Are you like us, pining away for new episodes of Fringe? Does September 23 feel like a lifetime from now? Do you find yourself looking at buildings, willing them to start to vibrate? Are you looking for Peter everywhere? Or have you just heard a lot about Fringe and really would like to give it a go but think you’ll never be able to just jump in to the 4th season?

Fox has come to the rescue of all of us with twelve – yes twelve! – get-you-(back)-up-to-speed videos entitled Fringe: Past +  Present + Future, a web series narrated by the amazing John Noble using his friendly Walter voice, not his chilly Waltnernate voice. And if you’re new to Fringe, by the time you’ve seen all the videos you’ll actually know what that reference meant!

Here are the first four segments:

“Nature Doesn’t Recognize Good and Evil”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxQWm7FiEKk&hd=1[/youtube]
“A Tragic Past”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfuJy7shK7Q&hd=1[/youtube]
“A Tale of Two Walters”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M60dkkuYLf0&hd=1[/youtube]
“Fringe Takes Flight”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-vLxOlbZ1I&hd=1[/youtube]

We’ll post them periodically as Fox continues to roll them out, in anticipation of the season premiere.

Fringe, starring Anna Torv, John Noble, Joshua Jackson, and Jasika Nicole, premieres its fourth season on Friday, September 23rd at 9/8c on Fox.