What Did You Watch? 2025-05-28 (Wednesday)

Fringe S3E09 'Marionette'
IMDb sez: "Fringe Division seeks a man who has been harvesting transplanted organs, leaving victims with nearly nullified decay rates. Olivia faces the aftermath of Fauxlivia running her life."
The glyphs for this episode spell out: ADAPT
Dr. Walter Bishop: I understand how difficult it is to be candid with people that you care about, uh, particularly when it concerns matters that are intimate in nature.
Peter Bishop: [unacknowledged] Ready to go?
Dr. Walter Bishop: Yes, I am. And by intimate, I mean sexual.
Peter Bishop: [anticipated] Yeah, I got that.
Dr. Walter Bishop: I know this is an instance of a parent asking a child to do as he says and not as he does.
Peter Bishop: [annoyed] How many ways can I tell you that I don't want to have this conversation, Walter?
Dr. Walter Bishop: But you must have it.
Peter Bishop: [adversely] No, this conversation, the one that we're having right now.
Dr. Walter Bishop: [enthusiastically] Feel that! Finally some stiffness.
[Astrid sighs and rolls her eyes]
In the opening title sequence of this episode, a message briefly flashes on the screen, which reads OBSERVERS ARE HERE.
Just for Arthur, another X-Files connection.  The woman who played the zombie ballerina would also appear in The X-Files in 2016.
Fringe S3E10 'The Firefly'
IMDb sez: "The Observer returns, taking an active role in righting an old wrong (which includes - mundane for him - thwarting a bank robbery)."
Something I noticed is September executes a string of actions to maneuver Our Heroes into a very specific situation.  This is similar to the S3E03 episode 'The Plateau' where someone in the Redverse is able to predict the outcomes of long strings of events and direct them with a very small action.
The glyphs for this episode spell out: UNITES
Several strong references to the Back to the Future (1985), most notably the presence of Christopher Lloyd (Doc). He receives a visit from his son, as a result of time travel. This son died in 1985, the year the film was released.
In this episode, Walter describes he got his glasses from his friend "Dr Jacoby...from Washington State." This is a sly reference to the TV show Twin Peaks (1990). The character Dr. Jacoby wore a similar pair of glasses and the setting for the show can be assumed to be set within Washington State.
The song playing when Walter brings Peter soup at the end of the episode is a version of "If I Only Had a Brain," from The Wizard of Oz.
Peter Bishop: Walter, are you all right?
Dr. Walter Bishop: If "all right" means despondent, yes.
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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.