Wow. Now that’s a finale! Twists, turns, and answers! Not enough to close the show out, but enough to satisfy Fringe enthusiasts for the time being.

No surprise that Nina Sharp lives through her gunshot. We learn quickly enough that David Robert Jones was behind her attack. Now covered in bandages from the sickness caused by the teleporter, David is now using a device and trying to find the right coordinates.

His first experiment draws a truck in through the portal and cutting it in half. A thorough investigation determines that the VIN, all serial numbers, everything about the truck don’t exist.

Nina finally (albeit slowly) explains what is going on. William Bell does not run a terrorist organziation. He is however not in this world. He has learned to go between this world and an alternate reality. It seems that David Robert Jones is also attempting to break into this reality and kill Bell.

Nina promises Dunham a face to face with Bell if she can stop Jones.

After a second incident slices a boy in half, Dunham tries to figure out why Jones is going where he goes. She is able to map all events of the pattern and find focal points. She realizes where he will next try.

Meanwhile The Observer takes Walter to his beach house and tells him he must find something. He seemingly is hesitant and even says that he has said too much before leaving. Walter struggles to remember what he is looking for.

With help from Massive Dynamic, Peter locates Walter and goes by himself to the beach house to get him back. Peter and Walter share some great character moments together as they both reminisce about events in the past. Walter is able to jog his memory and find the object.

A plug. To the hole that David Robert Jones is trying to open up.

Now both parties head up to stave off Jones at Reiden Lake, just west of Albany.

Jones opens the portal. Dunham shoots him but the sickness has also made him partially invulnerable. He continues to the portal but Peter is able to plug the hole slicing Jones in half.

And then the fun begins.

During the aftermath. Walter goes off on his own leaving Peter a note telling him he had to step out for a moment. He visits a graveyard that he had visited with The Observer earlier. And this is the tombstone he views:

What?!?! Yes this is the theory I had a few episodes back that is confirmed. Peter is dead! At least our world’s Peter.

After dropping very subtle hints all season long about Peter’s medical history, Walter losing something important to him, and Peter’s not remembering a lot of the memories that Walter has of him, they confirm it. So Walter must have plucked different Peter out of his world and put him into ours.

THEN we get Dunham’s meeting with Bell. After giving up on Nina showing up at their meeting, Dunham goes down in the elevator and suddenly gets off at a floor 13. We see a NY post regarding the Obamas moving into a new White House and Len Bias become NBA MVP. We then meet Spock…er William Bell. The camera fades out and we see that Bell’s office is in the still standing Twin Towers.

It’s poetic, evocative, and emotional and probably the best way to show that Dunham has crossed over to an alternate reality.

A great episode that answers so much but leaves so much open that you know you’re coming back for Season 2.

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OBSERVER MOMENT: The Observer has a few scenes with Walter