Grey Matters/Theories

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Doctor Paris has altered Walter's memories over the years, and has manipulated Bishop into believing that he (Paris) is Walter's old lab associate and friend (Bell). –DocH– my edits

1. Newton knew who to visit to retrieve the various brain parts because he was told by Paris. –DocH– my edits
2. Paris had no means of retrieving the scattered brain parts taken from Walter, because hybrid soldiers are only now just available (developed) to make the physically damaging (old-fashioned) trip between universes. –DocH– my edits
3. Paris had no means of using the scattered brain parts taken from Walter, because the technical expertise was not available to re-assemble the brain parts until Newton had been reconstituted. (issue dependent on #2 above). –DocH– my edits
4. Nina's contact with Bell has been uncertain for years, from her viewpoint, because the real Bell is either dead, compromised, or the communiques are being intercepted by Paris, et al. –DocH– my edits
5. Paris may be a clone of Willam Bell - one with very different objectives. (addendum: or shape-changer Bell) –DocH– my edits
6. Olivia was nabbed from her universe, by Paris, as part of a grander scheme to use her against the forces she is loyal too. –DocH– my edits
7. In Walter's flashback/memory, Paris seems to be treating Walter in the other universe, not the one where Walter spent seventeen years in St. Claire's –DocH– my edits
   a. Re: #5 below. If Walter was correct in his statement about NOT having visitors at St. Claire's... that means that Bell did not visit him at St. Claire's, suggesting the final scene was at a different facility and/or in the parallel universe... or that Paris/Bell was considered staff - not a visitor. –DocH– my edits
8. Concur with #1 below - to a point. More than one of everything? Our Bell may be posing as their Bell in either universe. Their Bell may be posing as our Bell in either universe. Our Bell may be dead, and theirs alive... or vice versa. Paris may be a real person or a false identity. Either Bell (ours/theirs) may be posing as the real Paris, OR may have assumed the false identity of Paris - in either of the two universes. There are about 500 permutations. –DocH– my edits

1. If William Bell was indeed traveling between universes, he may simply have been using a false identity to protect himself when he visited his 'patients' in this universe, hence creating the identity of Simon Paris. --Jnwrx1 02:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
2. Whoever nabbed Olivia into the other universe, whether or not it was the real William Bell, gave her specific instructions on how to identify the leader of the shape-changing soldiers--namely Newton, so he should not have been giving Olivia information that could interfere with his allies in our universe. --Jnwrx1 02:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
3. In his flashback, Walter recognized the person he saw as his friend, Bellie, even though others may have referred to him as Dr. Paris. It is not confirmed that Bell was Dr. Paris, since the nurses may have been referring to another doctor, also present, but not seen or remembered by Walter in his flashback. --Jnwrx1 02:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
4. William Bell is name known around the world in "our" universe, as leader of a Fortune 500 company. His old name is seen peeling off of the door of the lab that he and Walter shared in the past. If Simon Paris is an actual person, and not who we believe to be William Bell, why would they look the same? Most likely, Paris was one of the Bells' (either our or the alternate universe's version) aliases. --Aswvwl21 02:02, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
5. Disagree with #7 above. When Walter said "What if we ever have to go back?", I believe he is referring to going back to the "other side" again, where the first occurance was when he retrieved alternate-Peter in the 80's. Despite this equal argument, since the location of the flashback was ambigious (it does not mention it is in St. Claire's or another place), it cannot be concluded what exact characters we are dealing with, nor where they are located.--Aswvwl21 02:10, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: UAQ - Why did Thomas Newton not terminate Walter directly, once Newton "had what he needed"? -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Sonic2d (talk • contribs) .

1. Newton even said it in the episode, so technically it's not an unanswered question at all: He needed and used Walter as "fail-safe". That may leave the question, what would have happened to Walter, if Olivia had not caught Newton. -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Sonic2d (talk • contribs) .

1. Newton gave Walter a lethal injection, then fled the house to escape capture. He was pursued, his soldiers killed, then captured and he was facing a bullet to the brain. He only claimed fail-safe - once he was out of options and needed a last-ditch diversion. You expect him to tell her the truth? His intent was never stated, or clear, when he injected Walter. A dying Walter, and a med kit with potential anti-toxins were all valid delay tactics to keep Peter and Olivia in the house, and off of his tail. Any, or all, of the anti-toxins in the med kit, administered in any order, or all at once, may have repaired Walter. Again, a delay tactic. The leader of the enemy forces from a parallel universe, one intent on global destruction... one that had his head frozen - likely a VERY crafty individual. He didn't use Walter as a fail-safe, he sent Olivia on a wild goose chase back to the smoke screen he had established in the house. –DocH– my edits

Both character seem intent on travelling to the other side.

1. In agreeance with #1 from the Theory, "The man we recognize as Dr. William Bell is actually Dr. Simon Paris," if Bell/Paris and Newton are working together, then Newton's objective to return to the other side would not be the same as Jones', which we assumed to be (from Nina Sharp in "There's More than One of Everything"): travel to the other side and kill Bell. --Aswvwl21 14:13, 18 December 2009 (UTC)