Fox’s “Fringe” returns with a powerful episode about Walter Bishop (played by John Noble) and the decisions he has made in the past that have shaped this future. The week’s brand new episode, entitled “Peter” is the first of eight new episodes to round out the second season of the show. See how it all began and just how Peter came to our universe from the alt-world.
SciFi Mafia has the episode synopsis, promo, and three sneak peeks into “Peter” that you won’t want to miss. According to early reviews of this episode, John Noble should get an Emmy for this episode. Scroll past the vids for an interview with Noble about this episode.
Synopsis for “Fringe” episode entitled “Peter” (Season 2 Episode 16)
Walter flashes back to 1985 while explaining Peter’s otherworldly origins to Olivia. Also, Peter’s mother (guest star Orla Brady) is introduced, and details of the neighboring world reaffirms that there is more than one of everything in the all-new “Peter” episode of FRINGE.
Promo for “Peter”
Sneak peek of “Peter”- Made a mistake
Sneak peek of “Peter” – Move On
Sneak Peek of “Peter” – Opening the Door
How does Noble craft his character from twenty-five years back to the state he is in now? Noble explains the journey of his character:
“It’s interesting having played Walter 25 years younger. He’s actually quite a likable man. He’s married to a lovely woman, and he seems to enjoy his work. He’s driven. He’s a driven man. He’s very smart, and he’s very driven to succeed.”
“But he does make choices, and he makes that one error. It’s like we do in tragedies, where one error will cause this tumbling effect. … What he was trying to do was to play God, really. He was saying, ‘Well I can fix this boy,’ and he was playing God. In fact, he said, ‘There’s only one God in this lab, and it’s not yours.’ That quite an interesting theme to Walter that I find to this season so far.”
“With younger Walter, there were a few simple things. One of them, obviously, he’s younger and he has a different energy, so you know, when I had to run or move, I had to run or move as a younger man, which I hope I succeeded in doing. He doesn’t speak like Walter today. He spoke very clearly and straight. These were the small things. And you should just see just a little bit of potential Walter in there. I hope you see a little tiny bit in there when he’s in the lab, but not too much. That was the lot of it I played, just that little bit in there. But he was successful, and you can kind of see the charm that he has now as an older man. But he probably wasn’t quite as likable when he was that age. So it was a good challenge, but really I had to just work on the physicalities and change those few things.”
From the sneak peeks, it is inevitable that we will see the “Walternate”. Noble gives minor spoilery clues about this alt-universe Dr. Bishop:
“You certainly will see more of [the Walternate]. In the finale you’ll see an awful lot of him. Again, it’s a challenge. It’s the same man, but with different choices made in life. And we often talk about that on Fringe, don’t we? The parallel universe is like, the choices you make will help impact the rest of your life. So Walternate is in a different profession than Walter and a far different person, and he’s physically different. He’s a very powerful man, Walternate. I can’t really say more than that, but he is different.”
“Fringe” returns to Fox, tonight April 1st at 9pm ET.
