The central theme to the plot of Season 3’s fourteenth episode, “6B”, is “letting go”. Olivia had to let go of what happened between Altivia and Peter if she wanted to have a relationship with him, and Mrs. Merchant had to let go of her husband to close the hole her grief was creating. By… Read More Fringe: Grief, Letting Go, and Faith in “6B”
Considering the past helps us trace the path to the future before us a lot better – or so it is hoped. By going back to the 1980s to explore the consequences of what happened after Walter brought Peter to our side from the alternate universe, we can also understand better Walter’s recent reactions to,… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 3, Episode 15: Subject 13 – Part I
The 19th episode of the Fringe‘s third season is, as the name implies, quite a trip. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is a powerful hallucinogenic semi-synthetic drug that induces psychotic symptoms similar to schizophrenic episodes. It is no coincidence that this drug is the choice for Walter and Bell’s experiments. The drug is a perfect cast… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 3, Episode 19 : Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Part I
Fringe fans, settle into your favourite couch; it looks like, yet again, the writers are going to take their time developing the storyline, delving into each characters’ psyche and exploring the differences in them created by Peter’s absence. While some might not like the slower pace, this lends to resolving the main question at hand… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 2: “One Night in October”
With the ‘reset’ in the Fringe timeline, it almost feels like we are watching a new show, rather than one triumphantly entering its fourth season. Which is why this is the perfect time to ‘reset’ the way I review the show. As the executive producers of the show often say, Fringe is as much about… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 1: “Neither Here Nor There”
One of the best written dances between darkness and light in recent television is the comparison of the two universes in Fringe. While we might have wanted to remain in the relative ease of black versus white, the production team has added so many shades of grey that it makes a discussion about ethics, such… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 3, Episode 13: “Immortality” Part II
Cockroaches. I hate them. With a passion. And so, a very unusual something happened to me while watching this episode of Fringe: I closed my eyes. Thrice. Once when a cockroach came out of the first victim’s nostril (shudder), once when Altivia had cockroaches crawling all over her (double shudder) and again when Silva pulled… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 3, Episode 13: “Immortality” Part I
I have been regularly reviewing Fringe for a little over a year now and I still absolutely love the show. While I don’t post reviews on Sahar’s Blog anymore, but rather, on Sahar’s Reviews, I thought it pertinent to post an essay I wrote about the concept of grief, letting go and Faith inspired by… Read More Fringe: Grief, Letting Go, and Faith in “6B”
The central theme to the plot of Season 3’s fourteenth episode, “6B”, is “letting go”. Olivia had to let go of what happened between Altivia and Peter if she wanted to have a relationship with him, and Mrs. Merchant had to let go of her husband to close the hole her grief was creating. By… Read More Fringe: Grief, Letting Go, and Faith in “6B”
While I was disappointed this episode “6B” didn’t turn out to be a ghost story in the end, one of my favourite genres, I totally loved the way the Fringe production team managed, in its own way, to explore the concept. Just think about it: the setting was typical to a ghost story genre (an… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 3, Episode 14: “6B”