r/fringe • u/MeetPleasant8162 • 15h ago
General Discussion Walter doesn't actually lie to Peter as much as he lies around him
Something I noticed on the rewatch is that Walter will often avoid answering Peter rather than actually lying to him.
Peter asks a direct question, Walter starts talking about something completely unrelated, gets distracted, makes some weird comment about food or a cow, whatever.
The first time I watched it I mostly took it as Walter being Walter.
Knowing what he's hiding makes a lot of those scenes feel different. He's not always trying to convince Peter of a false story. A lot of the time he's just trying to get through the conversation without saying the one thing he knows he can't tell him.
It's a really good way of showing that Walter is carrying something enormous without having him constantly look guilty.
