Jeremiah Tolbert

My super-​​quick impres­sion of the TV show Fringe:

SHOW INTRO

Ridiculous and bad sci­ence premise  results in some­one being gorily mur­dered, often involv­ing slime and/​or blood.

CREDITS roll.

OLIVIA

(stares emo­tion­lessly)

WALTER BISHOP

Something off the wall, either grossly inap­pro­pri­ate or involv­ing food, while exam­ing some grotesque CG crea­ture or corpse.

(The audi­ence laughs and shakes their heads).

PETER BISHOP

(smirks mys­te­ri­ously)

THE END

And yet I love this show.  I want to start a Doctor Walter “Crazy Motherfucker” Bishop fanclub.

Still, the most recent episode had some painfully bad sci­ence.  The cold is caused by a virus.  Viruses are not cells.  Come on, Fringe, that’s first-​​year bio stuff.  Don’t embarass me like that again. Or I might just have to down­load Walter high­light reels instead of actu­ally watch­ing your show.