Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-05-27 (Tuesday)

On 5/28/2025 7:21 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

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Fringe S3E07 'The Abducted'
A Redverse episode.  The Candy Man kidnapped Broyles' son four years ago, returning him blind and with other physical deficiencies.  Now he's kidnapped another child named Max.
The glyphs for this episode spell out: ESCAPE
Alternate Phillip Broyles: The FBI ceased to exist over a decade ago. At least on this side, it did. You know who you are, don't you?
Olivia Dunham: What happens now?
Alternate Phillip Broyles: Now... I'm going home.
In this episode Ronald Reagan stars in the alternate universe version of Casablanca (1942). In an earlier episode Cary Grant is said to have starred.
When the agents are in Max's room, a book can be seen by the title "The Burlap Bear." This is presumably the other side's version of "The Velveteen Rabbit."
The voice of the news reporter on the radio when Olivia gets into the cab is Steve Langford, news reporter for The Howard Stern Show.
Ronald Reagan was the male star of Casablanca (1942) in the alternate universe. In real life, Warner Brothers did plant a press release in the January 5, 1942, "Hollywood Reporter" announcing that Reagan was slated to appear in Casablanca, but internal Warner Brothers memos indicate that he was never under serious consideration for the movie.
Fringe S3E08 'Entrada'
Back in Blue (why am I reminded of AC/DC?) "Peter grapples with the aftermath of recent events as Olivia desperately searches for an ally. Meanwhile, the Fringe Team discovers a critical device that communicates between universes." sez IMDb.
The glyphs for this episode spell out: CROSS
Dr. Walter Bishop: It's all because of that temptress; she tricked my son with her carnal manipulations, and he fell right into her vagenda.
Astrid Farnsworth: "Vagenda"?
Dr. Walter Bishop: Like Mata Hari using her feminine wiles to accomplish her evil ends. And I too fell prey. She used my stomach to get through to my heart.
Olivia Dunham (as Fauxlivia): I want you to know that this started out as an assignment, but it became...
Peter Bishop: Something more. That would be so much easier to believe if you weren't in handcuffs right now.
First episode to have opening credits in both blue and red.
The brief glimpse of the exterior of Penn Station shows that, in the alternative universe, it has been renamed for New Jersey-born singer Bruce Springsteen.
When Olivia in the Alternate Universe goes to Walternate's lab at Harvard, the isolation tank she gets into is nearly identical to that depicted in Ken Russel's 1980 film Altered States starring William Hurt.
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