We know it’s just a flashy X Files rip-off, and, yes, there’s no denying it’s unbelievably silly at times, but Fringe is fast becoming our favourite new US show. For all the ludicrous leaps of faith it has demanded of us, the first few episodes have shown great style and panache – and, mercifully, humour. None of the people involved seem to be taking things too seriously and, frankly, it’s all the better for that.
Our favourite character by far is mad-as-cheese scientist Walter Bishop, played by John Noble. He gets gets all the best lines (“The only thing better than a cow is a human… unless you need milk”, etc) and steals every scene he’s in.
We will be paying proper tribute to his wit and wisdom at some yet-to-be-determined point in the future (in other words, when we can be bothered to get round to it), but in the meantime we point you in the direction of this little clip from episode six, The Cure, which airs in the US tonight and will show here in the UK on Sky 1 on Sunday 9 November, in which the great man introduces us to a chemical process we had hitherto never heard of: “Gooification“! Yes, you read right, gooification. Now if only our science teachers at school had used words like that, we might have paid more attention…
Save me!
Mr Papaya, we are on our way! Not quite sure how to stop Walter and his mad scientist ways, though…