My current Fringe theory/questions/random thoughts

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:48:00 -0400

Spoiler Alert: Do not read any further if you have not yet watched the December 10th episode. You have been warned! Ok, so I absolutely love Fringe. It has that perfect mixture of geek coolness and emotional pull that has made Lost such a success for me. The episodes last year when we discovered what Walter did to get his son (well, his new son) and the pull away to the Twin Towers... amazing. A work of art. Fringe is easily the best show on TV now. With Heroes going down the crapper and Lost not around, I'm incredibly grateful to have such a good show on. So with that out of the day - I've been mostly curious about the adversaries in the show. The 'bad guys' seem to want to destroy our Universe. But why? I mean, if they wanted to take over, they wouldn't destroy it. If they hated us, well, you would have expected to get some kind of idea as to why they did. When Olivia went over, things looked pretty much the same. I mean ignore the fact that the Twin Towers were still there. You didn't see anything radical like 2 suns, spaceships, or whatever. Of course, we do know that the bad guys have higher technology then ours, but they could simply be 5-10 years ahead. (Think of how much your computer has advanced in 5 years.) Towards the end of this weeks episode we got a very tantalizing clue. It was quick and easily missed if you weren't paying attention. The bad guy (forgot his name) questioned Walter about his house, he mentioned how there were no trees or grass on the other side. Walter knew about this too and specifically commented on it. This was referred to as the Blight. Now - that sounds kind of ominous to me. Yet when Olivia went over, you didn't really see any evidence of a 'End of World' panic. That seems to imply that while the Blight may be a big deal, it could be slow. Perhaps something like Global Warming - where some scientists make a big deal out of it but the majority of the public don't really care as long as they can still get their Starbucks. So if this Blight then is spreading, and has dire consequences for their world, the bad guys may actually be looking to exact revenge. In fact, one of my Facebook friends, Brendan, made a damn excellent point. He said:

My guess is the door 'our' Walter opened caused the 'blight' that destroyed all the vegetation on the 'other side'.

This is fascinating! Walter, in his selfish (if not understandable) desire to get his son back, could be responsible for a slow, creeping doom of an entire planet. That could be the cause of his madness. Anyway, I've rambled on for long enough. I'd love to hear what other people think.

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My current Fringe theory/questions/random thoughts