Yeah, I think that they lost me a little because of the utter lack of Olivia in the season. I felt like because they kept telling us that she wasn't ours (and then summarily dismissed her and had Amber Olivia fade away without even having the characters mourn her), it didn't feel like my show.
I love Peter, but he alone is not enough to sustain my interest in the show, especially since S1-S3 have Olivia as the definite lead of the story. Walter has a huge role in the fact that he indirectly set up the framework that everyone is operating under, and Peter is doubly important because he is the object around which many of the characters operate, but the end of the day, S1-S3 was Olivia's story and she was the hero.
Until the S3 finale and most of S4, and suddenly it became Peter's story and Peter was our hero that we identified with. That change didn't sit well with me because I signed up for the Olivia Dunham Kicks Ass show, feature the Bishop boys and her Fringe team, as they fight to save both worlds.
So I felt that as the season lost touch with Olivia, it lost me too. I enjoyed the Astrid episode though.
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Date: 2012-04-30 01:23 pm (UTC)I love Peter, but he alone is not enough to sustain my interest in the show, especially since S1-S3 have Olivia as the definite lead of the story. Walter has a huge role in the fact that he indirectly set up the framework that everyone is operating under, and Peter is doubly important because he is the object around which many of the characters operate, but the end of the day, S1-S3 was Olivia's story and she was the hero.
Until the S3 finale and most of S4, and suddenly it became Peter's story and Peter was our hero that we identified with. That change didn't sit well with me because I signed up for the Olivia Dunham Kicks Ass show, feature the Bishop boys and her Fringe team, as they fight to save both worlds.
So I felt that as the season lost touch with Olivia, it lost me too. I enjoyed the Astrid episode though.