You also apparently forgot about most of the rest of the show, too.

Zack,

I loved the abruptness of the final scene, with its air of mystery (even though it wasn't a mystery to us how he got the white tulip) and very slight ambiguity (did Peter remember the events of 2036, even if only vaguely?)  That moment to me felt very "Fringey."

Even if what you say is true, what the FUCKING hell would make a rapist's daughter evil?

Well, this won't be a popular opinion to any Lost fans reading, but I just think Fringe had better characters.  And by "better," I mean, characters you could actually stand being locked in a room with, in addition to them being interesting.  No offense to any Lost fans, but I just found many of the characters on Lost…

About 90% of Fringe's mythological questions were answered by the time the finale rolled around.  There is no "Secret of the Island" on this show - just an unfolding storyline where you find out about things that happened in the past, and also where new complications happen and the characters have to work them out.

There were waves of increasing compellingness.  End of Season 1 was one wave, middle of Season 2 was another.

I already figured Walter Bishop/John Noble were up there back when he shared the screen with Spock/Leonard Nimoy and Doc Brown/Christopher Lloyd and he seemed completely at home.

I saw the scene with her and Olivia going into December's apartment with guns drawn and I was like… "WHY have they deprived us of these two badass girls running around with their guns together, until the very END?"

How about Bolivia telling Lincoln to get his eyes off "my young ass"?

The scientist who created the Observers was probably William Bell.  All that talk about him being in Europe to seek funding?  Yeah, Nina just left out the part that he was in Future Norway.

For every questionable twist that Fringe subjected us to (such as the unpopular Season 4 reset), we also got good, interesting "side effects" from the twists.  For instance… we never could have had the two universes reach a peace accord if the Season 4 reset hadn't happened.  Does anyone really want to undo those…

Quite happy with the finale episodes.  They were actually SOLID episodes, something Fringe has lacked for a while, and they didn't kill off any more people gratuitously (yay for Broyles).  As for the timey wimey stuff… in the context of Fringe, especially post-season-4 Fringe, nothing really shockingly hole-y occurred…

Here's the funny thing:  Everyone is an expert in the force of gravity, because when you drop an apple it falls down, and everyone is an expert in causality, because night follows day.  However, when the force of gravity is suspended in fiction, nobody bats an eye.  When causality is suspended or questioned in…

I appreciate the time you spent typing all that up, but… in the end, all the writers have to do is have the characters say, "This shouldn't be happening… how is it possible?"  "Gee, I don't know, but it makes me feel something/causes me a problem/we're just going to have to deal with it."

"For those of you who disliked the alternate-timeline business because
these “aren’t the same characters,” does Walter being magically restored
as “our” Walter solve that problem for you? If not, why not? Show your
work."

Because Walter and September are scientists and they know how to speak scientist-ese in such a way that makes them see Reason.  Next question.

"Why did September interrupt Walternate when he was finding the cure for young Peter?  Why was that so important?"

What amazes me is how much I liked the new September.  Hanging out in his apartment, listening to classic jazz… I was half expecting him to light up a Gauloise.