Why are they so nice?

[homerj]

they treat their victims really well, they are polite to them. and if they were REALLY evil then why let them live after they took the brain parts out of them? why not just take the piece out and leave them for dead?

[zadok]

Their ethics chapter was intact.

[JDunham]

i think they dind kill the victims because they didnt want the FBI or Olivia knew about then and about what they r doing

[Omniscient_Jay]

they treat their victims really well, they are polite to them. and if they were REALLY evil then why let them live after they took the brain parts out of them? why not just take the piece out and leave them for dead?

Who says they are evil?

And who says we are the good guys, for that matter?

I see no problem with them treating their "victims" with courtesy. They are spies and soldiers, sent to perform their duty. We don't know enough about them to justify their actions yet.

Also, perhaps they are only supposed to kill if they are in danger, or are under some other directive or instructions instated by their superiors.

What would be the point of killing more people than necessary anyway?

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[xofringe314]

Hmmm...I don't know.
I actually like Newton at first because he was so nice (of course then he went and poisoned Walter).
Villains who are nice are cooler, aren't they? IMO they are.

[Omniscient_Jay]

^indeed.

Newton FTW.

[Montecito]

Cause the Leader is a cool guy..

[Omniscient_Jay]

How awesome would it be if Jones and Newton had tea together?

[lettherebelove]

Not crazy about the newton guy...but i think politeness in villains(as we assume) makes them seem more evil. Like their evilness in set in other ways rather than just violence and killing (if that even made any sense)

[monne]

And it also reinforces the idea that they are not necesserily the 'evil' side anyway ... they are the villain because they are working against our main characters, but does that have to mean our side is exclusively right and theirs is wrong? I don't know, the politeness of Newton (and Jones, for that matter) just seem to fight against the idea that on Fringe everything is black and white. For all we know, Walter started the war by taking Peter, and that side is just trying to deal with the aftermath.