By Daniel
Peter's starting to get the hang of his growing Observer-freakazoid abilities, using them to see future events before the unfold (as well as briefly appearing to stop time, which would, I suppose account for teleportation).
Obviously, he's doing this without the knowledge of the rest of his team, although Olivia is growing mighty suspicious of his secretive behaviour, as well as his increasingly robotic mannerisms. More and more he seems to be acting Observer-like and being forced to cover up with a false-sounding explanation. "I just think there's something he's not telling me," Olivia confides in Astrid.
The Tape Of The Week is No. 5, which requires the team to retrieve two of those bullet-or-vibrator-shaped Observer beacons from the rubble of one of Bell's storage facilities, with a handprint scanner, which means Bell's severed hand will finally come in ... um ... handy (sorry). There's a visit to Nina Sharp, in which Walter -- growingly bitter about his growing bitterness -- is mean to her about how Bell never loved her because Bell never loved anyone. Plus it seems to occur to everyone now that Bell sold them out to the Observers two decades ago. Even worse is that Walter discovers his LP of Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World in Bell's storage facility. "It's bad enough he had me institutionalized but to steal from my record collection!" he says, angrily.
No fear that Peter's burgeoning Observer-ness will make him sympathetic to them, though. He's been observing their largely predictable movements (and starting to adjust for variables) and -- enlisting the aid of Anil, who's not entirely sure what's going on -- gets three of Windmark's top lieutenants all together and sets off the flesh-eating toxin that makes their jaws drop off spectacularly.
"Our first Fringe experience was their last," Peter tells Olivia coldly. Yes, he tells her that at the end, when she's found the room where he's methodically mapping out Observer movements, and she now knows Peter has the Observer implant. She's been talking for two episodes now about being worried about losing Peter in the wake of Etta's death. Now she looks like she's realizing he's already gone. But Peter, perhaps passing the point where that might bother him, is more concerned about avenging Etta: Windmark's .
Also, it looks like he might need a wig soon.
Daniel is a writer in Newfoundland with a wife and a daughter. Peter's intramural three-on-three basketball team is going to be unstoppable this year! Follow him on Twitter (@DanMacEachern) or email him at danieljdaniel@gmail.com.