‘Fringe’ series finale: J.J. Abrams hypes up ’emotional’ conclusion
Even though Sunday marked the Television Critics Association event for NBC, this still did not stop some brave reporters from asking some questions about another series that just so happens to air on Fox: “Fringe.” J.J. Abrams was present to talk about “Revolution,” and of course the inevitable subject was brought up about his other show’s series finale airing later this month.
So has Abrams seen the episode? Not yet, but he still had some very positive things to say about the hour of television that is coming up:
“It will be great. I mean, the script is unbelievable. I think it will be incredibly emotional … If it’s not satisfying, I don’t know what satisfying is.”
This statement really echoes everything that all of the writers and actors have said about the finale thus far, that it will be a final battle between Peter, Olivia, Walter and the Observers that is epic enough to really be in a major motion picture. Fox apparently has enough confidence in the finale’s ability to deliver that they are turning it into a two-hour event.
Of course, the downside to the show staging this episode in such a way is that there is only one more week left (in Friday) before the show comes to a close, which leaves very little time for reflection. Luckily, we’re going to do just about everything that we can in that time to tribute what has been a fantastic part of TV history, and a show that Fox actually showed patience with and allowed to cater to its fans.
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Olivia
January 7, 2013 @ 2:19 pm
I hate season 5 and most of all what Wyman did with Olivia , no storyline, a lot of bad writing and half of the time she was used as the emotional backdrop for Walter and Peter.
Anna Torv is brilliant, she is the only reason that there is an Olivia Dunham, and it is a disgrace how she has been treated by Wyman this season to prop up his favorite boys Noble and Jackson.
At Comic Con Anna hoped for Olivia to be assertive and pro-active that se would get more dimensional and something done with her backstory,
Nothing she got, nothing at all, not even being allowed to be pro-active as a well trained FBI agent would.
Noble and Jackson wanted their Walter and Peter of season 1 and 2, they pushed together, Wyman does not care for Olivia and Anna,
so Jackson and Noble got what they wanted, at the expense of Anna Torv.
I could expect that from Jackson, but I did hope Noble would have more class.
PS to Doug:
you must be one of Wymans folk, season 5 was horrible writing most of all for Olivia, or what else would you call a character like Olivia having to say these lines to her lying and belittling Peter:
I love you, I need you, I do not want to lose you,
In 5 episodes out of 10.
BTW. epi 11 will be another round of whining Walter and Peter, as Jackson and Noble want it that way, and their arcs being told, who cares for Olivia, right???
Finale prediction:
Olivia will die early in 13, so that Jackson and Noble can do their over the top crying act again like in season 4 finale,
then we will have Walter doing the sacrifice so that Peter can go back in time in a machine, another round of crying for them,
and we will end in the parc, with Olivia having fainted (explains the memory stuff from the beginning, red herring to pretend Olivia has a role)
And Olivia will tell Peter that she is pregnant, and it will be a boy and it will be called Walter, and to make the picture complete granddad Walter walks in, and everyone has to do more crying for Walter and Peter,
as Olivia is just their puppet.