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Can't Wait for April 7th? Open FEARnet's 'Fringe' Care Package!

by Gabrielle DiPietro, Thu., Feb. 19, 2009 3:00 PM PST
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Fringe is all the rage these days. And for that, we can thank creator JJ Abrams, that cryptic little curmudgeon (or cryptic-keeper, as I call him) -- who gets his jollies off keeping secrets from the rest of us. Hey, remember when when you wanted to rip your mother and father's faces off while you waited the entire month of December to open your Christmas presents? That's kind of what this current Fringe hiatus is like. I kind of want to rip J.J. Abrams' face off (and my mom's face off) because I have to wait almost two entire months to see the next episode of Fringe. What gives? Dear American Idol, we hate you!

Anyway, here at FEARnet we're just as antsy as you are about episode 15 and where episode 14 left off, so we've compiled a little Fringe care package comprised of our weekly episode reviews, interviews and news to tide you over until Walter Bishop returns to the lab for more human experiments -- with zero regard for human life and a delicate waltz on the madman/genius border.

First, get your refresher of last week's episode, number 14, entitled "Ability", which featured more creepy Mr. Jones and teleportation than you can handle. Then, check out our Television Tourniquet recaps, which will take you all the way back to the first episode (newbies, this is a great way to get up to speed in a hurry). To top it off, also take a gander at our recent interview with Mr. Joshua Jackson, who stars as "not a scientist, not an FBI agent, but still treated like both and an ambassador/translator of his father Walter's mind" (he's better known as Peter Bishop). In this conversation, we got right down to the Lost/Fringe connection and Jackson gives us some of his predictions, going head to head with the "cryptic-keeper" himself! And be sure to check out our interview with Jasika Nicole--who plays Jackson's teammate, agent Astrid Farsworth--as she gives us the heads-up on what to expect from "The Pattern".

Until Fringe returns we'll be pondering what the hell will happen between Peter, Olivia and Olivia's sister. Will Olivia start tapping into John's (her presumed dead, but conveniently, comatosely preserved fiancé) memories for the sheer hell of it? I would. I'd miss him! (FYI, for some clues, check our inteview with Mark Valley, the actor who plays John.) And uh, WTF with ZFT? To be honest, I'm still not over the monster glory that was the werewolf-porcupine-man-monster that ripped an entire plane and its passengers to shreds. And let's get back to that Mr. Jones and teleportation thing. Seriously, folks.

Fringe returns to Fox at 9/8c on April 7th. Until then, keep yourself hydrated on FEARnet's Fringe coverage!

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