Fringe's final episode saw the Fringe team finally piece together the device they had been 'building' all season in order to send the child Observer Michael into the future to stop The Observers ever being created. The stakes and obstacles were high enough though to make it a fairly exciting episode. Broyles was discovered as the mole for the underground, Peter and Olivia had to infiltrate Observers headquarters to get the control cube needed to operate the shipping lane between time periods, and this allowed the use of past Fringe biological materials as a nod to longtime fans. Astrid and Walter also shared a nice moment with Daisy the cow, and the fantastic Windmark met his squishy demise at Olivia's hands. In terms of character development Fringe's final episode lacked severely, but Fringe has always had difficulty doing so with character's that aren't named Walter Bishop. The mad scientist finally got the redemption he thought he deserved by sacrificing himself and taking Michael into the future. So Olivia and Peter fought for their family, Etta, and won, and while it was all very touching, 'generic happy family' as an ending for a thought provoking science-fiction show isn't exactly what I wanted.
Rating: 3.5/5
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