Fringe

[Warren_Paul]

Great news. Amazing to see so many old scenes, and realise just how far the show has come.

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[dragomort]

I'm incredibly glad that they're giving it a final send-off season. If only that happened more often for those shows ambitious enough to have an actual storyline.

[Warren_Paul]

Yes, networks should finish storylines more often.

Welcome to the SFF Chrons Dragomort.

[dragomort]

Thanks!

And it's doubly the case when the network was at least partially to blame with the schedule change (although they did put an awesome promo on the switch)

[Warren_Paul]

Yeah that is an awesome promo, but it didn't work. The slot did hurt the show, but that could also be half the reason they continued making it when any other show would have been cancelled. As we can see by this ad, Fox knew they were going to damage its ratings when they made the move.

So we have to commend Fox for letting them finish the story.

[Warren_Paul]

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Leonard Nimoy! Didn't think they'd actually get him back, so happy.

And Astrid! She was kicking butt but then... then... Happy to see she actually can fight though.

So, they are clearly showing how episode 19 comes to be, which is good. So I suspect I'm on track with my assumption, that we will see how they came to be encased in amber in the season finale, and maybe the arrival of the observers. And I guess Leonard Nimoy really is who kills Olivia, Mr X? Or it could be the first observer that does maybe. Perhaps William Bell helps the observers. All we know is he has something to do with what happens to Olivia.

[Lenny]

Well, we know that Astrid is ambered at some point, so she has to survive (unless they've gone and changed the future)!

As for Nimoy... I guess I was wrong. It's nice to see him back, and from what I've read, the showrunners are trying to get him to return to his role for series five. With it being the final series, with no chance of the role becoming something permanent for many years, he may well take it, which would be nice.

Whilst I expect this series to peter out somewhat (compared to the previous few finales, which went out with a bang... and, I suppose, Peter'd out ), I'm very much looking forward to what can be done next series, particularly with the Mr. X story line.

[Lenny]

So, the question is: Henry or Henrietta?

[ctg]

I'd ask which universe Bell went into as Nimoy promised that we'll see more of him in the final season. I truly hope we'll going to see how the Observer ruled universe storyline ends or at least how they end in amber and what happens to Olivia.

[Warren_Paul]

Originally Posted by Lenny

So, the question is: Henry or Henrietta?

Henrietta of course. Alt-Olivia would give birth to a male, but the real Olivia would give birth to a female, that's the difference.


I think as the season finale of this season, we are going to end with something happening to Olivia, not necessarily her getting killed, and them getting encased in amber.

Then the first episode of next season will start after where they left us in episode 19, and it will be 13 episodes of reversing the damage the Observers have done - writing them out of history.

A handless William Bell as the villain, interesting. The question is, why is he working against them, and not trying to help stop the Observers? Bell has his own agenda for some reason.

That's my theory.

[Warren_Paul]

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Very interesting season finale, but there is something missing, how does Bell end up in amber with them? He went back to the other reality. If what CTG says is the case, and we will see more of Bell, then I guess they will answer that question in the first episode, or it might just be a handless Bell running around. I wouldn't be surprised if the first episode carries on from where episode 19 left us.


Now, Henrietta thinks Olivia is dead, but as they have brought her back to life, I wonder if she really is dead in the future, or if Henrietta is misinformed.

We saw in episode 19 that Henrietta carries the bullet that killed Olivia, but is that going to change, or does she get shot again...? Can't wait for the next season.



I can see how they could've made that the final episode ever, just cut off the end with September and leave it with the hospital, done.

[ctg]

Spoilers

The biggest reason for excitement about Fringe season five is last season's "Letters of Transit," where we visited the dystopian future of 2036, a world ruled by evil and surprisingly lustful Observers. We sort of knew that season five was going to be visiting that future again, but we weren't sure if it would just be for an episode or two, here and there.


But John Noble told reporters that the final season will pretty much all take place in 2036 — with the occasional flashback or bit of "found footage" to fill in the tragic events of the present day. That doesn't mean Anna Torv is gone from the show — even though there were hints in "Letters of Transit" that a terrible fate had befallen her, she'll still make it to 2036 somehow, so there can be a "mother and daughter" reunion with the grown-up Etta (Georgina Haig).


As for Walter himself, Noble said he's not done paying for his hubris in breaking the multiverse back in 1985: "Walter is the man who started this, so there has to be resolution. There has to be redemption. We also have to see the final maturing of the relationship between Peter and Olivia."

http://io9.com/5919744/time-to-get-e...ringe-season-5

[Shane Enochs]

I watched the first four or five episodes or so, but I just couldn't get hooked. I think the reason I didn't like it as much as x-files was because it was slightly too goofy. I liked the darkness of x-files. It seemed dangerous. Fringe just seems... silly. Maybe if I watched more I'd get hooked, but it hasn't happened at this point for me.

[Warren_Paul]

You need to watch a lot more, the show doesn't come into its prime until season 2. The first season has some good episodes but the story isn't developed yet.

[Shane Enochs]

Alright, I'll watch the rest of season one and half of season two. If I don't get hooked, I'm coming after you WP =P