Fringe 4.1

"Neither Here nor There"

That was the fourth season opener for "Fringe" on Friday night. Why am I posting this Monday?

In a word: beer.

Never mind that. Let's get to the episode.

So... if you haven't finished Season Three, there's spoilers.


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Warning taken care of. Moving on.

At the end of Season Three, Peter Bishop (aka The Character The Writers Don't Have A Clue What To Do With) merged a portion of the two warring universes then was apparently erased from history.

Just roll with it.

Season Four begins with "our" Universe's version of Lincoln Lee, the awesome leader of the "Over There" team getting enmeshed in a Fringe-style investigation that results in the death of his partner.

Olivia is back to her Terminator-esque personality. Walter is reanimating birds with milk. Broyles is still Broyles. Astrid is a bit more frantic, but still Astrid.

There's weirdness. There's gruesome deaths. There's Observers. There's flickers of Peter, who I guess has not been completely erased from existence. The Observers seem keen to correct that and completely erase him, but then our favorite Observer (I think his "name" is September?) has second thoughts.

Oh, and there's a new batch of villainous, homicidal shapeshifters who appear to have an agenda that may be unrelated to either "our" universe or "Over There".

Overall, it was a nice intro. Adding Lincoln Lee to the main cast gives another much-needed sympathetic character, especially given that Astrid will never get the spotlight at this point. He's a welcome change from the bland and undefined Peter Bishop and the emotionless Olivia Dunham.

I have high hopes for this season.

Foolish me.