Rent Fringe: Series 1 (2008)
3.8 of 5 from 89 ratings
17h 8min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
- The story revolves around three unlikely allies – a young, beautiful and determined FBI agent, a brilliant scientist who's spent the last 17 years in a mental institution and the scientist's sardonic and roguish son – who investigate a series of bizarre deaths and disasters known as "the Pattern". The three suspect that someone is using the world as a laboratory. And many of the clues lead them to Massive Dynamic, as shadowy global corporation that may be more powerful than any nation.
- Actors:
- Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Blair Brown, Jasika Nicole, Mark Valley, John Noble, Jason Butler Harner, Peter Outerbridge, Bernadeta Wrobel, Jill Harland, Peter Sawyer, Max Topplin, Shaun Shetty, Andreas Frank, Dennis Mockler, Lee Gladman, Andrew Hinkson, Jim McGrath
- Directors:
- Alex Graves, Paul A. Edwards, Fred Toye, Frederick E.O. Toye, Christopher Misiano, Bill Eagles
- Voiced By:
- Leonard Nimoy
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- TV Dramas, TV Mysteries, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy, TV Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/09/2009
- Run Time:
- 1028 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Fringe Pattern Analysis: Take a Closer Look at 6 Select Scenes with Experts Who Evaluate with Notes, Photos and Diagrams
- Enhanced Features Including Exclusive Writer/Producer Commentary
- Uncloak This Extraordinary Series' Secrets Via Featurettes on Its Genisis and Casting, the Real Science Behind It and the Remarkable Visual Effects
- Fringe: Deciphering the Scene Sidebars on Every Episode
- Dissected Files/ Unaired Scenes and The Massive Undertaking Docupods on Select Episodes
- Unusual Side Effects: Gag Reel
- Roberto Orci's Production Diary
- Gene the Cow
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Pilot
2. The Same Old Story
3. The Ghost Network
4. The Arrival - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
5. Power Hungry
6. The Cure
7. In Which We Meet Mr. Jones
8. The Equation - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
9. The Dreamscape
10. Safe
11. Bound
12. The No –Brainer - Disc 4:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
13. The Transformation
14. Ability
15. Inner Child
16. Unleashed - Disc 5:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
17. Bad Dreams
18. Midnight
19. The Road Not Taken
20. There's More Than One Of Everything
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Reviews (4) of Fringe: Series 1
Formula driven though thoroughly addictive. - Fringe: Series 1 review by CP Customer
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.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Good series - Fringe: Series 1 review by PH
Really gripping and imaginative show.might be old but still better than a lot of series on TV now.cant wait to see more
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Promising debut season - Fringe: Series 1 review by CP Customer
Overshadowed by more high profile American television shows such as Heroes and of course Lost, Fringe is a return to the classic formula of government conspiracies and the unexplained. Whereas the X-Files focused on phenomenon, Fringe takes its title from the very limits of scientific experiments with a unique team trying to piece together what links cases and whether the powerful corporation Massive Dynamic is involved. The interplay between the main characters is key as the crimes themselves fade into the background. Some players have their own agenda whist others are just trying to piece together their fractured memories. Production stands are very slick and you can see that the show is trying to evolve and find its own identity as the season unfolds. I’ll certainly be returning to for the next series as questions certainly need answered.
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