Fringe follows the exploits of FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble), and his son Peter (Joshua Jackson) as they investigate aspects of fringe science (telepathy, levitation, invisibility, reanimation, etc).
All over the world, a series of apparent experiments collectively referred to as 'the Pattern' ( e.g., a newborn baby who rapidly ages and dies in one day, a bus full of passengers trapped in a strange substance like mosquitoes in amber) are occurring for reasons unknown. Olivia, Peter, and Walter are in charge of investigating these strange events to determine their source.
Connected to the Pattern is a company called Massive Dynamic, which is a leading global research company that holds the patents for a number of new and important technologies.
This new series by director J.J Abrams of Alias and Lost fame, resembles The X-Files, but with more science, terrorism and Homeland Security involved, and has a lack of (for the moment) the love tension between the male and female lead characters.
Already 6 episodes have aired, and it got better and better. It carries all of J.J Abrams's cliffhanger signatures, however, each episode has moderate character development and it is self-contained with a resolution, albeit a satisfactory one.
So far, 22 episodes have been ordered. We shall see how this season unfolds and if it is worthy of carrying on.
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