Fringe: Full Series Retrospective
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Fringe is a sci-fi thriller following the investigations of the FBI's Fringe division, which investigates strange scientific phenomenon. Telekinetic agent Olivia Dunham, mad scientist Walter Bishop, and Walter's son Peter soon find themselves embroiled in a conflict with a parallel universe, all while a shadowy organization of mysterious humanoids nicknamed "Observers" monitor the teams actions with plans of their own.
Created by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, with Jeff Pinkner and J.H Wyman serving as showrunners. Starring Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham / Fauxlivia, John Noble as Walter Bishop / Walternate, Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop, Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth, Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles, Blair Brown as Nina Sharp, Michael Cerveris as September / Donald, Kirk Acevedo as Charlie Francis, Seth Gabel as Lincoln Lee, Ryan McDonald as Brandon Fayette, Mark Valley as John Scott, Michael Kopsa as Captain Windmark, Leonard Nimoy as William Bell, Ari Graynor as Rachel Dunham, Eugene Lipinski as December, Jared Harris as David Robert Jones, Sebastian Roché as Thomas Jerome Newton, Shaun Smyth as Anil, Kevin Corrigan as Sam Weiss, Georgina Haig as Henrietta Bishop, Jarod Joseph as Agent Tim, Rowan Longworth as Michael, Lily Pilblad as Ella, Orla Brady as Elizabeth Bishop, Clark Middleton as Edward Markham, Chance Kelly as Mitchell Loeb, Michael J Rogers as Mueller, Michael Gaston as Sanford Harris, Andre Royo as Henry Arliss Higgins and Meghan Markle as Amy Jessup. Guest stars include William Sadler, Martha Plimpton, Peter Weller, Chadwick Boseman, Christopher Lloyd, Stephen Root, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Gillian Jacobs.
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RIP Lance Reddick. He was absolutely one of the best things about Fringe.
wait what he died nooooo
@@NessysSanctuary Yeah, this past Friday. :(
No freaking way....I was just getting angry at Lance in Horizon Forbidden West and exclaiming how awesome of an actor he is to my girl. We loved Fringe more than most shows out there.
@@HansDester Yeah I actually just gotten back into destiny maybe 3 days before he passed. (Commander Zavala voice actor) he will be missed greatly. 😓
I was just enjoying him as the voice of the Dragon Thordak in The Legend of Vox Machina :(
John Noble never getting an Emmy nomination is a crime.
My thoughts exactly.
John Noblenative sure as hell got one. 😉
You are absolutely correct
SERIOUSLY NOT, what a shame !
Fringe was so creative, it's definitely still worth watching. Everyone is incredible in it, but Anna Torv was such a standout
iv always felt that way too about torv as much as i love the rest of the cast too i felt her performance as are side olivia was nothing short as sensational!
I love the creativities of the show, but the execution is so bad that i have to drop the show and watch recap.
She was such a horrible actress in the first couple seasons though. Her performance in the latter seasons and especially as the Olivia from the other earth was commendable
I thought I was the only one who. Doesn't like how she act like she was imitating Olivia from SVU..
This is my absolute favorite show. It kills me to see how underappreciated it is.
I've rewatched this series at least 4 times. love it. this might be the first video essay I've ever seen on it. awesome
Same!!
Channel Zero just topped Fringe for me.
@@jmerriman1000 A first for me too! Nice to see it getting some attention.
@@johnfischer1988 Oh, me too. I loaned my boxed set to my cousin and her husband fully expecting them to like it and they returned it before even finishing season 1. 🙄 Oh well. Their loss.
Fringe was a show I started watching and never expected it to be as good as it was. Glad it got a FULL run of 5 seasons.
I'm in two minds about that because while it was nice FRINGE got to go out on its own terms, I find season five enormously frustrating because it was really obvious the price was a cut in the season length from 22 to 13 episodes, and IIRC the budget for the final run was cut by something like 50% per episode. Like Slip Maker, I find a lot of the story telling akwardly compressed and hacked about as a result.
@@CRanapia it's been awhile...I can't even remember much lol
@@jcaashby3 Heh... Fringe is burned further into my mind than most TV shows because during the last big Covid lockdown I ended up watching the whole series in a week and a half stuck to the couch watching television.
There has never been a better portrayal of a Mad Scientist than John Nobles Walter Bishop, he steals every scene he's in naturally.
I think he's my favourite character of all time. His dualities and arch's, I just love it all!
I loved this show. The acting was wonderful all around.
R. I. P. Lance Reddick.
WTF? He was born in 1962. Was it the Fn jab?
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@Robert Hart get outta here with your goofy shit. People die all the time regardless whether they got the jab or not.
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@@roberthart9886 stop disrespecting the guy by shoving bullshit conspiracies into this. He died of natural causes, people sometimes just drop dead, no matter how old they are.
Fringe was ahead of its time. It's honestly frusturating how underrated the show is. I finished the series recently and it has such a great storyline and characters. Every actor in the show acted their asses off, espeically John Noble and Anna Torv. Like I get if season 1 may be a bit slow because it was sort of like a 'case of the week' each episode, but it adds to the story (I PROMISE). Everything will pick up in season 2 and it just gets better every season. So please, if you are hesitant in continuing the show. Don't stop! The plot thickens!
This series solidified Lance Reddick as one of my favorite working actors. To this day, me and my friend will quote Broyles by deeply sighing and going "Dunham" and it gets us every time.
That makes me happy because it did the same for me. This and Zavala.
Same
i assume you've seen The Wire (HBO) then?😎
"Like powdered sugar on a glazed donut."
@LtLeisureforce the wire is the greatest show of all time but Broyles is way better than Danniels, impossible as that may seem
Fringe is such a wild show. I loved it to death
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Walther/Walternate were good personalities to watch!foolish showrunners put it on fridays instead from wednesdays!meaning when everybody came home from a full week of work, nobody would turn on tv to watch the show!
When you introduced her as "Asteroid Farnsworth"... a cheeky in-joke nod. I like it. Walter Bishop is probably one of my favorite fictional characters.
The actress really dislikes that they did that for so long , she felt that after a while it was a little degrading . I didn't mind it so much thought it was funny but you know people are getting offended nowadays. The fact that she was the only African American and the only one it was done to I kinda got it. But it's still funny to me.
@@luissantiago3791Was she really the only black character in the show?
I laughed out loud with that one.
Another retrospective I’ll watch for another show I’ve never seen. That’s how good you are.
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Ha! 100% this guy is great
exactly.
Yes.
Same.
RIP Lance Reddick, he was such a vital component of this show :(
This is one of my favorite series by far. For telling such a story at a time when storytelling through TV series was still hindered by needing to be accessible by audiences who happens to turn the TV on at the time, They killed it. The redemption that Walter was always striving for and Olivia and Peter's relationship that has time to breath was great. The love between father and son was amazing. Even though it's so messed up that he took another Peter he ended up being a better father than Walternate ever could have been. The way they left bread crumbs leading up to the big reveals about Peter's origin were perfect. For how much change the writer and show runners went through this show was phenomenal. It reminds me of some great comic runs that go through different writers and end up working out great. The parallel universe that ends up getting a lot of focus is so great. The premiere of Season 2 was awesome, just a thrill ride. The way Walter sacrifices himself at the end with the white rose. Oh man it's soooo beautiful. It has flaws for sure but it's a phenomenal series with amazing talent.
God I watched this show from episode 1 (when it had fewer commercials and the breaks had "pattern" puzzle pieces you could look up w/ fans online) to the finale in college and it really was a special show that few people know about.
Lol I don’t know if anyone caught you calling Astrid “Asteroid” like Walter always did mispronouncing her name at every turn . Good on you!
One of my favorite moments between Astrid and Walter was in the very last episode when he told Astrid her name was beautiful. While Walter probably did genuinely forget her name in the beginning, I’m pretty sure his forgetfulness later on was meant to just tease her.
He called her Astrix, too.
I thought I just misheard him. XD
Oh my gosh, what a welcome surprise! This show has been on my mind lately, because Anna Torv (Olivia) was recently in 'The Last of Us' tv show and that got me thinking about 'Fringe' again. I loved this show so much.
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I hope she finds a better show to be a part of in the future
I absolutely adore Fringe. It was my all time favorite when it was on the air and I still watch it religiously. I am so glad you reviewed it in this way there are not nearly enough UA-cam videos discussing this underrated Sci Fi series.
You are going to make me find this and binge it, aren’t you?
The talent and voice of Lance Reddick will be missed.
How sad. I didn´t know. Thank you for the information!
The sacrifice of Jones was successful, because it activated Olivia. It was designed (including the contrivance of them being on two different rooftops) to ensure that Olivia could only save Peter by using her abilities.
Thank you. This is exactly what I was thinking.
I guess I could buy that… it would be easier to swallow if they didn’t already devote an entire episode to activating her earlier in the season (with the whole fake-torturing Nina bit in “The End Of All Things”)
@@SlipMaker You're confusing "purposeful" writing with "good" writing. ;)
Remember, that's ALSO the purpose of the escalator gambit. The show states clearly that fully activating her is an ongoing process.
@@SlipMaker i think these can be distinguished though, as the whole point of activating her is to engage her mind and body fully into the activity with full consent to what she is doing, for a goal she is willing to give her all into. The exchange of emotion and intellect has always been a part of this show, the idea that both sides fully engaged make the complete human being able to unlock its potential. Her acting to save Peter's life is the only trigger event that can reach that level of using her abilities, and give her the positive experience that makes her continue using them in full confidence that it is for the good. Which of course is another main theme in the show, embracing a questionable means to play God for the sake of reaching what seems to be a good end -- this is often the pathway to horrible and unforeseen consequences.
This series is so special to me. The fringe science was fun but when it needed to be emotional, not only was this show absurdly powerful but also so UNIQUE. It was an incredibly creative exercise in characterization that I just dont think exists under any other conditions. These passionate emotions are happening BECAUSE insane fringe science happened to these people. The scene where Olivia cries in front of her washer because Fauxlivia's laundry is still in it is just... I've never seen emotional storytelling that unique, not before or since. Moments like that ARE Fringe to me. It's so special.
John Noble's facial expressions and vocal intonation in this show were unreal. His primary character was incredible
I remember this show alongside a lot of other sci-fi adjacent shows like Warehouse 13 or Haven, or even older ones like Roswell of Kyle XY, just really fun shows that feel like they belong perfectly in their era
It really was an amazing time for sci fi TV
I don't know if there were actually more contemporary sci-fi and fantasy series in that mid-2000s to mid-2010s era, but it sure seemed like it and looking back a lot of them were at least enjoyable. You mentioned a few, but I myself loved The Middleman, Eureka, and Alphas. Now, I think Fringe is clearly several cuts above the various Sci-Fi Channel Originals and Canadian imports that showed up in that period, but thinking about it all does make me miss those days.
This made me binge watch Fringe. About to start season 4 tomorrow.
Same. Looking forward to re-watching the entire series.
Ive noticed in a lot of memoriam's to Lance Reddick, they leave Fringe out a lot. It's basically where I first discovered him. I didnt see The Wire until years later. Fringe was the last regular network show I dedicated my time and enthusiasm to watching. Once it left the air, I never returned to regular network tv again.
As a former Dawson's Creek fangirl, I started the show just to see Josh Jackson again. But I was quickly hooked! Such a fun & interesting show
ngl. I find him the weakest link in the show. It's like they have to shove his character down our throats and force a relationship with the FL so that he can stay relevant to the show.
It really felt that the writers had to write him as the ultimate machine operator to save the world to make him more heroic than he appeared to be.
It's a joke that a consultant get to go the frontline with the FBI.
His acting is really average too.
He was the reason I did the inverted actually, Dawson's Creek was only able to get me to stick to 2 seasons though
Been waiting for this. I love Fringe. It might be a controversial opinion but I like it more than the X-Files, largely because the serialized story bits are far more cohesive. Like no doubt the X-Files is phenomenal, but it got lost within its own universe. Whereas with Fringe, it's strong almost through and through, maybe only hurt by needing to rush through a shortened final season.
The X Files walked so that Fringe could run.
@@lisamortini8567 This. X-Files was groundbreaking and many shows have taken inspiration from it. That also means some of them managed to do better. That's the price for being the first.
As much as I like the X-Files, it kept getting annoyed by how much the FBI try getting in the way because they have their own secrets. In Fringe, they actually try to help with the weird phenomenon that are occurring
@WilsonT011 I'm rewatching x files on Amazon and that freevee thing. It's hilarious how many people Mulder and scully get killed by just being dicks. Or the fact that they meet and arrest an actual vampire, and other supernatural entities and just ignore them later
Also ringe has that dysunctional amily dynamic really as center a that the weirdness, goes somewhere and even comes together, coherent.
And it really helps that walter is a grat mad scientist, thats morally questionable but good?!
The show is really beiong weird as hell and playing with stu and gets away with in in service of the dyunctional amily story developing.
Also nemoys lat great role.
One of the most underrated shows ever. Bloody brilliant.
One of the best but underrated TV show of the Last Decade....Sci-fi to the next level... Anna Torv and the whole cast was 👌...
I still love "Belliivia" it was still awesome! I loved it! Anna's impersonation of Leonard, I can't imagine anyone better!
It warms my heart that so many people loved this show. This and Lost has been my fav through the years and I crave something new that is this good. Fringe is one of those shows that change the way you look at things and spark so many new ideas and understanding of reality, it’s just phenomenal! Will def watch it again soon, just too awesome to forget❤
I absolutely loved this show, I don’t get why it wasn’t more popular. It was X-files but with good acting. Also RIP Lance Reddick, you were always a highlight in any show/movie you appeared in.
Cause it was a smart, well written, inventive and incredibly original science fiction show. It was guaranteed to be a cult series.
One can also say "it was X-Files but actually good"
the absolute best of the X-Files descendants, A+ and Anna Torv great lead. Also, John Noble just makes everything he is in better.
Fringe is one of my favorite shows! Once you get past the John Scott episodes, the show really takes off!
I worked with John Noble in 1988, one of my early professional theatre shows, as his assistant in an opera in Adelaide, South Australia. He's one of the nicest people you'd ever meet. He gave me some great advice I still use in tv/film all these years later. ❤
Fringe!!!! Such an underrated show that flew under the radar! I'm so excited you did this retrospective and I can't wait to watch it.
Please make a 12 monkeys series retrospective!
This show has one of the greatest finale of all time ❤️
Yesssssssss
Yes please
I never knew this got a 4th and 5th season. I loved this show and always wanted more. Glad I saw this vid show up on my recommended!
Walter is maybe the best Character in a TV show I ever saw. He touched my heart.
That scene of him listening to Yazoo always hits me
The cast of the show both main characters and villains is so good. I have really warm memories remembering watching this show ongoing weekly since episode 1.
Such an amazing show 😩. There was just something about Anna Torv's acting that always captivated my attention.
mine too she was a amazing character and actress
Fringe is still remains one of the best Sci-fi- shows ever aired, its criminal that its never mentioned up there with Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, X files etc. I still remember the shock and thrill when Olivia gets powers and sees Peter sparkling.
This show is absolutely fantastic! I loved all seasons. Yes even the last :) Every scifi fan should add it to bucket list...
Loved Fringe, Lance Reddick(Broyles) great here. Gone now, only 60, a loss.
This series had so many incredible actors, including the titular Man In The High Castle himself, what an incredible series overall bar the hiccups in season 4!
This was my FAVORITE show as a teenager and I’m rewatching it now. It’s so sad how under-appreciated and unknown Fringe is!
I have had a soft spot for this show for the last decade despite probably only watching through it's entirety 1.5 times. So glad to see a retrospective like this affirm that my nostalgia isnt just that!
Also yeah. Lance Reddick became a voice engraved in my psyche for probably the rest of my life thanks to this show. Along with Jared Harris and so many other performances. Thanks for this excellent hour and a half tribute!!!
astrid is the unsung, underappreciated hero, i stg
I completely agree! Also her portrayal of her alternate self was so good. Love the episode where they meet.
Peter initially started like a Gary Stu with how he was a genius like Walter but with a bunch of other skills. I appreciate how the toned him down to reasonably competent with alternate resources.
Most underappreciated show ever.
Fringe is one of my favorite shows ever. I watched it while it was premiering and instantly became obsessed. Every time I rewatch it I am still hit by how amazing it is.
Speaking of mystery box shows, I have to recommend The Leftovers. It's an extreme anti-mystery box show, with so many mysteries that are setup, with no answer ever revealed or even planned by the writers. It sounds like it would be a frustrating watch but it all comes together so well. I would say if you like the episode "Fly" of BrBa, you might like The Leftovers because while there definetly is a plot, it takes a backseat to the characters. Not a show for everyone but the perfect show for me, and the best show ever in my opinion.
Loved the leftovers
The Leftovers stars Anna Torv's doppelganger, Carrie Coon. I kept having to remind myself that I wasn't watching Anna opposite Justin Theroux.
Thank you for reminding me of the word “vagenda,” which I had forgotten was one of my favourite terms from the show
John Noble is the most humble sweet man in the business, a true class act.
So many people commented about Lance Reddick being awesome just a week ago and then he dies yesterday, it’s heartbreaking.
Bizarre, I've been trying to find Fringe retrospectives for a long time and it seems the show is mostly forgotten. Great vid!
One of the greatest shows ever made. There's not a single bad or underwelhming aspect
love this series, despite its flaws. Peter and his dad's relationship development alone is worth it. So moving.
There are a *lot* of TV/Movie criticism channels on UA-cam. I've seen tons of them. You're better than channels with 20x the subs. The depth you go to is impressive, but the insight you give in evaluating the strengths and weaknesses is what I like best. I'm thinking of season 4, specifically. The dissonance between what the audience expected in Olivia's and Peter's storyline and what we actually got, the half-measure of giving Olivia her memories back, all of that was very well said
I love Fringe. It’s definitely one of my favorite shows ever. I love the Sci-Fi and mystery aspects of it. Walter is such an incredible character.
One thing I like is that when spoken, alternate Olivia's nickname could have two spellings, both accurate; Fauxlivia and Foelivia.
This was my first big binge watch 8 years ago, I LOVE this show. Great retrospective! Definitely makes me wanna rewatch
I LOVED Fringe. Just for its audacity alone I loved this. Wished there was more out there... John Noble in particular was excellent.
This is truly one of the best shows ever made.
More people should watch it.
It sucks that shows like this and Agents of Shield are weakest at the beginning and people don't stick around for the best parts.
I cannot express enough how welcome this is, for fringe content is scarce on youtube. Bless your heart
Look, all im saying is that the William Bell "God made us in His image so we should also be gods" line is one of the hardest villain lines in the show, and that's no easy feat.
I loved fringe. It was a wild ride and did the mystery box stuff right most of the time. Plus the characters were genuinely great.
One of the best sci-fi shows of its time. I've watched it again many time and loved how it ended 😊
not me thou - it were a kind of happy ending but Olivia can never be shure - with her powers she kinda nuked them in this timelime but they could still be somewhere in some other timeline -So did she lose here powers or is she faking a happy life inside here watching event if they would unfold in undesired direction
Fringe is my favorite show of all time, I'm so glad to see it getting some more attention lately!
What an amazing Community reference (unicorn’s dream) - that was my number one episode by far. This video is really great! I just watched Fringe for the first time last year and I loved it. Having a companion piece to analyze it is exactly what I wanted.
This is my favorite show, highly recommend. Also RIP Lance Reddik aka Agent Broyles.
I watch dozens of hours of UA-cam a week and you are genuinely my favorite creator on the platform right now. Keep it up
This is yet another series that I started and kind of liked but didn't love enough to stay with. Great review to the series as always, you inject a lot of personality into them and it makes them so great to watch.
One of the BEST television shows ever. I loved every minute of it.
I just completed my series rewatch that I started when I heard about Lance Reddick, and I literally said out loud "oh, britta's in this?" when she popped up 😂
It's like you knew I've been rewatching all your retrospectives today and needed more 😍
Lance Reddick was excellent in this and The Wire. It is a bummer to see him go.
Currently on my fourth viewing. My partner has never seen it so it's fun watching it again with her. Definitely one of my favourite shows!
Thanks for this. This was likely my favorite Abrams show and the final season we never got haunted me for a long time.
What??! 😳 Did you see the finale? How could that possibly have left you unsatisfied??????!!!!!! It’s one of the best endings on tv!!
Wow, your channel came out of nowhere in the UA-cam algorithm and I’m all for it! God I loved fringe!
What an amazing retrospective, it almost makes me want to rewatch it from the beginning.
Thank you and keep up with good work!
This was a great show. I love to return to it every few years. And yes, I skip the whole first season.
When I watched “Peter” the first time I knew that while the casting for this series was great it was the writing for Walter Bishop and John Noble’s performance that really sealed it for me. He plays, Crazy, Tripping, Genius, Comedic, Savant, and Megalomaniac, all to sweet perfection, across Walter and “Walternate.”
The fact that Abrams and Noble new exactly what they wanted to do with this character is what allowed the show to find it’s footing. I was a teenager when X-Files aired and got to watch it religiously through college. This show brilliantly captured the 20th Century “Alien Conspiracy” trope in a PRE high-speed internet world.
I think that Fringe was the Seminole 21st century version of this and I always loved how it avoided “Aliens” and made “US” the architects of our own prison.
Just found your content and it could not be more up my street. Fringe is one of my favourite shows of all time, flawed as it may be and I always appreciate a good community reference here and there. Watched your GoT vid before this too, gonna be binging your stuff tonight. Awesome work, keep it up!!
Sam Weiss being played by the same actor that plays Professor Professorson, teacher of Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History makes his scenes hit differently on a rewatch incase you hadn't clocked it too.
This is so great! I hope you’ll consider doing Warehouse 13, or Haven too 😊
The whole cast, the actors they chose are the only ones that could play the characters. They chose them so well. This is one of my favorite shows of all time. I wish we could have had more time with it.
I was totally addicted to this show. Even the silly parts were an integral part of the weave that was Fringe.
Watching this after Lance reddick just passed leaves a sour spot. Loved him in this show.
I remembered being so happy with this show. My siblings and I used to binge on The X-Files as kids until our mum caught up on us watching the episode "Home" and decided it was too dark. She liked The X-Files too so she kinda felt bad that she's making us miss out so she looked for a similar "less dark" series and discovered Fringe. It was fantastic! We watched the whole thing and though it couldn't replace The X-Files, it was still a great alternative for until we got old enough to continue watching The X-Files.
Definitely loved this retrospective. A small detail that I couldn't help but notice is the fact that you used music from one of the ghost island levels from pacman world 2 at several points throughout the video, specifically the level *Nightcrawling*
Finally a video essay on this Amazing show. Thank you so much!
I missed this show and I glad it has a proper ending
I loved watching this when it was on air - thank you for covering this show!
When I realised Abrams AND Kurtzman were involved with this show I was blown away that it's actually so good!
I'd been burned by J.J. too many times to ever start Fringe, so I have no idea why I'd even watch a retrospective of it, except that you're just that good. It's seldom that a show starts off mediocre and on a high note, so I've stopped the video after you'd got finished with season one and decided to give this show a shot.
It definetly improved after the first season when J.J. left the show in more competent writers hands.
I understand your feelings but I think this one is worth it. It has flaws but the journey is worth it.
I’m literally writing this as I just learned the great Lance Reddick has passed away! Im heartbroken, hes a legend!💔
We didn't deserve how good this show was.
These are fun, I've been watching your retrospectives. Thank you for your hard work!! You cover all the shows I've watched XD
Boy oh boy! lol I truly was a huge fan of this wild ride. I was glad I was along as each episode premiered. You're absolutely right about it does feel like it makes more sense if you were to start with season two haha. Great show!
Just watched this whole thing! Absolutely brilliant! Wish you wrote season 4 instead. My favorite was definitely season 3. Those first 10 episodes are so fun to watch!