Production White Tulip

executive producer j. h. wyman particularly loved white tulip because love story.

white tulip co-written executive producer j. h. wyman , supervising producer jeff vlaming. cinematographer thomas yatsko directed episode, first directing credit fringe.

ign announced in january 2010 actor peter weller had been cast in guest starring role upcoming episode. though had kept distance episodic television because burns [him] out , pursuing ph.d @ ucla, wife, big fringe fan, read script , convinced him accept part of alistair peck, telling him ve got this, s beautiful, s guy wants save wife . during conference call journalists, weller cited character s tremendously romantic , moving storyline reason accepted part. thought four-page scripted scene between him , john noble rare television [and] wonderfully written. thrilled [fringe] . weller has since become fan of fringe because of work in episode, , love return , direct show. in later twitter post, wyman dismissed speculation , confirmed weller s character alistair peck did indeed die @ end of episode.

for episode s time travel elements, sound effects editor bruce tanis explained choices of sound during interview designing sound: used vocals dialog create high-pitched jittery tones played against visual of time-jumping. start flicker faster , faster ramped moment of leaping wanted play fragmented sense of time had visually , create idea somehow jumping on other people land @ different point in time. had electrical humming , zapping support electrical nature of device .

executive producer j. h. wyman later indicated how white tulip helped evolution of show in interview: s important try attract more viewers , try , not make show alienating... our solution came in form of ‘white tulip , episodes that, because realized need satiate both our hardcore fans , our financial responsibility create term coined mythalone. sounds simple when now, like, ‘yes, sure, have great standalone case, plus thread in great mythology. ve got tell took long time there , realize it. have our template telling stories think satisfies both parties . , pinkner later listed white tulip 1 of favorite episodes.

as other fringe episodes, fox , science olympiad released lesson plan grade school children based upon science depicted in white tulip ; lesson s intention students [to] learn scientific concepts related time such astronomy , physics, focus on timekeeping.