After 4 seasons of disappointing ratings, Fox surprised everyone by renewing Fringe for an abbreviated, final season.  The fifth season took place 24 years in the future and had the team working with Peter and Olivia’s now-grown daughter to take down the Observers, who have stopped observing and have taken over the world.

After a bit of a rocky start in its first season, Fringe became one of the better shows on television, carrying on the legacy of some of the best sci-fi shows of all time.  While the show faced cancellation every season, I was happy that FOX gave the show a planned swan song with the fifth season.  That said, I wasn’t that fond of the final season.  I wasn’t a big fan of the jump ahead in time, but getting some Fringe was better than no Fringe.  And, after 5 years, we now have no Fringe and the television landscape is poorer for it.