Comments on: Fringe – Episode 3: “The Ghost Network”

By: Deconstruction Review of Fringe, Episode 3 Season 1, The Ghost Network « Cordial Deconstruction

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:08:37 +0000

[...] As always, an episode synopsis will be found over at Scott’s Polite Dissent [...]

By: DJB

DJB — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:15:01 +0000

I do find the drug cocktail (and comments on it) hilarious in light of the treatment used for my inexplicable loss of sight/balance spells 25 years ago in college. Health Services had no clue why I’d have sudden weakness and slump against the nearest wall while my vision went black for several seconds about half the time when I stood up, so they gave me a pretty big shot in the kiester . THEN they asked if someone had come in with me and could take me home. It was only 10 minutes away, but the stuff hit so fast I had to have help getting up the stairs, and when I came to again almost three days had passed. I remembered “waking up” a couple of times and watching the walls walls turn pink and breathe…

By: Marionette

Marionette — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:28:08 +0000

There’s an Observer on the train…

By: Tantric

Tantric — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:27:33 +0000

Dextromethorphan isn’t a narcotic. It’s a dissociative analgesic that is used as an anti-tussive. It’s levo- isomer is the narcotic. Weirdly enough, I take 175mg of DXM everyday, and have for ten years. For me, it basically cures anti-social personality disorder, which is the compulsive desire to be a bad person and overthrow civilization. Before I took it, I was a wannabe revolutionary and a real nutcase. Now, I’m a scientist. As to how this came to be on TV, I have no idea. It’s actually kinda creepy.

By: BPK

BPK — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:03:56 +0000

This show sounds difficult to watch, and I didn’t see this episode. I have to say, though, that dextromethorphan does have hallucinogenic properties (perhaps a stand-in for “psychotic” here?) in overdose. About two weeks ago I saw a teenager in the psychiatric emergency room who said that when he takes 15 Mucinex DMs recreationally he sees that repulsive green monster from the commercials, and this is fun. This illustrates three points: 1) dextromethorphan can be hallucinogenic, 2) the power of advertising to implant suggestion is tremendous, and 3) teenagers’ idea of “fun” is sometimes quite bizarre.

BPK

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:22:07 +0000

“5. Cleanliness is next to Godliness
If a mad scientist ever drills in my brain, I would hope that — unlike Dr Bishop — he (or she) would at least use sterile technique.”

I think I love you

By: Betsy

Betsy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:43:42 +0000

I only just got around to watching this ep today, but the minute they said that detxromorphan, Klonopin and fluoxetine were “psychotics”, I just knew I had to rush over and see what they said about it on “Polite Dissent”. It’s like they flipped through the PDR and chose 3 random drugs – I mean at least Klonopin and fluoxetine have psychiatric uses but dextromorphan??

By: Karl Withakay

Karl Withakay — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:36:08 +0000

Obviously they are wavelengths that oscillate in different dimensions rather than higher or lower frequencies. :)

By: Scott H

Scott H — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:03:59 +0000

How about the question of what frequency/wavelength Bishop is actually talking about? If it’s beyond those discovered, then either it’s higher frequency/shorter wavelength than gamma and cosmic rays, or lower frequency/longer wavelength than microwaves and radio waves. Either way, it’s difficult to figure how a receiver or set of receivers of size somewhere between neurons and an entire human body is going to pick up these signals very well…

By: everybetty

everybetty — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:34:25 +0000

The ’science’ used on the show doesn’t even seem to TRY. The meds in the doc’s self concocted Rx… why not just LIST three meds that would’ve fit the description? it was a throwaway detail that didn’t work because even as a layperson, I immediately recognized none of those were right. The incredibly growing baby eppy last week had me grabbing for my eyes on the floor before they rolled away.

But here’s the thing… dangit if they don’t have a cast that I am really enjoying seeing work together. Peter and the doc never fail to make me smile; they are already this early in the series a team that works well off each other. You can get the exasperation and the affection from both of them- great casting! The blonde (why are they always blondes?) is growing on me. I quite like Kirk Acevedo and Lance Reddick as well. oh, and the cow.