Posts Tagged‘tv reviews’

Fringe: “One Night In October”

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, v. 2.0 Fringe Fox Network, Fridays, 9 PM “One Night in October” Written by Alison Schapker & Monica Owuso-Breen Directed by Brad Anderson “He’s a professor? And over there he’s a serial killer?” — Olivia Man is the only monster that can explain itself, so it’s no wonder that serial killers hold such fascination for us. Hard-wired as we are for social contact, the lone killer who shows no empathy at all holds all the lure of a mutant or a changeling. In what may well be the best-written episode of the entire show, Fringebrilliantly exploits…

Fringe: “Neither Here Nor There”

A Hole In Your Life Fringe Fox Network, Fridays, 9 PM “Neither Here Nor There” Teleplay by  J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner Story by Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman Directed by Joe Chappelle “We’re fixing the world. What other choice do we have?” – Astrid There’s nothing like erasing a major character to leave the audience dangling at the end of a season. Last May, Peter Bishop established a “bridge” between two universes in order to keep them from destroying one another – and then vanished in mid-syllable. No one even noticed he was gone,…