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Fringe: “Subject 9”

The Damnation of Walter Bishop Fringe Fox Network, Fridays, 9 PM “Subject 9” Written by Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman Directed by Frederick E.O. Toye “Sometimes the world we have is not the world we want.” —Elizabeth Bishop Having brought Peter and Olivia together in the last episode of Fringe, the show now takes a step back into that alternate reality we all share: memory. In an episode in which Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson do not even appear, their earlier selves are explored in a “flashback” episode which dresses John Noble in the worst wig ever, and…

Fringe: “Alone in the World”

A Sense Of Isolation Fringe Fox Network, Fridays, 9 PM “Alone in the World” Written by David Fury Directed by Miguel Sapochnik “I know what it is to be lonely.” – Walter I am detecting a distinct theme in Fringe this year. It would be hard not to, since the writers are hitting us over the head with it in every episode: without Peter Bishop, the lives of everyone in this series is profoundly affected for the worst. In every episode, someone complains about being lonely or isolated, mentions the hole in their lives, the pervasive sense of loss they cannot explain.…