Fringe , like some other shows, takes a while to find its feet in the first season. I definitely got stuck partway through for a long while, then raced through the rest when it started getting good. You might try jumping to Episode 7, that's when the arc for Season 1 really starts.
Mal: You are very much lacking in imagination. Zoe: I imagine that's so, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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chrismg - Oct 18, 2014 7:52:53 am PDT #26096 of 30001
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Strix - Oct 18, 2014 12:10:15 pm PDT #26097 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
LOVED Alias. Even the batshit crazy arcs.
Tom Scola - Oct 18, 2014 1:00:12 pm PDT #26098 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I mostly enjoyed Alias, and then it got to the end of the season, and none of the arcs were resolved, and they just kind of hit the reset button, and it pissed me off.
Theodosia - Oct 19, 2014 6:20:11 am PDT #26099 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Alias never worked for me, and LOST somehow kept me watching (for the characters, I guess), but I was stone-cold in love with Fringe almost from the start, and especially after we got seriously into the alternative timelines. I came away with the sense that they respected their viewers, and wanted to play right with the characters, too.
quester - Oct 19, 2014 8:11:21 am PDT #26100 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I join Theo in the Fringe love. I seriously plan to do a complete rewatch soon.
I stuck with it through bot Alias and LOST so I feel like I earned Fringe!
Frankenbuddha - Oct 19, 2014 6:31:30 pm PDT #26101 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I am with Theo and quester with the Fringe love, but the first season took a while to find it's legs. It was a bit of an X-Files knock-off for a ways there.
I can definitely feel the Fringe folks fingerprints all over Sleepy Hollow, and not just because they brought in John Noble.
Pix - Oct 19, 2014 6:37:34 pm PDT #26102 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
I really loved this week's Doctor Who. Old school monsters with some spots of humor and rumblings of Things to Come.
beekaytee - Oct 19, 2014 8:16:51 pm PDT #26103 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I thought the visual effects in this week's Who were the best I've ever seen. Very cool. Very creepy.
Polter-Cow - Oct 19, 2014 9:49:40 pm PDT #26104 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Right, bonny?? This is supposed to be a low-budget show but holy cats.
Scrappy - Oct 20, 2014 5:31:23 am PDT #26105 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Best episode of this season, I think.