I finally watched the premiere of “Fringe” and I will admit it’s piqued my interest.

SPOILER ALERT!
At first I wasn’t into Anna Torv’s performance, but by the end of the episode she grew on me. She was a little too wooden in those love scenes. And how obvious was it that her FBI secret boyfriend was gonna die?! The moment he said “I love you”, I knew that spelled J.J. Abrams style doom. Pacey Peter (Joshua Jackson) was a tad whiny at times, but overall he made the ‘Creek’ proud. I totally understand the TV Whore’s concerns though about whether Jackson can pull off scientific smarts, but I’m willing to let that one pass. They hired Lance Reddick who was awesome on “The Wire” and thus will continue to be that way on “Fringe”. When the man speaks, I can’t help but shut up and take him seriously! =)

And since I’m an avid “Alias” fan (Sydney and Vaughn forever!), the scene with the shared memory/dream was totally stolen from season 3 of “Alias”! Remember when David Cronenberg played that hippie scientist who uses LSD on Sydney to retrieve her lost memories of when she was bad? Dr. Walter Bishop (played excellently by John Noble) used to work in secret for a university just like Cronenberg’s character. And Bishop even jokes about LSD in the same way as the “Alias” doc character. “Let’s make some LSD”. I guess that line makes it all okay. Still, I swear that lab (which so conveniently was up in running in a few hours) was constructed out of the same set used in those “Alias” episodes. Nevertheless, on both shows, said dream sequences were very intriguing, especially since the information learned in this fluid state was pivotal to each character. Sydney’s freedom and Olivia’s boyfriend’s life are hanging in the balance!

I have to say what is gonna keep me watching are the awesome special effects! How scary was that plane crash with all the passenger’s skins melting. And then building upon that scene later when they pan over the coma-induced, Agent Scott, really wow-ed me. His translucent skin and decaying organs were displayed quite crisply on my plasma television set. Uber-creepy to say the least!

So yeah, some the plots aren’t the most original but I suppose I’ll keep tuning in so I can figure out what this crazy “pattern” is all about.