However, they are attacked by the image of her step-father and several military personnel. She'd like to go home and let someone else shoulder that burden of saving the world for a few minutes. ("Reciprocity") Olivia questioned Peter Bishop since he had confused Olivia's coffee preferences with Fauxlivia's (with Olivia liking black coffee). There was not one single universe in which Lincoln and Olivia were not part of each other's lives in some capacity. 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. Walter quietly asked Olivia not to tell Peter that he is from the other universe. Olivia, after crossing over and getting out of Walter Bishop's tank in her universe, smiles at Astrid. Olivia also acquired the ability to expertly remember sequences of numbers and to count cards. FBI Special Agent In the Lab. However, her incarceration was a kidnapping in this timeline, and her stay in the alternate universe lasted 2 weeks, instead of 3 months. As a result, Olivia killed her abusive stepfather. With their remaining guardian deceased, she and Rachel were supposed to be sent into foster care, but Nina Sharp used her influence to have them placed under her care. ("The Dreamscape"), While solving the case of a bank robber stuck in a wall, Dunham was kidnapped by Mitchell Loeb. Despite his ability to predict every outcome, he didn't consider the possibility that she was from another universe, which saved her life, as she was unaware of amber protocol, with compromised air quality. Nina became a mother-figure and developed a deep bond with Olivia. Because of her efforts to save Christopher, he let her go. Olivia reunited with Peter at the hospital. Critically acclaimed for an evolving storyline, Olivia has highlighted determination and focus as her main traits, according to Abrams. They had the same tattoo with one on her nape and another on his back. The Cortexiphan Trials, run by Walter Bishop and William Bell, took place in a daycare centre in Jacksonville, Florida. Peter convinced her to open up about the abuse she had experienced. 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. ("Amber 31422"), Olivia began to fear for her life, after Brandon Fayette (Alternate Universe) told that she was no longer needed as he had purified the chemical Cortexiphan from her. Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep? Olivia after coming out of synaptic transfer ("Pilot"), Desperate to solve the case and save her lover, Dunham searched the FBI database for anything that could help cure Scott's ailment, eventually discovering a Dr. Walter Bishop, a scientist who conducted research on a similar matter. 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. Broyles helped to comfort Olivia that she had to kill the man she thought was Charlie. ("Olivia. While working on the case, Dunham began to suspect that Mitchell Loeb was involved, and immediately went to search his house, eventually getting into a standoff and killing Samantha Loeb. As they spend more time together Olivia begins to remember her time with Peter and gradually comes to realize that she is "his" Olivia while her memories from the readjusted timeline begin to slip. Olivia's memories of the trials eventually became repressed along with those of her childhood trauma and abuse. Olivia Dunham, shot and killed by Walternate out of revenge. Fringe was unable to determine how the container works. She directed Henry to the address for Massive Dynamic, but found the facility does not exist in this universe. In Jacksonville, she was part of a series of drug trials--previously thought to have been held only in Ohio--in which schoolchildren were used as test subjects. 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. Olivia and her niece, Ella Dunham, a rookie FBI agent. Olivia's mum died when she was really little, and [Fauxlivia]'s mum is still around. Olivia's new stepfather was abusive to her mother and also to her. ("Safe") She played the oboe for six months. 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. Olivia's is close to her sister Rachel, and Rachel's daughter Ella. This is early days Lincoln in all of his snarky glory. Upon interrogating Steig, Dunham discovers that John Scott had been speaking to Steig before the 627 incident, and had even been threatening him. Also while in Germany, Dunham was reunited with Lucas Vogel, an old flame. She was told to grab random letters from the names, that once unscrambled read "you're gonna be fine". Last Appearance Rebecca Kibner, while under a heavy dose of mind-altering drugs, had witnessed events in the parallel universe including the presence of the shapeshifters. Dunham questions Steig's employer, Nina Sharp, who offers Dunham a job but no useful information other than the words "the Pattern," which Sharp enigmatically does not elaborate upon. S3, Ep1. Walternate planned on using Olivia's body in order for her alternate self to return home, as it would require a person of Olivia's mass to complete the transfer. When Dunham returned to the hospital where Jones was being held, however, she found a gaping hole in the wall of his hospital room, with the message "You passed" scrawled on an adjacent wall. Olivia suggested the possibility that the effect is due to quantum entanglement between Alice in the prime universe and Derek in the parallel one. They teased each other, they laughed at each other's corny jokes, and they knew each other on a level no one else could and it was mesmerizing. Walter found that his effort to store William's mind has failed, and took time to consider William's last message he gave to Olivia: "I knew the dog wouldn't hunt". Comparing Olivia to Fauxlivia, Torv felt that the two had many different characteristics. As revenge, Walternate promised Peter will face the same pain he suffered "but not all at once". As Olivia travelled with Weiss to collect a box and the key containing this crowbar, Weiss explained that he descended from a long unbroken line of men named Sam Weiss whose forebear found the incomplete collection of information on the First People and the device, and have sought to try to find the rest. Broyles, having listened to Olivia's conversation, knew in that moment that she had broken her conditioning, as the FBI had ceased to exist years earlier in the parallel universe. [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. Season 3. He gave her adrenaline after she ahd been paralysed and shot Brandon. Peter comforted her. 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. Walter came up with a plan: he and Peter would enter Olivia's mind with the aid of LSD to locate her ego and help it to regain dominance in her mind, while Walter hoped to download William's mind into a computer. "[31] Goldsman remarked that Torv's depiction of Fauxlivia was actually much closer to the actress' real personality than her performance as Olivia. While prime Olivia was busy averting apocalypses and what have you with Peter, Alt!Olivia was building a stable, exciting, and rewarding life with Lincoln and their son. One of the best additions to this universe has been Lincoln. Olivia became a part of the trials in 1982. This results in Olivia mistaking John Scott's memories for her own. Olivia participating willingly in Walternate's tests to cross over safely. Walter was holding a grudge against William Bell for using Olivia as a part of his scheme to collapse both worlds. "An Enemy of Fate" She's got a little firefighter, a little military in her. Astrid tried to reassure her that Peter thought she was her. Olivia rejoined Henry and then left him to swim the rest of the way in and make her way to the isolation tank. The reasoning is simple: Their partnership transcended time and space, and was both beautiful and heartbreaking. Olivia willingly participated in Walternate's tests in a sensory-deprivation tank located on Liberty Island to stimulate her Cortexiphan abilities. Wyman defended Torv's early Fringe work in a 2011 interview, explaining the character was designed to be "bland, because of her conditioning as a child and everything she's been through. Peter and Olivia were sent by Walter to observe the building as he monitored seismic equipment from the lab. "[35] MSNBC was equally praiseworthy of Torv and her character, writing "Olivia is the soul of the show two-fisted and defiant, yet vulnerable. [10] Fauxlivia was involved in a serious relationship with Frank Stanton and eventually became engaged, but the two broke up when he discovered she was pregnant by Peter. 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. "[5] We later learn that Olivia started the fire with her mind. She turned to face Peter, revealing herself to now be possessed by Bell. Olivia gave birth to Henrietta and lived happily as a family with Peter, although this did not last. ("Unleashed"), Olivia soon began having trouble sleeping, eventually beginning to believe that she was killing people in her dreams after seeing people from her dreams cross over into her real life. Upon reaching the bomb, however, Dunham discovered that disabling the bomb required the skill that she had previously imitated on the first test. [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. A tentative romance appeared to spark between Olivia and Lincoln, yet this was disrupted by Peter's return to the timeline. She was rushed to the hospital and declared brain dead. However, they continue to work together and her time with Peter reminds her why she fell in love with him, and she tells him she wants to see him happy with her. ("The Zodiac Paradox"), Olivia Dunham was born on October 12, 1979, to Marilyn Dunham and an unnamed war veteran father. 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. After using bluffing and blackmail, Dunham enlisted the younger Bishop's help, and together they went to see the elder Bishop in the institution. ("The Transformation"), When David Robert Jones appeared at the Federal Building in surrender, he demanded to speak to Dunham only. Olivia accompanied Broyles and his family to the same hospital that Max, one of the victims who was saved, was being treated. However, another relationship deserved just as much attention, too and that would be the one between Lincoln and Olivia. [37] Stegall partly attributed the growth of the actor and character to her recovery early in the second season, the introduction of a sister and niece, the removal of John Scott from her storyline, and the "delicate, reserved flirtation" with Peter. 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. However, because of this betrayal, Colonel Broyles was killed to replace the mass for Fauxlivia to crossover. Nothing the Bishop men can't handle. Olivia adopted Ella, presumably after her parents' deaths. 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. Olivia chose to save Walter's life, and Newton replied "Now I know how weak you are". ("Olivia"). It is revealed that the alternate Walter plans to use Olivia's Cortexiphan-derived abilities to find a way to safely cross universes, for which he needs her willing assistance. Returning to the Federal Building in Boston, Dunham was assigned to investigate a lead at a storage facility along with Scott. No matter how different their personalities were in other ways, this one facet of who they were remained constant no matter which Olivia and Lincoln the show paired up. Olivia began to grieve the loss of her daughter, which created even more motivation for defeating the Observers. He also gave her an ambering device should she be compromised by the Observers. 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. Olive and "Dr. Walter" at the daycare facility in Jacksonville, 1985. She convinced him to remove the tech and find another way. 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. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. Alice did not believe them until Derek started to refer to their children. In 2015 when Olivia is at a park with Etta and Peter they are caught up in a global attack by observers and she and Peter are separated from their daughter. Using Alternate Nina as bait, Jones administered the Evaluation System test to Olivia. Olivia was being periodically dosed with Cortexiphan by David Robert Jones, alive in the new timeline, and the Alternate Nina Sharp. Nina, initially doubtful that Olivia met Bell, recognized the "great storm" phrase, and attempted to help Olivia in any way possible. Olivia, seeing her mother and the memories of her mother, cried into her arms, as she was awash in Fauxlivia's memories. As Peter gets the mail, he noticed a letter addressed to him from Walter. 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. Walter implored Olivia to recall her childhood Cortexiphan-induced ability to see objects from the alternate universe, believing she would be able to foresee which building will be affected and warn everyone in time. He took her to the disused child-care facility in Jacksonville, Florida, where the Cortexiphan trials were performed. They defied the odds, and crossed over to other universes just so at least one version of them could grow old together. A heartbroken Peter Bishop, her husband in 2026, gave the eulogy at her funeral and her body was burnt at sea. Roland explained that though she was alive, when he looked into her eyes, he realized she wasn't the same person and thus terminated the process. The man then detonated a bomb within the containers. Olivia and Peter got married. She believes herself to be incapable of being vulnerable initially until she finds strength in it. After solving the case, Dunham received a letter that only said "thinking of you." [43] In a 2010 list, Time Magazine's James Poniewozik called Torv's performance one of television's best of the year. Brandon theorized in a later conversation that the rush of adrenaline effectively enhanced the potency of his chemical agents to brainwash Olivia. 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. ("Fracture"). When Olivia regains part of her memories of her meeting with Bell, she is told that she is the only successful subject suitable to pass through dimensions without many known negative side-effects. Olivia has been described as driven, stubborn, relentless at her job and unwilling to give up until she succeeds. Olivia demonstrated that she learned how to control her Cortexiphan abilities. Anna TorvAda Breker (age 3)Karley Scott Collins (age 7) a virus that caused orifices to seal over. Lane, she discovered, was a reverse emotional empath--every emotion he felt was spread to those around him, causing the suicides of many due to his dark mood. He found a purpose by her side and helped her process her loss. Meanwhile, Peter realizes that he is with alternate Olivia, causing her to flee and return to her own universe as well. 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. Olivia forces Henry to take her to the Opera House. A younger Olivia revealed herself as Olivia's true ego; assured of Peter's identity, she willingly went with him and Bell. He explained, " in the dual role of Olivia/Fauxlivia, Torv absolutely came into her own this year. He was a valuable part of her life, just as much as she was an essential part of his. 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 realized that Olivia is unaware that she has been possessed by William's mind, and instead had likely locked her ego away, making it difficult to contact her by normal means. Alt-Broyles arrives and tells them that . I think Olivia would like to not feel everything is her responsibility. Upon collecting both the box and key, they opened it to find a parchment, revealing that Olivia herself was the crowbar. During Olivia's final test in the tank, she was again able to cross over to the gift shop in the prime universe in New York, and saw the absence of New York's Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre. Olivia's crashed SUV was found. Olivia Dunham, now in her mid-40s, was the authoritarian leader of Fringe Division. Olivia finds herself collaborating with enemy forces and also dealing with the threat of the enigmatic Observers. [7] Following the transition to an alternate reality, Olivia meets her doppelganger "Fauxlivia", and ultimately shares a kiss with Peter Bishop. After the final reset, Olivia and Peter were happily sitting in the park watching Etta play. [14] They begin dating and their relationship is progressing when Walter realizes he has brought back William Bell, who died in the alternate universe, by using soul magnets and he now resides in Olivia's mind. "[19] She is a loner and dedicates almost all of her time to her work. Excuse me, I need a second to swoon. Fringe (TV) Relationships: Alternate Olivia Dunham/Lincoln Lee; Alternate Olivia Dunham/Alternate Lincoln Lee; kendra lane/lincoln lee; Alternate Charlie Francis & Lincoln Lee; lincoln lee & robert danzig; the observers - Relationship; Olivia Dunham/Lincoln Lee; lincoln lee/original female character; Alternate Mona Foster/Alternate Charlie Francis 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. [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". 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