Fringe
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:04 pm
Just watched the last ever episode last night, well early this morning, I fucking cried about half way through.
I like this show, it's a weird sort of new-agey X-files that goes a bit ( ) further to the left and sort of says no, weird shit happens all the time. If you haven't seen the show, it's primarily about an FBI agent Olivia Dunham and eccentric, ex-mental patient, scientist Walter Bishop and his son Peter, who serve as her advisers in the area's of fringe (hence the name of the series) science, the border between fact and myth.
It started off very monster of the week and it largely remained that way until I guess the last series, but maybe most of season 4 as well, they always had the big bad the master mind behind all the events, but most episodes you could watch out of order. Underlying that format, was this father and son story, they'd be estranged for years, since he was an adolescent when his father was committed to the institution.
Walter is totally mental, but brilliant, he has a hard time relating to his son and as the seasons progress the bond between them is palpable.
It's possibly my favourite showing ending of all time, the few moments between when Walter thinks he has to sacrifice himself and he's saying goodbye to his son, are touching and heartbreaking. When Peter mouths the words "I love you, Dad" across a battleground at the end, I teared up, he's nearly always called him Walter.
Great show, if you don't like it, go fuck yourself.
I like this show, it's a weird sort of new-agey X-files that goes a bit ( ) further to the left and sort of says no, weird shit happens all the time. If you haven't seen the show, it's primarily about an FBI agent Olivia Dunham and eccentric, ex-mental patient, scientist Walter Bishop and his son Peter, who serve as her advisers in the area's of fringe (hence the name of the series) science, the border between fact and myth.
It started off very monster of the week and it largely remained that way until I guess the last series, but maybe most of season 4 as well, they always had the big bad the master mind behind all the events, but most episodes you could watch out of order. Underlying that format, was this father and son story, they'd be estranged for years, since he was an adolescent when his father was committed to the institution.
Walter is totally mental, but brilliant, he has a hard time relating to his son and as the seasons progress the bond between them is palpable.
It's possibly my favourite showing ending of all time, the few moments between when Walter thinks he has to sacrifice himself and he's saying goodbye to his son, are touching and heartbreaking. When Peter mouths the words "I love you, Dad" across a battleground at the end, I teared up, he's nearly always called him Walter.
Great show, if you don't like it, go fuck yourself.