***1/2 – After the first two or three episodes of this series I was on the verge of giving up on it. It seemed to heavily focus on relationships; that between the main protagonist - FBI agent Olivia Dunham - and her partner/lover, and that between Dr. Walter Bishop, a brilliant yet wacko scientist just released after 17 years in a mental ward, and his transient (yet almost equally brilliant) son Peter. It also threw plot points out seemingly at random and with no background given whatsoever, such as the mysterious series of events called “The Pattern” and a terrorist group called ZFT. However, by the time the season was halfway over, the tide had turned, and all the things that were dropped on the viewer unawares in the beginning began to make sense through elucidation and connection of plot strands. In addition, most of the relationship stuff completely fell by the wayside. By the time the season finale rolled around (featuring special guest star Leonard Nimoy!), I had become fully immersed in the world(s) created by the writers. While the characters remain somewhat aloof and - with the possible exception or Walter - largely unlikable, there is a modicum of humor tossed in and a story arc that is engrossing enough make me look forward to season 2.
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