The thrilling ride that is going to be Season 5, as humanity continues to fight the rule of the Observers (and, hopefully, win), continues in this, only the second episode of the season. I say “only” because so much has happened in the span of a mere three episodes – “Letters of Transit” from Season… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 5, Episode 2: In Absentia
Welcome to the future. And I agree with Walter: it doesn’t look all that good. The fifth and unfortunately final season of Fringe opens in 2036, a future caught in the ruling fist of the Observers, who have turned out to be anything but passive. I have to be honest; while Season 4’s episode “Letters… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 5, Episode 1: Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11
The last episode before a hiatus is usually known to leave us viewers hanging, wondering if, after the holidays, we are going to find our protagonist with or without his or her reputation/job/life/something else really important or, in the case of Fringe, is still stuck in another timeline, away from the ones he loves. It… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 7: “Wallflower”
Stephen Root and Romy Rosemont, real-life spouses, star as on-screen husband and wife Raymond and Kate in the sixth episode of Fringe’s fourth season, very reminiscent of last season’s 14th episode, “6B”. In both episodes, a grieving spouse is reaching out to their other half, mindless of the consequences of their actions, intent on reestablishing… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 6: “And Those We’ve Left Behind”
Uncomfortable moments: those are the two words I would use to describe the current season of Fringe. We are at about a quarter of the way through the fourth season of the show, and yet I still find it equally fascinating and uncomfortable to watch. It is as if I had found the most beautiful,… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 5: “Novation”
Season 4 of Fringe is, at the same time, a fascinating study of the personality of characters we have come to care about, and a frustrating game of trying to figure out what happened to Peter Bishop. Thankfully, the wait is over – at least with regards to where Peter is. How he got there… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 4: “Subject 9″
The episode “Alone in the World”, the third of Fringe’s fourth season, is mostly a study on this timeline’s Walter, bringing out aspects of his personality previously explored in both of the previous timelines’ universes (wow, all these timelines and universes are really complicating things!). But, typical of this show, light is shed very differently… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 4, Episode 3: “Alone in the World”
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