1x10: Safe

[wendelah1]

During the extended teaser, one of the team who is breaking into the bank safety deposit vault, says when some equipment malfunctions, "He can't leave that in there, we're screwed if he does." So what do they do instead: they leave behind a dead man with a bullet in his brain--stuck inside the wall! All of the critics seem to love this episode but I'll need to watch it again to figure out why.



Writer: Jason Cahill, David H. Goodman
Director: Michael Zinberg
Originally aired: 02 Dec 2008

Synopsis: When Mitchell Loeb's bungling band of safety deposit box bandits leaves behind a man stuck in a WALL, the Fringe team is called to investigate. Naturally, all of the crimes link back to our very own Walter Bishop: the safety deposit boxes all belong to him!

Most Memorable Quote:
WALTER BISHOP: "Oh! Do you two want to use the room?" (to Olivia And Peter, after being rousted from bed in the middle of the night)

I LOVE WALTER THE MATCHMAKER!

Links:
Transcript
Sarah Stegall
Can People Walk Through Walls?

Fanfiction: nope. Please leave your recs, self-recs, and newly written post-eps in the comments.

Comments

[casually_cruel]

Some quick comments before the hiatus ends and we move on to the next episode:

Olivia's nickname was Han Solo, which I find amusing since she kind of Han Solo's Peter in the previous episode ("If you need me, I'm here." "I know.") ha.

I think the scene in the bar was the first time I thought "Gee, what a nice platonic relationship showing that men and women can work together closely and not be romantically involved. We get that so rarely." I remember vaguely hoping in the back of my mind that it would stay this way, but realizing on some level that it was pretty unlikely.

[wendelah1]

Olivia's nickname was Han Solo, which I find amusing since she kind of Han Solo's Peter in the previous episode ("If you need me, I'm here." "I know.") ha.

I didn't see the allusion but I see it now.

I think the scene in the bar was the first time I thought "Gee, what a nice platonic relationship showing that men and women can work together closely and not be romantically involved. We get that so rarely." I remember vaguely hoping in the back of my mind that it would stay this way, but realizing on some level that it was pretty unlikely.

I agree. That was one of the things I liked best about The X-Files--that it took them seven seasons to (maybe) get the leads together (I didn't ship Mulder and Scully or Peter and Olivia). But yeah, considering that Fringe begins with Agent Dunham in bed with her partner Agent Scott, I think keeping Peter/Olivia platonic was never part of their plan.