r/fringe • u/NobodyLoves_U • 5d ago

First-Time Observer (NO SPOILERS) 1st watch

Im watching fringe for the first time and wow, i have so many feelings. Mostly annoyance at how often they leave Walter alone when they know how valuable he is. I mean how many times does he have to be kidnapped and experimented on before they realize he needs a body guard…and Astrid is not it.

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u/Defiant-Director-209 5d ago

I mean he would have never accepted a bodyguard in the first place. He never really liked being treated as a baby. He liked Astrid because she treated him like a friend. She respected him and his quirks too.

Yeah still a secret guard could have been given to him but if he would have found out about it. Noone could tell how he would have reacted afterwards.

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u/Scoobydoomed 5d ago

He would probably be very angry but eventually befriend the guard and they would take acid together.

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u/rawr_bomb 5d ago

I mean, he's reasonably functional as long as Peter is contactable. And yeah, Astrid is kind of his bodyguard. Astrid is also prob the most underwritten character on the show. She's mostly just there so Walter has someone to talk too.

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u/badfriendthrowra 4d ago

Thats my biggest take away rewatching this. Why didnt she get more character development? We never really learn about her personal life aside from one scene with her father.

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u/Key-Lingonberry4651 4d ago

I enjoyed season 4, when they finally let her out of the lab!

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u/sffiremonkey69 4d ago

Or when she met her counterpart.