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'Fringe' Was Never Afraid to Take Big Risks (collider.com)

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At 15 years old, this sci-fi gem beat the odds of cancellation and boldly told stories that could alienate new and old viewers.

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It started off kinda meh, like an edgier X-files, but then gradually starting hinting at bigger things happening that you could never quite make out, always towards the end of the last episode of the season. It kind of jumped the shark on the last season IMO, but it was overall a good show. The other thing I didn't like was how unceremoniously the different villains would get dropped. They'd be awesome for an entire season, and then just get killed off like nothing every happened.

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First season, Jared Harris' character, a sinister German guy, gets cut in half by a portal after they just shut it off while he's walking through, lame way to kill off such a great character. I think at one point they even had him drop his gun and instead try to attack Peter Bishop with a tire iron? It was something so sort of silly that I was like, "Why would he do that?"

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Newton, takes a suicide pill and is gone just like that in season 3 after having been the BBEG of season 2

I feel like there's others, but it's been years since I watched any of it.