Fringe 4.11
Feb. 9th, 2012 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakNote to self: use the Dexter-freed space to aquire Astrid icon. Also possibly redhaired Olivia icon.
This was lovely for non-Astrid reasons a well, and I only got to watch it now for my travelling situation.
I think the crowning touch for me was that AmberAstrid's father WASN'T remote, because as explanations for her relationship with Walter go, this seemed a bit pat, but that she lied to her counterpart out of kindness, to ensure Redverse Astrid would not continue to blame herself. And of course the fact that Redverse Astrid had no way of dealing with her father's death but to seek out her counterpart says a sad lot about her relationships, or lack of same, with her team. Otoh Redverse Olivia knew immediately where she would go, and ensured she'd have the space instead of Redverse Broyles sending troups behind her, so there is that.
Speaking of Redverse Olivia, she was great in this episode, full stop. It makes sense that without the Peter affair, the person she'd have interacted with most while impersonating "our" Olivia was Walther, and the refusal to be put off by his sulking and relentless teasing was delightful to see. And of course he likes her. In a different way he likes Amber/BlueOlivia who is both closer and the source of much more angst and guilt (due to the experiments he conducted).
The two Astrids and Walther were lovely to watch in a different way. I think because Redverse Astrid in her autism is damaged as Walther is due his years in an asylum, brain operations and what not, he is more openly affectionate towards her, but AmberAstrid is the gate to the world. Walther accumulating new Peter issues, this time more normal and less angsty ones about Peter performing tasks he sees as his own territory, was a neat contrast to Astrid noticing the sort of adoption of her counterpart but not feeling competitive at all. But then, Amber/BlueAstrid: most balanced person on the team, always.
Re: plot of the week, I notice we're still staying with the theme of predicting the future and how people respond to this idea. Neil's choice to kill people for whom he can see, and believes to know 100%, a hellish life is in a way a logical consequence, if a nihilistic one. Note to Abrams: I already knew you dig the whole concept of the Koyabishi Maru test and how to foil it, buddy. And am more certain than ever this is what Olivia will eventually face and do.
Lastly: given that both Gandhi and Joan of Arc were killed, Olivia should have twigged earlier that Neil would set himself up to death by cop and go for the martyr solution.
This was lovely for non-Astrid reasons a well, and I only got to watch it now for my travelling situation.
I think the crowning touch for me was that AmberAstrid's father WASN'T remote, because as explanations for her relationship with Walter go, this seemed a bit pat, but that she lied to her counterpart out of kindness, to ensure Redverse Astrid would not continue to blame herself. And of course the fact that Redverse Astrid had no way of dealing with her father's death but to seek out her counterpart says a sad lot about her relationships, or lack of same, with her team. Otoh Redverse Olivia knew immediately where she would go, and ensured she'd have the space instead of Redverse Broyles sending troups behind her, so there is that.
Speaking of Redverse Olivia, she was great in this episode, full stop. It makes sense that without the Peter affair, the person she'd have interacted with most while impersonating "our" Olivia was Walther, and the refusal to be put off by his sulking and relentless teasing was delightful to see. And of course he likes her. In a different way he likes Amber/BlueOlivia who is both closer and the source of much more angst and guilt (due to the experiments he conducted).
The two Astrids and Walther were lovely to watch in a different way. I think because Redverse Astrid in her autism is damaged as Walther is due his years in an asylum, brain operations and what not, he is more openly affectionate towards her, but AmberAstrid is the gate to the world. Walther accumulating new Peter issues, this time more normal and less angsty ones about Peter performing tasks he sees as his own territory, was a neat contrast to Astrid noticing the sort of adoption of her counterpart but not feeling competitive at all. But then, Amber/BlueAstrid: most balanced person on the team, always.
Re: plot of the week, I notice we're still staying with the theme of predicting the future and how people respond to this idea. Neil's choice to kill people for whom he can see, and believes to know 100%, a hellish life is in a way a logical consequence, if a nihilistic one. Note to Abrams: I already knew you dig the whole concept of the Koyabishi Maru test and how to foil it, buddy. And am more certain than ever this is what Olivia will eventually face and do.
Lastly: given that both Gandhi and Joan of Arc were killed, Olivia should have twigged earlier that Neil would set himself up to death by cop and go for the martyr solution.
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Date: 2012-02-09 11:27 pm (UTC)*wibble*
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Date: 2012-02-10 08:09 am (UTC)