Fringe is an ongoing sci-fi drama TV series. It follows a small FBI team as they investigate crimes that involve "fringe-science" and advanced technology.
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Which FRINGE division is more advanced?
In the Television series, FRINGE, out of the two parallel universes, the original one and the one from where peter was stolen, which has a better FRINGE division in terms of awareness about the ...
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What happened to Continental drift in Fringe Prime?
In episode 6 of season three, Fringe "6955 kHz". A secret code from a civilization millions of years old (before dinosaurs means more then 230 million years ago), is decoded and leads to the ...
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Equal Mass in both universes in Fringe
I'm only just getting to season 3, so if this has been answered later, just say that.
In 2x14, Jackson, Walter says that the two universes will try to fix an imbalance in the mass of it's own ...
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In Fringe 2x16, How could Walter have copied the RAZR device?
I was watching the Fringe episode, "Peter" (Season 2, Episode 16), where it takes a look at Walter circa 1988, and he demonstrates to a room of military personnel what looks like a Motorola RAZR ...
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What is the history between Nina Sharp and Phillip Broyles?
We see hints of the relationship between Nina and Broyles throughout the show. Broyles seems to trust her during the first season even with evidence of her involvement with ZFT. Also there is the ...
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Why Were Observers So Cruel?
In the last season of Fringe the Observers became cruel monsters.
Why were they so cruel? They got high-tech, they were even able to observe the Big Bang.
Does a lack of emotion create that cruelty?
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Why Is There No Woman In Observers Future? [duplicate]
In one of recent episode of Fringe, We have seen that Observers not being born, just "manufactured". But it is not clarify that why there is no woman in the future, women could be also "manufactured". ...
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Why are observers only from our universe and not from other universes?
In all of Fringe, we only see observers from our universe. Why aren't there any observers from the other universe?
(If there are no observers in other universes, that means our observers are the ...
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Why did December owe September?-Spoilers
In the final episode of Fringe (or maybe the second-to-last, I forget), September (Donald) goes to December and asks a favor of him, stating "You owe me." How/what did December owe?
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Why did the Fringe Team's Attack via the Shipping Lane Fail?
In the episode "An Origin Story", the Fringe team attacks the future via a shipping lane, a wormhole to the future. They, apparently, successfully collapse their end of the wormhole, to no effect. The ...
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Fringe: Why wasn't the truck that hit Captain Windmark teleported with him?
In the last episode of Fringe, when Captain Windmark tried to grab the boy (the anomaly XB-6783), Peter Bishop also tried to grab Captain Windmark. When the second Peter Bishop touched Captain ...
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Why dont the observers catch the fugitives?
In season 5,
When this happens, why dont the observers just go back in time for a minute or 10?
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Why did the Observers invade?
We have learned that the Observers are just highly evolved humans. If that's the case, what's their motive for invading our present (their past)?
The most obvious answer would be to ship some ...
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How could Walter send Peter the letter in the last episode?
THIS QUESTION CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT VIEWED THE LAST EPISODE
In the last episode of Fringe, Peter finds a tape addressed to him, which was encased in amber. In this tape Walter ...
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Is that noise real?
In fringe, when the Observers try to 'read people', we can hear a high pitched noise.
Is this noise real? (meaning it is heard by people 'in the room')
Or is it some mechanism that is supposed to ...
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How does Peter stay in the primary universe, even though the Observers cease to exist?
In the Season 5 and series finale:
Earlier on in the series we learn that:
So wouldn't all this not happen when the Observers no longer exist?
This would mean that Olivia and Peter never ...
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Fringe: how could September or any other man from the future catch gun bullets in the air?
In the series September says that he and the ones like him are just humans from the future that could take control over time and go to any time they want to go. But if they are just humans (even it ...
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Why Jadeite Coffee Cups in Science Fiction Series?
I have noticed many times in science fiction series like Fringe that characters will use a jadeite coffee cup. I was wondering what the significance is to this popular recurring prop? I tried to do ...
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Why did Walter use video tapes in Fringe?
Is there an in universe explanation as to why Walter
onto video tapes
rather than using DVD or video file.
It seems to be very problematic to retrieve them and they seem to be very prone to ...
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What happened to the parallel universe in Fringe season 5?
It seems nobody cares about the parallel universe anymore, is it still there?
What would happen if the observers took control over there, too? Or could humans in that world defeat the observers and ...
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What is the oldest difference between the red and blue universes in Fringe?
In "6955 kHz", a shapeshifter refers to "all's fair in love and war" as "something they say on this side," implying that they don't say it on the Other Side. Google tells me that the phrase can be ...
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Relationship between a timeline and a universe
Within the mythology of the series Fringe what is the relationship between a timeline and a universe?
For example, does one Timeline have many Universes or does one Universe have many Timelines?
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Fringe Timelines and Universes
In the show Fringe, how many different timelines and universes are involved in the storyline of the series?
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What do I need to catch up on to understand Fringe Season 5?
I've seen some of Fringe, bits and pieces from different seasons (and I can't place where and when). I know about the other universe/world, I've seen the observers, but I don't know how relvant that ...
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Is there an out-of-universe reason for the cartoon sequences in S3E19?
In Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, a large portion of the episode is animated. In-universe, this is explained as being part of the confusion surrounding the particular environment in which those scenes ...
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Why are the two universes in Fringe not more divergent?
related: Why are there only 2 universes that are visit-able?
It seems that there are differences in the universes dating back to the 1930s
Zeppelin flight was effectively finished in the USA by the ...
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What is the Alternate Universe's Fringe Division logo derived from?
Something seems very familiar about this logo, but for some reason I can't quite pin it down. Is there a particular organization, real-life historical or fictional, from which this insignia might ...
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How long can a shapeshifter maintain a single form?
In Momentum Deferred (S2E4), we see a particular shapeshifter becoming very weak and sick. Another shapeshifter comments that this is because he has been using one body for too long. Since this is ...
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Does an Observer appear in every episode of Fringe?
I have only recently begun to watch Fringe. I just finished season one and am two episodes into season two. I have noticed an Observer in most episodes of the series. Sometimes the Observer is plainly ...
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Why are all observers white males?
Although we don't really see that many observers in Fringe I can't help but notice that they are all white and they are all males. Has the series ever given an explanation for this?
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Is Fauxlivia's baby still in the timeline?
Is Faux Olivia's baby with Peter still going to be born in the other world?
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Why are Observers named after months?
In Fringe, all known Observers (except the ones seen in the odd season 4 episode 19, Letters Of Transit) are named after months (November, August, December).
Is there a reason for that? Is there a ...
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Are the Observers really from our universe?
Major Season 4 Spoilers ahead but it's impossible to ask this question without them:
Every indication we have so far is that the Observers are from our universe. We learn that they are
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How much of season 1 of Fringe is necessary to understand the rest?
I'm interested in getting into Fringe, but there seems to be a pretty universal consensus that it only starts getting good in season 2. How much of season 1 do I need to watch if I want the later ...
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What did the ZFT warn about?
Back in Season 1, the ZFT - the Zerstörung durch Fortschritte der Technologie, or Destruction Through Technological Progress in English - was introduced. Included in it was a warning about the ...
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Where did the extra Charlie Francis body come from?
(Season 2 spoilers ahead)
In season 2 of Fringe,
Yet later on Francis burns a third, identical body. Am I missing something about the mechanics of shapeshifting? If not, where did this third body ...
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In which universe was “Letters Of Transit” (season 4 ep 19) happening?
"Letters Of Transit" (season 4 ep 19) is a really odd episode. Previous episodes were following a story arc, and suddenly we step forward 20 years in the future and discard the current story. It's ...
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Why is William Bell still alive?
Near the end of Season 4, Episode 19 of Fringe, we could see William Bell trapped in amber.
How could he be alive? Wasn't he supposed to be dead, even in the new time-line?
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What kind of a building is at the Over There Fringe HQ?
During the transition effect which shows us that the story line switched to another Universe, it is very easy to spot a big difference between the Fringe HQ here and there. Specifically, there is a ...
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With the revelation of Jones's ally/leader in Season 4 how does that change Season 1
In Season 1 there were strong implications of a connection between Massive Dyanamic (Bell and Nina), and the Pattern/ZFT (David Robert Jones). Nina pretty heavily denied them and there always was a ...
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Is there an in universe explanation as to why the alternate universe is more advanced than ours?
In Fringe, it's revealed that there's an alternate universe that is almost identical to ours only they are more technologically advanced.
Is there an explanation as to why the alternate universe is ...
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Who is the man we saw at the end of season 4 episode 8 of Fringe?
At the end of episode 8 of season 4 of Fringe (Back To Where You've Never Been), Col. Boyle called a man to advise him that (the alternate version of) Olivia and Lincoln Lee are coming.
Who is that ...
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What was the movie reference in Fringe 1x02, “The Same Old Story”?
In "The Same Old Story" (Fringe Season 1, Episode 2) Dr. Walter Bishop made a reference to a movie in which the last image people saw at their death was frozen in their mind. What was the movie he was ...
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Can the Observers not be seen by everyone?
In season 1 Episode 4 of Fringe Dunham makes a revelation about the Observers with Peter and shows a picture of an Observer in a hospital:
She then shows the same picture to Boyles in his office and ...
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Why are there only 2 universes that are visitable?
In Fringe, there is the "Over Here" universe and the "Over there" universe that the characters interact with.
Why do only these two universes exist? Dr. Bishop mentioned that there were an unlimited ...
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How come the Observer was unable to stop the assassin?
In August (2x08), an Observer named August is seen kidnapping a girl (Christine Hollis), and he just stands there nonchalantly as a police officer fires at him. In The Firefly (3x10), another Observer ...
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Why was the Shape-shifter's health deteriorating?
In the Momentum Deferred season 2 episode of Fringe the false Charlie Shape-shifter started to feel bad. At one point he buys a large quantity of mercury thermometers, breaks them and drinks all the ...
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How does the typewriter work?
In several episodes, shape-shifters use a typewriter to communicate between universes.
How does it work? Does the mirror play an important part in it?
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How did the shape changer embryos arrive in our universe?
In "The Man From The Other Side" Fringe season 2 episode, 3 shape-shifter embryos appear in a warehouse. Later in the same episode, they made a quite complicated attempt to pass someone to this ...
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Why did “Charlie Francis” appear in the Episode 11 of Season 2 of Fringe?
The character had been killed episodes before and appeared totally unexpectedly in the episode called Unearthed. As the Wikipedia notes:
Though his character Charlie Francis had been killed off ...
