Fringe s02e07 Episode Script

Previously on Fringe: - Olivia Dunham, FBI.
- A series of events has occurred.
It's being referred to as the Pattern.
Anybody you need, you can have.
His name's Walter Bishop.
He worked out of Harvard - in an area called fringe science.
Certain individuals have been granted clearance regarding the Pattern, including Nina Sharp.
Massive Dynamic is one of the ten largest economic entities in the world.
No matter where my investigations take me they always come back here.
You should know what you're getting into, Agent Dunham.
- Get out of the car.
Hands on your head.
This is Officer Williams.
- Hostage appears unharmed.
- I said get out of the car now.
Step away from the car.
Down on your knees.
You okay? You have no idea what you're dealing with.
Is that right? What the hell are you doing? Gibson, I'm talking to you.
Gibson.
Running the security photo through facial recognition software.
Should have the kidnappers' names within the hour.
Preliminary ballistics confirms that Williams fired all three shots.
- Including the one that killed her? - Self-inflicted.
As far as we can tell, the kidnappers don't even have guns.
- Who's the kid? Tyler Carson, 15 years old.
According to N.
Y.
P.
D.
, he disappeared 36 hours ago.
They're still running leads.
Walter, remember that conversation we had about personal space? I'm bored.
No cadavers at this crime scene.
Or food.
Walter, they're transferring the bodies to your lab now.
There's no need.
I've already formed a hypothesis as to what happened here.
Mesmerism.
Hypnotism.
The victims have obviously been subjected to subliminal suggestions of a violent nature.
Walter, hypnosis can't make you do anything that you don't wanna do.
Take a look at this.
The kidnapped kid's father.
He works for Fleming-Monroe.
The aerospace division of Massive Dynamic.
I already have a call in to Nina Sharp.
Miss Sharp's office is right this way.
Dr.
Carson is in there waiting with her now.
Miss.
The screen in the elevator said there were 73 laboratories.
Is that right? Yes.
It's amazing.
Dr.
Carson, why didn't you call the police sooner? I didn't even know he was gone until I got the call from them the men who took him.
Tyler and I don't talk much.
I just figured it's because of his age.
You know what teens are like.
But I guess that's just an excuse, isn't it? So, what did the kidnappers say? Just to wait for further instruction.
Miss Sharp, the two men identified in those photographs are you certain they have no connection to your company? Yes, we cross-referenced their names with our employee database.
Patrick Hickey and Tom Dobbins have never worked for us.
They've had no peripheral involvement with any of our clients or partners.
According to the police, they're used-car salesmen.
There's been no indication of their demands? No, not yet.
So is it possible that these men are trying to extort secrets from Massive Dynamic? We have come to the same conclusion.
Well, would you care to share what kind of secrets? Dr.
Carson performs sensitive and highly classified work on military aircraft designs, piloting software, guidance systems.
What I do here, it's my life.
It's the only Tyler's mother died when he was just a boy.
And now if- If I lose him, I don't know what I'd do.
I'll get him.
Excuse me.
Dr.
Carson, we will do everything we can to try and find your son.
Hey, Walter.
What are you doing? Massive Dynamic was just a name until now.
Did you know that I once shared a laboratory with William Bell? You might have mentioned that once or twice.
Look how much he's achieved.
You know, he introduced me to her.
To whom? Your mother.
After the neurobiology conference in Berlin.
It was her idea, you know that Belly and I would one day form a company together.
He just couldn't wait, I suppose.
But thankfully, she was still there for you while I was gone.
I'm hungry.
Give me all the cash in the register.
You kidding me? You don't even have a gun.
Just do it before somebody gets hurt.
Hey, buddy.
Is there gonna be a problem here? You really don't wanna get involved in this.
Think I just did.
Get out of my store.
You should've just given up the money.
Ugh! Remind me to never get a job as a convenience-store clerk.
Any witnesses? Both victims are in intensive care at University Hospital.
So no statements anytime soon.
Stealing food and knocking over convenience stores? These kidnappers don't seem like they have a plan.
No.
There's a second feed on the door.
- He looks so scared.
So why doesn't he run? He could just make a break for it.
Far too soon for Stockholm syndrome to have kicked in.
Well, maybe your father's right.
Maybe one or both of them are controlling people through hypnotic suggestion.
They could just get the clerk to give them the cash.
Why the carnage? Maybe they're silencing the witnesses.
They don't want us to know how it works.
Dunham.
The owner of the dealership where the kidnappers worked said Hickey and Dobbins were his best salesmen.
Is there anything out of the ordinary about these guys? Model employees.
The owner was mystified as to how they got mixed up in this.
They each made a sale that morning, took one of his loaner cars out for lunch - and never came back.
- Okay.
Broyles says the suspects were good at their jobs.
No criminal record.
Boss loves them.
So how do these two become kidnappers? Think they could be spies? Maybe they're hiding out in plain sight.
Foreign intelligence agents often take mundane jobs.
They can blend in while they gather information.
There's certainly nothing more mundane than being a used-car salesman.
Throw in Massive Dynamic and your father's theory on hypnotism it starts to add up.
Chicken.
You're serious? Just a hypothesis.
What, do you think more like pork? I don't spend a lot of time thinking about what human brains would taste like.
Then why did you ask? I was asking what you expected to find with this brain.
Well, normally hypnosis would simply boost the alpha waves of the brain with no visible effect.
But given the extreme nature of the suggestions in the policewoman's case I suspect there might be lesions on the brain.
Visible damage.
Yes.
Oh, my.
Thank you.
Now, this is not hypnosis.
- It is mind control.
- There's a difference? Peter was right.
Hypnosis can only go so far.
Suggesting, but not forcing behavior.
Look, look, look.
Hematomas on the brain matter, indicating actual trauma.
The result of conflicting neural impulses.
A conflict of mind and body.
- Is that what killed them? - Oh, no, no.
The bullet took care of that.
But mind control could cause brain damage.
I theorize that the power operates through the cochlear nerve.
- You mean sound? Yes.
An auditory trance is a far more effective path for manipulation than the other senses.
But again, it's just a hypothesis.
Even if we find out where they are, nobody can get near them - as long as they have this talent.
- I need you to work out how to block it.
The ransom call could come at any minute.
We need to be ready.
Right, right.
I don't understand.
Why are we just standing around? - Shouldn't we do something? - Dr.
Carson.
I have my very best agents on the case.
But you need to be here when the kidnappers call.
Special Agent Broyles? We've just received a call for Dr.
Carson.
It's his son.
We're ready, sir.
- Hello? Dad? - It's me.
- Tyler, are you okay? Just give them what they want, please.
You've seen that we won't hesitate to do whatever's necessary - to get what we want.
- Please, listen.
I'll do anything you need.
Two million dollars, unmarked bills.
The industrial park off I-78, west of Newark Airport, 5 p.
m.
If you're even a minute late, your son dies.
No, please, listen- Tyler? No luck, sir.
He hung up too soon.
Money? All they want is money? I can sell the house, cash in my stock options- Massive Dynamic will cover any ransom.
Trying to squeeze a major international corporation with a kidnapping? Doesn't add up.
Money's the distraction.
They want something else.
They took your son for a reason.
So, what now? We set a trap.
Peter, we're running out of time.
You have any idea what your father's looking for? No, he just muttered something about my childhood.
Here it is.
It generates white noise which simulates the sound of being in utero.
Just what we need to block the mind control.
A teddy bear vs.
mind-control spies.
The bad guys don't stand a chance.
Dr.
Carson will meet the kidnapper with the briefcase.
So take no action until the exchange is complete.
We want clean shots only.
We want them alive if possible, but the boy's safety comes first.
This is exciting.
Do you think the FBI will ever give me a gun? Dr.
Bishop will now explain how to use the equipment that you've been provided.
Yes.
Hello.
I'm Dr.
Walter Bishop.
You've been given a set of audio-dampening earphones like this which will give off a steady stream of white noise.
They make it so the kidnappers can't control you with sound.
Now put them on.
We gotta do a sound check.
My son Peter's teddy bear emits As you listen, you may feel a sense of deep tranquility as if you had returned to your mother's womb.
Walter, you're gonna need this.
- Thank you, Peter.
You will now be able to hear my voice.
Each of your team leaders will have a microphone like this one.
You will not be able to communicate with each other directly.
All commands will come through the headphones.
Once you are ordered to put on the headphones do not remove them under any circumstances.
If you do, you may die a gruesome and horrible death.
Thank you for your attention and have a nice day.
Alpha Team in position.
Bravo Team in position.
Agent Dunham.
We have a brown sedan entering on the north side.
Do you see Tyler in the vehicle? That's a negative.
All teams, stand by and hold position.
Bravo Team, what's your status? We have somebody moving in on foot.
Copy that.
Possible suspect on route to Dr.
Carson.
All units, headphones on.
Team leaders, move communications to microphones.
Contact made.
Can anyone see the hostage? This is Alpha leader.
Negative.
I've got nothing.
Bravo.
Negative on my end too.
All units, move.
Move.
Walter, you stay here.
Help me.
Help me.
Help me.
You can lose the stupid headphones.
They don't work.
Take me to your car.
Agent Balick, this is Agent Dunham.
Copy.
Go for Balick.
Any sign of Tyler Carson? Negative.
We did two full sweeps.
This place is abandoned.
Olivia.
Agent Dunham.
Where is he? Tyler? We're still looking for him, Walter.
No, no.
I don't mean Tyler.
I mean Peter.
- I thought he was with you.
- He's gone.
I can't find him anywhere.
Has anyone seen Peter Bishop? I told you, we were the hostages in that car.
Tyler Carson wanted you to kidnap him? I'm saying he made us do it.
He worked us like puppets.
He forced us to drive.
He made us watch all those people die.
- What about the ransom call? - I told you.
He made us say what he wanted.
- How did he do that exactly? I don't know how.
You think I wanted to saw off my own finger? He made me do it when I tried to get away.
That friend you keep talking about? You better pray he's not with that kid.
- Head hurts pretty bad, huh? - Ugh! That happens when you try to fight it.
I can make it stop if you do what I say.
Yes.
Keep driving straight.
You know, your father's worried about you.
Awesome.
Come on, let's pull over and talk about- Hey, bad idea.
- Ugh! What are you doing? Let's see how fast this piece of junk can go.
Kid, you're gonna get us killed.
- You ready to behave? - Yes.
Just so we're clear, I can make you do whatever I want.
I can control all of you or just part of you.
You know what, kid? You're a real son of a bitch.
It's Tyler.
Tyler is the kidnapper.
This is from a traffic cam on I-95.
He's the one controlling people.
He's taken Peter hostage.
How could this have happened? The son of one of your top scientists can control people's minds.
Surely that's not a coincidence.
Well, it doesn't seem possible, but- Dr.
Carson works in aerospace, but on one project he's collaborating with the pharmaceutical division.
What project? This is our flight-simulation deck.
What you're watching is a live test of our prototype hands-free guidance system.
Hands-free navigation.
So who's controlling the jet? Electrodes in the pilot's helmet are picking up on his thought patterns which send commands to an onboard computer.
The pilot has been given a pharmaceutical enhancement a drug to amplify his brainwaves which makes it easier for the electrodes in the helmet to read them.
Did you perchance expose your son to this so-called pharmaceutical enhancement? Massive Dynamic has strict testing protocols.
Family members are absolutely ruled out as test subjects.
Oh, my God.
I took some samples home for further research.
Tyler might have found them.
I got a question.
How far away can you control people? You mean how far do you have to run? Nice try.
- When did you figure out-? - I'm not telling you anything.
Genius, the second you took me, they knew you were behind it all.
Whatever.
You had no idea I was the one in charge.
Yeah, you managed to kidnap yourself.
Congratulations.
You're a criminal mastermind.
Screw you.
You haven't thought this out.
You don't have a plan.
Shut up.
You sound just like my father.
Oh, come on.
That's what this is about? Some sort of vendetta against your dad? Do you really think you're the first kid whose father didn't think he was good enough or smart enough? Take a number.
But it doesn't make sense.
Even if Tyler did take the drugs they're designed to work on computer systems, not other human beings.
The brain is a computer, doctor.
It's an organic computer.
It can be hijacked like any other.
So how old is this boy? Fifteen? Still going through puberty? Yes? - Yes.
Yes.
His system flooded with hormones, affecting his neurotransmitters opening up the pathways for the uptake of psychoactive chemicals.
Yes? - I suppose it's possible.
- Oh, yes.
It's possible.
And was he by chance taking any prescription medicine? Psychostimulants, perhaps? - Yes.
Yes.
Tyler was taking medication for attention deficit disorder.
Puberty, ADD medication and an untested brainwave enhancer.
It's a mind-control cocktail.
Because of this man's inability to be a proper parent - his son has kidnapped mine.
- Walter.
You know, I used to hate my father too.
- I know what it's like- - I need a driver, all right? Not a big brother.
Don't stop.
This has been a ton of fun, but get real.
It cannot go on forever.
I say it's not even close to finished.
Pull over.
Let me take care of this.
If you don't, I will.
Evening, officer.
Sir, I'm gonna need you to step out of the vehicle.
Sure.
Put your hands on the car.
- I'm sorry.
Did I do something wr-? - I said up against the car.
You got any kind of weapon on you, you should tell me now.
Tyler.
Tyler.
Tyler, please.
- Do not force me to shoot this man.
- He'll tell them where we are.
- They'll try to stop us.
- Please.
Please.
Come on, Tyler.
There's gotta be another way.
Something like that? We lost him on the New Jersey Turnpike, heading south towards Swedesboro.
We had the chopper shadowing the vehicle.
We need all assets rerouted to that vicinity.
Let me know if you spot him.
Thanks.
Astrid, you tell the state troopers, if they spot them to keep their distance, just within visual range.
Make sure they know Peter is not the target.
- Yeah.
Agent Dunham? You're needed in Ms.
Sharp's office.
What's wrong? The director classified Tyler as a national security threat.
Fringe Division is ordered to stand down.
Any intercept will be by Special Forces.
We're the reason they have any clue what's going on.
How can they take us off now? New information has come to light about Tyler's plans.
He purchased two one-way tickets to Costa Rica which he bought before abducting Peter.
The boy may be working with a foreign handler.
With respect, all the evidence points towards an angry kid.
Best-case scenario, we have a highly intelligent malcontent on a killing spree.
The director thinks it's worse.
Tyler may have been recruited to deliver a multi-million-dollar defense project to enemies.
"Overwhelming force will be brought to bear if necessary"? You know this means Peter could be collateral damage.
But regardless, we need to contain the situation on our own before it's too late.
Walter? Have you made any headway? I can't lose him again.
Walter.
I know you're worried.
We all are.
But we can get Peter back.
We just need you to find a way to disable Tyler.
Peter always helps me.
I don't know what to do.
How do I do this without Peter? He always helps me.
He helps me too.
But you can do this.
Walter.
I know you're scared.
But you're the only one that can help him.
Perhaps Maybe I could use an EMF scrambler to disrupt his beta-wave transmissions.
Sounds like a good place to start.
Olivia, I think I found something.
They just brought Tyler's computer in.
He's been doing some pretty strange searches.
This is what he was looking for? Obituaries and death notices? All of women who died 14 years ago in car accidents.
Look.
All these women died in their mid-20s.
Yeah.
So that would make them, what, about 40 now if they were alive? What are you thinking? I don't know yet.
- Can you pull up his most recent search? - Yeah.
What do you know about Renee Davies? Who is she? She's my ex-wife.
Tyler's mother.
- Where'd you find this? - It was on Tyler's computer.
This was a good idea.
Yeah, I was 15 once too.
But I had to talk my way into places like this.
You know, there are plenty of easier ways to get money.
Yeah.
Wouldn't have been as fun.
Fun? Faking your kidnapping.
Jacking your dad's company.
Killing cops and innocent bystanders- That wasn't part of the plan, okay? They just got in the way.
You know, I get it.
You wanted to torture your dad, right? Things got away from you, blew up in your face.
It's not done yet.
What did your daddy do to you, anyway? Didn't pay enough attention? Forgot your birthday? Didn't play ball with you enough? He lied to me my entire life.
- Let's not get dramatic.
- He told me my mother was dead.
But you have to understand.
She was a mess.
She was on drugs, off drugs.
I mean, I never knew what she was gonna do next.
When Tyler was a baby, she would literally disappear for weeks at a time.
And then finally she just never came back.
Does Tyler know what happened? I didn't know.
I just always assumed that she would end up dead of an overdose somewhere.
And then when Tyler was old enough to start asking about her I told him that she died in a car wreck.
I thought it was for the best.
So he wouldn't know that his mother abandoned him.
About a month ago, I found my birth certificate.
Learned her name.
And then I tried to find her.
Guess what I found.
She was never really dead at all.
She lives in Maryland.
- She's some sort of rehab counselor.
- You think if you find her, the two of you - are gonna live happily ever after? - We're gonna be a family again.
Those cops you killed, they have families too.
They got wives, they- That would've been your leg if I didn't need you to drive.
Let's go.
Okay, we know where Tyler's going.
Tell me you got something better to stop him with than what you're wearing.
These have nothing to do with the case.
I don't trust them here.
I think they're trying to read my thoughts.
Massive Dynamic gives me the creeps too.
According to Dr.
Carson's data the pilots that were treated with this drug were highly responsive to magnetic fields.
So we are modifying an electromagnetic pulse to target his brainwaves.
- What does that mean? - We're going to crash his brain.
This device will wipe his brain of all thought, for a short period.
He won't be able to think.
He will become severely disoriented.
He may even vomit.
Which hopefully will give you the window you need to take him down.
Okay.
Let's pack it up.
We're leaving.
Renee Davies? Yes.
Can I help you? Mom, it's me, Tyler.
Your son.
Oh, my God.
I found you.
Who's this? You mind if we go inside? Of course.
Mom, listen, I don't blame you for leaving.
All right? I blame him.
- I don't understand- - Dad.
He didn't want me to be with you.
Oh, no, Tyler.
It wasn't like that.
But it's okay now.
I'm here.
We can go.
- Go? Go where? - Anywhere.
Another country.
Hey, honey.
What's going on? - Seth.
We have some guests.
Hi.
Who the hell is this? About time for us to go, Tyler.
What do you say? I think I see who's the problem here.
Tyler.
God.
Tyler, what are you doing? You cover the back.
I'll take the front.
I need to disable Tyler now.
No time to wait for Dr.
Bishop.
I'm going in.
Tyler, it's over.
We're out of here.
And you're driving.
- Sir.
- He took Peter.
Go after them.
We need to stop the bleeding.
Dr.
Bishop and I are approaching the house.
The bullet went clean through, and I said go.
Yes, sir.
Tyler just took off with Peter.
Let's go.
Olivia, isn't that my car? That's them.
If we can disrupt Tyler's brain waves, how close do we need to be? No farther than 20 feet.
And the effect will only last a few seconds.
Okay, do it.
Do it now.
Peter.
Peter.
Peter.
Son.
Are you with me? Peter.
Son.
There you are.
That was quick thinking.
You always prove to be more resourceful than I give you credit for.
Was that supposed to be some sort of compliment? How's Tyler? He was knocked unconscious in the crash.
It's probably a concussion.
We gave him a sedative to make sure he stays under.
Agent Broyles.
See what happens when you get out from behind the desk? I've been shot before.
First time by one of the good guys, though.
- Lucky for me you're a lousy shot.
- The kid wanted to shoot you in the head.
Lucky for you, I was able to pull it off center a bit.
You're gonna hold this over my head for a long time, aren't you? Somehow you'll make it up to me.
Okay.
Thanks, Olivia.
Yeah, I'll tell Walter.
Was I right? Did Tyler lose the power once the drug wore off? You were right.
Which is a good thing, I guess.
It means he won't do any time.
Kid goes on a killing spree.
All they're gonna do is make him talk it out with a bunch of shrinks.
- How many do you want? - I'm not hungry.
- I don't need any crepes.
- Oh, don't be ridiculous.
You were abducted.
Of course you need crepes.
I'm okay, Walter.
Whenever your mother made them, you called them creeps.
Drove her batty.
She was a strong woman, your mother.
William, I don't know if you've been receiving these messages but I continue to hope.
I wanted to update you on the status of the Penrose-Carson experiments.
One of the Tylers did in fact display a rather dramatic ability for mind control.
But before we became aware of his ability there were some unintended consequences.
Among them, he was able to locate records of his surrogate mother and unfortunately made a misguided attempt to reunite with her.
In light of this, I am suspending the experiments indefinitely.
You were right.
Mind control is possible, given the right conditions.
So despite the unfortunate circumstances we can consider the project a success.
As always, I hope this finds you in good health.
Warmest regards, Nina.