Best Television Show Tournament Round 2a: Fringe (97) vs Prison Break (33)

[Chris]

Fringe
Plot: An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
Genres: Science fiction, Supernatural drama
Created by: J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Starring: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Kirk Acevedo, Seth Gabel, Mark Valley
On-air: September 9, 2008 – January 18, 2013


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Prison Break
Plot: A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.
Genres: Serial drama, Crime drama, Action thriller
Created by: Paul Scheuring
Starring: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Robin Tunney, Peter Stormare, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Allman, Wade Williams, Paul Adelstein, Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar, Sarah Wayne Callies, William Fichtner, Chris Vance, Robert Wisdom, Danay García, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Michael Rapaport, Mark Feuerstein, Inbar Lavi, Augustus Prew
On-air: August 29, 2005 – May 30, 2017​

 

[John McHenry]

I find this funny as it's two shows from Fox, with the same amount of seasons, the first three seasons of each drew the same ratings. IMO they both faultered in crucial spots. I went Fringe just because I liked the overall cast better.

 

[Skyefire]

Fringe was such an awesome show. Though, it kinda lost me at the end of Season 3. After teasing the big clash between the worlds, instead it jumps ahead to the battle is already over. Then Season 4 kicks off with no one remembering Peter existed.

 

[Keith]

Fringe was such an awesome show. Though, it kinda lost me at the end of Season 3. After teasing the big clash between the worlds, instead it jumps ahead to the battle is already over. Then Season 4 kicks off with no one remembering Peter existed.

This is interesting. It doesn’t falter for me, it’s one of the most consistent shows of recent times. S3 probably is the best, but I’m still happy with the final two seasons and think it has a strong finale. S1 is probably the weakest just because it was standard freak of the week at that point.