Category Archives: Fringe
Season Finale: Fringe – “The Day We Died”
“The Day We Died” May 6th, 2011 While I intended on writing something following the Fringe finale all week, I expected it to be a piece about how my general distance from the series made the finale less satisfying than … Continue reading
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Fringe – “Lysergic Acid Diethylamide”
“Lysergic Acid Diethylamide” April 15th, 2011 “I can see it in your eyes – it’s not you.” Well, that was quite the experiment. Part of what has made the third season of Fringe so compelling is the degree to which … Continue reading
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Fringe – “Bloodline”
“Bloodline” March 25th, 2011 The greatest test of a critic’s demeanor towards a particular program is how they respond to its renewal. When Fringe was picked up on Thursday, there were two primary responses among critics. The first was excitement: … Continue reading
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Fringe – “Stowaway”
“Stowaway” March 18th, 2011 The conclusion of “Os” was laughable, a fact that I truly hope the writers at Fringe were aware of. It’s not that this represents some sort of continuity issue: this is a weird enough show that … Continue reading
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Fringe – “Subject 13″
“Subject 13″ February 25th, 2011 Why do we watch Fringe? This is an honest question, and one that I think Fringe has been forcing viewers to ask for a few episodes now. This is not a question of quality: I … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Fringe – “Olivia”
“Olivia” September 23rd, 2010 Earlier this year, I wrote about what I called “procedural pacing,” wherein FX’s Justified gradually became more serialized throughout its first season: by starting with a more procedural format, and then having that format be interrupted … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Fringe – “Over There: Part 2″
“Over There: Part 2″ May 20th, 2010 When Fringe began, its “pseudoscience” was a vague conspiracy – the “Pattern” was ill-defined and faceless, a series of circumstances with no causation and thus no real emotional stakes. Over time, the show … Continue reading
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Fringe – “Northwest Passage”
“Northwest Passage” May 6th, 2010 I didn’t necessarily need to go back to review last week’s episode of Fringe, considering that I saw it quite a few days late and it wasn’t particularly spectacular, but there was some interesting conversation … Continue reading
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Fringe – “The Man from the Other Side”
“The Man from the Other Side” April 22nd, 2010 In a perfect world, I wouldn’t have been caught up in thesis edits last week, as I thought “White Tulip” was such a pitch-perfect installment of Fringe that it deserved some … Continue reading
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