Not incensed, just disappointed that some of the negativity seems to come from the reviewer's fundamental lack of sympathy with the aims of the creators. Nothing wrong with that, of course, though it is questionable whether that divergence makes for the best critical commentary over the course of a series. It seems…

I don't want a cheerleader either. However it is equally not useful when critical comments seem to be tainted partly by the reviewer's resentment that "This is not MY zombie apocalypse," and an accompanying lack of attention to detail because he's just not that into the zombie apocalypse this team has created. I think…

Putting aside for a moment the legitimate complaints raised by the review and many of the comments, it does seem sensible that the reviewer assigned to the show should be one sympathetic to the aim and premise of said show, not one who constantly berates it for having aims that diverge from his own.

Terrific piece of writing and reviewing. I especially like the way you hold the creators accountable for achieving the best of what is possible with this premise, not merely something better than average (which this series certainly has been from the beginning). That's the kind of constructive criticism that might…

I still call bullshit on the whole "their minds can't handle it" theory. It hasn't "proven demonstrably true in the show's universe," the producers have simply doubled down on one completely ridiculous idea about the adults with an equally absurd idea about the children: "They're our future, and only their little…

True and true. However, what this show does is use fake 20/20 hindsight to take what Nixon did two years later and read it back into this 1967 plot to convey the idea, "See, Republicans were just as bad as Charlie Manson all along! Hell, they were sleeping with him!" Republicans and their policies can be disliked and…

Okay, one more complaint and I'm done. Is anyone else bothered or mystified at the attempt by this dopey show to link Charles Manson to Republicans in the sixties? I hasten to add I am not a Republican or a conservative, so I don't have a dog in that fight, but I mean, really? Aren't there enough reasons to dislike…

Oh well, I guess this is my last chance to denigrate the continuing song anachronisms on this series. Those who make it through the series will get to hear the Kinks song "Powerman" used in an episode set during December 1967. The song was actually released three years later in December 1970 on the album "Lola Vs.…

The basic premise is great — frozen humans revived two thousand years later in a world gone mad, where they are the last hope. But the secondary premise of trying to keep the truth secret from the adults makes no sense whatsoever, on any level, for any reason. It's just an arbitrary plot device to attempt to create…

For my money this was a terrific finale to the best season of the show so far. I can't help but suspect Zack is feeling some sour grapes at having his predictions for this episode prove incorrect — but then if they had been correct he probably would've nailed the writers for being too predictable. He's an excellent…

Music of any kind at work is usually a distraction and perhaps a way of procrastinating. The big exception is Bach. I can listen to any Bach, any time, and I find he clarifies and purifies whatever thoughts are rattling around in my puny brain. Lately I've been going through a 172-CD set of his collected works (or the…

Is it just me or was this episode filled with tons of good to great jokes, most of which actually landed? How does that add up to a B-? I was laughing practically the whole time. And I say this stone cold sober.

I forgot about Battlestar Galactica and its contribution to the actors-playing-multiple-versions-of-the-same-character genre, which predated Fringe and took the idea a lot farther than Star Trek ever did.

Orphan Black is awfully good, though I don't yet feel quite the affection for it that I do for Fringe. Oddly coincidental that in a way Orphan Black owes something significant to Fringe, which did a lot to pioneer the concept of actors playing multiple versions of their characters.

Oh I do too, it's just that one likes to be loyal one's own universe.

I couldn't agree more. The Little Dragon tracks are my favorites on Plastic Beach, and I'm delighted that he's now produced a whole album in that vein. Give it a chance, folks! I promise it will grow on you with each listen.