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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[ranalore]

So if you were going to pimp somebody into Fringe and you could only show them 8-10 episodes out of the first two seasons, which ones would you pick?

I'd say that depends on what elements you think are most likely to hook them. The pilot, definitely, but is this a person more likely to be won by Olivia's kickassery or by the relationship dynamic between Peter and Walter? Is it someone fond of mytharcs, or someone who'd be more interested in Fringe's take on familiar sf tropes? Someone who'd enjoy the X-Files shoutouts or someone you hope will like the show despite any X-Files similarities? The friend who got me into the show had been trying for months, but she'd been emphasizing the elements she most liked. When I reminded her of how many of those elements were turn-offs for me (I cannot forget the damned X-Files too soon), she changed tack and started singing the praises of Olivia. That did the trick, though even then she had to tell me to have faith through the first few episodes, which were heavily framed as "John Scott's girlfriend tries to find the truth about what happened to him."

[musesfool]

The person I'm thinking of probably needs the relationship stuff more than the mytharc stuff - I mean, she's an XF fan from wayback, but uh, you know how that goes. So the Peter and Walter stuff, plus the Peter and Olivia stuff, I think might be the draw. Though also Olivia being awesome.

Yeah, for me, the Olivia stuff is what made me start watching - people were talking about how awesome and kickass she was, and how she wasn't wooden like some people said, and that made me go, "Hey, it's more than just Pacey and Daniels and Denethor? Let me give it shot!"