Dinger wrote:
Anyone watch this show? It is the only one I watched this entire season, the one television show I still enjoy, and this season had some ups and downs, but ended strongly.
The second to last episode, the beginning was shot right near my house. Literally. In the beginning, when the block lettering comes in with the locations, it read, "Holyoke MA." A car was driving on a highway that leads into the city I live in, less than a mile from my house. It was right near the Marina I rode my bike by yesterday.
I also thought it was cool that Peter's favourite coin when he was a child was a silver half dollar - that's mine as well! Strangely, I knew how the series was going to end before I watched it, as it reminded me a bit of the book I am currently reading, The Dispossessed by Ursula K LeGuin.
All in all, I liked the first and second seasons a little better, but the last three episodes were satisfying. I enjoyed this series more than Lost, it was less convoluted, more streamlined, had better acting and writing, and had a stronger and more emotionally resonating conclusion.
My girlfriend and I thoroughly enjoyed the first season. It was refreshing and adventurous. It was nice to see a show pandering in sci-fi on a major network with new and unique ideas.
Second season saw our interest decrease slightly as the show started to focus on the main plot more than what "fringe division" actually did. I was originally attracted to fringe because every other episode or so they introduced a new idea (the rapidly growing man, Asian bug smugglers etc) which they may or may not follow up on. When the main plot started to take over more and more story time I started to miss those crazy random events.
Third season I fell off the wagon during the first third of the season. A little too much "other side" focus and not enough "x-files" (the sort of episodes I was alluding to previously) for me to stay interested. My girlfriend ultimately gave up on the show as well but that had more to do with my absence and falling behind than anything else. She did say the season picked up and revived some earlier plot points/carried on with the "fringe way of things" about half way through the third season.
As it stands I'm waiting for the third season to pop up on netflix so I can give it another go.