Director:

Jeannot Szwarc, Miguel Sapochnik

Writer:

J. H. Wyman

Review:

Yay! Fringe is back for the fifth and the final season! The last season is here and only 13 episodes till the end. There are very few stories and each have to be magnified value. I’m concerned that this episode wasn’t as powerful as it was needed to be.

This episode is a continuation of the previous season’s episode- Letters of Transit. The episode starts with a voice over by Walter filling us in on the details of the Observer invasion. We then see how it happened in Peter’s dream. The events that took place in the years between Season 4 and 2036 is still unclear, Peters Dream and the other characters give us some of the information. But still there is something missing..

The story continued as the team tries to find Olivia. They find out that she had Ambered her self and Amber Gypsies took her. There is a black market for these people stuck in Amber. When they go to the person who sells them, to no surprise, he calls the Observers to rat them out. They later find out that Markham has already bought her. He is delusional and is in love with her. After that, they get her out of the amber and the whole team is reunited. Well almost.

While they are there, The observers arrive and they take Walter away. He is tortured by one of the Observers and that also by mind tricks.. Back to where the team is now, Olivia meets her adult daughter Henrietta for the first time. Then Olivia and Peter have an emotional discussion and Peter cries. When they apologize for the wrongs of the past, we don’t have context. The plot fills you in. but it is still unclear.

The rescue mission for Walter wasn’t as exciting as I would like it. It was also far too easy to retrieve him. Then, the realization that Walter has forgotten everything about the plan just shocks you. The episode ends with Walter listening to a 80’s track while looking at a dandelion growing from the barren ground. It ends with pop music, which is rare for Fringe. It sets the mood. The scene was beautiful and it was nicely directed and it sets the mood for the whole season. The writing was good and the acting was as usual very good. But it’ll take some time before we actually get to the thick of it.

Final Verdict:

7.5/10