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As predicted last week, Fringe revisits the monster-of-the-week format in its latest episode, but still manages to convey some clues to the season’s endgame even if the plot served more as a standalone.
Let’s take a closer look after the jump.
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Another week, another visit to ALCATRAZ! And true to my prediction last week, this week’s offering profiles another prisoner from the aforementioned Rock who disappeared in 1963 and has returned to wreak havoc in the “present day”.
Join me as I bitch about last night’s lackluster episode after the jump. [Read more…]
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This week’s episode of Fringe wasted no time, taking off right where we left off from last week where we were teased with the reappearance of David Robert Jones (Jared Harris). Will we find out what he’s doing back and how he managed to survive being sliced in half as a portal between two alternate dimensions closed on him?
Let’s check it out after the jump.
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If we didn’t have enough fun drinking to REVENGE! over on ABC, then FOX’s latest offering has certainly made up for it. Last night’s two-hour Alcatraz pilot gave us plenty of drinking game moments with its cliched sound bites of the famed prison (i.e. “No one escapes Alcatraz!”; “Welcome to the ROCK” etc. etc.) So how did the new serial from virtuoso TV producer, J.J. Abrams fare? Let’s break it down after the jump.
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Welcome back Fringe fans. After what seems like forever, Fringe finally kicks off its mid-season premiere with some significant narrative progression. Let’s hope the momentum continues with a string of new episodes and no more inexplicable hiatuses.
Let’s take a closer look:
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It’s so hard to say good-bye isn’t it? Being Erica had what appears* to be its final episode last night, and true to how the rest of the season has gone, there were no huge reveals or mind-bending twists, but a focus on accepting endings and starting new beginnings.
Creator Jana Sinyor has stated:
Season 4 is the end. It’s important to Aaron and I to be able to finish the story in a way that is satisfying to our audience. This is going to be a big year for Erica, and by the end of it – she will have finished the journey she started…
Think this happened? Let’s see as we break it down…
*There are some rumblings going on about how this may not be the final season, as many of the episode descriptions define this as the “season” vs. “series” finale. Take a look at some of these articles featuring interviews with creator/executive producer Jana Sinyor and executive producer Aaron Martin and judge for yourself. It sounds to me like this was their last season, but I think CBC might want to leave the door open to season five. CBC’s renewals came out in February this year, so we have a couple of months of nail-biting to see if this will actually happen and Erica’s journey continues. Judging by this season (*cough Ford Focus, Tetley Infusions cough*) and this episode, I’m putting my money on this being last of the series.