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We saw Etta (Georgina Haig) last season in Fringe, the next question is will she be promoted as season regular in season 5?

 

 

Here’s the answer:

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We saw this coming and now it is confirmed that Seth Gabel is not a series regular anymore when Fringe returns for its fifth season.

 

 

According to TV Line, Seth Gabel will not be back as a series regular.

 

In a recent interview with TVLine, Fringe‘s leading lady, Anna Torv, noted that the odds of Gabel returning were slim.

 

“I don’t think [we’ll see Lincoln again],” she lamented. “Unless we go to the other side, no” — a prospect made less likely by the season-ending closing of the bridge between the two worlds.

 

A Fringe insider, however, isn’t ruling out a guest appearance or two by Gabel during the final 13 episodes.

 

You can check Fringe season 5 news and spoilers HERE.

After the satisfying and series-finale like season 4 finale of Fringe, it is time to look forward and see what to expect on the fifth season.

 

 

Here is the interview with  executive producers J.H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner by TV Guide:

 

First about the statement “They are coming!,” does “they”  means the Observers? 

J.H. Wyman: Yes.

That is inline with the 2036 plot.

 

About the mix of the current timeline and the futuristic one:

Wyman: Well, let’s say that basically 2036 is extremely important to Season 5. It’s crucial, but having said that, everything that you have seen in Fringe from Season 1 all the way to 4 is really, really, really, really important to what’s going on in Season 5, and 2036 is part of that. It’s a 13-episode sprint; there’s no filler episodes. It answers some very bold questions. It culminates with a very satisfying type of crescendo that really is so important for the fans, that’s the biggest thing. That’s the only thing that’s really important is to make sure that they feel absolutely satiated.

 

 

Now that Olivia already died and was brought to life again, is there any possibility that she would die again in season 5?

Wyman: At the end of every season, we close a chapter, and you’ve heard us say that before, but this chapter being closed is a gentle closing for a reason. We wanted to allow the characters to be in the emotions that they fought for and deserved and allow them to experience a little bit of peace and understand where they are.

Jeff Pinkner: Part of the answer to your question is yes, Olivia healed because of all the cortexiphan. At the end of Season 4, as Walter said on the screen, because of the wildly activated cortexiphan in her body, this experiment to heal her brain tissue would work. Because that’s not constantly the case, because that’s just a fleeting condition, absolutely, she could be killed.

Wyman: They don’t know if anything is over. So they’ve been given that warning. I think that it’s best to have the audience not know either and be with them in that trepidation of going forward, going, “Well, maybe.” That’s more like real life, isn’t it?

 

Let’s go back with and relate the ‘X-Man’ that we saw before in the animated episode of Fringe.

Wyman: Basically, when Walter was going through the Nanites. From that episode when she was in William’s head, she said, “I know that’s the man who’s going to kill me.” She had a feeling that when she was in William Bell’s head, that there was a man and it manifested itself as a character in William Bell’s head in the comic that they’re experiencing and it had that emblem on it.

 

Then, ultimately, in this episode, you saw in the in the Nanites they had the emblem on it. When Walter recognized that that was William Bell’s creation by that mark, because that was the mark that William used to mark things with. So really, in a sense, it was William Bell who killed Olivia. You could argue, saying when she came out of William Bell’s head, she said, “That’s the man who’s going to kill me,” it was actually William Bell.

 

 

About the possibility of the two universes to be bridged back again.

Wyman: We really appreciate you saying that because I think, no secret, that it was a really tough endeavor for us to actually introduce that. We fell in love with them and we were hoping that the fans would and we’re so glad to hear when people say that they missed them.

Pinker: We had a conversation with Fox earlier in the season while we were closing the door, one of our Fox executive partners said, “I was so sad. I had tears in my eyes when we closed the door, and we said, “Yeah, these were characters that you never wanted us to introduce in the first place because you were afraid that nobody would care about them.” She said, “I was so wrong.”

Wyman: Everything is a possibility on Fringe.

 

 

And lastly, what can fans expect from season 5 of Fringe?

Wyman: We’re so thankful. Four years of everybody working incredibly hard, people have put their heart and soul in this show, and by some amazing miracle, we get a chance to get more canvas to paint on, and it’s like the biggest thrill and honor, and we’re just going into it knowing that we’re very fortunate.

 

The main concern is in no way shape or form are our fans going to be let down. That makes us feel really good that they’re going to be able to see a conclusion that is emotional, that is epic, that is going to make sense, that they can emote with and go through our characters and watch them on their final journey and put this show away in a manner that is worthy to all the hours they’ve invested in our characters. The only thing it does is make the pencil be a little bit more sharp, that’s all.

 

What did you think about the season 4 finale of Fringe, and what do you expect from the fifth season?

 

You can check Fringe season 5 news and spoilers HERE.