arrival fringe arrival fourth episode season american science fiction drama television series fringe episode written series creator executive producer executive producer runner directed episode concerns mysterious cylindrical object called beacon appears construction site new_york_city story involves relationship mysterious observer feature appearance arrival aired united_states september million viewers received positive mixed reviews praising new revelations observers plot brooklyn new_york bald man sits table orders raw beef sandwich glass room temperature water sandwich arrives sauce black pepper large quick bites staff time watching construction site street high tech taking notes right left characters ground gas main explodes site crane bald man observer pays sandwich hole construction site wireless phone says arrived shared hotel room walter keeps peter awake reciting chemical formula root beer morning peter expresses arrangement olivia tells wants leave let telling walter refuses work investigates object arrived brooklyn cylinder determined particular frequency course investigation forcibly junior agent order hide cylinder later meets bald man violent criminal named searching beacon killing olivia kidnaps peter find location recovers beacon grave taken olivia beacon escapes earth observer reports departure schedule peter confronts observer beacon conversation implies observer knows peter going says peter puts knew inside head observer knocks peter advanced sort gun hospitalized injuries peter admits olivia experience observer caused start believe pattern peter decides wants stay fringe team gets explanations walter apologizes doesn forgive walter admits peter accident years ago mysterious party saved lives man bald knew walter thoughts walter admits behaviour capsule desire protect motivated debt bald man capsule contained instructions man end episode olivia returns home sees recently deceased lover kitchen hello production arrival written creator executive producer directed episode second season early series actress feared character going liked audience suddenly die explained reading script episode bishop stabs neck script says bishop grabs jams needle neck fades black mouth hung open like god episodes appeared observer previous episodes appeared episode date previous appearances brief background cameos initially cast fringe assumed mere guest star character dropped manner similar science fiction series lost soon discovered character sort thing overarching story series continued wasn told don think knew time good guy bad guy human alien dimensional kind felt way directors input obviously writers scripts things like wardrobe weren given extremely big instructions kind worked things found thought interesting iconic went executive producer commented goal character definition connect emotionally specifically connected overall character mythology expected decision remove hour appeared caused stress department commented affair got little going knows grow little hair arrival episode observer dialogue treated focal character addition actor guest appearance episode episode character introduced rogue specialized weapon fires massive amounts energy simulate energy gun rogue fires olivia forest crew placed charges near trees appear large close hitting dvd special feature crew commented challenging fight scene observer peter fight observe dvd special features include deleted scene peter denies existence parallel walter implies existence quote shakespeare hamlet reception ratings million viewers watched arrival broadcast united_states share viewers point episode aired fringe watched new television important demographic days airing fox announced october fringe picked season order reviews episode reception ranged positive mixed critic positive episode blog chicago_tribune writing liked week episode wasn case wanting like trying find reasons past flaws enjoyed hour felt right mixture character development plus observer awesome called let alan_sepinwall star-ledger found arrival noticeable improvement previous episodes prepared fringe status going episode enjoyed observer diet generation kill futuristic looking ray gun retro looking mind reading machine walter think sticking bit probability lead nonsense groove way great atmosphere seeing improvement aol squad commenting tonight episode definitely got intrigued fringe science time looking forward episode combination things course walter scattered strikes particular moment impressed gave episode grade murray wrote arrival episode fringe deep sci procedural instead raised far questions answered fact think questions arrival answered happened fringe episode entitled arrival shock awe factor arrival strong piece storytelling episode felt slight hardly satisfying standalone experience creators promised fringe chapter ign contributor rated episode explaining liked attention bits logic work holding peter security clearance skeptical episode fringe science noticed similarities x-files writing direction concluded production values exceptional acting notch certainly going matter momentum website blogger highlighted arrival crucial episodes new viewers watch understand entertainment_weekly named arrival twelfth best episode series explaining episode formally introduced observer known september loving wearing bald headed time traveling surveyor future altercation peter graveyard movements speech real time earliest water cooler weird moments
The Arrival (Fringe)