I didn't know how they would begin this season - Olivia trapped, Fauxlivia/"Bolivia" (The nom de plume "Fauxlivia" had not caught on yet) on *this* side pretending to be Olivia - I thought Walternate would just keep her locked up and tortured.
In fact, Walternate is having Alt-Brandonerd inject Olivia with Memory RNA from Fauxlivia.
And here, the differences between the two are explored. Olivia has a didactic memory, but FAUXlivia is a perfect shot. This will work against Fauxlivia while she is on "our" side, but for Olivia it works *for* her, as she retains her characteristics but simply has Fauxlivia's memories overlaid on top of hers which are/will become submerged.
This is the first time we meet Fringe Division's Shrink, played by Gabrielle Rose of The X-Files, who apparently has this job on both sides of the 'verse.
Olivia's super-memory allows her to remember the secret codes to open all of the doors of the DOD Headquarters. She makes a run, then a swim for it and meets: Henry Arliss Higgins! (Andre Royo), the perfect NYC Cab Driver and probably named after the George Bernard Shaw Character in Pygmalion/My Fair Lady, and maybe famed English actor George Arliss - Who she abducts to help her "escape"-But by the time she gets back to the Theatre where the Soft Spot is still open they have Ambered it over, forever closing that avenue home.
So she tries going to Massive Dynamic, which does not exist there.
Apparently, in the short time she has been in captivity, Alternate-Charlie has re-grown back some of his hair - But he still has, "They're not worms, they're arachnids!" in his belly, and has to take his regular injections. Fringe Division Lead Agent Lincoln Lee, who we saw fried into bacon bits last year, takes leave from his "Nanite Regeneration Chamber" so he can personally chase who he thinks is "his" Olivia.
It is this chase that actually ignites Fauxlivia-In-Olivia's memories, causing the Memory RNA to cross the Blood-Brain Barrier. And so Olivia goes to her, on that side, living mother's house (Amy Madigan) where the Fauxlivia-memories fully take over. And Henry Higgins watches as they drive away in Fringemobiles-Olivia has made a permanent dent in this poor guy's "alternate" reality (and mine as well).
Meanwhile, what damage can Fauxlivia do on "our" side? Plenty, and she starts doing it right away. But she notices Walter's hush-puppies shoes, and almost immediately performs a faux-pas - Apparently, Walter's shoes, or Oreo Cookies, don't exist in the other side. Inside the Government Building, Peter is talking to Senator Van Horn (Gerard Plunkett) - Who nobody knows has been absorbed by a Shapeshifter.
In fact, Walternate is having Alt-Brandonerd inject Olivia with Memory RNA from Fauxlivia.
And here, the differences between the two are explored. Olivia has a didactic memory, but FAUXlivia is a perfect shot. This will work against Fauxlivia while she is on "our" side, but for Olivia it works *for* her, as she retains her characteristics but simply has Fauxlivia's memories overlaid on top of hers which are/will become submerged.
This is the first time we meet Fringe Division's Shrink, played by Gabrielle Rose of The X-Files, who apparently has this job on both sides of the 'verse.
Olivia's super-memory allows her to remember the secret codes to open all of the doors of the DOD Headquarters. She makes a run, then a swim for it and meets: Henry Arliss Higgins! (Andre Royo), the perfect NYC Cab Driver and probably named after the George Bernard Shaw Character in Pygmalion/My Fair Lady, and maybe famed English actor George Arliss - Who she abducts to help her "escape"-But by the time she gets back to the Theatre where the Soft Spot is still open they have Ambered it over, forever closing that avenue home.
So she tries going to Massive Dynamic, which does not exist there.
Apparently, in the short time she has been in captivity, Alternate-Charlie has re-grown back some of his hair - But he still has, "They're not worms, they're arachnids!" in his belly, and has to take his regular injections. Fringe Division Lead Agent Lincoln Lee, who we saw fried into bacon bits last year, takes leave from his "Nanite Regeneration Chamber" so he can personally chase who he thinks is "his" Olivia.
It is this chase that actually ignites Fauxlivia-In-Olivia's memories, causing the Memory RNA to cross the Blood-Brain Barrier. And so Olivia goes to her, on that side, living mother's house (Amy Madigan) where the Fauxlivia-memories fully take over. And Henry Higgins watches as they drive away in Fringemobiles-Olivia has made a permanent dent in this poor guy's "alternate" reality (and mine as well).
Meanwhile, what damage can Fauxlivia do on "our" side? Plenty, and she starts doing it right away. But she notices Walter's hush-puppies shoes, and almost immediately performs a faux-pas - Apparently, Walter's shoes, or Oreo Cookies, don't exist in the other side. Inside the Government Building, Peter is talking to Senator Van Horn (Gerard Plunkett) - Who nobody knows has been absorbed by a Shapeshifter.