Comments on: Fringe – Episode 10: “Safe”

By: DJB

DJB — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:46:35 +0000

It’s not uncommon to get the answer to a question when casually asked of a distracted person who can’t remember tht information when he’s focused on it and trying hard to do so, especially one who is as…uh…confused as Walter tends to be. The two methods access memory differently. This comes up not uncommonly in case interviewing, among other situations.

By: The non-science of Fringe: Safe « weak interactions

The non-science of Fringe: Safe « weak interactions — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:43:20 +0000

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By: FC

FC — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:00:10 +0000

Actually this you should be fully aware that any teleporter by definition has to be a time machine. Thanks to general relativity moving through space also means moving through time. They didn’t simply transport the guy from Germany they sucked him out of the past too….just that instead of reaching back 30 years or something like it they reached back ohhh… 10 seconds, maybe less.

It would have been hilarious to have the machine completely break down after the first use and destroyed, with the guys oh so disappointed about it, it also would have closed a problematic loose end.

By: J

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:47:14 +0000

This is already a bad/guilty pleasure show. A lot of the episodes don’t tie in with any of what’s going on, unless the writer’s plan on making everything relivent only in the last two episodes.
-What the hell did that “space bullet” have to do with anything? Or the Watcher (”observer” my ass) for that matter?
-Rapid-Aging Man? The Jello-Bus? Electro?
-I still don’t understand why it is called the “Pattern.” Nothing, until the last episode, even hinted anything they cased down had anything to do with the previous case, except that Walter had his hand in everything at the start apparently. And that’s not even a pattern itself, he’s just the focal point.

My favorite line was Peter trying to find out about the deposit boxes from Walter, who angrily denied any knowledge of them, then casually states where it is when Peter just changes the question.

…I reread the comment on bringing back the time/teleporter, and if they do, and it’s so Olivia can go back to the first episode, negating the entire season, I will be pissed.

By: Slarti

Slarti — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:46:53 +0000

Who says it can’t be both? It might be worth it, though, if we keep getting more Walter-induced laughs.

Speaking of which, and along the lines of, “Are you tripping, Agent Dunham?” I was mildly disappointed that the contents of the “supplements” Walter took went unspecified. I personally choose, however, to assume that it was some manner of home-brew recreational drugs. His ready assumption that Olivia and Peter were rousting him so they could have the room for getting it on was good for a laugh, though.

By: Karl Withakay

Karl Withakay — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:47:56 +0000

If they didn’t plan on using it again, I would think they would’ve just made it a matter transporter with no mention of it being able to work across time. That’s either laying the groundwork for a future reappearance of the time-space transporter or bad writing. Anyone want to guess which it is going to turn out to be???

By: the Original Keith

the Original Keith — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:25:30 +0000

And here’s the sign of a truly bad show: the time machine/teleporter, having been used once, will never, ever be seen again. Something so incredible useful, amazing, and outrageous, is a one-off to be used and thrown away by lazy writers who don’t care.

By: J

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:03:33 +0000

My biggest disappointment was that, as originally presented, the device was terramount to a time machine. Which is cool. But then it gets used as a simple teleporter, and I think, “Really? That’s the best use you have for this thing?”

It also appears to be one way, so I wonder what Walter was planning to do with his doctor after he grabbed him from the past.

By: the Original Keith

the Original Keith — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:59:26 +0000

The only reason to watch this show is the actor who plays Walter. “Agent Dunham , are you tripping?”

I lol’ed

By: mike.

mike. — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:33:42 +0000

“Their plan is something Rube Goldberg would come up with if you gave him an iPhone and a loud radio.”

I love you, man. :D