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TV.COM: Power Hungry -The team investigate the case of a man who can project electricity… and is at the center of a series of strange deaths involving electricity.

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Recap & Review: I will be the first to admit I have been on the fence with this series. The last episode completely confused me as a viewer. Many would say why didn’t I just turn the series off. I will tell you why. I am standing on the strength of the name of JJ Abrams with this series. I’m sure I am not the only one doing that. The man is known for making amazing television that doesn’t go along with the norm. When Lost first began to air, I wasn’t too keen on that series either, but I kept watching, and by mid-season it was one of my favorite television series. The same could very well happen here with Fringe. I will stick it out for now, and that means my reviews will continue.

This week, the focus is on a man who has a very interesting connection to electricity. We see this in the first few minutes of the series as he breaks item after item just by being near it. Everything from an alarm clock, to a machine at his job and a computer of a woman he is visiting. The kicker is though when he climbs into a crowded elevator. His presence sends it crashing to the ground floor, and it appears he is the only one to survive. As for Dunham, we jump to her and she tells her co-worker about her seeing John in the last episode. This sighting disturbs her. Walter and Peter also continuing having their own issues as well. Walter is still keeping his son up with his nightly antics.

Olivia and her team are giving the case about the elevator crash. All the passengers died except for one. The elevator apparently drove itself to the ground. Walter starts to inspect the bodies, and he says the victims all were electrocuted. He then proceeds to show a necklace floating in mid-air just from the electro magnetic pull in the air. Walter runs his own autopsy on one of the people that died, and he figures out it is a person that caused the elevator accident. We see this man again, and he is fired from his job. This causes another electrical mishap to occur. This time to his former boss.

Olivia’s boss puts her onto the trail of a man named Jacob Fischer. She begins to look for this man, and at this time she once again sees John. He tells her that she is on the right path, but she must find the man responsible for the elevator before Jacob does. He then leaves her, and this one leaves her with more question. As for the man responsible, he returns home only to get into an argument with his mother. This leads to another incident, one that causes his mother her life. On his way out, Jacob finds him. It is this last incident and the one at the man’s work that sends Olivia to the man’s apartment. She finds his dead mother, but he is nowhere to be found.

Walter thinks he can find the man using a tape. He also needs birds that he thinks he can use to find the man, who we know is being held captive. Olivia also keeps seeing John, and we have birds on their way to find the man. He appears to be in the midst of being tortured, but the birds are moving towards him with Olivia and Peter close behind. They do find him, but the man has somehow broken loose, and he runs from Olivia when she spots him. Peter is able to stop him though. After his capture, Walter and Olivia share a moment where he talks to her about her seeing John.  He tries to explain to her what is happening. After this, she sees John once again. He doesn’t see her though, so she decides follow him. This leads her to an abandoned building full of files. They also find personal items of his, including an engagement ring.

Alright, I have to say this now. This episode was better than last. It was more cohesive, and I could follow it easier. Last episode bounced around a bit too much for me, and that was the main problem I had with the episode. However, this episode is less busy. They kept to basics, and that made this episode just much better in my mind. They also breathed some life into the character of Olivia, and they really need to do that more. She’s been too dry and boring. She is supposed to be the main focus of the series, and I wasn’t feeling her at all. This episode I did. What did you think of this episode of Fringe?

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