It's a relief to know that it's not just my cynical self having a visceral rejection of the whole idea behind the last episode. Letting blue Olivia's memories take over with the real possibility they'll overwrite hers comes across as a kind of suicide. If they'd established this timeline's Olivia as emotionally wounded/miserable/utterly isolated/recklessly suicidal, then I could accept it a little easier, but she's been shown as balanced, with friendships. Giving up you entire self for love? The idea makes me shudder.

Of course, I'm not as invested in Fringe as I've been with other fandoms - once burned, always Abrams shy - so I don't exactly feel betrayed by the writing. It's disappointing. Shows very often are. I'm holding on to a couple possibilities for the moment. There's no saying that September told Peter the truth; the rest of the Observers and September might disagree on methodology, but they're united in that their efforts are all about stabilizing a timeline that results in their future. Plus, there's a chance something will happen to obviate the amber timeline and fork off another one or that the memories won't completely overtake the amber Olivia.

I'm thinking now of the Observer telling Olivia she had to die. I suppose getting your memories over written to become a different timeline version would qualify in my book just as much as taking a bullet.

Mostly, though, I'm annoyed in a selfish way. Now I have to either factor this into my ridiculous crossover story or set it before this episode.