Finally, best sciencey-frenemies, Walter Bishop (John Noble) and William Bell (Leonard Nimoy) will face-off on the finale of the second season of Fox’s “Fringe”. Consulting producer, Akiva Goldsman confirms this long-awaited meeting of the minds:
“William and Walter will finally face off in the finale. These [characters] have so much that they’re bringing to bear. And Leonard and John are two fantastic actors.”
But that isn’t the only piece of gold awaiting fans of the show. The final episodes of the season will also explore Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson)… or is it Alt-Peter? Goldsman continues:
“We’re going to be looking very closely into Peter’s [Joshua Jackson] identity, Walter’s choices in the past, and Walter’s choices in the future. And by the end of the season, we’re all going over to the other side.”
We’re going to over to the other side? I’m giddy with excitement! Executive producer Jeff Pinkner addresses what Olivia will have to face in this finale:
“Olivia we’ll find this season that in order to identify and defeat the bad guy she’s going to have to … allow herself to be open to what Walter and William Bell did to her as a kid. She’s going to have to allow these inherent abilities of hers to come to the surface so that she can identify and then stop the people who are trying to open up the corridor to the other side. And she may fail.”
Wait a minute, if we’re all going over to the other side, does that mean that Olivia (Anna Torv) and company does fail or that she has to go and battle them from the other side?
The finale will be a two-parter, written by the executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J. H. Wyman and directed by Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”). Goldsman talks about the strategy for the finale, even if it turns out to be the series finale if the show does not get picked up for another season:
“We’re trying to do the last two episodes as a singular event, a little bit more movie-like. It’s really one big story. We’re approaching it like a mini-feature. It’ll have a singular narrative drive… Good stories typically have sufficient closure, but also have the promise of continuing — even if you’re not watching them continue. So, short of killing somebody — which we’re not doing — we’re just treating it like the end of a movement, not the end of a symphony.”
“Fringe” will be off the air briefly after the airing of their “Winter Finale” episode to air next week, but don’t worry, it will return April 1st. Fox will air their new series about reincarnation “Past Life” during the “Fringe” break.
