Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2010 1:05 AM
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This week I finally managed to finish the first season of "Fringe". And in my opinion it's a great and entertaining show! The characters are good, the stories gripping and the episodes keep you guessing until the end what it all leads up to.
Fringe follows the exploits of FBI agent Olivia Dunham, mad scientist Walter Bishop, and his son, jack-of-all-trades Peter Bishop, as they investigate aspects of fringe science (rare diseases, chimeras, transhumans with psychic abilities, teleportation and so forth). It's not that kind of show that if you miss an episode will leave you guessing what happened during that part. No, every episode is a story on itself, thus I found this refreshing as there are no cliffhangers and so on.
There's a lot of humor, partly due to the excellent Walter Bishop, who with his senile way puts an big smile on your face during the most gruesome scenes. It may be compared by many with the X-files, but this show is a complete new thing in its genre. Excellent stuff!
My rating: 8 out 10 |