Over There: Part 1
- Episode aired May 13, 2010
- TV-14
- 44m
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8.9/10
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Walter and Olivia travel to the parallel universe, and the anticipated face-off between Walter Bishop and William Bell occurs.Walter and Olivia travel to the parallel universe, and the anticipated face-off between Walter Bishop and William Bell occurs.Walter and Olivia travel to the parallel universe, and the anticipated face-off between Walter Bishop and William Bell occurs.
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Did you know
- TriviaJust before opening credits the camera pans down to a distant view of Manhattan. Just right of the World Trade Center is a fairly tall, oddly rounded skyscraper. That is the never-built Hotel Attraction, commissioned in 1908 and designed by Antoni Gaudi. Few people knew it had even been considered until certain documents were released in the 1950s.
- GoofsWith the types of difference between the two universes, it would be nearly impossible to keep events in synch down to the personal lives of the main characters, yet this is exactly what is seen where people have relatively the same jobs, live in the same place, and have the same family members. Yet in the broader universe there are such major changes as President Kennedy never being assassinated (presumably meaning no President Johnson and a radically different Vietnam War), the 9/11 attacks partially averted, as well as major cities destroyed by anomalies and thousands dead who were still living in the other universe. Not to mention whatever different events happened in centuries past; with all this, the two universes would have diverged so much that there would be literally no chance of exact copies of people existing on both sides.
- Quotes
Senator Walter "Walternate" Bishop: They may look like us, but don't be fooled, Olivia. They are monsters in our skin.
- Crazy creditsThis episode features an opening title sequence that has been changed from predominantly blue colouring to predominantly red to reflect the fact that the episode is set in the alternate universe. The phrase "Parallel Universes" has been replaced with "First People".
- ConnectionsReferences Mission: Impossible (1996)
Featured review
A Lot to Digest
When I see the conclusion, I am going to go back and watch "Over There" from start to finish a second time. I'm still trying to figure out the implications of jumping between universes. Of course, we are given a set of characters whom we can relate to, but the rules they play by only come into view when they are pushed. Bell shows up at the end. What is he up to? Why is he so often a betrayer. Meanwhile, we have the Secretary and Walter, looking exactly alike and moving in unique directions. Walter is badly injured during a firefight and has to find refuge (which he does in the emergency room of the hospital). Let's see where this goes.
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- Runtime44 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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