We are still watching Fringe but

[lolaraincoat]

So here's how Fishwhistle and I watch TV: on DVDs, one show at a time, and a whole season at a gulp. We are nothing if not committed. We watched all of Dollhouse, even, which I believe makes us the only people in the whole wide world who did, including the show runners. We were complaining all the while, but we watched it. We are picky about what

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[lapsedmodernist]

I watched all of Dollhouse, and enjoyed it.

I think Season 2 ep. 15 through the end is spectacular

but before ep. 15 I would say, 10, 12, and 13 are really good (the thing is, prior to season 15 most are MOTW in X-Files parlance, and after 15-on it's all the mythology arc). Also episode 11 i an unaired episode from season 1 inexplicably dropped into season 2 which is why there will be all kinds of continuity problems.

[lolaraincoat]

Wait, do you mean that Dollhouse got better at the very end? That is true. And I didn't know that about episode 11 - that explains a lot.

Or if Fringe is going to get better, that would be nice too. I know what you mean about MOTW episodes - they work really badly for the way we watch TV, which is one box set at a time over the course of a week or two. We demand more myth arc! Very few shows have ever done the trick of balancing a long-form narrative with weekly-broadcast-format episodic TV - Buffy did it, but who else?

[lapsedmodernist]

I am confused...everything in my comment except the first sentence is about Fringe (including episode 11). I liked pretty much all of Dollhouse.

I actually think Season 3 of Fringe balances the narrative/mythology arc with the TV format very well, partially because of the very specific structure/plot device that drives the first half of season 3.

[lolaraincoat]

Ah, I see. Sorry about that - I was reading sloppily. We will look forward to Episode 10, then! And maybe even skip Episode 11 ... well, no, we won't. It is just not in us to do that. But we should. But we won't.

[lolaraincoat]

Ah, a recs list! thank you