Fringe was great--it promised a lot less than Lost but it posed big questions and answered them pretty much every season, leading to weirder questions. Also, the last episode was pretty satisfying.
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 March 2014 12:11 (ten years ago) link
It is pretty good, especially when it hits the mind scrambling parallel universe storylines, the incidental episodes get a bit tedious. It all fizzles away in a slightly whelming manner. So yeah essential viewing ;)
― xelab, Thursday, 20 March 2014 12:12 (ten years ago) link
Best thing about Fringe was that at some point they gave up on trying to attract new viewers (something Lost never really stopped doing) and just made the relationship stuff service the confusing story arcs.
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 March 2014 12:15 (ten years ago) link
The Fringe guys went on to make Sleepy Hollow which is one of the more successful post-Lost network shows
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 20 March 2014 12:18 (ten years ago) link
Love Fringe - Matt, I think you'd dig it.
It helps that it had a much smaller central cast (and all the additional characters were played by the same people, because of parallel universe shenanigans.)
― Roz, Thursday, 20 March 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
I love the way loveable acid casualty William Bishop's self from the other world is a evil, humourless arch baddie. The parallel universe stuff is easily some of the best sci-fi tv ever, it gets a bit silly but it is a heck of a lot of fun.
― xelab, Thursday, 20 March 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
he's just trying to save his world!!
― j., Thursday, 20 March 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
last 1.5 seasons or so of Fringe were 90% garbage, people
― Simon H., Thursday, 20 March 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
The J.J. Abrams curse
― Nhex, Thursday, 20 March 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
or starting from whenever it was that manimal ark thing happened
Lol that shit was so barmy, did they get Lee Scratch Perry in as a consultant?
― xelab, Thursday, 20 March 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
The end of Season 4 is basically the disappointing Lost/BSG-style series finale you were dreading. Then Season 5 course corrects from that in an interesting and unexpected way, sputters a bit, but ends well.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 20 March 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
Halfway through season 2 through the end of season 3 are pretty much some of the most fun TV sci-fi ever though.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 20 March 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
absolutely. the show on balance was far more exceptionally great than exceptionally disappointing
― Nhex, Thursday, 20 March 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
yes, that's the best portion of Fringe. after they cut down on the one-off monster episodes and before the plot twist that made no sense.
― qwop zapatos (abanana), Saturday, 22 March 2014 00:58 (ten years ago) link
happy LOST finale anniversary!!!!! still mad
― funny unconscious rocks creating your consciousness with free choice (reddening), Saturday, 24 May 2014 03:44 (ten years ago) link
I love this thread title so much.
― aaliyah papi (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 24 May 2014 03:58 (ten years ago) link
I considered rewatching this just now until I looked on wiki and saw that there were 121 episodes, seriously???
― aaliyah papi (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 24 May 2014 03:59 (ten years ago) link
121 hours of my life I will never get back.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Saturday, 24 May 2014 04:12 (ten years ago) link