Discussion: William Bell and ZFT?

"According to Dr. Boone, William Bell funded ZFT (and the government funded Massive Dynamic), the purpose of his expirements is to show off to other scientists that they "CAN" do it.
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"in the episode where they found the zft, they noticed a weird s(at least I think it was an s). at the end of the episode walter pulled out an old typewriter that had the same character on it. him and bell were partners, it's certainly plausible they wrote the zft together."

"in the episode where they found the zft, they noticed a weird s(at least I think it was an s). at the end of the episode walter pulled out an old typewriter that had the same character on it. him and bell were partners, it's certainly plausible they wrote the zft together."

"Are you guys forgetting that when Walter went back inside the mental home (To speak to the man about ths maths sum) he saw his doppleganger outside.

I can't help but think that Walter is the good guy in all this, but that may turn out not to be so.. "

"I have either forgotten this, or never noticed it in the first place.

He saw the WHO in the WHAT?"

"Charlie said something that made sense... these mad scientists are ZEALOTS. But they are largely driven by their EGOS.

I hate episode 18 - it felt like a complete waste of time just to find out (at the end of all that madness) that Bell is funding ZFT - which we kinda knew anyway since Walter had nothing to do with writing the manifesto. Absolutely nothing.

Look - Walter has been in a mental institution for 17 years - meanwhile ZFT is recruiting. Walter was too isolated and doped up to contribute ANYTHING to the organization of ZFT.

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"http://www.fox.com/fringe/_media/recaps/walter/walter_108.jpg
Omg, does this mean the "Visitor" came to see Walter and is this how they obtained the secret combination to the safety diposit boxes. Maybe the had him detained for this purpose then!!
It goes deeper at every turn, love fringe."

"Whoa now! Who says that the manefesto was written while Walter was institutionalised?! It could easily have been written by him prior to going "crazy". Also, his lab was shut down when he went into St. Claire's. Though it is possible that another typewriter might have an offset "y", it is more likely that it is the one in the lab that was used for the manefesto.

And! If they were conducting trials (ie Bell & whomever else) for cortexiphan when Olivia was 3, then they were "preparing soldiers for the coming war" long before Walter was in St. Claire's. The soldiers are a strong theme in the ZFT manefesto and their preparation began much longer than 17 years ago.

We also really don't know how much Walter was "doped" during his time at St. Claire's. We have seen discussion to the idea of visiting each other's dreams... it is not to say that Walter wasn't involved, even during his time on the inside of the hospital. Olivia's "partner" for the cortexiphan trials was in a mental institution... what if Walter was institutionalised in order to help with other recruits? Ok, this last paragraph is a little over the top, but I just want to illustrate the fact that in this world of surreal, there are going to be things that we can't yet even fathom."