finale season american science fiction drama television series fringe finale followed attempts open doorway parallel universe fringe team tries stop ends fbi agent discovering startling secret massive dynamic founder episode story written written directed episode marked appearance guest actor creator having worked film star trek actor join series series phone conversations signed episodes found playing character unique experience years portraying episode aired united_states watched estimated million viewers received good reviews critics praising revelations concerning parallel universe critics offered opinions depiction reactions positive plot sharp recovers gunshot sustained previous episode fringe team investigation reveals man white discuss locating questioning believe fringe events occurring season graveyard unknown olivia begin searching walter tells olivia energy cell stolen mechanical arm jones massive dynamic employee looked bell father figure falling olivia demands speak bell explains know bell communicating past months strictly believes jones trying confront bell promises olivia stops jones arrange meeting bell busy new_york_city street jones team use energy cell open doorway parallel universe bring truck apparently unsuccessful jones complains wrong coordinates having previously observed walter graveyard observer arrives walter bishops beach house gives walter coin telling remember find walter goes house olivia charlie interview witnesses saw jones extract truck doorway discover truck numbers exist implies truck interview reveals fringe team truck universe jones stolen energy cell travel universe peter finds walter chooses meet father believes walter upset past days beach house peter walter search retrieve device seal shut doorway universe walter explains peter lost dear bring reality device created prevent following jones makes unsuccessful attempt open doorway soccer field providence olivia searches old case files related science unexplained phenomena discovers geographic connection soccer field city street past fringe cases olivia walter come conclusion jones going use site lake reopen doorway fringe events olivia peter walter intercept jones opening window halfway peter walter device killing jones sealing doorway end episode walter goes visit graveyard observes marked peter bishop suggesting walter legitimate son died later calls olivia implies meet manhattan way hotel gets car crash point transported parallel universe shows hotel restaurant olivia leaves assumes got stood elevator leave building olivia location directed office reading newspaper headline indicating president obama preparing new white_house greeted final shot window revealing standing inside production casting character massive dynamic founder originally meant revealed earlier season writers changed minds progressed early april entertainment_weekly announced star trek actor cast bell fringe creator relationship working film star trek stated interview called join fringe explaining character sounded interested wanted familiar producers sent information fringe agreed exchange phone calls responded interest pitched idea able cast star trek reboot later explained contacted working fringe people attitude creativity creative team according idea play mysterious referenced thrill know sound like goofy fan boy help icon genre wonderful actor come board fringe mind blowing honor hired episodes beginning season finale fringe creator described character mix referred bell master universe brilliant wealthy powerful final scene episode olivia brief described scene interesting entertaining want relationship actress anna described final scene calm threatening kind cool working fringe kind calm lovely going underneath shooting commented character unique experience acted outside character number years stated multiple interviews fringe role project acting career writing filming episode written executive producers consulting producer executive producer wrote story producer served episode director fourth credit season called finale end chapter start believed huge turning point main characters creator executive producer explained interview big reveal end episode olivia meets bell parallel universe actually planned fourth season writers decided let actually answer instead rely mystery forever actually chose kind big answer come different intended writers wanted use iconic image scene leading staff writer suggestion thought greatest idea world having doubts use explained started thinking thought collectively america understood monumental moment felt wasn exploited indicative times living right end season thrilled going cast later series jackson considered better visual better cliff finale create scene jones brings semi truck parallel universe special effects crew took smaller truck dressed like longer semi help cgi result episode viewer led believe truck cut half unsuccessfully entering prime universe doorway rigged appeared tilt cables linked smash passing car production crew considered renaissance man filled bell office things inspire prototype mechanical arm items evoke images stimulate thought cultural references final scene set parallel universe newspaper states presumably recently inaugurated moving new white_house indicating traditional presidential residence recently rebuilt headline president addressing united_nations newspaper depicts player winning mvp award bias fact died prime universe reception ratings season finale episode watched estimated million viewers united_states seasons fox aired repeats season featuring twitter comments episodes executive producers actors reviews episode received generally positive reviews multiple critics performances actors review entertainment_weekly critic ken_tucker wrote mind blown twice revelations fringe vaulted upper reaches current television second review tucker praised beautifully executed special effects hole universe closed writing critic gave episode felt episode want season finale references story wanted head los_angeles_times thought finale leads wealth possibilities universe bold wait friends fringe writing chicago_tribune critic praise excellent episode complimented quietly creepy atmosphere slowly building tension dual stories way stories woven suitably tense encounter olivia peter jones critics appreciated fringe chose end finale shot disliked defended decision explaining chose building obviously iconic best displayed parallel universe things better ways worse different choices road taken defended writers commenting received script thought interesting kind daring contemporary television pull story know easy use kind stuff thought critics expressed episode couldn wait following season begin ign rated episode website blogger listed crucial episodes new viewers watch listed 16th best television episode explaining company know big reveals reveals living parallel universe twin towers weren lost comparison files episode columnist wrote fringe episode won landslide episode kicked high gear files winding entertainment_weekly named seventh best episode series calling episode changed season produced moment finally earned buzz den geek ranked episode fifth best entire series ign ranked ninth best awards nominations submitted episode consideration outstanding writing drama series category 61st primetime emmy awards submitted episodes pilot bound receive nominations
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