We just finished watching the entire first season of Fringe. Fringe is the brainchild of J.J. Abrams (creator of Star Trek (2009) and Lost). Fringe brings together a motley crew of character, which works perfectly together. You have Special Agent Olivia Dunham, a very gung ho and smart Special Agent with a knack for always wanting to solve the case no matter the consequences. You have Dr. Walter Bishop a mad scientist of sorts who spent many years as a Professor at Harvard while doing secret government experiments.
Walter was later institutionalized after his lab assistance was killed in an accident. Peter Bishop (son of Dr. Bishop) is a character with a mysterious past, Peter is Walter’s caretaker while he is away from the asylum, Peter has also proven to be highly intelligent and an asset to the team. There are several other notable characters, but this gives you a general idea of what to expect from characters.
Fringe is a special division within the F.B.I. who has the duty of exploring and solving strange cases, which other agencies cannot. It’s Walter’s experience in dealing with special government testing that makes him particularly important, because he is familiar with many of the strange occurrences. Some of these occurrences are people catching on fire, a plane mysteriously crashing, and a super creature in the sewer killing people. I think of Fringe a lot like the X-Files but with some of the cases not as outlandish and ridiculous as the X-Files. Now granted, Fringe has its fair share of weird shit, X-Files without question takes the cake for weird stuff. This has become one of my favorite shows and is currently on Season 2 on Fox. If this sounds like something you would like, please tune in as it will help with ratings and make Fox renew it for a second season.
