Fringe and the Cult of Personality

Spoilery Pictures to Follow!

What are we to make of this recently circulated picture from the set of Fringe episode 19?  (Which is also the same episode that Henry Ian Cusick is guest starring in.)  Before we get Lost in that implication alone lets take a good look at the above frame.

It seems to be multiple pictures of the Observer "March" (or some other newbie) and judging by the multiplicity of pictures he's running for election.  Maybe this is what happens when an Observer like September dies and his spot needs to be filled, you need to run a campaign to fill his "month".  How odd would that be!  Only, I am not sure that's entirely the right scenario.  Other Fringe players like Olivia have been spotted on this set including Walter and Nina Sharp.  Only take a look at Nina in the picture below.

Oh my.

Not only is Nina in a wheelchair she has a shock of white hair!  Walter doesn't seem to have aged at all so something is definitely going on here.  Since Walter is the same are we looking at an alternate universe and not the deep future?  Has the Fringe division crossed over to help another division with it's Observer problem?  What would that problem be?  If we toss the humorous election scenario aside could it be that this particular Observer has set up shop in this particular timeline/dimension/universe?  (Ugh, that argument is making my stomach do flips.)

Has this Observer become so enamored with his powers that he has set up some sort of dictatorship in this universe (let's call it that) and he has set a cult of personality that is important to all tyrants.  Has his travels through time and space have made him so powerful that the world is in his thrall.  Idolatry is important to dictators because it makes them seem larger than life, almost god like figures.  Any vulnerabilities they have are overshadowed by this cult status because the people he rules are always fearful that he is watching over them.

A safer theory would be that this Observer is some sort of outlaw and his picture is posted everywhere to facilitate his capture.  (Good luck with that.)   Maybe he participated in some horrible crime that injured the now wheelchair bound Nina and the Fringe division has been called in.

I'm saying a dictatorial alternate universe with a power mad Observer at it's helm is a lot more fun!

So what do you all think?  Is this theory wackier than my last one?  Do I need a long vacation at the mental institution in Deerfield?  Or do you suppose Fringe has taken a great leap forward and we should be prepared for anything?

Imagine the impossibilities!

*Update*


I added a couple of extra set pictures to reveal the face of the "guest agent" serving alongside Henry Ian Cusick.  Don't know her name yet but it's definitely not Olivia Dunham.