We didn't realize how much we enjoyed watching Fringe until the season ended. It's true what they say, that you don't know what you've got until it's gone. The good news is that Fringe has officially been renewed by FOX for Season 2, the bad news is we need to wait until the fall to see a new episode. Much like we did with Dollhouse last week, we decided to ask our favorite Fringe bloggers where they think the series is headed for Season 2. We may not have the option of watching it but we do have the next best thing - we can talk about it.

Alyse Wax - FEARnet
I feel pretty confident that Fringe will not go down the same path as Lost – as in, it won’t become a tangled mess. Olivia’s 'powers' will come into play more, though not until closer to the end of the season.  She will learn the truth about whatever drugs were used on her as a child, and Walter will help her harness whatever powers she might have. I keep getting the feeling that Peter is a clone.  When he was ill as a child, Walter knew he couldn’t save him, so he created a new, healthy Peter.  Peter has no recollection of this.  I am eager to delve deeper into Peter’s sketchy past, as this seems to have been a story thread that disappeared halfway through the first season.  I’m leaning towards cheating in college, perhaps cheating at cards, and possibly cheating on a girl.  I also hope that Jean the Cow gets a storyline or two.

Roco -  Fringebloggers.com
Fringe is a fantastic show -- it's bold, brave and relevant. Not only that, it's also a fun and enjoyable ride for loyal fans and casual viewers alike. Going forward I think the show will continue to explore the role of technology in society and the question of whether it's possible (and ethical) to govern that technology.

The first season did a good job of borrowing from its influences (Twilight Zone, X-Files, Lost, etc.) while establishing its own identity. The characters are drawn-out well, allowing viewers to become attached to their journeys.

One of the many cool things about Fringe is its ability to offer an introspective look at society, while expanding on that with the multiple realities theme, therefore giving the show real meaning and scope.

As for future possibilities - I can envisage one of the ultimate plot-arcs being the attempt to converge realities in order to transcend mankind to a 'new level'. Technology may both be the key to making this possible and in preventing it from happening.

Mindy Monez – Television Without Pity
The main thing I’m worried for next season is about them having to dwell too much on 9-11-land. It was really cool to show that that’s the most bizarre world that could be possible—that the twin towers are still there. But with it looks like the White House was destroyed, that flight 93 didn’t happen, I’m just worried that that’s not a fun place to linger, especially on a show like this. It’s not 24. I would just hate for them to have to talk about that all the time.

I do kind of think that the BURNING BOSTON that Olivia saw may be a third dimension. I think there may be several different ones which could get very confusing. There’s no indication that that was the same place where William Bell is. Or that there’s only one other dimension.

I’d like to find out sooner rather than later what The Observer is. Whether he’s an alien or a robot or some super evolved person from the future. He’s hard to forget because he just kind of shows up and guides Walter around. I think that he’ll probably show up if we do spend a significant amount of time with Olivia and Bell in another universe, I think that he’ll be there. I think there’s only one of him. I don’t think there’s two of him like there were two Peters. I kind of call bullshit on that. If you bury a child and have a funeral for him, and your this well-known scientist or whatever, how do you show up with him alive again? It was a cool reveal. Everyone expected that to be his wife at the gravesite but it wasn’t. I think that’s kind of going to go nowhere. It seemed a little old-school lost like, “oh my god!” And then it goes no where.”

I hope they (Olivia and Peter) don’t get together. They have no chemistry. I’d like to see more development with her. There was a scene in the finale where she had to explain something to Charlie regarding Walter-science and it was really funny. I think Anna Torv is actually capable of being a lot funnier. I would like to see more of that.

I hope they take a funny tone. I would like to see Walter get a little bit better psychologically but then he wouldn’t be as funny. You lose some of that.

You lose blueberries.

I’d like to see the storyline with her stepfather addressed. It seemed interesting and scary and ominous. It’s a little Alias but I’d like to see that addressed again. It was weird to see them bring up something so weird and scary and then never have them talk about it again.

I hope they keep the gore coming. I like cutting people in half. I think that’s one of the most fun things about the show that they’re so fearless about doing disgusting things. I would hate for them to change that part of it.

Rob – Topless Robot
If Fringe really does end up about a war between our reality and people from an alternate reality, I will be highly impressed. That's a hardcore out-there sci-fi concept that hasn't been seen on TV since the heyday of the '70s and early '80s (and way weirder than X-Files). However, that means Fringe will have to pony up some actual invaders from that alternate reality sometime soon. Right now, the only evil people are on our side (of reality)  — the terrorist group ZFT — causing all the mayhem. What I want to see in Fringe is what makes this alternate reality a threat to ours, and I very much want to see Olivia and the other tots Walter and William Bell turned into pre-alternate-reality asskickers becoming grown-up pre-alternate-reality asskickers. At the very least, I want to see Earth-2 Walter stop by and steal his damn son back.