"Fringe" The Dreamscape (2008)

Director:

Fred Toye

Writers:

J.J. Abrams (creator) &
Alex Kurtzman (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Fringe" (2008)

Original Air Date:

25 November 2008 (Season 1, Episode 9)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

An employee of Massive Dynamics covered in mysterious cuts jumps out a window believing himself to be attacked by a swarm of butterflies...

Plot Keywords:

Sensory Deprivation | Butterfly | Buried Memories | Death By Falling | Yogurt

Cast

Anna Torv	...	Agent Olivia Dunham
Joshua Jackson	...	Peter Bishop
Lance Reddick	...	Agent Phillip Broyles
Kirk Acevedo	...	Agent Charlie Francis
Blair Brown	...	Nina Sharp
Jasika Nicole	...	Astrid Farnsworth
Mark Valley	...	John Scott
John Noble	...	Dr. Walter Bishop
Yul Vazquez	...	George
Susan Misner	...	Tess Amaral
Ptolemy Slocum	...	Mark Young
David Vadim	...	Michael Kelly
Cindy Katz	...	Charlotte
Carlo Alban	...	FBI tech agent
Tom Riis Farrell	...	Gregory Worth

Runtime:

49 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Company:

Bad Robot

Trivia:

"The Observer" can be seen at back when Mark Young exist from elevator at the beginning.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the end of the chase, when Morales is hit by a car and caught, a police officer is visible across the street. The officer just stands watching rather than rushing to the scene.

It was good but I expected a little more out of it.

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

If your one of those people that are still scratching their heads as to why there were toads and monarchs in the promos before this show even aired, this will explain why they exist in such.

After a Massive Dynamic employee is killed and thrown out of a window from the top floor of the building Olivia starts seeing John more often as she gets messages and even an e-mail from him telling her more of the murder. She is lead into her basement to find a box full of toads. Dr. Bishop thinks that toads could've been what killed the victim. Because of John Scott haunting her and the possibility of her finding more clues Olivia has Dr. Bishop put her in the tank once more, but with more power, drugs, etc. The experiment succeeds and she starts to relive some of John's memories, two of them-Their first date and a secret meeting between John, the victim, and two other fellow regarding Massive Dynamic. With two being dead( She witnesses John kill one of them after the other two left) Olivia and Charlie go after their only lead-Geroge( Played by Yul Vazquez). Once they capture him like a trapped rat he tells Olivia some dirt on Massive Dynamic. In the meantime Peter has his own agenda as he deals with an old lady friend and someone who's threatening her.

I had high hopes for this episode, but I was a bit disappointed by it. Don't get me wrong, the good totally outweighed the bad here but I felt the first act needed more work, especially the opening sequence, I felt the victim's entrance into the Massive Dynamic should've been more slower paced than fast paced and it would've been nice to have heard his all important presentation to those execs.

Besides that I thought the whole tank sequence was a pretty interesting experience to view, very creepy and eerie, and had a nice dark atmosphere to it. It was also nice to see more of this father-daughter-like relationship between Dr. Bishop and Olivia start to grow.

I also liked the guest appearance by Yul Vazquez, his role isn't bigger than four scenes at least but it was nice to see him on this show.

Oh and yes, there was a nice little twist at the end, and involves both George and...John. I'll stop there...

Overall, this probably won't make it to my favorite episode list but I thought it was a good episode nonetheless.

Hopefully the next episode will be much better.

7/10.