more on Fringe

Up to 3x10 on Fringe and yes, it's true, this show definitely moves into a higher gear, starting midway through s2. I admit to feeling the twinges of genuine squee. It's odd, too, that a show so terrible with science (though that's enjoyably moved more into the established comic book mad science realm of ridiculous metaphors and established MacGuffins) and geography (it's become clear that in the Fringe universe(s) Boston is in fact a suburb of NYC, or possibly vice versa) is surprisingly good with characters and relationships - in spite of the absurd circumstances they act like actual real adult people. A recent ep especially impressed me by doing what I've almost never seen done in TV: one of the heroes, rather than trying to keep a very difficult secret, actually stepped up and told the truth without delay or prevarication, fully knowing the damage it would inevitably cause. Honesty! On a TV show! Astonishing!

( More rambling, squee and some not; also spoilers for a show that's definitely worth watching unspoiled )