Producers Talk Finale in TV Guide

[RETLAW]

Is this a permanent jump or will you decide to jump backwards and forwards next season?
Jeff Pinkner: The ending of the finale sort of answers your question. As the Observers once told us, there are many futures happening simultaneously. Which one will come true is based on, as Joel just said, the choices that we all collectively make. The finale is the future in 2026 that our characters are on a path towards if nothing were to change. By the end of the episode, that change has occurred. So we may continue to tell storytelling that's both in the past, like we've done a couple of times to see Walter's story with Peter, and we may jump to the future again. But it won't be necessarily the same one that we're in in this episode.

Fringe Finale Scoop: Producers Tackle Burning Questions

Lots of stuff in there!

[xevious]

Lot's of stuff? You're not kidding!

Wow... this is one massive ending of Season 3. I wish they were giving us 2 hours instead of 1.

[RETLAW]

Yeah MORE DEATHS?!? (or can we even call that in this time-reset thingy).

We're going to be losing a main character in the finale. What can you tell us about that? Is it permanent?
Wyman: Is this death permanent? You'll see it's not exactly what happens. Maybe the best hint is that there's actually more than one.

And basically they admit the ending will be a reset of the time-line, based on making a different choice, thus changing the future. So we're going to have a different time-line, with things turning out different and the characters all there but "slightly different" (as Noble said in his Fox Blog interview).

You enter deep waters W&P, tread lightly....

[Magisis]

Just about to read the article...

You enter deep waters W&P, tread lightly....

Time travel sure is sticky. I think Lost got it right with the whatever happened, happened theory. Let's hope the producers don't mess this up like the ridiculous Heroes TT lines.