The season finale of Fringe was full of win:

Of course, there were moments of drama, too.

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But we've gotten ahead of ourselves. We opened up the show in the alternate reality, which we noticed right away since Charlie Francis was there, complete with facial scar. Golly we've missed Charlie, and were glad to see him. It's sort of a shame that the alternate reality universe has the bad-ass Fringe department and that they're sort of military as an officially sanctioned division of the Department of Defense. Ok, that part wasn't a shame, that part was awesome. The shame is that they're hostile to anyone from universes that are not theirs. We want to like Red Head Olivia and Scarred Charlie. And Buff Bad Ass Broyles, not to mention Beret Astrid.  But Alt Walt strikes us as a little too far over the evil mad scientist edge. We love that there's two of everyone excepting counterparts who have died like Charlie and Peter.  Too bad it looks like they won't love their doppelgangers. 

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Nina, you're full of secrets. Interesting that William Bell was as difficult to reach back in the day as he is now.  Was he already hopping back and forth between universes?  If so, why was Nina so keen to keep Walter from doing the same? Nina, we have to ask: Was it worth it trying to prevent the destruction of the world as it's known, having lost your arm in the process? BTW, they did a great job of making you look younger, even if we were worried that you wouldn't be able to blink and that your face wouldn't be able to move. 

Well. That's one cliff hanging winter finale on Fringe. Standing in two universes at once!  Little Olivia (Olive) fighting off the fears imposed by a younger and even less ethical Walter!  Inter-Universe glimmers! Around Peter! 

We have mixed feelings about Olivia's ability.  On one hand, we appreciate that there is a tangible non-supernatural explanation for them. On the other hand, waaa?  She needs to be scared to see the glimmering.  In other words, she needs to be in touch with her inner child, Olive.  Who lives in the dark scary woods and wears German expressionist clothes. Uh-huh.  Exactly of what was she scared when she was meeting Peter for drinks?

And while we're on this topic, high five to the tension between Peter and Olivia! Oh Fringe, how you tease us.  They both really wanted that kiss.  Happily they didn't give it to us. We need for that tension to keep us breathless. Seems that when that tension is broken, either something awful happens to one of the parties involved, or everything just goes downhill.  So, please continue to have that delicious tension for as long as possible.

What do you think of the tingly almost kiss, and subsequent revelation that Olivia had?  Tell us in the comments after the jump!

Call us cynical, but as we understand it, the Germans of the 1930s were all about the cutting edge of technology. We're pretty sure that should this fastidious and brilliant Nazi scientist still be around, frozen in his aging process, he'd be using the very latest available cleanest most flawless music format available. Pretty sure he'd not use a scratchy old copy of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, but a fantastic clean version, full of the glory and drama where every note is clear. 

Once again, the writers on the show brought back the fondest of fond X-files references.  As the first victim began to nosebleed, it definitely looked like black oil leaking from him.  After the cutaway it appeared to be red blood, but we think it was no coincidence and further evidence of homage.  

Where might the virus/contagion have begun?  Why, in deep drilling for oil!  As Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing says, "...there's a double meaning in that."  Could this have been the virus that wiped out life in eons past?  Could it be...dum dum dum, ALIEN?  OK, yes, now we're getting carried away. Check out this excerpt from a synopisis of the X-files episode "Ice": "They discover an organism which infects living creatures and amplifies the host's feeling of anger and paranoia..."

Last but not least is the element of the two agents being exposed to the foreign ancient substance as a result of tapping ancient natural resources for our selfish fuel needs.  

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Gosh, we love Fringe.  We even love the game of prying apart the episode and applying which X-Files episodes had similar elements. It's like a brilliantly written show that's in constant homage to the other show, which was admittedly our fave show of the 90s, by very very far. 

It's as though they put the elements from all the X-Files shows into either a popomatic bubble or into a Boggle arrangement, and then pick three for the week.  We love it. 

We also love how Walter is secretly connected to everything.  What a random case about which for him to forget his involvement several years ago. If we're being honest, we actually just love Walter, really.