Fringe

Calendar Man: Observations on Last Night's Phenomenal Episode of "Fringe"

source: Televisionary

Oh, Fringe, I've missed you. Last night's episode of Fringe ("August"), written by J.H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner and directed by Brad Anderson, was to me the absolute ideal installment of the sci-fi procedural series. Despite being a close-ended plot about the disappearance of a young woman,...

Published Fri, Nov 20

Episode Review: August

source: Fringe Television

After three standalone episodes, Fox promised a return to Fringe's core mythology this week with a much-hyped Observer-centric storyline. The episode itself was certainly thin on the "answers" and "revelations" promised by promos and press releases, but August proved to be one of the...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Fringe Observer Week

source: Fringe Television

Variety is reporting that Fox has launched a major campaign this week to promote the Observer-centric Fringe episode "August": Observer Week," as the campaign is dubbed internally, includes placing multiple actors playing "observers" in the crowd at live Fox telecasts -- Sunday's N...

Published Mon, Nov 16

Bill O'Reilly, Saddam Hussein, and Ben Reynolds in Lie to Me 2.6

source: Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress

Lightman's loyalty to his "family" - his co-workers - including FBI Special Agent Ben Reynolds. To prove his commitment to Reynolds, whose career and even freedom is in jeopardy due to Reynolds' actions when undercover, Lightman destroys FBI evidence right in front of Reynolds. Now Lightman is almost as vulnerable as Reynolds in this mess. All in all, a top-notch FBI-oriented episode. The FBI is having something of its own new golden age in what I've been calling the new golden age of television. Bones, FlashForward, Fringe, Numb3rs, with Reynolds a major player on Lie to Me, and there's likely more FBI in shows I haven't yet seen. The Plot to Save Socrates more about The Plot to Save Socrates...

Published Sun, Nov 15

Review: Fringe - Of Human Action

source: TV Squad

What struck me most about this episode in terms of relationships is how broken up Walter was over the loss of his son. As mentioned in my other reviews this season, Walter is like the kid and Peter is the parent. John Noble does a fantastic job of portraying a scared kid who's lost his dad in a depa...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Secrets of Fringe: Episode 204

source: Fringe Television

Fringe executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman discuss: The "first wave", hybrids, William Bell telling the truth, what William Bell is inhaling, Walter's journey, religion, and the hybrid leader.

Published Wed, Nov 11

Is Thursday The New Friday?

source: io9

Both Fringe and FlashForward are seeing ratings in a worrying freefall right now; Meredith has already reported that Fringe was being considered a show in "trouble," but that was before the audience dropped a worrying 23% for this Thursday's episode (In its defense, many people may hav...

Published Sun, Nov 8

The Shadow Knows: Ashes to Ashes on "Fringe"

source: Televisionary

Now that's what I call a fantastic episode of Fringe. While I've been pushing the series' producers to shift towards a sleeker serialized format for the series since its inception, last night's episode of Fringe ("Earthling"), written by J.H. Wyman and Jeff Vlaming and directed by Jon Cass...

Published Fri, Nov 6