by Sheldon A. Wiebe on April 19, 2012
The year is 2036 and the Observers have taken over – but there is a resistance. That’s the basic setup for Fringe’s [Fox, Fridays, 10/9C] annual ‘out there’ episode [remember the previous animated, or musical 19th episodes], Letters of Transit [check out the cast teasing the episode above, and follow the jump to my review].
Letters of Transit takes its title from a key element of the film Casablanca – and there actually are similar documents in this strangest episode of Fringe’s fourth season.
The world has been taken over by the Observers, who do not take kindly to those who might wish to resist their rule – but resist, some brave humans do. There is a special police force to deal with ‘native’ actions against the Observers, but a remnant of Fringe division still exists to police ‘native on native’ violence.
A young Fringe agent named Etta [Georgina Haig] and an older agent named Simon Foster [Henry Ian Cusick] seem to be the most effective members of the resistance – and she has discovered something that could turn the tide against the Observers. Unfortunately, time – and some forms of technology – are not on their side.
Oddly enough, there’s not really much more I can say about the events of Letters of Transit without giving up at least a few juicy spoilers – except to say that we see some different versions of Broyles [Lance Reddick] and Nina Sharp [Blair Brown] as well as a more familiar Peter [Joshua Jackson]and Astrid [Jasika Nicole] and yet another version of Walter [John Noble].
All you really need to know, beyond that, is that Letters of Transit is as twisted and out there as previous 19th episodes in the series’ run – and concludes with a revelation that counts as one of the most major in the show’s four season run, to date.
See the entire eclipsemagazine.com post here.
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They finally told us where the observers came from and what they are. Sort of. And there are a heck of alot more than just a dozen.
ReplyDeleteThe 18-49 rating went up from 0.9 to 1.0 but any renewal still appears to depend on Warner Brothers and their fees. Maybe the observers will take over WB and force them to do a season 5? LOL.
I was a fringe fanatic....then I had to start "researching" online to figure the show out, that's made me & a bunch of my friends say "screw it"...which is soooo sad...it HAD potential.
ReplyDeleteI think that episodes without Olivia are not Fringe episodes, and I can't keep interest in watching it, I hope we will see her in the next episode, I mean more than two minutes like in episode 417 and 418, and aboslutely not in episode 419, worse I can't stand Faux and it's becoming hard to have to watch Fringe with a character I hate, and without my favourite character, please mind the fans, because we don't only stupidely want the characters to be happy, but also to see them, of course! The leading point in Fringe since season 3 is clearly Peter and Olivia being together, great ! most of the fans want it, so be it, and please find something else to keep interest of the fans, otherwise we have many other classical series to watch, where the viewers keep on watching in case the 2 main characters end up together one day (really boring), but I was expecting much more from Fringe than a Cascket scenario with a bit of sci-fi stuff added. I hope there will be a season 5 showing our beloved characters, remembering who they are and fighting all together to save the world, and producers remebering who the Fringe fans are.
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