Peter from Boston By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Fox, Thursdays, 9:00 PM “Northwest Passage” Written by Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz & Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman Directed by Joe Chapelle My area of expertise is weird. —Peter Bishop At last, we get an episode showcasing Peter Bishop. From being completely invisible in the episode named after him, he goes to center stage. Joshua Jackson delivers a solid, convincing performance that teaches us more about Peter than we learned in the first half of this season. We start with a mild flirtation between Peter—now…
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Fringe: “Brown Betty”
Fringe Noir By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Tuesdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Brown Betty” Written by Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman Directed by Seth Mann “Must be nice to know who you are, to know your place in the world… I thought I did. I thought I knew who I was.” —Peter Bishop Only Walter Bishop could tell this story. Only a child could understand it. In one of the oddest departures from convention yet, this episode of Fringe enters a truly alternate universe, one of Walter’s contriving. Having just ingested a cannabis…