and all this darkness past

[musesfool]

So I had a conference call this morning at nine to discuss complicated financial thingies I had to take notes on, so I was in bed by midnight last night, hoping to get at least a full seven hours of sleep so I could feel like a human being this morning. I fell asleep pretty quickly, which is unusual for me, so things were going well! According to

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[deaver]

Sorry for the insomnia, hopefully tonight will be a tad more restful.

As for Fringe - I'd show the pilot episode (since it sets up the mission) and then probably skip on over to the last seven episodes of season two. Too much of season one was hit or miss and too much of the big arc came to play in those last 5 or 6 episodes to be missed.

[musesfool]

You don't think any of the stuff with Mr. Jones and the recruits/activating Olivia's "powers" is important? Or the s1 finale? I might add those eps in.

[flighty_dreams]

To be honest, I sort of did what deaver is suggesting. I watched the first 8 or so episodes of s1, did not feel the love with random monster of the week crap and the pseudo-psuedo-pseudo science, watched the premiere of s2 because I was curious about the WTC bit, and then after realizing Olivia would probably have amnesia about it until sweeps I got disillusioned again and didn't watch it again until the episode 'Peter' because I wanted to know what the deal with his background was. From there I got hooked on the rest of s2 and watched through the finale

[musesfool]

Yeah, see, I would totally skip the first half of season 1. I mean, I'd go with the pilot, just to establish who everyone is, and then jump to, like, Bound or Ability, and then the first season finale. And then the handful of really important s2 episodes. But it's good to know you don't really need the earlier eps, especially if, like the person I'm going to be attempting to pimp into the show, you care more about the relationships than the mytharc.

On that note, any particular episodes I should really go back and watch? Seems like the s1 finale would be on that list

I think Bound and Ability are important in terms of Olivia, and Bad Dreams, probably, if that's the one where we meet the cortexikid who can influence other people's feelings, and then the season finale. In season 2, certainly Jacksonville is a must, and then the run up to the s2 finale.

[deaver]

I sort of didn't pay huge amounts of attention to many of those late season 1 episodes with the kids and all, but felt like the show did a good job in those last 3-4 episodes of re-introducing all that mythology. OK, maybe including the episode, "Jacksonville" would help, as it sets up a lot of the last two episodes but I don't know that there is much before that which is required viewing for getting someone hooked.

[musesfool]

*nod nod*

I just really like how Olivia rescues herself in Bound, and I really liked Ability (that's the one where she turns out the lights with her brain, iirc - I'm not really up on the episode titles with Fringe the way I am with SPN).

[deaver]

Oh, I totally agree that those are AWESOME episodes - my point is that I don't think they are required viewing to get someone super interested in the show (and hopefully interested enough to want to watch ALL the episodes - even the not always great early first season ones.)

[musesfool]

Good point.