God Blinks By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Thursdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Jacksonville” Written by Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz Directed by Charles Beeson “We’re standing in two buildings, one of which comes from the alternate universe.” —Walter Bishop This is me, looking for my socks. Which got blown off before the opening credits ran for this “winter finale” episode of Fringe. Combining high-order physics, Enlightenment philosophy, love, and mysticism, it’s one of the best in the entire series. Certainly it was the best television I’ve seen this year. Back in the 18th century,…
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Fringe: “The Bishop Revival”
The Tenth Plague By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Thursdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “The Bishop Revival” Written by Glen Whitman & Robert Chiappetta Directed by Adam Davidson In the book of Exodus, Moses announces ten plagues that will fall on Egypt if Pharaoh does not release his Hebrew slaves. Of those plagues, nine can be more or less explained by modern science. The tenth–the selective death of the firstborn–cannot. That’s the spooky one. The idea of a death that passes over some potential victims, while specially targeting a narrow group, is a true nightmare.…