I'm starting to wonder if J.J. Abrahms has a thing for time travel. I hear it's a significant element in Lost, it played a part in his Star Trek reboot, and it was the center of this week's Fringe. The gang chases a man who's altered his body to speed up in particles, allowing him to move through time. Unfortunately for dozens of innocent bystanders, this process sucks the life out of everything (electronic and otherwise) around him wherever he ends up. My favorite Bishop discovers a kindred spirit in the man, when the gang finds out that he is a doctor who's trying to travel back to the point when his fiance was killed in a car accident. Walter has a poignant conversation with the man about the lengths they are willing to go to in order to resurrect, or save their loved ones, leading the former to contemplate the secret he needs to divulge with Peter. Walter gets close to telling Peter the truth about his origins, writing a letter that explains everything, but he burns it instead of giving it to his son. I definitely think this episode held more gravitas than last week's, putting it second to "Peter" as the best episode this season. It's such a good show, and I'm delighted that the writers have managed to carve away the crazy elements that bogged season one (Olivia's telepathy and dreams, that odd chamber in Walter's lab, the whole fiance shtick) and produce a tightly woven season long story arc that reveals details throughout. I love, love, love it!
Bones got to go back in time this week as well, sort of. A case that involved a former classmate brought Brennan back to her high school for a reunion and some undercover action from Booth. Well, he went undercover anyway. We learn that: no one liked and still don't appreciate Brennan, although, her attempts at parlaying admiration fall way short, Brennan hung around the creepy janitor (played by the guy that was Freddy Kruger) and counted him as her friend, and that the popular girl was seriously disturbed. Good case, but the cases usually take a backseat to the interpersonal relationships of the main cast of Jeffersonian characters. Angela broke up with Wendell (who didn't see that coming?), and commiserated with Hodgins. Frankly, I've fallen out of love with the two of them as a pair, and I hope the writers give Hodgins someone else to fall in love with. After seeing the number of paramours Angela's had in the past couple of seasons, I feel like she'd only end up with Hodgins as a rebound.
I have no words for Project Runway. The judging was whack as far as I'm concerned, and I can't believe they went with black and white Mila over Jay's innovative if "out there" cut out designs. WHISKY TANGO FOXTROT! This is why I stop caring about the top three by the end of the season. My favorite axed herself from the competition and the others end up exploding in their own ego or being dropped by some crack judging. Ugh.
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