‘Fringe’ 1.05 Review: Blast from the Past

‘Fringe’ 1.05 Review: Blast from the Past

Episode: Power HungryOriginal Air Date: October 14, 2008
The main plot of the “Power Hungry” episode of Fringe concerns a dorky guy with the power to control electricity. As fantastic as that sounds, the episode belongs to FBI Agent Olivia Dunham, or more precisely, her presumed-dead former partner and lover John Scott. I cannot tell you how happy that makes me since we’re talking major, major Mark Valley fan here; I was struck with grief when his character died in the pilot, and nothing thrills me more than having him back, hallucination or not.
I also love the way …read more

Fringe 1.03 Review: He Hears Things

Fringe 1.03 Review: He Hears Things

Original Air Date: September 23, 2008
“The Ghost Network” is another twisty episode that’s not at all what it initially seems to be about. On the plus side, it begins and ends with Olivia’s supposedly dead former partner and lover John Scott; I’m glad to see he still figures into the underlying conspiracy story.
On the minus side — and call me picky, but this is an increasingly sorer point for me — the jarring backdrops that look nothing like Boston whatsoever are beginning to pull me out of the story at the worst possible moments.
A mysterious bad-guy meet-up at South …read more


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