"Over There" is the two-part second-season finale of the Fox science fiction drama series Fringe. Both parts were written by Academy Award- winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, together with showrunners Jeff Pinkner and J. H. Wyman. Goldsman also served as director. Fringe's premise is based on the idea of two parallel universes, our own and the Other Side, which began to clash in 1985, after Dr. Walter Bishop (John Noble) stole the parallel universe version of his son, Peter, following his own son's death. The finale's narrative recounts what happens when Peter (Joshua Jackson) is taken back to the Other Side by his real father, dubbed "Walternate" (Noble). FBI agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv, pictured) and Walter lead a team of former Cortexiphan test subjects to retrieve him, after discovering that Peter is an unwitting part of Walternate's plans to bring about the destruction of our universe using an ancient doomsday device. Part one aired on May 13, 2010, to an estimated 5.99 million viewers, while part two broadcast a week later to 5.68 million. Both episodes received overwhelmingly positive reviews, with critics lauding the subtle differences between each universe. The finale was selected for multiple 2010 "best of television" lists.
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1535:
Conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes, present-day Lima, Peru, as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish Crown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lima
1778:
English explorer James Cook became the first known European to reach the Sandwich Islands, now known as the Hawaiian Islands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands
1866:
Wesley College, the largest school in Australia by enrolment, was established in Melbourne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_College_(Victoria)
1871:
A number of independent German states unified into the German Empire, with Prussian King Wilhelm I being proclaimed as its first Emperor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_Germany
1943:
World War II: As part of Operation Iskra, the Soviet Red Army broke the Siege of Leningrad, opening a narrow land corridor to the city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Iskra
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