Fringe - drama series

The only plus of having to travel 2 hours one way is to binge watch drama series, that is, if you manage to get a seat and not suffocate to death while standing. Fringe drama series, were introduced more like a “see if you can” dare by a colleague, who was super impressed with it. He was so fond of the series that, he was trying to sell it passionately to anyone who would listen to him. Sounds familiar? Felt as if I was seeing myself. The very first episode was interesting and I got hooked onto the series ever since. The theme of the series, deals with fringe science, hence the name. Some of the concepts are way too fantastic while some are kaadhula poo. But it has been advertised with reasonable surety that, most of the concepts mentioned are theoretical possibilities. Basically, all those machines and devices and impossible situations mentioned on the episodes are factual !!! Throw in a concept of multiverse, you got your show. The other factor that caught my interest was J.J.Abrams being one of the producer. His movies are usually blockbuster fantastic and with Leonard Nimoy aka Spock being part of the series, made it all the more curious. Before I knew, I am almost done with 2 seasons with 3 more to go. Till now, no regrets and each episode turns out to be more weirder than before. The most recent one involved “koodu vittu koodu paayum aavi”. They had packaged it scientifically as “memories and consciousness of the dead person possessing the person”. The twist being, the possessed had been declared dead as well !! The series throws up concepts of people walking through walls, time travel, teleportation, weird parasites and viruses, aliens, mutation, resurrection, genetically modified species and all these and more within the first 2 seasons itself!!! Wonder what else is in store for the rest. My favorite of the lot so far, is the killer spray agent, which is tailored to target a specific set of people in a group – a loose take on the Nazi bio weapon. Especially, the way it got resolved was really interesting.
The lead pair, especially the lady, looks super serious and emotes in cut short manner. She would rarely complete a smile or frown and would mostly look as if she was trying to say something but changed her mind at the last moment. The hero character is actually the hero’s dad. A maddeningly brilliant scientist cum doctor cum chemist who knows every branch of science possible. The hero often comes out as mere sidekick for these two. The guy who plays the hero’s dad has awesome voice. His diction, the way he pronounces each word and the modulating voice, Chaaancela. He emotes for all the characters put together and every wrinkle on his face is put to good use. The guy who comes in as the boss man for the heroine luckily has dialogues to prove that he is not the most terrorizing looking mannequin, ever!! May be it’s the norm of thriller series that everyone wears a deadpan, dead inside, expression to inforce the seriousness of the content?
Would definitely recommend the series, for those who liked X-files and other thriller genre type. Season 2, by far has been, absolutely riveting and can’t wait for the third to begin.