Comments on: Initial Thoughts: 1×15 “Inner Child”

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:40:12 +0000

Well, I must be clueless. I didn’t even guess that mini-O was an Observer! I thought it meant that he was going to a place that wouldn’t have a happy family for him,that the CIA got him in the end. That he saw the Observer and knew there was no happiness. Never guessed….will have to go back and rewatch it again!

I really loved this episode – I just found Fringe last weekend so I’ve been catching up on the series, thus my late reply here! – this is one of my favourite episodes, and I agree that Olivia is warmer and gentler here than she has been in most of season 1. I’d guess it’s partly she’s getting over John’s death, plus the fear of mini-O, his terror, makes her more gentle than she’s has had reason to be with anyone else. It was nice to see how warm and gentle she could be!!

By: AstroJones

AstroJones — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:22:38 +0000

Well, I thought that right away, but as the episode lingered on I began to second guess myself, until the very end.

By: AstroJones

AstroJones — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:21:52 +0000

Dude, you’re making my nose bleed.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:46:29 +0000

I am wondering if it is more than “we are meant to guess that he’s like the Observer.” Could this be another time travel situation and mini-O is past Biggie-O? As we all know time travel shows are all the cult rage, i.e. Lost, Life on Mars, Heroes.

Consider the following:

Biggie-O had a relationship with Walter earlier in the season… Mini-O’s first smile was with Walter. Perhaps Walter’s assylum dance creates an on going trust between the two.

They do look alike and have the same personality type.

They never did determine how he managed to be in the crypt basement (which i felt was the one thing lacking from the episode). Biggie-O has the ability to show up all over the place – the show has time and again shown us that it is possible to travel though solids and even terra firma. It would not be out of the realm of possibility for Biggie-O to have mastered such techniques.

mini-O didn’t like m&m’s. Biggie-O only likes food with tons of hot sauce on it

Great Episode! Glad to have it back!

By: Adam R

Adam R — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:58:41 +0000

Thanks Jeremy! I thought I was the only one. Haha! I caught the Observer part of American Idol on Youtube. He looks bloody freaky. Imagine what people who haven’t seen Fringe think of him…

MsDee: yea there were quite a few clues and looking back on it, it seem like we are meant to guess that hes like the Observer from the start…

By: MsDee

MsDee — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:49:27 +0000

I suspected mini-o when he refused to eat the m&m’s and his lack of emotion (at least in the beginning) his pale complexion , no brows and bald head was pretty much a dead give away to me too.
I thought for a split second that maybe he refused to eat the candy because it was too unfamiliar to him but he didnt eat anything not even the dry toast, as Walter pointed out.Perhaps they should have offered him roast rat but I dont agree with walter there, I don’t hink he ate rat….at least I hope he didn’t.

By: Jeremy Duff

Jeremy Duff — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:57:41 +0000

Agreed… arguably one of my favorite episodes of the season. Don’t feel bad Adam, it didn’t click for me until the end either, and that even includes me having the Observer in the front of my mind after seeing him on American Idol.

By: Adam R

Adam R — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:09:20 +0000

I really enjoyed this episode too!

I totally didn’t see the twist of the boy being a Mini-Observer until that last scene. When the boy saw the Observer everything clicked and my mouth dropped to the floor. I am very surprised I didn’t see it coming earlier. It’s been to long without Fringe!