She has regard for people, more than than Red-'Verse Fauxlivia. She cares about her partners, she actually cares about the two subjects of her investigation: Shawn and twin Aaron Ashmore as "Matthew and Joshua Rose." In the beginning of this Ep, two men are shown cutting a 3rd out of an Amber Block. It is soon revealed that one of the men is identical to the man frozen in Amber - And these two men escape while the 3rd man is trapped.
I never knew Bobby "Iceman" Drake from the X-Men franchise had a twin brother! This was a huge shocker to me, and ya can't really tell them apart here. But it is an interesting Parallel - "Iceman" can make blocks of Ice - Joshua Rose works with Blocks of Amber. Ice, Amber, Ice, Amber.
Basically, this episode is about Identities. As much as it is about Matthew and Joshua Rose - Joshua the Bank Robber and Matthew the married family man - This is about Olivia being Brainwashed by Walternate into believing she is Fauxlivia. Which is a way for Walternate to take advantage of the brainwashed Olivia in order to get her Cortexiphan Secret. And so as this case goes on, Walternate and Brandonate do tests on Olivia, they put her in the "Altered States" Tank and she crosses over, which initially seems like a unique experience until Peter starts appearing and telling her she had done it before.
Meanwhile, Olivia does Fauxlivia's job much better than Fauxlivia does it. The Fauxlivia in Seasons 2-3 had a mean streak until that was changed by the birth of Henry Bishop. The Fauxlivia in Season 4 never shot a guy in cold blood Like Fauxlivia does poor deaf Joe in "The Box" - At least this is never referred to or shown. But we have seen in just the short time Fauxlivia has been impersonating Olivia that she is not a nice person. But, she's a more accessible, more likable "Olivia" - If only Peter could see it, but she keeps deflecting him when he notices things that are way out of character.
And so Olivia-as-Fauxlivia is being Nagged by an internal "Peter" - To the point where she grabs a bottle of Pills. But that helps not much. It is actually Peter's internal invasions that assist Olivia in figuring out that the Rose Twins had Switched, then Switched back.
It had not been Joshua Rose that had been Trapped in Amber, but in fact his brother Matthew. And as we've seen that "People Trapped in Amber had been ruled Officially Legally Dead" - If this were to get out no peace would ever descend on Matthew Rose' Family.
We also see that Joshua Rose had technology similar to the machine that Mitchell Loeb used to steal Walter's "Transporter."- Does it seem to me that people in the Alternate Universe, are just smarter than people on this side? Maybe because they have more toys to play with.
We have these things all working to drive Olivia nuts - But in the end, she, as well as Joshua Rose - do the right thing.
This is the epitome of great Fringe writing - Always there are Parallels. The Rose Brothers - Olivia and Fauxlivia. Olivia ultimately has the same dilemma to solve as does Joshua Rose: And both ultimately, keep their secrets - For Now.
I never knew Bobby "Iceman" Drake from the X-Men franchise had a twin brother! This was a huge shocker to me, and ya can't really tell them apart here. But it is an interesting Parallel - "Iceman" can make blocks of Ice - Joshua Rose works with Blocks of Amber. Ice, Amber, Ice, Amber.
Basically, this episode is about Identities. As much as it is about Matthew and Joshua Rose - Joshua the Bank Robber and Matthew the married family man - This is about Olivia being Brainwashed by Walternate into believing she is Fauxlivia. Which is a way for Walternate to take advantage of the brainwashed Olivia in order to get her Cortexiphan Secret. And so as this case goes on, Walternate and Brandonate do tests on Olivia, they put her in the "Altered States" Tank and she crosses over, which initially seems like a unique experience until Peter starts appearing and telling her she had done it before.
Meanwhile, Olivia does Fauxlivia's job much better than Fauxlivia does it. The Fauxlivia in Seasons 2-3 had a mean streak until that was changed by the birth of Henry Bishop. The Fauxlivia in Season 4 never shot a guy in cold blood Like Fauxlivia does poor deaf Joe in "The Box" - At least this is never referred to or shown. But we have seen in just the short time Fauxlivia has been impersonating Olivia that she is not a nice person. But, she's a more accessible, more likable "Olivia" - If only Peter could see it, but she keeps deflecting him when he notices things that are way out of character.
And so Olivia-as-Fauxlivia is being Nagged by an internal "Peter" - To the point where she grabs a bottle of Pills. But that helps not much. It is actually Peter's internal invasions that assist Olivia in figuring out that the Rose Twins had Switched, then Switched back.
It had not been Joshua Rose that had been Trapped in Amber, but in fact his brother Matthew. And as we've seen that "People Trapped in Amber had been ruled Officially Legally Dead" - If this were to get out no peace would ever descend on Matthew Rose' Family.
We also see that Joshua Rose had technology similar to the machine that Mitchell Loeb used to steal Walter's "Transporter."- Does it seem to me that people in the Alternate Universe, are just smarter than people on this side? Maybe because they have more toys to play with.
We have these things all working to drive Olivia nuts - But in the end, she, as well as Joshua Rose - do the right thing.
This is the epitome of great Fringe writing - Always there are Parallels. The Rose Brothers - Olivia and Fauxlivia. Olivia ultimately has the same dilemma to solve as does Joshua Rose: And both ultimately, keep their secrets - For Now.