An experiment by Dr. Bishop to link her to the dying John Scott's mind in order to learn what he knew about his condition results in Olivia gaining part of his consciousness, causing her mind to begin integrating and purging the foreign consciousness. When Dunham escaped and calls for backup, she was instead tasered and brought in for questioning by Sanford Harris, a man she had earlier prosecuted for sexual misconduct. ("Reciprocity") Olivia questioned Peter Bishop since he had confused Olivia's coffee preferences with Fauxlivia's (with Olivia liking black coffee). Torv knows how to convey authenticity, even in the midst of an outrageous scene. Olivia survives, with gaps in knowledge of the alternate universe's protocol. Olivia Dunham, shot and killed by Walternate out of revenge. Olivia was one of a group of preschool-age children who served as subjects of the experiment in her childhood home of Jacksonville, Florida. 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. At the hospital following the events on Bell's ark, Olivia learned that she was pregnant. [32] The producers were so pleased with her Fauxlivia depiction that they thought "it really opened up a bunch of possibilities it went from 'let's see if this experiment works' to 'how can we get more of this? Olivia discovers, rediscovers and eventually willingly manages her unique, Cortexiphan-induced, paranormal abilities for the benefit of global, and trans-universal good. As Fringe's dimension-hopping became more and more unintelligible, Lincoln and Olivia became a constant for the fans to hold onto. The reasoning is simple: Their partnership transcended time and space, and was both beautiful and heartbreaking. She aided in fulfilling Walter's Plan, although she did not know the specifics of it. He explained this to a heartbroken Olivia, who firmly believed that she was "his" Olivia. After talking to Rachel about her sister, Peter visited Olivia, who was scheduled to be taken off life support the following morning. Olivia had no recollection of. Although she did not see him after these events, he continued to send her a birthday card every year ("The Cure"). Though still cautious about moving forward, Olivia and Peter kissed and headed to the bedroom upstairs at the Bishops' home after she arrived for drinks. This started out as a fill for the Fringe Kinkmeme prompt, "Lincoln/Olivia (or anyone over here) - quantum entangled typewriters and long-distance relationships." ("Momentum Deferred") While in the trials, she was partnered up with Nick Lane. ("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. Weeks later, Olivia began to hallucinate with visions of Peter Bishop. The Fringe division discovers an undamaged device they believe is used by the shapeshifters to take another's identity. As a result of the Cortexiphan, Olivia began regaining the memories of her previous life with Peter, a life that had been all but erased. Dunham was clear of the blast, but Scott had been directly in the middle of the explosion and was put into a coma to slow skin degeneration similar to the degeneration seen on the passengers of Flight 627. [1] She was unable to finish him off, and so he recovered and disappeared, leaving her to blame herself for not exacting retribution against him, contributing to her determination to bring criminals to justice. [2] With help from Walter, Olivia finds a way to communicate with John within her own mind, eventually allowing the memories to fade completely. After Walter searched through the SUV, he shut the door and Olivia suddenly ejected through the windshield. Olivia rejoined Henry and then left him to swim the rest of the way in and make her way to the isolation tank. From hair trends to relationship advice, our daily newsletter has everything you need to sound like a person whos on TikTok, even if you arent. With Olivia's death, Bell's plan came to a drastic halt. ("Dream Logic"), When Thomas Jerome Newton, the reanimated leader of the shape-shifters forced Walter to tell him how he opened a door to the Alternate Universe, Olivia managed to stop his escape, but was forced to choose between seizing Newton and saving Walter, as he had given Walter a lethal dose of a neurotoxin that will kill him unless he gave Olivia the correct directions. When she was 9, Olivia's stepfather beat her mother particularly harshly. ("Pilot"), Their next case was that of Loraine Alcott, a woman who died after giving birth to a rapidly aging baby. ("Pilot"). Olivia in the Peter-less universe was adopted as a child along with her sister by Nina Sharpe whom she considers a surrogate mother. Olivia and her younger sister, Rachel, were orphaned when Marilyn Dunham died of cancer in 1994. [7] Following the transition to an alternate reality, Olivia meets her doppelganger "Fauxlivia", and ultimately shares a kiss with Peter Bishop. However, Walter discovered that this ability was not easily controlled and, moreover, required intense emotional stimulation to activate. As the team began to collect pieces of the plan, Olivia bonded with her long lost daughter, only to have her taken away again by the insidious Captain Windmark, who shot her point blank. Olivia Dunham is a fictional character and the main protagonist from the science fiction television series Fringe, which aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States from 2008 to 2013. Together, the two reached the immersion tank that Olivia used earlier, but found it to be empty. In the reset timeline for the series' fourth season, Torv explained that "The Olivia we meet and know has known about Fringe Division and had all this time to get used to it and work out that this is her life," rather than becoming familiar with it after the attack on John Scott. Broyles eased Olivia's concerns that she made an emotional choice by assuring her that her decision to save Walter was a logical one as Walter was highly valuable to the team. 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. This results in Olivia mistaking John Scott's memories for her own. Known as Fauxlivia, this version of Olivia does not appear until late into Season 2. We didn't write anything for her because well, now you know why. 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. Upon her arrival, Charlie Francis, her close friend and fellow agent, debriefed Dunham. Olivia was 14 years old. The character was created by series' co-creator J. J. Abrams, and is portrayed by actress Anna Torv. Walter, in a desperate plea, crossed over to save him, despite Nina's attempts to stop him. Henry, after watching Charlie's car pull away, drove off on his own. Because of her efforts to save Christopher, he let her go. Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olivia_Dunham&oldid=1133315336, Fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Henry Bishop (son; erased in alternate timeline), This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 05:07. Her emotional reaction triggered her ability to see once again the "shimmer" around Peter that marked him as a native of the parallel universe. Dunham returned to the hospital soon after Scott killed Steig, and engaged in a high-speed car chase that ended with Scott's death, though with his dying breaths, Scott told her to question why she was sent to the storage facility. Having grown up with an abusive stepfather, Olivia struggles with the unexpected changes in her life, following her encounter with mentally unstable scientist Walter Bishop, and his son and an eventual love interest for her, Peter Bishop. At Nina's recommendation, Olivia meets with Sam Weiss, who works at a bowling alley. Peter convinced her to open up about the abuse she had experienced. Upon reaching the bomb, however, Dunham discovered that disabling the bomb required the skill that she had previously imitated on the first test. The pale and scrawny boy did not speak to Olivia, but she began spending time with him, and a connection grew. Peter and Olivia were able to track down Bell's ship, where they met up with Walter. The quarantine is estimated to have taken place roughly twenty years prior. Alice, who was childless, realized Peter and Olivia were telling the truth; the connection was broken and the effects on the building ebbed away. However, Henry remained parked on a nearby street. She then coerced a taxi driver named Henry Arliss Higgins to drive her to the Opera House where she believed she can return home, by threatening to harm his family, but by the time she arrived, an "Amber protocol" had been issued, sealing the building in "amber", a substance that the Other Side Fringe Division deploys to envelop time fractures. ("The Road Not Taken"), Olivia was curious about the whereabouts of William Bell and had been wanting to question him of his involvement with the ZFT. She tells them that Sean is the result of in vitro fertilization, so his biological father could have other children. Yes, the Olivias seemed destined to carry a torch for Peter, even when Peter was blinked out of existence but Lincoln was there to help Olivia solve cases, deal with her losses, and just generally be the best partner he could possibly be. Upon discovery, Dunham was to attempt the first test, and the first test only. 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