Comments on: Fringe – Episode 4 (Season 2): “Momentum Deferred”

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:59:06 +0000

I love this show but it is a bit hinky with science and medical stuff, especially basic safety practice. I wonder how much leeway to give Dr Bishop because he’s basically a “mad scientist”. So the eating in the lab, I guess that’s just him, but heating things in test tubes that point at him? Explosive reactions completely out in the open? Don’t you have a fume hood or something??

By: The non-science of Fringe: Momentum Deferred « weak interactions

The non-science of Fringe: Momentum Deferred « weak interactions — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:26:40 +0000

[...] episode is debunked at Popular Mechanics and Polite Dissent, and you can read more about it at Fox, IMDb and the A.V. [...]

By: Alt-Rio

Alt-Rio — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:39:16 +0000

Imagine what would happened if we would go and starting to recreate things we see on TV-shows. Like mixing Walters cocktail – or eating these worms. I think it’s the horror XD

This was an excellent episode. I really enjoyed it.
That thermometer scene – was awesome.

By: Nullifidian

Nullifidian — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:25:14 +0000

I’m just catching up with this on Hulu, and you missed another aspect of the Planaria discussion. He claims that he trained them to “respond to light”, but Planaria do that anyway. They have pigment cup eyes which they use to determine the direction light is coming from and move away from it because to them light=heat=dessication.

This is why undergrads in zoology get the fun experience of trying to sketch the little bastards while constantly trying to keep them in the field of view. Not that I was ever frustrated by that or anything….

By: EL

EL — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:17:08 +0000

I thought it was interesting that she didn’t start moving toward the light. . .

Also, oops! I finally saw the show and Walter did mention the Salvia very casually, as an instruction for Astrid. So I guess it was okay (and the label might have had the sci. name (just trying to give Fringe the benefit of the doubt as I really like the show).

PS: Really love these reviews and comments both on Fringe and on House. Thank you so much Scott for providing this.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:35:39 +0000

But as the scene started, we saw Astrid dicing and julienne-ing flatworms.

By: cjm

cjm — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:22:33 +0000

the experiment with the worms, involved transferring memories via ingestion. so it seems to me that the liquid dunham drank was liquified brain, maybe from the dead shape shifter.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:47:31 +0000

Double oops.
Accidentally transposed some numbers. The Fringe landing page is fixed for good now. Really.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:21:01 +0000

Hold on, I see the problem. The links on Fringe’s landing page keep going to the wrong episodes. 2×01 goes to 2×03, while 2×03 goes to an episode of House!

By: FC

FC — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:06:16 +0000

Actually, I found the Flat Worms to be a deliberate red-herring (a chance to toss in an urban myth to fans of the show). There’s no reason to believe the worms caused her to start remembering. cum hoc ergo propter hoc. In other words correlation does not imply causation. Notice that they never talk about the worms again in the rest of the episode, nor does Walter ever claim that this is what actually allowed Dunham to remember.

It’s easy to believe that she’s finally starting to remember on her own. Heck the worms might even have been a good old fashioned Placebo.