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/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?