Fringe: Brown Betty (2010)
Season 2, Episode 20
3/10
The Lost Fringe Episode (In A More Perfect Alternate Reality)
3 May 2010
Warning: Spoilers
After demonstrating how to do just about everything right in the last four or five episodes, the Fringe team have given us this exercise in what can go wrong, horribly wrong, season two of Twin Peaks wrong.

Congratulations are in order for the highly watchable prequel episode Peter, with nuanced performances all around, especially from John Noble. Prequel pitfalls were masterfully avoided and the current storyline was enriched. Bravo.

A shower of industry awards are in order for the brilliant episode White Tulip which skillfully balances a difficult hard science fiction plot device with parallel tales of human tragedy, avoiding the obvious and delivering the unexpected. Wow. Very Nice.

The episode Brown Betty deserves a ruler slap across the fingers. Please do not do this again. Loyal viewers know that you are capable of much better.
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