Xerophytes and Fringe
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UnknownUnknown5PlaysEPISODE 1.20: THERE’S MORE THAN ONE OF EVERYTHING - The Fringemunks
Parody of “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”
by R.E.M.
Music Composed by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe
Parody Lyrics and All Instruments/Production by David Wu(Check out more of Fringemunks at http://davidwumusic.com/fringemunks/)
That’s great, it starts in the E.R. Nina Sharp, a gunshot
wound, and a torn bionic arm. Back at the FBI, Charlie
shows surveillance feed of Nina being shot by a man
wearing bandages. Turn it up a little bit. Voice match.
Oh no! David Robert Jones’ face appears on the monitor.
Don’t know who he’s working for, but could it be for
William Bell? Then we get a call: Nina’s out of surgery.
Walter Bishop’s missing so they make a bunch of calls.
Can they track him down? Walter’s at a tombstone. The
Observer’s watching him. Look at Nina’s arm, it’s fine
— thanks to… (uh oh) …med techs from Massive Dynamic.
Then Olivia visits Nina, who says Bell’s not the enemy.
Jones used to work for Bell, but Bell sort of snubbed him,
so he stole a power cell from Nina’s right arm — tried to
cross into another reality, but he failed and split a truck in
half.
It’s from an alternate world, and he knows it.
It’s from an alternate world, and he knows it.
It’s from an alternate world, and he knows it.
It blows my mind.
Walter at a beach house with the Observer. Walter knows
he needs to find something, but he can’t remember. Peter
arrives and he starts to reminisce: whale-shaped pancakes
— the memory did the trick. Walter finds an old box with an
old coin on top, similar to the one the Observer gave him.
The device inside the box is a patch for a soft spot between
alternate realities. David Robert Jones tried to cross into
another reality, but he failed and split a soccer player in
half.
Peter uses the device at Reiden Lake.
Peter uses the device at Reiden Lake.
Peter uses the device at Reiden Lake.
(Stops Jones from crossing over.)
Splits Jones in half. Splits Jones in half.
The FBI can’t investigate William Bell.
(Obama, was it your decision?)
The FBI can’t investigate William Bell.
(Joe Biden, was it your decision?)
The FBI can’t investigate William Bell.
(Pentagon, was it your decision?)
Orders from the top.
Walter Bishop cries, and he places the coin on a tombstone
that says:
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PETER BISHOP
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Meanwhile, Olivia is in Manhattan. Thanks to Nina Sharp,
she meets William Bell; then she realizes she’s in a World
Trade Center tower… right? Right.
It’s an alternate world, and she knows it.
It’s an alternate world, and she knows it.
It’s an alternate world, and she knows it.
(Olivia finally meets William Bell.)
It blows her mind.
It’s the end of the season as we know it.
It’s the end of the season as we know it.
It’s the end of the season as we know it.
(Season 1 has come to an end.)
It blows my mind.
It’s the end of the season as we know it.
(Season 1 has come to an end.)
It’s the end of the season as we know it.
(Season 1 has come to an end.)
It’s the end of the season as we know it.
(Season 1 has come to an end.)
It blows my mind.
It’s the end of the season as we know it.
(See you soon in Season 2.)
It’s the end of the season as we know it.
(See you soon in Season 2.)
It’s the end of the season as we know it.
(See you soon in Season 2.)
It blows my mind. -
Plugging the hole
- Walter Bishop: When Belly and I were younger men, we regularly ingested large quantities of LSD.
- Peter Bishop: You don't say?
- Walter Bishop: We became convinced what we saw while on the drug was real. We believed that we were catching glimpses of another reality, another world just like ours but slightly different, populated by slightly different versions of ourselves. We all experience it momentarily as deja vu. And Belly and I could prolong it with hallucinogenics. But the question of course was -- how to get there without LSD. Belly, as you know, theorized that young children have the capacity to see these other worlds naturally.
- Peter Bishop: I know, you already told me about that. Bell's experiments with Cortexiphan.
- Walter Bishop: Yes. He theorized that properly nurtured, these abilities could be heightened, intensified, and that in time his subjects may be able to travel from here to there.
- Peter Bishop: Over there? You mean an alternate world?
- Walter Bishop: Around this time, something was lost to me, Peter. Something precious. I became convinced that if only I could cross over myself, then I could take from there what I had lost here.
- Peter Bishop: And what was the plan? You were just gonna open up a hole and then walk over to the other side?
- Walter Bishop: No... it's not that simple. You have to find the right place first. Of course there's a problem opening a hole to another reality. In theory, that would also allow things from there to pass over here, which could be dangerous. And so I also built a plug.
- Peter Bishop: A plug?
- Walter Bishop: Actually more a patch to close the hole should the need ever arise. This is that patch, Peter. This is what I had to find.
- Peter Bishop: Okay, just so I'm clear, somewhere out there, there is a hole to another reality, and you need to plug it?
- Walter Bishop: Yes, I'm afraid so.
- Peter Bishop: Well, do you know where it is?
- Walter Bishop: Yes. Yes, I do, Peter. Reiden. Reiden Lake.
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REWATCHING: There’s More than One of Everything
- Interesting that Walter sometimes sleep at the marine biology lab. I wonder what’s up with him and Mrs. Ericson.
- Nina Sharp looks so happy to see Broyles. And Broyles always freak people out, why does he appeared suddenly out of nowhere.
- Oh really? You don’t know where is Bell, Nina?
- And then Nina Sharp said she will arrange a meeting between her and Bell. Hmm.. It is also strange that Nina look at Broyles first before she look at Olivia. What does Broyles know?
- Is the energy cell part of Bishop’s gadget? I wonder if Nina actually know the purpose of it, especially she know that Jones is after Bell who is in the alter-universe. Could Nina also know about the surgery of Walter?
- The observer got the coin from the alter-universe. How?
- Olivia and Charlie asked all the pertinent questions, except for one important thing - where is the driver? Does the alternate universe successfully made an automatic car?
- Happy family picture.
- At last, you blurted it out, Nina Sharp!
- It’s funny that this episode has two scenes with simultaneous phone calls.
- Whale-shaped pancake!
- Great subtle acting of Walter, hiding the coin in his pocket!
- Very very nice lighting of Walter and Peter’s conversation. Their faces are split into half, a subtle way of writers making a point of two universes.
- I would love to know what happened in Becca’s meadow and who was in-charge in the investigation.
- Was Reiden Lake the spot where Walter opened the door between the universes and snatched Peter?
- Peter1.0 is a coin collector while Peter2.0 does the coin trick.
- Sunglasses of Jones dropped. Doesn’t that reminded you of the eyeglasses in Jacksonville?
- Jones was sliced in half!
- Who’s on the government protecting William Bell?
- Manhattan… or Manhatan seems to be a softspot.
- Welcome to the alternate universe!
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”William Bell was many things. He was ambitious. He was egotistical. He was temperamental. But he wasn’t a madman. Although the ideas in his manifesto are radical, he wouldn’t do these horrendous things. He would never do it. There are references all throughout to the chapter of ethics. But there is no such chapter. It is missing. And I believe that someone has removed it to suit their own evil purposes. And I can prove it.
Walter Bishop
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Season 1 Episode 19: Fringe Mystery
Again, I’m quite positive that we won’t get an answer to this question, but I still want to throw this in.
What is the nature of the “deja vu” moment? Did Olivia actually “went” to the alternate universe? Was this just a vision? If Olivia physically in the alternate universe, did she “disappear” in our world? And if she is physically in the alternate universe, what happened to the alternate Olivia? Was there a disastrous effect when Olivia interacted with the alternate universe Broyles and Charlie?
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UnknownUnknown20PlaysEPISODE 1.19: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN - The Fringemunks
Parody of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel
Parody Lyrics and All Instruments/Production by David Wu(Check out more of Fringemunks at http://davidwumusic.com/fringemunks/)
FBI briefing room
Talkin’ ‘bout impending doom
Broyles explains ZFT
To those who sort of need it
“Olivia and Charlie
They’ll assign you to your teams
Here’s the manifesto
Of ZFT, read it!”
New York: Susan Pratt
Walks outside and hails a cab
But it passes by
So she has to take a bus
Window is steaming up
Crossword puzzle smolders up
Tells the driver “Stop the bus!”
She gets off and combusts
Susan Pratt started the fire
It wasn’t God nor Jesus
It was pyrokinesis
Susan Pratt started the fire
Couldn’t help but ignite it
Didn’t know how to fight it
Walter shows Peter B.
The defective ‘y’ key
Claims lost ZFT chapter
Shows Bell is ethical
Then the Fringe Science Team
Arrives at the combustion scene
Something strange in your neighborhood
Who you gonna call?
Nina Sharp says Massive D
And Bell are not the enemy
But says that Bell is currently
Traveling abroad
Harris forbids Broyles’ team
To investigate Massive D
Despite all this
Broyles tells Olivia to press on
Susan Pratt started the fire
It wasn’t God nor Jesus
It was pyrokinesis
Susan Pratt started the fire
Couldn’t help but ignite it
Didn’t know how to fight it
Apartment of Susan Pratt
Clothes are all gray and black
They find a 30,000-dollar check
From Isaac Winters
Walter spills Berry Boom
Olivia visits Winter’s room
Hears the phone messages
Left by Susan Pratt to Winters
Whoa-hoa-hoa
Olivia’s been experiencing
An alternate reality
Saw two configurations
Of Broyles’ office setup
Photo showed 2 charred bodies
Then it showed just 1 body!
Boston skyline burning
Then not burning anymore!
Olivia thinks she’s lost it
Walter says it’s space-time pliability now
That caused extended deja vu
But just how did Olivia get this ability now?
Emmanuel Grayson
Claims that William Bell is one
That carried out experiments
To make super soldiers
Grayson thinks he’s Spock, then
Salutes with the “Vulcan” hand
But it’s for Liv that Harris
Orders psychiatric help
FBI briefing room
Olivia picks up the phone
Looks around the room
And sees that things are slightly different
Boston in a quarantine lockdown
But after seeing the photo of the 2 charred corpses
The office returns to normal
Olivia suspects Pratt has a twin, and indeed it’s true
The twin is Nancy Lewis
Turns out she was kidnapped
Peter built a gift for Walter
Made from Walter’s own equipment
To take a high-res image of
Nancy’s steamed-up window
The window disk breaks but that’s OK
Peter has the scan
He calibrates the audio
Then they hear Nancy screaming
And a nice jar breaking
Then they hear a phone dialing
Then Isaac Winters says
“I have her, see you there…”
He was talking to Harris
What else can I say?
Olivia and Charlie
Tailing Sanford Harris
They arrived at a warehouse
Harris and Winters have Nancy
Olivia saw her picture up on a wall,
a wall, a wall, a wall, a wall, a wall,
a wall, a wall, a wall…
All the people in the pictures
They were all subjects of cortexiphan, yeah
Olivia finds Nancy
And somehow Nancy Lewis
Sets Harris on fire
Olivia talks to Walter
Walter starts to cry, says he meant no harm
Olivia asks what they did to her
Walter bawls somemore
Says he doesn’t remember
Peter comforts Walter
Then back at the lab, Walter listens to records
Walter finds the lost ZFT chapter
The Observer says that it’s time to go now
Then someone shoots Nina
A dark figure did it at her condominium
