3x22 The Day We Died
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fringe_rewatch Two reactions still come to mind immediately after re watching this episode: 1) that was amazing and 2) what the fuck did I just watch? 
That's a pretty good descriptor of the best moments of this show, regardless of the season, and The Day We Died is up there with the best of them.
My one complaint: it felt, before Walter's reveal, as though the First People mythology was somehow grander, and slightly more complex than what was presented. Why disguise it as something so old and mysterious when understanding was needed swiftly? (other than, you know, because they needed to fill in 22 episodes...).
Writer: Jeff Pinkner; Joel Wyman; Akiva Goldsman
Director: Joe Chappelle
Original Air Date: 06 May 2011
Synopsis
After only a minute in the ancient device, Peter gains a week long view of this universe in 2026 with intimate knowledge of the fate of the alternate universe. He temporarily returns to the present... and learns his ultimate mission - he has to save both universes.
Most Memorable Quote:
PETER: Hello, Walter.
WALTER: Must be bad if they're letting you see me.
PETER: It is.
WALTER: I heard a rumor that the Sun was burning out. They don't tell me much in here.
PETER: The Sun is still shining.
WALTER: I also hear there's been a massive increase in Kappa radiation.
PETER: That one's true. A wormhole opened in Central Park, right in the center of Sheep's Meadow. Took us months but... we were finally able to Amber it over.
WALTER: A wormhole shouldn't emit that type of radiation. Not unless it's a wormhole through time.
[There's so many...]
PETER: I understand now. Walter? Walter! I understand now. I understand what the machine does. I know what it's capable of, and I know where it came from.
WALTER: The First People?
PETER: Yes, The First People, Walter, but The First People are us -- you, most specifically and maybe Ella and Astrid -- I don't know. I don't know who it was that took the machine back through time. But I know something else. I've seen Doomsday, and it is worse than anything you could possibly imagine. This isn't a war that can be won. Our two worlds are inextricable. If one side dies, we all die. So I've torn holes in both the universes and they lead here, to this room. A bridge so that we can begin to work together to fix --
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