What Did You Watch? 2025-05-26 (Monday)

Fringe S3E03 'The Plateau'
A Redverse episode, strange accidents are killing people and the only commonality are ballpoint pens found at the scenes.
The glyphs in this episode spell "Breach".
Olivia Dunham: You're not real.
Peter Bishop: Real is just a matter of perception.
The story concept for "The Plateau" was pitched by J.H. Wyman's nine year old son, Oliver. He receives a "Special Thanks" in the credits.
Another difference in the alternate universe: In our universe, oxygen tanks are color coded green. In the alternate universe, Olivia takes oxygen from a red tank.
Fringe S3E04 'Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?'
Back in the Blueverse lots of confusion with disobedient shapeshifters, Newton and double-crosses.
The glyphs spell "Shift".
Dr. Walter Bishop: You look shocked.
Astrid Farnsworth: You just called me Astrid. You never get my name right.
Dr. Walter Bishop: Must be the LSD.
Peter Bishop: With a basement lab in Harvard, Walter was able to open a wormhole into another dimension that essentially shredded all the laws of science. I can't wait to see what he's capable of doing with a multi billion-dollar corporation.
When Walter uses his thumbprint to grant Peter access, he says "Ownership has its privileges." This is a take off of the old American Express tagline "Membership has its privileges."
Walter mentioned that Stegosaurus had 2 brains - it didn't. It is 19. century myth that was soon rejected by its own creator Othniel Charles Marsh.  (But I'm sure Blueverse Stegosaurus did have two brains!)
Fringe S3E05 'Amber 31422'
Back to The Redverse, someone frees his twin brother from the amber, Walternate doesn't want Red people to know that people in Amber are still alive and our brainwashed heroine has experimental dreams about Peter.  The sleeper awakes....
The glyphs say "Event".
Walternate states that the first time the amber quarantine had to be used was on October 17th, 1989 and 63 civilians were trapped inside. October 17th, 1989 is the date of the famous San Francisco earthquake which resulted in 63 fatalities.
Fringe S3E06 '6955 kHz'
Blueverse episode, IMDb sez: "The latest broadcast on a numbers station transmits amnesia to its listeners. Walter clashes with Peter over Peter's work on the machine from alternate Earth."
And the glyphs sez "Decay".
Peter Bishop: It's not safe for you here anymore, Olivia. You have to go home.
Peter Bishop: Just tell us what you know about the stations.
Ed Markham: First of all, they're as old as dirt. They say when Marconi invented the radio, the first thing he heard was the numbers, like they were floating around in space just waiting for someone to listen.
Peter Bishop: You're trying to tell me that Marconi picked up a transmission before humans invented the technology to send one?
Dr. Walter Bishop: Oh, I have a prescription.
Nina Sharp: So do I.
The Calendar of the First People has 22 months totaling 360 days. A 6 day week is indicated.
The first number broadcast is in Dutch. During World War II allied number stations broadcast number codes to members of the Dutch underground.
For much of the earth's surface (it gets complicated as you near the poles) minutes of long. or lat. are about one mile apart. Even noting degrees, minutes and seconds of long. or lat. barely gets to within 100 feet.
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