+++Warning, this contains spoilers from the fourth season, but no major giveaways from season five.+++
The fifth season of Fringe is really a partial season, just 13 episodes which were meant to tie up the series and give it a proper sendoff, which is not something that shows that end up on Fox's chopping block get. The fifth season is set in the Dystopian future that was shown in Episode 19 of season four, in which the Observers basically become authoritarian overlords with their boots on the throat of the people.
In this season, the main cast is whittled down to Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole, and John Noble. The main recurring characters are Georgina Haig and Michael Cerveris, and Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, and Seth Gable all make special appearances to wrap up their character arcs. The storyline this season involves a plan to defeat the Observers that September and Walter came up with, but in the process fragmented Walter's memory so he cannot remember the entire plan. So, the team has to figure out the entire plan and implement it to save humanity from the Observers. The main issue I have with the final season is that it basically totally abandons William Bell's storyline from season four, and does not really resolve the fact that he was one of the main bad guys in the prior season.
For those who get the Blu-Rays, the show looks and sounds great. There are only a handful of extras, the main one being a making-of documentary for the final season. There is a commentary track on the ninth episode of the season, a few deleted scenes, a portion of the comic-con panel, and a short gag reel.
Overall, the season is good, but not as good as in prior seasons. By this point, the show pretty much abandoned the case-of-the-week format and just had the serial arc that spanned the entire season. So, the show ends up being a much different series that the one it started out as. The acting and writing were still very good, but if you were a huge fan of what the show started out as, you may not like this season as much. The writers did a good job tying the series up and providing a satisfying ending for fans.
The fifth season of Fringe is really a partial season, just 13 episodes which were meant to tie up the series and give it a proper sendoff, which is not something that shows that end up on Fox's chopping block get. The fifth season is set in the Dystopian future that was shown in Episode 19 of season four, in which the Observers basically become authoritarian overlords with their boots on the throat of the people.
In this season, the main cast is whittled down to Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole, and John Noble. The main recurring characters are Georgina Haig and Michael Cerveris, and Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, and Seth Gable all make special appearances to wrap up their character arcs. The storyline this season involves a plan to defeat the Observers that September and Walter came up with, but in the process fragmented Walter's memory so he cannot remember the entire plan. So, the team has to figure out the entire plan and implement it to save humanity from the Observers. The main issue I have with the final season is that it basically totally abandons William Bell's storyline from season four, and does not really resolve the fact that he was one of the main bad guys in the prior season.
For those who get the Blu-Rays, the show looks and sounds great. There are only a handful of extras, the main one being a making-of documentary for the final season. There is a commentary track on the ninth episode of the season, a few deleted scenes, a portion of the comic-con panel, and a short gag reel.
Overall, the season is good, but not as good as in prior seasons. By this point, the show pretty much abandoned the case-of-the-week format and just had the serial arc that spanned the entire season. So, the show ends up being a much different series that the one it started out as. The acting and writing were still very good, but if you were a huge fan of what the show started out as, you may not like this season as much. The writers did a good job tying the series up and providing a satisfying ending for fans.
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