

Director: Bobby Roth

Special guest(s): (Jefferson Mays) Nicholas Boone; (Trieste Dunn) Valerie Boone; (Daniel London) Agent Feiken; (Kate Guyton) Helen; (Justin Hagan) Neil; (Richard Short) Bob Dunn; (Angelina Assereto) Club Girl; (Ward Horton) Mustang Man; (Lauren Fox) Fiane; (Dante Nero) Mako.

Featured song(s): "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus, "Tear You Apart" by She Wants Revenge, "Closer to You" by Daniel Ash, "Candy Darling" by Daniel Ash, "Discipline" by Nine Inch Nails, "Burning Up" by Ladytron, "Once You Say" by Nitzer Ebb

Episode synopsis: The Fringe Division is on the case when severely mutilated bodies devoid of spinal cord fluid begin to pile up. After their investigation leads them to a scientist with possible ties to the Z.F.T. bioterrorist cell, they are shocked to discover the identity and motive of the killer.
When the kills occur with increasing frequency, Olivia, Peter and Walter go to desperate lengths to stop them.

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Phyllis and Syphilis, both with an orangey zest.

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She finally said yes, after 17 ep's!

Date:

Location:

Paranormal occurrence(s):	Spinal fluid sucking female vampire
Parties involved:	Dr. Nicholas Boone, ZFT
Death(s):	Bob Dunn, guy in mustang, Boston PD's first victim at pier, another guy at the water side at Weymouth, Dr. Boone
Method(s) used to solve:	super penicillin mix with Boone spinal fluid as vaccine.
Technology used:	Strain of extinct Syphilis virus from CDC used to create XT43 contagion.
New clues/patterns:	William Bell funded ZFT, ZFT ran tests to show off to other scientist what they can do.
Possible suspects/tie-ins:
Conclusion(s):
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS & PLOT DANGLERS

Other than William Bell, who else did Dr. Boone disclose to Olivia that has ties with ZFT?

What is Peter building in Walter's lab?

What is the significance of the title?

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EPISODE'S BEST QUOTES

"You know what this reminds me of, Peter?"
"Nope, but I'm gonna guess it's something unbelievably disgusting."
"Shrimp cocktail. You see, the shrimp must be deveined by putting a shallow cut down the back to expose the vein. Which in fact, is not a vein at all, but the crustacean's intestinal track."
"Great, thanks for that. Another foodstuff I can cross off the menu for life." - Walter, Peter

"Hey, are you okay?"
"Why?"
"Well, you were awfully quiet on the car ride over here and you just don't seem your normal, chipper self at a bloody, gruesome crime scene."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm, umm... it's home stuff."
"Well, I know from home stuff. I live with a guy inspecting a severed spine." - Peter, Olivia

"You're suggesting that someone chewed his spine out?"
"Yes. But with a jaw strength well in excess of that of a normal human being."
"Great. Well, maybe we're looking for Dracula."
"Ha ha! Finally, son; you're opening your mind to new possibilities. But no, there are no vampires, sadly. But it'll be something exciting, I'm sure." - Peter, Walter

"The killer took the victim's spinal fluid? Why would they would do that?"
"Where would be the fun if we already knew all there is to know?" - Astrid, Walter

"Benzyl alcohol. A colorless liquid used as a bacteriostatic in solution for injection, topically as a local anesthetic. Personally, I like to use it as a mouthwash." - Walter

"I am forming a hypothesis. Would you care to hear?"
"Well, I don't know. Would I ever be able to sleep at night again?"
"Well, that depends."
"Depends on what?"
"On whether the light is on or not." - Walter, Peter

"Now you're my kind of guy. What is that?"
"A handheld thermal radiometer. It tells me if you're hot."
"So..."
"So you're definitely hot. But, I'm looking for someone with syphilis."
"Uh, okay." - Club Girl, Peter

OMG! MOMENTS

Shrimp Cocktail + ripped open spine, gross!

Vampire lady almost biting into Olivia

Dr.Boone's wife screaming uncontrollably after being given the antidote!

Peter admitting he's a closet romantic

EPISODE TRIVIA

The Observer can be found in the first club scene, passing behind Bob,the first victim a few times. Before he talks to the blonde, and after she and her b/f walk away.

The glyphs for this episode spell out "Eight."

PHOTOS

I'll make a fire and we can look out over the dump	Peter and Olivia searching for sources of high temperature to find Dr.Boone's wife
Who is naturally blond?	Wait, don't shoot him! He's on your team!

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