It's not that I have entirely lost all interest in the show, it's just that I stopped watching this season after episode 6, and despite having heard that the show has gotten back on the wagon and is good again, the effort of catching up on the last 4 episodes before Thursday is simply not interesting to me.
I used to look forward to Fringe every week, and lament when I did not catch it on the air and had to watch it later. But this season...maybe it was the pointless death of Charlie Francis (Kirk Acevedo), which served no purpose, either artistically or plot-development wise that I could discern. Perhaps it was the lack of Walter(John Noble)'s delightful insanity, which did not receive the proper time and attention in favour of plot lines that were not nearly as interesting as in Season 1 and did not seem to be getting us anywhere.
It may even be that Olivia (Anna Torv) is no longer feeling the pain of John (Mark Valley)'s death, and that there are no other interesting romantic relationships in sight.
Something is missing, and when I don't have so many other shows to watch - Chuck, Castle, Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, The Good Wife, The Mentalist, etc. etc. - Fringe will be watched and commented on. But compared to the other shows currently on air...my time is precious, and I already spend so much of it watching television. It can wait, and will have to wait, until more of my time is freed up.
Am I making a big mistake?
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