The loss of Etta wounded Peter to his very core, setting him up to face the same challenge Walter once faced: how far would you go to make things right after the loss of a child?
The Observer
Observers are featured in this episode.
Timestamp: 38:10
Episode Clues
Previous Episode Clue
A sign picturing a dove on an old building in 'The Recordist' foreshadows the first mention of "The Dove" in 'The Bullet that Saved the World.'
Timestamp: 41:10
Next Episode Clue
Graffiti on an overpass in 'The Bullet that Saved the World' reads "Manifest Destiny", foreshadowing the Observer's shipping manifest the Fringe team decodes in 'An Origin Story.'
Timestamp: 31:05
Items of Interest
Walter called Astrid 'Astriff'.
Walter saved samples and equipment from all previous Fringe cases.
'The Dove' is mentioned.
Etta is dead.
Peter lost the same daughter twice, like (season 4) Walter lost the same son twice.
Walter's Food
Walter tasted his decades-old donut hole.
Donut hole Timestamp: 15:20
Names for Astrid
Walter called Astrid 'Astriff'.
Connection Chart
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Episode Connections
S1E02 - The Same Old Story
WALTER in 'The Same Old Story': "You have no idea where I've hidden things!"
Walter retrieved his plans for destroying the Observers from a hiding place in a wall in the subway platform beneath Newark-Penn Station in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
S1E09 - The Dreamscape
A butterfly shadow box like those seen in 'The Dreamscape' was seen in Walter's storage vault in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Butterfly box S1E09 - The Dreamscape Timestamp: 09:00Butterfly box S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 14:49
S1E14 - Ability
The Fringe team used the skin-growth toxin from 'Ability' as a weapon against the Observers and Loyalists in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Skin growth toxin S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 27:07
S2E03 - Fracture
Parts of Officer Gillespie from 'Fracture' were seen in Walter's storage vault in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Officer Gillespie S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 13:18
S2E09 - Snakehead
The creature from 'Snakehead' and images of it were seen in Walter's storage vault in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Snakehead creature S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 13:26Snakehead creature S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 14:48
S2E14 - Jacksonville
The merged wall paintings from 'Jacksonville' were seen in Walter's storage vault in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Merged paintings S2E14 - Jacksonville Timestamp: 06:58Merged paintings S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 14:10
S2E15 - Peter
The universe window from 'Peter' was seen in Walter's storage vault in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
WALTER in 'Peter': "You can't imagine what it's like to lose a child."
Etta died in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Universe window S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 14:44
S3E12 - Concentrate and Ask Again
The blue powder dispersal doll from 'Concentrate and Ask Again' was seen in Walter's storage vault in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Blue powder dispersal doll S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 13:18
S3E14 - 6B
An ambering device, first (nearly) used by the Blueverse Fringe team in '6B', was seen in Walter's storage vault in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Amber device S3E14 - 6B Timestamp: 30:05Amber device S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 14:29
S3E22 - The Day We Died
The End-of-Dayers used light bombs called Electrilights in 'The Day We Died.' Loyalists threw a light bomb at Peter in the sewer tunnels in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Electrilight S3E22 - The Day We Died Timestamp: 04:16Light bomb S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 03:57
S4E16 - Nothing As It Seems
The Porcupine Man from 'Nothing as it Seems' was seen in Walter's storage vault in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Porcupine Man S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 14:10
S4E22 - Brave New World (Part 2)
The title 'The Bullet that Saved the World' refers to the bullet Olivia was shot with in 'Brave New World (Part 2)'.
Spoilers for future episodes below!
S5E06 - Through the Looking-Glass and What Walter Found There
Cecil mentions the Observers using a light bomb in 'Through the Looking Glass and what Walter Found There', which is what Loyalists threw at Peter in the sewer tunnels in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
Light bomb S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 03:57
S5E08 - The Human Kind
Olivia shot her captors in 'The Human Kind' with the bullet she took from Etta in 'The Bullet that Saved the World'.
The bullet necklace S5E04 - The Bullet That Saved the World Timestamp: 41:07The bullet necklace S5E08 - The Human Kind Timestamp: 35:22