Discussion: Was Olivia's sister also a Cortexiphan test subject?

"Could it be at all possible that Olivia was actually adopted and no one knows it yet?
I mean who'd actually let their child undergo testing like that?

Even if she isn't adopted, I doubt it."

"What about the idea that it was Olivia's uncle that subjected her the tests?

Remember in the pilot episode, during her dream sequence, she sees the kayak with the green, green, red dots, the alpha sumbol and the word Zeno in it. She said it was her uncle's kayak. Zeno is somehow connected to ZFT...we see that on the computer monitor in Episode 9 and again in another episode (which I can't remember). Alpha was Esterbrook's lapel pin in Episode 6, and the green and red dots were from Episode 8.

That suggests that Olivia's uncle was working with one or more of these apparent bad guys we have met during the course of the season. Maybe Olivia's family didn't even know she was being experimented on. Just a theory.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is all that Olivia has told us: In 1981, when she was three, she was living on a military base in Jacksonville. Assumably, one or both parents were in the military, but it could have been the stepfather even then. Some years later, approximately 1987, her mother was married to an abusive man who was definitely not Olivia's father. Olivia was forced to shoot him.

Anyway, I do agree that the clue about the uncle is probably not random, but I don't know where it falls into the "Pattern". I also agree that Rachel is probably younger than Olivia--I hope we see her and Ella again! I loved seeing that side of Olivia. I think she was not a cortexiphan test subject, but I wonder if she has anything else that she is hiding? In "Bound", she started to say something and then said it was nothing. What was she going to say/ask? I believe that Olivia and Rachel's mother is dead, because when Rachel found John's ring, she asked: "That isn't Mom's, is it?" Normally, a daughter wouldn't have her mother's engagement ring if the mother was still living, but that is something that is often inherited."

"I went back and listened: You're right; Olivia did say her father was at the military base. I missed that. Yes, she definitely said she was nine when she shot her stepfather; I watched that episode just the other day. I keep wondering if the stepfather will make an appearance one day. The card he sent her on last (?) birthday appeared to have been hand-delivered. That was quite unnerving. Of course, the card only said "Thinking of you", and was unsigned, but based on timing, one is led to believe it was him. "

" Hey, I'd like to know where Rachel and Ella are? One moment they are staying with Olivia and the next they are apparently gone. When Peter meets Rachel at the hospital in the season premiere, he says something like "When did you get back?" Did she go back to contest the custody of Ella? It would make sense if she had to do that. A friend of mine spent nearly a year living some place she didn't want to be in order to fight her ex-husband for custody of their kid. But would it kill them to throw in one sentence to that effect? Also, did you notice near the end of "There's More Than One of Everything", that just before Nina calls her to set up the appt in New York, Olivia is sitting on her bed in her apartment, a suitcase beside her, looking rather desolate? What was that about? Where was she going or where had she been? It was already there when Nina called.

Love the idea of Terry Quinn coming onto "Fringe"! That guy is just spooky. Maybe he could be the stepfather!"

"It seems like Broyles and/or Charlie have been trying to get Olivia to take time off ever since John died, and it doesn't appear she's done it yet. Yes, I miss the Ella scenes a lot. I miss the scenes at her apartment; it seemed to add a lot to her character, like it was her retreat. Did you notice in that one episode when Peter dropped by late at night and again later when Charlie brought Nick Lane's file to her, Olivia never invited either of them in. I thought that a bit odd--usually if they were friends/co-workers you would inviite them in out of courtesy even if you secretly hope they will refuse--but she didn't. The Guardian of the Gate. :) "