– It’s finished. No waiting on episodes, they’re all there.
– It’s wrapped up after 5 seasons in a way that makes sense; it wasn’t cancelled.
– It’s science-fiction. Packed with mystery, unexplained occurrences and all the other stuff that make your curiosity perk up.
– It’s created by JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Burk and J.H. Wyman. Some of these you might know from making the Star Trek reboot or the sci-fi TV show “Almost Human”.
– Main character is a female. She’s an FBI agent. She isn’t sexualized. She isn’t masculine. She isn’t a cliché. She isn’t made fun of for being a female agent. She is actually very intelligent and very appreciated by her co-workers.
– Her boss is a male POC.
– Another female agent is a POC as well.
– John Noble. The ‘mad scientist’ of the show.
– Leonard Nimoy. Yep. He’s a recurring character.
– Sebastian Roché and Jared Harris. Also, Blair Brown.
– Parallel universe!
– The love stor(ies) that happen don’t reduce anyone to a love interest.
– David Bowie references. (You’ll spot them, trust me)
– Cases of the week + serialisation
– Have I mentioned the fact that the characters aren’t a cliché?
– Freaky stuff. You’ll love it. It might freak you out but you’ll love it.
Fangirl challenge → [6/10] friendships: Charlie Francis & Olivia Dunham (Fringe)
“My first week on the job, I was on a sting operation. These Irish thugs were smuggling guns and, and cocaine. And I had been a military prosecutor, so I hadn’t handled a gun since basic training. And suddenly, I’m underground in this garage, wearing a bulletproof vest and wondering how the hell I got there. So, I did what any rookie would do and I started looking for an exit. And then Charlie walks over. This man that I didn’t know, this gruff guy. And he said, ‘You’re gonna be fine.’ And, I have to face it that he … that he’s gone. And that he’s not coming back.”
F R I N G E is a love story about a man who loved a boy so much he broke the universe to save him, and it’s about that boy learning to love a man he grew up hating. It’s about two people drawn together by forces that transcend worlds, and falling in love. It’s a story about love strong enoughto b r e a k the world and strong enough to h e a l it.
Fake Benevolence 