Fringe: Amber 31422

Olivia has finally figured out that she is not who she thought she was, kudos! Considering she is taking anti-psychotics without Walternate’s knowledge, I would bet that they are the key to unlocking to the Peter vision’s she’s having. The more she takes the pills the more he appears and guides her in the right direction. I cannot decide if the Twin Towers as a key plot point in this series is cool homage or gross abuse of our obvious emotional connection to those buildings. That acknowledged, Olivia’s journey to the NYC gift shop was one of the coolest moments in the history of this series.

Peter better discover Folivia for who she is in the next episode. Then maybe we can finally do what is needed to bring our characters back together.

Walternate seeks to bring balance to world by any means necessary. The Amber is a stopgap keeping his universe from ultimate destruction. The Fringe equivalent of sticking their finger in the dyke. If people have jumped back and forth between dimensions from both sides, why is only one being sucked into oblivion? Additionally, if the bank robber was able to create mini-black holes which required Amber plugging why has nothing Walter has done in our world needed the same treatment?

I am assuming that this will be one of the big questions answered at the end of this season. Otherwise it is an obvious plot hole, almost as big as bringing back a dead character by accident because episodes aired out of order.

Broyles knew that Olivia was not his Olivia and thus was willing to sacrifice her when the chips were down. Charlie and Lincoln believe she is their Olivia and forced Broyles to give them the time they needed to save her. I know I have said this before, but I really like Charlie and Lincoln and would love to see their participation in this series continue beyond this story arch.

Walternate discovered cotrexaphan in Olivia’s head. Of course he does not know what it is as of yet, but he must know it has something to do with her ability to traverse worlds. I have a bad feeling about what Walternate will do with the knowledge he now has. I feel like this show has something interesting to say about psychotropic drugs. Whenever a character has to do something superhuman Walter or Walternate simply doses them with psychotropics. It just seems worth noting.

The Polio outbreaks in our alternate universe are perplexing to me. Polio is a virus that was thoroughly researched by many people in our history and two effective vaccines were created in the 1950’s. How could the researchers on the other side not come up with similar results or at least create one of the two? Inconsistencies between the two universes should be caused by acts of chance, like the difference between a successful/unsuccessful assassination attempt, not the complete absence of human inquisitiveness.