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Originally Posted by Rausch
I would argue that for 4 seasons Fringe did a great job of balancing "story of the week" with an over-arcing story for the season.
In Fringe what happened in ep 2 of season 1 usually came back by the end. Or once again appeared in season 3. I thought they did a great job of slow playing ideas until the compressed last season.
I never did understand their really $#itty conclusion and how the time travel aspects were supposed to work out to make everything OK. In fact, no matter how you look at that ending it makes no sense...
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Oh, I get it and I loved Walter, too. Josh Jackson was really great as well. But the writers and producers are reason this show isn't an all time classic. The premise was there, the actors were there but the stories just weren't consistent.
That said, X-Files ran into the same situation. The show dragged on too long and by the time the final season rolled around, I wasn't even interested anymore. There were some good episodes after the first film (which was awful, IMO) and there were some atrocious episodes.
I think that a six episode arc, if well written, could be spectacular and if so, it would be a blast to see even just six episodes a year for a few years.
Fingers crossed (although without Vince Gilligan, I have my doubts).