Comments on: Fringe — Episode 8 (Season 2): “August”

By: RainyRat

RainyRat — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:51:52 +0000

Not so much of a medical quibble, but I really objected to the scenes with Christine bound & gagged in the hotel room, for two reasons: first, it’s REALLY dangerous to leave someone with a cloth gag in their mouth for any length of time – the cloth absorbs saliva, drying the mouth out and leading to a risk of choking/gagging. Plus, something as simple as a blocked nose can now lead to suffocation. Secondly, gags like that don’t work! Grab a (clean) dish-towel and try it out yourself if you don’t believe me; I guarantee that you’ll still have a large range of vocal expressions at your command.

This is all moot, thought, as August was also kind (/dumb) enough to leave Christine’s hands tied in front of her, making the removal of the gag trivial in any case. I can only assume that she was prevented from escaping by narrative convention instead.

Gags: safe, effective. Pick one.

By: EL

EL — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:19:47 +0000

Hi FC: I had the same experience. . . But aren’t you addicted to PD as well as the whacky Fringe show?

By: They’re All Unique « Cordial Deconstruction

They’re All Unique « Cordial Deconstruction — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:54:09 +0000

[...] by cordialdeconstruction on November 27, 2009 In last week’s episode of Fringe, “August”, when August told his fellow Observers that Christine should be saved because she was unique, he [...]

By: Theo

Theo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:00:48 +0000

One thing bothered me. The frame by frame of the bullet deflecting.
Bullet speed is 400m/s, thus if the camera has 25fps (standard), that means that for each frame, the bullet flew 16 meters. If the frame by frame was correct, the framerate of the camera should have been around 1200fps.

BTW: The assasin was the Nice Guy for Season 4 Episode 13. Apparently, he went to the other side and pretty deep.

By: FC

FC — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:55:06 +0000

You people are a bad influence on me. This week there was one moment I was unable to switch my brain off: Walter mentions the orange tinge, and wonders if the person might be a Hemophiliac, and all of a sudden there’s a flurry of activity: let’s call Broyles, let’s find some Hemophiliacs in Hospitals… woah woah woah, hold your horses, Walter said MIGHT… don’t you want to confirm your sample BEFORE you start a wild goose chase?

The funny part is that it never occurred to me (at the moment) to wonder about the BS orange tinge and the HIPPA issues concerning the Hemophiliacs.

By: animus

animus — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:09:52 +0000

Perhaps hæmophiliac blood produces different-looking blood stains as it ages. We need Rumpole’s Professor Ackerman to sort this out.

By: JD

JD — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:17:07 +0000

Actually, I think the conversation between Broyles & Olivia at the end of the episode means that August called in himself about the sighting.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:32:17 +0000

It was a kidnapping in broad daylight in front of a quite a number of witnesses. Even if they didn’t have access to the surveillance camera footage, the local news would have been all over it — especially with such an unusual looking perpetrator. The FBI would have had no chance to sweep this one under the rug.

By: SamVimes

SamVimes — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:15:48 +0000

I would have thought it unusual that a member of the public would know that the FBI was looking for an observer and know who to call to report it. The only people that would call it in would be one of their field agents or police or someone who know more than they should have. Thats why it is unusual.

Strange that you didnt think of this.

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

The non-science of Fringe: August « weak interactions — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:38:10 +0000

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