Fringe T-Shirt: Walter's Sweet Shop

T-Shirt-of-the-day site TeeFury has a Fringe themed t-shirt today.

The shirt titled "Walter's Sweet Shop" features a Gene the cow, some Fringe glyphs, and a variety of Walter's favorite foods: Fresh milk, Root Beer Floats, Blue Cotton Candy, Devil Dogs, Gum, Fruit Coctails, Coffee Cake, Blueberry Pancakes, Ginger Ale, and Flan (but sadly no Red Vines...)

The t-shirt is $10 and available today only until midnight EST at TeeFury.com.

*Thanks to Paul D for sending this in!

Fringe - Noble Intentions: 322 "The Day We Died"

John Noble discusses the Season 3 finale.

Fringe Fall 2011 Season 4 Schedule

Fox announced their Fall 2011 schedule at today's "upfront", and Fringe will remain at 9:00pm on Fridays (no official season 4 premiere date yet).

There were rumors that JJ Abrams' new show Alcatraz would be the lead-in, but it looks like Fox is going to stick with Kitchen Nightmares at 8:00pm.

Fringe will be up against CSI:NY on CBS, as well as some new competition, with NBC's new fairy-tale crime drama Grimm, and ABC's reality series Shark Tank.

Here is the entire Fox line-up for this fall and spring:

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OD Review of Fringe 322 – The Day We Died

AKA - The Day The Music Died

Excerpt from:

Bye, Bye Miss American Pie by Don McLean

Oh, and there we were all in one place,

A generation lost in space

With no time left to start again.

So come on: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick!

Jack Flash sat on a candlestick

Cause fire is the devil’s only friend.

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage

My hands were clenched in fists of rage.

No Angel born in hell

Could break that Satan’s spell.

And as the flames climbed high into the night

To light the sacrificial rite,

I saw Satan laughing with delight

The day the music died

He was singing,

"bye-bye, Miss American Pie."

Drove my chevy to the levee,

But the levee was dry.

Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye

And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.

"this’ll be the day that I die."

Sometimes a story can only be fully appreciated when the very last few moments play out. A tell tale sign of a well constructed story. Such is the case with the Season 3 Finale of Fringe - The Day We Died(TDWD). The ramifications of those last few moments are so staggering that one could easily keep going past this episode and head all the way back to the pilot to re-examine everything we have witnessed to date.

This finale marks a watershed moment for the Fringe series. This is very similar to the Season 3 Finale of Lost where an anguished future Jack screams at Kate that, ‘We have to go back.’

So does Fringe.

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'Fringe':Exec producers Jeff Pinkner, J.H. Wyman answer fan questions about the finale--EXCLUSIVE

May 13, 2011
04:45 PM ET

'Fringe': Exec producers Jeff Pinkner, J.H. Wyman answer fan questions about the finale -- EXCLUSIVE
by Jeff Jensen

One week after Fringe’s time-traveling, parallel world-bridging, and thoroughly brain melting season 3 finale, fans of the Fox sci-fi series are still steaming with burning questions. Did Peter (Joshua Jackson) erase himself from history? Who took the doomsday machine back into the paleolithic past? And whatever happened to the Blimp Guy that Olivia (Anna Torv) predicted would one day kill her? We culled our message boards for the most frequently-posed inquiries and then presented them to Fringe masterminds Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman. They were kind enough to respond, even if they acknowledged that for now, there’s little they can actually say. After all: There is going to be fourth season.

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It Can't Be Worse Than This-A Review Of 3.22

"We can cheat the rules of time.
There's no way of telling what the cost might be,
But it can't be worse than this.
It can't be worse than this."

The fun thing about writing the last review of a Fringe episode is that I've had time to sit back after re-watching it, and just let the thoughts and articles I've read about it on the internet incubate in my head. Do you remember the last time you rode a good roller coaster? There were ups and downs, excitement, and perhaps some fear as you traveled into some dark places, some relief as you emerged unscathed into the light. That's what the Season 3 Finale, "The Day We Died"(furthermore to be known as TDWD, here) was like for me.
The episode needs your undivided attention, as it is new territory-dangerous, and yet filled with opportunity, like the Chinese symbol for "crisis."

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Philo Viewing Party Comments

For the Fringe season finale "The Day We Died", FringeTelevision partnered up with Philo for a Fringe viewing party.

We would like to get your feedback on the event, and if you think we should do this again in the future.

Also, part of viewing party was a contest for best comment. I have narrowed it down to five:

What do you think is the "best" comment from "The Day We Died" viewing party

Fringe - Aftermath 322 "The Day We Died"

Joel Wyman and Jeff Pinkner talk about the last episode of this season.

An Evening with Fringe-In NY and LA

An Evening with Fringe
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
6:30 pm ET
New York
In Person
Anna Torv, “Olivia Dunham”
John Noble, “Dr. Walter Bishop”
Additional panelists to be announced.

Fox’s Fringe, recently renewed for a fourth season, just gets better with age. After starting out as an X-Files-derivative series about an FBI division specifically charged with investigating paranormal mysteries, Fringe (created by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci) has evolved into a uniquely sublime blend of mind-bending story lines (parallel universes, doppelgangers, a guru who operates out of a bowling alley, etc.); inventive, ambitious artistry (including, most recently, the integration of chunks of animation into an episode—fitting for a series so decisively influenced by comic books); and powerful character drama that, as the A.V. Club has pointed out, infuses the series with “unexpected soulfulness.” The cast, led by Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, and John Noble, is masterful. Join Torv and Noble for a screening of the finale, followed by a Q&A.

Presented with SAG Foundation

Tickets on sale to Members now; on sale to general public on Wednesday, May 11 at noon.


This Event
Members: $15
General Public: $20


An Evening with Fringe
Thursday, May 19, 2011
7:00 pm PT
Los Angeles
In Person
Anna Torv, “Olivia Dunham”
John Noble, “Dr. Walter Bishop”
Additional panelists to be announced.

Fox’s Fringe, recently renewed for a fourth season, just gets better with age. After starting out as an X-Files-derivative series about an FBI division specifically charged with investigating paranormal mysteries, Fringe (created by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci) has evolved into a uniquely sublime blend of mind-bending story lines (parallel universes, doppelgangers, a guru who operates out of a bowling alley, etc.); inventive, ambitious artistry (including, most recently, the integration of chunks of animation into an episode—fitting for a series so decisively influenced by comic books); and powerful character drama that, as the A.V. Club has pointed out, infuses the series with “unexpected soulfulness.” The cast, led by Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, and John Noble, is masterful; join them for a screening, followed by a Q&A.


This Event
Members: $15
General Public: $20

Fringe Reviews Roundup: The Day We Died

Here are some reviews from around the web, in no particular order, for the Fringe episode "The Day We Died":

• FringeTelevision.com: Fringe Review: The Day We Died by Josie Kafka
• Entertainment Weekly: 'Fringe' season finale recap/review: 'The Day We Died'
• HitFix: Fringe ends its third season with a finale head-scratching on every level
• HitFix: Review: 'Fringe' - 'The Day We Died': Back and forth and back again
• TV Guide: Fringe Finale: Guess Who Never Existed?
• TV Fanatic: Fringe Season Finale Review: Where Do We Go From Here?
• io9: Fringe finally sums up the central paradox of Walter Bishop, the gentle destroyer
• LA Times: ‘Fringe’ recap: What the Fringe!?
• AV Club: "The Day We Died"
• SpoilerTV: Fringe: 'The Day We Died'; And like that, he's gone
• TV Without Pity: Nowhere Man
• Boom Tron: Fringe: “The Day We Died” – review
• Polite Dissent: Fringe — Episode 22 (Season 3): “The Day We Died” [Season Finale]
• Cordial Deconstruction: Deconstruction Review of Fringe, Episode 22 Season 3, The Day We Died 
• Examiner.com: 'Fringe' 'The Day We Died' recap and review: What happened to Peter
• BuzzFocus: ‘Fringe’ Season 3 Episode 22 Review: The Day We Died (Season Finale)
• Creative Loafing: "Fringe," Season 3, Episode 22 - Finale
• TV Squad: 'Fringe' Season 3, Episode 22 Recap (Season Finale)

Have any favorite reviews, or reviews we should add? Let us know in the comments.

Fringe Review: The Day We Died

“I think this is the better way, so you can learn about loss.”

Alternative realities and what-if flash-forwards create a powerful, visceral reaction. We experience these unreal episodes as a sort of cathartic carnivalesque. Carnivalesque, because they are governed by the topsy-turvy misrule of could-be and might-have-been. Cathartic, because we experience the gleeful terror of watching favorite characters dispatched while knowing that their deaths aren’t happening now and might not ever happen.

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Fringe Promotional Photo Recap: The Day We Died

It is May 20, 2026. A badly injured Peter, now age 45, gets treated at Fringe Medical in New York City and is almost instantly healed. Astrid is there, as is the newly minted Agent Ella Dunham, Olivia's grown-up niece. Olivia is the boss now.

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