page_title: Lincoln Lee
section_title: Reception
hierarchical_section_title: Lincoln Lee / Reception
caption_attribution_description: English: Seth Gabel at the 2011 Comic Con in San Diego
context_page_description: Lincoln Lee is a fictional character on the Fox television series Fringe. Lincoln first appeared in the season two finale on May 13, 2010. He is portrayed by actor Seth Gabel.
  Initially, Gabel was cast for just the finale, and did not hear about his character's return until the end of the following summer. To date he has played four versions of his character, one in each universe and timeline. The actor was promoted to a full-time regular for the series' fourth season before departing at the end when his character remained in the alternate universe. Lee returned at the end of the fifth season, in the episode "Liberty".
context_section_description: Gabel's character is popular among fans of the series. For Gabel's third episode appearance, Jason Hughes of AOL TV called Lincoln "too rich a character to just abandon," a reference to the perception that Lee would be appearing in one (and possibly soon-to-be-ending) universe. Comic Book Resources contributor Josh Wigler wrote that "Gabel’s Lee comes at us without any real shred of history. It’s a testament to his acting that the decreasingly scarred agent is as compelling as he is, given the fact that there are already countless other characters to keep track of and worry about. Lee is a welcome addition to the Fringe cast, and I hope to see him (and Acevedo) stick around for a while."
  Numerous writers have praised the relationship between Lincoln Lee and Charlie Francis; Los Angeles Times contributor Andrew Hanson noted after the season three episode "Bloodline", "The Lincoln/Charlie relationship might be one of my favorites on the show. Those two guys seem so natural and fun together."
  In the fourth season premiere – his first episode as a series regular – Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly believed Gabel "made an instant, positive impression -- on us, and on the team. Maybe that Peter-shaped void won't be so hard to fill after all." In April 2012, SFX ranked the character among the twenty things they love about the series, explaining that "Fringe has a way of subtly sneaking characters under your nose until you suddenly realise you adore them. Nowhere is this more evident than with Seth Gabel’s Lincoln Lee."
caption: Seth Gabel has been praised for his performance as Lincoln Lee.
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