Fringe

Over There, Part 2

Season 2, Episode 23, Aired 5/20/10

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Walter and Olivia visit the "other side," and are forced to make personal sacrifices to prevent the collision of the two universes.

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Anna Torv

Olivia Dunham
Joshua Jackson

Peter Bishop
Lance Reddick

Phillip Broyles

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By dreamgoat, Jan 30, 2012 Report Abuse

It was a good season 2 finale. Peter finally realize that the machine his father wanted him to build was for him to destroy the other world thanks to Olivia that came to his apartment and told him. Olivia convince him to come back by saying you belong to me, and they kissed I thought that was great that they got kick back on their relationship. As they were leaving Bell had to produce enough power to get them back home using his atoms inside his body. I can't say much anymore because don't really want to spoil just telling certain points in the story. It was good overall just a little sad for Olivia.moreless

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By thefanof, Nov 06, 2011 Report Abuse

Okay, I'll just say this now: Olivia with red hair > Olivia with blonde hair, but I digress.

The season finale of the show was interesting, but it felt a little bit like the Dollhouse series finale from a few months ago to me. Just way too much going on, too many explosions, and the concept of this idealistic world just sounds irrational. Should we really believe that the other side features not only Olivia and Charlie, but they are also partners, like they were on this side? Come on, that is crazy.

I thought Fringe was too much when they had monsters coming out of the ground, but now I long for those days.moreless

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One of the better finales of any show I have ever watched. Bell and Walter reunite while peter is forced to choose between Walter and Walternate

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By CarloMartin0, Oct 02, 2011 Report Abuse

One of the better finales of any show I have ever watched. Bell and Walter reunite while peter is forced to choose between Walter and Walternate Olivia finds herself in a difficult situation at the end in an alternate universe prison. The magnitude of the damage to the other side by walters actions in astonishing. The peter olivia scene was also quite memorable and I wonder how long it will be before her notices he is not with the real olivia. He must surely know after a while. This ep was great in every way with a sacrifice from bell that will for long be rememberedmoreless

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A Lot of People seemed to have missed a few points... (Spoilers)

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By JasonBranCinae, Oct 02, 2011 Report Abuse

Ginger Olivia
- Did not convince Peter that she loved him and then get him to come to the other side. That was "Blonde" Olivia.
- Did not have the powers of "Blonde" Olivia and did not open the rift back "home". (see next for for an explanation)

Returning through the Rift
- If you listen to the conversation between Walter & Bell in the KFC, they discuss that they don't need Olivia to re-open the rift; the rift is still there; they just needed a "Door-stop or Wedge" to force it open again long enough to escape.

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- Some people seem a little confused as to when the switch of "Ginger" & "Blonde" Olivia happened. This occurred almost at the end of the episode, just before they go through the rift. Bell & "Blonde" Olivia are outside the Opera House and in a gun fight. You see "Ginger" Olivia sneak up behind them and there is a massive explosion. THIS is when the Switch was made, the Olivia that was waking Bell up was in fact the REAL "Ginger" Olivia.moreless

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Watching the season finale of Fringe made me realise the show has much learned from its predecessors, Alias and Lost.

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By deathly_hollows, May 31, 2011 Report Abuse

No illogical answers, no plot holes, everything seems to have a perfect flow and one gets a feeling everything was planned right from the beginning. Let me get one thing straight right at the start, I love Alias, and I love LOST even more. But the problem with those shows was (or still is, LOST finale is in two days, so we'll see) that the writers had often forgotten about some minor things that should be answered. Even if they answered some questions later in the series, it just didn't feel natural. But with Fringe, a lot of things that were present in the show even in the Pilot episode came back to, let's say, haunt us. ZFT returned in the last week's episode, and today, many familiar mysteries revealed themselves in spectacular fashion (yes, Walter and William are to be thanked for that). I have really enjoyed the two scientists making fun of each other, but never losing it and forgetting why they are here. Two extraordinary actors. Speaking of acting, Anna Torv proved to be a genius acting both as Olivia and Bolivia (Bad Olivia). The confrontation between them reminded me of Syd's and Francie's collision in the season 2 finale of Alias (the best chick fight ever). This was not on the same level, but nevertheless, it was exciting. The gadgets and fringe accidents shown in this episode satisfied my "geeky" side of personality and almost every minute I was surprised by the level of detail of the alternative universe. Awesome job.
Walternate. What a villain. From the start of the show, the villain was always invisible, shifting from servants to Massive Dynamic, Nina Sharp and William Bell. But we finally have our heroes' arch-nemesis: Walter Bishop. The alternative one. Walternate. John Noble is playing two characters at once: one good, one evil. A dream job. And John's doing it magnificently.
All we have to do now is to wait for Fringe season 3. Although predictable, the cliffhanger did it's job. It left us wanting more. It is a great set up for the next season, I just hope the writers will handle it well. I don't want another "Jack, Kate and Sawyer on Hydra island" slow storyline. Fringe is finally at its peak, it took awhile for it to get there, but the brilliance of the show is yet to be shown in full colour.moreless

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Trivia
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- Trivia: The Observer appears at KFC behind Olivia as she discusses with Bell and Walter how to find Peter. Edit
- Trivia: The glyph code for this episode is WEISS. Edit
- Alternate Earth general differences: - Madison Square Garden, and 10,000 audience members, are encased in amber as part of quarantine procedure. - Green Arrow and Green Lantern are "Red Arrow and Red Lantern." - In Crisis on Infinite Earths #7, Superman dies and Supergirl carries his body, a reverse of what happened. - Harvard University is also encased in amber. - Charles Lindbergh never existed, or existed and never became famous. - Walter wears an old-style Dodgers baseball cap, indicating that in this world, the team never left Brooklyn. - The Transamerica Pyramid is in New York rather than San Francisco. - Clothing buttons from the opposite side on men's and women's clothes in the alternate world. Edit
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- Music: Science Fiction/Double Feature (Richard O'Brien), New Sensation (The B-52s) Edit
- At the end of the episode, an advertisement from Fox indicated that there was an extra scene from this episode on the Fringe website. In the extra scene, Peter and Walternate are driving along a road, listening to Hovercraft Mother by Walternate's favorite band, Violet Sedan Chair. Peter mentions that he loves Violet Sedan Chair and notes that "where he grew up, [this band] was the sound track of our lives." Walternate indicated that the band's third album was his favorite. Peter is puzzled and explains that on the other side, the band only made one album. Walternate tells Peter that there are many things for Peter to hear, many things to experience. Violet Sedan Chair is a fictionalized rock band created by J.J. Abrams. Edit
- The opening title sequence is done against a red background rather than blue, presumably to reflect the alternate universe's differences. Instead of the words "Parallel Universes" appearing, "First People" replaces them. Edit
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- Bolivia: What's she like? Peter: Who? Bolivia: Me. Peter: She's a lot like you. Darker in the eyes, maybe. She's always trying to make up for something. Right some imaginary wrong. Haunted, I guess. (pauses) Maybe she's nothing like you at all. Edit
- Walter: Peter... you are back now, aren't you? You're--you're not leaving again? Peter: I'm trying to see this your way, Walter. I can't. But... you did cross universes twice to save my life. So that's gotta count for something, right? Walter: Thank you, Peter. (Peter leaves) My son. Edit
- Walternate: Hello, Son. I've imagined this moment so many times. I can't imagine how strange it must be for you. Peter: I've seen the strange. But this... this is something else. Edit
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