Nov 12 2008
Fringe Episode 1-7
TV.com: In Which We Meet Mr. Jones - A parasite mysteriously latches onto a dying FBI agent’s internal organs. Agent Dunham rushes to Germany to meet a prisoner for information about the threat they face.
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Recap & Review: Fringe returns after a three week break, and there is good news for fans of this series. Fringe will remain in its time slot in January when American Idol makes its return to Fox. House is the one being moved as I mentioned already on this blog in a previous review. Fox has enough confidence in Fringe to keep the series right where it is to keep the American Idol lead-in audience. This series has had me on the fence, but things had just started to pick up for me when the series took its break. Will it keep that momentum?
This week, the series follows an FBI agent. The episode begins on one of his missions, and after he returns from it and is filling in Broyles on the case, he becomes ill. Rushed to the hospital, the man is found to have some sort of parasite feeding on his stomach organs. The team is brought in, and Walter has some familiarity with it, but it is still unlike anything he has worked on in the past. Walter has the man transferred to his lab, and he works to remove the parasite from the man, but the parasite tries to kill him in the process.
While looking at the DNA of the parasite, Walter finds a clue that leads Dunham to Germany. She jumps on an airplane to meet the man that might be able to save the FBI agent. Everyone is working hard on this case because it is importantto Broyles. That agent has a problem with Walter and his lack of focus, but the man is focusing as much as he can. Broyles also finds out that there might be another agent giving information to outside sources. He sends agents after him, but this turns out to be the same man the German lead wants to speak to before he speaks to Dunham.
It becomes a race to see who can get to the man first. However, Peter arrives too late. Mr.Smith is killed. However, Walter might be still able to use him to help their cause. He wants to kick starts Mr. Smith’s brain. However, this might not work cause it turns out he was shot in the head. Walter continues on though, and Peter finally calls Olivia to tell her they might be able to find out some things from Mr. Smith.
She moves forward with her own meeting of Mr. Jones, but they are not ready for it yet. She has also had a bit of a romantic entanglement during her trip. During her interview with Mr. Jones, the two go back and forth. Mr. Jones then admits he is not the one behind the parasite. It becomes a race for time once again as Olivia needs the answer from Smith in the fourteen minutes she is given. Time almost runs out, but she gets the answer and Mr. Jones tells her how to save the agent. The parasite is killed, and all is well. However, Broyles is still looking for another agent mole, and he is tricked we learn. The agent with the parasite appears to be their spy. All of this was a trick to find information. A deadly game indeed.
This episode had me off the fence and enjoying things. Everything just worked right in this episode. From Walter’s quirkiness to Olivia’s new attempt at romance. Peter being tortured was horrible to watch, but you can see the little moments where father and son get closer together. This series might end up being okay after all.
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