Comments on: Fringe Season Finale Review and Discussion

By: KaiKaiKai

KaiKaiKai — Sat, 07 May 2011 11:35:38 +0000

awesome episode.
i love this show!

By: Rose Awesomeness

Rose Awesomeness — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:08:25 +0000

This is one of the best shows on the planet! I whatch this T.V show every time it is on. when they killed off Joseph, i didn’t know what to think. Hope the show never Fails. oh, and by the way, Walter is a Genious!

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By: Steve Astley

Steve Astley — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:15:42 +0000

Personally, I think this show owes a lot of credit to the X-Files. In fact, the only reason I’m watching Fringe is because it’s similar to the X-Files, but ultimately sub-par. The chemistry between Olivia and Peter isn’t believable for me as it was for Mulder and Scully due to the writing. And when there isn’t any onscreen chemistry to compel the viewer, there needs to be some interesting plots. The whole ‘mythology’ of the show involving William Bell and Massive Dynamic is interesting, but the ‘stand alone’ episodes are terrible compared to what’s in the X-Files. I’m hoping season 2 can be better.

By: Peej

Peej — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:22:18 +0000

Well I gave FRINGE a go, as I LOVE JJ and everything he’s touched, but I was very disappointed after the first few epsiodes.
Firstly I was a bit peeved that Fringe was just ramming two XFiles plots together into one episode…(cloning/chimeras & animal rights, vampirism and chemical addictions/needs, yada yada).
I found Peter continually snarky and hollow, I wasn’t sure why the heck he was hanging around if all he was going to do was insult, antagonise and irritate, Olivia was just a parrot, repeating dialogue in the form of question as if the scriptwriters were so unsure we’d be able to follow their leftfield craziness that we needed reassurance from the characters every scene. Adn even Walther annoyed me when the comedy cow and inappropriate behaviour just seemed shoehorned in to make the audience chuckle instead of giving us story points and uselful info.

However, I perservered. Rested my irritation and came back to it without that fever of expectation and anticipation. And rewatched every episode through again. Second time around I was actually entertained, and managed to get past epsiode 10 and into the good stuff.

I think basically it’s a very good supernatural/horror/mystery show that steals and builds on some great ideas from other great series of the past. But that’s not a bad thing because it’s all done with such visual style and slickness that it keeps you thinking after the credits roll. I think creators are so scared of not grabbing an audience for ratings quickly enough these days that they dumb everything down INCREDIBLY for the first 1/4 season, so they can collect the floaty, non-committal types and survive for a full season. It certainly felt like that, I gave up because I felt patronised. But I came back and found the last part of the season to be excellent. It’s just a shame these techniques are scaring thoughtful, dedicated and loyal viewers like me away, exactly the opposite of what they want!

By: Adam Burgess

Adam Burgess — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:46:19 +0000

i loved how in previous episodes Walter hints being able to time travel and just before that scientist died with the crazy animalistic wife he said to Walter “how far would you go in order to save the ones you love?”.

I loved the foreshawdowing and even in the finale he tells his son that one was able to travel and get somethign very special to him. in Walters case *cough* *cough* Peter!

By: Jenny C.

Jenny C. — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:39:03 +0000

Yes…late as always…sorry, just finally saw the final 4 episodes last week. I too noticed the X-Files similarities, and was pleased rather than bothered by it (because when the X-Files was good, it was REALLY good). I loved the alternate reality story line (what WOULD that be like?), especially with Peter. Poor, tortured Walter. As for Olivia, she’s tough, feminine, powerful, without all that brassy, ballsy, pushy stereotypical woman-in-charge thing going. Nicely done! Can’t wait for next season! I wonder if Abrams has a vision, a plan, and if he intends to carry it out. Time will tell.

By: bigDOG

bigDOG — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:03:05 +0000

This show is unbelievably intelligent, outstanding acting, huge twists and turns, I love Fringe, I’m actually gonna follow Fringe unlike Lost.

By: kofi outlaw

kofi outlaw — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:16:00 +0000

Loved it from Day 1 on board til the end.

Go Fringe!

By: RastaZen

RastaZen — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:31:26 +0000

I looooooooooove this show . It reminds me of the Xfiles even though ( imo ) it doesn’t try to BE the X files.
I’m still a fan of Xfiles but I do think this show is better.
The writing is fantastic and the cast is top notch.
I never took Joshua Jackson seriously prior to this show , now I do.
John Noble is a brilliant actor and I do think Walter is crazy ( in a good way – lol ) but thats because he is an absolute genius { in my opinion , most geniuses are quite mad } .
I had never heard of Anna Torv before this show came out but I am VERY impressed with her performance. Also , she bears a striking resemblance to a woman I was madly in love with , so I may be a bit biased where she is concerned

By: Bruce Simmons

Bruce Simmons — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:52:54 +0000

TMOTH41: Ohyea… the Peter twist was a jaw dropper for me. And the massive amount of loss and guilt that Walter carries around inside him must be insane.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:58:35 +0000

I love the show and where they are going with it.
I am in it for the long haul.

By: TMOTH41

TMOTH41 — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:40:39 +0000

In regards to the sublime finale of Fringe S1…

Let me start off by saying I was very upset with myself in learning the identity of Bell (Nimoy) prior to the episode. Silly me thought that was the main gotcha moment of the episode. Little did I know that there were 3 whoppers.

I was very sad to see Jones get killed off. I loved his character and that storyline. Hopefully they will bring him back.

I have never been shocked twice during a tv show and Fringe provided me with 2 great ones. The whole Peter story Arc is mindblowing and extremely interesting and the last scene was flat out AWESOME. I must say I enjoyed very much seeing the twin towers again.

None of my cronies watch the show and my wife only watches from time to time. Therein lies my torture. No one to discuss this great show with. Hopefully this site will help and the show will catch on.

By: Rhaemye

Rhaemye — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:45:20 +0000

I like the show, but if I may compare it to its clear inspiration The X-Files, they’re both juggling with two concepts. They want to have an ongoing mysterious storyline, but also close a case within one episode, which takes up most of the time. Personally I want to see more of the conspiracy, the ones responsible for testing all of these weird phenomena, instead of being given episodes wherein there are zero answers and zero developments concerning the overall plot. So, for me, this season finale is a start.

By: Bruce Simmons

Bruce Simmons — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:55:44 +0000

Yes StevenL, I did. I saw “both” of them. (No folks, there weren’t two for you to see in this reality.)

By: StevenL

StevenL — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:40:15 +0000

Did you see the season finale? Looks like they will be doing something very interesting with Peter.

Also, it is interesting to note that this is the only new show of this genre to get a second season.