What Did You Watch? 2025-06-10 (Tuesday)

Fringe S4E19 'Letters of Transit'
IMDb sez: "In the future, the Observers rule and humans that survived the purge serve them. There are still a small number of people fighting for the resistance, and one of them has discovered one of the original Fringe team in the form of Walter protected in amber. As the resistance attempts to get rid of the Observers, we get a glimpse into a rather dark dystopian future."
The glyphs for this episode spell out: QUAKE
This episode follows the pattern established in season two: The fourth-to-last episode of a season is "the weird one". Season two (23 eps) had #2.20, Brown Betty, a musical, whereas season three (22 eps) had #3.19, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, a partly animated episode. And this one is a flash-forward episode.
When Simon and Henrietta are taking Walter to the city, they get stopped by a Loyalist officer. During this Walter says "These aren't the droids you are looking for" which is a line from Star Wars: A New Hope (1977). Fringe creator JJ Abrams would go on to direct two Star Wars films - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
"Crazy Credits": Opening text which scrolled upward on screen: 'They came from the future. At first, they only watched. Arriving at key moments in human history. We called them OBSERVERS. But in 2015 they stopped watching... and seized control. Citizen uprisings proved bloody and futile. Those who survived became known as "Natives." In an attempt to show their allegiance, some Native factions became "Loyalists" and were marked by the OBSERVERS. The original FRINGE TEAM fought the invasion, but was quickly defeated. FRINGE DIVISION was allowed to continue at a reduced capacity, but only to police the Natives. The resistance was quickly overcome ...or so they thought.' [the word "OBSERVERS" was written in red text, while all other text was white against the black background.]
Dr. Walter Bishop: I am not a number. I am a free man.  (I wonder where he got that from.)
Dr. Walter Bishop: Have you seen it?
Simon Foster: Monkey feces? No. I can't say I've had the pleasure.
Dr. Walter Bishop: I wouldn't say that it was a pleasure.
Fringe S4E20 'Worlds Apart'
IMDb sez: "Multiple earthquakes are happening simultaneously around both our world and the alt-world. Walter believes he knows what the end game of David Robert Jones is. And, even though Olivia has a connection to one of the players Jones is using that she thinks she can utilize, in the end it leads to some hard decisions for the Fringe team."
The glyphs for this episode spell out: ALIVE
Olivia Dunham: I knew Nick when we were kids. We shared an emotional bond. I'm hoping that through you we may be able to reconnect and find him.
Nick Lane: And this makes perfect sense to all of you?
Lincoln Lee: I find it's best if you just go with it.
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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.