I'm pretty sure they established that it could be an effect of the machine, altering Peter.
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DCJensen - Jan 29, 2011 5:43:12 am PST #15802 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Consuela - Jan 29, 2011 7:09:24 am PST #15803 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I wonder if it's the serum he drank in the milk last week.
§ ita § - Jan 29, 2011 7:14:45 am PST #15804 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not the machine?
sumi - Jan 29, 2011 7:40:35 am PST #15805 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
You mean that the serum had a similar effect to whatever thing it was that Walter took that made him more chimplike?
quester - Jan 29, 2011 7:58:54 am PST #15806 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I think Walter said that Peter's interaction with The Machine had "weaponized" him, and that's why he went on the shapeshifter killing spree.
aurelia - Jan 29, 2011 8:49:20 am PST #15807 of 30001
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The Machine had "weaponized" him
I wonder if he even knows which side he is working for.
sumi - Jan 29, 2011 8:59:13 am PST #15808 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, that is Walter's theory - does it necessarily follow that is what is true? And as I said before: does Walter know all that Peter had done while he was in the hospital?
Consuela - Jan 29, 2011 10:01:00 am PST #15809 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Exactly, sumi. Walter has been wrong before...
quester - Jan 29, 2011 12:04:12 pm PST #15810 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
But it's the only theory in cannon right now.
sj - Jan 29, 2011 12:15:43 pm PST #15811 of 30001
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I am hoping that Walter's theory is true, but it may just be him trying to explain away what he doesn't like with a theory. I'd like to know more about Peter's past than what they have hinted at on the show.