And, I've now seen them all. So what did you think?
FlashForward is just frustrating. Just give me some sort of idea of where we're heading. Still don't really understand why Jeff Imada and pals (hey, Jeff, remember me from Inside Karate and Inside Kung-Fu magazines?) gunned down the agents or to whom they are affiliated. Don't know what those structures in Somalia are really supposed to do. Don't understand why Simon's last name is Campos, even.
(He doesn't look like a Campos. Know who does? Bruno Campos ... betcha he was available, should've hired him. Monaghan is fine I guess, which means I'm not a huge fan but I'll deal.)
Most of all I'm wondering when on FlashForward we'll find out that the multiverse is indeed in play, as I can't ignore that speech Lloyd Simcoe had with Olivia Benford (as opposed to that other Olivia smack dab in the middle of a multiverse story of her own, we'll get to her soon). You see, I don't think that they've all seen flashes of the future at all, I think they've seen an alternative history from another universe.
Which makes all the histrionics of Zoe (Gabrielle Union) moot. That's a shame, I like her and she shouldn't be relegated to the distraction storyline. You can watch her talk about her arc in a clip from Hulu by clicking here.
(Also, lot's of Zoe's in pop culture lately, is it a popular baby name again?)
Things are much easier to understand on V. There are lizard people, non-lizard people, and a very long-necked leader named Anna who apparently has a taste for big dumb-looking bodybuilder types who she mates with so that her many eggs, yes I said MANY eggs gets fertilized and then she eats him.
She eats him, not in the good way. Where'd all those teeth come from, anyway?
(Wanna see that? It's right at the end of the episode which you can watch right here by clicking this link.)
The stuff I don't understand on V is inconsequential. How does FBI agent Erica Evans, for example, afford this beautiful craftsman-style home in the NY Metro area on her salary?
There is some stuff from the return episode of the series Tuesday that was clumsy, though, like all the exposition that some secondary characters had to spew so that we could pick the story back up. And the arc with Ryan and his wife and her pregnancy is very ... Battlestar Galactica-esque, though I know Scott Peters would rather I reference his USA Network show The 4400 , which also had a hybrid baby story. You remember "Killabelle," right?.
And, frankly, none of this would be happening if Capt. Kirk had kept it in his pants. Damnit Jim, you're not just a penis in space, you're connected to an entire race of human beings.
Now, click over the jump and I'll have non-spoilery stuff from tonight's returning episode of Fringe, which the fine people and Fox Broadcasting PR (and not their obnoxious siblings at Fox Noise Channel PR, I hate those people) sent along a couple weeks ago.
Finally (and I do mean finally, it's been long enough, Fox) Fringe returns with a flashback episode that is critical viewing for anyone who now finds themselves caring about these characters. Our other sci-fi Olivia (Dunham, Anna Torv) has just realized that the glimmer she sees around Peter Bishop means that he's, uh ... not from here.
And she wants to know why. And Walter has quite the tale to tell her about that.
All you're gonna get out of me is that there are sideburns involved, it's 1985, we meet Peter's mom for the first time and you really can't miss this episode because it answers not only the Peter question but raises so many more questions to which you'll want answers.
Answers to William Bell-type questions. You know, the good stuff, the serialized element of the show.
(You can start getting some questions answered now, click here and watch Jeff Pinker and J.H. Wyman talk about this current season of the show. Also, you might want to listen to some of Wlater Bishop's phone calls. How? They're at Hulu, of course, click here for the first of four Walter call logs from them.)
It's not so frustrating, at least not for me, because Kurtzman and Orci and their writers room give us a sense of where the story is leading. And, of course, they're coming back after a season and a half plus of episodes where V had four hours before this week and FlashForward didn't quite make the best use of their time on the air so far, in my opinion.
Fringe returns tonight at 9 eastern on Fox, in my opinion it's the best of the shows, and if you like we can all meet back here tomorrow and talk about what happened.
And Walter's sideburns.
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