The Greatest of These


"And these three remain, faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." — 1 Corinthians 13:13

No, this post isn't about a sci-fi wedding... though I did you a popular wedding text. Instead this post is about my TV love, "Fringe." Those who know me — or have seen the wall paper on my computer — know that my favorite show on TV is "Fringe." This is it's fifth and final season, an abbreviated 13 episode love letter to fans whose passion kept the show from being outright cancelled.

I haven't written about the show as much this year because, at times, I haven't really known how it was all going to shake out. But Friday's episode, "The Human Kind," was a reminder about what I have always loved best about this show — it's heart.

"Fringe" is about a lot of things. It has quirky characters and stories, and it's highly serialized. There are those that love the wry comedy, those that are fascinated by the science, those that love the sci-fi elements and those that love the sort of "X-Files" like procedural nature it sometimes has. But I have always loved that, at the core of it all, "Fringe" is a deeply personal story about faith and the bigger questions in life. At the center of "The Human Kind" was that kind of exploration, and it moved me greatly.

I couldn't help but think of the verse from 1 Corinthians as I watched the end of the episode. It was a turn in a several episodes long arc that saw Peter (Joshua Jackson) trading his humanity in order to avenge the loss of his daughter. Olivia (Anna Torv), who spent the first part of the episode devoid of hope and faith, did a 180-degree turn, leading to a beautiful and impassioned speech that saved Peter from his darker self.

It was, to me, a beautiful intersection of the three things named in that important verse. Olivia regained her faith, which gave her hope. And she used her faith and hope to strengthen her love. That love was enough to reach Peter and prevent him from sliding down the path of no return.

Some people probably watched the episode and noticed the narrative, science and continuing plot. All of that was there. But what I saw was something beautiful, and that is what has always drawn me to this extraordinary series.

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