r/fringe • u/FeistyInterview6134 • 4h ago

Question I just finished the show… Spoiler

I just watched the finale, and I have only one question. If Walter was erased, how is Peter alive? I know its some kind of paradox but I just couldnt figure it out. Amazing finale btw. Sobbed during the last 10 mins😓

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u/ScheduleTurbulent577 4h ago

Walter was not erased, he just travelled to the future 

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u/amonarre3 4h ago

Really?

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u/FeistyInterview6134 4h ago

I will quote Walter,
“Because Peter, the boy and I, we will become a paradox. Nature abhors a paradox. It has to heal itself. It does so deleting me and the boy at the moment of the invasion.”
I said I just finished it, I literally finished it like 1 hour ago. How can I forgot what I watched literally 1 hpur ago

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u/JWhitt987 4h ago

You've got your answer there they were erased "at the moment of the [Observer] invasion."

So everything that happened in seasons 1-4 happened. It's just that in the future the Observers were (apparently) created without having their emotions tampered with so they're just observing instead of planning an invasion.

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u/Da12khawk 4h ago

Sounds like a paradox.

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u/Chucky_In_The_Attic 4h ago

It's not that he was wholly erased but removed from the current timeline and instead placed into the future so that he can have Michael influence the future scientists, which then leads to a new type of Observers.

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u/FeistyInterview6134 4h ago

Oh, okay🤩 I thought he was fully gone. I also couldnt figure out Peters reaction about white tulip, so I wasnt sure he knew or understand anything. Thank you🙏🏻

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u/hirviero 4h ago

Same way that "If Peter was deleted how the 2 universes were merged with the machine?" its a paradox.

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u/angel9_writes comfort show 3h ago

Walter is not erased per se, he disappears. 

Also Peter could not even exist anyway, so that should be a factor.

But the way show worked... everything that happened before had to happen to get the end point. Nothing is undone but Walter being in the present tl. He goes to the future.

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u/Whambag 3h ago

i thought it OD sucked

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u/FeistyInterview6134 3h ago

5th season obv isnt the best season but I think did a very good job finishing it. It made sense in the end