tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post8596364162584058173..comments2024-03-29T06:56:12.797-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Fringe: Grey MattersBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-58414040137492864682011-10-20T14:54:26.296-04:002011-10-20T14:54:26.296-04:00Great episode (Astrid's extreme stupidity notw...Great episode (Astrid's extreme stupidity notwithstanding). Horrifying and fascinating and exciting, all at once. Love Sebastian Roche! I particularly loved the poignancy of Walter briefly hoping that, after all this time, his madness could be simply cured like Mr. Slater's. Of course, I'm glad he wasn't. Olivia is right. Walter as a madman seems to be a much better man.<br /><br />I agree with Anon and Cesar that this didn't strike me as a retcon. Walter was apparently in St. Claire's for 17 years, but those other victims were only nuts for 14 years. Based on what we saw here, I don't think those pieces of Walter's brain could have survived for 3 years outside of another brain. So it seems that Bell did this to him *after* he went crazy and was already committed.<br /><br />I guess I really like the long game, because for the moment, I'm fine with getting a new helping of questions with each answer. I kind of love the confusion surrounding Bell's role in all this. Did the shapeshifters just <br />happen to discover how to find the hidden knowledge about the door? Or did Bell send the shapeshifters after that info, while simultaneously siccing Olivia on them? Is he trying to stop a war or create one?Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-54987768573808231212011-07-24T00:15:05.656-04:002011-07-24T00:15:05.656-04:00Wonderful episode. And as you said, Josie, Joshua...Wonderful episode. And as you said, Josie, Joshua Jackson is knocking it out of the park. There is a lot of role reversal, Peter as father and Walter as child. Their relationship is bizarre but so oddly sweet.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-22005179169599424352011-07-22T13:58:28.719-04:002011-07-22T13:58:28.719-04:00I liked this one. (but seriously, why bother with ...I liked this one. (but seriously, why bother with setting up the gps on the former ep??)<br /><br />I don't think it was really a retcon, Walter's madness always struck me as odd.<br /><br />We were told Walter was sent to St. Claire's because of the accident in his lab, but we don't know how mad he really was back then. Any talk about parallel universes or one of his experiments in his trials could probably be enough to send him there.<br /><br />Btw, there's probably more to this "accident". This man could open a door between two different universes (along with making major breakthroughs in all areas of (pseudo-)cience). A lab explosion doesn't just happen. Either it was not an accident or he must be trying to do some really big stuff.<br /><br />Anyway, I thought it was already implied some of the treatments he received made him worse, so this revelation at least explains the 'weird coincidence' of him knowing just enough to help the investigation, but not having the answers.Cesarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-33720310214595082152009-12-14T16:24:14.398-05:002009-12-14T16:24:14.398-05:00walter was already mad when the memories were remo...walter was already mad when the memories were removed though. Bell visited to take the memories. or am i missing something? :/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-590833807403309792009-12-14T01:15:50.461-05:002009-12-14T01:15:50.461-05:00As far as the name of Dr. Paris, after Star Trek e...As far as the name of Dr. Paris, after Star Trek ended, Leonard Nimoy joined Mission Impossible and played a character named Paris. I have no idea if this was a shoutout to that, or just a name the show came up with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-40919704357380423682009-12-11T14:11:29.056-05:002009-12-11T14:11:29.056-05:00If they are looking for someone to open a door bet...If they are looking for someone to open a door between universes, have they tried contacting Dawn Summers? I undersatnd that she is currently working as a nurse in New Jersy.Peternoreply@blogger.com