Fringe 4.22 and Supernatural 7.22
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superbadgirlYou know, I still hate the Leviathan plot. I still think they're a tad over the top and silly, but I have to say that the guy playing Dick Roman has that slimeball charm thing down pat. He's creepy, yet oddly fascinating to watch. Or is it just me?
Poor Kevin Tran. Are we really to believe they let his mom go just like that? Him too? Sure, who's going to believe them if they told the truth, but it just seemed a little like letting the sweater unravel there.
I officially hate the Bobby-is-a-ghost thing. It's just ... it's Bobby. I don't like that they killed him, but I like even less that they're going to turn him into an involuntary monster that either goes to the light himself or the boys have to kill him. Even if I'm not feeling Supernatural the same way I used to, that's crappy. Also, there was a non-bad ghost in the Winchesters' past - that one that was stuck in a neverending loop with the guy she and her husband accidentally ran over. Of course, she never knew she was a ghost, so I suppose she didn't count. Also, if Bobby could leave them to scout at the alpha vamp's house, what good is them leaving the flask somewhere and then going off to talk without him being able to follow?
Ah, the virgin girl locked up in the all pink room and is secretly in on the whole thing. Don't really have much to say about that, because it's fairly obvious as far as these things go. It would have been nice had Sam and Dean wondered why she was so all-fired calm about being held captive and pure for a vampire's feeding routine. I know they said Stockholm Syndrome, but come on, heroes.
Alpha vamp: see you next season. Oh, subtle, Supernatural. So subtle. I knew before that that since we had two PoC, one of them was going to be dead before the end of the episode.
Hmmm, Crowley. Are we going to be able to trust him?
Had I been coherent enough to give an actual post on last week's Fringe episode, I would have mentioned my suspicions about Jessica Holt. She was too calm and cool with the whole "gonna die" thing. I'm generally skeptical of TV people who can remain that calm. Perhaps it happens in real life, but I'd imagine that when people face imminent doom in a horrible way, they might panic.
Hmm, Peter started out with his sling under his coat, then when they got to the hospital, it was outside his pea coat. But, WHEW, ASTRID IS OKAY.
William Bell is quite the megalomaniac, isn't he? I rather enjoy that Fringe was trying to make us believe it was all David Robert Jones, but he ended up being a giant red herring. I had thought Leonard Nimoy had officially retired from acting, but I'm glad he came back for this.
I also rather enjoy that Fringe managed to weave things we'd previously seen somewhat logically into this episode - September's bullet wound, the bullet Ella wore around her neck in the future (and knowing the timeline, we also knew the pregnancy would be revealed), the ominous announcement that "they" are coming. I also like that despite having these bits dangled in front of us, all the speculation in the world couldn't have brought me to the answers that were revealed. I'd assumed Bell would kill Olivia, but what he did was so much worse. When Walter saw the gun and bullets, I knew. I knew it would be him, but the efficient way he did it was ... wow. Cold. Amazing, as it was still somehow very shocking. I also liked that Walter whacked Peter to get him out of his grief so they could magic science Olivia back to life.
Broyles gets a promotion. A BIG promotion! It made me a little uneasy, though, when he and Nina walked away laughing. I remember the future. I also can't seem to let go of Nina's other versions being so nasty to trust this one completely.
I'm not much more coherent this week, apparently. I have to say this episode was filled with glorious, glorious magic science and I kind of wish it had ended before September visited Walter. Meaning, I wish it had ended that way and didn't get renewed. What can I say, though the Epic Romance of Olivia and Peter is totally predictable and sometimes schlocky, I love it. So there.
Poor Kevin Tran. Are we really to believe they let his mom go just like that? Him too? Sure, who's going to believe them if they told the truth, but it just seemed a little like letting the sweater unravel there.
I officially hate the Bobby-is-a-ghost thing. It's just ... it's Bobby. I don't like that they killed him, but I like even less that they're going to turn him into an involuntary monster that either goes to the light himself or the boys have to kill him. Even if I'm not feeling Supernatural the same way I used to, that's crappy. Also, there was a non-bad ghost in the Winchesters' past - that one that was stuck in a neverending loop with the guy she and her husband accidentally ran over. Of course, she never knew she was a ghost, so I suppose she didn't count. Also, if Bobby could leave them to scout at the alpha vamp's house, what good is them leaving the flask somewhere and then going off to talk without him being able to follow?
Ah, the virgin girl locked up in the all pink room and is secretly in on the whole thing. Don't really have much to say about that, because it's fairly obvious as far as these things go. It would have been nice had Sam and Dean wondered why she was so all-fired calm about being held captive and pure for a vampire's feeding routine. I know they said Stockholm Syndrome, but come on, heroes.
Alpha vamp: see you next season. Oh, subtle, Supernatural. So subtle. I knew before that that since we had two PoC, one of them was going to be dead before the end of the episode.
Hmmm, Crowley. Are we going to be able to trust him?
Had I been coherent enough to give an actual post on last week's Fringe episode, I would have mentioned my suspicions about Jessica Holt. She was too calm and cool with the whole "gonna die" thing. I'm generally skeptical of TV people who can remain that calm. Perhaps it happens in real life, but I'd imagine that when people face imminent doom in a horrible way, they might panic.
Hmm, Peter started out with his sling under his coat, then when they got to the hospital, it was outside his pea coat. But, WHEW, ASTRID IS OKAY.
William Bell is quite the megalomaniac, isn't he? I rather enjoy that Fringe was trying to make us believe it was all David Robert Jones, but he ended up being a giant red herring. I had thought Leonard Nimoy had officially retired from acting, but I'm glad he came back for this.
I also rather enjoy that Fringe managed to weave things we'd previously seen somewhat logically into this episode - September's bullet wound, the bullet Ella wore around her neck in the future (and knowing the timeline, we also knew the pregnancy would be revealed), the ominous announcement that "they" are coming. I also like that despite having these bits dangled in front of us, all the speculation in the world couldn't have brought me to the answers that were revealed. I'd assumed Bell would kill Olivia, but what he did was so much worse. When Walter saw the gun and bullets, I knew. I knew it would be him, but the efficient way he did it was ... wow. Cold. Amazing, as it was still somehow very shocking. I also liked that Walter whacked Peter to get him out of his grief so they could magic science Olivia back to life.
Broyles gets a promotion. A BIG promotion! It made me a little uneasy, though, when he and Nina walked away laughing. I remember the future. I also can't seem to let go of Nina's other versions being so nasty to trust this one completely.
I'm not much more coherent this week, apparently. I have to say this episode was filled with glorious, glorious magic science and I kind of wish it had ended before September visited Walter. Meaning, I wish it had ended that way and didn't get renewed. What can I say, though the Epic Romance of Olivia and Peter is totally predictable and sometimes schlocky, I love it. So there.
