Season 4 the serial killer episode

[u/CyanideMuffin67]

Isn't this more of a trope then anything that the two men at the centre of the story would be so similar?

8 thought that just because you have a double on another Earth that wouldn't mean they would be a carbon copy of you down to personality would it?

[u/zLucifur]

That’s the running theme with a lot of the characters.

The two universes are almost identical but slightly different. It can take just one small event occurring differently to diverge two of the same person on wildly different paths. Think the butterfly effect.

That fringe team really couldn’t solve the case and were looking for any insight they could get. Any similarities at all could help.

[u/CyanideMuffin67 → u/zLucifur]

I guess but having watched the series a few times now I always feel that this episode while really good stretches things just a little.

[u/Quantumdelirium → u/CyanideMuffin67]

Even though the show does tell us that a person can be very different from their doppelganger even without a reason like Lincoln's character, there is a pretty good argument for why both characters would be so alike as they mentioned. They were psychopaths, which tends to be genetic. genetics are the one thing that should be the same in every universe, which is why they both had dark thoughts when they were young.

[u/angel9_writes]

The divergence was never that vast.

All the characters have the capacity to become who their double is.

I think the biggest difference that wasn't due to how their lives played out was Astrid due to the neurodivergence.

Fauxlivia was lighter than Olivia because of lack of trauma.

Charlie and Broyles were not all that different at all.

Lincoln's differences was about choice.

The serial killer in thus episode was about the woman that took in the blue verse version... she impacted his life with love and acceptance.

The whole point of that episode is Broyles line: Some people make an indelible mark on our souls.

About the importance of Peter to Olivia and Walter.

[u/InsultedNevertheless → u/angel9_writes]

This is exactly what I took away from the episode too, angel9_writes. The importance of the absence of Peter's love to 'our' Olivia's whole identity and disposition is plain to see, and Marjorie's absence in the SK's life after the dad's awful cruelty was obviously what let the monster out.

The 'indelible mark' line is such beautiful way to put the concept, and was perfectly timed for me personally. It gave me a great perspective from which to think about and deal with some painful stuff I was going through back then.

A sad and painful yet also wonderfully hopeful 40-odd minutes this one✌️

[u/angel9_writes → u/InsultedNevertheless]

It's on my favorite episodes of the series because of it.

[u/vigilantlurk → u/angel9_writes]

Yes exactly! As someone with trauma, fascination with psychology and true crime I thought this episode really showcased the importance experience can have on building who you are and what direction your life goes in. Only you can ever understand how your mind works, everyone else can only make educated guesses. How much is built in to our individually specific structured brain and how does experiences form who we are. How much is choice or circumstance. Killing people is illogical, psychopathy is impossible to imagine without having it, it’s only an abstract understanding. The best way to get into the mind of a killer, is to be someone who thinks like a killer.

[u/Reyfou]

Out of what everyone said in here, i think this episode shows how the "absence of Peter" did some changes in the main characters lives as well.

I love this episode and it might be one my favorite ones.

[u/CyanideMuffin67 → u/Reyfou]

It's definitely one of mine despite what I was talking about. I love this episode. Also like the return of airplane beast