Fringe does its take on the lonely child whose imaginary friend really exists. The real focus remains on Walter, who grows less sane with each week.
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The premise seems quite familiar on this one, but I can’t recall where I’d seen it before. For some reason I’m thinking Stargate SG-1.
I like how the bits with Peter are progressing, especially with respect to what the [spoiler]observers did or did not do at various points in time[/spoiler].
The general premise has been used many times (though in very different ways). Ray Bradbury’s “Zero Hour” is the earliest take I’ve read/watched– again, with a very different imaginary friend. In the broadest sense, it includes Drop Dead Fred, Trek TOS’s “And the Children Shall Lead,” and there’s a little in common with how Let the Right One In handles the vampire.
Well I was referring less to the “imaginary friend” and more to the “fungus with a brain that has bonded with a human” part. :-)
I think the SG-1 episode I may be thinking of is Entity, but that was a computer. I could swear another sci-fi show had done this with a fungus before… but the closest thing a search turns up was an SG-U episode about a killer fungus, and that wasn’t it.
Ah! Fun guy!
There was an episode of the X-Fi9les in which a fungus that controlled it’s food by taking over the prey’s perception of reality.
Did he stick that thing into his [spoiler]brain?!?!?[/spoiler]
I’ve been so annoyed but I’m glad that Walter knows that he isn’t [spoiler]the only one seeing Peter[/spoiler].
The Timey Wimey-ness reminds me of some old Doctor Who episodes.. ;)
The premise seems quite familiar on this one, but I can’t recall where I’d seen it before. For some reason I’m thinking Stargate SG-1.
I like how the bits with Peter are progressing, especially with respect to what the [spoiler]observers did or did not do at various points in time[/spoiler].
The general premise has been used many times (though in very different ways). Ray Bradbury’s “Zero Hour” is the earliest take I’ve read/watched– again, with a very different imaginary friend. In the broadest sense, it includes Drop Dead Fred, Trek TOS’s “And the Children Shall Lead,” and there’s a little in common with how Let the Right One In handles the vampire.
Well I was referring less to the “imaginary friend” and more to the “fungus with a brain that has bonded with a human” part. :-)
I think the SG-1 episode I may be thinking of is Entity, but that was a computer. I could swear another sci-fi show had done this with a fungus before… but the closest thing a search turns up was an SG-U episode about a killer fungus, and that wasn’t it.
Ah! Fun guy!
There was an episode of the X-Fi9les in which a fungus that controlled it’s food by taking over the prey’s perception of reality.
Did he stick that thing into his [spoiler]brain?!?!?[/spoiler]
I’ve been so annoyed but I’m glad that Walter knows that he isn’t [spoiler]the only one seeing Peter[/spoiler].
The Timey Wimey-ness reminds me of some old Doctor Who episodes.. ;)