Why is it that Walter found the combination of 5-20-10 to have some meaning? Probably not because it actually has any within the storyline of the show. The quote was a little throwaway reference to TV nerds like you and I who frequent sites like this one. If you convert the numbers 5-20-10 into dates, you get May 20, 2010. To me, it doesn’t look like there’s much coincidence that May 20, 2010 is also when the season two finale of Fringe will air. If the writers are really clever, 5-20-10 will also be the date that the episode takes place on (within the universe of the series), and could possibly rely on an event projected by Bell and Walter that would happen on that date. The convergence of the two universes, perhaps?
Do you think that 5-20-10 means anything besides the date of the season finale? Let us know in the comments section below!