This is a shocking season finale of Fringe season 3. After watching “The Day We Died,” I don’t really understand where we are heading. So let us dig in.
Last week’s ending scene has brought us 15 years in the future, and that’s the starting point of this episode.
The future was interesting, but not awe inspiring.
There was little happening there that I didn’t expect. Oh, it was fun knowing Peter and Olivia were married and sad knowing they hadn’t had children because Olivia didn’t want to bring a child into the world in which they lived (and, rather cliché).
It was cool to see Olivia’s niece, Ella, chose the Fringe Division as her career choice, and worked directly for her Aunt Liv. However, the division was something far larger in the future, even having it’s own hospital.
As our world started using the amber to quell events similar to those on the other side, the would have seen no reason to keep the division top secret much longer.
Also not surprising in “The Day We Died” was Walternate carrying on as if he was somehow the injured party. Walter, spending an unknown amount of time in prison for creating the catastrophic events in our world that caused continually opening wormholes in time, was obviously tried and found guilty of the destruction of our universe.
Walternate went so far as to consider himself some sort of ambassador of peace, having come to our world to negotiate rather than admitting he was the reason the machine was built and engaged.
When Walternate shot Olivia between the eyes, I wasn’t concerned. Throughout the episode I was awaiting Peter as our savior. As Peter gave Olivia a Viking funeral and her flaming casket floated out to sea, I wasn’t tearing up, I was anticipating what would really happen in the finale.
When Walternate shot Olivia, all I said is WTF! I would never imagine that she’s the one who’ll be dead on this season finale. But wait, it seems that she is not the one who will leave the show after all. Continue reading below.
The ending scene of this season 3 finale has changed everything. As the observers said it, Peter has already served his purpose and they even said that Peter had never existed.
The following are just some of the thoughts (I’ve barely had time to process the episode, after all) that I will carry with me through summer and into fall as I await the season four premiere.
What purpose did Peter serve? If he never existed, then Walter never crossed universes to save him and never started the crumbling of the other side.
Why would Walternate be angry at him? Do they even know, standing in the room together, why they are mirror images of each other and why they are so angry?
Fauxlivia never had Peter’s baby, so the Olivias don’t have a reason for animosity, but should find one another fascinating (and wonder why in the hell the Walter’s are so upset).
Peter mentioned, before he disappeared and was completely forgotten, that he tore holes in both universes so that they could come together in that room to fix their problems. If, as The Observers said, they no longer remember Peter and he never existed, why do they think they are there?
If they leave the building, do they go back into their respective universes? Are their minds wiped clean? Would there be a compelling reason to go back inside?
You see, the deepest question I have is if Peter never existed, then what is there for them to fix? A new reason for crossing universes and destroying one or both must now be revealed. Or, I suppose the show could be about two universes discovering each other in the name of science; some sort of benign anomaly.
Yes, it was quite the twist. The producers were not kidding when they said we would have to look at things completely differently going forward. But whereas “The Last Sam Weiss” blew me away with emotion, cinematography, and intense storytelling, I was a little underwhelmed by the finale.
Joshua Jackson leaving Fringe is not a good idea. He is the root cause of everything.
So another question remains, how will season 4 pick up from this events? We are really clueless and maybe let us just wait for season 4 spoilers of Fringe.
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