Mutants and Pizza

In the real world, an electromagnetic pulse is something that destroys electronics and is generally created by nuclear explosions.  In the world of Fringe though, it makes mutants invisible, and is created by something that looks a lot like an old diesel generator in somebody's basement.  But hey, we didn't get together to critique the science involved, we got together to eat pizza!

This week's episode involved a visit to a creepy town in upstate New York (yes, they do exist) that has a deep dark secret that revolves around military experiments in the 1970s.  The X-Files overtones were even stronger than usual, but I didn't spot any overt references.  There was one nod to "Deliverance" though.

I was growing concerned about Walter's lack of food fixations -- last week we were forced to go with the food that Olivia and Peter were eating, because all Walter mentioned was cream soda.  But I was surprised and amazed when Walter pulled some very old files out from behind somewhere and produced a box of something nobody watching with me had seen.  It's glorious East coast junk food and is being shipped here from New York.

Hopefully Fringe will settle back into its previous once-weekly-on-Thursday routine and we can stop guessing when they'll air them.  We've joked about doing Lost parties but we're afraid of what we'd end up eating.  I think we'd better stick with Fringe.