[Tathanen]

So Olivia can't die or? Pointing at the lemon cake scene.

Yep that was definitely a scene with purpose. We've known Olivia will die for ages, and right there they gave us the loophole. I'm guessing she'll regenerate or resurrect part of the way through season 5, then lookie here, we've got the whole gang running around together again in the future, un-aged.

I'm guessing that she can't die in the next episode though, she's gotta have that kid first, yeah? Though... do we have total confirmation that Etta is actually her kid? I don't remember if that was made explicit at any point. She could die in the season finale if it was all a red herring, and Peter had her with someone else.

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Pretty sure I heard the womans voice from this episode in next weeks preview.

Yeah, pretty sure she works with bell. The whole kid thing was to make Olivia try harder. Hell, she probably was talking to Bell on the phone.

[Bisnic]

Yep that was definitely a scene with purpose. We've known Olivia will die for ages, and right there they gave us the loophole. I'm guessing she'll regenerate or resurrect part of the way through season 5, then lookie here, we've got the whole gang running around together again in the future, un-aged. I'm guessing that she can't die in the next episode though, she's gotta have that kid first, yeah? Though... do we have total confirmation that Etta is actually her kid? I don't remember if that was made explicit at any point. She could die in the season finale if it was all a red herring, and Peter had her with someone else.

It's kinda hard to believe that Etta is not the child of Peter and Olivia. I mean, she's even blond!

[Tathanen]

It's kinda hard to believe that Etta is not the child of Peter and Olivia. I mean, she's even blond!

Sure, they hinted the hell out of it! Presumably a cortexiphan parent would even explain why she can negate the Observer's powers! AND YET (as far as I can recall) they never once were explicit about who her mother was. If it's made to be "obvious" but they never actually say it, one might think that it's obvious on purpose to be misleading.

[Clevinger]

I'm catching up on the season right now. Loved the Gene Wolfe/Long Sun reference in ep 16.

[Zoe]

So... who was that guy at St Claire's?

Nemoy! Awesome. Thought he retired from acting permanently.

I think around the time the Star Trek movie came out he said that he would chose to work on a case by case basis.

[Rodney McKay]

"Old Friend"

:D

[Escape Goat]

BELLY! Its BELLY I tell you!

Billy?

No! BELLY!


Also, buy Sprint. Sprint phones everywhere!

[ThLunarian]

My theory is that DRJ died because the universe is starting to adjust to Peter being back, and things are unfolding as they should have. He died because the half of him that originally got cut off shouldn't have been there, and therefore it melted away.

[Big Papa Husker]

Wow. I can't believe Nimoy actually unretired again. So the question is, is this our Bell or the Alt Bell?

I'm so damn happy we get 1 last season. If it would have ended like this I would have been in shock and really pissed.

[mm04]

Lots of surprises in this episode. Someone else has already pointed this out, but the Mr X logo was on the friggin nanite. It's gotta be related to how Olivia "dies". Belly with the surprise appearance. Nice that they kept that under wraps. Olivia went full on Kinect Fighters Uncaged and unlocked some achievements playing as Peter. Dammit that Astrid took a bullet, but she did bust a Kung Fu kick on someone and shot another baddy. She's no lab rat, I knew she had latent skills in her. Next week looks epic!

[PhoncipleBone]

They did a damn good job of keeping Nimoy under wraps. Nice to have him back.

Overall it was an odd episode. It didn't even feel like too much of a setup for a finale either. Not great, but not shit. Just meh. It just feels more disappointing after how fantastic the last two episdoes were.

[-Pyromaniac-]

Great episode. I'm worried for Olivia next week :(

[Sentry]

Just started the episode, but god damn that sprint transaction shit was bad.

[krameriffic]

Setting Bell up as the villain is somewhat disappointing to me. It seemed obvious after the future episode when Walter sawed his hand off that they were not treating him with any respect because he did something bad. However, it does seem like an intriguing setup for how the Observers will come to power.

All the same, I can't help wondering if this season would have been better concluded by putting the future episode as the season finale with this episode and next week's leading up to it.

[ivysaur12]

Guys how are we supposed to have a future without Sprint?!

[Sentry]

Oh my god the Sprint shit keeps going too. I thought it was bad as it is.. "No Walter this is just how people pay for things now". Fuck me side ways.

[Tathanen]

I say bring on the product placements! If that's what we gotta deal with in order to finance another season, I want to see Sprint in every single shot.

[ivysaur12]

Oh my god the Sprint shit keeps going too. I thought it was bad as it is.. "No Walter this is just how people pay for things now". Fuck me side ways.

I know, I posted too soon.

[CCF23]

I'll just drive my Nissan down to the mall to pick up my Sprint phone. Peace out.

[ivysaur12]

I say bring on the product placements! If that's what we gotta deal with in order to finance another season, I want to see Sprint in every single shot.

Oh, I'm all for it. Bring on our Sprint and Nissan overlords.

[Sentry]

When the girl said "can you give me my phone" I thought it was going to be another Sprint placement with some video conferencing or some shit... surprisingly it was an iPhone& a jailbroken one at that!

But the chick could've been like "you know they offer sprint on iPhones now?" and I wouldn't have been surprised..

[ivysaur12]

LEEEEEOOOOOONAAARD!

Damn you, Fringe writers. Good secret keeping.

[Jason Frost]

Did anyone else notice the pattern on the nanites?

Yes, it looks like the same logo Mister X had on his shirt:

[Sentry]

I haven't laughed as much at a Fringe episode as I just did with Walter's "so peace out" line, hahaha.

[-BLITZ-]

And it looks like a younger version of Belly from Olivia past, Jacksonville. Actually who else could be, I don't see a new character to pop-up suddenly in the last episode finale from this season.

[Cipherr]

When the girl said "can you give me my phone" I thought it was going to be another Sprint placement with some video conferencing or some shit... surprisingly it was an iPhone& a jailbroken one at that!

I wouldnt be surprised if the staff working on the show are using their own phones instead of buying/renting them on the shows budget at this point.

I freaking lol'd at the NFC phone purchasing product placement, but that shits keeping my show alive, so......

haters gonna hate. Go Sprint :D

[ivysaur12]

Meh episode. The MOTW will probably tie in somehow in the second part. Same with Rebecca Mader's character (saved from Work It!).

But, my god. Astrid. No.

[PhoncipleBone]

Meh episode. The MOTW will probably tie in somehow in the second part. Same with Rebecca Mader's character (saved from Work It!). But, my god. Astrid. No.

My Asteroid better be safe, dammit.

[Sentry]

Why does Belle look like he just got back from a costume party dressed as Justin Bieber?

But meh episode, just sort of bland and uneventful. Next episode better be.. well, better. Oh and if Astrid dies i'll shit bricks.

[ivysaur12]

lol I just went to Fringepedia and this was at the top

Announcement: 26 April 2012. Fringe Renewed For Fifth And Final Season The production company has agreed to grant the ailing FOX television franchise the opportunity to air the first thirteen episodes of Season 5. The critically-acclaimed, award-winning, science-fiction drama is praised world-wide, but has fallen on poor US ratings recently because of marketing miscalculations by its' US distributor. Warner has not yet announced what network will air the second half of the fifth season in North America. Global popularity of the show remains strong and distribution to the international market has not been altered.

I'm dying.

[Snake]

Episode was just decent, but I loved Walter's pig brain/cortexiphan/lemoncake sequence.

That, and "I was on a roll."

[Tathanen]

Yes, it looks like the same logo Mister X had on his shirt:

Awwwwwwwwww shiiiiiiiiiiitttttt

[iammeiam]

Great episode. I'm worried for Olivia next week :(

I started being worried the second Jessica told her to look her up if she ever needed to skip to the front of an emergency room line. Too much foreshadowing potential.

Bell actually appearing was a pretty big surprise--I assumed we'd never see Nimoy in the flesh again, so that's awesome.

And Bell will heal Astrid. I refuse to believe they're going to kill her off.

Preview thought: We see somebody ringing a damned bell again; does this mean Bell's activating Olivia's powers as a precursor to Bellivia mode? She has historically been the one wou could link both universes without outside interference... Maybe Olivia gets shot while possessed by Bell, to save everything? Still can't work Etta into that timeline, though, unless we get a regnant miraculously expedited by Cortexiphan in the finale.

[a secret-boss]

even with preview from last week I was surprise to see Bell, because I thought Nimoy retired.

thanks alot Walter u killed Alex.

Another Lost actor, waiting for Jack to appear

[Nlroh]

At first I thought Nimoy was some sort of bad CG model or green screen footage. I can't believe they really kept it secret for so long.

[TripOpt55]

Seeing Bell back was cool. I figured he'd be back, but wasn't sure if he'd be back you know... for real. I thought the biggest bummer of the episode was that DRJ's death was rather underwhelming. Didn't think that was handled too well. I don't know this whole episode had a weird feel to it. Seeing some of Olivia's other powers was cool, yet kind of weird. I'm sure Astrid will be fine. It was a good episode though. Well bring on the finale.

[XMonkey]

John Noble the highlight again this week (Nimoy notwithstanding). He had some great lines.

Agree about the underwhelming Jones death. Whatever, though.

[Nemesis121]

Jones, Jones, Jones, the ultimate bad guy, dies like a bitch what a shit ending for him...

[Keyser Soze]

Jones, Jones, Jones, the ultimate bad guy, dies like a bitch what a shit ending for him...

This is Fringe, and seeing as he already died before, he will probably be back again :P

However, is they have Mirror Spock set up as big bad for season 5, then I am happy to deal with his death.

[chimster]

is there a preview for next week?

[Nazgul_Hunter]

In the original timeline, wasn't the Alt-William Bell supposed to have died in a car accident also? I thought that was really interesting

[Solo]

Woke up this morning with the same feelings. Really poor episode especially when compared to the last two episodes which were the best of the season.

Awwwwwwwwww shiiiiiiiiiiitttttt

Bububububuubbubu they dropped that plot thread and won't revisit it!@#$%

[Solo]

is there a preview for next week?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMd0Cbmjuw

First result when searching for "Fringe" on Youtube and only showing today's results. Come on, man!

[chimster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMd0Cbmjuw First result when searching for "Fringe" on Youtube and only showing today's results. Come on, man!

Thanks man

[Zoe]

My theory is that DRJ died because the universe is starting to adjust to Peter being back, and things are unfolding as they should have. He died because the half of him that originally got cut off shouldn't have been there, and therefore it melted away.

I think his body was just so unstable (still, from the season one teleport) that when he got electrocuted, that was it for him.

[PSFan]

even with preview from last week I was surprise to see Bell, because I thought Nimoy retired. thanks alot Walter u killed Alex. Another Lost actor, waiting for Jack to appear

Nah, the final boss of the series will be smokey taking on the form of Olivia. Calling it now!

[Jocchan]

This episode was, in all honesty, rather terrible. Especially disappointing as first half of the finale, and following the pretty great episode from last week.

[Flash]

That was really meh and felt especially low budget compared to the rest of the season.

[ivysaur12]

It IS the first part of the finale. I'm not shocked that most of it was setup.