Review of Fringe

Fringe (2008–2013)
2/10
Deux Ex Machina
17 November 2008
I had hopes for this show. I watched about 6 or 7 episodes so far, the rest are Tivoed and I'll probably catch up with them. I love the intro's, and the concepts are very cool, but how they deal with them are so lame it is amazing. For instance, the "Frankenstein" doctor, ALWAYS has the answer, he always gives it about 40 minutes in, and it ALWAYS has to do with either some project he worked on 20 years ago- and someone he worked with taking it over. This is bad enough, but he always pulls all the answers out of his butt, and it makes for lousy television. The only reason for the 2 stars is that his character IS funny, and the laughs he brings are one of the only things in the show to make me smile. The actress just seems off. I don't think she's necessarily bad, but just not good for this show.

I love Lost, and although it took about 8 episodes of Alias to get good, that show turned good. I am looking forward to this show turning around, and getting a bit less predictable. You damn sure couldn't get more predictable.
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