Consequently, "when Lincoln comes in, she's a little more open to him [than she was with Peter] and working with someone again."[24]. As Roland and Amanda's body were taken away, Olivia broke down in front of Peter; she questioned that if Roland could tell that Amanda wasn't the same person by looking at her eyes, why could Peter not do the same with Fauxlivia. I will never get over the perfection of Lincoln and Olivia. Astrid called Olivia, Peter and Walter from the lab, revealing that the typewriter was typing out "Be a better man than your father", a phrase that Olivia and Peter have talked about before, thus giving them hope that Olivia would be able to disengage the parallel universe's device. She turned a lot of heads. After Walter searched through the SUV, he shut the door and Olivia suddenly ejected through the windshield. ("The No-Brainer") Dunham later went undercover with Peter Bishop to solve the case of a bioweapon that mutated its victims. Marilyn Dunham later remarried in the mid-1980s. She struggles with trust issues and letting other people help her out. ("Night Of Desirable Objects"), Olivia and Sam Weiss continued to meet at the bowling alley, where he subjected her to seemingly menial tasks like tying her shoes and keeping score during games. Season 3. ("Ability"), Dunham returned to work soon afterward, and was called in to a case where a small boy had been found in a sealed underground tunnel. Jones then instructed Dunham to find a box which contained ten games, which were designed for a "recruit" of the ZFT bible. I think Olivia would like to not feel everything is her responsibility. ("The Arrival"), After solving cases involving a bus accident ("The Ghost Network") and a mysterious bald man ("The Arrival"), Olivia finally became somewhat used to her job and was on good terms with Phillip Broyles and the rest of her co-workers. In the parallel universe, the Fringe Division investigates a case where a man was eaten from inside out by an extinct beetle. She ventured upstairs to investigate; after failing to find anything, she accidentally fired her weapon, narrowly missing Peter. They look around at the same time in which the observers initially appeared and seeing nothing, go back to playing with Etta.[18]. Olivia also mentions that Fauxlivia "kidnapped" her. 96 They may not have been Fringe's primary love story, but in my universe their love was the star of the show. Wyman", "Vacation Robo-Post: Great Performances of 2010", "AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters", "Teen Choice Awards: Complete list of winners", "Nominations for the 37th Annual Saturn Awards". The 42-episode slow-burn romance comes to a head as Olivia delivers one of the most resonantly heartfelt lines of the series. She encountered a cleaning lady, and as Olivia felt herself being dragged back to the parallel universe, she gave the cleaning lady a message to pass along to Peter that she was trapped on the other side, exposing Fauxlivia. Olivia and Peter got married. Olivia tried to reassure him - "Eventually it'll just become you life" - but it backfired on her when Lincoln suggested that perhaps a world gone Fringe-y, no matter how interesting . ("Power Hungry"), On her birthday, Dunham investigated a case concerning a virus that caused people to explode. Whenever Olivia or Lincoln went too far, the other one was there to make them see reason. As a result, Olivia killed her abusive stepfather. After the extraordinary turn of events that shockingly left an imprisoned Olivia "over there," she fights to find her way home. Olivia, seeing her mother and the memories of her mother, cried into her arms, as she was awash in Fauxlivia's memories. Female Though the Fringe Division that developed in this universe had been able to use amber to contain these vortices, a group called the "End of Dayers", led by a man named Moreau attempted to breach the fabric of reality at soft spots and create more vortices. Nina advised Olivia to find Sam Weiss, a man that William Bell had trusted and instructed Nina to also listen to. [7], Olivia is given permission by Nina Sharp to meet William Bell, who currently resides in another dimension, with his office in the World Trade Center's South Tower. After looking at many auditions "well past the 12th hour"[19] for the role of Olivia Dunham, Australian actress Anna Torv was selected for the part. While working for the FBI, Dunham became romantically involved with fellow agent and partner John Scott. ("The Cure"), While investigating a parasite on the heart of fellow agent Mitchell Loeb, Dunham first met David Robert Jones, a prisoner in the German Wissenschaft Prison and a known bioterrorist. So Anna had to listen to all these people saying 'She's really doing nothing,' when really it was our issue. Fringe Episode 2.22 Scene - Peter and Olivia - The Kiss gillybabies 7.12K subscribers Subscribe 1.1K 341K views 12 years ago Olivia tells Peter why needs to come back with her she seals it. Episode Count The trust these two shared was unwavering, and it spilled over into the prime versions of the characters as well. Olivia shot him after this but did not kill him. Nina became a mother-figure and developed a deep bond with Olivia. Walter, with a window to the parallel universe, saw that the other Peter was alive and well, but discovered that September distracted Walter Bishop of the Alternate Universe finding the cure. Because of Olivia's childhood past, she had managed to make Christopher open up to her and thus making the Other Broyles (who knew Olivia was from the other side and not his own agent) have a second opinion on her. Many events still occurred, though, including her incarceration in the Alternate Universe and her impersonation by Fauxlivia. This drove Olivia and Peter apart, as Peter wanted to find his missing daughter and Olivia decided to bottle up her emotions and try to save the world. Olivia was able to stand up against her past fears and stop their advance. This was the same test as the previous timeline with the lightbox but this time he wanted her to turn the lights on instead of off. Olivia managed to escape the facility using her talent for remembering numbers and knocking several government men down. The bell caused Olivia to recall her conversation with Bell in the parallel universe. Yes, the Olivias seemed destined to carry a torch for Peter, even when Peter was blinked out of existence but Lincoln was there to help Olivia solve cases, deal with her losses, and just generally be the best partner he could possibly be. As the team began to collect pieces of the plan, Olivia bonded with her long lost daughter, only to have her taken away again by the insidious Captain Windmark, who shot her point blank. Casting director April Webster commented, "What we were looking for in Olivia was a woman who was believable as an FBI agent but yet had some vulnerability. Although initially finding their conversations useless, he cured Olivia's inability to walk without a cane. At first skeptical, Peter soon accepted her into his life. Olive and "Dr. Walter" at the daycare facility in Jacksonville, 1985. Returning to the Federal Building in Boston, Dunham was assigned to investigate a lead at a storage facility along with Scott. He comes to realize a temporal paradox (a Bootstrap paradox): he will have sent the doomsday device piece by piece into the past, effectively becoming the "First People" mythos, and convinced Peter that they can influence Peter in the past by having him experience the end of days himself and make a different decision when he enters the machine, thus preventing Olivia's death and the grim future to come. Every version of Lincoln and Olivia could have had it all (and at least one of them did), and here are 11 reasons why they were Fringe 's best couple. The good news is, Anna's new and more animated Olivia isn't really a departure so much as it is a character who seems to have had a catharsis. Actor Alice's connection to the parallel universe Derek had caused the crack. "[44], Dunham was named one of TV's Smartest Detectives by AOL TV. By the 4th season of the show Peter is erased from both universes. Created by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci, the series follows a special unit of the FBI known as the Fringe Division, which investigates abnormal cases involving "fringe science". While solving the case of Joseph Meegar, a man who can control electricity, Olivia began to see visions of Scott, which eventually led her to one of Scott's hideouts, where she found several useful items, along with an engagement ring intended for her. Shortly after the bridge was formed, Olivia and the other Olivia began to swap case files, both being extremely cold and suspicious of the other. Using a makeshift set of ropes and pulleys, Roland engaged Amanda's body in a marionette act to make her perform like a ballerina, promising her he will bring her back to life. '"[33], The character and Torv's performance received overall generally positive reviews, although the response to Anna Torv's performance in the first season was mixed. Nina, initially doubtful that Olivia met Bell, recognized the "great storm" phrase, and attempted to help Olivia in any way possible. Walter continued to study the Central Park wormhole and discovered that it links to the past, approximately 250 million years ago. Olivia is the series' protagonist, and was introduced as an FBI Special Agent, working for a multi-agency task force of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security called the Fringe Division, dealing with supernatural events that are linked to experimental occurrences. 1. The domino effect that took place was that Nina Sharp was actually somewhat responsible for the death of Peter as a child, so she took sympathy for the abused Olivia, who was the star pupil at the Cortexiphan Trials when her mother died. ("Marionette"), Olivia tried to be nonchalant about Peter Bishop and tried to come to terms with Fauxlivia taking her place and vice versa. Olivia took Sam Weiss to the machine. They have subtle differences, but they're both fighting for their causes. Torv has received several awards for her portrayal of Olivia. What's interesting about this show is that in many ways, Olivia has the masculine role, and the two guys are the women. Olivia and Peter then attempted to reconcile and rekindle their relationship. She suspected that this capability was due to her Cortexiphan treatment when she was young. ("The Road Not Taken"), Olivia was curious about the whereabouts of William Bell and had been wanting to question him of his involvement with the ZFT. She has been called the guardian of the gateway by Bell, who will prevent the invasion by the alternate dimension. Meanwhile, his Olivia, in the alternate universe, begins to see visions of Peter, who kisses her and tells her . Unknown to the prime universe, Walternate's experiment had not affected the stability of their world. They believe that Olivia is the alternate version - Charlie tells Lincoln that she has lost her mind. ("Os"). Olivia demonstrated that she learned how to control her Cortexiphan abilities. Olivia wants to know how her colleague is dealing with life on the Fringe team, but he insists that he . He is portrayed by actor Seth Gabel . It was almost as if Olivia was his daughter and he wanted to take her heartbreak away. She'd like to go home and let someone else shoulder that burden of saving the world for a few minutes. Last Appearance The character was created by series' co-creator J. J. Abrams, and is portrayed by actress Anna Torv.Olivia is the series' protagonist, and was introduced as an FBI Special Agent, working for a . Once the Observers invaded in 2015, Henrietta went missing (one way or another, Fauxlivia was aware of it, as mentionned in Liiberty at 26:07, suggesting that communication between universes continued after the deactivation of the bridge in Worlds Apart). [50][51][52] In 2011, for her work in the third season, Torv was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 1st Critics' Choice Television Awards. Walter was holding a grudge against William Bell for using Olivia as a part of his scheme to collapse both worlds. ("Dream Logic"), When Thomas Jerome Newton, the reanimated leader of the shape-shifters forced Walter to tell him how he opened a door to the Alternate Universe, Olivia managed to stop his escape, but was forced to choose between seizing Newton and saving Walter, as he had given Walter a lethal dose of a neurotoxin that will kill him unless he gave Olivia the correct directions. He had decided to open up to her and shows her the five data discs from the shapeshifters he killed after the doomsday device weaponized him. Dunham graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. Olivia and Weiss brought the parchment to Walter, who recognized that Olivia's telekinetic powers must be used to turn off the machine in the parallel universe. The alternate universe Fringe team of Olivia, Charlie, and Lincoln was introduced and it was majestic. At three years old, Olivia lived in Jacksonville, Florida, because her father was stationed at the local military base. ("The Firefly") Olivia read Fauxlivia's observation notes and found that Fauxlivia did have real emotions towards Peter Bishop and identified to Astrid Farnsworth that Fauxlivia is the better version of her. Walter is initially unsuccessful at treating Scott, but after entering a water tank for a synaptic transfer with Scott, Dunham is able to identify the man who tried to kill Scott: Richard Steig, twin brother of Flight 627 passenger Morgan Steig, a former Massive Dynamic employee. ("Midnight"), While investigating the case of a spontaneous combustion, Olivia learned that she was capable of experiencing an extended deja vu, apparently, a glimpse of the Alternate Universe. ("Ability"). After finding out that Peter Bishop had an intimate relationship with Fauxlivia, she tried to be ignorant about it. [16] Olivia and Peter are soon caught up in Walternate's scheme to destroy their world using the doomsday machine and Olivia tells Peter she loves him before he steps into the machine to stop it.[17]. He survived the shooting and disappeared after his recovery. Both Agent Broyles and Nina Sharp consider her to have much potential and talent, the latter even hoping to bring her on as an employee of Massive Dynamic. Also Known As Olivia struggled unsuccessfully with trying to activate the typewriter, even with Walter's support. Olivia escapes to Walternate's lab in Harvard. Phillip Broyles, the managing agent of the case, chose Francis and Scott to examine the plane, and eventually submitted to Dunham's requests and let her join the search team as well, despite his dislike of her. She was told to grab random letters from the names, that once unscrambled read "you're gonna be fine". Olivia was able to retrieve the device but was forced to amber herself before returning to the Harvard Lab. When Olivia finds and confides in Walter himself, he empathizes with her and threatens her stepfather Randall with a call to social services as well as the loss of financial support from the trial ("Subject 13"). Weeks later, Olivia began to hallucinate with visions of Peter Bishop. Upon reaching the bomb, however, Dunham discovered that disabling the bomb required the skill that she had previously imitated on the first test. Peter, Walter and Bell use LSD to go into Olivia's mind to locate and save her, but Bell is lost forever when he helps Olivia come to grips with her hidden fears and she regains consciousness. Her emotional reaction triggered her ability to see once again the "shimmer" around Peter that marked him as a native of the parallel universe. Images: Warner Bros. Television; hellyeahfringe/Tumblr (11), The Real Reason Selena Gomez Hid Her Love Of Friends' For Years, Olivia Colman Is Creepy AF In The New Great Expectations Trailer, Austin Butler Reveals Whether He Will Appear In The 'Zoey 101' Sequel Movie, Paul Rudd Has This One Regret Over 'Friends Final Episode, Get Even More From Bustle Sign Up For The Newsletter. Olivia gave birth to Henrietta and lived happily as a family with Peter, although this did not last. As a result of the Cortexiphan, Olivia began regaining the memories of her previous life with Peter, a life that had been all but erased. Throughout the case, she faced an emotional breakdown over the incident and her identity crisis. However, Sam had disappeared and could not be found. And sporting sensible pantsuits and just a hint of makeup, she makes Olivia a plausibly gorgeous pro, not a crime-busting tootsie. There's lots of little, subtle differences. She directed Henry to the address for Massive Dynamic, but found the facility does not exist in this universe. Peter left her standing in the rain. Peter and the Fringe team were able to track Olivia down and save her from Jones's clutches. [41] Midway through the second season, Sarah Stegall from SFScope believed Torv "had the most progress and the most satisfying development" of all the main actors, stating she "is now carrying this role with grace and strength". As in the original timeline, Olivia was instrumental in starting the Fringe Division and releasing Walter Bishop from St. Claire's to save her partner John Scott from biological attack. 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