Comments on: FRINGE: Earthling

By: OldDarth

OldDarth — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:50:16 +0000

Sigh. Another stand alone episode. It was nice to find out some thing about Broyle’s back story but in the end this is another episode that did nothing to advance the show mythology.

The shadow monster and ash effects were cool though.

By: John

John — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:11:59 +0000

I believe the little girl was used for misdirection. We assume the shadow man has occupied her and then they bring out the fact that the cosmonaut came back to life, showing the alien as reanimated him.

Also, I think Walter’s “findings” with the tinker toys show that the cosmonaut and the alien are inseparable linked so it couldn’t occupy the girl.

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:56:41 +0000

The end was really confusing to me especially the part where Broyles shot the cosmonaut in the head and he was clearly dead…but then he wasn’t. At first I thought for sure like you did that the shadow man was back in the cosmonaut/returned to outer space, but then what was the point of the little girl? Did you notice that the static on the TV was still there even after she said that the shadow man was gone? The opening sequence of the show felt a lot like a scary movie and I thought the scene with the little girl played out that way, as well…leaving it open ended for a sequel kind of thing.

By: John

John — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:41:56 +0000

I think the shadow man has to be in the cosmonaut, and now in outer space.

Broyles shot the cosmonaut in the head killing him. He inexplicably came back to life. You don’t do that on your own.

Also, the nurse/brother had accidentally killed his brother (the cosmonaut) with the electrical shock to keep the shadow man confined to his brother – the hear monitor thing stopped. At the time I attributed that to some sort of spontaneous revival, but it had to be the alien.