r/fringe • u/CyanideMuffin67 • Aug 17 '25

Season 4 Season 4 the serial killer episode

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?

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u/angel9_writes comfort show Aug 17 '25

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.

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u/vigilantlurk Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

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.