According to Fringe producer Jeff Pinker, a third universe will NOT be introduced on the May 6 season finale.

But that doesn't mean the show won't incorporate a world different from our own in some way, one referred to as heaven: "Somebody who we all love deeply will die," Pinker told us during a conference call.

Added fellow producer J.H. Wyman: “Fringe always does things the way you don’t expect, so it’s going to be effective, and it will be self-explanatory. That's sort of all we can say without spoiling anything.”

We'll let Pinker tease the final words on the upcoming finale: "Hopefully it will be wholly unexpected and it will recontextualize the story of Season 3 in a really cool way, and be fun and entertaining and mind-blowing.”

Count us in.