*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Donald's Radio is making noises now. Big Problem, because Walter has taken LSD.
Walter's Lab takes on a surrealist landscape, and the ingenuity of this episode is that we don't know if something we see is in Walter's mind or if it is really three in the Lab.
Like Carla Walters. And the Nina Sharp that tried to physically stop Walter from entering the Portal he made. And "Tinkerbell" which Walter sees flying around Peter's head, and into the Dimensional Portal where she splits into Green and Red and the Red Tinkerbell flies through the portal.
Peter seems to be returning to normal, as is his relationship with Olivia. So they go off to find the source of the radio signal using tech Anil gives them. What they find, are the bones of the very "LAST Sam Weiss" and some remains of observers and loyalists. But the Sam Weiss name has no meaning for Astrid and Walter in this timeline. They also find a relay set up high in some trees.
The problem here is that "Walternate" is slowly taking over Walter. It appears to be a genuine split personality, and the problem is that the "Walternate" side of Walter is the side that knows the "plan to defeat the Observers"
Deep in Walter's Mind partitioned off in the "Walternate" side, are the details Walter needs to know.
The group follows the signal to an Island, Walter in tow, in his mind he escaped from Astrid again and took a Taxi to Observer Headquarters in NYC. Maybe this is what "Walternate" wants to do. By "Walternate" I am referring to the pre-lobotomy Walter, the one who has been re-emerging after Simon's quick-repair of Walter's Brain from S4E19. That man was more evident in that episode and in S5E1, before being addled by Windmark.
What they find at the source of the Signal has to be verified by Walter, the password that was being Broadcast, they need to present it to pick up the item which is at the Broadcast Location. This is where some very Monty Pythonish animation is used to show the process of how Walter's mind works. We can almost assume that this is a graphic depiction of that process that normally goes on, but just a little enhanced by the Black Blotter Acid. Just a little Black Blotter to find "Black Umbrella."
The Item of course is the Observer Child from S1E15 "Inner Child" which had been stored in Walter's Pocket Universe from a few episodes back.
The Child remembers Peter and Olivia from the old timeline, how can this be? This child has to be very special.
Meanwhile, Walter decides to burn a book which contained all of his old notes from before he had those parts of his brain taken out. We've been assuming that this was a real, Physical Object that he had been carrying around this episode. But he was not physically carrying that book - Walter IS that book. Carla's parting words are merely a foreboding that we will be seeing the wholly restored Walter soon. And should we fear that day, or embrace it?
IN the episode before this one, Peter was telling Walter how it was with the device in his head. Our Walter would not consider putting it in, but would "Walternate" do it? The question always has been 'what will "Walternate" do once he emerges?' Will he carry out his plan to defeat the observers, or will he Join the Observers?
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