Non Prophet By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Tuesdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “The Ghost Network” Written by David H. Goodman & J.R. Orci Directed by Frederick E.O. Toye Astrid: It’s gotta be a relief, right? Knowing that there’s a rational explanation? Roy: I wouldn’t call any of this rational. Like the diabolical compound at the heart of this episode, Fringe is beginning to gel. In the latest episode everything I liked about this series was reinforced, some elements I didn’t like were downplayed, and a good balance between dark and light, comedy and drama, was established.…
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Fringe: “Same Old Story”
No Explanation Necessary By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Tuesdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Same Old Story” Written by J.J. Abrams & Jeff Pinkner & Alex Kurtzman & Robert Orci Directed by Paul Edwards “When was it you lost your imagination?” —Dr. Walter Bishop Sometimes it’s better not to explain these things. The more “explanations” of the weird events in tonight’s episode of Fringe I heard, the less sense they made. I’m as willing as the next viewer to suspend my disbelief—I’m so hungry for something resembling The X-Files I’ll give extra effort to it—but more than once during this episode,…