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- TV Series: Fringe
- Episode: Dream Logic
- Starring: Ana Torv, Lance Reddick, John Noble, Joshua Jackson, Kirk Acevedo
- Written By: Josh Singer
- Directed By: Paul A. Edwards
- Network: Fox
- Series: Fringe
Fringe: Dream Logic Review
Nightmares and Dreamscapes on the Fringe. By
Stephen Lackey
October 16, 2009
Fringe Review(2009).
© Fox/Bob Trate
It has been mentioned here before that Olivia’s rehab situation isn’t new or innovative but in this episode, as in previous ones, it’s still quite riveting. This week, Olivia has to admit that her life is a mess. She believed that she had finished healing but within moments of being in the bowling alley she was on to another phase of her rehab. This small part of the episode was really entertaining because she had to follow through with the task set before her no matter what else was going on.So, all the while she was investigating all of the Fringe science stuff, she had to ask every person she came in contact with wearing red for a business card. The one hiccup is that Peter never once took notice of what she was doing. There are plenty of ways to explain that away though. Maybe he was just too riveted to the case at hand to notice Olivia’s quirky new habit or maybe he did notice but didn’t want to mention it to her.
Peter was again this week treated like a full blown FBI agent. In fact, the case of the week was actually brought to him first and Olivia was contacted later. Olivia is supposed to be the lead “agent” of this team so the writers need to make sure and maintain the characters positions within the team or at least make mention of it when things do get handled differently. Peter has proven his abilities to handle situations with the FBI and the government in the past with the providing of the alien tech and the demands for new accommodations for he and his father coming to mind but he’s still just a consultant. Speaking of Walter and Peter’s new house; the opening scene of the two of them moving in kicked the episode off with some really humorous “Walterisms”.
The case of the week is just that: a case of the week. Often with Fringe, what appears to be a case of the week ends up being deeply tied to some part of the larger story. This week, we just got a simple beginning middle and end story. The story features some really creepy visuals and some nice twists and turns, all things you’d expect from this series. There are of course smaller stories such as Olivia’s unorthodox treatment that are ongoing. Constants in Fringe are mind control and dream states and this episode focuses in on dreams in particular. Dreams can often reveal things about ourselves that we may have forgotten and Peter, as much as Olivia, has a lot to remember. It’s revealed this week that Walter pulled another of his tricks to hide some of Peter’s past from him. This gets into spoiler territory but other than Olivia’s rehab, it’s the most interesting part of the episode to discuss. Peter had nightmares as a child and Walter helped him train his mind not to remember these nightmares. By the end of the episode it’s apparent that these “nightmares” may have been actual memories of what happened to Peter as a child manifesting themselves in dreams. By the end of the episode, there’s a fairly creepy scene with Peter having one of those old nightmares and when he wakes Walter is sitting in front of him staring. The scene is absolutely riveting. There’s a lot to be revealed between these two, some of it we already know and a lot of it we have yet to learn.
The main story was good but not a memorable one but the secondary stories with Peter and Olivia were fascinating. On top of that, there were several bits of great Walter humor and the requisite gory scenes that are a part of the glue that holds the show together. I couldn’t help but think a few times that Peter and Olivia needed those weird metal tools that were used in the X-Files to take out alien guys (or whatever they were) in that show.
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"Olivia is supposed to be the lead “agent” of this team so the writers need to make sure and maintain the characters positions within the team or at least make mention of it when things do get handled differently."
Why? The fact of the matter is Peter is taking a more proactive role this season and so is Fringe division. It doesn't diminish anything that Olivia does. She's the one that sent Peter the case in the first place.
Astrid clearly says , "Olivia sent this over to you." How else would he get it?
Also , yes Olivia got her memory back and her leg is healing but she's still not 100% so Peter is picking up the slack. I prefer this then last season where he just followed her around until something happened.
Great episode. There aren't many tv characters that can go from laugh out loud funny to just scary and creepy like Walter can. Him worrying about the stove being on was funny as hell. He really is hair short of a mad scientist.