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For the majority of the early episodes, Peter despises working with his father, and in episode 1x04, "[[fringe:The Arrival|The Arrival]]", he prepares to leave Boston for good. But, he comes in contact with The Observer known as "September," who appears to read Peter's mind. Following this incident, Peter realizes that "The Pattern" does actually exist, and vows to remain in Boston until he discovers the truth, becoming a civilian consultant for the [[w: U.S. Department of Homeland Security|U.S. Department of Homeland Security]], in the area of [[w:Fringe science|fringe science]].<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Arrival|
By the culmination of season one, Peter and Walter appear to have completely reconciled. Peter even builds his father a device that could repair his water-damaged records, in episode 1x19, "[[w:The Road Not Taken (Fringe)|The Road Not Taken]]."<ref>{{cite episode |title=The Road Not Taken|
Peter and Walter's reconciliation reaches its peak in episode 2x10, "[[wikipedia:Grey Matters (Fringe)|Grey Matters]]". [[wikipedia:Thomas Jerome Newton (Fringe)|Thomas Jerome Newton]], the leader of the shape-shifters, kidnaps Walter and forces him to reveal how he opened an inter-dimensional doorway in 1985. Peter risks everything to rescue Walter and is horrified at the thought of seeing him die.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Grey Matters|
After an incident on a bridge where Peter sees "a man from the other side", Peter realizes that he is not from the prime universe. Walter is saddened by Peter's anger and he tries to apologize, but Peter won't forgive him. (Season 2 Episode 19 "[[fringe:Brown Betty|Brown Betty]]")
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The Observers are able to predict future events, and they are able to [[wikipedia:time travel|travel in time]] and across universes without difficulty because of their advanced technology. In "[[wikipedia:The End of All Things|The End of All Things]]" (Season 4 Episode 14), it is revealed that the group of Observers seen in the first four seasons are a team of scientists from the far future, or at least from one of humanity's many possible futures. This group of Observers traveled to their past to observe the events that led to their creation.
The group of Observers seen in the show during the first four seasons had designated code names, with each individual referred to as a month of the year: September ([[wikipedia:Michael Cerveris|Michael Cerveris]]) appears in every episode in the first four seasons, even if only in a cameo shot, while December ([[wikipedia:Eugene Lipinski|Eugene Lipinski]]) and others appear with less frequency. In the episode named "[[wikipedia:August (Fringe episode)|August]]" ([[fringe:August_(episode)|Season 2 Episode 8]]) a rogue Observer named August was shown ([[wikipedia:Peter Woodward|Peter Woodward]]) who sought to try to change the fate of a young woman contrary to the Observers' practice.<ref>{{cite episode |title=August|
September is seen in both universes during the episode "Peter", both to cause Walternate to miss a critical observation for the cure for Peter's illness in the parallel universe, and to rescue Walter and Peter after they fell through the ice in the prime one.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Peter|
The episode "[[wikipedia:The Firefly (Fringe)|The Firefly]]" ([[fringe:The Firefly|Season 3 Episode 10]]) involves a series of events temporally engineered by September to force Walter to make a choice regarding Peter's safety as to prepare him for a future event. These events included bringing the son of Walter's favorite musician into the present to draw Walter's attention.<ref name=opensalonfirefly/><ref>{{cite episode |title=The Firefly|
After Peter's disappearance in the third season's finale, "[[fringe:The Day We Died|The Day We Died]]" (Season 3 Episode 22), the Observers remain aware that Peter has vanished, claiming he has been erased from existence.<ref name=daywedied>{{cite episode |title=The Day We Died |
The episode "[[wikipedia:Letters of Transit|Letters of Transit]]" ([[fringe:Letters of Transit|Season 4 Episode 19]]) reveals that by the year 2609, the Observers had wreaked environmental havoc on the Earth - to the point that they decided to simply travel back in time to the early 21st century and colonize the planet before the environmental destruction occurred. In the year 2015, the Observers invaded from the future, instituting "The Purge" and killing many humans. Although humans continued to resist well into the year 2036, the Observers largely succeeded in conquering the planet. The fifth season focuses on events in this future, where the Observers, run by Captain Windmark, maintain control on the remaining humans through their own abilities and the assistance of human Loyalists. A rogue group of humans, the Resistance, fight against the Observers, and have come to learn much about the Observers' abilities, including that many extend from an implant in the back of their neck that expands their mental processing power at the cost of emotions. Due to coming from a much more polluted Earth from six centuries in the future, the unpolluted atmosphere of 21st century Earth is too "clean" for Observers to live in for prolonged periods of time (or perhaps, simply uncomfortable): thus after conquering present-day Earth, the Observers set up terraforming factories to increase the level of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere, which will cut short the life expectancy of regular humans by decades.
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