Random Access Memory By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2009 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Thursdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Grey Matters” Written by Jack Stentz & Ashley Miller Directed by Jeannot Szwarc After last week’s diet of worms, I was extremely wary of what this week of Fringe would be–more gore? More slime? More desecration of the human form in the name of entertainment? On the surface, the answer would seem to be yes, but in fact the difference between last week’s unwatchable regurgitation and this week’s jaw-dropper can be summed up in one word: please. During the opening sequence of “Grey…
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Fringe: “Of Human Action”
Teen Angst By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2009 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Thursdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Of Human Action” Written by Glen Whitman & Robert Chiappetta Directed by Joe Chappelle “Don’t be ridiculous. You’ve been abducted. Of course you need crepes.” —Walter Bishop I’ve never been one to complain when one of my favorite TV shows gets resurrected; just as one can appreciate both the Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann’s kaleidoscopic version, one can appreciate both Fringe and The X-Files. It is with complete respect for both efforts, therefore, that I point out that this episode recapitulated not one but…