Fringe - AOL TV: Lance Reddick Interview

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FRINGE - AOL TV: 'Fringe' Star Lance Reddick Teases Season 4, Saving Peter & Balancing the Two Universes

by Maggie Furlong
Sep 23rd 2011


'Fringe' has become known for tangling and twisting things all season long, then still managing to shock us all with huge cliffhanger endings, but last season's finale was the most awesomely insane WTF episode yet.

In Season 4 (premieres Fri., Sept. 23, 9PM ET on Fox), our universes are dealing with the vanishing and complete eradication of Peter Bishop. How soon will they start to remember him? Can they save Peter? And how much longer will fans have to wait to see more Josh Jackson?

I caught up with star Lance Reddick to find out how things have changed for Broyles in this new Peter-less world, and to try to decipher if, in this new reality, Alt-Broyles might still be alive.

He also teased this season's big arc, the shift in Broyles' relationship with his team, the "overlapping" of the universes and who, exactly, is in charge of Fringe Division...



... Q: For Broyles specifically, I feel like Peter changed him over time. His relationship with Peter made him a different boss, a more thoughtful person. How is Broyles different now that Peter never existed?

Lance Reddick: "That's interesting. I don't feel like it's so much Broyles' relationship with Peter that changed him -- it's more that Broyles' relationship with Olivia and Walter changed him. But Broyles' relationship with Olivia and Walter changed him because of their relationship with Peter. So Peter not being there really has changed the whole ... there's this kind of ... I believe it was Season 2 when Peter and Olivia were trapped in a building that had the organism causing that infection ['What Lies Below,' Season 2, Episode 13], and we found out that Olivia was immune, so she was able to come out and go back in. There's a line that Broyles has when the head of the CDC comes out -- Broyles says to him, "Please give me 10 more minutes because there are people in there that are like family to me." I feel like with Peter gone, that's not quite the case with Broyles anymore. They're still his people, but they're more trusted employees than family..."