Walter took drugs and worked through his long-standing guilt for the death of his former lab assistant.
The Observer
Observers are featured in this episode.
Timestamp: 30:38
Episode Clues
Previous Episode Clue
A banner behind Peter in 'The Human Kind' foreshadows the pixies Walter sees while high in 'Black Blotter'.
Timestamp: 08:26
Next Episode Clue
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Items of Interest
Sam Weiss died 10-15 years earlier in a shootout with Observers trying to protect the radio signal relay used to locate Michael. (Image 1)
Walter had visions of Carla Warren. (Image 2)
The vision of Carla is trying to convince Walter to present himself to the Observers as a brilliant scientific asset, like Bell did.
Carla came to the lab to burn documentation on Walter's life's work, which grew into the fire that killed her. (Image 3)
Donald took Michael from the pocket universe and hid him with a family 8 months after the invasion. They've been broadcasting the radio signal for over 20 years.
Michael remembers Olivia.
Walter's vision is an homage to the segues seen in Monty Python's Flying Circus. (Image 4)
Walter relives memories as projections and experiences new conversations as if they're VHS recordings because his mind is so bent on figuring out the plan from the tapes. (Image 5)
Walter hallucinated that he made a chocolate cake.
Cake hallucination Timestamp: 09:04
Connection Chart
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Episode Connections
S2E15 - Peter
In 'Black Blotter' Walter had a vision of his scuffle with Nina at Reiden Lake from 'Peter' and later recalled other memories from that day.
Walter's vision S5E09 - Black Blotter Timestamp: 11:23
S2E19 - Brown Betty
Walter had his life's work in a journal in 'Black Blotter' just like he did in the fairy tale he told Ella in 'Brown Betty'.
Walter's journal S2E19 - Brown Betty Timestamp: 17:10Walter's journal S5E09 - Black Blotter Timestamp: 22:02
S5E01 - Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11
The neon green fairy seen in the black market in 'Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11' is like the green fairy Walter hallucinated in 'Black Blotter'.
Neon green fairy S5E01 - Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11 Timestamp: 08:32Hallucinated green fairy S5E09 - Black Blotter Timestamp: 06:26
Spoilers for future episodes below!
S5E11 - The Boy Must Live
The password to retrieve Michael in 'Black Blotter', "Black Umbrella", came from the poster for Singin' in the Rain, from which September chose his new name (Donald O'Connor) in 'The Boy Must Live'.
Black umbrella S5E11 - The Boy Must Live Timestamp: 15:14
