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Fringe! It's excellent, it's renewed, watch it!
Fringe is that OTHER show that's on directly opposite of Supernatural. Fortunately, our digital recorder can record both at the same time, so I can go back and watch either one in any order I like.
That said--does anyone on the flist watch Fringe?
I only caught episodes here and there, but as the season went on, the show kept getting better, and now I regret having missed so many of them. It's gone from a over-hommage of the X-Files to something much more cohesive and science fictiony. Parallel worlds, cataclysms, mental powers opening rips between universes--and a very engaging, appealing group of characters. The most outstanding one is Walter, a ruthless, "family is everything" scientist who had a nervous breakdown and admits to having done some very horrible things to children in the name of science. He's complex, lovable, and in many ways, repulsive except that he's had to acknowledge his bad behavior. John Noble (I think he is?) the actor is a master of his character. Lots of pathos. Excellent acting. And the younger two leads (and Astrid, a supporting character, Walter's helper/nurse/friend/tech assistant) are also excellent, and also appealing.
If you like Supernatural, you might like Fringe--lots of family issues, father-son relationship that has its ups and downs, a competent woman in an authoritative job (FBI agent) and a Boss in charge of it all that you don't want to mess with, who supports his Team to the hilt (played by the also excellent Lance Reddick).
I'd also like to mention here that unlike Supernatural, and many other shows I've seen lately in this genre, there are two regular cast members who are POC out of five, AND that has more than one powerful woman in the cast.
That said--does anyone on the flist watch Fringe?
I only caught episodes here and there, but as the season went on, the show kept getting better, and now I regret having missed so many of them. It's gone from a over-hommage of the X-Files to something much more cohesive and science fictiony. Parallel worlds, cataclysms, mental powers opening rips between universes--and a very engaging, appealing group of characters. The most outstanding one is Walter, a ruthless, "family is everything" scientist who had a nervous breakdown and admits to having done some very horrible things to children in the name of science. He's complex, lovable, and in many ways, repulsive except that he's had to acknowledge his bad behavior. John Noble (I think he is?) the actor is a master of his character. Lots of pathos. Excellent acting. And the younger two leads (and Astrid, a supporting character, Walter's helper/nurse/friend/tech assistant) are also excellent, and also appealing.
If you like Supernatural, you might like Fringe--lots of family issues, father-son relationship that has its ups and downs, a competent woman in an authoritative job (FBI agent) and a Boss in charge of it all that you don't want to mess with, who supports his Team to the hilt (played by the also excellent Lance Reddick).
I'd also like to mention here that unlike Supernatural, and many other shows I've seen lately in this genre, there are two regular cast members who are POC out of five, AND that has more than one powerful woman in the cast.