Category: Fringe
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Fringe, “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?”
Although I find “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?” to be the weakest of Fringe‘s opening four episodes of season three, it still provides an intriguing look into the psyches of the title characters and furthers the confusing situation Fauxlivia currently finds herself in. Since the shapeshifters were introduced into the series in the season…
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Fringe, “The Plateau”
Fringe has now reached a certain level of awesomeness (cross a plateau of awesomeness, perhaps?) that every episode this season feels like it’s on another plane of quality in comparison to the first two seasons. This week’s effort is, in theory, just a Freak of the Week episode in Earth-2. In practice, it’s one of…
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Fringe, “The Box”
After one hell of a premiere, Fringe settles into a nice rhythm with its Earth-1-set “The Box,” creating what I believe is a season-long toggling between the two universes. And though it’s inherently not as exciting because it lacks the mystery and general coolness that comes with episodes set in another universe, “The Box” suggests…
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Season Premiere — Fringe, “Olivia”
Much has been made about Fringe‘s elevation from middling mythology series that leaned too heavily on the procedural to an impressive series full of innovative ideas and great, real characters. And for good reason, as the second half of season two was freaking fantastic and the two-part finale was the most confident I have ever…
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2009-10 season wrap: Fringe
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be summarizing my thoughts on many of the series that ended just as the “official” television season came to a close recently. Overview: The season one finale of Fringe pushed the series into new, better territory and gave us fans all hope for the second season. And almost every…
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Fringe, “Over There, Part 2”
In last week’s quick post about “Over There, Part 1” I said that it would be difficult to throw out judgments about the first hour until I’d seen the second. Now having experienced both efforts, I’m surprised to say that the first hour was certainly more effective in terms of expanding the mythology, while the…
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Fringe, “Over There, Part 1”
It’s hard to judge the first part of a two-parter on its own for all the obvious reasons. However, I can say pretty easily that part one of “Over There” was fantastic.
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The slow burn versus the really slow burn — Evaluating responses to the distribution of answers in Lost and Fringe
For fans of serialized television, nothing is more important than answers. Though some might claim they love the characters or individual episodes, gun to head, most fans of Lost would probably say they’re watching because they want answers to the questions that have been posed. What I’ve noticed this season by watching two serialized programs…
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PLUG: Fringe, “Northwest Passage”
This should be my final plug for WEEKEND Watchers of the day and perhaps I’ll have Surveillance-only content tonight or early in the AM, but if you want to head over there and check out my recap of this week’s Fringe, I’d really appreciate it.
CB, PhD 