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It’s about changing fate. It’s about hope. And protecting our children. - September, An Enemy of Fate (Fringe Finale)
When Etta died early on this season it seemed like a reset was inevitable and to be honest I wasn’t that keen on the idea. A reset seems like a waste, an easy way out. I was hoping they would have to find another way out of the mess.
Yet come the end of An Enemy of Fate I was deeply content by this turn of events. Like always when it comes to finales of my favourite sci-fi shows I don’t necessarily need things to make complete sense, I don’t need all the questions to be answered. I need closure with the characters. I need emotional satisfaction. That’s what I got.
There may be some paradoxes and possible plot holes but I am going to assume that The Observers still exist just with emotions and September was there to still save Peter and Walter from the lake.
Mostly though I don’t care because so much happened that I loved.
We got to see the Red Verse again and that made me delighted as I’ve always loved the lives of the characters over there. Alt Liv and our Lincoln are happily married, have a son and are very much awesome. It was a brief trip but the moments between Olivia and Liv was lovely, who would have thought when we watched the first half of S3 that these two enemies would kind of end up friends? We also go some brief Lincoln/Olivia time and that was also perfect. Also love that Walternate is still alive, never ever thought I would care for that son of a bitch, but that’s Fringe for you.
Some people have questioned the need to see the other verse again but we all know Michael had his reasons for stepping off the monorail. I think he knew Olivia needed to be dosed with Cortexiphan again in order to reignite her abilities and kill Windmark at the end.
Astrid always so underused throughout the show’s five seasons but her moments with Walter were so perfect. When he talked about her name, when she showed him Gene oh god seriously I may have cried the most over their scenes.
Broyles survived and was amazing in everything he did. Of course he was the Dove (or should that be Raven?). Like Nina before him he got to rattle Windmark and help the team.
Olivia oh shit Olivia can’t even begin to explain my feelings for that woman. She was so determined to crossover despite the risk! Loved it when she made all the lights go out during her rescue of Michael. LOVED IT EVEN MORE WHEN SHE KILLED WINDMARK. You do not fuck with our Olivia. Not at all.
Some people have complained at how passive she was for a lot of the season but you know she was grieving a child. That kind of lost is impossible to deal with. Once she realised though there was a very real possibility she could see Etta again she would stop at nothing to make sure the plan worked.
Now onto the main event. Walter and Peter Bishop. The love that tore apart two universes, that started this whole wonderful mess. I could not be happier at all their scenes. We got so much wonderful stuff. Peter being Walter’s favourite thing is of course a highlight but also Walter’s moment of happiness when he thought maybe his fate wasn’t to disappear into the future. He was giddy and showing Peter just how cool floating Observers could be.
Walter’s exit though was inevitable right? I always felt he would die and I didn’t think about him actually surviving just in the future. I mean it is terribly sad but it means he could raise Michael, be his father in the absence of September. Very bitter-sweet. John Noble killed it of course but I’m sure the award shows will still forget about him.
Talking of September, that man was amazing. So glad they mentioned the original 12 again and that we saw December again and got a mention of August! it seems like all of them really did care about humanity, which is lovely and I hope in the altered timeline they still went back and observed just without all of the awful stuff that followed.
With onl a few minutes left we saw that everything is connected, everything was about to come full circle. Walter taking Michael’s hand and walking into the blue light like he did all those years ago with Peter. Time resetting to that moment of happiness we saw at the start of the season only this time with a happy ending. The white tulip. Of course it would be the white tulip. Like how Lost had to end with Jack closing his eyes, Fringe had to end with that symbol.
Fathers, sons, mothers, daughters. Destiny. Fate. Love. Goodbye Fringe.
My thoughts on the Fringe Finale. Definitely in my Top 5 series finales.
A 100 Episodes of Fringe (2008-2013)
When I watched the pilot of Fringe in September 2008 I really had no idea where the show would go. In fact I was unsure how long I would keep on watching it. I found it interesting but I didn’t necessarily fall in love with it. Over the course of S1 though I slowly became obsessed.
Early on episodes like The Arrival highlighted just what the series was capable of. By the time There’s One More Of Everything aired I was hooked. I was in love with the characters, I was thrilled with possibilities the show had with the alternative universe and the mysteries surrounding the Bishops and Olivia.
Another turning point was Peter and baring the series finale this episode will always be my favourite. It was a masterclass of acting but mostly it defined what the show was really about. Not the weird science experiments gone wrong cases of the week, not the Pattern but the just how far love will push someone to do something not only impossible but earth shattering. Walter’s decision back in 1985 set off the chain of events that would see two worlds go to war with only a mad scientist, a reluctant hero and a extraordinary woman there to stop it.
S3 brought with it new characters from the Red Verse and I would happily spend an entire spin off series with Liv, Lincoln and Charlie from the other side. This season is also the show’s strongest IMO, effortlessly combing all the strengths we love. Olivia took centre stage and Anna Torv showed time and time again just how fantastic she is. We had the villainous Walternate and the mystery machine. We had our Walter attempting to coming to terms with the fact that he would have to let Peter go. The finale which at the time was very nearly a series finale ended on such a tragic note with Peter erased from history that I think if we never got another season the entire fandom would still be recovering from it now.
With S4 came a new timeline, we a slightly altered team (no Peter, a new Lincoln) and whilst I think the season struggled a little bit its ability to make us care about the characters and its emphasis on the importance of love and emotion would set the show up nicely for the final piece of the puzzle.
With S5 we are experiencing what I believe to be the darkest hour before the dawn. Our heroes are struggling, their losses great but the key to defeating the Observers seems to lay with that one word again ‘love’. Bringing everything back to relationships between father and sons and the overall theme of family.
Throughout all five seasons it has been hard to be a fan, the continuous ratings drop and the ever looming presence of cancellation made it hard not to worry. But something quite remarkable happened during S3 of the show, the Fringe fandom found its voice. One of the reasons I created this blog was because between S2 and S3 I couldn’t find an active Tumblr for the show. I wondered just where was the fandom? Yet as soon as the show was sent to the death slot that is Friday nights everyone was spurred into action. Campaigns began, trending on Twitter became a regular thing. We told Fox how much we loved the show and it turns out they did as well. We got the seasons everyone else told us were impossible.
I am going to miss Fringe a hell of a lot, like Lost before it it offered the perfect mix of mystery, science and characters worth caring about something currently missing in a lot of the newer sci-fi shows.
Reaching a 100 episodes is a milestone for any series these days, I salute Fringe for doing it with drama, a bit of comedy, a couple of acid trips, a musical, cliff-hangers that made us scream, kisses that made us cry and a whole lot of love.
My love letter to Fringe. Going to miss it so much.
Shifting Perspectives: A Music From Fringe Mixtape
“Mostly it amazes me. Music helps you shift perspective, to see things differently if you need to” - Walter Bishop (Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11)
Side A
01 Seven Suns (Rising) by Violet Sedan Chair (Novation)
If the seven suns are rising in front of me / and the seventh one stamps out the only sea
02 Crazy by Patsy Cline (The Box)
Wondering what in the world did I do? / Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
03 Is There a Ghost by Band of Horses (Northwest Passage)
I could sleep
04 Love and Happiness by Al Green (Inner child)
Wait a minute let me tell you about the power / The power of love, power, power / Make you do right…love will make you do wrong.
05 For Once in My Life by Stevie Wonder (Brown Betty)
For once, I can say, this is mine, you can’t take it / As long as I know I have love, I can make it
06 Give A Little Bit by Supertramp (Stowaway)
There’s so much that we need to share / Send a smile and show you care
07 Only You by Yazzo (Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11)
All I needed was the love you gave / All I needed for another day / And all I ever knew, only you
08 California Stars by Billy Bragg & Wilco (Welcome to Westfield)
I’d love to feel your hand touching mine / And tell me why I must keep working on
Side B
09 The Ghost Who Walks by Karen Elson (A Better Human Being)
She looked at him with pleading eyes / he softly spoke: “my dear the love has died”
10 Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues (In Absentia)
Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend / Just what you want to be you will be in the end
11 Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic (Night of Desirable Objects)
Please don’t be sad if it was a straight mind you had / We wouldn’t have known you all these years
12 Pale Blue Eyes by The Velvet Underground (6B)
Baby, you just make me mad / Linger on, your pale blue eye
13 California Dreamin’ by The Mamas & The Papas (Neither Here Nor There)
Stopped in to a church I passed along the way / Well I got down on my knees (got down on my knees) / And I pretend to pray
14 Strange Brew by Cream (Os)
Strange brew — killin’ what’s inside of you
15 White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane (A Short Story About Love)
One pill makes you larger / And one pill makes you small
16 The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie (Five-Twenty-Ten)
Oh no, not me, I never lost control / You’re face to face with the man who sold the world
17 Riders On The Storm by The Doors (The Last Sam Weiss)
Girl ya gotta love your man / Take him by the hand / Make him understand / The world on you depends / Our life will never end
Fringe is ending in a couple of weeks time and I thought I would celebrate some of the great music used during the last five seasons of the show. Walter Bishop having consumed many drugs throughout the 60s and 70s has one hell of a record collection.
3. Fringe
We didn’t save the world
Not even by half. She’s still trying.
My top show of 2011 has dropped a little bit this year mainly because I had a couple of issues with S4 but it is still a series that I love for all its flaws and to say I will miss it when it ends next month is an understatement.
Fringe is a show about family and love just with the crazy sci-fi elements as a delightful bonus and its impossible not to become overly invested in the lives of Walter, Peter and Olivia.
The darker things become, the more the future seems doomed the more hopeful I become that Fringe will have a happy ending. Because really after all the pain and loss they have been through they deserve a little happiness right?
Fringe became the show that filled the void in my heart after Lost ended and I am sad that there isn’t another show to replace it because well written, acted and character led sci-fi on TV is in an awful mess right now. After Lost was a success the networks tried to capitalise on it and they have failed every time with Flashforward, The Event, V, Terra Nova, Revolution, OUAT none of these shows really got what made Lost so good apart from Fringe.
Fringe understood its not just about the big concept but about how that is executed, it is about caring about the characters and the craziness.
Favourite Episodes: Letters Of Transit / The Bullet That Saved The World
THE FIFTH AND FINAL SEASON OF “FRINGE” CONCLUDES WITH A TWO-HOUR SERIES FINALE, INCLUDING THE 100TH EPISODE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, ON FOX
Climactic Nine-Episode Countdown Continues with an All-New Episode Tonight
As the Fringe team fights for humanity’s future in the fifth and final season, the imaginative journey toward the end of the acclaimed series will culminate in a climactic conclusion during the two-hour final-two-episodes event Friday, Jan. 18 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. This milestone date will also celebrate the series’ 100th episode.
Series Co-Creator and Executive Producer J.J. Abrams reflected on the show’s run: “It has been an absolute honor to have been a part of the weird and wonderful world of FRINGE. I will always owe the cast and crew for pouring their hearts and souls into every dimension of this series. Creating the show with Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman was a joy, but watching it evolve over the years into such an imaginative, insane and heartbreaking ride is nothing less than a thrill. I am grateful to our blessed fans, and to Kevin Reilly and Peter Rice and everyone at the glorious Fox network for allowing FRINGE to reach its bittersweet conclusion.”
Executive producer and showrunner J. H. Wyman said, “Above all else, from the bottom of my heart, I would like to personally thank everyone involved with FRINGE. From the most amazing fans, to our incredible cast, writers and crew, and our wonderful partners at FOX and Warner Bros. – we would not be here without you. It simply cannot be overstated how grateful I am for the ongoing and unconditional support we have received over the past five seasons. It has been both mind-blowing and humbling. I’ve always been a fan of science fiction, and to be able to tell this story about a family – a family that, through everything, fought together for survival – has been a highlight of my career. As we approach the final chapter, I can hardly believe it, and I’m just truly thankful for this unparalleled experience.”
“FRINGE has truly imagined the impossibilities over its five seasons and will go down in the books as one of FOX’s most riveting and creatively brilliant series,” said Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. “It has been a blast to work with J.J., Joel and their masterful creative teams, as well as with Anna, Josh and John and the rest of the most talented cast and crew in the business.”
Throughout FRINGE’s thrilling five seasons, the series has followed Special Agent OLIVIA DUNHAM (Anna Torv), enlisted institutionalized “fringe” scientist WALTER BISHOP (John Noble) and his globe-trotting, jack-of-all-trades son, PETER (Joshua Jackson) as the Fringe team explored mysterious occurrences linked between parallel universes, doppelgängers, Observers and unimaginable threats. The unlikely trio supervised by Special Agent PHILLIP BROYLES (Lance Reddick) and assisted by ASTRID FARNSWORTH (Jasika Nicole) – often led them to science and technological corporation Massive Dynamic, founded by WILLIAM BELL (guest star Leonard Nimoy), and its enigmatic chief executive, NINA SHARP (Blair Brown).
The fifth and final flash-forward season of FRINGE is set in 2036, when the “Observers” have become ruthless rulers of a dystopian society. As the battle for the world’s future continues to unfold, the Fringe team is in the midst of making its final stand to save humanity. In the aftermath of the devastating loss of Peter and Olivia’s daughter, ETTA (guest star Georgina Haig), the intensity escalates as the combat continues and Peter makes a pivotal and game-changing move in the all-new “An Origin Story” episode airing tonight (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.Fox press release
Don’t know about you guys but reading that has just made me cry so hard, finally sinking in that the show is ending for good.
So yeah Fringe ending is actually happening, crap I already know that I am going to cry like a fucking fool over the finale much like my reaction to Lost which to this day I can not look at caps or gifs of the finale without sobbing.
- Me: I love you TV, you make my world a better place
- TV: You're welcome....please watch some more of me I won't bit *cackles*
- Me: What was that TV?
- TV: *shifty* erm nothing, hey put some Parks & Recreation on that always makes you happy
- Me: (20 mins later) *tears of happiness* That was perfect TV. Thank you.
- TV: Hey how about some Fringe now, another great show?
- Me: You're right TV
- Me: Woah yes some ass kicking going on here
- Me: Aww I love the Bishops and Astrid
- Me: AWWWW Broyles!!
- Me: What....Is happening?
- TV: It's okay keep watching it will all be fine....I never lie to you
- Me: OK TV I trust you
- Me: What
- Me: You
- Me: Fucking
- Me: Asshole
- TV: Sometimes the things you love break your heart
- Me: I'm never watching you again!
- TV: Are you sure because you know that really funny show The Thick of It is on and that would never ever hurt you I promise
- Me: OK, what could possibly go wrong?
- Me: (30 mins later) Fuck you TV
“I just can’t bear to swallow Vegemite, and I don’t know how people do it. It’s revolting. If you want to try something from Australia, go with Tim Tams.”
Christ she is perfect
(via vinca15)
Only You - Yaz, “Upstairs at Erics”
Heard this on Fringe at tonight’s Season 5 premiere. I used to love this CD :) I had long since converted the album onto mp3s and now lives in my iTunes….ahhh, brings back memories!
Beautifully used in the final scene
Yes this may have been on repeat all day.
CRYING
SHAKING
SOBBING
Fringe fandom is fucking amazing
Thought I’d stick around for awhile.
I miss you Alt!Linc but I’m happy Our Linc and Alt!Liv will find love together because if that doesn’t happen I might just die on the inside to be left with a cold bitter heart.
(via lesliecrusher)
BSG people on Fringe!!!!
I knew it! I spent that entire scene going is it Gaeta? And it is!
