On the Brink of Extinction Fringe Fox Network, Fridays, 9 PM “Immortality” Written by David Wilcox & Ethan Gross Directed by Brad Anderson “Bugs had eaten their way from the inside out.” – Lincoln Lee To paraphrase Indiana Jones: Roaches. Why did it have to be roaches? The creature I most abhor on Earth, on my TV screen, in my favorite program. I thought nothing could top the liquid-brain episode of Fringe, but I was wrong. Yech. But then, all good horror exploits our deepest fears, so finding roaches pop up in a TV show dedicated to fear was inevitable. In…
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Fringe: “Concentrate and Ask Again”
Boneless in Boston Fringe Fox Network, Fridays, 9 PM “Concentrate and Ask Again” Written by Graham Roland & Matthew Pitts Directed by Dennis Smith “Why would anyone ever kill a scientist? What did we ever do?” — Walter In Ray Bradbury’s classic SF short story, “Skeleton”, a neurotic hypochondriac is convinced his bones are at war with him. Unfortunately, the “doctor” he consults provides the perfect remedy by removing all his bones, leaving our man on the floor, a mewling bag of flesh. In an opening sequence of this episode of Fringe, a scientist Warren Black (Paul Jarrett, Smallville) is opening…