Fringe: One Night in October (2011)
Season 4, Episode 2
10/10
Now Tell me your Most Happy Memory.
2 October 2011
...Step into the Light

If "The Proof of the Butterscotch Pudding is in the Eating" then the proof of any Fringe Case is in the viewing of it. In this second Peter-less Case, although I am still wondering where the Observers have spirited Peter off to - If in fact it was they who did It... I am certainly as interested in this New Case - Mostly because of the unique investigation element added - And also in the characteristics of the of Fringe event that is being looked into.

The point is, my interest is officially Piqued, I now want to now how this all plays out. We know that Peter is still poking his head into existence (and in new ways) - But as important as that is, we have a new conundrum to figure out.

Fringe division, on both sides of the orange universe, continues to look into odd events, apparently not bothered by what we know of a missing key team member... All except Walter maybe, who is bothered - If he could only know what he is being bothered about. Can he figure it out? At this point I don't know and that is what makes it interesting.

The idea of not knowing what's around any corners, combined with the fact all of us must eventually look, is what makes this intriguing, if you add in foreknowledge of how certain events played out with the addition of another character. And this episode shows us more of the differences between the "Red" and "Blue" Fringe Multiverses (becoming in fact the "orange" universe) and timelines of each- Searching deeper into Olivia's (And maybe Fauxlivia's) past.

In fact, in the short interaction between Olivia and Faulivia where they are briefly alone together, Olivia tells some thing about her past relating to her Stepfather to Fauxlivua- and the reaction that we see from Fauxlivua is probably the first time we see respect from Faux-livia directed at O-livia. This is a major development and it is not to be missed. Look for it.

In fact these first four episodes without Peter are very important, as it shows Walter coming to grips with his instability and figuring out ways to step out of the little world he has trapped himself into, in the laboratory. He finally, eventually, takes steps to leave that protected environment. But it requires watching the progression from the first episode to the fourth- it is mostly his abject fear of being sent back to St Claire's- "The hospital where he spent 17...", well, you know what Walter says about this..

My most happy memory is when I learned earlier this year that there would be 22 more Fringe "cases" this season.

It also makes me happy that I can revisit these episodes on IMDb TV.
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