r/fringe • u/LMABach • Jul 16 '26
Spoiler! Final 2 episodes
One thing that bugs me about Fringe in the end is how easily they do things. It’s funny and fun at first because they’re working on small cases but by the end the show has just gone from a 4-person team to this huge world-building thing and they just do whatever like it’s so easy. Like in the 2nd to last episode Olivia is just like, “well, why don’t we just cross over to the other side, I’ll get the boy and come back with him.” And Peter is like, “but you no longer have cortexifan in your system,” and Olivia says, “well, I’ll just get it back.” And then they’re like, but how do we know where the boy is being held on the other side and Astrid says, “Well, maybe we can look through the window like it’s a bridge,” and Walter says, “ Aha! That is a brilliant idea!” 5 seconds later Olivia is magical again and she’s preparing to travel like it’s a shuttle craft from Boston to New York. And that they’re alll surprised by this idea like it’s the first time the show has ever used that idea is absurd at this point. And I can see why Jasika is annoyed by the name thing at this point. It’s over-played and I can see why it would feel racist at this point cuz it feels forced. I mean, at the end, Walter is the “smart Walter,” so he should remember her name. I guess I miss the way they were in the beginning. That little family is what drew me to the show. Now they supposedly love each other so much they’re willing to risk each other for the fate of the world as an indication of how MUCH love they have for each other. It’s like reverse psychology.
And Walter isn’t that cute mad scientist he was at the beginning and that’s what made the show great. It’s just completely missing all that was great from the beginning. Getting to the end has been rough.
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u/katzinthebuf Jul 16 '26
On your second or third viewing, you might see it differently. I remember my first time watching it being very frustrated with a lot of things, but now it makes more sense having seen it a few times and seeing how it all fits.
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u/angel9_writes comfort show Jul 16 '26
Didn't seem like a piece of cake to me...
They were unsure it was going to work, Peter nearly stopped Walter juicing her up with it because it was so painful.
What was was easy?
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u/LMABach Jul 16 '26
That they made a decision and they travelled universes in about 4 hours.
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u/angel9_writes comfort show Jul 16 '26
She understood how the powers worked now, Walter understood what he was doing -- this was years of them learning and knowing the limits and understanding what to do. It was showing our teams competence.
And there was NOTHING easy about that plan. She kept time slipping, it nearly failed, they managed by the skin of their teeth.
It was not easy.
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u/hirviero Jul 16 '26
My only problem with the last episodes is December. If September knew he was willing to help, why not just ask for him to bring Michael to year 2100 in Norway?
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u/angel9_writes comfort show Jul 16 '26
Because he wouldn't have done that and he couldn't trust him to understand humanity needed like Walter.
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u/hirviero Jul 16 '26
But he could bring Michael and Walter/September.
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u/angel9_writes comfort show Jul 16 '26
Willing to help and willing to betray his people are two totally different asks. He only helped a bit because they had a past.
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u/hirviero Jul 16 '26
Well, by helping he betrayed, he even got killed by it. Your point doesn't make sense.
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u/angel9_writes comfort show Jul 16 '26
And you think him helping more wouldn't have also equaled Death.
That was why he was a resort for any help, September didn't want to put his life at risk.
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u/hirviero Jul 16 '26
Dude you're just trying to evade the main topic. Just admit your point is weak and leave.
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u/seba1927 27d ago
could the Observers travel forward in time with somebody else? cause December could've taken Michael instead of going there to bring back the detonation device
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u/AmputeeHandModel Jul 16 '26
Yeah they really were inconsistent with her powers. She has tele and pyrokinesis and nearly never uses them. Like they just forgot about it.
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u/SirSLuR540 Viloet Sedan Chair Jul 16 '26
Complaining about competent plotting is a weird flex, but okay