Just watched the pilot episode of Fringe, a new X-Files-like show by J.J. Abrams, the guy behind the excellent Lost.
I thought it was mostly fine, but nothing special - until the point where they pulled out the magic camera. Yes! A camera that allowed them to see the last images on the eyeball of a dead girl, and so figure out the location of the killer. WTF?
Alas, Mandy enjoyed the show, so I guess I'll have to watch at least one more episode. But I really hope that the writing gets better and they do away with the cheap deus ex machina plot devices.
EDIT: Looks like we actually missed the pilot and saw the second episode of the season instead.
