Fringe at Monday 9pm timeslot got 7.79M viewers compared to Heroes at its new (original) timeslot got 4.71M viewers. Sadly for Heroes as it was its series lowest. CBS and ABC, however, tops against Fox with Two and a Half Men with 17.3M viewers and The Bachelors with 11.15M viewers.
That is just for one night though.
On January 11, 2010, Fringe will come back to battle NBC’s Heroes at Monday timeslot, 9pm. After that, it will go back to its original timeslot, Thursday 9pm.
The episode to be aired on Monday night is entitled “Unearthed”. This is the episode, which is supposedly aired on the first season. The reason for Fox not airing this out last season is unknown, but fans are glad that we’ll see the missing episode. I got an information that there are actually two missing episodes from last season, so I am not very surprised if there’s another one that would surface in the future.
I posted before my intial thoughts of the episode “Grey Matters”, but it will never be complete without an in-depth look at the episode, try to find some easter eggs and clues that could help us answer some of the questions. I will also try to convey my own theories in this post.
1. Who is Thomas Jerome Newton?
His name seems to be taken from a sci-fi film called The Man Who Fell to Earth. Thomas Newton, in the film, is a humanoid alien who came to Earth to bring water back to his home planet, which is experiencing a drought. Could the drought be The Blight in the Fringe world? I wonder if Fringe’s Netwon would be needing to get something from our planet to send over to the other world. But it seems to me that is not the case, as the shapeshifters could just easily get what they needed and request an extraction from the alterworld through the typewriter used in the earlier episodes. The only reason left is that Newton wants to open the portal in order to allow the rest of the aliens come in and invade the Earth.
You think you are good in finding the Observer in every episode? Then try playing this new game called the Hidden Elements in the Fox official Fringe website.
The rule of the game is simple. Just find 10 hidden elements (The observer, a rabbit, a queen card and 7 glyphs) by clicking them in your mouse. For each element that you find you’ll be awarded with a wallpaper (actually, no, because you only have 8 wallpapers but have to find 1o hidden elements to get them all).
If you are so desperate and really need help then click THIS. Otherwise, enjoy the game!
At last, the long wait is over. This episode brings together the storyline of the shapeshifter, the alternate universe and Walter’s past. The Fringe team investigates a case of stolen brain tissue from a psychiatric patient. This led to identify Thomas Newton, the head of the shapeshifters, who is attempting to find the information on how to open the door between the two universes. After successfully stealing three brain tissues, he interrogated Walter Bishop in an unusual way. This led to discovery of Walter’s past and the connection of William Bell to his amnesia.
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