Brave New World (Part 2)

The Glyphs

This episode's glyphs spell: P-U-R-G-E

Walter stated that the events of this two-part season finale essentially purged all remaining Cortexiphan from Olivia's system.

The Observer

The Observer is featured in this episode.

Episode Clues

Previous Episode Clue

Signage saying "Eden" on the exterior of Bell's waterfront warehouse in 'Brave New World (Part 1)' foreshadows his mission to create a new, pristine universe with new creatures in 'Brave New World (Part 2)'.

Next Episode Clue

Unknown

Items of Interest

Bell recited a verse from "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".
Cortexiphan levels in Olivia's body are now almost negligible because of their intense utilization in this episode.
Walter called Astrid 'Astrid'.
Olivia is pregnant.
The name of Bell's ocean-going cargo vessel, 'Talos', was a Greek god of myth that was more creative, and a better inventor, than his uncle, the god Daedalus.

Walter's Food

Asked an orderly if she was carrying lemon Jell-O (they were urine samples), ate a Red Vine, and made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Connection: Lemon Jell-O? — Lemon Jell-O?
Timestamp: 38:31

Connection: Red Vine — Red Vine
Timestamp: 39:26

Connection: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich — Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Timestamp: 42:06

Notable Quotes

WALTER: "Why, William? Why would you do this? What can you possibly hope to gain by destroying both universes?"
WILLIAM BELL: "Walter, this was all your idea! Peter died, twice. You hated god. 'What kind of god would cause so much suffering?', that's what you said. So much pain. You decided to create a universe that would operate by your rules. And then, when you realized that you were smart enough to do it, you got scared. You asked me to cut out a portion of your brain."

Connection Chart

A visualization of all the ways this episode connects to other episodes. Scroll down to see the actual connections.

Episode Connections

S1E01 - Pilot

Peter questions Jessica Holt in 'Brave New World (Part 2)' despite her being dead, like Walter and Nina questioned a dead John Scott in 'Pilot'.

S1E13 - The Transformation

Conrad Moreau, arrested for the illegal sale at the end of 'The Transformation', is a reference to the science-fiction novel 'The Island of Doctor Moreau' by H.G. Wells from the late 1800s. In it, a man named Moreau created an island community of human-animal hybrids and showed the repercussions of man playing God. William Bell's goal in 'Brave New World (Part 2)' was to be the creator of a new universe of animal hybrids, including the porcupine creatures from 'The Transformation'.

S1E14 - Ability

Patterns drawn on cards from David Robert Jones's box of tests for Olivia in 'Ability' bear a resemblance to the stasis runes used in 'Brave New World (Part 2)'. Very little is known about either.

Connection: Cards from Jones's box of tests — Cards from Jones's box of tests
S1E14 - Ability
Timestamp: 28:13

Connection: Stasis runes — Stasis runes
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2)
Timestamp: 04:51

S2E09 - Snakehead

The ship at the end of 'Brave New World (Part 2)' showed the creatures from 'Snakehead'.

Connection: Snakehead creature — Snakehead creature
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2)
Timestamp: 30:31

S2E10 - Grey Matters

WILLIAM BELL in 'Brave New World (Part 2)': "Walter, this was all your idea. Peter died -- twice. You hated God. 'What kind of God would cause so much suffering?' That's what you said. So much pain. You decided to create a universe that would operate by your rules. And then, when you realized that you were smart enough to do it, you got scared. You asked me to cut out a portion of your brain."
William Bell removed pieces of Walter's brain at Walter's request as seen in flashbacks in 'Grey Matters'.

S2E15 - Peter

WILLIAM BELL in 'Brave New World (Part 2)': "God made us in his image. If that is so, if we are capable of being gods, then it is our destiny to do so."
Walter made a similar comment in 'Peter':
WALTER: "There's only room for one God in this lab, and it's not yours."

S2E19 - Brown Betty

The intense amount of Cortexiphan coursing through Olivia in 'Brave New World (Part 2)' was able to heal her mortal wound. This was foreshadowed in 'Brown Betty' when Olivia was sliced by the same weapon that killed Rachel, yet instead of dying Olivia's skin started to heal itself.

Connection: Olivia's skin healing itself — Olivia's skin healing itself
S2E19 - Brown Betty
Timestamp: 22:17

S3E04 - Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?

Senator Van Horn, who died in 'Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?', was still alive in the altered timeline and talked to Broyles in 'Brave New World (Part 2)'.

Connection: Broyles and Van Horn — Broyles and Van Horn
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2)
Timestamp: 37:18

S3E22 - The Day We Died

Walter shot Olivia in the head in 'Brave new World (Part 2)' like Walternate did in the possible future in 'The Day We Died'.

Connection: Olivia shot — Olivia shot
S3E22 - The Day We Died
Timestamp: 29:38

S4E08 - Back to Where You've Never Been

SEPTEMBER to Olivia in 'Back to Where You've Never Been': "I have come to tell you something, Olivia. I came to tell you I have looked at all possible futures and in every one the result is the same: you have to die."
Walter shot Olivia in the head in 'Brave New World (Part 2)' in order to stop her being used as a power source for Bell's new world.
September got shot by Jessica Holt in 'Brave New World (Part 2)' and then went back in time to 'Back to Where You've Never Been' to deliver his message to Olivia, bleeding out from the gunshot in his seat in the opera house.

Connection: Walter shooting Olivia — Walter shooting Olivia
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2)
Timestamp: 32:24

S4E19 - Letters of Transit

Etta clutched her necklace, a bullet, when she saw Walter for the first time and when talking about her parents in 'Letters of Transit'. This is the bullet Walter shot at Olivia in 'Brave New World (Part 2)'.
ASTRID to Walter in 'Letters of Transit': "William Bell, you just left him there?"
WALTER: "You remember what he did to Olivia. Even you can't be that compassionate."
Bell tried to use Olivia's powers to create a new universe in 'Brave New World (Part 2)'.

Connection: Etta clutching her necklace — Etta clutching her necklace
S4E19 - Letters of Transit
Timestamp: 04:47

S4E21 - Brave New World (Part 1)

WILLIAM BELL to David Robert Jones in 'Brave New World (Part 1)': "The art of chess, the art, is knowing when a piece is most valuable, and then, in that very moment, being willing to sacrifice it."
Walter sacrificed Olivia, the most valuable piece in the game, in order to save the world in 'Brave New World (Part 2)'.

Spoilers for future episodes below!

S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World

The title 'The Bullet that Saved the World' refers to the bullet Olivia was shot with in 'Brave New World (Part 2)'.

S5E08 - The Human Kind

In 'The Human Kind' Olivia shot her captor with "The bullet that saved the world," the bullet that Walter shot her with in 'Brave New World (Part 2)'.