Fringe was created in 2008 and, although the first season received mixed criticism, it finally became a success, gaining praise of criticism and developing a passionate audience among fans of science fiction. Coming only six years later X-Files ended and well before the rumors of its renewal, many saw the new show as a successor to the classic series. It was the perfect replacement for viewers who missed the adventures of Mulder and Scully agents. He also had a team linked to the police investigating on unexplained and paranormal events that relied on classic science fiction tropes.

He mixed weekly monster plots, with autonomous stories and larger arcs that have developed a mythology for the whole series. He even had a romance brewed between two team members. In an important way, however, Fringe lacked a key appearance of X-Files Which prevented him from really living in his successor. While Fringe had science fiction stories, mystery, series mythology and many other things that have done X-Files So special, he failed with chemistry between the characters and the nature of the main team.

The X-Files was built around Mulder and Scully

Their chemistry carries the series

X-Files We still remember his great plots, who have pulled almost all the tropes of science fiction and fantasy, the popular tale and the urban legend. The tone of his episodes has passed the range of action and suspense to comedy and horror. Whatever fans of legendary or classic monster, there was a good chance that it will appear in the series, possibly. In addition, the series has gradually built a mythology around an extraterrestrial invasion planned and a government conspiracy to keep it secret, which was added during nine years, then revisited with renewal. For all of his incredible stories, creatures and intrigue, however, which has really done X-Files Special was the relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.

From the very first episode, Mulder and Scully and the relationship between them were the heart of the series. The believing and skeptical dynamic was a perfect approach to the genre, even if it became difficult to maintain the idea that Scully could remain skeptical after all that she saw. In addition, the chemistry between David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson was remarkable, raising each interaction between the pair. It is not surprising that the last two seasons of the original race have been less well received by fans. After the departure of half of the team, X-Files It was just not the same thing.

Even if mythology has become confused and confusing, deactivating certain viewers, and the writers had trouble finding new ideas for monsters and myths to explore, Mulder and Scully made the show work. More than seven years, the link between the two has become something special, marked by countless beautiful moments. Their interactions could be funny, charming or magnetic and intimate. They could be affectionately annoyed with each other or happy. Even if the mythology of a series had difficulty finding its foot, the relationship between Mulder and Scully has developed incredibly well and grew up on the whole series of the show, extending into renewal.

Of course, the slow combustion romance between the agents has played an important role in their dynamics. It took several years to start several years, but once the will, they did not appear, it has become a central aspect of what fans discussed and debated. Finally, making them romantically involved have paid years of characters’ growth and great writing, giving viewers something really special. Unfortunately, Fringe could not match this level of character development or develop a similar dynamic between the members of its basic team.

Fringing couldn’t build the same chemistry

The characters continued to disappear and change

Fringe certainly had the basic elements in place to recreate X-Files’ magic. He managed to assemble a different group of investigators who was original enough to be different while capturing the important aspects of what made Mulder and Scully work so well. Olivia Dunham made a large scully-surrogate, an experienced and professional agent of the FBI, skeptical about pseudoscience and the strange work of Walter Bishop. Peter Bishop and his father Walter both fulfilled elements of the role of Mulder.

Walter fully believed in strange phenomena and ready to consider radical explanations, while Peter was the obvious love interest in Olivia. Astrid Farnsworth completed the team as a character who could be seduced by Walter’s scientific skills while serving as a guard for unstable genius. The team had a mixture of believers and skeptics, the configuration of a romance of will or not to have been romance, and even allowed other original dynamics to develop. The relationship of a tense father and son between Peter and Walter was a major dramatic element of the first seasons.

The humorous interactions between Walter and Astrid, with its constant forgetting of its name, added lightness to each episode. The secret connection between Walter and Olivia added depth to their relationship and was a great turn in the middle of the series. All the parts were there for Fringe To create a dynamic team to compete with that of Mulder and Scully, but he just couldn’t follow him. While the first season did an excellent job to introduce the characters, set up the team and lay the foundations for future growth, the following seasons took Fringe In a different direction that has undermined all this work.

Starting with the second season, Fringe I couldn’t stop separating the members from the team from each other and taking time from the central group to focus on other characters. In the middle of season 2, Peter discovers that he is in fact the alternative universe and, furious at Walter for having kept this secret to him, leaves for a while. He ends up spending time in this alternative universe with his real father, leaving the rest of the marginal team behind. This season also ends with the places of change of Olivia and Fauxlivia, leaving Olivia trapped in the alternative universe.

Season 3 begins with this new situation, which means more time with the team separates, although the Promer Universe Fringe team does not realize it at the beginning. The introduction of characters and stories of alternative universes also means that less time is devoted to the original group. Fringe Continue with this model for the rest of the series. Olivia finally returns to the universe of season 3, leading to the start of a romance between her and Peter, but the season ends with him erased from existence.

He finally returns to season 4, but the other characters have no memory of him, which means that the dynamics between them begin to zero. While Olivia finally remembers him, it takes time and leaves fans frustrated by the major reverse of their relationship. Finally, season 5 practically becomes a different spectacle, introducing new characters, changing spectacularly and establishing a different tone. The result is that the central character group Fringe Never grow and never see their dynamics develop over time.

Fringe has engaged more in history

X-Files were much more personal

It makes sense, in some ways, that Fringe adopted this different approach. Maybe learn the false steps X-Files Regarding his mythology, his successor has engaged more in his plot of a series and global from the start. Or X-Files emphasized Mulder and Scully, leading with a lot of monster episodes of the week and immersing himself in his mythology later, Fringe Invested in the laying of bases for parallel universes and larger plots from the start. This had the advantage of creating a more satisfactory plot of a series, going beyond its predecessor, but also meant that less time could be devoted to seeing the characters operating together on a daily basis.

Unfortunately, the compromise was not worth it. The history of the parallel universes and an invasion by strange humans of the future made more sense and had a better gain than X-Files’ try to link various loose ends in a clear plot involving an extraterreous invasion Fringe History when the characters continued to change or be separated from each other. During the seasons 3 and 4, the plot advanced but, for many fans, he often felt to wait for Peter and Olivia to meet. This served as a distraction in the minds of viewers and harmed the story told.

Fringe is always an excellent series and fans of X-Files Owes it to themselves to verify it. He captures the mystery and the drama of the old show and nails the mixture of science fiction tropes. However, he cannot live up to what came before because he forgot what really did X-Files great. Extraterrestrials, monsters and plots were an explosion to explore, but having Mulder and Scully, with all their great relational moments, as guides throughout the trip, is what brought the fans back during the best of the decade.

Fringe

Release date

2008 – 2012

Showrunner

Jeff Pinkner

Directors

Jeff Pinkner

Writers

Roberto Orci, JJ Abrams, Alex Kurtzatz.