10 000 Views! and the Massive Dynamic Website

Hey everyone. I just thought I should do a post in recognition that this blog has reached 10 000 views! This is a real achievement and I want to thank all of you for your dedication. It really means a lot. Keep on searching!

Also, for those of you who do not already know about the Massive Dynamic Website, you should really check it out HERE. It has job postings, a full on look at 5 different areas they specialize in and more. However it does not look like it is completely done yet, as some of the links do absolutely nothing, like their international links. This is definitely worth checking out.

Season 2 - Episode 8 "August"

We are once again made painfully aware that "There is more than one of everything" by the arrival of a whole host of new Observers, including one named August. This Observer becomes hellbent on saving one girl from being killed by an airplane crash, which leads him to abduct her in an attempt to save her. However, the other Observers know that this can't be allowed because it will produce an alternate future, and so are forced to send an assassin to try and kill her. Meanwhile, Fringe works on deciphering the code left behind by August, which is actually a message to Walter from August asking for his help. With the assassin closing in on the girl and with nowhere left to hide, August allows himself to be shot by the assassin, which makes the girl to important to kill because she has caused the death of one of the Observers. Walter holds up his word to give the girl her stuffed bear that August has been carrying around with him ever since his first encounter with her, and August reveals that the real reason fro saving this girl was because he loved her.

And where is the Observer? Well if you didn't see him then you should really just stop trying because he is in a whole ton of shots, as well as the other Observers. I am placing a picture below of all four Observers in the customary red boxes seen in this episode, with a red arrow above our Observer. Also just as a note, the name of our Observer is September, which leads us to believe that there are only twelve Observers in total, and now only eleven alive.

Season 2 - Episode 7 "Of Human Action"

The son of a Massive Dynamic employee is kidnapped by two car sales men with the ability to control people's minds. Believing this to be a sleeper cell operation to extract secrets from MD, Fringe is called in to negotiate the safe release of the teen. However, in an attempt to capture the sales men, Fringe learns all to late that the kidnappers are really the the hostages, and that the teen is really running the show. The teen captures Peter and attempts to reconnect with his supposedly deceased mother, who is in fact alive and has remarried. In a desperate attempt to stop the kid, Broyles takes him head on only to be shot by an unwilling Peter. But with quick thinking and nerves of steel, the kid is incapacitated and is sent to seek therapy, while the rest of the team takes a well deserved rest. And, as we can clearly see at the end of this episode, there really is more than one of everything.

And where is the Observer in the midst of all this excitement? Well he has certainly stepped up his game, because it took me 6 tries to finally find him. He is hiding behind a car watching the police cars drive up and into the parking lot where they are shortly after forced to kill each other. I swear that this is him, Although you would be right to question it. He is very hard to see here, so of course I have put him in the customary red box.

Season 2 - Episode 6 "Earthling"

One of Philip's old cases comes back to haunt him when a serial killer resurfaces after four years. His victims are all the same, after being exposed to increased radiation, they are turned to dust. However, thanks to Walter's insight into this problem, the case beings to reveal a truth that is literally out of this world. An organism from outer space has bonded itself with a Russian cosmonaut, and is feeding of the radiation of his victims. With no way to separate the organism from the host, and the CIA hot on their trail, the Fringe department must do whatever is necessary to prevent this thing from killing again...

And where is the Observer? Well because of the long break between episodes, he has graciously decided that we need some practice before he starts really trying again, so he is actually quite easy to find. He is cleverly almost out of sight when Broyles is in what looks to be an airport, and is telling Olivia that the CIA is attempting to take the case out from under them. He walks out of a plane and watches Broyles while he is completing the call, then promptly walks off screen. The picture is below with the customary red box around our friend.

Season 2 - Episode 5 "Dream Logic"

When people start going on killing sprees and then die of extreme exhaustion shortly after, Fringe is called into investigate. However, Olivia is still distraught over the loss of her friend, Charlie Francis, and turns to Sam Weiss for help. But as more and more people continue to die, Olivia and the team are getting nowhere. That is, until they discover that the people who have been dying are all implanted with a chip to help control their sleep. This chip can send the dreams of the user wirelessly, which causes the people to believe that they are in a nightmare, which is the reason why they are killing. With some quick detective work, Olivia discovers the man behind this is the doctor who implanted the chips, and that he is now addicted to his patient's dreams. Disgusted with himself, the doctor commits suicide and the rest of the patients are saved. Olivia returns to Charlie's grave, and with some help from Sam Weiss, we discover that she is going to be fine. We can not say the same about Peter, who is now haunted by dreams of Walter coming into his bedroom as a child.

And where is the Observer? Well this week I found him very cleverly hidden in the hospital when all the people with the computer chip in their brains are lining up to go into surgery. There is a shot of Olivia talking to the nurse, and then a cut to the people complaining below, and then a shot of Olivia talking to the nurse. On the second shot of Olivia talking to the nurse, he walks out from behind a pillar. He is in the picture below, with a red box around him. Don't feel to bad if you missed him, it was difficult this week.

Bonus Observer Sightings

As some of you may or may not know, there have been some additional Observer sightings in and out of the show. I have already covered one of these instances, (the Fringe Season 2 Poster) but there are still quite a few that I have missed. They are below in no particular order, mainly because I am tired.

Fringe Title Sequence - During the Fringe title sequence at the beginning of each episode just after the words "Dark Matter" appear, the words "Observers Are Here" appear for only a moment. They are hard to spot because it looks as if someone wrote them on a fogged piece of glass with their finger. They are below in a red box.

Fringe Poster - In the below fringe poster, where we see Olivia inside of the tank, you can see the word "observed" written just above one of her hairs. The picture below shows you where on Olivia the word is.

This picture zooms in on the word because it is hard to see in the above picture.

Entertainment Events - The Observer seems to really like this universe's sports and entertainment. The below are instances where the Observer has shown up at 3 different sporting events and 1 entertainment event. He is in the customary red box for anyone who needs him.

1. He was at the NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race in Texas, on April 5, 2009.

2. He was at a NFL football game between the Giants and the Eagles.

3. He was in an American Idol episode.

4. He was also at a 2009 MLB All Star Game.

That is all for now.

Season 2 - Episode 4 "Momentum Deferred"

When the shape shifters from a few episodes earlier return and begin to steal cryogenically frozen heads, Fringe is called in to investigate. By doing so they learn that the shape shifters are not entirely human, but are in fact a combination of machine and organic tissue, and have the need to consume mercury to stay alive. To determine who the shape shifters are, Walter brings in a woman from his past who can see who is and isn't from this universe. However, her powers are degrading and she is no longer able to use them. Also, Olivia remebers everything from her encouter with William Bell, and knows what the shape shifters are looking for and where to find it. The man impersonating Charlie tricks Olivia into revealing this information, and while he and Olivia fight, the other shape shifters regain the head of their leader. In the end the Charlie shape shifter dies, which leaves Olivia distraught over the loss of her friend, and with the shape shifters having claimed their prize, it is only a matter of time....

And where it the Observer? He is kind of difficult to find at first, but it really shouldn't take you more than 2 tries. When Olivia is caled out of the Massive Dynamic building by the shape shifter impersonating Charlie, he is watching from the other side of the road. He is quite close to the camera so he is a little blurry, but you can see that it is him. The picture is below with him in a red box, even though he takes up half the screen.