Anna Torv

Joshua Jackson was up bright and early in NYC yesterday to attend the Fox Upfronts presentation. Fringe has already been renewed for another season but you can check out the full Fall schedule here and get a peek at some of the new shows. Other Fox stars like David Boreanaz and Gordon Ramsay joined in the party — even Kiefer Sutherland came by and made an awkward joke on stage about his arrest last week. Last night's 24 finale left us with quite the cliffhanger, but we already know that Jack Bauer will be back next year.

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Fox's Fringe returns tonight at long last, after almost two months off the air. But viewers shouldn't worry about being lost when the show returns — at least according to Anna Torv, who plays Olivia Dunham. Torv hopped on the phone with reporters last week to talk about what's coming up for the rest of Fringe's season, what we'll learn about her character's past, and whether she'll ever hook up with Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson). Here are highlights:

• On her favorite parts of playing Olivia: "I love it when I’m in motion. I love doing sort of the rough and tumble, running and gunning. I know that when we're in the lab, I just get to be the question machine. I get to watch the boys sort of have fun at 'The Walter and Peter Show.' . . . I like that I play a character where I kind of go to work and I sort of put her armor on, her dark suits and her badge and her gun."
• On discovering more of Olivia's past: "We start to discover some things that happened to her when she was really little that she doesn't really remember. . . . You start to see the stories or the lives of Peter and Walter and Olivia kind of begin to interlace a little bit, and you sort of see how their paths have crossed before."
• On her feelings about the end of the season: "Things sort of started to get a little bit more cemented. We shot an episode a little while ago, one of the last ones directed by Akiva Goldsman [airing April 21], and I think that kind of pushes it into a different direction but not into a different world. It sort of pushes us a little bit deeper into some of the things that we've been touching on, and we're shooting the season finale at the moment, and I'm really excited. I'm excited at the prospect of where the show could go. If we're lucky enough to shoot a second season, I think it's going to be really great."

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Joshua Jackson got to work filming Fringe in NYC yesterday. As the show starts winding down for the season, Josh can look forward spending more quality time with Diane. He has often expressed his warm feelings toward his girlfriend, and in a recent interview he continued to spout his love for her and made fun of himself for being so intense. Here's more:

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• On what he enjoys about his relationship: "The daily joys, looking in her eyes, seeing her smile. More eloquent men than me have described the beauties of love but I don't think it really translates well into words. I like feeling like I do every day."

Josh is clearly head over heels for Diane — he has a lot more to say it about, plus more photos, so just read more

On this week's Fringe, we finally learn a little more about Olivia, whose private life has been mostly a big void until now. Also, a lot of living things explode, so if you haven't watched yet, I recommend you don't do so with food. Overall, I thought this was one of the stronger episodes of the series. Do you agree? To talk about it, just read more

After a debate-related break, Fringe returned with an episode that falls somewhere between the first three installments and the especially eerie fourth episode. We're back to a mystery Walter can solve and a case with obvious implications — but there's enough creepy stuff going on with Olivia and Agent Scott, and enough hints about the greater story of the show, that it kept my interest. If nothing else, Fringe certainly seems to have its mood down pat. Want to talk about it? Just read more

Just when I was afraid Fringe was getting too formulaic — already — the show delivered an episode that broke the mold. The mystery isn't tidily wrapped up at the end, the good vs. evil of Massive Dynamic isn't even a subplot, and Peter Bishop's actually given a reason to stick around! I wonder if the powers that be just wanted to give us a few episodes to get used to everything, because this is what I was expecting when I heard about Fringe. Did anyone else enjoy it? Just read more

The third episode of Fringe delivered a new mystery while nudging the overall story arc forward just a bit. I'm starting to get a handle on the basic structure of the show, and I'm not sure it's going to work for me long-term — it seems like in their efforts to deliver a less-confusing show, JJ Abrams and company might have made things too simple. Then again, maybe I'm just being lulled into a false sense of understanding so that three episodes from now, some major world-changing event can come along and shake things up. Who knows?

Anyway, to chat about the case, the revelations, and the ever-changing place of Massive Dynamic on the good vs. evil scales, just read more