FRINGE: Olivia is Not Quite Herself

Oh boy.

When Joshua Jackson told me that season 3 was all about Olivia and her arc, he wasn’t kidding.

Last we saw our girl, Walternate had trapped her in a mysterious room in the alternate universe. Meanwhile, Fauxlivia returned to our universe with an unsuspecting Peter and Walter, successfully infiltrating our world.

So what did the season premiere bring us?

Turns out, our Olivia acting like our Olivia was just the thing to turn our Olivia into Fauxlivia.

Confused?

Our Olivia was able to withstand Walternate’s drugging — which was intended to give her Fauxlivia’s memories/personality — but as soon as she escaped, the adrenaline from said escape helped the drugs cross the final barrier into Olivia’s system. So, unfortunately for her, she actually started to assume Fauxlivia’s memories while she was on the run. And with the two Olivias’ memories dueling inside our Olivia’s head, when she thought of a “safe” place, it was the home of Fauxlivia’s mother.

It was heartbreaking to see Olivia reunite with her “mother,” right? As Olivia kept going in and out of awareness of which personality she actually was, our girl — who lost her mom when she was younger — struggled with the denial, but Fauxlivia’s memories eventually won and she tearfully embraced her mother.

And it certainly appears that our Olivia has now been completely overtaken by Fauxlivia’s personality and frame of reference, which will increase the drama for the inevitable reunion between her and the people in our universe. Especially since she’s going to spend an undetermined amount of time working and living and bonding with these people from the other side. That’s gonna frak her up.

Same goes for Fauxlivia, whom we briefly saw in our universe. Peter is happily unaware that his sorta-girlfriend is actually her AU double and he’s moving forward full-steam with their relationship.

I wonder if we’re going to see loyalties flip later in the season. I wouldn’t mind seeing Fauxlivia come to “our” team, but if we lose Olivia to them…that could be a crushing blow. We spent two years watching her form these relationships on our side and to lose them all would be devastating.

But they’re not going to do that…right?

Okay, I might need some reassuring words in the comments section…

Follow @GiveMeMyRemote and @marisaroffman on Twitter for the latest TV news. Connect with other TV fans on GIVE ME MY REMOTE’s official Facebook page.

And to be the first to see our exclusive videos by subscribing to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/givememyremotetv.