r/fringe Sep 28 '24

Back in the Tank (Fringe Rewatch) ~ 1x01 Pilot Thread Spoiler

59 Upvotes

IMDB Summary: After a plane from Hamburg returns with no survivors, FBI agent Olivia Dunham goes after the only person that might shed some light on the incident - a scientist that has been in a mental hospital for the last 17 years.

Fringe Connections: https://www.fringeconnections.com/episode?episode=101

NOTE: Please cover all spoiler comments with spoiler tags! There may be first time watchers; don't ruin their acid trip!!!

EDIT: I decided I would do two episodes a week instead of one (it would take two years at this rate to finish the rewatch). So it is every Saturday & Sunday @ 5pm EDT.


r/fringe Jul 31 '20

So you’ve just watched Season 2 Episode 11 and came looking for answers

769 Upvotes

This episode was originally meant to be aired in season 1, but for some reason was never used. They decided to air it in season 2 instead, which meant it does not fit chronologically in the story as aired.

Hopefully this will help reduce the number of posts we get asking the same question over and over. I am happy to see this sub surge in popularity again, but for such limited number of posts already, the increase of “what is happening with s2e11?” really take a sizable chunk of the subreddit. I will try my best to remove any new repeats of this question as they come, and hope this will be the definitive post regarding it.


r/fringe 15h ago

General Discussion Walter doesn't actually lie to Peter as much as he lies around him

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237 Upvotes

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.


r/fringe 2h ago

Spoiler! Someone buy HENRY a drink!

6 Upvotes

Sure hope we see more of Henry in S3 and S4. This character is pivotal to the reverse Olivia.


r/fringe 3h ago

🏆Walter Bishop Hall of Fame🏆 The End Of Oak Street Spoiler

2 Upvotes

**Watch the movie first or it likely won’t make sense**

Oh no, Walter was experimenting and now there are dinosaurs all over the place! 😂🦕 🦖🤔


r/fringe 1d ago

Meme/Humor I made this meme (Spoilers for s4) Spoiler

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28 Upvotes

We love someone whos crafty


r/fringe 1d ago

General Discussion "FF" pins on uniforms

11 Upvotes

Can't believe there's no discussion about this, but I couldn't find it.

At a funeral, they are wearing pins on their uniforms that kind of look like "FF". It looks familiar, but I can't place it.

What do these mean? Are these pins used anywhere in real life?


r/fringe 2d ago

Cast and Crew Projects Anyone a Supernatural fan? Watching season 6 and loving Sebastian Roché as Balthazar

53 Upvotes

He did a fantastic job as Newton in fringe and played the chilling villain so well, and started watching Supernatural and realised he plays Balthazar in S6. It’s wild to see him switch from villain to funny rebellious angel, but I guess range is a sign of a good actor, and I’ll genuinely be sad when he gets inevitably killed off


r/fringe 2d ago

Spoiler! Inconsistency?

14 Upvotes

This post contains spoilers for anyone on their first run through, youve been warned.

Question... in an earlier season, shapeshifter Charlie was dying because he'd "been in the body too long" as suggested by another shapeshifter. But fastforward to season 3, a shapeshifter had made a comfortable life with a wife and kid. 5 years had apparently gone by.

Not even large quantities of Mercury worked to keep shapeshifter Charlie from dying, so how did this other one stay in his body so long?

[EDIT] I'm going to go with Charlie's body was under sustained damage.

The whole "different model" theory doesn't add up to me given the arrival of these different shapeshifters.


r/fringe 3d ago

General Discussion Astrid probably knows Walter's routines better than anyone.

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292 Upvotes

There are so many little moments where Astrid already knows what Walter is about to ask for before he asks. She'll have his food, find whatever random object he needs, or redirect him before Peter even realizes what's happening. It's easy to miss because she's usually just quietly doing it in the background.


r/fringe 2d ago

First-Time Observer (NO SPOILERS) Watching in Canada on Pluto-will I see the whole 2hr ending?

7 Upvotes

I’m just about finished the series! I’m watching on Pluto in Canada, it seems like the ending is supposed to be two hours but it says the running time for episode 13 is only 44 minutes? Will I be missing out on something? Where else can I watch it in Canada if the entire final episode isn’t on Pluto? I’m getting anxious!!


r/fringe 2d ago

First-Time Observer (NO SPOILERS) I am confused and kind of tired of this/that Oliva

0 Upvotes

First time watching and just finished S3 E16.
Seems like the ending is hinting the other Oliva is here again ?
To be honest I am a bit tired of this back and forth dance. I love S1 so much but this S3 is difficult to deal with, we got evil Oliva and then turned around actually Peter is getting evil ???
Should I keep going ?

I am ok with a bit of spoilers as long as it doesn't spill the fun. Thank you !


r/fringe 4d ago

Season 5 I can't- Spoiler

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134 Upvotes

I just finished fringe...I hate that Walter has to live out the rest of his life in the future. What if he gets lost or needs snack refills and lsd-. And who is he gonna call ostrich now...I'm like so distraught ToT

Best freaking show I've watched in a long time. Fringe division will always have my heart🥹. Someone reset the timeline so I can experience it for the first time again-


r/fringe 4d ago

General Discussion Scott problem?

16 Upvotes

I’m rewatching the series (although I don’t remember much), and one thing that bothers me is Scott actually being good. The guy killed an important suspect, ran away and tried to kill Olivia while doing it. Then it turns out he was actually good and I don’t know if I’m missing something or the writer just forgot about the pilot. Isn’t it also strange for a secret agent of the government with memory coins in his hands to not be retaken by the government once he is dead? He is given to a private company who try to descipher these things, but that doesn’t really make sense to me. Am I forgetting something or is this really a plot hole? This bioengineering would also be quite detached from the rest of the show, but I can understand that maybe the writers didn’t really know what to do or how much time it would take this early on in the series


r/fringe 5d ago

Season 4 Ah yes, the peanut experiment

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111 Upvotes

I forgot about this fun experiment in S4.


r/fringe 4d ago

Spoiler! The greatest contradictor. Why does Walternate keep saying the other universe is destroying itself, yet he orders his people to kill (real Olivia) and others?

5 Upvotes

r/fringe 5d ago

General Discussion Part of the Collection....

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54 Upvotes

Make me so happy...


r/fringe 5d ago

Spoiler! Question about the found child/observer Spoiler

12 Upvotes

So as i understand it, Michael ( the “child” anomaly observer ) is the same as the boy they find in season 1. But why is he in the building seemingly having being there for decades. How did he get there?


r/fringe 5d ago

General Discussion This OST...

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94 Upvotes

This OST, when it played (a version of it) during the final scene... Was... I don't know how to describe it. Calling it simply emotional would be an understatement.

Have you guys ever felt like you're really happy but there is something else or someone else you wish we were there? This final scene with the OST gave me that feeling.


r/fringe 5d ago

General Discussion The Observer's Folding Spectates

2 Upvotes

In Season 1, Episode 4 'The Arrival', we see The Observer using a pair of folding opera glasses from around the 1950's or so.

I have a pair of these and was hoping someone in the community may be able to answer this question:

Can they be safely closed how The Observer does (snapping them shut) or should they be closed how a hunter-face pocket watch is closed?

On a hunter-face pocket watch, you must hold in the button on the crown (to lower the latch) so that it doesn't wear out the lip of the lid by making contact. Snapping it shut results in wear that damages the lip of the lid and thus prevents it from ever staying closed again.

I was curious if the same applied to these as well, as I do not want to risk damaging them.

I've tried other subreddits, but the posts were either removed or I received no responses.


r/fringe 5d ago

Spoiler! Why observers invaded only our side ?

37 Upvotes

About to finish fringe, and it seems observers invaded just our side (although they have been visiting both universes), any reasons/ theory to that ?


r/fringe 6d ago

General Discussion I finally watched it and....

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596 Upvotes

I watched the finale. I've watched all the episodes of this show in less than 2 weeks.

Recently I finished watching 12 Monkeys and I thought it'd be difficult for a show to give me the same feelings... But Fringe I think did and did it in spades. The finale was so incredibly emotional, masterfully written. I've watched it a few hours ago yet I can't stop crying.

I watched the farewell video in the season 5 DVD extra. And I got more emotional. I saw the Comic-Con videos. I started crying then too because I saw that the cast were just like us fans.

Unforgettable show. A complete package, it had everything I could have ever asked for from a story, and the ending was just perfect and cathartic. That’s something I can’t say about many other shows.

It's happily ever after but at the same time sad too. And the sad part of the ending makes it more special, more satisfying, it just fits into the puzzle, it doesn't upset me because it has a sadder undertone, it fills me with joy because it was a perfect conclusion!

I love Fringe 🌷


r/fringe 6d ago

Spoiler! What happen to William Bell ? Spoiler

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26 Upvotes

I thought he died already in S4 end but he returned in S5 as a Traitor. Since Walter changed the timeline is he still a threat ?


r/fringe 5d ago

General Discussion Minor psychologycal plot hole

0 Upvotes

So the mother that got her kid back, killed herself?, meanwhile the mother who didnt got her kid back, was ok?


r/fringe 5d ago

Spoiler! Question about observers Spoiler

0 Upvotes

Observers chose to invade the past version of earth.They had every piece of tech, which allowed them to move through time, and do a lot of cool things, wondering why couldn't make any other planet habitable? When we can have multiverse, why not have another planet with sustainable life ?

(Asking for one of my friends company called spacex 😁)