Popular Mechanics talks about the science of Episode 202… by Erin McCarthy
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Fringe’s Human Mutant Not Possible, Says Expert
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In “The Night of Desirable Objects,” Agent Olivia Dunham—sidelined by a car accident last week—traded her hospital gown for a gun and dove right back into the action. Fringe has already flirted with genetic mutation in animals, but this week, Dunham, mad scientist Walter Bishop, and his son, Peter, dealt with an actual mutant—and not one of the fuzzy X-Men variety. PM sat down with Dr. Richard Myers of Stanford University’s Department of Genetics and the president and director of the Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology to find out if real-life mutants are possible.
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Courtesy of : Fringepedia
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PROLOGUE
Lansdale, PA – Gone Missing
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There are quite a few things that I haven’t mentioned yet, but that I would like to touch on before the next episode airs. Some are theories or speculations, some are just observations and some are outright questions.
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#1 – The kiss between Nina and Broyles…what was that about? At first I thought this was a long term or new development, but after watching the scene again, I believe that is was more of a one way kiss on Nina’s part. Broyles didn’t seem as into it as Nina did. Is it possible that instead of an ongoing relationship that it was a prior relationship? Perhaps they worked together at some point and built a relationship at that time, but when Nina went to work for William Bell, their relationship fell apart. Either way, I think it might explain why Broyles has been slipping her information. Do you think that this helps or hinders the Fringe Division?
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#2 – There was another reference to Peter and Alter-Peter in 201. Walter states that Peter loved custard as a child and Peter states that he has NEVER liked custard.
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#3 – Olivia speaking Greek. We are fairly sure that her bionic hearing is a side effect of the inter-dimensional traveling and we know from Sam Weiss that she will be getting headaches as well. But what other side effects should she expect? When she wakes up in the hospital and…
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With the help of some very observant Fringe fans, I have compiled a list of Easter Eggs for Episode 202 – Night of Desirable Objects. Once again, I apologize to the fans and all of the writers for claiming that they were not fulfilling my weekly need for puzzles. I think I was just rusty after a long summer with no puzzles to solve. (Although I still stand by my complaint about the viral sites and Walter’s lab notes).
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- A huge thanks goes out to fm11 for this tidbit. The house used as the Hughes house was also used in two episodes of ‘X-Files – S2E12 ‘Aubrey’ and S4E02 ‘Home’. Here are the shots of the Hughes house, as well as shots from both X-Files episodes. Looks like the same house to me…with a face lift, of course. Is it a shout-out or just a coincidence? X-Files was also filmed in Vancouver…you be the judge.
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- It was suggested to me that the graffiti on the wall behind Charlie might be…
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#1 – Lazy Reporter:
Look closely at the newspaper clipping that Amy found at the Hughes house. If you read it, you can see that it is just 2 or 3 paragraphs rewritten and rearranged to make a full article. Maybe it’s just me, but if you plan to zoom in on something like that…shouldn’t you take the time to actually write something? Don’t they realize that we are watching? Hello out there. Click at bottom of post for more Fringe Fumbles.
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#2 – Worst Reporter Ever!:
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I have some questions about our newest addition to the ‘Fringe’ team…Shape-shifter-Charlie, who I will refer to from now on as SSC. I think his character deserves a little dissection, I mean, we do it to everyone else…right?
- Last week we saw the shape-shifter nurse get shot twice in the back and jump out of a second story window and it didn’t even phase her/him. This leads me to believe that the shape-shifters have some super-human strength and high thresh-hold to pain…if they feel pain at all. However, this week when SSC walks in to the typewriter store, he is holding his stomach and having trouble walking like he has been injured or is in a lot of pain. Whatup?
At first I thought that perhaps SSC got shot at the end of Episode 202, but when I watched the scene again, there are no signs that he was injured at that point. He seems fine, and even if he/she was injured, why would it phase him…it didn’t seem to phase the nurse. So what I am thinking now is that perhaps there are side effects to the shape-shifting. Maybe the longer he holds the form of somebody, the more detrimental it is to his body. Or maybe the longer he is not in his own dimension, the harder it is on him.
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