Sunday, January 26, 2014

Fringe (Season 4)




I've been watching Fringe lately...  First thing that always comes to mind is that I do not understand how John Noble (Walter) never won an Emmy.  I don't even think he was nominated, which is ridiculous.  His subtle growth as a character and his questionable sanity in the earlier seasons are pretty incredible.  As a show, I think all the actors seem "just right."  I think that's much more clear when they all start playing different versions of themselves and I can always keep straight who is from which universe and yet all the characters are different and real.

I'm glad Fringe was kept on the air as long as it was.  I read somewhere yesterday that it was the lowest rated show at one point and it was still renewed.  So often I wonder why networks cancel perfectly good shows or shows with a lot of potential and in this case a show that was intelligent and interesting was allowed to grow and have a proper conclusion, which is awesome.

I admit I struggled to get through Season 1.  I was wondering if this was going to be another Lost... with so many questions without proper answers but then they started answering questions in unique ways and I think Season 3 was pretty brilliant.  I am in the middle of Season 4 and so far I am feeling a little unsure of the "new" timeline.... Has the character development from the first 3 seasons and the relationships we watched grow between characters all been erased?  I am not sure how it will end up, but at the same time I am impressed that the show took a bold step and has stuck with it so far.  I've read quite a bit about showrunners who change their initial ideas because of fan feedback or fan pressure and I would prefer to just see a series play out the way the people who created it intended.  There have been a few episodes I didn't connect with, but so far this Season has as much potential as the last one.  I've been wanting to get to the end of each episode and see what happens!

To me, Fringe is pretty brilliant.  I am interested and intrigued.  For some reason though, that I haven't put my finger on yet, I am not as emotionally invested in the characters as I have been in other shows, even shows that I would consider much lower quality.  Not sure why, but I definitely encourage people who are looking for interesting, intelligent, sci-fi tv to check it out if you haven't yet.

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