No time for a full review of last night’s Fringe, “White Tulip,” but after having done some earlier grousing about how the show balances mythology and standalone episodes, this one did a much better job reconciling the two. I don’t need Fringe to become a Lost-like serial (whatever my personal preferences). But I found this approach, in which the episode dealt with Walter’s guilt over Peter’s abduction while also dealing with the case at hand, preferable to the X-Files strategy of having the standalones ignore the serial story, to the point of seeming almost to take place in a parallel universe. Which you particularly don’t want in a series about parallel universes.
Note: Yes, I am aware that it is not the morning anymore, at least where I’m sitting. See “no time,” above.
