5.07 "Five-Twenty-Ten" TV REVIEW
IF YOU'RE YET TO SEE THE EPISODE, STOP READING NOW! SPOILERS LIE AHEAD
Episode 5.07
Writer: Graham Roland
Director: Eagle Egilsson
", she's been short-changed for four and a half years, and deserves better.
PETER As Bishop Jr becomes more and more affected by his Observer tech, it's becoming increasingly clear why the writers chose to name the episode where he implanted himself " " &nꦓdash; it's where Peter 2.0 begins. Here we see a bit more of his view of the world – that grid pattern superimposed on everything could get annoying after a while – and learn that he can hear the Observers' voices in his head. It's rather like being plugged into the Borg, or the Matrix. We have to say, though, that when we suggested that Peter might start going bald, tongue was embedded deep in cheek, so it's quite a surprise to see him pulling out a clump of hair here.
Also, did anyone else spot the parallels between Peter's ruthless stalking and killing of Observers, and his pursuit of the shapeshifters in season three?
ETTA LIVES ON Those "Resist" posters featuring Etta (below) are fast becoming the n🌜ew Observer sightings. Love the way Peter gives a wry smile when he sees them on the wall, though – some of his humanity remains.
WHAT'S IN A NAME Walter's name for Astrid this week is Agnes.
NITPICK It's really annoying that Blair Brown is mentioned as♑ a "Special appearance by..." credit at the beg𝓡inning at the start of the episode. A good way to ruin the surprise of Nina's first appearance of the season!
SPECULATION William Bell: what a bastard, eh? He's done some dastardly things in the past, but working with the Observers and betrayin♉g the w🌞hereabouts of the Fringe team to the baldies? That's a pretty low blow – no wonder Walter didn't think twice about cutting off his hand in " ".
But what went on between Walter and Bell before the Observers invasion? September came to Walter in " " and warned him, "We have to warn the others. They are coming😼," so presumably Walter took that information to Bell. But last thing we knew, Bell had used his dimension-hopping technology to evade capture after his crazy world-ending scheme had been foiled, with whereabouts currently unknown. So how did Walter make contact? What prompted Bell to join forces with the Observers, and sell out Walter and co? And does the fact that the beacons are still buried in the lab mean that Bell had second thoughts about working with the Baldies?
DID YOU SPOT? There's a kid with a loyalist tattoo on his face (see below). Did hi๊s parents sign him up? It's a little early to be committing him to a lifetime of servitude, don't you think? Remember k𝓀ids, a tattoo is forever...
STAR TECH The tech that Peter uses to melt the Observers' faces (below) made its first appearance way back in Fringe 's pilot episode, killing the passeng𒐪ers on Flight 627.
TRIVIA Kelvin Genetics, the buried lab the Fringe team break into, has been mentioned before – in season one episode "Unleashed" (1.16), Walter reveals that he did experiments to create his own species while working there with William Bell. Of course, Kelvin is a mainstay of Bad Robot productions: the USS Kelvin is George Kirk's ship at the beginning of Star Trek , the petrol station in Super 8 is called Kelvin Gasoline, there's a Kelvin Inman in Lost and there's a letter addressed to an "H Kelvin" in Mission: Impossible III . Kelvin was the surname of Fringe co-creator JJ Abrams' maternal grandfather.
BEST LINE
Walter: "Belly, you monster."
Peter: "What is it, Walter?"
Walter: "My Bowie, he stole it. It's not enough me that he institutionalised me and betrayed our friendship, but he pilfered my record collection as well."
Richard Edwards
Fringe airs on Sky1 in the UK on Wednesday nights at 10pm, and on Fox in the US on Friday nights.
