How can you reconcile that theory (which I've seen elsewhere, so you aren't alone in this regard) with the fact that it the yellow universe Olivia (for example) has no recollection of entire cases from the red universe, such as the husband/wife case referenced in the most recent episode? Taking your point that Peter has been forgotten, how does that lead to the fact that entire cases have been forgotten?
I'm not going to say anything about this show with certainty, but the reason your senario doesn't add up is we can plainly see it isn't just memories. It's not that Olivia just didn't remember an adult Peter, it's that she never knew him. It's not just that Walter doesn't remember an adult Peter, it's that he SAW his son die. It happened. There are people alive now who died originally, and there are people who died originally who are alive now. And infinite other differences. That's not just a matter of memories. SOMETHING happened with time, not memories. Whether it's a true split where the original still exists (A) and we have a new one (A') or A was effectively erased from existence and A' only exists, we don't know. Whatever the case, I've been referring to over here as universes A and A' and "over there" as B and B'. If nothing else, it makes discussion easier.
I agree, I thought it was a pretty weak episode overall. And to me the revelation at the end seemed particularly lazy when the Observer said there was no scientific explanation for it. I mean, they've always explained these alternate worlds at least somehow.Greg_S_H said:
Wasn't that something different? I could've sworn that was when something happened to encase them in something similar to the amber resin they used in the alternate universe.Greg_S_H said:
