It was one of the shortest hours on television in, well, a week. It was so short in fact that when someone mentioned there was only 10 minutes left, I checked three watches before realising that he was right – it was already 21h50 and there was only 10 minutes left in the episode. You… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 17: Olivia. In the Lab. With the revolver.
Before jumping into the rest of this episode’s review, the fact that the entirety of this episode (apart from the first and last scenes between Olivia and Walter) comes from Walter’s memory needs to be underlined and quite thoroughly so. After all, Walter has shown in the last year and half that his memory isn’t… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 16: Peter – part II
Oh, how this show just keeps getting better and better. While it might somewhat be related to the feverish anticipation of the last couple of days, fanned by an eight-week hiatus and a Twitter #Fringe movement, the topmost reasons why this episode instantly became a fan favourite are fourfold. First, the amazing storytelling made the… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 16: Peter – part I
It’s the second week of the hiatus, and I have to admit – I’m kind of glad. On the one hand, the pressure of making too many episodes without any breaks could have an effect on the quality of said episodes, and since the quality in Fringe’s episodes has been steadily going up, I want… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2: Hiatus Reflections of a Deprived Fan, part II
Fringe is a show so rich in content that the hiatus is a bonus of sorts. Yes it’ll be hard to tough it out before seeing what is going to happen (how is Peter going to find out that he is ‘glimmery’, and how will he react? Will Walter become more like his older self,… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Seasons 2: Hiatus Reflections of a Deprived Fan
As soon as this episode started, hints were being given. First there was the opening location tag, stating that we were in ‘Manhatan’ instead of ‘Manhattan’. A small thing, really, but still, in a show that is building its reputation as detail-oriented, it’s highly representative. Then there is the fact that the characters are talking… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 15: Jacksonville
Weddings are stressful enough already without having something kill off 14 guests and bridal party members. Unfortunately, this is what happens to the Milton-Staller couple in the beginning of this episode of Fringe. The only clue we have as to the identity of the perpetrator of the crime is a young man, somewhere in his… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 14: The Bishop Revival
A man walks into the offices of a petroleum company; first, his nose starts bleeding, then he starts sweating profusely, soon he becomes disoriented; a few moments later, he falls to the floor, dies, and before anyone around him can react, what looks like blood sprayed out of his mouth, falling on all those gathered around him.… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 13: What Lies Below
What at first seems to be a relatively simple corporate espionage kidnapping and extortion scheme turns out to be a brilliantly intricate tale of family deception. Paralleling the lie that Walter Bishop and his son are living, James Carson, a top Massive Dynamic scientist, has been telling his son an alternate version of the truth.… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 7: Of Human Action
Fringe is back, and back with quite a bang; a monster-of-the-week episode featuring an entity that will make you watch the episode with your back to a wall, just to make sure nothing creeps up on you. Hey, you never know. The overarching plot is simple enough. It starts with a Russian cosmonaut who went… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 6: Earthling