危机边缘第五季

第一次和Fringe结缘，源于2015年的高中毕业路线。

在住在四川九寨沟某酒店的一个晚上，我恰好翻到了电视中播放的S1E1。

那个时候我几乎没看过外国电视剧，看到航班失事后，一飞机活生生的人变成血肉模糊的尸体，属实是被血淋淋的场面刺激到了。

片尾的预告(下一集是小孩一生下来就长大成人那集)更加加深了我的印象，从此，Fringe这部剧被自动打上惊悚，猎奇的标签，装进了我的脑子里。

不过因为当时只播这一集，而且第二天我们又换了酒店，所以，它就像那些闲逛时偶遇的漂亮姑娘，惊艳但一闪而过，没来得及留下名字就消失了。

后来在大学里，我开始看各种电影电视剧，尤其是科幻相关的。

一直到后来有一天，我在豆瓣上翻到了Fringe的简介，直觉告诉我，它就是当年我在宾馆里看的那部美剧，于是，我和它又重逢了。

之后我陆陆续续看了近三年，到2022年4月3日，终于把五季全部看完了。

从我在旅馆里看第一集开始，已经过去快七年了。

初看Fringe确实觉得惊悚 Fringe虽然不算那种对我的生活产生重大影响的作品，但它确实给我带了不少触动，回想起当年和这部剧结缘的过程，以及过去的人和事，都让我觉得应该为它写点什么。

如果从影视水准的角度来评价Fringe这部剧，我会认为它是一部水准之上，但还达不到神作的作品。

这部剧的缺陷主要在它的主线上。

整部剧的主线经历过几次摇摆，第一季的时候，提出了一个Pattern的概念，仿佛在暗示所有潜科学事件存在联系，背后存在一个巨大阴谋，但是这个概念后来被逐渐放弃了。

取而代之的第二到第四季里平行宇宙间的对抗和合作，最后一季又画风一转，突然又讲起了观察者入侵。

除了主线摇摆以外，这部剧试图融入的元素也太多了，平行宇宙，时空穿越，特异功能，这些Fringe似乎都想插一手，可是因为篇幅有限，很多元素都是浅尝辄止，缺乏真正让观众耳目一新的爆点。

除此之外，主线的变动也导致很多地方逻辑不顺，有很多地方挖了坑没有解释或者解释牵强。

例如，剧集一开始，好像要把巨力集团铺垫为最终BOSS，但是越到后面好像存在感越低；Olivia的前男友John，背后似乎隐藏了什么惊天的秘密，但最后对他的身份也是强行解释一通，并不令人信服。

这样的问题在五季中到处都有，Fringe总是先挖坑，把观众的胃口吊起来，然后给一个不咸不淡的解释，接着又挖一个新的坑，最终造成整部剧逻辑上的错误比比皆是。

另外，这部剧虽然名为科幻剧，但是缺乏科学素养，全剧关于科学镜头大部分就体现在Walter在实验室里拿着一些化学试剂晃悠，嘴里念叨着一些让人不知所以的科学名词，当遇上难题时，只要拍脑袋一想，就能找到问题的解决答案，不免让人觉得过于套路化。

总之，在Fringe里，科学完全成了为剧情服务的工具，与现实严重脱节。

这就导致Fringe虽然有天马星空想象力，但是里面的潜科学也变成了伪科学，丧失了科幻利用科学技术认知世界，探索世界的独特魅力。

以上这些缺点都限制了Fringe最终达到的高度。

但不可否认，Fringe的优点同样非常突出，这些优点不仅让Fringe收获了许多死忠，也让它最终成为一代科幻经典。

首先，Fringe对几个主要主角的塑造，在我看来是很成功的。

先从女主Olivia说起，大部分以女性为第一主角的剧，往往会有意无意的突出主角身上的女性要素，来增加人物的魅力，只要将主角的设计的或叛逆，或妩媚，或古怪，再配上姣好的身材和面容，往往立刻就能给人很深刻的印象；也有的会为女主设计较多的语言表达，突出强调女性的细腻心理和丰富的感情，增加人物的好感。

像Fringe这样的刑侦剧，可能还会故意将女主设计的外表坚强，内心脆弱，从而突出一种反差感，更加增强女性的吸引力。

但是Fringe却没有在这上面做文章，甚至还对此进行一定弱化。

Olivia无疑是美丽的，但是在这部剧里，她几乎不化妆，办案时，永远都穿着朴素的制服。

在整部剧里，Olivia的面部表情都是比较平稳的，没有特别夸张的情绪波动，另外，她的肢体语言也很简洁，干练。

（相比之下，另一个世界的Olivia的情感表达更丰富，看起来也更妖娆妩媚）。

我想，做这样的设定，是导演希望观众将目光更多放在Olivia的人格魅力上。

确实，看完这部剧你会发现，Olivia身上有许多超越性别的闪亮点。

图是随便截的，但也能粗略体现两个Olivia不同的人物风格 Olivia早年丧父，母亲再嫁后又受继父虐待，另外，她还参加过Walter的实验，在实验中也受到了一定伤害。

幸运的是，她没有被恐惧打倒，而是将恐惧转为对抗犯罪的勇气，长大后，她选择成为一名FBI探员。

不可否认，Olivia具备一个优秀探员的一切品质，她忠诚于自己的职业，热爱自己的工作，勇敢，尽责。

Fringe里面的多数犯罪都相当惊悚，但Olivia面对这些案件没有丝毫的退缩。

无论多么困难，她都会努力地寻找潜科学背后的真相，将罪犯绳之以法，还受害者一个公道。

除了工作认真以外，她的能力也很强。

Philip曾经不止一次说过，Olivia是他见过的最优秀的探员之一。

首先，她的观察能力很强，擅长发现容易被常人忽略的细节，并将这些细节联系起来。

许多案件的侦破，都来源于Olivia对各种线索的不懈分析和探索。

另外，她也有着出色的应变能力和判断能力，正是凭借这些素质，她才可以多次打败对手，拯救世界。

Olivia虽然是一个忠诚的探员，但她也有自己的道德准则，并不惜为了坚守这些准则触犯权威，甚至到了莽撞的地步。

S1E6，一个女子的遭遇绑架，生命危在旦夕，嫌疑人在政界有深厚的背景，为了受害者的安危，Olivia不顾可能存在的政治风险和阻碍，独自侦查嫌疑人，最终挽救了被绑架者的姓名，并将罪犯绳之以法；当一切犯罪的矛头直指巨力公司和Bell时，Olivia没有屈服于对方的权势，而是不余遗力地追查，阻止对手的阴谋。

与此同时，她能对那些案件当中的受害者受到的伤害感同身受。

对于那些案件中的受害者，她能给予充分的同情，并且切实考虑这些人的利益，S1E15中，CIA试图接管观察者小孩，以做研究之用，为了这个孩子不会像小白鼠一样在实验室里待一辈子，她将这个孩子暗中转移到了安全的地方。

在Fringe的所有故事中，我认为最能体现Olivia高贵品性的，是S3E10。

一个被称为蜜糖佬的罪犯，通过盗取孩子的青春来逆转自己的衰老，Philip的孩子多年前就惨遭毒手。

当新的绑架案发生时，为了获得新的线索，Olivia勇敢地向Philip请求，再次询问他的儿子。

她不是不知道这样可能对受害人造成二次伤害，但为了被绑架的孩子，她孩子这样做了。

最终，她通过自己耐心地陪伴，成功和那个受伤的小孩建立了联系，抓到了蜜糖佬。

当时，她记忆恢复这件事已经接近暴露，她也做好了返回的准备，但是当发现Philip的孩子有危险时，哪怕可能错失返回自己世界的机会，她还是毅然决然地回去救下了那个孩子。

由此可见，Olivia不仅是一个有能力的探员，更是一个善良，愿意舍己为人的人。

Olivia身上洋溢的勇气和责任感 在我看来，Olivia是一个由内而外都透露着坚韧两字的人。

五季下来，她遭受了数不清的磨难。

她误会自己的爱人(John)做了叛徒，一直鼓励她的朋友(Charlie)被变形人杀死，好不容易和Peter确定了关系，拼死拼活从平行宇宙返回，却发现自己的生活完全被另一个自己替代了，心爱的人居然没发现自己被掉包了。

第五季里，失散多年的女儿才重逢没几天，就被Observers杀死了。

面对一系列的不幸，她总是咬着牙承受那些痛苦。

她也是正常人，也会伤心，也会流泪，但流泪过后，她还是会勇敢的面对眼前的困难。

海明威说，人可以被打败，不可以被打倒，Olivia就是一个永远不能被打倒的战士。

尽管Olivia也很美丽，尽管童年的实验赋予了她一定超人的能力，但在我看来，强烈的正义感，办案时置生死与度外的勇气，以及对弱势群体的悲悯之心，才是这个角色受人喜爱的根本原因，Fringe里，科学带给人神一般的力量。

但是Olivia的力量来自于人本身高尚的品性。

她告诉我们，即使在Fringe这样无比诡异的世界里，人也可以靠自己的勇气和执着去追求正义，追求光明。

其余的几个配角中，任劳任怨照顾Walter，却永远被叫错名字的Astrid，面冷心热的Philip，有些内向但心地善良的Lincoln，被人类感化的观测者September，以及另一个世界的各个角色，都让人印象深刻。

而这部剧的另外两个主角，Walter和Peter，不仅人物塑造饱满，更重要的，在这对父子身上，背负了危机边缘这部剧最想探讨的两个核心问题，对这两个问题的发问和描写，也是Fringe这部剧的成为经典的关键。

这部剧的第二个主角，Walter，是整部剧塑造最成功，最饱满的人物。

Walter的人设非常富有特点，作为一名天才科学家，他知识渊博，但又不被这些知识所束缚，有着天马行空的想象力。

Walter和Bell创造了无数的科学项目，整部剧里数不清的案件本身就来源于这两个人的科学研究。

更难得的是，Walter始终保持着一股科学家强烈的好奇心，探索那些常人难以忍受的案件的科学谜团，是他最大的乐趣来源。

但同时，他严重缺乏自理能力，一个人出门在外连路都找不到。

这种天才和低能的反差让这个人物显得看点十足。

天才又可爱的Walter 除此之外，Fringe特地描述了许多这个老小孩生活中的小细节，例如爱吃各种甜食(尤其是那种长条型的软糖)，喜欢过去的流行音乐，爱引经据典，常常答非所问，经常叫错助手Astrid的名字等，这些人物特性让Walter显得既接地气又可爱。

其次，Walter对这部剧的结构非常重要，没有Walter，Fringe根本没办法讲述潜科学的故事。

揭示潜科学事件背后的科学原理，并提出解决方案，全都需要Walter来完成。

再者，因为Walter科学家的背景，有失去了部分记忆，所以非常适合在他身上设置谜团，推动剧情发展。

在前三季中，就设置了Peter的身世和克特西芬实验两个谜团，到第五季时编剧还嫌不过瘾，再次让Walter失忆，使主角团队花了一整季去寻找反攻计划。

除了上面提到的，Walter身上还背负着Fringe的一个核心问题。

正是因为这个问题，让Walter的形象从一个天才科学家，一个好父亲进一步升华。

这个核心问题就是科学与伦理道德的关系。

就像我之前说的，Fringe追求的不是科学的逻辑和背后的原理。

这部剧真正的强调的是科技进步以后，会对人类的伦理道德带来怎样的冲击。

第一颗原子弹点火成功以后，原子弹之父奥本海默在目睹爆炸的威力后，发出了这样的感慨：“漫天奇光异彩,犹如圣灵逞威,只有一千个太阳,才能与其争辉。

我是死神，我是世界的毁灭者。

”当科技创造了一系列奇迹，在常人眼中，科学家掌握了科学就拥有着近乎无限的力量，那么他们应该承担怎样的道德责任；探索科学的过程中，是否存在边界，有些力量我们是不是不应该去触碰；。

发达的科技本应用来造福人类，为何最终却让人类丧失了本性，给人间带来了苦难，战争，痛苦，从第一季开播以后，这些就是Fringe一直在讨论的问题。

在这部讲述科学的剧中，有些人为了追求科学发现，早已枉顾俗世的道德法则，甚至丧失最基本的人性。

反过来，尖端的科技一旦被别有用心的人掌握，反而会成为最可怕的犯罪工具。

为了让出生的婴儿更健康，一位科学家试图使用基因重组改变了人类的生物本能。

他利用自己的精子得到了大量的试管婴儿。

这些婴儿的诞生就是为了科学研究，他们没有在正常的环境下成长，不知道自己存活的意义是什么。

但同时基因操纵又让这些孩子拥有了蜜蜂一样传递信息的能力，非常适合成为罪犯。

最后，他们杀死了他们的父亲，不也是对命运的抗议吗？

有一个科学家，他将所有的精力都放在了研究虫子上。

为了给虫子找宿主，他不惜拿人体做实验，可讽刺的是，培育这个虫子的目的，正是为了治病救人。

在他生命的最后一刻，他还在关心教科书会不会拼对自己的名字。

可是将来人们会拼对那些为了他的研究被杀的受害者的名字吗？

为了复活所爱的人，一个教授不惜偷走她的尸体，不惜取回每一个她捐献的器官。

可是当她将这些器官装回原来的尸体的时候，他才发现，那个所爱的人无论任何都回不来了。

她的生命本可在他人的身上得到延续，科学家用科学满足自己的私心，造成了这样的悲剧。

Walter的老朋友Bell，因为自己的不幸，甚至想将两个世界全部毁灭掉，然后再创造一个新世界。

这个新世界里没有人类，只有那些的通过生物技术得到的变异物种。

他想要成为创世主，但对于现有的两个世界，他是不折不扣的魔鬼。

Walter毫无疑问是个天才，物理，化学，生物，无一不精。

在年轻时，Walter认识了同样天赋异禀的Bell，他们在同一件实验室里，不断向所以科学未知的禁区探索，他们共同合作，完成了改变世界无数的发明。

这些成果远远超出人类的想象，是科学神力最好的体现，他们用科学，扮演着上帝的角色。

但是和很多的天才一样，Walter和Bell对他们掌握的力量缺乏敬畏之心。

Walter曾经对他的助手说过，实验室中只能有一个上帝，这个上帝恐怕不是你认为的那一个。

Walter和Bell只顾着在科学的世界中遨游，却忽略了如果科学的高速发展如果脱离了道德的约束，那么就可能带来灾难性的后果。

他们那些疯狂的实验，就算不是故意为之，也伤害了许多志愿者，改变了他们的一生。

有的实验对象获得了强大的情绪感染能力，他可以将自己的情绪传递给他人。

然而童年的伤害让他深陷抑郁情绪当中，他的能力反过来又让很多人变得抑郁，选择自杀。

就这样，越抑郁就越容易伤害别人，越容易伤害别人就变得更加抑郁。

他陷在这个怪圈中无法执法，只能向死亡寻求解脱。

有的实验对象拥有了读心的能力，不受控制的读心让他的大脑每天都接受了过量的信息，导致他变得敏感，脆弱。

童年的实验让他丧失了人际交往的能力，只能让自己远离人群，封闭在自己的孤岛中。

有的实验对象因为童年的实验换上了癌症，同时得到了让癌症转移的能力。

为自己的生存，他不得不一次一次将自身的疾病转移到小时候的同伴身上。

这样的行为无疑是自私的，但他不过是承担了他人犯下的错误，但如果不是童年的实验，他本可以过上正常人的生活。

Peter幼年时生了一场大病，Walter拼尽全力也没有从死神手上抢下这个孩子，绝望的他只能通过透视窗观察另一个世界的Peter，寄托自己的哀思。

另一个世界的Peter同样被病痛折磨着，但那个世界的Walter找到了解救Peter的药剂，却因为Observers的失误错过了这一发现。

痛失爱子的Walter无法忍受另一个世界的Peter再次死去。

尽管可能出现灾难性的后果，他还是不顾助手和朋友的再三警告，打开了通往另一世界的通道，从那个世界带回了Peter并救了他。

可是看到死去的儿子回到自己身边，Walter夫妇怎么也不肯再把Peter送回另一个世界。

这个自私的决定让夫妻两背负了偷人孩子的罪恶感，因此内疚一生。

Walter不顾物理规律的莽撞举动，也遭受了物理规律的惩罚。

这次穿越打破了两个世界之间的平衡，使另一个世界的上方出现了黑洞，一时间，世间万物都被这个黑洞所吞噬。

为了阻止黑洞的进一步扩大，另一个世界不得不用“琥珀”封闭了那些入口，来不及撤离的人被活生生封在了琥珀里，无数的家庭因此失去了亲人。

失去儿子和世界被毁坏的仇恨，让另一个世界的Walter开始进行报复。

两个家庭的恩怨逐渐演变为两个世界的战争，并且愈演愈烈，如果不是Peter使用末日机器将两个世界连接在一起，这两个世界真的会共同灭亡。

Walter明白自己犯下的错误，一直在渴望着救赎。

一个物理学家发现了时间旅行的方法，试图回到过去，拯救死于车祸的妻子。

Walter直视着这个和他非常相像的人，告诉他，那些宇宙的规则就像上帝的律法，违背它的后果是难以估量的，即使你自以为了解它，可以掌握它，它最后也会以意想不到的方式带来灾难。

Walter说，自己曾经犯下过类似的错误，自己无时无刻不希望自己能得到救赎，他向上帝祈求，如果上帝原谅了他，就给他送一朵白色的郁金香，可是上帝一直没有回应。

这个物理学家被Walter说动了，他穿越回过去以后没有选择救下妻子，而是选择了和妻子共同死亡。

穿越前，他在白纸上画了一朵郁金香，让人在规定时间内寄给Walter。

这株郁金香对Walter来说十分重要，它象征着在背负多年的罪恶之后，上帝最终还是谅解了他，它象征着自己犯下的过错已经得到了救赎。

所以，Fringe最终的结局，其实是Walter真正的救赎。

人类因为观察者的入侵，已经到了灭绝的边缘，需要一个人将观察者小孩送往未来，改变未来科学家的决定。

一波三折以后，还是由Walter完成这项任务。

他将那朵白色郁金香送给了Peter，代表自己终于弥补了自己曾经犯下的过错。

他曾经为了所爱的人伤害过这个世界，现在为了拯救这个世界，要和所有他爱的人分离，从此，他再也不欠这个世界什么了。

危机边缘的故事以Walter从另一个世界带回一个孩子为开始，到Walter陪着一个孩子离开总结。

在我看来，虽然这个结尾在逻辑上存在瑕疵。

但从整部剧的立意来说，算是圆满了。

象征救赎的白色郁金香 男主角Peter在这部剧的作用大致介于科学家和探案人员之间，他既有高达190的智商，能够帮助Walter进行科学实验，又掌握多种技能，身手敏捷，能和Olivia去现场破案。

相比于Olivia一如既往的正直，重视原则，Peter这个角色顾及更少，不按常理出牌。

有的时候甚至会为了掌握主动权，利用非常规对付敌人。

比如他会主动去杀死变形人获得自己想要的信息，为了给女儿报仇，他不惜将自己变成和观察者一样。

但Peter始终能顾全大局并做出牺牲，S3结尾时，明知道操纵机器可能会害死自己，但他义无反顾地走进了机器里，希望拯救两个世界。

我认为，虽然在三个主角里面，对Peter的单独的描写可能是相对最少的，但不妨碍Peter成为一个富有魅力的角色。

相比对整部剧剧情的推动作用，Peter不如Olivia，而在为整部剧设置悬疑，并提供解决方案这方面，Peter也不如Walter，但Peter有他的特有的价值。

这就要说到Fringe的第三个，也是它最突出的优点，深沉又多层次的情感。

在现实生活中，受到客观现实的限制，我们往往只能过着平淡如水的生活，情感也较为平稳，就算真的遇上了让人感情大动的事，随着时间的流逝，可能约会逐渐平复。

但在这部剧里，编剧首先借着科幻的背景，构思了很多不可思议的事件，这些事件往往让剧中的人物猝不及防，却会又触及人内心深处重要的东西。

所以剧中人物直面这些事件时，产生的情感比一般现实中更复杂，更有层次感，更加强烈。

然后，Fringe会通过剧情推动，让被积累的情感集在某个合适的场景中爆发出来，从而将人物的情感渲染的淋漓尽致，与观众产生共鸣。

S1-S5中，无论主线还是支线发生的潜科学事件，很少是单纯猎奇，案件的背后往往有直击人心灵的故事。

当时在旅馆里的我怎么也没有想到，Fringe真正不断追寻的是，不是惊悚的恐怖场面，而是人类最真挚的情感，是潜藏在人灵魂深处的人性，是人与人之间的联系和爱。

从第一季到第五季，Fringe为我们讲述了许多感人至深的故事，虽然剧中的对话显得煽情过度。

但那些离奇背景下的真情流露，确实带给人强烈的情感冲击，令人难以忘记。

为了缓解妻子的疾病，一个化学家甘愿抽取自己的脊髓液供养妻子。

为了挽救深爱的妻子，他抽取了自己最后的脊髓液。

妻子得救后，他了却自己的心愿，笑着离开了人世。

在他心里，他的妻子就是他的一切。

为了让替自己受苦了多年的双胞胎兄弟过上正常的生活，一个窃贼选择主动被琥珀封锁，这样他和他兄弟身份互换的秘密就能保住了。

他的一生都让兄弟为自己担忧，但这一次，他担起了自己的责任。

潜入平行宇宙的变形人，本应该是最冷酷的战士。

但他却对那些不属于他的亲人产生了感情。

他真正渴望的不是杀戮，复仇，而是家庭的温馨，妻儿的陪伴。

但这一切都显得渴望而不可及。

观察者Augest为了保护一个平凡无奇的小女孩，不惜出手干预历史。

最后，他的牺牲让这个女孩变得重要。

他的死也感染了September，毫无疑问，September后面做出的决定，受到了这件事的影响。

虽然观察者名义上只是观察，不参与。

但当他们体会了那些人的喜怒哀乐，他们还能做到无动于衷吗？

这就是Peter最大的作用，Peter是Fringe主线情感发展的主要推动者，因为他和其他两个主要人物之间的关系非常紧密，所以这部剧几乎所有的情感高潮都和Peter有关。

首先先讲Peter和Walter之间的父子亲情。

在我看的那么多美剧中，Fringe几乎是唯一一部花大段时间描述成年父子之间感情发展的。

剧集刚开始的时候，Peter和Walter的存在很深的隔阂，Peter既埋怨Walter当年没有尽到父亲和丈夫的责任，又对必须担任Walter的监护人感到厌倦。

但是与Walter共同生活一段时间以后，他发现自己眼前的爸爸和自己过去的认识完全不一样，Walter早已不再像他想象的那样冷酷无情，自以为是，十七年的精神病院生活和脑部手术彻底改变了Walter，让他变得脆弱，需要亲人的陪伴。

同时，他惊喜地发现，父亲原来一直深爱着自己（第二季中好几集，都讲到了Walter对Peter深沉的爱）。

虽然外表洒脱，但是Peter其实是一个非常渴望家庭的人。

所以，Petr逐渐接受了Walter儿子的身份，之前一直漂泊不定的他，留在了这个小家庭中。

发现自己的真实身世以后，Peter虽然愤怒出走，但是最终还是选择回归，除了不认同另一个世界的所作所为外，对亲人和朋友的思念也是非常至关重要的，我相信Peter内心深处一直是能体谅Walter的，他知道自己在Walter心中的重要性超过一切，也感激Walter对自己的付出，他只是需要时间去面对自己错位的人生。

Peter返回后，父子完全打开了心结。

第五季最后一集里，在Walter前往未来的临别之际，Peter的眼里满是不舍，Walter笑着向这个他突破物理规则救下来的孩子告别。

Walter虽然不是Peter真正的父亲，但他们之间深沉的凝望，却是父子亲情最好的诠释。

父子的告别 Peter和Olivia的爱情线是Fringe的另一条情感主线，两人的感情发展可谓一波三折。

在前两季中，Olivia承受了巨大的压力，Peter一直在Olivia身边默默支持她，鼓励她，两人的爱情在一次次办案过程中温吞酝酿着，到了第二季结尾，当Olivia找到被带回另一个世界的Peter，她再也不愿意抑制自己压抑已久的感情，两人终于亲吻在一起。

在返回的过程中，Olivia被替换。

之后，靠着对Peter的思念，Olivia经过千辛万苦，终于返回了原来的世界。

可是Peter却没有发现枕边人已经被替换了，Olivia在情感上无法接受Peter的疏忽，两人关系一度陷入低谷。

这一点也让Peter一直被人诟病，但我个人认为，Peter爱的一直是原来的Olivia，只是因为太渴望和Olivia进一步发展，所以忽略了身边人的反常之处。

S4E14集中，Olivia想通了，虽然另一个Olivia曾经闯入了自己的生活，但自己和Peter共同经历的一切快乐和痛苦不能被任何人替代的，Peter对自己的一片深情也是真实不虚的。

所以她愿意抛开那段不愉快的过去，和Peter相恋。

第四季开始，Peter因为时间线重置被抹去了，但第四季他又重新被带回了这个世界。

同时，在Peter回归以后，Olivia就逐渐开始转变成时间线重置之前的样子，Olivia因为童年的关系，不容易信任他人。

Peter对她来说，是她渴望已久的温柔，拥有了Peter的爱，Olivia终于找到了属于自己的幸福，所以当她明白自己对Peter的感情后，她愿意彻底变成另一个自己。

Sepempter说，这不一切都不符合科学常理，但他想出了一种解释。

Peter之所以能重返人间，是因为爱他的人不愿意他离去，他也不愿意离开他爱的人，在我看来，这个解释虽然很扯淡，但是看着Peter和Olivia，经过前两季的相互陪伴，经过第三季的冲突和和解，经过第四季的相爱却不敢言明，最后能放下一切顾虑拥抱在一起的画面，确实非常欣慰。

有情人终成眷属 像所有优秀的科幻作品一样，Fringe希望探讨的是人类的情感，这是人类永远不变的话题。

Observers拥有远超过人类的科技，智力，可以自由的穿越时空，预知未来，几乎不会犯错。

可为了达到这一切，它们的代价是抛弃人的情感。

Peter为了给女儿报仇，一度给自己装入了Observers的设备，认为人的情感是人最大的弱点。

Olivia告诉他，不，人的情感绝不是弱点，相反是人类最珍贵的东西，正是人类的情感给人类生活下去的理由，指引我们前进的道路，如果人丧生了情感，那么科技再好，智力再高，又有什么用呢。

即使人类的情感会让我们犯错，但也正是人有情感，我们才愿意为正确的道路做出牺牲，我们才愿意纠正自己犯下的错误。

Fringe通过最后那个观察者小孩告诉我们，追求科学并不一定要以牺牲情感为代价。

人类可以实现情感和智力的同步发展，达到自身的进化。

我想，在惊悚恐怖的外衣下，包含着这样一个温情的内核，这也是Fringe这部剧最大的魅力所在吧。

除了这部剧本身的温情之外，另一个让我感慨的原因是，看完这部剧，我切实感受到了时光的流逝，以及自己和生活的变化。

将近七年过去了，我们的生活就像Frigne一样，不知不觉就不是当初的样子。

当时的我刚刚高中毕业，很轻松就能和朋友们组织起一场说走就走的旅行，我们一路游山玩水，尽情地宣泄多年单调读书生活积攒下载的压力。

现在，新的压力从生活中滚滚袭来，比以前更让人疲惫不堪，但我们却再也不可能像当年一样，抛下身边的一切，到山水之中远离现实，释放自己。

那年的暑假结束之后，我离开生活了十多年的家乡，前往一个我从未去过的地方求学。

当我第一次在校园里漫步，我觉得我就像一个刚刚离家的旅人，走上了探索未知世界的第一步。

陌生的道路延伸向远方，和熟悉的过去的记忆迥然不同，不禁令人害怕。

但路的那边好像又存在着无数的可能，在忐忑不安之外，又给人一点莫名的兴奋。

可是，有些东西就算不是当年的样子了，但你依然会爱上它。

就像Fringe，我被那些惊悚的画面所吸引的，最后收获的却是一个充满温情的故事。

同样，我很喜欢我从高中毕业到现在走过的这段路程。

它不是男孩梦想的波澜壮阔的征程，不是行者期盼的一马平川的坦途，更不是圣徒信仰的通向真理的大道。

它就是一个年轻人，用自己的双脚一步一步丈量出来的，自己独有的道路。

创造这条道路的人也曾走过弯路，也曾畏缩不前，也曾在岔路面前不停地徘徊，但是他还是努力走到了这里。

在行路途中，他的步伐变得稳健，头脑变得清晰，慢慢从脱去初出远门时的稚气，变得更加成熟，但和原来一样的是，他还愿意在这条路上继续探索，因为旅程还远未到达终点。

我对我走出的道路感到喜悦，因为我尽力走出了一段属于我自己的路。

如果可以回到过去，我想告诉那个刚出发，正望着前路踌躇的少年，你未来走过的道路会很精彩，别害怕，请继续勇敢的走下去吧。

只要你心里还有火，你就会发出光，照亮前方的路。

追了好久的剧终于来到完结季 从第一集来看 剧情方面真的比之前好太多 前二十分钟是承接第四季的19集 总算是交代清楚了那姑娘是谁 小P小O他们一家三口之间发生的事情 我记得之前有人说四季19集是个番外 新的一季能从番外延伸到正剧 实在是太棒了！

关于前几季的坑 估计这季的编剧也不会再填了 就随他去吧 毕竟平行世界已经过去了 现在要展望未来。。。。。

顺便说一句 小O变得好老 女演员果然经不起岁月的摧残 想当年小O是多么的帅气干练！

最后特别想吐槽的是小O抱着她女儿那段怎么看怎么别扭啊！！！

一下子有个这么大的女儿真是让人有点接受不了。。。。。。

就这样剧终了。

这部剧我看了五年，只是五年仅限跨度并不持续。

因为刚开播看了几集就弃了，感觉过于重口且有点故弄玄虚。

结果过了四年，终于还是抵抗不了各种推荐的力量重新看过来，才如发现珍宝一般地欲罢不能。

整部剧并不是如一而终的，开始是单元剧类型，每集一个探索题目，类似于X档案和4400，同时也在延伸主线，再往后大约两季就变成了主线发展为主，穿插出现单元组，最后一季直接变成纯主线叙事，这也大体体现了编导思路的转变。

不过季终时候，之前引发各类事故的古怪物品再次出现，但从捣乱的“坏分子”摇身一变成了帮助主角们实现宏伟大业的助推剂，显得既怀旧又惊喜。

不能说感情是这部剧的独特之处，毕竟所有科幻剧都少不了情感刻画，但它做得更加厚实。

Watler和Peter的父子情，Peter和Olivia的爱情，Olivia和Charlie、Linkin的友情等等，都刻画得生动而深刻，不知不觉伴随着故事发展，这些情感都渐渐成形并深入人心，反而抢了起先各种噱头的戏，可谓成功。

其中比较经典的几个片段，比如起先O对P欲说还休的爱情，那种朦胧试探不稳定，比如P重生后对O的期盼，一样的面孔不一样的情感，堪称最近和最远的距离，比如O突然忆起往事并表现出肯定的态度，P眼里泛出的泪水，喜悦之情令人动容，再比如最后W和P之间亲情深切的表达，纵是P这种不爱表达情感的人，都能激动地在大街上与老爹熊抱。。。。

诸此种种，不胜枚举。

我对O和P有一种很特别的情感，其实他们都是不善于表达的人，但也都有一颗炽烈的心，无论开始的朦胧暧昧，中间的猜忌确认，最终的不离不弃，都能引起我的共鸣。

我喜欢Olivia的坚强，勇敢，怜悯之心和对爱的渴盼却不自信，也喜欢Peter的冷静，坚定，那种不服输的倔强，和对感情的纯粹，其实他们都是缺乏爱的，没有安全感，所以才能最终惺惺相惜，为了共同的幸福努力，为他们高兴，这是他们应得的。

最后才要说起最初吸引我的地方，就是科幻的外衣，随着故事开展，它其实弱化很多。

究其原因，除了感情越演越烈的转移作用，剧情本身的bug更是致命。

抛开匪夷所思的生物不谈，最主要的两条线，都有严重的问题。

第一条线，平行世界，这两个世界产生的机理是什么呢？

如果是因为每个不同的选择产生，那平行世界恐怕不止两个，或者说每时每刻都在产生。

如果只是两个各自独立的世界，那又怎会有同样的人，并且都与自己的另一半及亲人朋友在各自世界里聚在一起。

最后我只好告诉自己这就是两个世界的规则，注定相遇的人，无论做出什么样不同的选择，他们最终还是会相遇；第二条线，时间线。

忽略那个科学家时间旅行的矛盾结果，也不探讨观察者们对时间的不同感知方式，仅是观察者干涉历史的事就已经漏洞百出。

我们都知道时间的蝴蝶效应，一个微小改变都能带来历史的巨大差异，早期的观察者是如何避免的？

就算他们很小心，也不考虑剧中救活本该死去的女孩将带来什么后果，只看后来观察者入侵，他们居然跑到自己的祖先时代耀武扬威，滥杀无辜，难道不担心一个不小心他们就会不存在吗？

最后Walter和Michael去了未来，抹掉了观察者，那就会出现如下问题：这个世界的Peter死了，但没有September的影响，另一个世界的他却被Walter顺利救活，于是以后一连串事件都不会发生，那怎么可能最终另一个世界的Peter和这个世界的Olivia还认识并生了个女儿？

天涯上有句话叫，认真你就输了。

JJ编导的电视剧大都是这样虎头蛇尾漏洞百出，但是不可否认他又确实充满了幻想，尽管不能自圆其说，也不失为创新的杰出代表。

所以想不通归想不通，五季看下来留下印象最深的自然不是这些bug，而是人物形象和一些新奇构想，以及观看过程中或惊喜或感伤或激动的心动经历，或者还有些关于人生的思考，这不就够了吗。

总而言之，言而总之，这是我看过的最好的科幻剧。

从第四季开始，我觉得我一直看到了背后制作团队……嗯，准确的说是编剧的头顶金光闪闪地亮着四个大字“黔驴技穷”。

还记得第一季我看Fringe的时候，我大概把我周围看美剧和不看美剧的盆友都推荐了个遍 虽然单元剧的每个死者都比较猎奇，尤其是第一集那个人整个洋掉的情节。。

啧啧，真是太赞了！！

作为一个看哪部剧那部剧被砍的资深霉剧者，在得知Fringe收视长虹╮(╯3╰)╭ 之后内心忍不住小激动了一把。

(｡◕ˇ_ˇ◕｡)让你们再说我霉！

让你们再说我美剧克星！

虽然之后的Circle, Chaos和Park Avenue 666再一次让我找回了这个称号_(:з」∠)_可惜的是，编剧们铺了个大主线开始挖坑，东边一个坑，西边一个坑……但是填坑填的，越来越差啊。

我记得我第二季看到一半的时候突然弃剧了很长一段时间，因为我无法接受我深爱的一档科普类剧集突然变成了狗血八点档。

虽然A世界的Olivia在B世界的各种逃生紧张刺激，但是我总觉得和第一季的高质量剧集相比水准下降了一级阶梯。

开始用感情线来干扰主剧集的发展了。

当然后来当Falivia(=Fake Olivia，Walter实在是太可爱了)回到B世界，发现自己的白马王子其实应该是没有肉感身材匀称有无眼镜都萌翻天的Agent Lee的时候我又对爱情科幻剧重燃爱火！！

坦白说，虽然狗血爱情剧有点让我开始乱入，但是整体的主线剧情还是抓的比较准的。

但是从第四季开始我觉得整体剧情又陷入了一个混乱不堪的状态，to be honestly，如果不是第四季倒数几集突然插播了一段未来世界的惨状，第四季结尾倒是很适合一部因收视不佳而草草收尾的剧。

因为第四季开始炒冷饭，死去的人在重置的时间线里还活着，各种第一季发生的case换了个角度重新发生，前三季一直处于慈祥和蔼施以援手的死人突然复生而且转为大反派，第一季的大反派却莫名其妙地成了弃子，一直困扰女主的超能力突然之间消失殆尽……可惜各种冷饭没有激起我对第一季的怀念，倒是刺激了我去按快进的手╮(╯3╰)╭不过好在第五季这个情况有所改善，可能是因为已经明确的知道是剧终季，不用费尽心思不留痕迹地挖坑，只要妥妥地把坑填了就行。

第五季不再有各种奇异的case从而根本谈不上为单元剧，整个13集就是为了填第四季结尾那几集的坑。

虽然还是有很多硬伤，但是好在他们设定了一个万能解释钥匙：TimeLine。

因为时间线被重置所以很多任何的不合理通过特定的时间线就能解释清楚。

当然对于Fringe Division可以打败未来世界智力超进化能力这个大bug我还是心存疑虑。

毕竟抛去了emotion只靠智力去计算很容易算出各种问题的答案，整个计划能成功的可能性微乎其微。

但是这群光头没有，他们整天只想着，读你的脑子再读你的脑子你的脑子好好读……所以说智商再高也是可能产生脑残的啊那些前几季因为case而收集来的信息制成的武器把Observers和Loyalties打的落花流水，明明Walter他们研制的时候光头们正在观察着他们，不可能不知道这些东西的情况，当然可能他们高速运转的大脑正忙着看别人的思想没空去想这些东西的危害性以及对策。

然后Olivia在最后把丢掉的超能力又给找回来并且最后一集发了个大招，虽然我不理解明明她的能力都快把整个纽约市的灯给灭了，为什么不给Wenmark直接来个“皮卡丘！

十万伏特！！

”而是搞了部车把他给撞死。

外插花，长了头发留着胡渣的September帅弊了，但是他死了，就像我当初被B世界的Lincoln迷的一阵一阵的，结果两者取一，留下的是个噶梁Lee，括弧，其实我也爱噶梁Lee的。

我想编剧可能嫉妒他们的美貌，I'm serious结局有些不尽如人意，但是要是美剧都像国产经典剧一样统统打包来个美好大团圆结局，想想就觉得一股恶寒。

5年说长不长说短不短，总算也是有了个结局。

最后，我只想说，God Bless Me，希望我下部看的新剧不要再被砍了。

尽管我能理解一部片子不需要两个女猪，但这么简单就把ETTA杀了也太突然了吧！！

很喜欢这个角色啊，就仿佛是OLIVIA的青春冷酷版，最后的死亡又这么轻如鸿毛，实在太令人伤心了。

[泪] 真希望结尾能时间线重新来过让她复活啊！！！！

以下是tumblr用户measurementoftheobserver在2013年左右发布的几篇s5分析，主要围绕Olivia展开，作者认为Olivia对事物的看法会影响现实，提供了一个理解s5和全剧的独特视角。

其中从有关s5中Olivia记忆和现实不一致的细节推测出时间循环的存在，我认为是很精辟的。

由于这位用户账号上次活跃时间是在八年之前，我没有能够向他申请到转载许可，原账号地址放在下面，文章侵删。

我先搬三篇，有空翻译。

同时推荐这位博主的其他分析，例如没能一直进行下去的S1 Rewatch系列，脑洞很大。

https://www.tumblr.com/measurementoftheobserver/1、The Recordist, Time Loops and Those We've Left BehindEarlier today a post that dealt with a twitter message that Joel Wyman posted about Olivia giving out different coordinates than the ones Walter specified in his tape, led to some speculation based on some oddities in the way Olivia was remembering certain events like the following:Olivia gives out the coordinates 41 (Pennsylvania) instead of Walter's 49 (Quebec) which would have been incorrectDifferences in the colors of Peter's shirt and the picnic blanket on the day Etta disappearedSeeing the date 2033 on the missing person's fliers behind her instead of 2015Olivia's 3 years, 1 month and 5 days when Etta remembers herself being 4 years oldAldeburgh pointed out that Olivia reacted strangely during the viewing of the tape as well and asked if it was possible Olivia was in a time loop. I definitely think there's something there. Going back to look at the episode there are different ways you can read what happened during the scene. It does seem that she does react when he says 49 degrees north. She purses her lips briefly. When Etta wants the tape to be rewound to the coordinates that's when, I think, Olivia reacts. She quickly turns to Etta and tells her the coordinates. My impression is she doesn't want to have them rewind the tape and hear the wrong coordinates. Maybe.Now, although Olivia being in a time loop had passed through my mind I hadn't really given it a lot of thought. When Aldeburgh mentioned it there are a couple things that came to mind. One I had been thinking about for a while and doesn'tnecessarily involve time loops andthe other came to me as I thought about how this could be happening.The first has to do with a variation on another post I did on who I thought Olivia Dunham is and can be found here if you want to read it. The post is mostly about how I think Olivia is tied to the Observers. She has similar powers but at a greater level. At first I thought she might be a prototype or something but now I think something different. Here's what might have happened (PURE SPECULATION FROM HERE FORWARD):Walter and Belly during some sort of research find out about the Observer's. They were stealing from the other side via Walter's special tv (as seen in Peter) and maybe try and create the tech to do what the Observer's do (The Arrival).Peter gets sick and dies but the other Peter gets sick too but with better tech the other Walter gets a cure and is interrupted by September. Walter sees this and goes to other side to retrieve Peter and save his life.At some point I think that Walter and Belly discover that the Observer's are a threat. They redouble their efforts to figure out their tech. I don't know when this happens exactly. It could have happened before or after Walter got Peter from the other side. I sense a time paradox some where in here. I get Peter is important to the Observers and they needed Peter to at least cross over to the other universe to allow them to do what they do.Walter and Belly write the ZFT manifesto realizing the threat of the Observers and create soldiers for the coming war. These soldiers are meant to fight the Observers not the other side. Enter Olivia Dunham who is a soldier meant to fight the Observers.In the meantime, Walter and Belly realize that when Walter went to the other side he broke spacetime andinadvertentlystarted a different war.At some point Belly goes to the other side and Walter iscommittedto St.Clair's etc.David Robert Jones finds the ZFT manifesto and interprets it incorrectly thinking the war is with the parallel universe.At some point the wave synch machine is created by Walter (this might be what Walter is trying to build now in season 5 for all I know) and this unites the two universes and repairs the damage.Peterdisappeared This happens because a new timeline is created where Walter still pulls Peter to our universe but is allowed to drown by September. This leads me to believe that Peter crossing over is important in some way to the Observers because September could simply NOT have interrupted Walternate from finding a cure thereby preventing Walter from going to the other side. To me they needed the breach to happen for some reason.Olivia then pulls Peter into this new timeline because she loves him so much and here is where we come to the time loops.This next section is the second part I thought of today. It has to do with the season four episode "And Those We Left Behind" which parallels what seems to be happening in season 5 right now.In this episode you even have an opening that reminds you of the opening of the season 5 premiere and the opening to 5x02. It's the perfect day. Olivia and Peter lying down to apicnicwith Walter playing on the swing which echoes Olivia and Peter right before their playing child disappears.In the episode you even have a mother and child who experience a loop where the girl is a toddler then an infant and back again. In the episode there's a couple interesting quotes. Peter says, "If I was erased from this timeline and then thrown back in to it, it stands to reason those two things (time loops) could be related." Then in a later conversation between Peter and Olivia we get this:Peter:This has something to do with time displacement and I think that when I came back here I somehow damaged the spacetime continuum and if that's the case there might not be any actual rules to it.Olivia:Like the apartment, the fire and the baby. The mother didn't revert to a younger age but her daughter did.I think the parallels between what is happening become apparent.In this episode you see Peter experiencing time jumps you also see some parallels between the married couple Raymond and Kate and what is happening in season 5. Now how you interpret the parallels is tricky because with the Fringe team everything happens in three's with Olivia, Walter and Peter and in this episode you only have two people. They are a married couple like Peter and Olivia. However, Kate is a theoretical physicist and that is a bit like Walter and Raymond is an engineer who can use Kate's knowledge to build things and that sounds like Peter. Interestingly enough, Kate has early onset Alzheimer's disease that affects memory. Thatwouldobviously tie in to Walter but Olivia's memory seems off too.Now Kate's theories enable Raymond to build a time bubble. In the bubble we see odd dates on the calendars like 2007 while it is in reality 2011 outside. This is similar but opposite to what Olivia sees when she remembers the day at the cafe. It should 2015 but the posters say 2033.Now it's possible that Olivia can time jump naturally just like she can jump from universe to universe. A thought just occurred to me as I wrote that last sentence and just gelled together a few other scenes for me on the show: Olivia is the frog! Is this a theory anywhere? God the symbol on the frog. I have to write the Fibonacci stuff soon. Anyway, Olivia doesn't need a machine to do what she does and she doesn't break the universe or spacetime when she does it. So, I think this is exactly what's happening here in season 5 somehow.I think I'm done. Sorry this is so long and just to say that I think Olivia time jumps somehow.One more thought: I believe that Olivia and Peter might be like two opposing forces that are brought together (by Walter) and end up loving each other. In the first case you have a war between universes and one is from the blue universe and the other from the red and fixing the universes. In the situation in season 5 you have Peter somehow involved with the Observers, in their existence, and Olivia the one that is to fight them, again, coming together and somehow, probably, defeating them and saving the world yet again.2、Fringe Finale and Series ThoughtsFirst of all, I want to thank aldeburgh who helped edit and clarify this piece, and who had excellent examples to help emphasize the points I wanted to make. Some of these words are hers.These are my thoughts on the Fringe Finale and how it ties into the series as a whole. Continue reading after the Read More:I wanted to take the time to put my thoughts on the finale out there. I have found that Fringe just needs to be savored and thought about to really understand what's happening and I'm glad I did take time to think about it, because my first impression of the finale was that it was good, and that it felt somewhat satisfying, but not completely. I felt that something was missing. So, I tried to figure out what it was, and that led me to ask myself a lot of questions about what the writers were trying to say. This discussion will end up a bit different than others I've seen about the finale."I've asked God for a sign of forgiveness. A specific one: a white tulip." - Walter in White TulipFirstly, Walter's story worked very well in the final season and the finale. I understood Walter's ending, and how it came full circle to where he began when he broke the universe because he loved his son and wanted to save his life. Walter being fully able to 'defeat' who he had been earlier (without a lobotomy) and walking into the wormhole hand in hand with Michael was perfect. His ability to sacrifice ever seeing his son again, the one thing he could not give up before, for the greater good shows how much he had changed."Be a better man than your father." - Peter in A New Day In The Old TownPeter's story also worked for me. His arc in the series and in Season 5 has always been to be a "better man than his father." In one tragic decision, he does the unthinkable and becomes exactly those things which he hated about both versions of Walter. On the one hand, he does what our Walter did and neglects his family due to his pain and, on the other hand, he behaves like original timeline Walternate, a man who was willing to take revenge at all costs. However, after being reminded of his love for his daughter and that his family loved him and needed him, Peter makes the decision to remove the Observer tech from his body. With that one simple act, he became a better man than his father. From that point onward he's caring and he makes sure he's there for both his father and Olivia. He's also able to fully express his emotions for Walter in a way hehadn'tbefore. He's fully forgiven him for what he'd done."The sadness will last forever." - reputedly Vincent Van Gogh's last wordsThe Van Gogh quote comes from an Easter egg in the episode Momentum Deferred where you see a picture of Van Gogh prominently displayed in the alley soon after Olivia kills Charlie's doppelganger. I think the quote fits Olivia quite well. And, also, here is where I started asking questions about the finale and entire series for that matter. What exactly is Olivia's story?I took from the final scenes of the finale that we are supposed to deduce that she's happy. The problem is that I just wasn't understanding what brought this about. Granted, it seems that she must remember what happened during most of the last season. She was able to remember the original timeline after Peter was erased and then there’s the matter of her time slips and odd memories. If she was able to see the missing poster stickers from the future (dated 2033), when she was still looking for Etta back in 2015, then I see no reason why shewouldn'tremember her experiences after the reset in the finale. It fits with her abilities, and she's happy to have her daughter back, so I understand that, but her story did not seem very clearly defined. To me, she had to learn from her experiences. She’s always feared her abilities and resented how her abilities had always been misused by others. Now, she needed to accept her abilities and feel that she was the one controlling them to be happy. This is the only way for the ending to work. So, I started going through the season to figure out what her arc was about."If you can dream a better world, you can make a better world." - Peter in Bad DreamsTo my understanding, Olivia is the big metaphor in the show. She is the living representation of a lot of the concepts that the show talks about like the quote listed above. Others that come to mind are:"If you can imagine it, it's possible." - Peter in Northwest Passage"Perception is largely an emotional response. How we feel affects the way we see the world." - Walter in Jacksonville"Perception is the key to transformation." - Walter in Bad Dreams"Reality is subjective and malleable." - Peter in Bad Dreams"How you feel determines your view of the world." - Walter in JacksonvilleIt has always been hinted that Olivia can shape reality throughout the running of the show. Nina outright tells Olivia as much as early as "Ghost Network". When Olivia comes to Nina to accuse Massive Dynamic of being involved in all the cases, Nina throws it back at Olivia and says, "You have been investigating these cases for a very short while now. At least three of them have occurred right in your own backyard. I might suspect that you yourself were somehow responsible."However, this is dealt with subtly and in the background, because the writers are basically dealing with an individual who has godlike abilities. Every problem could be solved too easily if Olivia just felt something strongly enough. The way the show controlled this was by creating a character who is very rich, but very broken. Olivia is extremely humble, and doesn't think very highly of herself. For example, although Bolivia is an Olympic caliber marksman, Olivia claims she is not a good shot (in "Olivia", when talking to Henry) and says she’s OK in another instance (in "Concentrate and Ask Again", when talking to the CIA agent). And yet, can anyone remember Olivia missing a shot? Olivia always doubts herself. This is why her abilities tend to manifest themselves rather quietly most of the time, like making it snow in Subject 13 or the odd way that many of the cases seem to fit what is happening to her at the time. It all has a metaphorical quality to it. It's subtle enough that I'm sure some people who watch Fringe aren't even aware of it."Here's the thing Olivia, whether you admit it or not, yours (life) is something of a nightmare." - Sam Weiss in Dream LogicOlivia's pervasive sadness invades everything. Her emotions literally make her life a nightmare (See quotes and concepts above). She attempts to correct things, and she has her moments, but overall her reality reflects her dark moods. Again, there is a metaphorical quality to what is happening.But all this that I've said so far is what makes sense of season 5 for me and explains what is actually happening to Olivia. Olivia is selfless to a fault. She never takes the time to want things for herself. For as much as this quality makes her a good person, it also makes her a miserable one. She always has to stand up for those that need care but she never cares for herself. And when she wants something she'll eventually talk herself out of it. Remember her desire for the nursery? She immediately found a reason for that to be a bad idea – she even looks sad and conflicted when telling Peter about her pregnancy.And, in "The Recordist", she says the following, "I wanted so much to be a mother but I just... didn't think that I was programmed that way. That I was destined for something else. Ever since I was a kid, since the cortexiphan trials, I just... I was at odds. So, how could I have this incredible little girl? So when we lost her I felt like that was my punishment, my punishment for being too conflicted to appreciate her when we had her. And, that day at the restaurant I knew I had to go back to New York because I didn't want to... find what I knew we were going to find. I just believed so strongly that she was dead and I didn't want to see it."In these statements we get the gist of what Olivia's issues are about. Resolving this internal conflict thatbegan when she was a child who was experimented on to become a soldier,accepting that she could be happy and could allow herself to feel happy, is the key to Olivia's story in the final season."Every horse needs a carrot. Every mouse, a piece of cheese. Incentive, Agent Dunham - all creatures need an incentive to perform tasks." - David Robert Jones in The End of All ThingsThe death of Etta in "The Bullet That Saved The World" was the incentive Olivia needed to, not only end the Observer's rule, but to change her outlook. We have some indication that she's willing to fight in the RESIST posters of Etta that are popping up everywhere including in places where it's obvious no resistance member would be able to paint a picture. Olivia's emotions are manifesting themselves as reality.But Olivia has more to go through. Peter then puts the Observer tech in his head. When she finds out about this, she goes through a crisis. She hits such a low point that the posters she was putting up are now being taken down. She's already a person with a low opinion of herself, and now she's in danger of losing Peter and even Walter."I have faith in you." - David Robert Jones in AbilityRight at this low point, Olivia meets Simone in "The Human Kind", a woman who follows her mother's instructions and keeps a magnet for Walter to pick up some day. (I believe Simone's mother was a cortexiphan subject, and that's why Walter went all the way out of Boston to her and why she believed in Walter's plan. Maybe she didn't like Walter, but she would certainly be in a position to know what Walter was capable of doing.) The point here is that these people had faith in the plan and in Olivia, where Olivia does not. She, as usual, has no faith in herself or in much of anything else at this point.Now, after Olivia leaves, she is caught by bandits and she's forced to use her wits and the Bullet That Saved the World to escape. Now, the Bullet is, of course, at this point a symbol of Etta and love and a thing that Windmark can't understand. Olivia comes to a realization about Etta and that allows her to, in turn, help Peter. The almost prophetic exchange is as follows:Olivia: She's alive inside us and there's nothing that Windmark can do about it because the love we can share with her now is invulnerable to space and time even to them. And I know that our hearts are broken and that it hurts but that's what makes us human."Peter: Emotion is our weakness.Olivia: No, Peter, it's our strength because it's the one thing they don't have.To me this is the beginning of Olivia's transformation. This episode also introduces two concepts that will be important later. One is cortexiphan and the second is the moment where Olivia refers to herself as an anomaly."And now years later, nothing's changed. I'm still that little girl and William Bell is still doing experiments on me and I'm just still being used." - Olivia in Brave New World: Part 2One of the things that I felt that season 5 had to deal with was the cortexiphan trials. The reason for this is because this is a big hang up for Olivia. It's why she tells Simone she's an anomaly. She's never felt normal, and it's exactly what caused her issues with being a mother. She felt that she was created for a purpose, but that she was being used by others like William Bell or Walternate. In addition, there’s an element of Olivia accepting that her abilities are to a great degree innate in her (and not just something Walter or Bell gave to her). She’s been shaping reality without any “active” cortexiphan in her system throughout the series, and in the final Windmark smackdown (literally), she powered down NYC and performed a feat of telekinesis Windmark could not “outrun” after the cortexiphan had allegedly “burned off”.Until Season 5, and really until the finale, Olivia never made the choice, and she's never knowingly used her abilities by her own volition and for her own reasons. For her to be whole, she needed to exercise her free will in choosing to be injected with cortexiphan and in using her abilities on her own terms.This is where Michael come in. The comparisons being made between the two are constantly there and it's no accident. Olivia’s reference to being an anomaly ties into the fact that Michael is referred to one as well. In Liberty you see parallels between what is happening to Michael and what has happened to Olivia before. Both experimented on, both almost vivisected (and in both cases, on Liberty Island). Both characters share traits where they are very powerful, both have a very deep capacity for emotion and both also have an inability to express their feelings like ordinary people. I began to realize that the connection between Michael and Olivia was not an accident and it's why he steps off the train.To understand this we have to go back to when Olivia realizes what the plan is while sitting at Donald's home. She does something unusual - she makes a rather selfish comment. She interprets the time reset as the way to get Etta back. Donald states that the reset is so that the Observers will never exist. Some folks have commented on what that means and how that won't work, but it doesn't matter because in that moment Olivia decides that's how they get Etta back. She is wanting something that will make her happy and gives her personal hope, something she normally can't do for herself (or does not allow herself to do). For the first time in the entire run of the series, she is not being selfless and she's knowingly persuing an agenda of her own.Now, saying all that, when Michael steps off the train he sets things in motion so that Olivia and Windmark have to meet at the end if she makes the right choice. That's the real reason for the cortexiphan. Michael gives her the opportunity to make a choice to perhaps sacrifice herself, endure great pain and voluntarily subject herself to something she has every reason to hate: cortexiphan. He's allowing her to fulfill her purpose if she so chooses. By the way, this also happens to ensure that the plan will work. I think that Michael knows that without Olivia, the plan doesn't really stand a chance, because she needs it to want to work and she has to believe it will work. Michael is running 'futures' but in a way that no other Observer can understand because, unlike the other Observers, he understands emotions. He has faith that she will rescue him and that is that. He knows that if he is captured Broyles will find out where he is and will relay the information which will then lead to Windmark capturing him and eventually leading to the confrontation between Olivia and Windmark.Walter: A glass heart.Olivia: What makes it so special?Walter: Put simply, it's a power source but it's capable of so many wondrous things.2x20 Brown BettyOlivia knows there's a reason that Michael stepped off the train but does not understand. When she eventually asks he makes a hushing gesture as if to say,. “Be patient. You'll see.”Now, Olivia meets Windmark, which is vital to tell her story. Olivia is a foil to Windmark. He's powered by tech. He feels he has reason on his side and "he’s better at math." He's like a god and the humans are animals, but Olivia is the opposite of Windmark. She's powered by her emotions. She's the ultimate proof of how wrong Windmark is and when she sees the necklace, the necklace Windmark could not understand, it fuels emotions in her that create a reaction that Windmark could never touch. Michael then repeats the hushing gesture as if to say “Here is the answer to the question you asked earlier.”The show is about the power of love and in this scene Olivia, as always, is the literal representation of that power. She destroys evil and brings them ever closer to their goal of bringing Etta back, because Olivia truly wants her little girl this time. There are no conflicted emotions, and this is important."Sometimes the world we have is not the world we want. But, we have our hearts and our imaginations to make the best of it. I will promise you this. I will be the best mother I possibly can for you. I'll take care of you. I'll protect you. And I'll never let anyone take you away from me... no one ... not ever." - Elizabeth Bishop Subject 13Here's the key to the plan: Olivia is the power source (I've seen people wonder as to why Olivia turns off all the lights in New York City to just move a car. She's doing more than that). I think her imagination, her sheer force of will to go back to that day in the park is what makes everything work. But in her humility she can never believe that. She has to have the time machine, the cortexiphan and the plan to make it happen. I think that's why you don't really need to worry about the paradoxes. Olivia is a "living uncertainty engine" as William Bell once put it. She doesn't calculate probabilities; she makes them happen.Again, while I realize others also fit the bill at different times, Olivia is the metaphor for all the big concepts on the show. As we saw in the "Night of Desirable Objects" when Walter used a frog to stand in for Olivia in his recreation of her unusual car accident from the previous episode, or, even more tellingly, the frogs from The Dreamscape that could transform a person’s fears into reality (there’s even a call back in the finale to The Dreamscape with an Observer meeting the same fate as the Massive Dynamic employee from that older episode), Olivia is the frog that can jump universes.Now here's the curious thing, the symbol on the back of the frog is called the Phi and it is a letter of the Greek alphabet that usually represents the golden ratio:But it is more common to find the lowercase version as a representation of the golden ratio:You see, Olivia is the glass heart and the White Tulip too.*In the end, Fringe is about Walter, who broke the universe for the love of a son he could not let go, and who needs to go down a long, hard road to redemption. And Fringe is about Peter, that beloved son who yearns to (and, in the end, needs to be) a better man than his father. And finally, Fringe is about Olivia: about the power of her love for Peter, which brings him back to life not once, but twice; about the power of her forgiveness of Walter, when she embraces the abilities and the drugs he used to experiment on her as a child in order to facilitate his plan – and by extension, his redemption; and about her own journey to embrace her abilities and finally to use them to bring herself a measure of happiness and peace.* Olivia is the only character to be seen in every shot of real white tulips. Also, pay attention to the way the glass heart in Brown Betty is designed to look like a tulip.3、Olivia, Memory and Time Loops - Season 5This essay ties with this previous essay:Fringe Finale and Series ThoughtsIn a couple of conversations here on Tumblr I was asked about a few sequences in season 5 involving Olivia and some memory "glitches" and what I thought they meant. This is my theory on that. It will be under the Read More.First, the "glitches" are referring to the following:Differences in the color of Peter's shirt and the picnic blanket on the day Etta disappeared. (In Absentia)Olivia gives out the coordinate of 41 (Pennsylvania) instead of Walter’s 49 (Quebec). Lucky she did because Walter's would have been incorrect. (The Recordist)Seeing the date 2033 on the missing person’s fliers behind her instead of the year 2015 when Peter and Olivia were looking for Etta. (The Recordist)Secondly, I'm going to go straight to the source and I'm going to quote Joel Wyman in a interview he have "Give Me My Remote" regarding these exact events:---GMMR: We've been seeing a lot of questionable memories from Olivia this season. Is something going on with her beyond having a little amber haze? Her recollection of the day Etta was taken seemed to be fairly different than Peter’s, for instance.JW: Well, not drastically different.GMMR: We did see Peter wearing a different outfit, there was a different blanket, and differences in how it went down. You guys pay attention to details, so it felt like there was no way that wasn't intentional.JW: It was intentional.GMMR: We also saw in Olivia’s memory of the “missing” posters saying the year 2033 in the background…JW: Right.GMMR: And there were also the wrong coordinates in “The Recordist.”JW: Right. Let’s just say, there’s lots of things… [Laughs] Let’s just say, we’re always of thinking of things that are fun for the fans, and…that’s all I’m going to say. There’s a reason [for it]. I don’t want to give the wrong impression it’s a huge Olivia reveal, because that’s not the direction we’re going. But I do want to say there’s things we are planning that will remain a mystery until they’re not. I don’t want to mislead anybody.--In simple terms, I don't think these are mistakes by the writers. I think they are hints. They are hints to let us know that something is going on with Olivia and that we should look at her journey a little closer. Just like the little Easter egg in Black Blotter that shows the little animated frog (Olivia) in one of the sequences.These hints are needed because Olivia's journey is internal and dealt with subtly but still crucial to the success of the plan to defeat the Observers.So, I think to understand what's happening with Olivia and her memories we have to look at the way Fringe has told some of their stories in the past. One of the things they use quite a bit are stories that involve time loops and, like all time travel stories, they can be a bit confusing. I'll cover the main ones here and talk about what they have to do with what I believe is a time loop in season 5.We'll start with the time loop that happened with seasons 1 through 3. At the end of season 3 when Peter enters the machine he experiences memories of a dismal future. We learn that the Walter from the future placed the memories in the machine so that when Peter went into the machine again (after a reset) he would make a different choice, a choice guided by love, one that would save both worlds. That's what we end up seeing on the show. Basically, you had a time loop where the first time through Peter made a different choice when he entered the machine. A choice that ended in the destruction of both worlds and by resetting time they were corrected and we got what we saw in the first three seasons and, this time, when Peter gets in the machine he saves both worlds and creates yet another timeline (season 4).*Another set of time loops are experienced in the season 4 episode "And Those We Left Behind". In this episode we have a husband, Raymond, trying to go back in time to a day when his wife, Kate, was no longer ill. Raymond was obsessed with this and it became his life. The resets stop with this note left behind in his wife's notebook: "Just love me and live your life." In other words, Raymond needed to learn an emotional lesson about the way he lived his life and loved those around him. In this case the loops ended without success as the more important lesson was gained by not being able to successfully reset.Now, the most famous example of a time loop is White Tulip and it is the most important because in many ways Olivia is the living metaphor of the tulip. In this episode Alistair Peck is attempting to go back in time to the day his fiancee died so he can save her. He tries several times and fails (Olivia actually senses that she's been through the events before and experiences déjà vu). He only succeeds in going back to the correct time after speaking to Walter who corrects his formula and, more importantly, tells him about the costs of such an endeavor. When Alistair goes back he does so a different man. He goes to tell his fiancee that he loved her. Again, this is about an emotional lesson.Each of these scenarios are slightly different but deal in some way with the situation Olivia is facing during season 5. The memory glitches Olivia is experiencing belong to a previous timeline, maybe the original timeline where the Observers invaded and Peter wore a brown sweater instead of a gray one and their blanket was green instead of red. And, in that timeline, almost the same things happened and Walter reset time and in that reset we got the day in the park the way we see it at the beginning of season 5. Unfortunately, because Olivia's state of mind is not in the right place, the Observers invade again.Now, in season 5, Olivia knows or remembers the correct coordinates from the previous timeline and her memory is mixed up with the missing posters that you see in 2036 of all the people that have gone missing throughout the Observer's rule. That's what the glitches are all about. They are memories from a previous attempt to stop the Observers that failed.The important thing however is that Olivia has to change her outlook in this new timeline. As mentioned in my previous theory, her emotions affect reality and the way she feels can determine how the reset works. This is something Michael understood and I believe he can also remember the other failed timeline (as Peter mentions, he does not experience time in the same way) so he adjusts things a bit this time around and he steps off the train. They key is that Olivia needs to be happy and she needs to release her doubts and the conflicting emotions when dealing with those she loves. She has to learn the emotional lessons that Peter did in season 3, that Raymond did in "And Those We Left Behind" and Alistair Peck did in "White Tulip" or every time they reset time the Observers will invade.Anyway, that's what I think Olivia's memory glitches are about and I think they reinforce my theory about what is happening in those last moments of season 5 and why the reset does not create any paradoxes as stated in my previous season 5 finale post (link above).*When Peter steps into the machine I believe he heals both worlds and creates a bridge. I don't think he's responsible for the reset. I think that's the Observers all the way and was their plan all along.

拍高压独裁就只知道二战德国，拍末世物资匮乏就只知道没酒喝（但路上有没人要的啤酒瓶），想象力匮乏硬凑设定导致通篇漏洞剧情仿佛老太太的裹脚布。

明明前三季铺的摊子不算完美也够结实，第四季吃书吃了个干净，第五季更是扯碎一切自信给观众秀出编导九年义务教育不合格的科学素养。

第五季剧组应该给所有主要演员报工伤心理治疗。

《Fringe》中译做危机边缘或者迷离档案，下周就终了，第五季，第五年。

　　这是我正儿八经从头追到尾的第三或第四个美剧吧，第一个是《迷失》，踏踏实实从头追到尾，一集不差一集不拖，到现在也很喜欢。

第二个是《越狱》，虎头蛇尾剧的典范。

第三个不知道算不算《英雄》，这部狗头剧现在都回忆不起来看没看过结尾了。

然后就是《Fringe》，一直不喜欢它的中文翻译，Fringe在剧中的意思是FBI的一个研究边缘科学的部门，一些常规知识无法解释的超现实案件，也有暗喻两个或多个平行世界间的微妙关系的意思，很多这种时候会觉得博大精神的汉语也有力所不能及的地方。

可能《吸血鬼日记》也算从一开始就在追的美剧，可是经历了数个 “这种狗血如Grisp Gril的剧情还是不要浪费时间了吧” 的阶段，兴趣渐淡。

　　第一季Fringe象老友记及《Lie to me》这类剧一样，每集是一个相对独立的故事，基于科幻和生化科学。

看到后来有些没劲，第一季末开始出现线性剧情，每集之间有了一些联系，第二季开始就断断续续穿插独立篇章与平行宇宙的线性剧情，直到第四季已经纯粹变成线性剧情，也越发好看起来。

吸引我一直看下去的另一个原因是女主角奥莉维亚，不算美女，但很有魅力。

大多数美剧只是看个热闹，Fringe看得我很动情很投入，从第四季见到奥莉维亚和皮特的女儿开始，总是柔情万丈地看到无语凝噎。

另一个原因是整部剧的结构很完整，没有科幻硬伤，尽管看得出编剧也经过反复的波动，但平行宇宙这个大的框架一直是构思严谨的背景基础，人与人的情感始终是主线，一些得到与失去、分离与相聚，总在喧闹的生存纷争中拨动着心里最柔软的那部分。

　　很喜欢美剧的这种一年播出一季的结构，总有一些剧伴着你走过生命中的几年。

回想这个剧首播的时候还是2008年，那年我还住在遥远的北京四环外，过着一人两猫一个大屋的单身日子，那年我还没去过美国没去过尼泊尔，还不曾或正在开始经历生命中的许多相遇和平淡的美好。

刚开始看的时候身边还有几个朋友也都一起看在，每集看完还有一些交流，慢慢的就只有我一个在看了，看完也不去看任何影评，只保留自己对剧情的看法和感触。

就象@千里香草 前两天说的，你的博我看都坚持不下去了你还在坚持写。

可能看我博客的人也早就不是最开始那一拨了吧。

看美剧的初衷是培养英语语感，后来发现这样的经历参渗在生活的很多细节里，这样一年又一年。

　　下个周末是Fringe的最终集，我想我会收拾好一份心情来看完最后的一集，就像很多相遇和离别。

　　（2013.1.14. 博文）

第五季第五集由于对情感使然 Peter最终弄死了被抓到的Observer 植入了观察者们的特殊植入物。。。

这一集的Peter显得好吓人啊 不过这最终季还真是不能仅凭一集就断定剧情大致走向的说

现在还在追最大的动力貌似就是情感因素了。。

毕竟前面都看这么多了这么扔掉蛮可惜的。。

还有就是很想看看最后光头党的后果会是如何。。

Peter真的要变光头了么？。。

额总觉得他女儿死了以后他整个人都魔障了，以至于想出那样一个类似于破釜沉舟的办法。

还有这季为啥就不讲平行世界了呢？

难道说上一季修复了以后平行世界就再也不会出现了么？

还有既然观察者入侵了这个世界，那是不是意味着那个平行世界也被观察者入侵啦。。？

哎。

话说这集里Walter也有变得不正常的倾向了。。

╮(╯Д╰)╭。。

这父子俩。。。

可怜的Olivia据说接下来会有两周停播。

期待结局。。