Category Archives: Fringe
Fringe – “Peter”
“Peter” April 1st, 2010 In its promotions for the show, FOX sells Fringe based on the tagline “New Cases. Endless Possibilities.” But what’s interesting, and ultimately enormously compelling, about “Peter” is that the possibilities aren’t endless at all: we know … Continue reading
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Moving into a Higher Genre Bracket: Consistency and Balance in FOX’s Fringe
Moving into a Higher Genre Bracket April 1st, 2010 There are some shows that I can honestly say I’ve given up on: I stopped watching shows like Desperate Housewives because it was clearly not going in an interesting direction, and … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Fringe – “There’s More Than One of Everything”
“There’s More Than One of Everything” May 12th, 2009 I wrote a piece a while back about the ways in which Fringe sits between the procedural and the serial, with episodes that feel heavily formulaic and others that are heavily … Continue reading
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Fringe – “Ability”
“Ability” February 10th, 2009 If there was ever any question about which J.J. Abrams show Fringe was trying to be, “Ability” sealed the deal. For those who didn’t have the pleasure of seeing Abrams’ second major foray into television, Alias, … Continue reading
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Fringe – “Bound”
“Bound” January 20th, 2009 When it takes four people to write an episode of television, it is easy to become suspicious: there is nothing about “Bound” that screams as if it needs to have so many cooks in the kitchen, … Continue reading
Fringe – “Safe”
“Safe” December 2nd, 2008 I wrote a piece a few weeks ago wherein I talked about the gradual serialization that was causing some viewers of one of the season’s successful demo hits; Fringe may be from J.J. Abrams, but it … Continue reading
Fringe – “The Equation”
“The Equation” November 18th, 2008 In a burst of inspiration over the weekend, I wrote a piece about the sort of transitional state of Fringe, a procedural series that people expect to offer heavily serialized content; it appears to have … Continue reading
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In the World of J.J. Abrams, Fringe Watches You: Gradual Serialization and the Active Audience
[As part of an ongoing personal experiment designed to assist in deciding my academic future, it is my goal to complete short (by my standards) essays from a television studies perspective. If you find these more interesting than my usual … Continue reading
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