Fringe 4x14 Review

The End of All Things

Well that was certainly a crazy episode of Fringe. First though, I want to apologize for there being no review last week. I was very busy last weekend and by the time I was going to sit down and write it it was already a couple days past. It's not so bad because all I was really going to talk about was how blown away I was by that ending. Since all of it was explained there's no point to getting to it now. Suffice to say though, I was beyond thrilled with the shock that ending delivered. 

On to this episode! While I thought many aspects were brilliant, and quite epic I found other parts to be more iffy. We got a lot of information about the Observers this week, and as expected those answers only lead to more questions. Because of the hiatus we will now have to wait a month to get more episodes, and I was actually hoping for more of a cliffhanger. The episode ended with questions to be sure, but none that I'm climbing the walls waiting to hear. I certainly wish Fringe was on next week, but the ending didn't leave me demanding more right now as they've done in the past. 

30 Day Sci-Fi Challenge -- Day 18

Best Use of SFX on the Small Screen - FRINGE

Once again probably not THE BEST, but this needs to be mentioned. Since the end of Season 2 Fringe has gone along with doubles of most the main characters. Sometimes they share scenes and even shots. It's some of, if not the best work in this regard that I've ever seen. Seen in TV, or Film.

It's a real shame that this perfection is what might cost Fringe a fifth season. This kind of greatness costs a lot of money, and shows that get low ratings on Fridays are not worth all the money it seems. If this is the last season of Fringe, then that's really sad, but they can never take away the amazing special effects work.

Fringe 4x12 Review

Welcome to Westfield

Another very interesting and creepy episode of Fringe tonight. While watching I had flashbacks to great X-Files episodes, and even The Twilight Zone. Some of my favorite Fringe episodes are those that remind me of The X-Files so it's no surprise that I really liked this one a lot. The best part about this episode for me was that they blended the "Case of the Week" and the main story arc of the season. In the past Fringe has struggled with that in my opinion. Usually what they do is they have a very good COTW episode, and then reveal how it connects to the main plot in the very end with a bit of expository dialogue. Many episodes in season three did that. This episode though succeeded that combining them very well. 

The episode starts with a generally Fringe-tasticly creepy opening. I love beyond belief how they make us think for a moment that the crashing plane is a UFO because they know many Fringe fans were also X-Files fans. Electronics shutting down, and metal things floating are so UFO encounter. Speaking of the airplane, how many airplane disasters have there been on Fringe? 5? Interesting. 

Fringe 4x11 Review

Making Angels

After last week's "Case of the Week" episode we kind of got another one. The different though is that this particular case played into the larger mythos of the show far more than future seeing girl did. Future seeing guy was much more creepy too. There was a lot going on in this episode, and in classic Fringe form it all comes down to the families, and issues we have with our parents. 

As advertised this episode also featured Astrid more than entire seasons seemed to in the past, and I LOVED IT. I've always been a fan of Astrid, and Jasika Nicole doesn't get near enough praise. Lets for a moment recap Astrid's character for the first four seasons. Here's a smart, talented, and committed FBI agent who went through all the training and preparation it takes to get to that position.  What is her assignment? To babysit a crazy man who likes to do wacky experiments, and never quite gets her name right. One could wonder, "Why does she stick around?" I think we all knew the answer to that, and this episode confirmed it if you had not figured it out in Season 2's Snakehead. Astrid cares a great deal about Walter, and he cares about her all the same. Walter as much as admitted that getting her name wrong is a sign of affection, and just a little playful humor. More on her later. 

Fringe 4x10 Review

Forced Perspective

This week on Fringe we get a break from the epic season arc and go back to a procedural episode about a Fringe event. It was very season one, and I for one enjoyed it. We meet Emily, a girl who can see how people are going to die. I liked a lot that it was done differently from the X-Files episode called "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose". In that episode, Clyde Bruckman is a psychic you sees how people will die, but really does nothing to stop it. In this episode, Emily believes she can't stop it anyway, but still wants to let them know in the hopes that these people will use their final moments to say goodbye to their loved ones. It's a nice idea, but handing someone a picture, and then running away is still a little cryptic. She gets an A for effort.

Fringe 4x09 Review

The Enemy of My Enemy


Sorry for the delay in this review, but I haven't been home in a couple days so I haven't been able to update the blog.

This episode is now my favorite of season 4. I think it had everything we love about Fringe and some of the most moving scenes of the entire series. We get a lot of Jones, and I loved every moment of his screen time. The interrogation scene was simply incredible. First he's speaking with Alter-Broyles and since we know they are working together there was a whole other level to their discussion. I'm still not sure if Alter-Broyles is a shapeshifter, or just a traitor to Fringe Division.

Fringe 4x08 Review

Back to Where You've Never Been


Fringe returned tonight with a bang! This episode was originally planned to be the mid-season finale, and I think I'm not alone in being very thankful that we don't have to wait months to see the next episode.

I might be wrong, but I think this is the first episode this season that is totally main arc based. What I mean is, there is no "Fringe Event" or other investigation that leads them to discover something. This episode is all about Peter trying to contact Walternate, and I like that. I like that there wasn't some other event, or crime going on that made him realize something and decide to try and find him. He's been thinking about this for a while, and since Walter won't help him he goes to the next best option. I think it was a mistake to include Lincoln though. Even if their plan had worked, they still would have used deception, and infiltration to get him there.

Peter should have just planned to cross over alone, and then use his mother the way he did anyway. This episode also answered a question I had had about Blue-Lincoln. When Olivia first meets him there is no recognition, and no familiarity. We still don't know how thing went down on the other side in what would have been the end of season 2 in this new timeline, but since Olivia knew of Red-Lincoln wouldn't there be some kind of a reaction from her when they meet the Lincoln from her universe?