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Score: 83/100

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The Transformation was a good episode that seemed out of place. It started with a bang with an excellent airplane scene. That scene was intense and the Fringe science “transformation” was very intriguing. The episode lost it thunder as it went on, however. Olivia and her connection with Agent Scott came back and he leads her to the mastermind behind the transformation virus. Her link with Scott makes her look like a lucky agent than a good agent. If it were to linking happened once, it would be one thing, but three separate incidents where she needed the help of Agent Scott make it look like they killed the wrong agent. Also suspiciously missing from the episode was Sanford Harris. He was breathing down Fringe division’s back hard for two episode straight then all of a sudden he is a no show in this episode. The fact that he along with other seemingly recurring lessens the continuity of the show.

Star of the Show: Agent Scott

He solve the case pretty much single handedly from the dead (or at least a coma). Now if that isn’t a super agent, I don’t know what is.

Score: 95/100

Fringe takes its winter hiatus on a very strong note. Agent Loeb has gathered a team of ex-military men to rob specific banks around the north east. Using the wall phasing science cracked from episode 8 (the Equation), the men are stealing a specific safety deposit box from each bank. In their latest attempt, one of the men gets stuck in the wall while phasing through. Agent Loeb shoots the man half stuck in the wall and retreat. This puts our team on the job. Olivia happens know the suspect from the Marine academy so she goes to see his wife for questioning while Peter and Walter bond while sawing limbs off the man in the wall. During Olivia’s conversation with Raul Lugo’s wife, she finds out and that she doesn’t know Raul and that her memories of Raul are the property of John Scott and that Raul has a friend that works at a bar.

Olivia and Peter go to the bar where Raul’s friend works to find out more about Mr. Lugo. They find out that he stayed at a VA hospital in Washington. Peter and Olivia bond at the bar after they were done working and Peter find out that Olivia has a knack for remembering numbers most notably the numbers of the safe from the previous three robberies… 233, 377, 610. Peter recognizes these numbers as Walter recited them in his sleep. So the two book it to Peter’s apartment and wake Walter (best line ever in this scene by the way) and tell him the safe numbers and what they were. Walter is surprised that Peter doesn’t know that it is the Fibonacci numbers but is more shocked when he realizes that the safes being knocked off are his very own.

Olivia investigates the VA while Peter tries to jog Walter’s memory of the location of the final safe deposit box. During this time, we find Nina Brown is having trouble with her experiment Agent Scott. It seems that they can not access part of his memories and the scientist find out it is because of the shared brain wave echoes of Agent Dunham. Back at the lab Peter finds out the location of the next bank after Olivia finds out that one of the suspects has just landed in Providence. Dunham and Agent Francis give chase to the escaping criminals and apprehends one of them. Peter wants to interrogate the suspect in custody because he realizes that the suspect is suffering from radiation poisoning. He gets that the plan leads to a map of Westford, Massachusetts. Little Hill field is in Westford, Massachusetts.

Mr. Jones back in Germany, has been having his lawyer run errands for him one of which is to acquire one Olivia Dunham. On they’re last visit, Jones snaps the lawyer’s neck, takes his suit, and stands in the corner of the room. Agent Loeb and his two remaining recruits are setting up the equipment found in the deposit boxes. Agent Francis leads a fleet of agents toward Little Hill with Olivia intercepting from the other side. Olivia gets cut off by unknown assailants and kidnapped. Mr. Jones is being beamed Star Trek style from the jail in Germany to the field in Westford, Massachusetts which happens to be the Fringe science of the day: Teleportation

This was the best episode so far of Fringe and by far the best in a long time. When Mr. Jones was first introduced, he was a very intriguing character that I hoped that they would use more in the future and I was not disappointed. He is a seedy, intelligent villain that has unknown intentions that I can’t what to find out. The main characters were written better than in any of the previous episodes. Walter is great comic relief while still maintaining the fact the he is a genius, Peter is fast becoming a great character, Broyles is always strong, and Olivia still needs work but she is getting better as a likable character. I like how this episode intertwined with previous episodes and what a find at the end with the teleporter.

Star of the Show: Mr. Jones

I know that he is a Hannibal Lecter doppelganger but last I checked, there is nothing wrong with that. He is an enigma, his intentions unknown and his past concealed. He killed his employee with one twist of the neck and stole his suit so he could look good on his grand arrival. Hardcore

Score: 90/100

Fringe takes us back to the past this week, all the way back to the first episode (all 11 weeks ago) with Olivia getting back in the brain tank. It starts with an up and coming employee at Massive Dynamic killing himself by jumping out of a high story window. The weird lacerations on his body bring in Olivia and team to check things out. During the investigation, Agent Scott leads Olivia to a basement full of Bufo Alvarius or toads. It turns out that these toads have hallucinogenic powers and that happens to be the Fringe science of this episode. Walter concludes that it was no accident and the Massive Dynamic employee was murdered. Olivia urges Walter to put her back in the tank to get the rest of Agent Scott’s memories to help finish solving the case. Meanwhile, Peter’s past caught up with him when a mysterious woman warns him of trouble coming his way. Peter finds out that people in his past are causing this woman, who obviously has close connections to Peter problems. As Olivia, Walter, and Astrid find a lead to the Massive Dynamic mystery, Peter is taking the law into his own hands and assaults one of the bad guys from his past. Olivia and Agent Francis chase and catch who they think is the culprit of the murder is. While under hospital care, the man has a hallucinogenic attack that causes his throat to be cut from the inside. He was telling Agent Dunham that Massive Dynamic was behind the killing and that he was in danger before he died.

Fringe is good when it follows the Massive Dynamic storyline. When the evil company is involved in the show, interesting sciences are showcased and more mystery is involved. The Olivia/Agent Scott love plot is still annoying but leading to a possible interesting conclusion. Peter has the best potential of any character in the show because of his shady, unknown past and the potential of what he can do and what he is capable of. If this show can sure up all of the many different plot angles they have introduced, it will be a good first season. I see closure in some of those angles so this is very promising.

Star of the Show: Peter Bishop

He takes an armed guy throws him to against a parked car, beats on him like a trained Navy Seal, disarms him, throws him to the ground, and dismantles the gun all in one minute. Then walks away like he does this every Tuesday. Who knew?

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Score 90/100

Fringe seems to be a show that will be a hit for a long time. Based on the first 3 episodes, there are a lot of things to be revealed which gives the show legs. In this particular episode, “The Ghost Network,” focuses on what seems to be some type of terrorist attack. A public bus is bombed with a silicon based aerosol that freezes everyone on the bus like “mosquitoes in amber.” The team’s only lead is a man named Roy McComb. Roy has, for the last 9 months, drawn or constructed the horrible events that have been happening and the bus incident was no exception. That brings us to this episode’s fringe science called… The Ghost Network. Using metallic particles in the blood as transmitters, persons can communicate to each other similar to telepathy. Roy can only communicate his thoughts visually however. With some “minor” brain surgery, Doc Bishop and crew let Roy communicate audibly so Olivia can hunt down the terrorist.

Flight 627 from episode 1

This episode had many twists and turns and led to more questions that I can’t wait to see the answer to. The relationship between Peter and Walter is awkward and it should be because Walter is awkward. I also want to know what the relationship between Sharp and Broyles will lead to. The female characters are very plain and uninteresting with the exception of Nina Sharp.

It’s sad that I want to know more about Roy, a filler character, than I do about Olivia. I would love Olivia to have something more to her and it would be nice if they gave Agent Fransworth something to do other than be Walter’s helper. The show does have me intrigued and I can’t what to see who…

on train watching Olivia

…this guy is.

Star of the Show – Peter Bishop

Peter signs of a shady past are getting better and better. Exactly how hardcore is Pete? He can also play the piano and wanted to be a Brontosaurus when he grew up.

Missing from Episode

Gene the Cow