Hoo-Fricking-Rah

Fringe has received the honour of early renewal. Yay! It has managed to defy the history of the Friday Night Death Slot, allowing its awesomeness to shine through. Well done, viewers. 

A Matter of Life and Death

Okay, I'm going to put it out there. With the risk that I will be proved wrong, and this hardly ever happens. I make good television predictions. What was that? Something about pride and falling? Psht, never! 


I think FauxLivia is going to die. 


Maybe not this week, but soon. I can't sort through all my thoughts in my head to decide how it will all work - Peter is supposed to make a choice between the two women, and therefore the two worlds. Maybe Peter's choice will result in her death, or maybe she will die and he will make his choice unaware of events. It seems that Walternate wants the baby - does FauxLivia decide to have an abortion, or does he want it any way to prevent possible problems? 


I'm just trying to look forward, and think about next season. I don't think we will be maintaining the alternate universe at the rate that we are now. I don't think we will have another season with whole episodes over there. It has to be sewn up somehow. Is the universe really going to be destroyed, or is Peter actually going to find another way?


If she doesn't die, is she going to end up over here? Trying to save herself, one assumes with the help of Lincoln and Bubbles, does she make it over to our universe? I just think that long term, she isn't going to live. Which is a shame, because unlike most of you out there, I like her. 


Can someone make it be tomorrow? 

If You Meet The Buddha on The Road

So Fringe returns from the void of winter. Honestly, it had been so long I had started to wonder if it was ever coming back. And then I almost forgot (okay, I did forget) that it was changing days to the Friday death slot and nearly missed it altogether. 


But it was worth the wait. A story line involving Christopher Lloyd and a time travelling man from 1985 (sound familiar, folks?), Walter at his adorable best at the start of the episode and some mean tension and progress from Peter and Olivia. Really, when it comes to building the UST, Bones needs to take a lesson from Fringe. A quote from Peter's favourite book:

"You can't make anyone love you. You just have to reveal who your are and take your chances."

Which is appropriate, given the circumstances. The pain between the two of them is palpable, and Anna Torv has gone from being stiff and wooden at the start of season one, to being subtle and nuanced and completely impressive. She creates a believable and layered Olivia. And Peter, well....he's Peter. My Pacey love is endless of course, despite his stupidity at telling Olivia how much more miserable she is than her parallel counterpart. Good one, boy. 

So, questions. Will Peter and Olivia open up to each other enough in order to find their way back to some sort of level ground? What will happen to Peter now that he has ingested the Milk of Death? Will this is some way influence his story with the Machine from the other side? Can we do away with the MOTW format and just stick to the slow reveal of the main arc? When will John Noble win an Emmy for his astounding portrayal of two complex men? 


And, most importantly, how depressing is it that we simultaneously discuss the Emmy-worthiness of the actors and ponder whether or not the show will get cancelled? An episode called "The Firefly" on a show moved to the place that Firefly went to die? Lets hope not. Get it together Fox!