The following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for “The Equation,” the eighth episode of the Fox series, “Fringe.” When a young boy is kidnapped, Agent Olivia Dunham is tasked to investigate his significance to the Pattern’s ominous events. Dunham quickly learns the missing boy, Ben Stockton (Charlie Tahan), is part of a string of kidnappings, which include gifted scientists and engineers. The shadowy players behind the Pattern appear hell-bent on solving a mysterious equation. How does Ben fit in? He is a musical prodigy fixated on completing a piano riff. His father is perplexed by his son’s talent and obsession with the riff. After all, Ben demonstrated no musical aptitude before waking from a brief coma after a car accident. Since music and mathematics both lead to the equation’s solution, …
Posted Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 1:40 am
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