 The A.V. Club 's Noel Murray graded the episode with an A- , explaining that though he did not want to give a full review until the season finale aired , he was " enjoying how Fringe 's third season is wrapping up " , such as " the cross @-@ cutting between Earth @-@ 1 and Earth @-@ 2 , and the sense of imminent doom . " Murray continued that he " especially liked ... that in the midst of all this end @-@ times rush , it pauses periodically to check in with the various characters in short one @-@ on @-@ one scenes , strengthening our sense of what these relationships mean . ( It 's something that Fringe has gotten good at in the past year @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half , and something I wouldn 't have predicted for the show back in season one . ) " Writing for the Los Angeles Times , critic Andrew Hanson noted Fringe is preparing for the finale , calling " 6 : 02 AM EST " a " movement episode [ that ] give [ s ] an opportunity to get everyone into place for the big climax " in a vein similar to the television series Lost . Hanson enjoyed the two " sleights of hand " , explaining he was surprised by Fauxlivia 's universe @-@ crossing device failing and what happened to Peter after touching the machine . 
