Random chance plays a big role in the acting biz

My wife and I have watched a couple of episodes of a new show called Fringe. It is sort of x-filesish and the creators seem to think that "Fringe" is a branch of science like biology and physics, so it has problems that may be tough to overcome.

What is kind of sad is that there is really a lot of talent which may not be rewarded if the show fails. It happens all the time, a show dies due to weak performances by the main stars, or poor writing while there are great performances by side characters.

I have really noticed the actress Jasika Nicole. She is an FBI agent, but so far they just have her acting like a lab assistant. This is too bad: She has incredible presence and I would love for her role to expand in an unexpected way. Maybe she and the son of the mad-scientist could get together. It would be a nice change from the two leading parts becoming involved and would open-up whole new areas for plots.

btw. I noticed when "researching" this that Jasika Nicole has a website and some pretty nice art that she has done.