Well, here's to hoping, they some how pull it off. Good sci-fi, hell even okay sci-fi has been mostly missing from TV as of late. I hope they manage to do this I really do.

DeJa Vu all over again?

The storyline Is little more than a wonky medical mystery, a mix of CSI with a dash of X-FILES; the mythology is awkwardly shoved in at the last second. And speaking of XF, that pilot was light years more interesting than what we’ve got here. XF in the early going managed to capture lightning in a bottle and brought us two of the most compelling leads ever seen in a genre program. Infinitely more compelling than anyone we’re introduced to in FRINGE. Even when XF went off the rails, Duchovny and Anderson were mostly a pleasure to watch as Mulder and Scully, while I can’t even recall the names of FRINGE’s characters a few days after watching.

The best that can be said about the pilot is that it’s highly polished, which it should be at a cost of 10 million. The inherent problem, however, is that the rest of the eps will be shot for considerably less and will be much more reliant on story and character. If the staff doesn’t establish these well (and quickly) I see the ratings taking a fast nosedive.

There's just no way.

How many times are you going to let this guy fool you?

Treating as if it is an event in progress

That would have been sooooo much cooler

But then again, I liked Threshold, and look where that ended up. I don't really pick the good ones.

"Fringe" I expected to enjoy fully, since I'm a big fan of "Lost" and the first two seasons of "Alias." But I came away feeling not just "That's it?" but also "Man, that kind of sucked."

My biggest complaint was Agent Dunham. The actress playing her did a fine job, but her character was weak as shit. Seriously, a weepy FBI agent on a show about tracking elements of scary cutting edge science? That's a joke. Grow some fucking balls and develop a personality of strength instead of weakness.

Plus, the fact she was injected with a half-syringe of LSD but suffered no long-term mindwhack was a lost opportunity to do something really freaky and interesting with her character. Imagine if the CEO had unleashed her robotic forearm while Dunham was tripping but trying to keep her shit together? Instead we received an implausible and inconsistent timeline littered with mono expressions.

I enjoyed John Noble's character, but the rest were weak. I'll give this show one more week, but it better hit one out of the park next time or that's it.

Give me more, JJ. Please.

The pilot episode of "Alias" gave us earned sadness for a main character. Sydney's fiancee's death was brutal, bloody, and unexpected, thus her weeping, crying reaction was earned and dramatic. It made us care about her.

Unlike Agent Dunham, who has given me nothing so far. I mean, absolutely nothing. No quirkiness, obsessions, odd habits, unique viewpoints, or even favorite foods. Nothing. Which many would argue will be established as the show goes on. I say establish it early, and give us a sense of who a character is right off the bat instead of making us wait. For movies and television, it's bad writing not to.

And the idea of Dunham seeing the CEO's robotic arm while trying to keep her shit together on LSD was one of about five things I came up with. Sad, because I never do that while watching a good show.

Like I wrote, I hope this show gets better.

Just a squirt.

My heart goes out to some of you joyless motherfuckers, it really does. I'll keep watching, and if it gets worse instead of better, I'll stop.

For me, I think it has promise - and these days that's about all you can ask from a pilot.

Who's going to zex up the female lead?

Anyway, Fringe has promise. I just don't want to start enjoying another show only to have it canceled after 1 season. Maybe I'll just DVR all of them until I hear season 2 has been greenlit.

Does it give me a better vibe and more hope than Moronic Woman did after it's pilot?

YES.

Noble was fun (calling Spongebob profound), and there was enough to warrant some more looks. Give it a B-.

It just goes to show that you can never predict these things and that hype doesn't always translate into success. I'd imagine many viewers thought the previews looked dull and derivative. It's rare that ratings take a drastic upturn after the pilot -- and Fringe is no watercooler show that will suddenly start pulling in weekly viewers who didn't bother catching it last night. I wouldn't be surprised if the ratings continue to bleed away.

Nody - good to see you my old friend. Giacchnio did it, and some of it sounded like it was straight from LOST...little effort. I thought it was too much in places too.

Unfortunately, by the time they started introducing elements of the story that would play into the long-term payoff (the vegetables with teeth?..That was wonderfully fucked up), the audience had already bailed.

I hope, here, JJ is better able to pace out plot and character development so that the base doesn't become disinterested too quickly.

I hope that even made marginal sense.

Torv is bland. Acting lessons needed instead of just blowing producers for the job.

It is becoming quite the cliche..the strong woman, handling a tough "mans" job, but given time before the last commercial break to show her shed a tear or two to indicate she has feelings...

Remember all the shows that have lasted, the chars were kinda rough in the begining. And when new seasons start they still don't seem to be right on, but as the season advances, it starts feeling right.

I'm glad they got the gooey plague plot out of the way. Noe the more fun stories can come into play.

And I thought the tonal shifts, pacing and acting were brilliant. even if it's not your thing, i would think people would at least appreciate the ambition.

Or get the fuck out of the way. Others with ideas are ready to assume command.

This is it. You've had yours, JarJar. Now get of the fucking way!