# Fringe Season One Finale 5/12/09 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242 "2009-05-13T01:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/21 "2009-05-14T15:52:40Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Oh boy. I thought I left Cool nicknames with HRG, Doppleskanker, and the rest of them over in that Horrible NBC show that jummped the shark at the end of the first season. > :smack: I hope I didn’t just jinx Fringe. I like Walternative. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/22 "2009-05-14T17:21:02Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > How specifically did you guess the last scene? > > Did you guess THAT location, at _that height_? I guessed the buildings in question would be in view, and (possibly) the building they were in, but The height was a surprise. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/23 "2009-05-14T18:06:10Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > The motivation for the bad guy - revenge on his old boss - was a little meh. I had thought he was part of this grand upcoming war the manifesto spoke of. Well, this does give next season a clean slate, bad guy - wise. Perhaps. There’s more than one of everything, though… ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/24 "2009-05-18T00:46:51Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > I wonder how pissed off _Alter-Walter_ will be if/when he meets up with our Walter, for taking his son from him. Or maybe Alter-Walter isn’t alive anymore? I wonder if they would make the second Walter alive… it would make Walter1 look like something of a beast, wouldn’t it? Understandably upset about losing his son, but stealing him away from someone else… even if that someone else is his other universe self? They’ve shown Walter be a boar, but that arc may be a bit too far. May make more sense for a dead second Walter (or else I’d imagine he’d go after William Bell himself to go into our universe and get his son back). ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/25 "2009-05-18T05:13:22Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > I think we have to assume that the Massive Dynamic brand transportation device that took Olivia to The Alternate Reality works somewhat differently then the portals Dr. Jones was opening, otherwise I don’t see how you get could get from the “13th” floor of a Manhattan hotel and end up on the 100+ floor of the alternate WTC, even if alternate WTC was built on a different site. Especially since we know Alternate New York is the same elevation as Real New York based on the first portal. I think she teleported to another world and THEN transported to the WTC. Remember there was brief flash where the elevator was full? I think that was the elevator in the hotel in New York 2. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/26 "2009-05-18T05:14:28Z")
> [@Plynck](#): > > Perhaps. There’s more than one of everything, though… God, I hope so. Jones is one of the best bad guys on TV right now. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/27 "2009-05-18T06:05:16Z")
If there’s two of everything, why does there seem to be only one William Bell? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/28 "2009-05-18T10:55:03Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Reverse that for me. As soon as Walter mentioned “losing something”, I got that part of the plot. The location of the final scene was a surprise to me, but cool. Me too. As soon as he said he lost something precious, I connected that to Peter not being able to ever remember being at death’s door as a small boy. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/29 "2009-05-18T16:02:27Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > If there’s two of everything, why does there seem to be only one William Bell? He killed the alternate version of himself in the hopes of becoming stronger after repeated viewings of The One. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242/30 "2009-06-08T04:41:17Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Oh boy. I thought I left Cool nicknames with HRG, Doppleskanker, and the rest of them over in that Horrible NBC show that jummped the shark at the end of the first season. > :smack: I hope I didn’t just jinx Fringe. Alter-Walter and Peter Prime. This is going to be fun! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-season-one-finale-5-12-09/496242.md?page=1)