Fringe

Review: Fringe 2.21-2.23 Posted

by Paul Talon on Jun.13, 2010, under Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

“Northwest Passage”

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Northwest continues the recent trend of almost filler episodes that manage to be both entertaining and informative
as well as at least showing some connection to the overall arc of the show. After Brown Betty, we get to see exactly where the real Peter has gotten to since leaving our little family.

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“Over There Parts 1 and 2″

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Fringe knows Finales. After meandering it’s way through the season at times dropping bombs only to follow up with snorefests, Fringe again knows how to work the big moment. Luckily for them they have gotten better at lead up so it only intensifies the final product. I do want to say off the bat that had I watched these when they were aired, I probably would have reviewed them separately, but since I watched them together it simply made sense that I review it as one big two hour finale.

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Review: Fringe 2.20 Posted

by Paul Talon on May.23, 2010, under Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

Fringe 2.20 – “Brown Betty”

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This was certainly a unique episode of the series. Fringe is one of those shows that will occasionally have a completely off the wall episode. This is, for the most part one of those episodes. Usually these episodes are gimicky and can certainly be missed and while entertaining for entertainment purposes, usually does nothing with the storyline that is progressing.

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Review: Fringe 2.19 & Flash Forward 1.16

by Paul Talon on May.03, 2010, under Flashforward, Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

The Man From the Other Side”
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Well the crap is now hitting the fan. All epsiode, Peter thinks he has it pegged why Walter has been acting so strangely lately. He believes that Walter finally wants to talk to him about his mother’s death.

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“Let No Man Put Asunder”

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A mixed bag of sorts. On one hand it had some of the best Flash Forward has to offer, on the other hand it had some of the worst as well. The best parts of the episode focused on Demetri and his upcoming date with destiny

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Fringe: 2.17 and 2.18 review posted

by Paul Talon on Apr.24, 2010, under Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

“Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.”

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Interesting. A mostly filler episode that manages to at least maintain the semblance of the bigger ongoing arc. That had always been one of my biggest complaints is that we’d have big episodes and then three or four episodes of filler that could have been anywhere in the series given that they are complete standalones. This one manages to be both and is all the better for it.

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“White Tulip”

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Another highly engaging, mostly standalone effort from the Fringe team. This time the standalone really works as a parallel to our characters. We open with Walter writing Peter a letter explaining what really happened as a letter will be more concise and quite frankly he’s not sure he can tell Peter the truth orally.

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Fringe: 2.16 Review Posted

by Paul Talon on Apr.03, 2010, under Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

“Peter”

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Brilliant. I have to hand it to the creators here. They took a much hyped event, played it cool and let the story unfold and work it’s magic because quite simply the story was enough. There was no need for big twists, or melodramatic moments. No need for “special” event billing. The story was just that good. Although, I also must add that despite it not being necessary, I did appreciate the Doogie Howserish twist on the credits and location names.

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Review: Fringe 2.15

by Paul Talon on Mar.14, 2010, under Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

“Jacksonville”

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What is this? An actual mythology episode? GET OUT! It’s about time. True to it’s pattern, the mythology episode is a heavy one that does a lot of heavy lifting, even if in this case, the actual episode itself gets bogged down at times during character development moments.

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Fringe Reviews Added!

by Paul Talon on Mar.13, 2010, under Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

2.13 – “What Lies Below”
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I feel like a broken record. So much so that I want to just write one beginning paragraph to use for the non mythology episodes of Fringe and just cut and paste…because in reality that’s all I’m doing. But as I’ve said before There are two choices when dealing with a show like Fringe with an overall story arc that has a lot of mystery to it. You either gradually introduce the mythology and interweave it through every episode in someway, slowly unraveling said mystery leaving true standalone episodes to be few and far between (and thus far more acceptable) or the way Fringe does it. BAM HUGE MYTHOLOGY EPISODE followed by 3-4 stagnant Fringe moments of the week. We are in that rut right now. It really slows down the show and in all honesty you could cut the season down completely and only watch 1/3 of it and have everything you need.

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2.14 – “The Bishop Revivial”
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More straightforward Fringe fare just treading water waiting for the next mythology episode. Again the only saving grace in this week’s episode is Walter. And in this case it is quite the saving grace. The plotline is simple. A madman scientist comes up with a virus that is programmable to DNA. It can target specific DNA (such as those with brown eyes, or those in the same family). A Nazi dream come true…and of course it is a Nazi scientist behind it.
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Review: Fringe 2.12

by Paul Talon on Feb.14, 2010, under Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

“Johari Window”
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“Johari Window” is an excellent standalone episode in a sea of such standalones which as my readers will know, I believe is detrimental to the overall series But with that being said, every once in a while a standalone can benefit the series on a different level. Through character and theme.

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Fringe 2.10

by Paul Talon on Jan.26, 2010, under Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

“Grey Matters”
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In a scenario that is becoming all too familiar with this show, we get to see BIG episodes followed by 3 or 4 filler episodes. And I’m not liking the format. Honestly, I believe I said this before, but I would much rather see the show spread out the mythos type episodes a bit so we can get a little bit per episode rather than this.
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Review: Fringe 2.09

by Paul Talon on Jan.10, 2010, under Fringe, Reviews by Paul Talon, Television

“Snakehead”
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For an episode that was nothing more than a filler, it does a very apt job at exploring Walter Bishop’s present, rather than the mysterious past we want to see filled in. The concept is quite interesting and possibly unique. The triads are using humans to host a squid like creature and transport them to America. The squids are used to make some kind of drug, but not illicit. Instead it is medication.
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