Fringe s02e11 Episode Script

Through this holy anointing may the Lord, in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit.
May the Lord who frees you from sin save you and in his goodness raise you up.
Are you ready? Time of death, 5:21 a.
m.
We have a team assembled and waiting.
Ms.
Donovan, I'm afraid we need to begin the procedures right away.
I love you.
Hurry up.
The core temp's dropping.
Where's the list? Here.
Check that.
We'll be able to coordinate that with the transplant team.
Great.
Do we have a time frame? Not yet.
Lean it over.
I'm gonna begin with the kidneys.
The heart and lung block are gonna come last.
- Clamping off the renal artery now.
Yes, doctor.
All right, I got the first one.
Oh, my God! She's alive! Get a team in here.
Six-eight-three-three-nine alpha-echo-three-five-eight.
Six-eight-three-three-nine alpha-echo-three-five-eight.
The girl's name is Lisa Donovan.
She's a high-school junior.
She collapsed during gym last week and slipped into a coma.
Doctors diagnosed a cerebral aneurism.
She was brain dead.
Her mother made the decision to take her off life support.
Then she woke up from the dead, screaming random numbers.
This is Lieutenant Commander Turlough, United States Navy.
He's here because it turns out those numbers weren't random.
They're an alpha-numeric code.
The lead surgeon did two tours on an aircraft carrier.
He recognized one section as lineal identification for sailors in the Navy.
That's when I got the call.
The first half of the sequence is ID information for a petty officer named Andrew Rusk.
The second half are launch codes for ICBM missiles aboard a nuclear submarine he was stationed on, the U.
S.
S.
Gloucester.
How do classified launch codes get into the hands of a 17-year-old girl? Exactly, that's what I wanna ask Rusk.
If he's revealing these codes, he's committing high treason.
I tried contacting him.
His wife reported him missing.
- That was three days ago.
- Just to ask you've considered there's some connection between Rusk and the girl? None that we're aware of.
As far as we can tell, there's never been any contact between Donovan and Rusk.
Well, I suppose that's where we come in.
- So how is she? Scared, as you can imagine.
I'm sorry I've never seen him before.
The numbers that you repeated do you know what they are or do you remember hearing them before? I don't even remember saying them.
Sorry.
At least they got you some nice balloons.
I guess they couldn't find ones that said "welcome back from the dead.
" Heh, heh.
I imagine those would be more of a special-order kind of thing.
Lisa, I just have a couple more questions.
The man's name is Andrew Rusk.
Does that ring any bells? Lisa? - What's happening? - She's speaking Russian.
She doesn't speak Russian.
Lisa? Are you okay? Mom.
- What's happening? - I don't know, but you're fine now.
No more questions.
Please, she should rest.
Of course.
Rusk is fluent in Russian.
He would have learned it during training.
- Any idea what "little star" is? Uh Moya zvyozdochka means "little star" in Russian.
I dated a Russian girl.
Most of what I picked up was curse words, but Hey where's Walter? Walter.
Shh.
I'm trying to listen.
To what? These people are in comas.
They can't hear.
Don't judge him.
He's my son and despite his narrow-mindedness, I'm quite proud.
You honestly think you're communicating with her? Why shouldn't I be? No one truly understands the nature of human consciousness, Peter.
I've read documented cases of coma patients waking up and claiming that they had moved, spirit-like, to remote locations and witnessed events they couldn't possibly have knowledge of.
I wouldn't be surprised if that's what's happened to the young lady.
Yeah.
So you're saying that you think while Lisa Donovan died for a moment her spirit somehow left her body and floated over Andrew Rusk while he was telling somebody else those launch codes? Well, "floated over" is a tad specific but something like that, yes.
It's a theory.
It certainly is.
Hi.
Agent Dunham, I apologize if I was rude earlier.
How is she? They don't have any answers, and now she's running a fever.
They want to run more tests.
We got into a fight the morning she collapsed.
I wouldn't let her take the car.
All she has is a learner's permit.
And then I got the call from school but by the time I got to the hospital she was in a coma.
But, you know, I never thought that I would get a chance to tell her how much I loved her again.
God gave her back to me.
Your daughter's been through a lot and so have you.
I want permission to have Dr.
Bishop examine her.
What for? I think he can help her.
I think it might help find Andrew Rusk.
There's nothing more that she can tell you.
He was here.
- That man, he was here.
- Shh.
Honey.
Andrew Rusk, the man in the picture.
He was here.
I saw him.
We searched the hospital, got nothing.
And Maureen Donovan won't let us near her daughter.
She said that our disruptive presence is what caused Lisa to hallucinate.
Can she explain her kid speaking Russian? Or knowing ICBM launch codes? Oh, Agent Dunham? - Yes.
I was asked to come in.
I'm Teresa Rusk.
Mrs.
Rusk, do you know this girl? I don't think so.
No.
Why? Who is she? Her name's Lisa Donovan.
She's from Brighton.
Do you think she had something to do with my husband's disappearance? We're not sure but she has some information that only your husband should know.
- Information? - Classified military codes.
- Mrs.
Rusk- - Teresa.
Teresa.
Do the words "moya zvezda" mean anything to you? - Where did you hear that? - From Lisa Donovan.
Do you know what it means? "My star.
" It's a pet name Andy calls me.
I don't understand.
Who is this girl? How can she know that? How? Lisa's aneurism occurred in her left lobe, specifically her Broca's area.
That's the part of the brain that processes language.
Precisely.
But it also has the capacity for something far more intriguing.
Hello, I'm Dr.
Walter Bishop.
This is Test Subject Number 6.
What happened to subjects one through five? I believe the university settled with them out of court.
They probably never had to work again, not that they could.
I was asked to design an experiment to test whether cranial manipulation could increase a person's psychic capability.
I applied electrical stimuli to various parts of the brain and measured each psychic response.
The point is that my tests proved that manipulation of Broca's area had the most dramatic effect on a person's ability to create psychic bonds.
So you think Lisa Donovan's aneurism made her a psychic? It's a possibility.
Let's say you're correct.
Why would she be channeling Rusk? What's so special about him? That's a good question.
Walter, can you prove any of what you're saying? About her being psychic? Well, perhaps if I could examine the girl, but you say her mother has refused that.
After watching Walter's Scariest Home Videos, who can blame her? Hi.
How are you feeling? I've been really tired, but good, I guess.
What are you doing here, Agent Dunham? We think we found an explanation for what happened to Lisa.
Really? We believe that Andrew Rusk may be trying to communicate through you psychically.
We're not sure how or why, but it seems that there's a connection that's been developed between him and your daughter.
Lisa, give Agent Dunham and me a minute alone, please? Lisa? I want to introduce you to somebody.
Are you a religious woman, Agent Dunham? No, I'm not.
Then I imagine you sit in judgment of those of us who rely on our faith to guide our decisions about what's best for our loved ones.
No.
I know what faith can mean to a person but I also believe that what's happening to Lisa is real.
If Rusk is a security risk- Whatever happened, Agent Dunham, it's over now.
And I believe what's best for Lisa is that she put all of this behind her.
Here's my card, if anything else comes up.
Yeah.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead? Yeah, Walter's been reading up on psychic connections.
"In the Tibetan teachings, the near-death experiencer can often converse with those who have already died.
" What do you think? Well I think it makes a hell of a coaster.
What do I think happened to Lisa? I don't think she's alive because God changed his mind.
I'm just waiting to see if lightning strikes you.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Who am I to say? Maybe there's something to it.
People are free to believe whatever they want.
Lisa's mother certainly does.
However, until I see it with my own eyes I'm gonna put my money on healthy skepticism.
You're obviously a believer.
My mother believed in God, but all the praying in the world didn't stop my stepfather from terrorizing her.
And her faith just seemed to put her in harm's way.
I'm worried that Lisa's mother is going to do the same thing.
Dunham.
Hello? Agent Dunham, it's Lisa Donovan.
Lisa? Are you okay? It hasn't stopped.
I'm seeing him again, Andrew Rusk.
Where's your mother? She's at home but I'm not.
I had to come here.
I keep seeing this place.
Okay, well, where are you? Lisa? Lisa? Where are you? Olivia.
Hey, you all right? He was here.
Who was here? I can see him.
Andrew Rusk? There's someone else.
Another man.
He has a gun.
Lisa? He shot him.
He killed him.
He killed Andrew Rusk.
Lisa, do you know the other man? Did you see his face? No.
- But you're sure that they were here? Yes.
Olivia.
Found a 9 mm shell casing.
Here you go.
Not the most stylish, I know, but it will keep you warm.
So I just talked to your mother, and she is on her way here.
- Is she mad? - No.
She's just glad that you're okay.
Hey, Liv.
What is it? Why don't we just stay here for a second? Get in the car.
You can get warm.
It's Andrew Rusk.
Your girl was right.
Olivia! I need some help! What happened? - I don't know.
She just started to seize.
I talked to the medical examiner.
He confirmed Rusk was killed by a bullet wound to the head.
Ruled out suicide.
So everything Lisa told us pans out.
Except one thing.
According to the rigor of the body, Rusk has been dead for three days.
Well, then how would he have been communicating with Lisa Donovan? Was the medical examiner more specific? About the time of death, I mean.
- Between 5 and 7 a.
m.
Why? Interesting.
How is she? Your daughter suffered a fairly substantial seizure.
- Oh, my God.
She's responsive now.
Her condition is stable.
She's lucky.
I don't think there's gonna be any permanent damage.
Is this because of her aneurism? No, there's no connection between the two.
I don't understand.
You said she was fine, but she keeps getting sicker.
What's causing this? We'll run some tests, but with seizures the cause is often unknowable.
Do you mean this could happen again? We just don't know.
You should be able to see Lisa soon.
Ahem.
Excuse me.
What time did your daughter's resurrection take place? Her resurrection? Just after 5 in the morning.
Exactly as I suspected.
Walter? What are you thinking? I propose that Rusk's murder and Lisa's rebirth happened simultaneously.
In fact, it was his suddenly dispatched energy which jump-started the girl's body and brought her back to life.
That's absurd.
Perhaps it is.
Though please allow me a moment to entertain my fantasies.
They often lead to a truth.
It's possible that Rusk's energy brought some of his memories with it.
And it is these memories trapped within her fighting to get out.
Are you suggesting that Lisa's possessed? I wasn't.
But now that you mention it I wouldn't be surprised if numerous possessions were, in fact misdiagnosed cases of a phenomenon we are just now discovering.
- I hardly think that's happening.
- You hardly would because the Church doesn't approve of exorcisms- - Walter.
- No, they are merely superstition.
There are examples of casting out spirits right through the Bible, Father.
Can you help her? Maureen, what are you doing? - I have been praying hoping Lisa will get better but she's not.
If what you're saying is true and this man's memories are making Lisa sick can you? Can you get these memories out? Can you help my daughter? I will need your daughter transferred to my lab.
Okay.
Are you sure an exorcism's gonna work, Walter? No, not at all.
Unfortunately, I think I'm wrong.
I can't explain the seizures.
I believe that Rusk's energy would reanimate the girl and carry his memories but it doesn't suggest why she's sick.
I was just so angry, the way that man challenged me.
Walter, her mother is about to check her out of the hospital.
I have no idea what I'm going to do with her.
We gotta go in there and tell her.
Olivia, what are you thinking? If Rusk is sick, could that make Lisa sick too? What, like his illnesses would be transferred along with his spirit? You wanna know what I think or what Walter would? Either.
Well, you read Rusk's file.
Was there anything to suggest he was sick? No.
But that was the Navy's official medical records.
Well, you know me.
You tell me the U.
S.
government is covering something up I'll tell you it must be Tuesday.
Commander Turlough, thank you for coming back to talk to me.
Not a problem.
I was sorry to hear when Agent Broyles told me you found Andrew Rusk's body.
Listen, why didn't you tell me he was sick? I'm sorry? Who told you that? You did.
Just then.
What was wrong with him? Was it something that happened onboard the Gloucester? A young girl's life is on the line.
They were shadowing a Russian naval exercise in North Korean water six months ago when a coolant line broke, causing a reactor leak.
Rusk was locked in the engineering section for 16 hours before they were able to vent the contamination.
Radiation.
How could he possibly have survived? He was airlifted to Pearl Harbor where he was given a highly experimental radiation inhibitor.
He's been on medical leave since the accident.
I'm gonna need his medical records.
The real ones.
We can't keep stalling, Dr.
Bishop.
You can't think of anything to do? Maybe I could tell them that my stomach is troubling me.
That is not what I mean.
Walter, I have Rusk's medical file here.
Does any of that mean anything to you? Radiation poisoning.
That's why she had the seizure.
The radiation and the synthetic treatments they gave him.
I'd wager that's what kept his energy from dispersing.
And you think that's how he was able to inhabit Lisa? Which means we need more drugs.
To calm Lisa's conscious mind, to relax her brain which should enable Mr.
Rusk's mental energy, his memories to slowly and painlessly leave her mind.
- What kind of drugs? - Benzodiazepine.
It's a hypnotic sedative, may cause a slight tingling sensation.
It's actually quite pleasant.
Besides, your daughter is 17.
I'm sure she's sampled far worse by now.
Agent Farnsworth, prepare an IV drip.
One hundred mics to begin, per liter.
- This is gonna make you a little sleepy.
- So are you like a doctor? No.
Heh, heh.
But I promise you this won't hurt.
It's okay.
It's kind of nice to have someone not afraid of me.
- What do you mean? - Well, my friends at church.
When I walked past them, I could feel them talking about me behind my back.
The kids at school are even worse.
Ever since what's happened, they think I'm like a freak or something.
I don't think you have to worry about us here.
We're kind of partial to freaks in this lab.
- How's it going? Smashing.
Gene agrees with me, don't you, Gene? So is Agent Dunham, like, your girlfriend? No.
No, she's like a friend who's a girl.
And who carries a gun.
Walter, Astrid told me that you think you may be able to extract Rusk's thoughts from Lisa's brain.
I believe so, yes.
Well, if that's the case, do you think she could have access to his memories? Maybe describe his last moments? - Oh.
You want to find out who killed him.
- Yeah.
Huh.
Well, let's see, shall we? Peter, strap Lisa down, please.
- Yeah? - Are straps really necessary? It's just a precaution.
Tell me if they're too tight, all right? Okay.
How are you feeling, Lisa? - My toes are beginning to tingle and Well, that's good.
- That means it's working.
Dr.
Bishop, we're at 6 hertz.
Peter.
Yeah? - Increase the drip two mics, please.
Done.
- I don't think I like how this feels.
- Lisa, it's okay.
No.
No, I think I want this to stop.
- We should slow this down.
- You know what? This is normal.
It's okay.
Just relax.
I'm gonna be right here.
You're safe.
Lisa, just close your eyes.
Just close your eyes.
This is going to help you.
Breathe deeply.
Just let it go, Lisa.
Let it go.
Lisa? It's Agent Dunham.
Can you hear me? Hi.
I want you to think about Andrew Rusk.
Oh, look, look, look.
This is surprising.
Surprising good or surprising bad? Lisa? She's seizing.
Oh, no, she's not.
Lisa.
You've gotta stop this right now.
We have to let this run its course.
Where am I? Lisa.
It's Mom.
I'm right here.
Who is Lisa? - Why is she talking this way? - Because, I believe this is not your daughter speaking anymore.
What is wrong with my daughter? - It appears that my hypothesis that Lisa's mind was harboring Mr.
Rusk's memories was wrong.
It seems more likely that Mr.
Rusk's entire consciousness was transferred to Lisa.
- His consciousness? - Perhaps, his soul.
Well, then where is Lisa? Merely suppressed.
Asleep in her own mind, I hope.
- I want this stopped.
- I'm afraid I can't do that.
What do you mean, you can't? I can't stop the experiment.
The drugs have taken effect.
We must let the experiment go.
Let's go out and get some air, Miss Donovan.
- I can't leave her.
- Miss Donovan.
You have asked me to help.
Please let me do my work.
I can't lose her again.
I understand.
She's gonna be fine.
Can I talk to him? To Rusk? I hope so.
May be the only way to coax him out.
My name is Olivia.
Do you know your name? I believe somebody hurt you.
I wanna find out who that was.
Let me go! Andrew.
Andrew, who killed you? Who did this to you? I called my wife, told her I was getting a beer.
There was someone in my car.
In the back seat.
Told me, "Pull over here.
Get out.
Walk.
I said walk.
Get on your knees.
" I'm not going out like that.
Let me go! Andrew? Andrew, who killed you? Give me a name.
Don't know his name.
Just his blood.
His left arm Ugh! Walter? Walter? Peter, turn off the drip.
I'm gonna call the local hospitals and see if anybody has gone in with an injured left arm.
Peter.
Hey.
She's coming out of it.
Hi.
- Hi.
Did it work? - Is he gone? - Yeah.
It's her.
- Let's get you out of this.
- Dunham.
We got a hit.
Jake Selleg.
Age 36.
Walked into a Roxbury ER three nights ago.
Lacerations on his left arm.
You know, Liv, Jake Selleg was Navy too.
Okay? Now, he trained with Seal Team 6.
That's counter-terrorism.
That can't be a coincidence.
Is he local? He works at a boxing gym in Dorchester.
- Okay, can you send me the address? - Sending it now.
- I'll meet you there.
- On my way.
Nice cross.
Excuse me, FBI.
I'm Agent Dunham.
This is Agent Francis.
We're looking for Jake Selleg.
Hey! Stop! Lisa, hey.
There's no need for you to be looking at that.
This is him.
Rusk.
Yeah.
Astrid's on her way back with your mom.
Hopefully you'll be able to put all this behind you and life can get back to normal soon.
Can I have something to drink, please? Of course.
Guessing you want something other than fresh cow's milk.
Okay.
I'll be right back.
Hey, Walter.
Did you drink all the cream sodas again? What's wrong? Lisa's brain scan.
I think she's still sleeping.
Maybe you should take a look out in the lab.
No, her brainwaves.
It appears that her signal is still being masked by Rusk's dominant pattern.
Rusk is still in control? Lisa? Where is she? Where's my daughter? This is a slug we pulled from Andrew Rusk's head.
Our ballistics unit is matching it as we speak from the 9 mm we found in your apartment.
I guess the Navy did a poor job training you to clean up after your work.
Hey.
Who ordered you to kill Andrew Rusk? Was he threatening to go public over the meltdown on the Gloucester? Did the Navy have you kill Andrew Rusk? I don't know what you guys are talking about.
I spent seven years in the Navy and I never killed a man but Andrew Rusk deserved it.
What do you mean, he deserved it? For what that bastard did to his wife.
Rusk's wife.
What does this have to do with her? I hang out at a bar she tends at.
She told me about Andy.
How he beats on her.
One day she came in with a broken arm.
She couldn't deal with it anymore.
No one should have to live like that.
Teresa Rusk hired you to kill her husband? In the scrap yard, he kept asking me, "Why me?" I pulled the trigger, but I made sure that I told him that it was Teresa who was sending him to hell.
You said that to Rusk? Before you killed him, you told him his wife hired you? Yes, ma'am.
Why didn't Rusk tell us that? He told us everything else.
Why not that? - Dunham.
- Olivia.
Rusk is still controlling Lisa, and she's gone.
I think I know where he's going.
His wife had him killed.
I think he's going for revenge.
What the hell are you doing in my house? What did you say to me? How did you know to call me that? You're that girl.
You get out of here.
I have a gun.
Upstairs? In a safe? This gun that I got you from the service? How do you? I- I don't understand.
Neither do I.
But I've been given a second chance and I'm sure as hell not gonna waste it.
- Now, get down on your knees.
- Okay.
Okay.
Don't do this.
Please.
You had me killed, put down like a dog.
I wanna hear you say it.
I didn't have you killed.
I don't know what you're talking about.
That's the thing about being with someone for 20 years.
You know when they lie, how they lie.
Admit what you did.
Don't.
- Dunham.
It's me.
Where are you? - We're five minutes out.
Where are you? - I'm just pulling up.
Please don't do this.
Please.
Admit that you had me killed.
Don't you wanna die with a clean conscience? Please, don't.
Stop.
Don't do this.
I'll give you one chance to back out of here.
- Or we'll all going out together.
- You know I can't do that.
Then you're making a mistake.
- You don't have to do this.
- I already told you to leave once.
I am not gonna tell you again.
You know, I understand.
What you said back at the lab? When I was in school, Lisa, I was different too.
I was always sick.
I didn't have any real friends.
What the hell are you talking about? I'm telling you that I understand, Lisa.
Stop calling me Lisa.
- I know what it feels like - to feel different.
- I'm gonna count to one.
Listen to me.
You've been given a second chance here but you have to fight for it.
One.
Peter.
- Yeah? What happened? I'll tell you all about it, but not right now, okay? Right now you need to rest.
They're gonna take you to the hospital and make sure everything's okay and then they'll bring you back to the lab.
And we'll meet you there.
- Okay.
Okay.
How did you know it would work? That it would reach her? Walter's book of Tibetan philosophy.
Innermost subtle consciousness is ever-present.
It never leaves a body, even in death.
You got a lot of mileage out of a coaster.
Yeah.
In other words, I threw up a Hail Mary.
Perfectly normal.
A singular consciousness.
Lisa's.
Which means he's gone? - I believe so.
I would propose that Mr.
Rusk stuck around to deal with unfinished business.
And once he did, then, well Lisa was free to finally purge herself of him.
How can we be sure? I don't understand.
It's a Latin translation of Isaiah 7.
9.
Unless you believe - you will not understand.
- Hm.
Even as a scientist, sometimes I have to rely on faith.
God keep you and yours safe, Dr.
Bishop.
And you, ma'am.
Thank you.
Come along, Lisa.
Time to go home.
You all set, sweetheart? - Yeah.
Okay.
Okay.
Take care.
- Thank you again, Agent Dunham.
It's Olivia.
- And you're welcome.
- Thank you.
Bye.
I'll be 18 in a year.
Don't wait too long to make your move.
The Navy officially denied our request to launch an investigation into the U.
S.
S.
Gloucester.
Well, there's a shocking surprise.
If you're thinking about his shipmates, I shouldn't worry.
I suggest that Mr.
Rusk's postmortem adventures will prove to be the exception, rather than the rule.
And if not, I will go into the exorcism business.
Is it just me, or did you detect a note of excitement in his voice? Because I for one, cannot wait to get that guy out of here.
He just jumped the curb.
I'm not getting a pulse from this guy.
What did he say? I think he's speaking Russian.