The Olivias and Walters cautiously agreed that they needed to put aside their differences to save both worlds, completely unaware of Peter's disappearance. As Fringe's dimension-hopping became more and more unintelligible, Lincoln and Olivia became a constant for the fans to hold onto. Olivia was able to stand up against her past fears and stop their advance. However, another relationship deserved just as much attention, too and that would be the one between Lincoln and Olivia. She has a live-in boyfriend named Frank Stanton who works as a virologist who specialized in infectious disease for the CDC and both of them are engaged briefly until he breaks up with her. In the parallel universe, the Fringe Division investigates a case where a man was eaten from inside out by an extinct beetle. She may not have fallen as hard for Lincoln as he did for her, but she valued his friendship and his willingness to tell what she needed to hear rather than what she wanted to hear. Agent Lincoln Lee, still needing hyperbaric treatment to regrow his skin after being burned, and Agent Charlie Francis, followed a tracking device on Henry's taxi. Peter realized that when Olivia is scared, she retreated to somewhere safe, and suggested they search her mind's version of Jacksonville, her childhood home. Olivia is captured by Walternate's forces, imprisoned in the government facility on Liberty Island and put through both physical and psychological treatments by Walternate to make her believe that she is really the Fauxlivia of the parallel universe. Harris, working with Internal Affairs, intended to get revenge on Dunham for her prosecution of him. Weiss suggested finding a proverbial "crowbar" that could be used to break the shield protecting the device to give Peter enough time to enter it. "[39], In a response to some early negative reactions to the actress' performance, Jon Lachonis noted in a review of the first season's seventh episode that "Anna Torv, whose chill portrayal of FBI agent and Pattern investigator Olivia Dunham has come under fire for being too wooden, seems to have reinvented her character to answer the critics. Walter was holding a grudge against William Bell for using Olivia as a part of his scheme to collapse both worlds. They look around at the same time in which the observers initially appeared and seeing nothing, go back to playing with Etta.[18]. Jones was intrigued by Dunham. Alice's connection to the parallel universe Derek had caused the crack. ("Concentrate and Ask Again"). Olivia was the power source for Bell's plans, Walter took drastic measures to shut it down: shooting Olivia in the head. Comparing Olivia to Fauxlivia, Torv felt that the two had many different characteristics. Dunham was clear of the blast, but Scott had been directly in the middle of the explosion and was put into a coma to slow skin degeneration similar to the degeneration seen on the passengers of Flight 627. Walter and Peter are called in to investigate the case of a very dead thirty year old man, that appears to be in his nineties. Walter first put Olivia under heavy sedation, and she experienced meeting her younger, frightened self, but was still unable to trigger her ability. However, she merely shot him in the knees, saving the people around Lane and incapacitating him. "[26], Torv and Akiva Goldsman discussed various ways to differentiate the two depictions of Olivia;[27] ultimately two different physical demeanors were created. As the team began to pursue David Robert Jones and try to stop his plan, they learned that William Bell was the true mastermind. This was when Peter came to the realization that he couldn't begin a relationship with the "wrong" Olivia again, like he had done with the Alternate Olivia. 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 . They proved to be a couple that could stand the test of time. Broyles revealed there was a GPS tracker in him, but managed to buy Olivia enough time to successfully return to her universe with a dose of Cortexiphan. Using Alternate Nina as bait, Jones administered the Evaluation System test to Olivia. [2] With help from Walter, Olivia finds a way to communicate with John within her own mind, eventually allowing the memories to fade completely. Fringe was unable to determine how the container works. This division is where she spearheads various paranormal events related to The Pattern, alongside civil consultant Peter Bishop and his father, Dr. Walter Bishop. Olivia in the Peter-less universe was adopted as a child along with her sister by Nina Sharpe whom she considers a surrogate mother. '"[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. It is this quality which both impresses and irritates Broyles, as it makes her a good agent but also makes her prone to biting off more than she can chew when it comes to pursuing suspects. Olivia's perspectives and inner feelings seemed to make her life harder for her but very often serve as the focal points for episodes of the series that directly focus on her development as a human being and a member of the law enforcement community. Olivia's crashed SUV was found. Olivia tearfully reunited with her now father-in-law Walter, released by Senator Broyles, to discover the unique radioactive signature device they could track. They may not have been Fringe's primary love story, but in my universe their love was the star of the show. But at the time, people were like, 'Wow, this girl really is not much,' which is so not true. She turned a lot of heads. Olivia and Peter got married. "[5] We later learn that Olivia started the fire with her mind. Olivia and Peter as children in the field of white tulips. I will never get over the perfection of Lincoln and Olivia. Dunham raids Steig's house, eventually capturing him with the help of Peter. The two split up to search the storage facility, and Scott found and pursued a man who was hiding in one of the containers. 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". [37], Torv's double duty as Olivia and Fauxlivia late in the second season and throughout the third and fourth seasons received almost universal critical acclaim. ("Pilot"). Anna Torv described them as "remarkably alike. [15] Initially, Bell and Walter think Olivia will just be a host for Bell while they find a way to move his consciousness to another entity, but they find that Olivia is losing herself and her personality will soon be gone. Her emotional reaction triggered her ability to see once again the "shimmer" around Peter that marked him as a native of the parallel universe. "Olivia (Fringe)" redirects here. ("The Day We Died"). The Fringe division discovers an undamaged device they believe is used by the shapeshifters to take another's identity. During part of the treatment, she escapes and jumps into the river. Olivia was still treated with Cortexiphan, but without her meeting with Peter as a child. ("Marionette"), Olivia tried to be nonchalant about Peter Bishop and tried to come to terms with Fauxlivia taking her place and vice versa. Olivia's hallucination of Peter pointed out to her that there was a way to tell if she was from the prime universe: by confirming her memories of her seven-year-old niece Ella, who did not survive birth in the parallel universe. Excuse me, I need a second to swoon. The character of Olivia has been described as "an incredibly driven, incredibly brilliant agent with her own complicated past that will be peel[ed] back over time. 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. Because of her efforts to save Christopher, he let her go. Giving orders in Central Park, moments before her death. Dunham, still skeptical of whether the drug existed, confronted Nina Sharp about the drug, who told her that William Bell had only tested it in Ohio to unsuccessful results in the early 1980's, during which Dunham was a three-year-old living at a military base in Jacksonville, Florida with her father. At three years old, Olivia lived in Jacksonville, Florida, because her father was stationed at the local military base. Peter left her standing in the rain. Actor The alternate universe Fringe team of Olivia, Charlie, and Lincoln was introduced and it was majestic. An experiment by Dr. Bishop to link her to the dying John Scott's mind in order to learn what he knew about his condition results in Olivia gaining part of his consciousness, causing her mind to begin integrating and purging the foreign consciousness. Walter and William believe that they have less than a day before Olivia's mind will be lost. 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. Bryce Dallas Howard's husband Seth Gabel played Fringe agent Lincoln Lee (and Peter's love rival for Olivia) from season two, and went on to play Cotton Mather in all three season of WGN America's . She excused herself and stepped outside for some fresh air, followed by Peter. Olivia adopted Ella, presumably after her parents' deaths. She has been called the guardian of the gateway by Bell, who will prevent the invasion by the alternate dimension. That's an actual rule of romance. They will come within about half a degree of each other - roughly one full . I'm not a big believer in destiny, but it's hard to ignore something when every universe makes it happen. Olivia escapes to Walternate's lab in Harvard. Olivia gave him an address to a "safe house" in a suburban area, and, once there, thanks him and allows him to go. Olivia is a 29-year-old FBI Special Agent assigned to a multi-agency task force of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security called the Fringe Division,[1] after her partner and lover, John Scott, is exposed to a flesh-dissolving agent. Olivia Dunham - List of Appearances. Peter comforted her. In 1985, the trials were accelerated for six-year-old Olivia, known as Olive to her peers. Fringe Episode 2.15 Scene - Peter and Olivia The Nearly Kiss 41,375 views Feb 5, 2010 168 Dislike Share gillybabies 6.73K subscribers We all knew it was bound to happen, but what is she. [25] Olivia was in a relationship with Peter after they mended things in episode 6B, but shortly after that Peter built a bridge wiping himself from existence, causing Olivia to forget who he was. Olivia learns that while Etta poses as an enforcer for the observers she is actually resistant to their telepathy and is a key figure in the human resistance movement against them. Many events still occurred, though, including her incarceration in the Alternate Universe and her impersonation by Fauxlivia. "[20] Not having seen Torv before,[21] they came across an audition tape of hers for another movie, and were "immediately intrigued". Following a visit with September, Peter learned that he was indeed home. Status 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 . ("Momentum Deferred"), Olivia mourned Charlie. [34] IGN's Travis Fickett agreed, calling Torv's early work on Fringe "very good" as she "brings a unique presence to the show. 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. At Nina's recommendation, Olivia meets with Sam Weiss, who works at a bowling alley. I think Olivia would like to not feel everything is her responsibility. Female "[28] Torv further explained, "Olivia wants to be the best, but [Fauxlivia] just wants to win;"[29] "There's just a front-footedness I think to [her], simply because she just doesn't carry the weight of the world on her shoulders like Olivia does. Sanford Harris, however, considered that doing so would be negotiating with a terrorist. Age The prime Olivia ultimately found Peter again, but she didn't regret the time she spent with Lincoln. She ventured upstairs to investigate; after failing to find anything, she accidentally fired her weapon, narrowly missing Peter. Walter continued to study the Central Park wormhole and discovered that it links to the past, approximately 250 million years ago. Without Peter, Olivia was unable to cope with the death and betrayal of Scott. This division is where she spearheads various paranormal events related to The Pattern, alongside civil consultant Peter Bishop and his father, Dr. Walter Bishop. As he discussed it with her, Olivia heard the sound of a bell. Olivia waited by his side. "[19] She is a loner and dedicates almost all of her time to her work. It is possible that hypnosis sessions conducted by Walter had also diminished the children's memories of what was happening to them. Following a plot line in the second season, viewers are introduced to Olivia's doppelgnger from the parallel universe, which develops an alternate reality for each character. In 1974, Walter Bishop had a brief glimpse of an adult Olivia Dunham during his initial experimentations with a special acid concoction that would later be labelled as Cortexiphan. Though still cautious about moving forward, Olivia and Peter kissed and headed to the bedroom upstairs at the Bishops' home after she arrived for drinks. One test was successful, as she temporarily found herself in a gift shop on Liberty Island in the prime universe. She revealed the news to Peter. She convinced him to remove the tech and find another way. In episodes 4.19 Letters of Transit and 5.1 Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11, their daughter finds them and reunites them. Olivia was kept in the dark about Colonel Broyles' death by Phillip Broyles, Peter Bishop and Walter Bishop. However, the rush of adrenaline from the escape had made Fauxlivia's cells to integrate its memory with Olivia's which causes her to doubt which her memory was true. 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. The Cortexiphan Trials, run by Walter Bishop and William Bell, took place in a daycare centre in Jacksonville, Florida. The turning point came when Olivia and Peter went searching for Dr. Frank's old files at a storage facility - shades of the Fringe pilot, when OT Olivia's partner/lover/fianc John Scott . ("The No-Brainer") Dunham later went undercover with Peter Bishop to solve the case of a bioweapon that mutated its victims. ("The Plateau"). Olivia became frightened when she believed she could not evacuate people from the buildings without causing mass panic. After receiving a cryptic email, Dunham realized that she could communicate with Scott through his memories. Rebecca Kibner, while under a heavy dose of mind-altering drugs, had witnessed events in the parallel universe including the presence of the shapeshifters. By the 4th season of the show Peter is erased from both universes. Nina Sharp talked with Olivia, and recommended she see a friend, Sam Weiss "who helped put [her] back together" after she was diagnosed with cancer. Alice did not believe them until Derek started to refer to their children. [32] The producers were so pleased with her Fauxlivia depiction that they thought "it really opened up a bunch of possibilities it went from 'let's see if this experiment works' to 'how can we get more of this? William and Peter safely landed in Jacksonville, and Peter directed them to find the home among the military housing where Olivia stayed at as a child, marked by a red-painted door by her birth-father. Due to the fact that relationships between agents were not allowed, the affair was kept quiet, though Dunham hated the secrecy. At the 2009 Australians in Film Awards, Torv won the Breakthrough Award. She broke the cure Walter planned to use to cure Peter, so Walter had to return home with Peter of the Alternate Universe. Walter sent her to Grand Central Station to retrieve a Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11. Also while in Germany, Dunham was reunited with Lucas Vogel, an old flame. ("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. He explained this to a heartbroken Olivia, who firmly believed that she was "his" Olivia. There was not one single universe in which Lincoln and Olivia were not part of each other's lives in some capacity. 8.6 (2,224) Rate. She began losing her memories of the Alternate Timeline, which were being replaced by the Original Timeline memories. In the episode, she was confronted by Sanford Harris again, telling her that her behavior is erratic and her job is compromised by her emotions. ("Fracture"). She believes herself to be incapable of being vulnerable initially until she finds strength in it. Peter recalled the memories from the future and used the machine to merge the machine rooms from both universes into one thus creating a bridge, While Olivia and Walter and their doppelgangers stared each other down, Peter convinced the two sides to work together to try to repair the damage to save both universes, then suddenly disappeared. He revealed that she had been injected with a drug called Cortexiphan that was created by Massive Dynamic, however, that would give her the ability to complete the test, which involved telekinetically extinguishing a board of electric lights. After sharing their first kiss, Olivia and Peter are separated for 8 episodes. However, Sam had disappeared and could not be found. Olivia and her younger sister, Rachel, were orphaned when Marilyn Dunham died of cancer in 1994. As a result, Olivia is capable of unspecified psychic abilities, as demonstrated when she shuts off a series of lights wired into a bomb as a kill switch simply by thinking it. 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. Broyles eased Olivia's concerns that she made an emotional choice by assuring her that her decision to save Walter was a logical one as Walter was highly valuable to the team. Broyles helped to comfort Olivia that she had to kill the man she thought was Charlie. Olivia chose to save Walter's life, and Newton replied "Now I know how weak you are". Immortality: Directed by Brad Anderson. [6] When trying to reawaken this ability in her as an adult, Dr. Bishop hypothesized that this ability was partially derived from Olivia's fear about seeing into the alternate dimension. Olivia later discovered that Peter had tried to touch the machine, but was sent flying by an electrical spark. Lincoln Lee is a fictional character on the Fox television series Fringe (2008-2013). 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. Dunham graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. Fringe Division took the case and allowed Lincoln into the fold. Meanwhile, Peter realizes that he is with alternate Olivia, causing her to flee and return to her own universe as well. [1] Olivia was involved in a serious relationship with fellow FBI agent John Scott,[1] and his supposed betrayal and death was something she dealt with for much of the first season. 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