I think we’ve all known for a while now that season five of Fringe would essentially follow the storyline introduced by last season’s “Letters of Transit” episode. As we saw in that episode, in the future, the Observers control the planet. My guess is that the fifth season will work to rewrite the future: Keep the Fringe team from being encased in amber, keep baby Henrietta safe, and ensure that the Observers never get control.
Introducing an alternative future last season in “Letters of Transit” was very smart. It established how high the stakes are. Fail to prevent the Observers from taking over the planet, then there will be a Purge of humans in 2015; the Observers will establish a totalitarian culture; and they will completely eradicate the Fringe division.
The question, I suppose, is will there be flash-forwards? The promo already introduces a split-second shot of a “hatch” (see screen grab above). Let’s just hope those are the only similarities between the final season of Fringe and Lost.
Check out this promo, and the bloody beating Walter takes.
This one is even more intense. THEY’RE GOING AFTER THE KID. Those damn Observers do not abide by network television rules.
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OHMIGAWD, FRINGE NEWS!!!!
For real, I think Fringe will end up being a more cohesive series than Lost was.
I’m excited like a person in a state of excitement!
I think it might end up taking place in 2036 with flashes BACK to 2015 and just how the Observers take over. If the season takes place in 2015, it seems like it would end with the team encased in amber. I thought “Letters of Transit” was great, and I’d feel a bit cheated if that whole episode never happened because the team stopped the Observers. I’d rather they come out of the amber, have to release William Bell (and work with him, that won’t be awkward at all), and figure out a way to get Henry Ian Cusick’s characters out as well.
Weeeeee! Looking forward. I’m not eager for the series to end, but it’ll be nice to have a series that actually exercised some closure.
that shot of Peter and Walter looking down a hatch makes me so happy!