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2x10: Grey Matters
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wendelah1At least this week we got a mytharc episode, but it wasn't all it could have been, though admittedly, it was not as terrible as "Snakehead." Can we get the good writers back again, please? My spouse who is watching along with me had this to say, "I know we're in season two but it's still season one in terms of writing quality." Yep. It sure is.
Bad science, bad medicine, bad plotting. The ending was the worst. You know the writers have backed themselves into a corner when they make Broyles tell Olivia that she made the right choice. You guys just keep telling yourselves that.
Looking over the reviews, most critics and viewers liked this episode better than I did. Maybe it just seemed good in comparison to the week before?
Writer: Jack Stenzt and Ashley Miller
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Originally aired: 10 Dec 2009
Synopsis: The Fringe team is called in to investigate when a hospitalized man with schizophrenia is mysteriously cured after part of his brain is removed during a mysterious break-in at the mental facility. After reviewing the security tapes, Olivia recognizes one of the culprits. He looks exactly like Thomas Newton, former owner of one of the frozen heads that went missing a few episodes back!
Most Memorable Quote:
PETER: Memory. The hippocampus -- memory storage. Bell told you that Newton wants to open a door to the other side, right? Well, we already know that Walter's done that. He just can't remember how. That is why he can't remember. He literally had the memories removed.
OLIVIA: No way. So then how does Newton read them?
PETER: In theory, he shouldn't be able to. But in theory, he should still be a frozen head. So in the Department of How to Make Impossible Things Possible, what would he need to do? He would need to...implant the memories into a brain that could interpret them.
Links:
Transcript
IGN Review
Polite Dissent
A.V. Club
Fanfiction:
Milk and Honey by crazylittleelf. Summary: Olivia delivers a sweater after the events of Gray Matters.
Bad science, bad medicine, bad plotting. The ending was the worst. You know the writers have backed themselves into a corner when they make Broyles tell Olivia that she made the right choice. You guys just keep telling yourselves that.
Looking over the reviews, most critics and viewers liked this episode better than I did. Maybe it just seemed good in comparison to the week before?
Writer: Jack Stenzt and Ashley Miller
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Originally aired: 10 Dec 2009
Synopsis: The Fringe team is called in to investigate when a hospitalized man with schizophrenia is mysteriously cured after part of his brain is removed during a mysterious break-in at the mental facility. After reviewing the security tapes, Olivia recognizes one of the culprits. He looks exactly like Thomas Newton, former owner of one of the frozen heads that went missing a few episodes back!
Most Memorable Quote:
PETER: Memory. The hippocampus -- memory storage. Bell told you that Newton wants to open a door to the other side, right? Well, we already know that Walter's done that. He just can't remember how. That is why he can't remember. He literally had the memories removed.
OLIVIA: No way. So then how does Newton read them?
PETER: In theory, he shouldn't be able to. But in theory, he should still be a frozen head. So in the Department of How to Make Impossible Things Possible, what would he need to do? He would need to...implant the memories into a brain that could interpret them.
Links:
Transcript
IGN Review
Polite Dissent
A.V. Club
Fanfiction:
Milk and Honey by crazylittleelf. Summary: Olivia delivers a sweater after the events of Gray Matters.
