Fringe - S01E18 - Midnight
95 Posted on Apr 28, 2009 in articles by Conor Kilpatrick |
Tonight's episode - Midnight
For my money, the best part about this show is John Noble's brilliant performance as the socially addled super genius mad scientist Dr. Walter Bishop. It's his off-the-wall zaniness that is the perfect counter-point to the very serious and dour and often very gruesome things that happen on the show. Walter Bishop is one of my favorite new characters from this season of television. I can't help it, the guy just makes me laugh.
Speculations, theories, reactions, live blogs, you know the drill.
Comments
Conor, I 100% agree with you about Bishop.
His presence is also what distinguishes Fringe from X-Files.
Posted by odino1 on 04/28/09 at 08:26 PM
@odino1: Definitely. X-FILES could, at times, be opressive.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 08:37 PM
Bishop definitely has the mad science thing going on...but the thing that I like most about him is that he's funny
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 08:53 PM
*grumble*AMERICAN IDOL*grumble*
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:02 PM
ahh...this guy aint gonna last long
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:03 PM
Although it was kind of worth it to see Ryan Seacrest sputter out at the end there.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:03 PM
Fringe in HD!
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:03 PM
That looks like the most unfun club ever.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:04 PM
was that one of the creepy bald dudes that just walked by in the background?
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:05 PM
There he goes
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:05 PM
These are not good extras that they hired!
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:05 PM
someone is gonna get it
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:06 PM
"Nice apartment. Lots of... space."
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:06 PM
Wow.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:06 PM
And that'll teach you not to cheat while your girlfriend is in Portland.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:07 PM
mmm...chewy
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:07 PM
This girl looks like a cross between the main character from Ginger Snaps and Paul Atreides
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:07 PM
these pro-windows commercials do nothing but piss me off horrendously
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:08 PM
I'm a block away from Applebees who wants a Real Burger?
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:08 PM
@Heroville actually, what I'd really like is a Fake Burger
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:09 PM
"Two Singles Together" would leave me and my girlfriend with no friends at all
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:10 PM
Hurm. Adult conversation.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:10 PM
someone is snacking on spines
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:11 PM
Andrew Kreisberg!
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:12 PM
@CaptainPrimate: Well, spinal fluid is tasty...
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:12 PM
The two most reoccuring characters in fiction: Dracula and Sherlock Holmes
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:12 PM
I think the father-son point/counterpoint is pretty amusing
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:13 PM
Aaaaaaawkward.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:13 PM
Do people normally keep their divorce attorney's numbers on them?
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:14 PM
that is decidedly un-divorce attorney-like music
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:14 PM
The killer is Al Capone!
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:14 PM
did you know that the word "syphallus" is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful words in the english language...true story
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:15 PM
@CaptainPrimate His attorney was Matt Murdock
Man the CDC's busy as hell this week. Maybe this is the cause of that magic pig disease?
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:16 PM
Just once it would be interesting to see the guy from the CDC cast has ruggedly handsome and not super nerdy.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:17 PM
ahhh, man, I didn't need to see that
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:17 PM
Who funds ZFT? Probably Massive Dynamic.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:19 PM
"Reveal unto us the mysterious maleficient source of the evil in this series!"
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:19 PM
@conor same goes for all of the show's scientists...nerdy McNerdy pants
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:19 PM
@conor or Veridian Dynamics...or Lexcorp
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:20 PM
@Heroville Veridian Dynamics is my favorite awesome fictional crazy ass company
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:20 PM
@CaptainPrimate: Well, Josh Jackson is *kinda* like a scientist...
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:20 PM
@conor if by "kinda" you mean he faked his PhD, then you would be right!
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:21 PM
@conor then again, he probably did better than most people with a real PhD (shhhhh...we're crazy)
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:22 PM
@CaptainPrimate: Is it the degree or the knowledge that's more important?
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:22 PM
Chinese restaurant as a front for evil? MY GOD!
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:23 PM
Well, this is more exposed spines than I expcted to see this Tuesday.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:23 PM
Where's Jack Shepherd when you need him?
Posted by s1lentslayer on 04/28/09 at 09:25 PM
I've known of chinese food restaurants as fronts for counterfeit handbag sales and also as a place to illegally buy cheap booze, but nothing involving exposed spines, as far as I know.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:26 PM
"I will hit a man in a wheelchair, don't think I won't."
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:26 PM
The only exposed spines are on the rabbits in the windows
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:26 PM
@conor well, if you claim to be a professor, a PhD is kinda important
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:27 PM
Well done with the hot wife, Mr. Scientist.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:28 PM
uh oh...that dude's evening isn't going to end well
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:28 PM
Oh, fuck!
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:29 PM
pepsi throwback? seriously, is that a joke?
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:29 PM
So the fluid in the vials is alien dna. She's part Venom now.
Posted by s1lentslayer on 04/28/09 at 09:30 PM
"We found something very interesting on the tape. It comes right after the recorded sex which, I'll be honest, was awkward for everyone."
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:31 PM
news flash - all nerdy scientists have hot wives
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:32 PM
its a creepy catch phrase "The more I gave, the more she craved"
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:32 PM
"Why would they create this? BECAUSE THEY'RE EVIL"
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:33 PM
AWESOME "I also have a cow"
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:35 PM
Showing his lab off with mad scientist pride.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:35 PM
Super-Pnuemonia? Alright these people are definitely behind the magic pig disease
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:36 PM
@conor Mad Scientist pride or mad Scientist pride?
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:37 PM
mad scientist envy
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:38 PM
@Heroville: The beauty is, they both work.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:38 PM
"Founder of Massive Dynamic, richest man in the world, and half Vulcan."
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:39 PM
Was that title just floating in the middle of the air?
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:39 PM
@Heroville: They usually are, aren't they?
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:40 PM
Major Tom (Coming Home) is an awesome song...even if its a cover on a shitty car commercial
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:41 PM
@conor: I thought it was a piece of scenery
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:41 PM
what body guy DOESN'T want a cookie...seriously
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:43 PM
She's not a vampire she's a succubus
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:43 PM
clap on, clap off, clap on, clap off...the clapper
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:43 PM
back to the sucky club
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:44 PM
These people look like their at a junior high dance not a hot nightclub
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:44 PM
@Heroville: I blame Canada for these lifeless extras!
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:48 PM
my wife just turned to me and asked...."ahhh, how did he get spinal fuid out of himself?" good question
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:48 PM
Everytime they say Farnsworth I think Futurama. Good news everyone! Spinal fluid for everyone!
Posted by s1lentslayer on 04/28/09 at 09:48 PM
If you're the guy walking out of the club and a bunch of guys with what look like guns come at you... don't you stop walking?
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:49 PM
@conor: It just confirms everything my friends at BU have said about Boston being boring
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:50 PM
"She's going to be out for hours" usually means she's going to wake up at any moment.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:50 PM
And there it is.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:50 PM
@conor dude, don't blame us...only the pilot was shot in TO....they moved down to NY after (apparently)
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 09:51 PM
@CaptainPrimate: They've moved back to Canada since; wear your shame!
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:52 PM
Shit now swine flu's coming at me from both sides
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:53 PM
I bet the scientist is secretly hoping that after she's cured, his wife will continue to dress like that.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:56 PM
Or, he's not hoping anything.
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 09:57 PM
Cause he's dead
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 09:57 PM
SPOOOOOOOOOCK! How could you fund ZFT?
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 10:00 PM
Ohmygod, a Spock reference! That's either too much or too awesome. And the bald guy!
Posted by conor on 04/28/09 at 10:00 PM
wow...thats some serious nerd fanservice...son of Sarek indeed
Posted by CaptainPrimate on 04/28/09 at 10:00 PM
WHAAAT?
Posted by Heroville on 04/28/09 at 10:00 PM
Woot! early much.
Posted by IpseVerus on 04/28/09 at 08:19 PM