FRINGIE OF THE WEEK: 4.16 Nothing As It Seems

by Roco on April 3, 2012 · 75 comments

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Fringie of the Week gives you the chance to vote for your favorite character performance from 4.16 — “Nothing As It Seems”.

Olivia came top of the “A Short Story About Love” poll with 45% of your votes. Peter came second with 31%. While Nina came third with 14%.

Here are the current season 4 standings:

  1. Peter — 29pts
  2. Olivia – 26pts
  3. Walter — 13pts
  4. September — 4pts
  5. Eliznate, Altstrid & Nina – 3pts
  6. Walternate, David Robert Jones, Astrid, John McClennan & Aaron – 2pts
  7. Emily Mallum — 1pt

But who gets your vote for..

FOTW: 4.16 Nothing As It Seems

  • Walter (33%, 162 Votes)
  • Peter (30%, 144 Votes)
  • Olivia (20%, 99 Votes)
  • Lincoln (13%, 64 Votes)
  • Edward Markham (1%, 7 Votes)
  • Nina (1%, 5 Votes)
  • Marshall Bowman (1%, 3 Votes)
  • Broyles (0%, 2 Votes)
  • Doctor Anderson (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Melinda Bowman (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Kate Hicks (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Astrid (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Daniel Hicks (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 488

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Closes Friday, April 6 at 9PM

{ 75 comments… read them below or add one }

FringeCharacter April 3, 2012 at 6:22 pm

Walter stole my heart this week.

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Maris April 3, 2012 at 10:33 pm

I know how you feel, Walter stole my heart too! *-*

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Ben April 3, 2012 at 6:31 pm

Going to vote for Lincoln, if only because his character performance was so vastly improved from his previous appearances he deserves some recognition.

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Ben April 3, 2012 at 10:17 pm

Agreed. He’s handling his situation with grace and class. Entirely different from the pissy jerk he seemed to be in “The End of All Things.”

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Ben April 4, 2012 at 9:36 am

Well said, sir. Also it was good to see that he can actually handle himself in a scrap!

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Cheri April 3, 2012 at 6:31 pm

hahaha thank you for adding Lincoln, whoever did that XD
so yeah, he had an understatement of a bad day, and ended the episode at the hospital checking in on Kate Hicks (who contributed to the aforementioned bad day). My vote goes to Lincoln, Haters can hate XD

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Ben April 3, 2012 at 6:40 pm

He’s taken the lead of Fringe Division, and now this poll! :P

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Cheri April 3, 2012 at 6:44 pm

yes! I loved that this past ep, he was becoming a little more like his alt self. A nice lead up to this week’s ep! :D

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Ben April 3, 2012 at 6:55 pm

Definitely! It’s so good to finally have some characterisation for the poor guy, and after being beaten up by a giant porcupine I think the least he deserves is an award :D

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Cortexiphan Kid April 4, 2012 at 9:50 am

Go Lincolnator!

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Liz April 3, 2012 at 6:43 pm

Walter, all the way! Good old times…

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Darth Kate April 3, 2012 at 7:01 pm

I’m voting for John Scott because he was really great in this episode!

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Ben April 3, 2012 at 10:19 pm

Okay, I’m not sure that comment was made with love, but it made me laugh.

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shidey17 April 4, 2012 at 6:16 am

Before he turned around, I thought the air marshall guy was gonna be John Scott…

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JM April 4, 2012 at 6:41 am

They would never have the actor in again. Mark valley is anna torvs ex husband. No way.

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shidey17 April 4, 2012 at 10:01 am

No, they wouldn’t, but I had to wonder if it was intentional…..I remember someone commenting on the photos thread that one of the TSA guys looked like him.

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Robert Ariadne April 5, 2012 at 9:33 am

That’s a shame. I would’ve liked to have seen John again in this timeline.

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Cortexiphan Kid April 4, 2012 at 9:16 am

Well, they made it quite clear in 4.01, that John Scott is dead in this timeline too.
But on the other way, it is Fringe, so you never know…

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J.P. April 3, 2012 at 7:47 pm

My vote’s going to Lincoln, without a doubt. His sacrifices, his leadership, and his selflessness in the episode stole the show, and my heart. TGFL!!!!

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JM April 4, 2012 at 12:45 am

LOL

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Katie April 3, 2012 at 7:53 pm

Voting for Lincoln, he deserves to take this. Great episode and you just know there’s more to come from him….

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Darth Kate April 3, 2012 at 8:15 pm

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Cortexiphan Kid April 4, 2012 at 10:02 am

Nice one!

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Sofia April 4, 2012 at 11:04 am

Lol, Ned has no head anymore, he can’t say nothing

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Darth Kate April 4, 2012 at 12:31 pm

I sense a great disturbance in the spoilers…

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Darth Kate April 5, 2012 at 9:11 pm

Also, your attempts at grammar are admirable, but fruitless…

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Robert Ariadne April 3, 2012 at 8:59 pm

Tough call. Peter, Olivia, even Lincoln, all chipped in to this one. I give it to Walter, because he hasn’t had much to do lately; and the thing with the birthday presents was funny and sad at the same time.

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williamreturns April 3, 2012 at 9:27 pm

Vote for Fringe. It’s made it to the final 4!! http://goo.gl/06Sel

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Cortexiphan Kid April 4, 2012 at 8:15 am

Haha Community, you don’t stand a chance against our beloved Fringe!

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Meg April 3, 2012 at 9:47 pm

Lincoln is boring… .

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Cortexiphan Kid April 4, 2012 at 8:50 am

He definetly wasn’t boring in this episode!
I mean c’mon!
The girl he likes lost all memories of him, he had to watch P/O couple, got attacked by a giant porcupine man, felt like he REALY doesn’t belong in this ”Fringe extended family”, almost became a giant flying porcupine, had to drink a grose green drink, got attacked by a giant flying porcupine man AGAIN, got attacked by giant flying porcupine man’s girlfriend, and was saved by a guy, that stole his love.

I think it’s clear at this point, that I gave my vote to Lincoln.

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Red Balloon April 3, 2012 at 10:43 pm

Since I have doubts, then Olivia Dunham is my fail-safe for this one.

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Red Balloon April 3, 2012 at 10:53 pm

That, and because she rocked the shrink’s exam! … she was like 60% right, more than I got in design and structural calculus class
(yep, that bad for me…lol)

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qbanarik April 3, 2012 at 10:58 pm

LOL, what’s going through their heads…

W: Nice (hairy) a$$…
A: OMG, I have a feeling he’s going to make me smell this when it’s taken to the lab!

…oh wait… This isn’t FringeCaps?

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MISSNETT April 3, 2012 at 10:59 pm

Olivia’s back!!

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RKron April 3, 2012 at 11:40 pm

I vote for Lincoln. He was just unintentionally hilarious in this episode and did quite a lot. Plus, he created the best shipping ever: Bacoln.

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Sofia April 4, 2012 at 2:59 am

Where are the ‘everybody hates Lincoln” complainers? See, he has people who are crazy. I mean, crazy about him. He still can win this poll, be happy!

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david April 4, 2012 at 3:04 am

That’s not going to happen -:). He sucks!

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JM April 4, 2012 at 3:24 am

Oh im here Sofia :P

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Darth Kate April 4, 2012 at 8:35 am

I prophesized your arrival six hours prior. All hail the Oracle of the Sith!

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JM April 4, 2012 at 9:10 am

LOL, but that just reminded me about something i learned of yesterday. Have you seen the xbox kinect “I am han solo” dance!? WHY GEORGE LUCAS WHY! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO THE CHARACTER!?

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Darth Kate April 4, 2012 at 10:02 am

omg don’t even get me started….

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Cortexiphan Kid April 4, 2012 at 10:23 am

May the force (of the dark side) be with you!

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Darth Simous April 5, 2012 at 4:17 pm

The Force is strong with Kate…

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Sofia April 5, 2012 at 8:34 pm

Lincoln is the nice guy, you blue!Lincoln lovers do not belong to the dark side.

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Darth Kate April 5, 2012 at 9:09 pm

Do not presume to know the ways of the force. They are beyond the understanding of a scruffy nerf herder such as yourself.

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Sofia April 5, 2012 at 9:19 pm

“Oh me so evil, me so dark, me so badass, me love the boring good guy”

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Darth Kate April 5, 2012 at 9:24 pm

I like how you used quotes around that collection of utter bullsh*t. I don’t know whose comments you have been reading to get that impression but they haven’t been mine lol. Please try again :)

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Darth Kate April 5, 2012 at 9:25 pm

Also, the irony of a Peter fangirl calling someone else out for liking a boring character is hilarious.

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Cortexiphan Kid April 6, 2012 at 7:46 am

Wau Darth Kate, I’m starting to like you.

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LincolnLover April 4, 2012 at 5:20 am

Lincoln is awesome but it won’t let me vote for him :(

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scully8 April 4, 2012 at 9:52 am

I didn’t think Lincoln was awesome. I thought the stuff that was done to him was horrible and he survived it. I give him props, but not my vote. Sorry . . .

I voted for Olivia because she just rocks almost every scene she’s in.

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Cortexiphan Kid April 4, 2012 at 10:15 am

Why do I feel, that some people vote for Olivia (or Peter by the way) regardless of the concept?

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Darth Kate April 4, 2012 at 7:12 pm

Because that’s exactly what happens.

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Robert Ariadne April 4, 2012 at 11:08 am

Glad to see Lincoln fall to fourth place.

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Observer1 April 4, 2012 at 11:51 am

This one’s for Walter.

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cortexifan April 4, 2012 at 1:27 pm

How come it says I voted for Peter on my pc when I haven’t even been on fringebloggers for a few days?

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cortexifan April 4, 2012 at 1:29 pm

That was weird. As soon as I posted my first comment I was able to vote.
I wonder if the Observers are messing with me :)

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Darth Kate April 4, 2012 at 1:34 pm

It’s a conspiracy! *flails hands in the air*

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Red Balloon April 4, 2012 at 6:16 pm

Conspaceyry since episode 1 … Peter is up in a bubble of thin air

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Cortexiphan Kid April 5, 2012 at 7:43 am

Ahhh…
So that’s why Peter always gets so many votes!;)

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cortexifan April 5, 2012 at 8:52 pm

And sorry, but I didn’t vote for Peter.

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Darth Kate April 5, 2012 at 9:14 pm

Then you’ve earned my approval, for what it’s worth.

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Cortexiphan Kid April 6, 2012 at 7:46 am

Way to go, cortexifan.

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Darth Kate April 4, 2012 at 7:11 pm

‘Kay, at this point I predict that Peter will win or come in an extremely close second purely through fangirl majority, even though he didn’t do jack. And there I was yesterday thinking that the polls might actually reflect the episode for once. Nice to know that this community remains ever thoughtful and objective.

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Polivia April 4, 2012 at 8:24 pm

Peter didn’t win this poll, and Last week it was Olivia, this week it’s Walter, then there is Peter, then Olivia.. Which is how I also predicted it would be. And from the results of the poll, I assume many people thought the same (I still haven’t voted yet BTW). Walter just rocked the episode, Peter’s hug was the sweetest thing ever, that scene between them is memorable and gonna rank above any other Bishops scene from the past seasons, then comes Olivia because she deserves it too, and I just loved her “Weird is a matter of degrees” line. If there was a fourth place I would have loved to see Broyles take it, then Nina. Lincoln? Not for me. I think they’ve tried to make the audience love him or sympathize with him (aka feel horrible for him) by putting him in bad situations, yeah, his day was horrible, but (Walter/Olivia/Peter)’s entire lives were crappier and their storylines are hell more interesting to tell, so it didn’t work for me. Neither I think it did for any of the above 300 voters.
Yes, I agree that there are some people who’d vote for Olivia or Peter no matter what episode it is, because they confuse Fringie of the week with favorite character which they confuse with favorite actor. those are the same people who watch Fringe to have their Josh or Anna daily fix. But it doesn’t mean all the voters represent these people. Actually, I think it’s just a small amount of posters that want to make themselves visible by creating a mess and make it look like they’re many people.
I think overall, this week’s FOTW was a hard choice, because the episode kinda gave us a bit of everything. That said, I think we got back our beloved Walter, who was too funny and too fun to watch. So my vote definitely goes for him.

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Polivia April 4, 2012 at 8:32 pm

“And there I was yesterday thinking that the polls might actually reflect the episode for once. Nice to know that this community remains ever thoughtful and objective.”
Oh, and @Kate it’s weird seeing you moving from criticizing Fringe to criticizing the fans, and claiming there are no remaining thoughtful fans out there anymore. makes sense. To whom you gave your vote BTW??

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Darth Kate April 4, 2012 at 8:47 pm

I never said that there were no more thoughtful fans. This site is not the entire fandom. It is just a very small isolated portion of it with very clear biases.

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Darth Kate April 4, 2012 at 8:53 pm

And I tend not to vote on these things because the end results are always the same. Peter will almost always come in first or second regardless of the context, so why bother.

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Cortexiphan Kid April 5, 2012 at 7:49 am

‘Cause if you don’t bother Peter gets even more chance of becoming Fringie of the week.

And here’s to you ‘Peter voters’;
I mean yes, he’s great, but does it realy have to be HIM almost EVERY week?!

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JM April 5, 2012 at 7:52 am

I voted for Nina for her continued self sacrifice regarding olivia!

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Cortexiphan Kid April 5, 2012 at 7:58 am

Hallelujah!!!

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Ariana April 4, 2012 at 10:18 pm

Can I vote for the entire sort-of-reunited original Fringe team?
And give the Most Improved award to Lincoln?

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? April 4, 2012 at 10:40 pm

Yaaaaa!!!!

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Kaz April 5, 2012 at 12:35 am

I voted for Walter cuz he was awesome. I DO NOT like Lincoln though,not a fan of Seth G. There is something about that dudes face that I just CAN’T STAND!!!

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