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    #16
    Walter said he would be deleted by the universe at the point where that timelines' Observers invaded, by going to the future he sent the scientists onto a different evolutionary path, the trigger being they did not need to sacrifice compassion for intelligence, that doesn't mean the Observers were never created, just they would be created differently, and as such, wouldn't invade.

    September didn't save Peter in that timeline as Peter was erased after the stepped out the machine (at that point he created that paradox - remember the two Walters arguing about who caused the damage, not that one stole the others son), he only came back because of "love" and when he came back, the timelines didn't automatically reset (nobody knew him), in that timeline he was saved by the fisherman in the boat on the lake where he surfaced as an Adult.

    Walter was there all the time up until the invasion, that was the point of the last video where he said he was there one day, then gone the next, the intention was to inact the plan in around 2015 but Walter put them into Amber instead to avoid being caught as the Observers invaded early and September/Donald hadn't sourced all the parts necessary (it's explained in the future episode from last season when they originally invaded).

    This is the problem with trying to tell a time travel story, some stuff get's screwed up and doesn't get explained very well. As far as I can work out, everything post Peter return was real, and everything post invasion isn't real anymore, we saw the story in non-linear form, if we saw it linear, Season 5 wouldn't exist

    They did make a slip up with Walter saying he stole time with Peter, unless of course Walter remembers the original timeline too - did they establish that or not?
    Last edited by Ian-S; 20 January 2013, 07:05 PM.

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      #17
      Originally posted by Ian-S View Post
      September didn't save Peter in that timeline as Peter was erased after the stepped out the machine (at that point he created that paradox - remember the two Walters arguing about who caused the damage, not that one stole the others son), he only came back because of "love" and when he came back, the timelines didn't automatically reset (nobody knew him)
      Thanks for explaining. I'd forgotten that September didn't save Peter in that timeline.

      They did make a slip up with Walter saying he stole time with Peter, unless of course Walter remembers the original timeline too - did they establish that or not?
      The "child observer" gave Walter memories from our original timeline, i.e., the timeline where we began season one and in which Walter stole Peter.

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        #18
        Originally posted by Ian-S View Post
        They did make a slip up with Walter saying he stole time with Peter, unless of course Walter remembers the original timeline too - did they establish that or not?
        Michael gave Walter the original timeline memories back

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          #19
          i'm a bit confused, who actually killed windmark, at first i thought olivia still experiencing the effects of cortexafan, but then the way Michael looked over and made that shushing motion makes me think maybe it was him

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            #20
            Am I the only one that has a problem with telling scientists to not sacrifice their emotions for intelligence? Super powers and hyper intelligence coupled with human beings that still feel anger, hatred, jealousy, etc? Sounds like a TERRIBLE idea to me.
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              #21
              Originally posted by dosed150 View Post
              i'm a bit confused, who actually killed windmark, at first i thought olivia still experiencing the effects of cortexafan, but then the way Michael looked over and made that shushing motion makes me think maybe it was him
              I choose to believe it was Olivia who killed him. I think she had enough power left in her, combined with her hate for him killing her daughter, to finish him off.
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                #22
                Am I the only one who didn't like the finale? Actually, I didn't like much of season 5 at all. It seemed... disjointed from the rest of the series.

                I don't feel, for one second, that the Observer invasion makes any sense in the mythology of the show. When you see them in season 1, you are nowhere near thinking this is where it's going to end. Sometimes, that's a good thing. But in this case, I thought it was a copout. They were mysterious time masters (not just travelers, since they experienced time differently from us, according to the show) and they turned out to be invading humans 500 years from now. Bleh... Also, how does invading in 2016 makes more sense than invading in 2162 or 1953 or 1534? I mean, the only person they are aware might be able to stop them, read Walter Bishop, lives at that time, yet that's when it makes sense? I bet they needed some technology and cities and all, but still, seems like a really stupid idea to me. Or if they are not afraid of experimenting (read kill) on 'real' humans, why not just arrest all of the Fringe team and make sure they wouldn't mess with their plan? Anyway, for supremely intelligent being, they seemed kinda stupid to me...

                Also, the parallel universe was such an integral part of the series mytho, its underwhelming for it to play such a small part in the resolution. It actually didn't play much of a part at all. Sure, they sent Fauxlivia over here and kept Olivia for a few episodes, but then Peter went there, they talked a bit and then healed the whole thing. Bleh again... where's the war we were promised? Not that the show needed a war necessarily, but at least some kind of epic confrontation. Imagine some sort of cold war between both universes when, in both timelines, the Observers invade (if you keep that storyline) and they have to ally against them, or else, they both lose and die. Have them really involved in the show's resolution instead of a fleeting apparition just to remind us it existed and say they played an 'integral' part. And then, to tie in with Nina's theory back from season 1, one universe has to die to save the other and keep the Observers from succeeding in their invasion? Something with huge consequences and a real emotional impact. Again, I feel they dropped the ball there.

                And what about William Bell? You are satisfied with his God-complex? I'm not. I imagined him more as some kind of mastermind, not a madman. I would have loved having him as the actual leader of the Observers, whatever their purpose, and, yes, having some crazy plan, but not annihilation of the whole universe to reshape it with some freak creatures. Imagine William Bell sending his Observers throughout time to record it, to become the bookkeepers of the universe and gather more knowledge to satisfy his thirst for it, and then thinking that there are some 'mistakes' in the timeline. And then, he feels it is his duty to reshape those events to correct the timeline and make the world a better place for humanity, and for this, he creates the Fringe events and sends his Observers to record what happens and see if everything went according to plan. And at some point, he feels like the Fringe team is actually a mistake and decides to eliminate them. It's a much more personal approach, one I feel is less crazy and more realistic, and the emotional impact is much greater when he realizes he has to kill his old buddy Walter and his son and his romantic interest Nina. And then having some kind of Observer takeover, not so much invasion, would have made sense, especially if he wanted to take down Walternate who is the US Secretary of Defense in the alternate universe.

                And to get to the actual finale, I felt it ended way too abruptly. The actual conclusion consist of one long scene, very often seen but with a slight variation, where young Etta runs to her parents and the 10 seconds scene of Peter opening Walter's letter. I never really felt the conclusion there. What about Astrid? (And, as a side note, why did they even have Astrid on the show? She never really did anything, which is actually quite a shame if you ask me.) What about Nina? What about Broyles? What about Gene while we're at it? I know not everything can be said or resolved on screen, but still, it's the finale, you should have all your main characters in it. And it's a bit unfair that September/Donald couldn't have his time with his son while Walter did. It would have been a nice parallel to have one father save his son's life and almost bring the end of a universe while the other father saves his son's life and brings the salvation of humanity. And, somehow, the only one who remembers is Walter. I think this would have been more fitting. Walter remembers everything that happened but can't talk about it because no one else does, and to avoid being declared crazy, he has to keep this burden to himself while at the same time, feeling he has redeemed himself for his past mistakes.

                Anyway, I feel the show had a lot of promise back when it began, but I'm not so sure I would recommend it now that I know how it ends. I don't feel it delivers in any way in its final season, which was lackluster at best (I didn't love any episodes, and I was actually bored through a few of them).

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                  #23
                  It delivers the final chapter given the option they were given, i.e. 13 episodes to tell a 3 year story (if you assume to believe the original 7 year, beginning, middle & end story they claim to have started with), with that in mind, I'm sure there are huge great chunks of the story untold.

                  I agree about Walter, it would have thrown another typical Fringe twist on things if only he remembered everything and had to learn to keep his mouth shut, no mean feet I'd imagine.

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                    #24
                    Very good finale for a great series.
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                      #25
                      Originally posted by YodaOldBoy View Post
                      Am I the only one who didn't like the finale? Actually, I didn't like much of season 5 at all. It seemed... disjointed from the rest of the series.

                      I don't feel, for one second, that the Observer invasion makes any sense in the mythology of the show. When you see them in season 1, you are nowhere near thinking this is where it's going to end. Sometimes, that's a good thing. But in this case, I thought it was a copout. They were mysterious time masters (not just travelers, since they experienced time differently from us, according to the show) and they turned out to be invading humans 500 years from now. Bleh... Also, how does invading in 2016 makes more sense than invading in 2162 or 1953 or 1534? I mean, the only person they are aware might be able to stop them, read Walter Bishop, lives at that time, yet that's when it makes sense? I bet they needed some technology and cities and all, but still, seems like a really stupid idea to me. Or if they are not afraid of experimenting (read kill) on 'real' humans, why not just arrest all of the Fringe team and make sure they wouldn't mess with their plan? Anyway, for supremely intelligent being, they seemed kinda stupid to me...

                      Also, the parallel universe was such an integral part of the series mytho, its underwhelming for it to play such a small part in the resolution. It actually didn't play much of a part at all. Sure, they sent Fauxlivia over here and kept Olivia for a few episodes, but then Peter went there, they talked a bit and then healed the whole thing. Bleh again... where's the war we were promised? Not that the show needed a war necessarily, but at least some kind of epic confrontation. Imagine some sort of cold war between both universes when, in both timelines, the Observers invade (if you keep that storyline) and they have to ally against them, or else, they both lose and die. Have them really involved in the show's resolution instead of a fleeting apparition just to remind us it existed and say they played an 'integral' part. And then, to tie in with Nina's theory back from season 1, one universe has to die to save the other and keep the Observers from succeeding in their invasion? Something with huge consequences and a real emotional impact. Again, I feel they dropped the ball there.

                      And what about William Bell? You are satisfied with his God-complex? I'm not. I imagined him more as some kind of mastermind, not a madman. I would have loved having him as the actual leader of the Observers, whatever their purpose, and, yes, having some crazy plan, but not annihilation of the whole universe to reshape it with some freak creatures. Imagine William Bell sending his Observers throughout time to record it, to become the bookkeepers of the universe and gather more knowledge to satisfy his thirst for it, and then thinking that there are some 'mistakes' in the timeline. And then, he feels it is his duty to reshape those events to correct the timeline and make the world a better place for humanity, and for this, he creates the Fringe events and sends his Observers to record what happens and see if everything went according to plan. And at some point, he feels like the Fringe team is actually a mistake and decides to eliminate them. It's a much more personal approach, one I feel is less crazy and more realistic, and the emotional impact is much greater when he realizes he has to kill his old buddy Walter and his son and his romantic interest Nina. And then having some kind of Observer takeover, not so much invasion, would have made sense, especially if he wanted to take down Walternate who is the US Secretary of Defense in the alternate universe.

                      And to get to the actual finale, I felt it ended way too abruptly. The actual conclusion consist of one long scene, very often seen but with a slight variation, where young Etta runs to her parents and the 10 seconds scene of Peter opening Walter's letter. I never really felt the conclusion there. What about Astrid? (And, as a side note, why did they even have Astrid on the show? She never really did anything, which is actually quite a shame if you ask me.) What about Nina? What about Broyles? What about Gene while we're at it? I know not everything can be said or resolved on screen, but still, it's the finale, you should have all your main characters in it. And it's a bit unfair that September/Donald couldn't have his time with his son while Walter did. It would have been a nice parallel to have one father save his son's life and almost bring the end of a universe while the other father saves his son's life and brings the salvation of humanity. And, somehow, the only one who remembers is Walter. I think this would have been more fitting. Walter remembers everything that happened but can't talk about it because no one else does, and to avoid being declared crazy, he has to keep this burden to himself while at the same time, feeling he has redeemed himself for his past mistakes.

                      Anyway, I feel the show had a lot of promise back when it began, but I'm not so sure I would recommend it now that I know how it ends. I don't feel it delivers in any way in its final season, which was lackluster at best (I didn't love any episodes, and I was actually bored through a few of them).

                      ditto, ditto, ditto ditto, ditto!!!

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                        #26
                        Started watching Fringe a few weeks ago, got hooked immediately and finished the incredibly run on Saturday. I had postponed watching this series for a number of reasons and I regret it; too bad my experience only lasted for two weeks, while other fans had five long years. Based on the White Tulip gesture at CC 2012, it looks like this franchise has the best and most supportive fans. Would've loved to be part of that family. When I started with the pilot, I could've never imagined that the Fringe team would end up that far away time- and every other -wise.

                        PTB took incredible risks, some of them paid off big time, some not so much. But I must credit them for being original and brave. All five seasons was a fun ride, it started with me gasping for air and whispering to myself 'Oh my God' at the end of almost every episode; it ended with a complete sob-fest aka the 5th season and final episodes in particular. The ending was perfect character-wise and emotionally. My little shipper heart is so glad Peter and Olivia got their happy ending; Walter got to redeem his past mistakes. The last look on Peter's face can be interpreted by anyone as they see fit.
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                          #27
                          Originally posted by dosed150 View Post
                          i'm a bit confused, who actually killed windmark, at first i thought olivia still experiencing the effects of cortexafan, but then the way Michael looked over and made that shushing motion makes me think maybe it was him
                          Yes, it was Olivia. Michael's motion reflects back to when Olivia asked him a question - what can we do to stop the Observers - and then he made that exact motion when she killed Widmer. Is this what you were talking about?
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                            #28
                            Originally posted by dosed150 View Post
                            i'm a bit confused, who actually killed windmark, at first i thought olivia still experiencing the effects of cortexafan, but then the way Michael looked over and made that shushing motion makes me think maybe it was him
                            Originally posted by TennisMennis View Post
                            Yes, it was Olivia. Michael's motion reflects back to when Olivia asked him a question - what can we do to stop the Observers - and then he made that exact motion when she killed Widmer. Is this what you were talking about?
                            Eh, the scene is ambiguous and probably on purpose. Some people will read the shushing as confirmation that Olivia did it, others will see it as confirmation that Michael did it. Many of us will just smile at the mystery.

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                              #29
                              Originally posted by Brother Freyr View Post
                              Eh, the scene is ambiguous and probably on purpose. Some people will read the shushing as confirmation that Olivia did it, others will see it as confirmation that Michael did it. Many of us will just smile at the mystery.
                              It wasn't. The lights going out, the blown power lines, the fact we know she's been known to do things with her mind, and the way it was choreograph leaves no doubt in my mind.

                              It all was set up to give Peter something emotional to deal with, Walter his parallel crossover, and Olivia payback for Etta.

                              What the whole "Shh" thing was about, I don't know.

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                                #30
                                Originally posted by Mrja84 View Post
                                It wasn't. The lights going out, the blown power lines, the fact we know she's been known to do things with her mind, and the way it was choreograph leaves no doubt in my mind.
                                Exept that her kortexifan levels were almost entirely depleted by healing the gunshot wound. Walter explained she'd be pretty much normal, definitely unable to something like we saw in this scene. I would have said, on that basis, that Michael killed Winmark, except that the "shh" and looks between Michael & Olivia introduced doubt. People will believe what they want to believe, and fans will be unable to prove each other wrong. Which is fine, IMHO.

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