Considering how divisive episode 4.19 Letters of Transit proved amongst fans, news that the majority of the new series is to be set in the 2036 future outlined by that instalment is likely to receive a mixed reaction. “As far as I know, we’re just jumping ahead [to 2036]” Noble said, “Walter, Olivia, Astrid and Peter are insurgents, so we know all the dirty tricks that have been played against us. We’ll be learning from the past.”
References to the pre-amber Fringe team will be made using “found footage” according to Noble.
Noble also assures fans that despite her absence from Letters of Transit, Olivia (Anna Torv) will indeed be returning, and one of her key scenes in season 5 will be “a wonderful reunion of mother and daughter” as Fringe welcomes back Olivia and Peter’s grown-up daughter, Etta.
The actor also had something to say about the overall direction the series would take, saying, “Walter is the man who started this, so there has to be resolution. There has to be redemption. We also have to see the final maturing of the relationship between Peter and Olivia, because it has been so difficult for them and we want them so much to be with each other.”
The first episode of the new Fringe season, the intriguingly titled Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11, is due to air on Fox on the 28th of September.
