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Fringe Season 4 Episode 10

Forced Perspective

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AIRED: 1/27/12

While the Fringe team tracks down a girl who can predict the future, Olivia tries to cope with the message given to her by the Observers.

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Fringe: Death Becomes Her Artistic Inspiration

In "Forced Perspective," a young girl foretold the deaths of strangers and Olivia came to grips with her own predicted mortality.

By Tim Surette, Jan 30, 2012

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Two hands but nine fingers, awkward writing, clich plot, questionable guest, empathic Olivia, unexploited potential, VFX are wicked (Spoilers)

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By jmw, Mar 07, 2012

And the first misstep of the season is The tenth episode ! In fact the pilot had already disappointed me but the other installments were so great that I was convinced the remaining ones would be in the same vein. However Forced Perspective proved that Fringe still has weaknesses that even its own writers can exploit from time to time. My first complain would be the lack of shapeshifting. I'm not sure switching between multiple storylines is efficient. Of course Olivia's migraines are connected to other events but their coverage should be more intertwined. Second the episodic plot couldn't have been more clich. A young girl with a special ability who has to move all the time to escape evil scientists trying to experiment on her ? I understood their point was to emotionally link her to Olivia but I found some scenes quite awkward and almost forced. Third I question the casting because the guest actress wasn't creepy enough and looked just like the cute girl next door. She would have been perfect in Castle or Ghost Whisperer but not in Fringe. What saved her character were the enigmatic and freaky drawings because the way her visions was expressed was everything but believable. Fourth at least the episode succeeded in the empathy department. I really felt for Olivia and from Broyles to Peter it was obvious most people really cared. That's why they should have come up with something more original. For instance they could have turned her into the young girl she used to be when the freak of the week was featured. It would have made things way more bizarre ! Last but not least I was absolutely thrilled by the frozen explosion sequence, even if it's something we have already seen in Heroes for example, but I would definitely have traded its expensive visual effects for a better script. The Fringe that only superficially blows my mind is not the Fringe I love ! It should instead stick to its The X-Files modern approach, a deeper and more fascinating one.

Note : This review was first posted on Kritikenstein, my weblog.moreless
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I Don't Know

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By dreamgoat, Feb 07, 2012

It's hard looking episode by episode with noting really going on. A girl has vision of people death so she draw them on paper and tries to warn them of there death by giving them her drawing. The case was boring we seen this before except now a teenage girl can do it. But boring it was also decent, and I like that Peter and Walter are working together. But here's the main problem that have and its about Peter time in each episode is very low he hardly has lines. The relationship between Peter and Olivia is shattered and that's sad they always leaned on each other when things got tough and had each other back. Now it seems like a free for all. When Peter asked Olivia has the observers said anything to her she said no, even though Peter knew she was lying the issue wasn't pressed anymore. Because Peter felt like this is not my world or my family and that is the reason he will never fit in this season. 1-3 seasons were epic I won't forget them, if season 4 can measure that I'll be surprised.moreless
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Forced Perspective

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By thefanof, Feb 02, 2012

The latest episode of Fringe shows what this Friday drama can do and so few others can: entertain us through the supernatural. A great story here about the value of life, coinciding with a girl who was forced to draw the pending deaths of numerous individuals. It was good from a sci-fi perspective, and a philosophy mindset, and really thoroughly entertained. Strong show tonight.
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Oliva Prevents A Disaster

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By AudioFileZ, Jan 30, 2012

This was, in this viewer's opinion, a solid "stand-alone" episode as it failed to advance the fate of the two universes, yet it opened a possibility it could be done. The special effects of the young girl's courthouse bombing was spectacularly well done adding urgency to the need to prevent what she believed was, likely, impossible. The episode displayed a lot of humanity, both uplifting and somber, and little science or technology and was a welcome change of pace even if it did not advance the viewer's insight into what will be, most certainly, playing out over the few remaining episodes.

So, one must stay tuned to see if the episode was just Olivia displaying her maternal side (she was excellent), or if is the beginning of a more driven Olivia. Either way this weeks story was a solid one if not overly revealing.moreless
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Definitely maybe

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By ionee24, Jan 29, 2012

Forced perspective is about death and what little good anyone can do with the time one has left: for Peter was to save two Universes, for Walter was to simply save him, for Olivia is to protect a girl called Emily, who's simply trying to save a father - just like her own - from himself. In Observer like fashion, Emily goes through people's lives experiencing events she can't change long before they happen, her drawings the only testament to a life as enigmatic as it's short, for she achieves her one good deed through Olivia, right before she perishes from a gift that assured her: her father would always be there for her.moreless
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Anna Torv	Olivia Dunham
Joshua Jackson	Peter Bishop
Lance Reddick	Phillip Broyles
Blair Brown	Nina Sharp
Jasika Nicole	Astrid Farnsworth
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- Trivia: The glyph code for this episode is MARCH.
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- In the opening death sequence, Englehart and his friend walk past the dumpster. The I-beam then falls, hitting Englehart in the chest and driving him backward. However, in the next shot, Englehart is pinned to the dumpster. That could only have happened if the dumpster instantly moved behind Englehart as soon as he passed it.
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- Walter: Hello, Olivia. We're discussing cis-acting meiotic double-break strand hot spots.
  Astrid: Don't worry, Olivia, I have no idea what he's talking about either.
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- Peter: I can't say you're gonna get his full attention, per se. He's a little wired up today. He's already electrocuted himself three times.
  Walter: Which reminds me, I can't feel my urine response yet. I should probably go empty my bladder again.
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- Music: The Walk (Mayer Hawthorne)
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- International Airdates:
  Canada: January 27, 2012 on Citytv
  UK: February 22, 2012 on Sky1
  Germany: July 16, 2012 on ProSieben
  Finland: January 16, 2013 on MTV3
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