William Bell (Fringe)
William Bell is a male television character that features in Fringe.
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Biography
Whilst Walter was in St. Claire's, William arrived at the facility in order to remove parts of Bishop's brain that were hidden in three other people. (Episode: Grey Matters)
When Fringe Division investigated the Pattern, they attempted to find Bell but his position was unknown with even Nina Sharp unaware of his location. In reality, he was residing in an alternate universe for the last several months with him living at an office at the top of the World Trade Center that remained standing in that reality. He managed to transport Olivia Dunham to that office when she crossed the barrier between the two worlds. (Episode: There's More Than One of Everything) After returning to her universe, Olivia Dunham has trouble remembering what Bell told her. After a few weeks, she remembered that he warned her of the storm in which the two universe would collide if she did not stop Thomas Jerome Newton from being resurrected. (Episode: Momentum Deferred) He teams up with Olivia Dunham and Walter Bishop in the Alternate Universe. He told Walter how his crossing over in the 1980s began to destroy this world. He later revealed that Walter himself asked him to remove his memories. Bell cannot cross over again, as his atoms would split apart and no trace of him would remain in either universe. Due to this, he sacrificed himself so the others can return home. (Episode: Over There: Part 2) When Olivia visited Bell on the other side, he served her a glass of tea that contained soul magnets. (Episode: Stowaway) In his will, he gave Nina Sharp a bell that was described as a 'memento of himself'. Walter realized that the bell was more than its appearance in and rang it, expecting Nina to become embodied by Bell. However, it was Olivia who had a reaction to the bell's frequency. (Episode: Os) Broyles gives William 48 hours to find a new viable host for him and get out of Olivia's body, but William takes his time as he knows that no harm is coming to Olivia. However, not too long after, Olivia regains control of her body briefly, confused and in a trance before William takes back over. William then explains that there is something more complicated than he expected. (Episode: Stowaway)
Walter and Peter journey into Olivia's consciousness and find William in order to recover Olivia before she was 'lost'. After Walter and Peter 'die' within her mind, William aids Olivia in escaping until she is able to confront her own fears, enabling her to take back control of her body. William tells Olivia to pass on the message "I knew the dog wouldn't hunt" to Walter. He then departs from Olivia's consciousness. As Olivia wakes up, Astrid and Walter realize that William's plan to transfer his own consciousness into a computer has failed. Olivia relays William's message to Walter, who explained that the message was a phrase William would use in earlier experiments when he knew that they would not be successful, and that his reason for suggesting it was because "William hates goodbyes". (Episode: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)
Overview
Personality and attributes
After sharing a laboratory with Walter Bishop, it was said that Bell was the only other person who knew what their experiments were about. (Episode: Pilot)
Powers and abilities
Evidently, he also possesses great technical knowledge and experience, one example being Nina Sharp's functional robotic arm which according to Nina was built by Bell himself. (Episode: Pilot)
With the wealth of his company Massive Dynamic in excess of $50 billion, making William Bell one of the richest men in the world. (Episode: Pilot)
Notes
- William Bell was created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci where he was portrayed by actor Leonard Nimoy and featured in the setting of the Fringe universe.
Appearances
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