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V: Faux Ham Tyler, why are you not played by Brian Austin Green? Wouldn’t that be perfect?

Fringe: Walternate, hah! Walter, wow, you are a monster. Good explanation for why Peter wouldn’t notice the big differences between worlds, very elegantly done: his isolation would make him uncertain about what was real outside his home and what wasn’t, so childhood zeppelins could easily be written off as imagination. But I am deeply annoyed that suddenly it’s Elizabeth Bishop who’s “responsible” for Peter staying. Nonetheless, Walter is still a monster!

Supernatural: Um, I think this might be my perfect episode. If it weren’t for my TV cutting off the edges of people’s (Dean’s) faces, anyway. Daddy issues! Mommy issues! Sam’s best memories being spat into Dean’s face! Also, apparently, Heaven acknowledges that Sam and Dean are soulmates. I just ... no, like I said, this was my perfect episode. Cas on TV like Max Headroom! Pamela! The Roadhouse! “When I come back I’m gonna be pissed”! (I kind of want Dean to call first. Just to let them know he’s coming. Fandom, do my bidding and write that story. Also, please make revenge Dean’s way of saying that he does still care about Sam, despite his best efforts.) Theological debate over the value of a static Heaven!  ETA: See also minim_calibre's point about Sam denying Dean three times!

Further heartbreaking character work busting out all over the place, including some suggestion that the cupid’s work on John and Mary wasn’t sufficient to keep them happy, tying into the “angels are dicks”/“free will is a horrific experience, if it even exists” stuff they’ve got going on.

Sam, you better have fucking picked that amulet out of the trash, because you’re going to need to give that back to Dean to plight your troth reconsecrate it when you convince him that you’re in this with him to the end. Dean isn’t just throwing God away; he isn’t even mostly throwing God away, because the amulet never really meant that to him. He tried to be a grownup; he tried to give Sam over to someone else (Sam himself); and it was all for nothing, and Sam had already given him away anyhow.

Here’s how much I love this episode: I’m not even going to complain about “I wuv hugs” probably being anachronistic. Especially when the outfit involved exposed forearms.

Comments

[sorrel]

Walter always knew that he was going to keep Peter, I think, if even the tiniest excuse came up that he could get away with it. He was just telling himself otherwise. At least, that was my read on the episode. And as for show-blaming-Elizabeth, well, Walter pretty much told Olivia that it was Elizabeth who made him realize that he wasn't taking Peter back, which meant that he'd already made that decision and was just pretending he hadn't. (At least I think so, anyway. I'd have to rewatch the conversation to be sure.) And if you're right about Walter distancing himself after this but before the asylum, then the whole thing about Elizabeth taking Peter and moving out and telling him that they could only depend on each other would have happened in this universe, which tells me that no matter how grateful she is to have Peter, she probably sees how monstrous that decision was, too. But I suspect she just dealt with it in a much more practical way, because that's what she did while Walter was off being Mad Scientist.

On the other hand, the fact that it was Elizabeth instead of Walternate with Peter in that scene about the coin could indicate that she'd already left Walternate in that universe, which could be one reason why Walter was distant, because he couldn't risk Peter figuring things out. Seriously, I really need to do some rewatching to figure out the timeline. (Oh, the hardship!)