Comments on: Fringe — Episode 13 (Season 2): “The Bishop Revival”

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:31:57 +0000

Isn’t this the episode where Walter cuts open a victim to discover their blood was dark blue? It is a common misconception that deoxgenated blood is blue. It is red, but of a slightly lighter shade.

By: DJB

DJB — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:39:40 +0000

I also thought they used the explanation that the toxin attacked those whose DNA coded for the characteristic. Eye color coding is fairly straightforward as long as you keep to the basics, though trying to sort all the different shades of blue/brown gets complicated. Not sure why y’all are wondering how the toxin gets inside the cell though. Binding to and distorting the cell ssyrface, or blocking its reception sites, works without the need tot ravel across the celllular membrane. Were you wondering how the toxin got inside the cell as in wondering how it “found out” who had the right eye color to go to work on?

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:52:50 +0000

long lived nazi scientist? someone’s been reading my spy vs spy fiction….

By: FritzfromGermany

FritzfromGermany — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:47:11 +0000

Peter thought that his grandfather came to US in 1933 “which is long before the nazis ever took power”
In fact the nazis were in power 1933-1945.

By: FC

FC — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:31:29 +0000

I thought it was cool that they didn’t bother to explain how the old nazi was so vibrant and young after 65 years. They probably had a very ridiculous explanation and decided it was too much even for Fringe. They should do this more often, sometimes it’s better to not TRY to explain some things.

By: EL

EL — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:55:30 +0000

@ sean: I had an inhaler of that type for a while. The plastic part is just there to direct the drug. If you read the instructions, it states clearly that you hold the inhaler an inch or two from the mouth and, while inhaling push the plunger. Mine even had a diagram. It was a pain to use, as I always seemed aim poorly for the first push and generally had to do it a second time. Both the doctor and the pharmacist also showed me how to use it. But I remember this (even though using a different delivery system now, thank god!) because I am very careful about reading the info that comes with a prescription. I believe that you can get a spacer to use with it though.

@ Scott: If Godwin’s Law applies to television series then the doomsday clock is no longer needed?

@Karl: I thought that blue eyes were recessive, not brown (see: http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/genefr2.html). Or are you saying we should watch out for people with recessive genes (that means all of us)?

Potentially a large molecule could travel through the cell membrane if hydrophobic or if it uses a transport system for large molecules. Of course a large hydrophobic molecule might have problems traveling through the blood and the cell cytoplasm. Also, a large hydrophobic molecule might have trouble attaching to DNA. In addition, the DNA coding for brown eyes is probably most active during development (possibly during early childhood), so should be protected either by DNA supercoiling or by the proteins (such as histones) attached to the DNA when inactive (which would be in adults in this case). These are protective mechanisms that operate when the gene is not being actively read.

Still, maybe the toxin can deal with these things. . . It’s still more possible than other things that happen on Fringe.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:55:22 +0000

spacer chamber!

By: Metz77

Metz77 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:29:58 +0000

Karl, I’ve actually read some articles that theorize that melanin levels aren’t entirely controlled by genetics. If that’s true, then it probably would be impossible to code for eye color.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:58:43 +0000

Karen, Actually I think the bookstore owner said that one man bought all of the books Peter sold to the store. It’s a decent bet that the store would have kept them together as kind of a “set”.

By: karen

karen — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:12:00 +0000

I thought that it was interesting that after Walter pulled out 5 or 6 cases of books and didn’t know which one the formula was in, that the bookstore owner was able to tell him which book it was and that it sold last year after languishing for 9 years on his shelves. Lucky, lucky Peter.