As I said in another review of mine, I am not so very inclined toward Science Fiction based on Earth, but there are a few exceptions, and this is one of them.
I watched it when it first was broadcast and I was immediately hooked.
While "The X-Files" was all about two FBI agents investigating mysterious phenomena and indeed extra-terrestrial cases, "Fringe" to a step further and instead of just investigating such things, also tried to make sense of them.
And now add a twist. A pair, or three, super minds, of whom one was just released from a mental hospital and you have an explosive combination.
Add to this once again a different FBI department with two gorgeous agents seeking the help of an absent minded scientist (the one released from the hospital), a son of the same, trying to take care of the oscillating mind of his father and you are hooked in time and space.
Oh yes, I forgot, add yet another component: an intersecting universe threatening the very existence of our own and you will have plenty to worry about.
Will our heroes manage to survive it all? Will they cope with new realities? Will they find happiness? Will they finally find a normal life for themselves?
All questions asked and answered in this very fascinating series.
And among all of this, big family issues, as well as friendship relations are also being explored with sometimes quite surprising results.
Everyone in this series, including at some point and in some episodes even the great Leonard Nimoy (formerly Spock) is simply playing his role to the hilt.
But those who really stand out are John Noble, Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole and Blair Brown, to whom I owe an affectionate thank you for having played the parts so realistically that I couldn't help but weep when the last episode rolled on, coming to the end of this fantastic series.
I watched it when it first was broadcast and I was immediately hooked.
While "The X-Files" was all about two FBI agents investigating mysterious phenomena and indeed extra-terrestrial cases, "Fringe" to a step further and instead of just investigating such things, also tried to make sense of them.
And now add a twist. A pair, or three, super minds, of whom one was just released from a mental hospital and you have an explosive combination.
Add to this once again a different FBI department with two gorgeous agents seeking the help of an absent minded scientist (the one released from the hospital), a son of the same, trying to take care of the oscillating mind of his father and you are hooked in time and space.
Oh yes, I forgot, add yet another component: an intersecting universe threatening the very existence of our own and you will have plenty to worry about.
Will our heroes manage to survive it all? Will they cope with new realities? Will they find happiness? Will they finally find a normal life for themselves?
All questions asked and answered in this very fascinating series.
And among all of this, big family issues, as well as friendship relations are also being explored with sometimes quite surprising results.
Everyone in this series, including at some point and in some episodes even the great Leonard Nimoy (formerly Spock) is simply playing his role to the hilt.
But those who really stand out are John Noble, Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole and Blair Brown, to whom I owe an affectionate thank you for having played the parts so realistically that I couldn't help but weep when the last episode rolled on, coming to the end of this fantastic series.