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FRINGE Renwed For a 5th Season, YAY!!
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polyh3dron
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yeah guess what i don't go into every big insular megathread on GAF and go to the 173rd page to find out about shit like this
Lumpy Onion
Member
Awesome news. Although to be honest I have been getting a bit tired of the show. Glad the last season is only 13 episodes. Here's hoping it ends well with quality episodes throughout.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Happy but at the same time..
Finder and alcatraz ='(
Finder and alcatraz ='(
LukasTaves
Member
No... I don't remember the scene either... Tried googling for it but only found forum posts about... Do you have a link for that?
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
So they found another pile of rejected XFiles scripts in some basement at FOX?
Good for them.
Good for them.
onlyindreams
Banned
both of those shows are kinda meh man. alcatraz had a lot of promise but...
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Loved the Finder for the two main characters.
glad they get to finish this though and the others weren't too far in.
LukasTaves
Member
Thank you, link
And wow, totally had forgotten about that one. Damn, that does make my impression about the episode a whole lot better...
-Pyromaniac-
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Joshua Jackson hinted at it. So it looks like it's on the table!
And that would be grrreat.
That makes no sense. A backdoor pilot is when one show uses an episode to launch another show. Thats not the case here. I think some people were just getting their terms confused.
brucewaynegretzky
Member
Stop being so insular you salty bastard
YAY SEASON 5!!! Please don't fuck this up! Sam Weiss answers please!
That's why I used apostrophes, I just meant why do people think Season Five is in the future.
And considering who appeared in the last episode
Bell
Well, I think most who are leaning that way (which is not me; I want S5 to be 2036, but I don't think they will do that) are doing so because last week's episode is completely irrelevant if they don't come back to it.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I have been stuck at work all day since the news broke, but here we go.
This is the best possible thing that could have happened for the show and the fans. We just came off of a very strong episode that hinted at a potential next season (strong to many, complete shit to others), and a lot of uncertainty. The love that the network execs have for the show is evident, as is the love of the dedicated fan community, and it is only because of that we are getting a final season.
It is perfect because now we know for a fact that this is it. The end of all things. Knowing that the show is over after these 13 episodes will let them plot out and end things on their terms. And 13 episodes is the perfect amount as well. All meat, no filler. (I hope). While I have enjoyed season 4 immensely, it has been a significant step down from the perfection of season 3. This shortened order as well as knowing they have to end it should revitalize the show. Just look at what that did for Chuck in the fifth season.
So, FringeGAF. Be thankful. Be merry. Get some red vines and LSD to celebrate.
And for Solo, who was lamenting the lack of good sci fi on TV. I am with you. Thankfully it looks like we have at least one more season of Supernatural on CW next year (not confirmed, but pretty damn assured), and that would give that show 8 years. If you have not watched it, it is a lot of fun. Lots of MOTW stuff, but also a lot of mythology. It is just simply fun.
This is the best possible thing that could have happened for the show and the fans. We just came off of a very strong episode that hinted at a potential next season (strong to many, complete shit to others), and a lot of uncertainty. The love that the network execs have for the show is evident, as is the love of the dedicated fan community, and it is only because of that we are getting a final season.
It is perfect because now we know for a fact that this is it. The end of all things. Knowing that the show is over after these 13 episodes will let them plot out and end things on their terms. And 13 episodes is the perfect amount as well. All meat, no filler. (I hope). While I have enjoyed season 4 immensely, it has been a significant step down from the perfection of season 3. This shortened order as well as knowing they have to end it should revitalize the show. Just look at what that did for Chuck in the fifth season.
So, FringeGAF. Be thankful. Be merry. Get some red vines and LSD to celebrate.
And for Solo, who was lamenting the lack of good sci fi on TV. I am with you. Thankfully it looks like we have at least one more season of Supernatural on CW next year (not confirmed, but pretty damn assured), and that would give that show 8 years. If you have not watched it, it is a lot of fun. Lots of MOTW stuff, but also a lot of mythology. It is just simply fun.
I don't think that's really true. If nothing else, it gives viewers a respectable explanation for why their daughter is important, she allows them to return to save the world. There's plenty of content left to explain, most of it taking place in the distant past in fact.
onlyindreams
Banned
Future makes sense because every season has kind of had a universe shift like that.
I dunno. It doesn't sit well with me if its not revisited and expanded upon in S5. By contrast, the future jump episode in S3 worked as a standalone because it was working on almost a Christmas Carol level of "this is the future unless you do something to change it". That one felt self contained by design. The S4 one does not. It feels like a launching point.
greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
Good news! Hopefully this could be as much as an event as the LOST finale but without the aftertaste.
If it ever seems like it's slipping just stick with it.
If it ever seems like it's slipping just stick with it.
I certainly agree it's not like the S3 thing which did feel standalone. I guess it's just me hoping it's not the show's immediate destination. It seems too late in the season to do this as a foreboding to the end of this season in anticipation for the continuation from the start of the next season, if that makes sense. It would have been better to do this much earlier, and have the events of the rest of the season build up to the moment they get encased.
My guess is that the season ends with Olivia getting preggers. S5 starts with a 4 year time jump with Etta at 4 years old. The team gets encased in amber early on, and within a few episodes, S5 has essentially picked up right from Letters of Transit.
That's my guess if they actually plan on making Letters part of the continuity.
krameriffic
Member
To be honest, I wouldn't have really cared before last week's episode. It rekindled my faith in the show's ability to have good ideas and to make cool things happen.
Escape Goat
Member
I have so much rage and contempt for Season 4. Hnnnnnngh
Thank you, link
And wow, totally had forgotten about that one. Damn, that does make my impression about the episode a whole lot better...
The reminder and that clip really does bring a lot of it into perspective. I think most all of us saw that episode, I had just sort of written it off as the guy being crazy or not understanding the observers.
That shit really blew my mind when I watched it again after this latest episode. They really were planning this angle all along. Thats some Babylon 5 level callback shit right there.
googleplex
Member
FRINGE Renwed For a 5th Season
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Reading the thread, I think the should be sufficient warning about spoilers. Seriously. For people that have not seen the show (who probably arent in here, but still) this thread is a minefield that is untagged.
Link
The Autumn Wind
Considering some of the hints in "Letters of Transit," along with the current DRJ storyline, I'm wondering if the universes end up being merged.
What hints?
Escape Goat
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There is an official thread for spoilers peeps.
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The Autumn Wind
Fringe Division (along with logo) and the appearance of Bell.
EDIT - Spoilered for your consideration.
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