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Another episode of Fringe, more Cortexiphan Kids (haven’t they all died by now?) and another change to the universal status quo
The Plot: Just as the Fringe Teams from both universes are meeting to discuss Walter’s thoughts about David Robert Jones’ master plan, a series of twenty-seven earthquakes occur across the world – both worlds, actually – at precisely the same time. Walter determines that Jones has somehow set off these earthquakes to adjust the underlying frequencies of both universes to bring them together in an attempt to recreate the Big Bang. The team suspects that he’s using amphilicite, but they quickly discover he’s actually using some of the children dosed with Cortexiphan by Walter years ago. They capture one of the Cortexiphan Kids (this sounds like a Saturday morning cartoon about crime solving kids sponsored by a pharmaceutical company) and learn that Jones has told them they are fighting a war against the other universe. With only an hour left before the next, and cataclysmic, series of earthquakes, the teams decide their only option is to shut down The Machine and separate the universes. Everyone says their goodbye to their counterpart – Peter stays in our universe and Lincoln stays in theirs – and the machine is stopped and the bridge between the two universes disappears.
1. The Easy Way Out
Early in the episode, Olivia says the only option is to destroy the bridge. Certainly there are plenty of other options. Just off the top of my head: kill Jones, kill or otherwise stop the Cortexiphan Kids, or do something to increase the integrity of the universe. Shutting down The Machine is the easiest option, but hardly the only one.
2. Needs A Band-Aid
Why, once the bridge is destroyed, would the other universe no longer be in danger from the Fringe events they suffered since Walter’s original breach? (Other than the writers trying to soften the blow of all but abandoning them.)
3. Geocentrism For The Win
Apparently Ptolemy was right, and the Earth is the center of the universe(s).
4. Common Sense
With all the issues with the Cortexiphan kids in the past, you’d think they’d be kept under surveillance. Especially since we’ve learned Jones has been playing with the stuff..
5. No Bridge, But Other Fords Remain
It’s not like Jones has ever needed the bridge to cross over (though it may have helped the Cortexiphan Kids in their part).
6. A Surefire Money Maker
If ever end up in the world of Fringe, I’m going to invest in empty warehouses.
7. Alternotes
No rainbows.
The re-separation of the Universes was well done, but the rest of the episode was just OK. The Fringe Doomsday Clock remains at 11:54.
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