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Notes for season 1, episode 20, “There’s More Than One of Everything“ 01:00 Not only do CCTV cameras have microphones such that voices can be distinguished, the authorities in 2009 also have an extensive searchable voice-sample database. In 2009 they did not, but oddly enough around the time this episode aired, the FBI and NIST…

Notes for Fringe season 1, episode 19, “The Road Not Taken“ 02:59 The ZFT manifesto even has an english title printed now, “destruction through technological progress” 08:30 The saw Walter uses for the autopsy is a Stryker Cast Cutter 8380-210 10:34 Harris orders that that CEO of a major US defence contractor shouldn’t be investigated…

Notes for Fringe season 1, episode 18, “Midnight“ 01:00 Had to check the character of Bob Dunn wasn’t played by Karl Urban, but it’s Richard Short. 22:22 The camera is a Canon ZR-950 MiniDV Camcorder 28:22 Peter’s mystery project stack contains a General Electric Portable TV Radio Combo model 7-7150A 34:52 It was weird to…

Notes for Fringe season 1, episode 17, “Bad Dreams“ 15:52 The blue infusion pump next to the second victim’s bed is a Alaris Imed Gemini PC-2TX

Notes for Fringe season 1, episode 16, “Unleashed“ 00:27 Peter calling a landline like an old person? 02:12 We see someone else with a Samsung i617 BlackJack II  07:30 The lock-pick gun is name-checked as a Brockhage. 17:45 Somehow neither the word Chimera or Manticore is used in this episode, despite tapping into these mythological…

Notes for Fringe season 1, episode 15, “Inner Child“ 05:09 Back in 2009 people shared memes over fax? (The machine is a HP 1050 fax)  08:30 “Unless you have an IQ higher than mine, I’m not interested in what you think.” The writers are clearly framing IQ dick-measuring as arrogance, but still continuing to seeding…

Notes for Fringe season 1, episode 14, “Ability“ 04:20 I can’t identify the hyperbaric chamber used by Jones, but it has similar features to an SMP Diving Decompression Chamber. 10:28 The FBI redshirt in the episode is played by Noah Bean who was the CIA agent in the 2010 TV version of Nikita. 13:30 I…

Notes for Fringe season 1, episode 13, “The Transformation“ 09:07 Bowman’s passport was issued 1998-07-23 (and, oddly, expires the same day). Given this episode probably takes place in 2009, it would be more than 10 years old. So probably not good for an international flight (they don’t say, but Vertusair 718 is implied to have…

Notes for Fringe season 1, episode 12, “The No-Brainer“ 0:11 A few identifiable items on the desk of the first victim. A Logitech E3560 webcam, Apple iPod 4th Gen, a Palm Treo 700. 03:25 The microscope Walter using, is similar to a ones sold as BMT-404D-LED 07:30 A reference to floppy disks being knowingly outdated in…

Notes for Fringe season 1, episode 11, “Bound“ 04:50 The microscope we see in the (we assume) ZFT hideout is a Nikon Diaphot 300 Inverted Phase Contrast Microscope 04:20 Michael Gaston, who plays Sanford Harris, has a long career playing generals and politicians – but for me he’ll always be the Secret Service agent that…