Fringe: The Arrival

Well the Observers showed up in a big way in this particular episode. I believe this week’s featured Observer goes by the name September but I cannot be sure until I get to the episode “August”. It took Olivia three weeks to spot the Observer which is fairly impressive considering it took me three episodes and I knew of their existence when I began my re-watch.

It is amazing to see Walter and Peter interact at this stage in their relationship. Walter wants to connect with Peter, but he simply does not know how to go about it. Where as Peter wants nothing to do with the old man but is drawn to him like a magnet.

Olivia began to fall in love with Peter in this episode. He, as per usual, is oblivious. Unfortunately she is going to have to deal with quite a bit before she and Peter have an actual shot at a relationship.

My favorite moment of this episode was the Walter/Astrid interaction, post injection. In the present of this series no one understands Walter better or enjoys his company more than Astrid. They have come a remarkably long way!

The “bad guy” in this episode seemed an awful lot like a rouge Observer. He wore a hat with a green, green, green, red dotted pattern so we could not tell whether or not he was bald. His eyebrows could easily have been drawn on his face. But the most telling sign was that his weapon was certainly not of this world. Additionally he had the ability to read thoughts of people, albeit with a bit of mechanical help.

We now know that this device was not the reason the September saved Walter and Peter. He saved them because Peter has a greater purpose to bring about the end of one world. With a device I believe the Observers themselves created.

The canister in this episode vibrated on a radio frequency of 2400 megahertz. I wonder if that is anywhere near the frequency of the numbers stations that gave our Fringe team the locations of the pieces of the doomsday machine. It would certainly explain the Observers interest in this particular device.