On paper Fringe has one of the most formula driven shows around. From the slightly aloof female FBI agent, to the unbalanced doctor who swings between insanity and genius, to his highly intelligent son with a chequered past, to the perky junior FBI agent, Fringe manages to pack in every character cliche in the book. The show also borrows heavily from the X-Files, but what sets Fringe apart from other X-Files type clones is that it's incredibly well written, acted and produced. Most of the storylines are self-contained within individual episodes, but in true J.J. Abrams style there is a second more complicated and evolving storyline which both hangs in the background of some episodes and features as the main story in others, and it's this evolving storyline which slowly unfolds throughout the series which makes Fringe so addictive.
The structure of this show is some government agents who look into apparently supernatural events - sounds very X file like.
Where it falls down though is that they have their own resident madman/genius scientist who seems to have been involved in everything and provides ludicrous explanations for everything which always turn out to be true.
I was optimistic but it just did not work out for me,
Really gripping and imaginative show.might be old but still better than a lot of series on TV now.cant wait to see more