Fringe star Anna Torv has insisted that the show's writers know how the series will end.The actress told TV & Satellite Week that the sci-fi drama's final episode "has been written".
"I've been told the ultimate final episode has been written," she said. "[The writers] know where they want us to go, but they don't know yet when we will get there."
However, Torv added that plans for the show's series finale "could still change", noting that the writing team have only sketched out a "skeleton" premise.
"It's more of a dance between the audience, the creators and the cast about what works and what doesn't," she explained. "It's nice that although the skeleton of what is going to happen is there, it's still a dance."
Torv, who plays Olivia Dunham, also admitted that she personally has no idea how Fringe will come to an end.
"Initially, I wanted to know [what's going to happen], now I'm happy not to," she said. "There's something great about working on a film or a play where you know where you're going, but on television it's more open and that's good too."
The executive producers of Fringe previously revealed that they have a seven-year plan for the show, while series star Blair Brown (Nina Sharp) claimed that the plan runs to eight seasons.
Fringe was officially renewed for a fourth season in March. The show will return to Fridays at 8/9c on Fox in the fall.
Source: DigitalSpy
Oh no, this is bringing back dreadful memories of Carlton & Damon telling us they'd penned the last episode of Lost... That turned out to be an utter shambles, I pray this doesn't go the same way!
ReplyDeleteI don't see fringe making it to 7 or 8 seasons. It barely made it out of this season, soon it'll be on sundays at midnight if other networks get new shows on fridays.
ReplyDeleteI would say it's a very good idea to have your series finale written if there is a strong possibility this is your last season. It should make for a coherent , well tuned season I hope!
ReplyDeleteIt doesnt matter what the writers say, they will still have people, like this guy saying they made it all up, even though they have no proof whatsoever.
ReplyDeletePeople on the internet suck.
ohh i hope so too...that would be really awful
ReplyDeleteExactly, it was a great ending to a "Character" driven show about a bunch of Characters experiencing something together that helps them become better people, it wasn't all about the mythology that 90% was answered if you paid attention. People just can't be satisfied.
ReplyDeleteThey won't be renewed after this season, so I'm not sure how that seven-year plan could be of use to the producers.
ReplyDeleteJust move it to FX or even better HBO, a lot more freedom & if people follow ratings would be huge for a cable show.
ReplyDeleteunfortunately this show is too big for cable to handle. the budget alone is a killer
ReplyDeleteSeven or eight seasons?
ReplyDeleteI like Fringe. I really do. I used to *love* it, but after some of this seasons choices and happenings... I'll get back to loving it eventually.
But seven or eight seasons? I'm sorry, but that's ridiculous. My personal philosophy is that very few shows can go past six seasons. Seven is when they start getting sloppy and messy. Eight is usually a last ditch effort to save it before it sinks. I know Fringe is very similar in style and format to the X-Files, but that doesn't mean they have to have nearly as many seasons as that program did. Fringe just isn't cut out for that.
As much of a fan I am, I think the show would be more suited to five seasons. That's perfectly reasonable for a show as hard to follow as Fringe. And since it barely got season 4, how do they plan on doubling their current seasons number?
Oh, Fringe. You worry me.
Agreed - this was the first thing that came to mind. I don't want Season 4 to be Fringe's last season but I think if this is how things are going to be then we'll all be better off if the writers know how they want to end things.
ReplyDeleteI think they should perhaps end it after the fifth one, or end it with the fourth and have a made-for-TV-movie that wraps it all up.
ReplyDeleteFor FX maybe, but per episode Game of Thrones was a much more expensive to produce than Fringe.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, though, these transfers don't happen that often because you can't count on every viewer moving from networks to cable, and it makes very little sense to go through all that crap to get the same amount of viewers as you'd have with an original show.
Basically, I think every fan has to go into this season with the expectation that it's the last and hope for the best.
That sounds scary but let's just enjoy season 4 and fret about the end later. Not gonna get worked up about it.
ReplyDeleteEven if they would move it to Sunday at midnight, I'd still watch.
Fringe Rocks!
Would someone PLEASE fix the typo in the title of the article?
ReplyDeleteI would but it seems I can only edit posts that I have written... It's just grating on me quite a bit lol
There's nothing wrong with Sundays especially with FRINGE with loyal followers.
ReplyDeleteLook at Charmed, The WB dumped it to different time slot but fared really well on Sunday. Charmed and FRINGE are completely different though :)
This is the problem with most people. YOU CAN`T EVEN ANALYZE INFO YOU GET. Pinkner and Wyman said many times they have ideas for 8 seasons and these ideas they have can enrich the overall story but if they won`t be fully explained, the main story line won`t suffer.
ReplyDeleteThe plan are just ideas about some things that will enrich the overall story but without them the main story line can be finished.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the problem of viewers following Fringe to cable from the network. I've watched every episode of the show. But if it moves to HBO,FX etc..That would be it for me,as I don't receive them. I'm sure many other loyal fans are in the same situation.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, we shouldn't worry too much about the end of Fringe, let's just enjoy what we're given for the moment: a fourth season is great ! =D
ReplyDeleteIf Fringe ends up going the same way as LOST, I may start enjoying the show again. Season 6 was certainly a disappointment in some rights, but the finale was excellent. As of right now my biggest complaint with Fringe has been the fact that it doesn't seem to be leading anywhere; there's no end goal in sight. Now that the writers have one, maybe the show will improve to me.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure he's trying to say that Darlton made it all up. He's saying that hearing that the finale has already been written should be reassuring, except when looking at LOST as a comparison, it isn't reassuring at all. Perhaps that isn't what he means, but it is what I think.
ReplyDeleteI also hate that when you say you didn't like the LOST finale, people think it's all about being unsatisfied with the answers we were given. I'm sorry, but if you went into the finale expecting any real answers beyond what the flash sideways was and some resolution for the characters, you weren't really watching LOST. I agree that 90% of the mythology could be deduced from the information in the show.
MY problem, and from the people I know who also didn't like it, was with the religious Oprah-y ending. Putting them in a non-denominational church does not leave everyone satisfied with an explanation because not everyone believes in a life after death at all. You couldn't really "take it as you see fit" with them sitting in pews and disappearing into white light, guided by "Christian Shepard". AND that this was used as a way to explain half the sixth season away.
The best comparison I can think of to demonstrate my problems with the LOST finale is when Harry speaks to Dumbledore at King's Cross station in Deathly Hallows, which was a really controversial thing for many adult readers. The differences are that this was a single chapter out of the entire series, Harry is in a comfortable, familiar place rather than a religious one, and you could take the scene any way you wanted to. Harry wakes up, back in the Forbidden Forest as if no time has passed at all, and even asks Dumbledore if it's all a dream. In my opinion, this allows for a lot more wriggle room in the spiritual explanation than LOST did. I will also make the point that this in no way ruins every episode of LOST for me, it is still an absolutely brilliant show that made some mistakes along the way, like every show does.
It's really upsetting when people (like Damon) say that being critical of something or not liking something a show does makes you not a true fan. I am critical because I love the show, I invested time and care into it for many years and I will not pretend I hate it over one episode, even if it was the series finale. Loving something doesn't mean you have to defend every single mistake and pretend you found all aspects of the show to be perfect. Being a big fan of shows like LOST and Fringe (not just for shipping reasons) usually requires you to watch critically in order to really love things about it as much as it means finding things you don't like.
"But seven or eight seasons? I'm sorry, but that's ridiculous. My personal philosophy is that very
ReplyDeletefew shows can go past six seasons. Seven is when they start getting
sloppy and messy. Eight is usually a last ditch effort to save it before
it sinks."
As you have implied, I think it really depends on the show. For example, I consider Season 7 to be the best season of the original CSI. It was all downhill after that, but that season was really well done. However, as far as Bones is concerned, I think it started going downhill after about Season 3 or 4. There were good episodes mixed in Season 5 and 6, but my interest has been quickly fading. It just doesn't have that spark it used to have.
So while I agree that 6 seasons tends to be a good rule of thumb for most shows, I don't think it qualifies as a standard for any and all shows. And the thing is, both CSI and Bones are essentially making it up as they go along. But if Fringe really has the material and an outline that could span 7 or 8 seasons (and I don't think it's too unreasonable to think that's possible for a show like Fringe), then I imagine they could continue to keep up the same level of excellence for that long because it wouldn't be an issue of trying to stretch out the story for as long as possible and making up things to fill in the seasons. If they really have that much they could do, then I would welcome the chance to see that all play out, rather than being rushed and squeezed in to a much shorter time frame.
I hope that the writers know what they're doing, because maybe they have a good story to tell in the fourth season, but they have to include tons of answers they just skipped from all over the series so they can move along. IMO, Fringe won't get 5th season if the writers will keep in the Inconsistent storyline. If they'll change their attitude, they can make some of the best TV series that was ever made.
ReplyDeleteChris Porter, you are a moron.
ReplyDeletehaha sorry about that..i just fixed it :D
ReplyDeleteThey should tell Fox we're going to wrap the series up in 5 seasons, we'll get 100 episodes for syndication, season 4&5 are going to be the best of the series and bring in more viewers. That might make everybody happy. Cause it would suck to get a season 4 and then have the show cancelled out the blue.
ReplyDelete"Putting them in a non-denominational church does not leave everyone satisfied with an explanation because not everyone believes in a life after death at all."
ReplyDeleteOkay, but for those people who don't believe in life after death, then why the hell would they be watching this show (Lost) in the first place. Every season somebody was seeing or talking to a person who was.....(wait for it)....dead. As far as the religious scenes go. First, 0ver 95 % of americans are christian, so I found it very nice and classy for an american show to bring in faith and "moving on". Not preaching nor forcing my beliefs down your throat. Just saying that it fit. If I remember correctly, nobody really cared about the church stuff. They were more pissed about the season overall. And as for the "Oprah-y" comment you made.....as far as I'm concerned, she is the devil. lol. :D