Fringe – Peter’s back!

OK, so I know that Peter really returned in the last episode, but this week he is back with his family. I didn’t mind the absence of Peter in the first few episodes, but Joshua Jackson back on my TV screen made realize how much I really did miss Peter. I was just fooling myself while he was gone.

Can you even imagine coming home and those that you love not remembering you? Even worse, they aren’t the same people that you left? Peter remembers everything, but no one else remembers him or the previous world. Walter and Olivia, in particular, are incomplete without the love of Peter; they just don’t know it.

While Walter, Olivia, and Broyles all struggled with the mysterious Peter Bishop, the work of the Fringe Division didn’t stop. The shapeshifter, Seven (Michelle Krusiec), resurfaced to find a cure for her skin problems. Leaving bodies in her wake, she tracked down Dr. Malcolm Truss, who previously worked in the Biotech Department at Massive Dynamics on a skin regeneration project.

Peter wasn’t going to sit this case out and jimmyrigged the speaker system to eavesdrop on the Fringe team (nice to see Peter is still … Peter!). I worried that Peter was going to be restricted to the interrogation room indefinitely and that would have been boring. The only way he will earn their trust is to use what he knows to help them.

Peter knows more than any of them about the shapeshifters from his turn to the dark side killing and examining the original shapeshifters. Now that we know they can turn into anyone undetected, will they suspect Peter of being a shapeshifter? Or, which Fringe Division team member is going to be replaced? Has it already happened? What was the deal with Olivia at the end with the papers?

The bigger question that came out of this episode is why did Peter disappear in the first place? Peter wondered what went wrong when he used the machine that Walter built and wants his father’s help in figuring it out. When Walter sent the machine back neither he nor Peter were aware of Peter’s son. I speculate that’s what went wrong. They had no reason to even imagine that someone other than Peter could use the machine. But, if that’s the case, how to they fix it? Can they go back in time somehow, so Peter never sleeps with Fauxlivia or at least … uses protection?

Or, do they just move forward in this altered timeline with the two universes? Will Walter stop punishing himself for what happened with Peter so many years ago? Can Olivia love Peter again and allow herself to open up? In many ways, the show has reverted back to the beginning of Fringe with them all having to learn to trust and open up again.

Other stuff:

• “He says his name is Peter Bishop. He said he is your son.” – Olivia
• “What is an Observer?” – Astrid
• Why did Nina take in Olivia and her sister in this timeline? What was different? Was there a connection between these people that transcended Peter being erased? Could it be that Nina came into her life, instead of Peter, since he never existed?
• It was repeatedly said that William was dead and that he was against this project, “”Somethings are not ours to tamper with.” Makes me wonder if there is something going on here. Could Bell still be alive?
• When Seven took the vial from Truss, I thought he had switched the cure with the agent that would destroy her skin. But, from the reaction when she used it, I guess not … unless, he mixed them or something?
• The pain Walter is going through is unbearable to watch. I hope he overcomes his grief sooner rather than later. He is the only one that can help Peter fix this and he needs to realize working with Peter is the only way to right the wrong.
• “I saw the eyes of my boy in a man’s face. Indescribable joy. I don’t deserve joy. Why should I be rewarded for what I have done.” – Walter
• “Understood. Begin preparations. We’re sending the others.” — This is not good!

Clacked by Carla Day
on Nov 04, 2011 @ 22:00 EST5EDT