Sleepless in Boston Fringe NBC, Tuesdays, 9/10 E/C “Bad Dreams” Written by Akiva Goldsman Directed by Akiva Goldsman Walter: When we were experimenting on children— Peter: Whoa! Let’s analyze that sentence for a second. From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of A Beautiful Mind comes a well-crafted Fringe episode that turns Olivia Dunham’s head inside out. This show has always delighted in taking us there, from the pilot onward; this episode took it a step further and took Olivia out of her own head, so to speak. Although the story took off slowly, it built to a heady (heh) climax that revealed something about Walter that,…
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Fringe: “Unleashed”
Chimera Fringe NBC, Tuesdays, 9/10 E/C “Unleashed” Written by Zack Whedon & J. R. Orci Directed by Brad Anderson “Walter, why is there an ear in the omelette?” —Peter Bishop I was afraid “Ability” was a fluke. I was wary of getting my hopes up, after some of the disappointmentsFringe has unleashed this season. But this is the real deal, a genuinely creepy, scary story in the grand and noble tradition of The X-Files: The Early Years. Monsters, flashlights, shadowy conspiracies, and outlandish “science”. Oh, it’s good to be back, it’s good to be back. A group of animal rights activists invade…