With the new season of Fringe only 4 days away, I thought I’d put together my top 5 “Must See” Fringe Flashbacks:
1) David Jones and William Bell – This might not be the most obvious choice for a flashback, especially with Jones having met his end in the season finale, but he was a great character whose motivation for wanting William Bell dead could do with some more explanation. It’s no surprise that Bell has his opponents, but for Jones to go to such lengths to kill him, well, that’s a pretty big statement in my opinion.
2) Olive/Bell/Walter – The scene on the grainy VHS tape with young Olivia was one of those ‘blow you mind’ type moments of last season. Everything clicked in those 15-20 seconds, imagine what could be revealed with more time spent on those clinical trials? I so want to see Olive go all Carrie on us!
3) Young Peter & Walter on Thanksgiving night – The night that Peter and Walter nearly died in the frozen lake is my most anticipated flashback. It could offer some explanation as to why the Observer apparently saved them. I also get the impression that Walter hasn’t told Peter all there is to know about that particular night. I mean, we know that the Observer isn’t supposed to “get involved”, so what gives? Let’s see it!
4) Young Olive and Nick Lane – Olivia doesn’t have many friends, yet apparently she had Nick by her side as a child. The two of them were paired together during William Bell’s Cortexiphan trials, and you’d have to think that a flashback of their time together (and perhaps more importantly, their deactivation/separation) would make for useful mythology and character development.
5) W-ina – Nina told Peter that her and Walter used to spend a lot of time together back in the good ole’ days. I know that I’m not the only one who’d like to see what Nina and Walter used to get up to at the stables. Right? Oops, wrong list, this one belongs in the 5 Fringe Flashbacks We Don’t Need to See!
Of course, for many of these flashbacks they’d need to hire some good young actors to play the parts of kid Peter and Olivia, but Fringe has shown capability in that area with the excellent casting of Spencer List, and to a lesser extent, Lily Pilblad.
Season 2 of Fringe premiere September 17th on FOX. You can watch the sneak peek footage from the premiere episode here.
