Dark Red Fringe Fox Network, Fridays, 9 PM “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide” Teleplay by J.H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner Story by Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman Directed by Joe Chappelle “Belly, why are you a cartoon?” —Walter In a season already marked by surprise twists and innovative storylines, the 19th episode stands head and shoulders above all others. Bold and daring, funny and shocking, it challenges audiences to follow a complicated plot through visual changes like turning the show into a cartoon for half the episode, showing us a tripped-out Broyles blowing bubbles, and offering us references to genre movies…
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Fringe: “Bloodline”
Dark Red Fringe Fox Network, Fridays, 9 PM “Bloodline” Written by Allison Schapker & Monica Owusa-Breen Directed by Dennis Smith “They’re going to kill me, and they’re going to kill the child that I’m carrying.” —Fauxlivia The red universe is a grim and dangerous place. From the first time we saw it at the end of Season Two, the alternate universe in Fringe has been in a death spiral: whole continents seem to have been abandoned, new plagues are decimating mankind, all the sheep are dead, and coffee costs more than cocaine. Now we learn that humanity’s very existence is in peril,…