Best Walter Bishop Quotes on "Fringe," Season 1

If you're a regular watcher of the Fox series "Fringe," then you probably are also a fan of actor John Noble, who plays Dr. Walter Bishop on the show.

Bishop, a brilliant but eccentric scientist, had been in a mental institution until retrieved by the FBI to work in its Fringe Division, which examines the bureau's oddest and most inexplicable cases.

Now in its third season, "Fringe" has evolved into an outstanding series, and Noble's portrayal of Walter Bishop has much to do with that fact. Also, the show's writers regularly hand him some of the funniest lines on the show.

The interplay between the main characters - Bishop, Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), Walter's son Peter (Joshua Jackson) and Agent Astrid Farnsworth (Jasika Nicole) - also adds immensely to the viewer's enjoyment.

Here's a look back at Walter's most memorable lines from Season 1:

Episode 3: "The Ghost Network"

Peter: You brought your own sweetener?
Walter : Don't be ridiculous. My medication.
Peter: You're not on any medication, Walter.
Walter : Of course I am. I've been making it myself in the lab.
Peter: Oh, I wish you were joking.

Astrid: Wait, you want to rewire his brain?
Walter : Not without his permission. It would be a minor surgery.

Episode 4: "The Cure"

Walter : To understand what happened at the diner, we use Mr. Papaya.
(He places the papaya in the container and steps back.) This is upsetting because he is the friendliest of fruits.

Episode 9: "The Dreamscape"

Olivia: How long is this going to take?
Walter: Miss Dunham, what we're doing, what you have asked me to do, is pushing the boundaries of all that is real and possible. We're not roasting a turkey.

Episode 12: "The No-Brainer"

Walter: With all due respect, Darwin got it all wrong. I used to make the joke that Darwin's thinking was rather ... unevolved.
Peter: Which I'm sure used to be very funny.

Episode 15: "Inner Child"

Walter: Unless you have an IQ higher than mine, I am not interested in what you think.

Walter: My dear, there is much that is unexplained. Until it is.
Peter: In short, he has no idea.

Broyles: Dr. Bishop? Any thoughts?
Walter: Perhaps. First I need a piece of special equipment. My turntable.
Broyles: Is that some kind of lab equipment?
Walter: No, no, a turntable. Record player. You enjoy music, don't you, Mr. Broyles? Well, imagine the agony of having an extensive record collection and having no means to play it.
Peter: The agony.
Broyles: I'll have someone get right on it.

Walter: Peter, don't be such a prude. I'm sure Agent Dunham knows what a penis looks like. Don't you, Agent Dunham?

Episode 16: "Unleashed"

Peter: Are you okay?
Walter: Yes. Although when I mentioned that the poison would kill me within the hour, did either of you happen to notice the time?

Astrid: So this thing has the claws of a lion and the fangs of a snake?
Walter: It reminds me of a woman I once knew in Cleveland.

Episode 17: "Bad Dreams"

Walter: I thought you might have teleported to New York in your sleep and killed her. Wouldn't that have been wondrous?

Walter: I've always wanted a two-headed goat. Where can I get a subscription?

Episode 19: "The Road Not Taken"

Olivia: I feel like I'm losing my mind.
Walter: Oh, I don't think so. If you were actually going insane, you'd likely have no idea what's happening. Take it from me.

Walter: It's possible we're dealing with a case of spontaneous human combustion.
Peter: I thought that was just a myth.
Walter: Oh, a myth is just an unverified fact.

Episode 20: "There's More Than One of Everything"

Olivia: What are you doing here?
Walter: We're trying to plug a hole in the universe. What are you doing here?

Walter: When Bell and I were younger men, we regularly ingested large quantities of LSD.
Peter: You don't say?

Sources:

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