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Review: Fringe - August
by Jane Boursaw, posted Nov 20th 2009 5:40AM
(S02E08) "Who are these people?" -- PeterAwww ... we have met The Observer, and he is shy and caring. Or a cold-hearted killer, take your pick.
At long last, it was good to learn a little more about these mysterious creatures, although there are still lots of questions about them. We know there are many of them, that they observe people throughout the course of their life, and that they're not supposed to interfere. Oh, and they like hot sauce, but we already knew that.
So even with all of the scary stuff she sees in her line of work, Olivia is scared of roller coasters. I guess it's one thing to peer down a dark corridor with a gun in your hand, and yet another to be at the mercy of the roller coaster builders. At least she and Ella got their day at the theme park. If only we knew what that Observer meant when he said ...
... "Look how happy she is. It's a shame things are about to get so hard for her." My question is, was The Observer referring to Olivia or Ella? My first instinct is Ella, and that maybe she'll lose her mom and end up in the care of Olivia. After all, the Observers know what's going to happen before it happens. They drill that point home by saying what the person is saying, as they're saying it. And how annoying would that be?
But, apparently, they aren't supposed to have feelings. As for why this particular Observer saved Christine, he said something to this effect, "I saw her many years ago. She was a child. Her parents had just been killed. She was crying. She was brave. She crossed my mind somehow. She never left it. I think it's what they call feeling. I think I love her. Will she be safe now?"
Ok here's where they lost me a little. Walter told the Observer that he had to make Christine important in order to save her, "and of course, whatever you do you must be prepared to face the consequences." But how did the Observer make her important? In the car, the other Observer said, "You made her important. She's responsible for the death of one of us."
Was he talking about the death of August? Because the assassin wasn't an Observer, right? All thoughts and theories welcome.
It was interesting that the Observer had been carrying around Christine's teddy bear all those years. It made me think of last week's episode, where Walter used Peter's teddy bear during the mind-control incident.
Regarding the time when The Observer saved Peter and Walter when their car crashed into the lake ... as has been mentioned before, we can assume that Peter died in that crash, and the alternate universe Peter was brought to this universe. Was this an instance where an Observer interfered "to correct a mistake of our own making"? Was the mistake made before the car crash, and thus the Observer felt compelled to save Walter and bring alternate Peter to this universe? Or was the mistake the fact that the Observer saved them at all, when they (or Peter) should have died? It's a mind twister.
Walter: "Please don't take my son. Your friend and I had a deal. An arrangement. I know what I did was wrong, but ..."
Observer: "That is not why I contacted you. I need your help ... you solved such a matter before. You saw beyond the limitations of your problems."
Walter: "I just missed my son."
Some Observer Notes:
- They can start a car with their finger and stop a bullet with their hand. Both skills could come in handy.
- They've historically shown up at important moments in history -- i.e. Paul Revere's ride, Boston Massacre, etc. -- but there's been a surge of Observers (26) in the past three months. Why?
Other Stuff:
- Walter trying to re-create his favorite ice cream ... with Wild Cherry cough syrup.
- I have a copy of the non-repeating code here. I'll try to post a picture of it in the next day or so.
- "King Cobra Chili ... I once ate one. The flatulence was horrible. Very embarrassing." - Walter
- The Observer knew that a likeness of a nitrogen molecule would attract Walter's attention.
I look forward to your observations on this episode.
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