Occasionally I get obsessed with a new story, be it manga or TV that I just can’t help the urge to keep thinking and talking about it. Since Fullmetal Alchemist has ended, Fringe has filled the void. I really, really want to spread the love for this US TV series that’s woefully relatively unknown. The premise of this show: FBI agent Olivia Dunham, mad scientist (really- he was locked up in a mental institution for 17 years) Dr. Walter Bishop and his son Peter Bishop work in the Fringe division, which investigates cases involving fringe science - weird and often gory pseudo-science stuff like liquefied brains, mind control, giant virus slugs etc. Initially I was not very invested in this series – I was wary of how a vague mysterious bad force seems to be behind the incidents (called “The Pattern”), and the first few episodes sort of felt like they weren’t sure where the plot was going. I was worried that it would be unresolved in the end and I’ve been burnt by other shows like John
Notes and musings of a lightweight nerd