Out of all the things that Eureka does well, and there are several, multi-episode story arcs aren't among them. Season one was a disaster in terms of that, they seemed to have a vague idea from time to time about some sort of hidden long-term plot, but didn't go very far with it. They improved upon that last year, but this year they came up with a whole new problem.
While they certainly seemed to know where they were going the whole time, but the time they got there it was all rather disappointing. They spent tonight, the season finale, exploring the season-long plot and, when it came right down to it, they could have done the whole thing in a single episode rather than dragging out the story over the course of umpteen episodes.
The thing of it is, while that may sound distressing, it wouldn't have made for a bad season finale if it had been a self-contained episode. It was only disappointing because they dragged it out over so many episodes to wind it up without having a serious punch. Any story dragged over so many episodes ought to have been far more nefarious than what we were given tonight.
Now, as for Fringe, I just don't know what to tell you. If you were watching show you almost certainly remember the diner scene just after the first commercial break. Crazy Walter Bishop is sitting there with his son, Peter, who notes Dad putting powder into his iced tea. Peter assumes that Walter has brought his own sweetener, but it turns out that Walter is just self-medicating with some homemade drugs. Walter then lists the drugs he's dropped into the tea to Peter who remarks that they are all "psychotics." And this guy, Peter, is supposed to be some kind of super genius. Walter, who is also supposed to be a super genius, doesn't disagree with his boy (in fact the opposite happens, he agrees wholeheartedly).
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1 - NancyGail
Fyi, Eureka was midseason finale. At least five episodes due in a couple of months.