Olivia’s troubles with John Scott continued this week as those memories belonging to John seem to have become ingrained with her own, making it seem as though she remembered a couple when in fact John was the one who knew them, not Olivia. This made for an awkward moment when Olivia met with the wife.
This week’s mystery surrounded a number of bank robberies which took place thanks to the use of some very advanced science. It allowed the robberies to walk right through walls to steal the contents of certain safety deposit boxes. It really intrigued me when it was revealed that the owner of those boxes was Walter. As it turns out, Walter hid components to a time-traveling machine he made some years back.
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Time-traveling can be a lot of fun as a device to advance a story, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to be a common thing. Or that’s what I’m hoping. Don’t get me wrong. I love the theory of time travel, but Fringe doesn’t necessarily need to go down that road very often to make a good show. They’re doing quite well as it is.
There’s just something about that David Jones character that intrigues me. I don’t yet know what he will bring to the show, but I hope he becomes a recurring character for the foreseeable future, similar to the Cigarette Man in The X-Files. He doesn’t need to appear in every episode to remain an effective character.
Olivia being kidnapped was sadly not that big of a surprise. As soon as Nina Sharp realized she had some of John Scott’s memories, I knew something would happen with Olivia. I just didn’t know when. I’m not entirely certain what the relationship is (if there is one) between David Jones and Massive Dynamic, so Olivia’s kidnapping may not even be a part of Nina Sharp’s desire to retrieve those memories.
There’s one thing I didn’t mention yet and that’s the commercials. I am really liking the fact that the show has such short commercials. Typically they’re 60 to 90 seconds, making for a much more entertaining show. I wish there were fewer commercials on television. Commercials really drag things down and are one of the reasons I don’t like to watch TV shows the first time they air. Fringe is in a good position with the shortened commercial breaks.
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