![]() There have been some good episodes in this batch – I particularly liked the second one, with John Pyper-Ferguson trying to help his serial killer counterpart from the alt-universe – but overall I haven’t loved the whole Peter-less universe idea. That’s an interesting starting point for the next phase of the season, and one that I frankly wish we had gotten to a few episodes sooner. Okay, so Peter’s back and remembers everything, but has arrived in a world where he drowned in the lake as a kid. Most of this involves an outmoded system that the networks would love to get rid of but can’t, because their local affiliates still depend on the sweeps periods to set their ad rates. (Though sometimes shows only air 3 new episodes in May.) So that leaves 8 or 9 episodes to spread over October, January, March and April, which is why there are either a lot of repeats in those months or else shows temporarily go off the air for a mid-season fill-in. On top of that, you usually need to set aside at least four of those episodes for the start of the season to get people into the habit of watching (or watching again), and another four each for the sweeps months of November, February, and May. (*) Basic TV scheduling math: there are about 39 weeks in the broadcast network TV season, and most network shows only produce 22 episodes (24 at most). But that gives me an excuse to offer some overall thoughts on the first four episodes and how I’m feeling about the season to date, coming up just as soon as I get all my ideas from watching “The Matrix” fight scenes… We’re at the start of that awkward post-premiere, pre-sweeps period of the TV season where networks start sprinkling in repeats(*), which means there’s no new “Fringe” tonight.
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