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Fringe Analysis Season 3 Episode 18 “Bloodlines” with Full Episode Video and Science of The First People!

Greetings Fringe Fans!

This has been a Fringtastic week for the Fringedom! Fringe was renewed for a fourth season with a full 22 episode compliment! This has set the Fringies into a frenzy of ecstatic joy! How can we not be, in an absolute, out of this alternate universe, bliss!

Before we begin the review how about a bit of the science of The First People courtesy of FOX Broadcasting featuring Joel Wyman and Jeff Pinkner?

The momentous cliff hanger last week, with the thought of William Bell’s (Leonard Nimoy) soul magnets might not be working that well and the jump to the Alternate Universe this week has us all enthralled and glued to our Televisions This is a show that delivers with intensity. The writers {Alison Schapker & Monica Owusu-Breen} and Director Dennis Smith out did themselves with Fringe episode 18 “Bloodlines” . FRINGTASTIC!

The opening sequence was a tense moment for all Mother’s. We begin with Bolivia (Anna Torv) at her ob/gyn appointment with her Mother. Marilyn Dunham played by the wonderful actress Amy Madigan. This is Amy’s fourth appearance in Fringe and she is great as a caring and loving Mother. It reminds me that our Olivia yearned for that sort of parental support as a child in season three episode 12 “Concentrate and Ask Again.”

We begin with Bolivia and Marilyn are receiving the distressing news that Bolivia might be positive for the disease VPE (viral propagated preeclampsia) Welcome to the Preeclampsia Foundation. This was the disease that was the demise of Bolivia’s sister, Alt-Rachel and her baby. This is discouraging news with a whopping 80% chance that Bolivia might have it! That is not the best news that I would want to hear as an expectant Mom.

The butterfly in the soothing video mural with the water fall, gave me the impression of a metamorphosis is about to occur. We are in for a ride again. The science of Fringe is always at work making us look at all the props, the nuances and evoking our thoughts to guess at where will the larger pattern eventually take us.

The scene with Marilyn and Bolivia in car makes me think Bolivia is vulnerable to having a child. She seems to have already resigned herself to not being a parent. Honestly, no one knows those answers until they are at that pivotal moment. She doesn’t feel she could be a wonderful Mother? I’m already beginning to feel more and more for Bolivia. As a mother myself, I went through all the worries, real or imagined that all mother’s go through. She also feels she is being judged by her actions because of her ‘one night stand’. Lincoln and her mother just care and it good she has such support. I wonder how Peter would feel if he knew he might be a father or referred to as a one night stand?

Bolivia leaves her Mom and as she walks away, she feels that spidey sense kicking in. ( Maybe she picked up a bug from Alt-Charlie, Lol) She feels that she is being followed and for good reason. Bolivia IS being ”observed” by The Observer (Michael Cerveris) is not far away and is watching intensely.

Every time I see the well dressed bald dude I get that feeling something profound is about to happen. Just then the ever devoted Commanding Officer Lincoln Lee(Seth Gabel) calls her and appoints her a security detail out of safety for Bolivia. Unfortunately this was a useless endeavor. There were some unsavory characters waiting for her and ZAP! Bolivia is tasered and kidnapped!

What an opening sequence!

Lincoln Lee (Seth Gabel) and Charlie Francis, (Kirk Acevedo) are at the Fringe Division discussing Mona (Julie McNiven) the’ bug girl’ from episode “Immortality” that Charlie went on a date with. This made me laugh. I was curious if he would encourage that relationship at all. She certainly had the hots for Charlie. With good reason because so do I.

This conversation about dating brought up feelings Lincoln might have for Bolivia. Charlie teased Lincoln about the fact that Bolivia’s one night stand was driving him crazy! That elicited a chuckle from me. When Lincoln found out that Bolivia was kidnapped his expression on his face was quite telling about how concerned he was for her and her life that should be none of his business as he put it.

Lincoln calls Walternate (John Noble) to reveal the upsetting news that Bolivia was kidnapped. At the time the call was made. Walternate and Brandon Fayette, (Ryan McDonald) were discussing the possibility of experimentation on children to find a way to other Universe. Brandon is a cool geek in our Universe but he just seems unsavory in the alternate universe. Walternate is unwilling to go the route of experimenting on children, and is very adamant about that decision. Walternate seems very stressed about the abduction of his future grandson and wishes to know every detail that is revealed to Lincoln in the search. I always miss Walter and his Walter-isms in these Alter-Universe episodes. Walternate is not Mr. Chuckles, where Walter is chuckles incarnate! lol 😛

They are able to track Bolivia with her organic technology tracking device but are thwarted by the kidnappers knowing about the tracking device. Lincoln and Charlie are frustrated and angry that ‘they’ removed it, and Bolivia is still missing. The kidnappers have gotten clean away and have begun to implement their plans they have for Bolivia and the baby.

The discovery of the knowledge of the tracking device leads Lincoln and Charlie to believe this to be an inside job. They recruit Alt-Astrid Farnsworth (Jasika Nicole) to find the person or person’s who would have clearance to the classified information. Alt-Astrid (Alt-Astro) is able to supply them with information of her own about a suspicious vehicle that has been cruising past Bolivia’s house for the past week. Astrid in any Universe is a favourite of mine. I wonder what her character will be doing next?

Bolivia is brought to a makeshift hospital. The Doctor says “Phase 1 has disrupted the regulatory process by now and all inhibitory proteins should be blocked” What does that mean for the baby? Bolivia is restrained and they put a huge terrifying needle into her abdomen. I don’t mind needles, but, c’mon, that was a needle I wouldn’t even use on my enemy. OUCH! I’m really starting to feel for this Olivia. The Doctor that is injecting her could really use some bed side manners. He let’s it slip that ‘they’ said she was a fighter.

This leads credence to the thought that this is an inside job. So, who is the paycheck behind this evil plan? What is this agenda and what does it have to do with Peter’s baby? The nurse is Yolanda Ulmer (First Wave, Trooper) and she seems to show some compassion. However, when she puts that ‘target’ ultra sound machine pointed at the baby you just know that she is not all bed side manner either. Who can do those things to a Mother and an unborn child?

Henry Higgins (Andre Royo) is the cab driver that has been driving past Bolivia’s place. He made an appearance in the episode “Olivia” and helped Olivia escape in the episode “Abducted”. He is a cool character. I liked the fact he was reading Opus, The Peahen. I love penguins. The last picture in the comic strip shows a taser shot to the woman. How fitting since that’s what just happened to Bolivia. Ouch! I laughed when Charlie said put your hands on the steering wheel and Lincoln said to get out of the car! What the hex you want the dude to do guys? LOL He can’t do both!

Henry sure knows a lot of things that seem to surprise Lincoln and Charlie. Charlie realizes Henry is the cabbie from the gas station that was helping Olivia. Charlie and Lincoln realize that there might have indeed been a switch of Olivia’s and that things may be more complicated then they seem…. Someone has some explaining to do!

Marilyn gets the bad news from Doctor Rosa that Bolivia is indeed the carrier of the dreaded PVE. This means the end of the pregnancy for this baby. But is it? Marilyn shows herself to be wanting this baby for her Olivia, but she knows the prognosis is not good. Meanwhile, Bolivia has awakened at this point and is plotting an escape but it foiled by a vicious pain ripping through her abdomen. The baby is growing! They have accelerated the growth of this unborn fetus! What does this mean in relation to the status PVE? In the episode S1-2 “The Same Old Story” there was an accelerated growth of a child. That did not end well for Mother or child. What is going to be the end result for this CHILD of Bolivia’s and Peter’s?

Lincoln proceeds to meet with Walternate where he reveals to him what Henry the cab driver had told him. Lincoln wants to know the truth. Lincoln is very concerned for Bolivia. He needs to know the truth in order to search for Bolivia. But also to satisfy his own curiosity on the events that has come to light with his conversation with Henry. I think the desire to be fully informed so it might help to a lead is just him fishing for information to solidify his own suspicions.

Lincoln ‘s suspicions are confirmed by Walternate, that they two women were indeed switched. How does this really make Lincoln feel? Walternate is willing to tell Lincoln every thing and does. Lincoln finds out that Bolivia did not have a one night stand but is carrying a child, one of great importance to Walternate. Lincoln has a look on his face that he has just been sucker punched in the gut. That was pretty amazing acting on his part. Lincoln looked blown away and perhaps a little nauseous. Lincoln might have some competition for Bolivia’s heart?

Lincoln is running out of time. Bolivia’s baby has grown exponentially with the mad scientist filling her with wacky drugs and by now she looks 9 months pregnant. That had to be some serious pain, no matter the pain killers and the milligram amount. I’m cringing at the thought of it. They are conducting a procedure in a joint expander machine to make sure her body is okay for the advancement in her pregnancy. That has got to hurt! I’d clench my hands too! What is this about a time table? Is there a time limit? What is their agenda? Bolivia is going to have to do something herself to get out of this mess. She tries to appeal to the ob/gyn nurse compassionate side and gets a no help from that heartless woman.

Lincoln and Charlie are trying to find her with the help of Atl-Astrid. They are going to have to tell Marilyn that Bolivia has been kidnapped. Charlie volunteers to talk to Marilyn. Charlie says to Lincoln “You talking to me”? I love that line, any where in any universe! In the Alternate Universe Francis Ford Coppola directed Taxi Driver, That was very clever for Charlie to say that line.

Marilyn is telling Charlie that Bolivia can not have the baby and that means what ever these people are up to, could very well kill Bolivia.

The nurse is about to get a comeuppance’s as Bolivia goes Dunham on her. Gotta love that! Even as advanced in pregnancy she is, she can still show her fighting skills. Yes! Deliver ultimatums and kick butt! Bolivia escapes only to find herself in a worse predicament. The baby is coming! Bolivia calls Lincoln but will he get there in time? He sure does, with the help of Henry Higgins. The cabbie that knows all the back streets to China town where Bolivia was being held.

Now this is where my sanity flies out the window, between the nail biting and the crying, I’m hoping up on the back of the couch to watch what is about to unfold. Henry is once again there to help out. He offers to help with the delivery of the baby. There is the heart wrenching scene between Bolivia and Lincoln. That is some incredibly stellar acting of Anna Torv and Seth Gable. A single tear rolls down Lincoln’s face as he promises Bolivia that he’ll make sure the baby will be okay. The pain on her face is making me cringe. How could anyone not feel for Bolivia?

Lincoln professing his love for her was a delight and a sorrowful moment with the thought of her dying looming with every push she made. When the baby was born and Bolivia went so still, Lincoln’s expersion on his face had me just in tears. I cried more than the baby did! *phew* Bolivia and the baby are both fine and I can crawl down off my perch on the back or the couch. Henry has done a wonderful job of delivering Bolivia’s baby and hopefully we will see his character in future episodes.

Lincoln’s profession of love bodes well for our Olivia. With Lincoln’s love for Bolivia out in the open, I’m hoping this may lead to something for the pair. Perhaps sharing a traumatic event between them, opens a lot of possibilities for love to grow?

Lincoln and Charlie are at the hospital where they meet up with Walternate. Walternate seems to be so concerned for the safety of his grandchild and Bolivia. Walternate is one guy that I would not wish to cross. Good thing Lincoln seems to be on his good side.

Lincoln and Charlie are not pleased that Walternate has not been sharing his secrets with them. Which leads them to speculate as to what else they may not know. What may have happened to Broyles and if there is a correlation between the events of the switching of the 2 Olivia’s. I wonder what they intend to do about the lack of knowledge they have on these events?

Marilyn and Bolivia are marveling at the wonder of the little miracle cooing and stretching in her arms. The PVE did not have time to manifest and a miracle to love and hold is born. He is gorgeous, and so precious. Bolivia is showing us those beautiful Anna Torv smiles we all love. You can’t help but smile with her. But what are the insidious plans for this little miracle?

We don’t have long to enjoy the Mother and son moment before we see the transfer of the baby’s blood sample to a minion. August, our Observer is there to witness the transaction as well. What does the Observer mean”It is happening?” I’m speculating that this baby is more important than we first realized. Is Peter the only person that can operate the machine? Is this child important to the Observer’s as well?

The minion is the sleazy Alt-Brandon and he delivers the blood sample to none other than Walternate! He executed this plan and put their lives in such great peril. I thought he had a moral stance on not experimenting on children? Wouldn’t the rapid growth of a child be considered experimentation? What plans does Walternate have for his Grandson? Is this child ‘FATED’ to be an intricate part of the larger pattern of Fringe Science.

Fringe returns Friday April 15, 2011 with season three episode 19 known as “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide” (LSD). In the meantime, enjoy the full episode “Bloodline” courtesy of FOX via Hulu!

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March 30, 2011
Fringe Review Season Three Episode 11 “Reciprocity”

Hello again Fringe fans!

The mid-season episode “Reciprocity” was spectacular. Fringe with its new home on Friday nights is a proven two week back to back success! WR_Systems (Kenn) is consulting with WormholeRiders News Agency Team leader RedOne68 (Sandra) on ratings analysis. He will be posting a special ratings analysis discussion about Fringe soon.

Topic? Specifically about why some fans have drawn (and continue to draw) the incorrect conclusions that Fringe needed to be “saved”. Nonsense! Fringe was never in any danger of being canceled.

This is definitely a Peter-centric episode. Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) shows a darker, creepier side. Although we are presented with the Doomsday device, it plays very little part in this episode being used to tease the audience for what is coming in the future. Certainly a cliffhanger leading to Fringe season four, of which we here at WHR have no doubt about.

Odd things begin happening right from the start of the episode. The team is introduced to a device with seemingly, no commonly accepted means of control, such as working parts or means to set it off. They also don’t seem to know where it came from. However, like many great sci-fi shows, it maintains an electro-magnetic field which becomes active, causing Peter’s nose to bleed.

The device becomes part of a puzzle; it is obviously beginning to affect Peter, or, is Peter affecting it and why has he turned out to be a a “bad guy” or was he always? Great turn-about by the creators of Fringe and superb acting job by Joshua Jackson To that point John Noble discusses Reciprocity and Peter below!

There is solid connection between the two. So, Peter is tested to determine the cause of his nosebleed, but nothing of significance is found. Walter Bishop (John Noble), concerned for his son, turns to Nina Sharp (Blair Brown) to boost his brain power. Although we are left to assume that the DNA Nina gives Walter had a high tech beginning, we are not privy to how it was created in this episode. Instead, the writers go with a decidedly low tech method to test it.

Walter inhales the DNA from a bottle. But the method that Walter uses to attempt to help his son, fits Walter’s character to a “T”. He’s reckless and impulsive; qualities we might consider to be child-like. But Walter also shows the feelings of a father. He cares very little about his own safety and focuses instead on science and the results of experiments he has a hand in.

Later, just as we learn that Peter’s heart rate is affected after all, Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) discovers a dead shape shifter with two bullets in his head. Bodies start to turn up in a variety of places as the doctor who had scanned Peter’s brain is found with the same bullet wounds. Whoever the murderer is, he or she has gained access to the doctor by jimmying a window with a knife. Subtle clues about the individual who is eliminating the shape shifters begin to take form and lead us to an unexpected source. While Peter and Olivia have a chat about past wrongs, Walter and Astrid Farnsworth (Jasika Nicole) discover that Walter may have been exposed to chimpanzee DNA. How do we know?

He confirms that he was exposed due to his sudden love of bananas with ice and whipped cream in a banana split! Apparently, Walter disliked bananas before he sniffed a concoction of Chimpanzee DNA. Since chimps have also shown a fondness for insects, I suppose that Walter is fortunate that his only sudden attraction was to bananas. Was the addition of the DNA concept used to muddy the waters in the episode, or will it have great significance later on?

Then, as the episode progresses, we watch a shape shifter take the shape of a homeless person she has just murdered. What is she up to? We never find out, since she, in turn, is shot dead by a shadowed person. This is the big reveal. The person responsible for the murders of the shape shifters steps forward into the light. It turns out to be Peter Bishop. Or is he? Perhaps this is the Peter from the alternate universe. But he’s not done yet. He breaks into another home and shoots a man twice in the back of the head. He has killed another shape shifter.

Peter is interrupted by yet another shape shifter who threatens to cut off a finger or remove an eye. Suddenly, Walter enters, giving Peter the distraction required to save his body parts. But the shape shifter is not so lucky. Peter shoots him in the head. What is happening to Peter? He now justifies the mass killing of shape shifters. He feels no remorse. Concerned, Walter struggles to understand what is going on. Oddly, Nina seems more concerned when Walter inhales untested DNA, than Walter seems to be concerned that his son has been killing shape shifters.

Peter’s personality has taken a much darker direction in this episode than has been common in the past. Is this Peter’s alternate universe evil twin causing havoc in this universe? This is known as The Clean Up The Town plot device where the hero rids the community of the evil that has come to inhabit a once happy and pleasant community. But, unless the hero has authority to do so, there is a danger that he or she can take on the evil that he or she was attempting to get rid of as Walter finds out in “Reciprocity”..

So, how do we justify Peter’s behaviour? Walter comes up with an interesting premise. He believes that, somehow, Peter has been, “weaponized” by something he touched. Thus, the murders that Peter has committed, are not really his fault. Peter Bishop is not an evil twin, or resident of an alternate universe. Instead, he is under the influence of a device that has made him behave so uncharacteristically.

A few questions continue to plague us during this episode. We don’t know where the doomsday device came from. Was it created by the Observers? Are the Observers “The First Ones”? If so, why? We know that Peter and alternate Olivia were intimate. Will Peter’s relationship with the real Olivia progress to that point again? Will Walter continue to warp Astrid’s name (I hope so!)?

I really have to hand it to Anna Torv, who continues to portray Olivia putting on a brave face while utterly dying inside as she contemplates everything her alternate self stole from her. Peter had a much closer relationship with the other Olivia. For someone who has the massive intimacy issues that Olivia has, knowing about Peter and Fauxlivia must create great pain for her and Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) finds ways to make it show. To achieve any closeness with Peter, she would have to find a way to repeat what the other Olivia did. I can see her feeling jealous and even envious of – herself.

John Noble continues to show his great acting talent. He manages to demonstrate a child-like innocence and a father’s great love and devotion to his son within the same scene. And that seems to be what this show is all about. Take away the X-Files style of science fiction and the character development of the main characters, and the series often comes down to the relationship of a father and his son, and how important it is to look after family.

One of the questions we need to ask ourselves is how does Nina Sharp (Blair Brown) and Brandon (Ryan McDonald) fit into the family of Fringe in our reality? Can Nina be trusted, and will Brandon do the correct things after he was suspected as part of the conspiracy in Reciprocity? Fringe returns this Friday on FOX at 9 PM EST/PST in episode twelve “Concentrate and Ask Again”. Be sure to tune in live to support science fiction television and remember just say no to illegal downloading and piracy!

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January 31, 2011
Fringe Review Season 3 “The Firefly” – Ratings Analysis with Show Runner Video AND Nimoy’s Return!

Hello Fringe fans!

The mid-season episode “Firefly” was spectacular. Fringe has a new home on Friday nights. This has some fans worried, but it is a misnomer that Friday night is the graveyard of all television shows as we discuss below once again.

Wormholeriders News Agency published an excellent story wherein Kenn analyzed some time ago that Fringe would do better in terms of ratings on Friday night’s than the series had on Thursday evenings.

This became fact to when the series show runners shared the news, stating the very same thing today which you can view here.

As WHR has stated before, so long as the ratings hold up, season four of Fringe is a virtual certainty as reported previously. Speaking of the ratings, lets review the facts shall we?

The facts are clear. Fringe captured the highest share in the critical target groups of 18 to 49 and 18 to 34. These factors are what advertisers and the studios value to a very high degree. If you need to understand ratings please visit Nielsen and or TV By The Numbers.

We would also suggest reading an excellent article written by Craig Engler of Syfy that he recently posted on BLASTER to understand the intricate nature of ratings and their impact on whether television series are renewed or not. I think you will find the article most illuminating.

Lastly we would also recommend reading some extremely exciting news for Fringe! What news? Leonard Nimoy will be returning to Fringe as William Bell! (courtesy of BLASTER).

Exposition and Recap:

Season three of Fringe is all about choices, and “The Firefly” addresses the consequences of Walter Bishop’s (John Noble) choice to take Peter from the other side. This episode also puts emphasis exactly how much Walter has changed and his character has grown.

William Bell removed a part of Walter’s brain years ago to keep him from remembering his past. Walter Bishop is reminded of this in the beginning of “Firefly”. He is self-administering a drug that is suppose to help him remember things from his past. The question is will it work and what will be the ultimate results?

Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) reminds Walter that Bell removed part of his brain because Walter asked him to so he didn’t remember what he was becoming. This ties into the end of the episode and is a very important statement.

We have a very special guest star this week on Fringe. Christopher Lloyd guest stars as Roscoe Joyce. He played in Walter’s favorite band in the 70’s. Lloyd does an outstanding job as an elderly man in a nursing home with a touch of dementia. He is visited by his dead son Bobby, and this is where the Fringe team meets Roscoe Joyce. By the end of the episode, Roscoe and Walter have become friends and bond as fathers who have lost their sons.

I have seen most of Christopher Lloyd’s movies and I fondly remember him as Doc in Back to the Future. I can honestly say this is my favorite character and performance by Christopher Lloyd. The last thing Roscoe said to Walter is “Bring me a strawberry milkshake and I will play some piano for you”. I hope this means that Christopher Lloyd will visit the Fringe set again.

Olivia (Anna Torv) experiences several awkward moments with Peter.

Anna Torv does an exceptional job, as usual, of portraying the difficulty Olivia has with Peter and the other Olivia’s relationship. I cannot help but think that she is jealous of the openness that Peter and the other Olivia shared. Of note is a book that Peter had given to Alt-Livia which crushes “our” Olivia. Peter’s moments with Olivia are tender when he shares that the book was for her, not Bolivia.

Peter admits in this episode that he had opened up to the other Olivia and that is something new and difficult for him. There is also a sense of loss surrounding the whole relationship between the two of them. I don’t think we can predict where this relationship will go, but I believe the relationship between Peter and the other Olivia satisfied the viewers desire to see Olivia and Peter together.

In “Firefly” there is an orchestrated chain of events that all lead back to one thing, Walter’s choice. The observers are back in this episode, and the observer “September” takes Walter on an emotional ride forcing him to make the ultimate choice at the end of this episode. We are introduced to Roscoe Jenkins who has lost his son 25 years ago. We learn that his son, Bobby, who has been dead for 25 years visited him that night.

The next event happens as a group of men are robbing a jewelry store. The clerk is bound and her mouth taped. She is having an asthma attack.

The observer stops the robbery and quickly goes to the aid of the woman having the asthma attack. He gives her a puff of her inhaler, but he takes her inhaler with him. At this point, I realized the inhaler was significant. The observers are then “observed” talking.

September said “I have set things in motion”. He said he believes Walter has changed. It is at this moment that I realize the observers are testing Walter. It was still not clear as to why they were testing him or what that inhaler had to do with anything!

September then meets with Walter and they go for a walk. He tells Walter that “every action causes ripples”. He tells the story of the firefly to Walter. He said that when he pulled Walter and Peter from the lake he caused a chain reaction. Peter (later that summer) caught a firefly that another girl was meant to catch.

Because that girl did not catch the firefly, she stayed out late and this caused her father to come searching for her. Her father was driving in the rain and he skidded through a red light and ran over someone and killed them. September tells Walter that this interference has upset the balance. He gives Walter a warning “When the time comes, give him the keys and save the girl”.

Walter returns to the lab and Roscoe tells him that he remembered something that Bobby had told him in their last conversation before he died. He called his father on the phone to tell him of a dream he had. He told Roscoe he had a dream that his father was old and in a nursing home and a bald man had brought him to see his father. It was at this moment that Roscoe told Walter that Bobby had been killed by a man driving a truck that skidded through a red light. Walter makes the statement “That man lost a son because I was unwilling to lose mine”.

The next scene in the episode is the single most important scene to me. The asthmatic clerk is in a police car and Olivia and Peter are following them. Walter is on the phone with Peter when the observer runs into the police car. Walter rushes to the scene. The clerk has another asthma attack but because the observer took her inhaler she is in distress. Peter asks his father to give him the keys and go help the girl.

This is the point that I understood why the observer had taken the inhaler and what he meant by his comments to Walter. Walter choses to give Peter the keys and help the clerk. Just before the observer shoots Peter with his “magic air gun” as Peter called it, he tells peter “It must be very difficult being a father”.

At the end of the episode the observers are standing outside of Walter’s house and they are discussing the events that have occured. September said “He has changed. He was willing to let his son die”. The other one said “When the time comes he will be willing to do it again”.

What does this test mean? The observers set up an elaborate chain of events just to see if Walter would give Peter the keys, risking Peter’s life, to save an asthmatic clerk. Why would they do this? It has something to do with the picture that Peter saw with him and a device in it that was suppose to destroy the world. Perhaps there will come a time when Walter has to make the decision to save the world or to save Peter’s life again.

This episode also put emphasis on Walter’s change as a person. Did Walter change simply because William Bell removed parts of his brain? Season 3 of Fringe has been about choices. If you read my last Fringe article about the Parallel Worlds of Fringe, I talked about how anything that can happen does happen.

Remember that It just occurs in a different parallel world. At that moment in the time line Walter asked William Bell to remove part of his brain, he became the caring Walter that we love on the show. In another parallel world, Walter didn’t make the decision to have part of his brain removed and he evolved in the evil Walternate.

At some point, these men were the same person as far as brain tissues were concerned. The question are; what does Walter have missing that Walternate still has and will Walter regain his lost memories? And when and if Walter does regain his memory, will he become more like Walternate? I hope not!

I hope you have enjoyed the review of Fringe “The FireFly”. Check your local listings for air times.

Fringe returns on FOX this Friday at 9 PM EST / PST Stay tuned for more weekly Fringe reviews to be posted each week.

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January 24, 2011
Science Series: The Different Parallel Worlds of Fringe

Hello science fiction fans and “Fringe” fans!

Season 3 of “Fringe” has depicted the series characters in two slightly different universes. In this analysis I will address what a parallel universe is, how do the characters get to this alternate reality, and the differences in the two worlds within the television series Fringe.

The focus of this analysis is what is a parallel universe and do they actually exist in the real world as well as in the fictional world of Fringe?

The theory of parallel universes states that every outcome that can take place does take place, and that each different outcome occurs in a different parallel universe. Think of yourself at an intersection in the road. If you turn right and go in that direction, you meet your future husband and you have a family together. If you turn left, you never meet your future husband but instead go on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

When we apply the parallel universe theory that every outcome that can happen does happen, then you not only turned right and met your future husband but you also turned left and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Therefore, for every decision you make in the course of the day several scenarios are happening in parallel universes.

Below is a video in which Dr. Michio Kaku, Dr. Alex Filippenko, Dr. Clifford Johnson, and Dr. Max Tegmark explain to us the different types of parallel universes.

In the season three episode '6995 kHz' we observe that BOlivia (Anna Torv) has infiltrated 'our side' and has seduced Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) much to the protest of 'our' Olivia Fringe fans. Peter does not seem to know the difference (yet). How can that be? Let us now take a retrospective look at the Fringe television for reference on how the series writers have implemented the science and some of our favorite characters, "The Observers" who are no doubt mixed up in these parallel universe's somehow! At the end of Fringe season one in the episode “The Road Not Taken” we began to realize where the writers were taking us. They were taking us to a parallel universe. In this episode Olivia began seeing things and Walter offered the explanation that she may be seeing an alternate reality. In the final episode of season 1 “There’s More Than One of Everything” Walter is seen standing at a grave. Next, Walter and the Observer are standing on a beach. The Observer is holding a coin and asked Walter if he recognized it. The Observer goes on to explain that it’s from a different place and said “There is more than one of everything”. When Walter finds the beach house and inside finds the same coin in a box, he is then seen placing the coin on the tombstone that he was at earlier in the episode. On the tombstone is the name Peter Bishop 1978-1985. It was at this point that everyone realized Peter Bishop was not of this universe but another universe. At the end of the final episode of season one Olivia receives a call from Nina Sharp after confronting her about the details. She is asked to meet Nina at a hotel restaurant in Manhattan. However, Nina does not show. As Olivia gets on the elevator to leave, the elevator stops at a floor she is met at the door by a woman and is then escorted to a room where she sees a newspaper about the Obama family that does not reconcile with her universe. William Bell then introduces himself. Olivia walks over to the window and looked out. She realizes she was looking out from one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center! This was the pivotal moment in the series showing us that the writers not only intended to talk about parallel universes, but they intended to take us to the parallel universe that has intersected with our own. This intersection was caused by Walter’s obsession with the loss of Peter in ‘our universe’. Eventually, this leads to a conflict in Walternate’s universe, and the conflict continues in the Fringe television series. Let’s now examine the science and research to date by some research leaders in this area. In 2003 Dr. Max Tegmark published a paper titled “Parallel Universes”. He described the 4 types of parallel universes. A level 1 parallel universe assumes that space is infinite and goes on forever. This universe exists in the same space as our universe, but we can not observe it because the light from it has not reached us yet. Our universe is estimated to be between 12 and 15 billion years old. If you can, imagine traveling the speed of light at 186,000 miles per second or 700 million miles per hour. The level 1 parallel universe is an unfathomable distance away if we have been here 12 to 15 billion years and light traveling at 186,000 miles per second has not yet reached us. The level 2 parallel universe assumes that chaotic inflation occurred. Chaotic inflation is part of the inflationary model. It simply means all the matter we see in the universe today inflated within a fraction of a second from a single point. The basic properties of space may be different in a level 2 parallel universe, but it is still part of our space. Our universe is in a bubble that is part of a sea of bubbles (universes). The level 3 parallel universe is the most controversial of the different worlds. This universe lies within the quantum world and according to Dr. Max Tegmark is mathematically the simplest model. Mathematicians have named it the “Hilbert space”. This space is not millions of light years away. It is right in front of us and there are an infinite number of them. The “many worlds” idea was founded by Hugh Everett in 1957. It states that there are an infinite number of universes, and everything that could have happened in our past did happen in our past in another universe. The level 3 parallel universe is the model that Fringe has leveraged in the series. Quantum mechanics is the theory that explains how particles at the sub-atomic level behave and interact with one another. A prediction of quantum theory is quantum superposition. Superposition states that simultaneously particles can be in multiple places or states at once. We are all made of tiny particles. Therefore, we should also be able to be in multiple places or states at once. Proof of superposition is the “double-slit” experiment. In this experiment, shown in the video below, electrons produce an interference pattern by becoming a wave of potential. When observed the electron behaved as matter instead of a wave.
The level 4 parallel universe is one in which each mathematical structure describes a physical reality. Dr. Max Tegmark, in the video below, said that “the reason that nature is so well described by math is because in a very deep sense it is math.” I have listened to Max’s interviews and read his paper on parallel universes. I have to say that now, as I look at the tree outside my window, I see a tree with algebraic equations for branches. Below is a video interview in which Dr. Tegmark explains the 4 types of parallel universes. He does a wonderful job at putting all of this information in layman’s terms.
After reading and listening to all the information I could find on parallel universes, my next question is can we travel to a parallel universe? As sci-fi fans we have to say yes we can as observed in Fringe, Star Trek and Stargate! In the Fringe series, we observe that Olivia is able to travel between the two universes because as a child she underwent Cortexiphan trials. Cortexiphan was invented by Dr. William Bell in 1981. He believed that when children are born their minds are “infinitely capable”. He developed the drug to prevent this capability from diminishing over time. According to Walter, the drug enhances people’s abilities of perception. In season 3 episode 5 “Amber 31422” we see Olivia travel back and forth between the 2 universes. She is put in a sensory deprivation tank and given a set of “psychotropic drugs”. It is the combination of the cortexiphan, psychotropic drugs, and the sensory deprivation tank that allows Olivia to cross over. They have to use the psychotropic drugs on Olivia because she has been made to believe that she is of that universe, and that Olivia never underwent Cortexiphan trials.
However, we have also witnessed that Olivia has been able to cross over without the deprivation tank as used by Walternate in “Amber 31422”. How does she actually accomplish this task? Is it simply a matter of willing herself to do so? Or is there a another factor such as an emotional reaction that releases the Cortexiphan as when Olivia could see the shimmer of Peter being from the alternate universe? In Fringe we have also observed that the William Bell (Leonard Nimoy) Walter, Walternate (John Noble) have some sort of equipment that allows certain characters like Newton to cross over and stay over on spying missions (that is until his demise). The equipment has never been fully explained and perhaps that is best given the realities of the postulated parallel universes and that after all Fringe is a science fiction series. Now lets examine what some of the differences that we have observed in the two universes of Fringe? There have been several notable differences. In the final episode of season 1 we saw the Twin Towers still standing. The New York Post had a story that read JFK was alive with a picture of him in the office, the $20 bill has a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr., dirigibles are still a means of transportation, public flights to the moon, and smallpox vaccine has not been invented or that the FBI headquarters was never built but instead has a place honoring Martin Luther King? My favorite difference in the alternate universe is Eric Stoltz as the lead actor in “Back to the Future”! What would that part have done for Stoltz’s career? Moreover, could a young Marty McFly grow up to be a ruthless Daniel Graystone? It is all about choices, and I believe the writers are focusing on how choices have affected the characters. The writers have done a great job in developing the characters and showing us what a choice in this universe does to a character in the next. If you apply the parallel universe theory to the story, then you would get an infinite number of Olivias and they would all be slightly different. However, the writers have chosen to deal with the paradox by only showing us the two universes we have in the series. Which raise the question; are there two Gene the cows? The discussion of whether or not parallel universes exist is superfluous to the enjoyment of Fringe. The questions about parallel universes will continue to be explored by scientists in “our universe” much to my and hopefully your enjoyment. Fringe returns every Thursday evening on FOX at 9 PM east and west. If you enjoy the series as much as we at WHR and I do, may I suggest that you tune in to help boost the ratings? Fringe ratings seem to have flagged with the interruption of the World Series. Worse we have observed a disturbing trend for fans of various series including Fringe to illegally download or stream the programs. Please do not do this people because what you are doing is damaging the ability of your favorite shows to survive by promoting revenue generation for the illegal streaming sites at the expense of the producers who work very hard to bring you top quality entertainment. Failure to support Fringe and other programs by illegally downloading them in our universe's reality could lead to its demise. This is not to mention that the producers keep an eye on such things and you are damaging your own reputations. I will end with a touch of humor, but illegal downloading is no joke, its a crime and is ethically wrong: In our universe loss of a show because you failed to legally support it could end up forcing us all to cross over to “The Other Side”. Even if Fringe is already in its eleventh season there you should not support or tweet illegal downloading. Thank you! As always thank you for reading and visiting WormholeRiders News Agency. I will be back with more on the science of Fringe and other series in the future for your enjoyment. Please feel free to leave a comment or question here or click one of the social media icons below to share this article. Or if you prefer (as so many of our visitors do) you may also visit and follow me or WHR on Twitter by clicking the image avatars with your comments or questions. Thanks! Warm Regards, Redone68 (Sandra)

November 12, 2010
Fringe Review Season 3 – Olivia

Hey Fringe Fans,

Well, we finally got it: the premiere for which we waited all those long summer months. And the best part? It impressed in a BIG way. It really is quite frustrating when we suffer through the summer hiatus only to be disappointed by the fall premieres, and I was ecstatic when Fringe definitely did not fall into that category.

I’ve decided to try something a little different with my reviews this season: last season I wrote a recap followed by my thoughts on the episode, but, for this review at least, I thought I’d just jump right into my thoughts on the assumption that if you’re reading this, chances are pretty good that you’ve seen the premiere. And if you haven’t, I’d highly recommend that you stop reading right now and go watch it!

Thoughts and Impressions

Ever since news on season 3 started to trickle out this summer after filming started, one of the things I’ve been really excited about was the idea of the show running two parallel storylines concurrently; that is, alternating episodes focusing on Our Side one week, and on Theirs the next. I know that some people weren’t happy about this idea given that it means that we’ll see less of “our” team, but I think that Olivia shows just how great this season could be.

I think that the best thing about the alternating episodes is that it affords the time to properly flesh out the Other Side as well as allowing us to really get to know the Alternates. Leading up to the premiere there were several pre-reviews written by various journalists and I didn’t read a single one that didn’t mention how great Andre Royo was as Henry Higgins, and I most definitely agree: the dynamic between Olivia and Henry was one of my favourite aspects of the episode.

Olivia’s desperation was certainly palpable all throughout this episode, and I think her treatment of Henry highlighted that. We’ve never seen her blatantly threaten someone who is, for all intents and purposes, an innocent; granted, she’s never really been put in such a position before. I thought it was fascinating to see him begin to trust her as the episode progressed and he realized that there was really something to her story, that she wasn’t just a crazy lady in a hospital gown with a gun.

“I’m not insane. I’m not who they say I am” – Olivia

Just days before the premiere aired, I was discussing the Fringe alter-verse with a friend and we were wondering about whether they have Star Wars Over There. I was therefore quite amused when Henry confirmed the existence of the franchise on the Other Side with his comment about Olivia’s freakishly good memory for numbers and facts. This is something that was established back in season 1, and is part of the reason that Olivia was so disconcerted by the discovery that she was a participant in the Cortexiphan trials: she has absolutely no memory of it, whereas she remembers everything else about her life.

Speaking of the Cortexiphan trials, I’m hoping that they will somehow come into play with the treatment that Walternate had AltBrandon administer. We know that the drug acted on the brain of the Cortexiphan kids, and given that Olivia has now had her mind further manipulated with the memory treatment (which I’ll come back to in a little bit), I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some sort of interaction. This is certainly not the first time we’ve seen Liv’s consciousness messed with: in season 1 we saw her struggling to figure out which were her own memories and which belonged to John Scott. In case you’ve forgotten, Liv was trying to save his life and shared consciousness with him, and in the process some of his memories were transferred to her own. As things progressed, Liv’s mind began to purge Scott’s memories because they weren’t her own, and I wonder if something similar might begin to happen with the implanted memories from AltLiv.

“Sometimes you just gotta believe in what you can’t see” – Andre Royo as Henry Arliss Higgins

Given that Henry seemed to care enough about what happened to Olivia that he stayed outside her mother’s house even after she told him it was okay to leave, I think it’s a fair bet to say that we’ll see him again (well, that and the fact that it was announced that Andre Royo will be back on Fringe). I’m hoping that he’ll be one of the people who helps Olivia remember who she really is, especially given some of his parting words to her. I think that he noticed her starting to change as the memory treatment started to take hold during their quest to get Liv home and already suspected that there was something weird going on.

Amy Madigan as Marilyn Dunham

One thing (among many) that continually impresses me about Fringe is the calibre of the guest stars. It’s one thing to have guests who are playing one-off characters, but there have been a couple times when they’ve brought in someone to portray a new character to us, but someone who has an established relationship with someone on the team. For example, Orla Brady, who was heartbreakingly believable as Elizabeth Bishop. Well, Fringe seems to be right on the money with casting mothers on the show, because Amy Madigan was absolutely perfect as Marilyn Dunham. It impressed me how genuine Anna Torv and Amy Madigan were able to make the scenes between mother and daughter.

The level of desperation on Olivia’s mother’s part is completely understandable when you remember that Rachel Dunham died in childbirth on the Other Side. For a mother who has already lost one daughter and an unborn granddaughter, the very real possibility of losing her only remaining daughter had to be especially scary.

We found out back in Over There: part 2 that on the Other Side, Olivia’s mother is still alive. We’d known for a while that Olivia lost her mother, but to my recollection this was the first time we learned that Liv was only 14 at the time. This makes me even more intrigued about her past given that at that age, she still would have been a minor, so what happened to her and Rachel after? I assume that Olivia’s father was killed when she was younger – we know that he was military – as Marilyn remarried an abusive man whom Olivia then shot when she was only 9 years old. I would like to learn more about Marilyn Dunham’s past Over There: did she remarry after Olivia’s father died?

Path of Least Resistance

I know that AltBrandon said that it was the adrenaline from her escape that triggered Olivia’s memory treatment, but I find it telling that we saw it finally take hold in her mother’s house. In an interview with Anna Torv in which she discusses her Alternate mother, she mentions that Olivia took the “path of least resistance”, and I think that this is my favourite way of looking at it so far. Olivia has had to be strong for so long, starting as far back as the Cortexiphan trials. Bell told her that she was the strongest of all the children, and from there she only went on to have to shoulder more weight, to have to always be the protector. I assume that Olivia had at least been captive Over There for several weeks, if not months (AltCharlie’s hair is significantly longer), and she seems to have been undergoing fairly regular treatment/torture sessions; I think that she was running on her last reserves, and to come face-to-face with her mother and have to face the realization that she does have unfamiliar memories in her head, she just gave in. I’m choosing to think of this as ceding the battle to fight the war.

One thing I found particularly fascinating was being able to track the differences between Olivia and Altliv throughout the episode and as the memory treatment began to take hold. At the beginning of the episode, Olivia is clearly Olivia, with all the familiar mannerisms we’ve seen Anna Torv imbue her with in the last two seasons; yet throughout the progression of the episode, as the “treatment” began to kick in, there were little things, like mannerisms, that started to feel off, or bigger things, like when Olivia said “Frank” instead of “Peter”, or when she made a shot that she thought she shouldn’t have been able to make.

This was actually something that bothered me when I first watched the episode, because we have seen our Olivia make some pretty incredible shots in the past. But in the gas station scene when Olivia is shooting every single one of her shots is dead-on, and she’s shooting with one hand only. Our Liv sometimes shoots with just one hand, but the majority of the time she shoots with both; on the other hand, AltLivia seems to prefer to just shoot with one hand. Not to mention the fact that she drops two agents with debilitating shots through an SUV, and then she manages to shoot the gauge on a gas tank while hanging out the window of a moving car. So, on second thought, it is no wonder that Olivia was disconcerted.

When Olivia is at her “safehouse”, and makes the switch to AltLiv, it continues to amaze me that the switch is so apparent, and yet the only thing that has changed is the way the characters are being portrayed. I like that this episodes builds on the differences that we saw between Olivia and AltLiv in the finale. Olivia is much more vulnerable, in a sense, as she tends to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders, but AltLiv, even though we know she’s had tragedy in her life, is much more outgoing, even appears more confident. Even though we’ll be seeing it because our Liv has been mind-wiped (for now), I’m looking forward to seeing more of AltLiv’s relationship with Lincoln and AltCharlie.

“Somehow she is equipped to move through universes. We need her to help us understand this skill” – John Noble as Secretary Bishop

Much as I loved this episode – always fun to see Olivia kicking ass and taking names – I did have a couple issues with it, though only one of them really bugged me. One thing that confused me a little bit, considering how well Lincoln and Charlie seem to think they know AltLiv, is that they would more readily believe that their Olivia had a psychotic break rather than assuming that the two Olivias hadn’t actually switched in the first place. I mean, I get that they’d not exactly have a reason to distrust Walternate and their Broyles, but I can’t help but think that if Peter and our Fringe Division were told that their Olivia had had a “psychotic break” they would fight tooth and nail to be able to see her and not believe it for a second.

I know the term “Occam’s Razor” gets thrown around a lot, but doesn’t it make infinitely more sense that rather than their Liv having a psychotic break and being convinced she wasn’t from their universe, she would actually not be from their universe? Especially when you consider that they had just encountered our team from another world?

For someone as smart as Walternate, there is, I believe, a flaw in his reasoning. He tells Brandon that they need Olivia to help them understand how she is able to move safely between worlds and to that end they have gone to great lengths to convince her that she is their Olivia. But their Olivia had had no experiences travelling between worlds and would have no recollections of having done so. It would only be as our Olivia that she could give them the information, and to tap into those memories would be acknowledging that she isn’t their Olivia in the first place, which would defeat the purpose of the whole exercise.

Speaking of the memory treatment, this is where my biggest issue with the episode lies: the explanation we are given for the treatment itself is, well, not at all plausible. Don’t get me wrong, I know that the show is called Fringe for a reason, and I’m generally pretty forgiving about some of the more nit-picky science details because you have to allow for some wiggle room, and it is science fiction. But here is the problem: it is not at all plausible to expect that transfusing someone with B lymphocytes, a component of the immune system, could in any way transfer memories. Okay, so specifying that they are “memory” B lymphocytes is clever, but it’s just twisting words.

“The adrenaline triggered our Olivia’s memory B lymphocytes. It carried them across the blood-brain barrier and successfully transferred the memories” – Ryan McDonald as AltBrandon

Memory B lymphocytes are named thusly because they are part of the immune system that is adaptive and “remember” antigens: this is rather a simplistic explanation, but once they come in contact with a certain antigen (i.e. a virus), they later “remember” that antigen and are able to quickly set in motion the production of antibodies rather than waiting for a slower initial immune response. (For anyone else who has more of a science background, yes, I do know that this is a vastly simplified version of the process).

This is the way vaccines work: they expose us to an antigen without the live virus so that our adaptive immune system is primed should we later encounter that same organism. Memory B lymphocytes are in no way at all related to the neural kind of memory. And yes, B lymphocytes can cross the blood-brain barrier, but they do so to participate in an immune response, not to rewrite memories.

I just wish that rather than an immune vehicle, the memory treatment had had some neural component instead. It would have been more plausible to me to have had the treatment involve some sort of exposure to electricity as neuronal firing in the brain is electricity, and technically the neural pathways in the brain could be rewritten that way.

Our Olivia is now a…second AltLivia

However, taking the treatment in the spirit it was intended, I am curious to see what will happen with Olivia’s memories now. Given the plasticity of the brain, it isn’t entirely implausible that you could do a mass rewrite of someone’s memories (given the right technology, of course), but the brain is very, very redundant: even if you wrote over the initial memories, I’d lay odds that you would see latencies from the original set of memories.

It’s as if you took a painting and painted over the original picture: if you carefully scrape off the new layer of paint, the old layer is still there, and if the integrity of the new layer is threatened, the original layer of paint shines through. This is sort of how I’d compare the memory treatment: our Olivia is still in there somewhere, and I think that very quickly we will be seeing her realizing that something is off.

One thing that I love about Fringe (one of the many, many things), is that it prompts the most interesting discussions. I’ve had some rather intriguing ones about the ethics of what Walternate did, exactly. Given that Walternate administered a treatment that would rewrite Olivia’s personality completely and, supposedly, completely subsume all her own original memories, he has in effect killed our Olivia. At least for the time being. Walternate really does make it difficult to like him, doesn’t he?

“Why convince her she’s our Olivia Dunham? Why is that necessary?” – Lance Reddick as Colonel Broyles

Ever since we first met the Alternates from Over There, I have liked them, despite myself: after all, they are variations on the characters that we’ve come to know and love over the last two seasons. And I really don’t think that They are evil, even if Walternate does a pretty good impression sometimes. But the thing about Walternate that is readily apparent is that he is a hard man, a soldier. He is doing what he believes he must in order to save his world from these invaders, and I don’t think that you can fault him for that. Well, maybe you can, but I think that he has simply been in the “war” mentality for so long that he has lost sight of morality.

Seems like both he and Walter could use a lesson in ethics, come to think of it. But obviously not everyone agrees with Secretary Bishop, evidenced by the protestors of Amberization, and I think that Colonel Broyles believes that what Walternate is doing is wrong. I have this hope that as the next couple episodes progress Col. Broyles will help our Olivia get back to our world. Or, at least, help her realize that she really doesn’t belong Over There and that she isn’t remembering her own memories, but AltLivia’s. Perhaps Olivia will be starting to realize that something is off and Broyles will just tip the scales.

Alternate Fringe Division

What I do know is that I don’t want Olivia’s brainwashing to last for too long: it was one thing when she was trapped on the other side and we were seeing Over There through her eyes. It is quite another if we’ll be seeing AltLivia on both teams. Much as I like her (and yes, I do like AltLivia, even if The Box gave me slight pause on that front), I’ll miss our Olivia if she remains brainwashed for too long.

Speaking of AltLivia on Our Side, I enjoyed the first real glimpse of her interactions with Walter. I was quite curious to see how she would treat him given that she knows Walternate, who is a very different man. This last scene was yet another that made me wonder about the time frame in terms of how long it has been since they crossed over to the Other Side: I can’t imagine the Senate committee would let them wait for too long to take Peter’s statement, but I assumed that it has at least been weeks for Olivia on the other side, so perhaps they are not entirely time-synched.

Walter Bishop (John Noble) and AltLivia (Anna Torv)

On a last note, even though, yes, I did nitpick a bit, I really did love this episode. Fantastic start to the season, and I couldn’t have asked for a better premiere. Not that I expected it to disappoint: I’d seen them filming a bit around the city and everything always looked epic, so I was very much looking forward to seeing the finished product.

And I think I’ll stop here, before I find something more to talk about – Fringe seems to have that effect on me. As always, you can email me at the link below if you want to chat theories, or visit me on Twitter by clicking through the image
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October 4, 2010

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