Fringe s04e06 Episode Script

Previously on Fringe: I've been seeing him in my dreams for the past three weeks.
A shared vision like this, he must be real.
A father and son just pulled a man from the middle of Reiden Lake.
He knows things no one outside this division could possibly know.
Thank God you're here.
- Who are you? He's saying that his name is Peter Bishop.
- Walter.
- I don't know who you are or why you claim to be my son.
My son drowned.
This must be confusing for you.
Help me figure out why no one remembers me.
Why you don't.
Wherever you came from, however you got here it doesn't matter.
I can't help you.
I thought I'd gotten rid of you.
I don't think so.
It took me three years to finally get you.
You're not getting rid of me that easily.
Where'd you disappear to? I was checking up on Walter.
He found the swing set.
You know how he feels about Newtonian mechanics.
You know what this is? - The perfect day.
- Yes, the perfect day.
It's too bad it has to end.
And why would it have to end? You can't ignore the problem, Peter.
Ignoring it won't make it go away.
I don't understand.
What's the problem? What's wrong, Olivia? You, Peter.
You're the problem.
Sorry if I woke you up.
It's all right, I was already awake.
There's something going on, and we think it has something to do with you.
With your appearance here.
Okay, what kind of something? We're not sure, but we think it has to do with time.
Mommy, Mommy, look what I caught.
- Aah! Get it away from me.
- Got you.
It's fake, Mommy, see? Thank goodness.
You never know when a spider's gonna get you.
I'm almost done here.
Then we'll read together, okay? - What are you in the mood for? - Burlap Bear.
Burlap Bear, that's my favorite.
Samantha? Sam? Sam, where are you? Mommy.
Mommy, what is it? Oh, Sam.
Sam.
So, what are you thinking? First chance I've had to look outside since I got back.
It looks exactly like I remember it.
Uh, I meant, what do you think about what I told you? In regard to the time anomalies.
Oh.
Uh People in Boston reporting strange events of déjà vu.
Well, it's not just déjà vu.
Some of them are reporting time loops.
I don't know what that means.
What is a time loop? Like Groundhog Day? I'm not trying to be difficult, but what does this have to do with me, anyway? Shortly before you arrived we experienced our own anomalies having to do with time.
Strange reversals in cause and effect.
Is that why you're taking me to Massive Dynamic? To run more tests? You think these time anomalies may be because of me? Yeah.
So, what's Walter's theory? Walter doesn't have a theory.
He's made it pretty clear that he doesn't wanna have anything to do with you.
Dunham.
It's Lincoln.
There's been another incident.
Walter, I'm not sure if I'm doing this right.
Hang on, here it is.
"A short emission should indicate universe breach and extent of affected area.
" - Did you spray? - Yeah, twice.
No reaction.
Maybe third time's a charm.
Negative.
There's no change in color or anything.
It would seem this event is not caused by a bleed-through from the other universe.
Hmm.
Well, it's a wonderful device nonetheless despite the poorly written instruction manual.
Okay, you just stay here.
Don't touch anything and don't talk to anyone, okay? It looks like there was a fire but with no apparent cause.
The damage just happened in an instant.
- A flash fire? Except there were no flames.
And that's not the weirdest part.
According to the mother, for the duration of the event her daughter went from being a 5-year-old to an infant.
Mommy, where's Emily? Samantha, it's okay.
We can buy a new one.
I don't want a new one, I want Emily.
Are you sure you didn't put her somewhere else? She was here, I remember.
We were having a circus, and you can't have a circus without an elephant.
Is that Emily? Emily.
- A little smoky, but otherwise okay.
- Thank you.
Emily.
So you really think I caused all this? I don't know.
Fire marshal says they've never seen anything like it.
Some areas burnt, next to places that are completely undamaged.
The outside wall had scorch marks that made a perfect circle.
It's almost like the fire burned in the shape of a ball.
There was another fire here four years ago.
Fits with what the woman was saying about her daughter becoming an infant.
So we're thinking what? That this whole place flashed back to four years ago? We need to get him back to the lab.
I want Dr.
Bishop to run those tests.
Walter is refusing to do anything that involves him.
He doesn't get to choose which cases he works and which he doesn't.
It's his job to investigate fringe events.
And until something suggests otherwise, he is a fringe event.
The subject can lower the arms.
You can call me Peter Subject does not have an elevated radiation level.
Nor does it have any trace chemical signatures.
Subject appears to be solid, not phasing in and out of existence.
You can inform Agent Broyles that I have completed the examination and I conclude that this subject is not the cause of the time-related phenomenon.
Walter, you couldn't possibly know that so quickly.
If I was erased from this timeline and then thrown back into it it stands to reason those two things could be related.
I'll be in my bedroom working on the problem.
I do not wish to be disturbed.
He lives here? Since when? Since I checked him out of a mental institution three years ago.
Now this lab is the only place that he feels safe.
Okay, well, if he won't help me, I'll just do it myself.
Does he still keep all his notes on wormholes in the bathroom? You think this has something to do with time travel? No, not exactly.
I think this has something to do with time displacement.
I think when I came back here I somehow damaged the space-time continuum.
If that's the case, there may not actually be any rules to it.
Like the apartment.
The fire and the baby.
The mother didn't revert to a younger age, but her daughter did.
Yeah, precisely.
I can't explain it, but as far as I can tell these anomalies are gonna increase exponentially.
If we can judge anything by the damage done by that fire in the apartment these things are gonna get worse.
We're already over an hour late.
Why does this always happen? Relax, we're totally gonna make it in time for the bands that don't suck.
Whatever.
You just think Aluminum Rain rules the known universe.
They're gonna make it big and you two are gonna say you liked them all along.
Heh.
Dylan, this is my solemn promise: I will never say that I liked Aluminum Rain.
Look out! But leave your mind alone This is not working.
I got too many competing theories.
I can't balance the equation.
There's too many variables and not enough constants.
Look at this.
There have been 65 time slips in the past 72 hours all of which occurred within a 40-mile radius of downtown Boston.
So because most people don't call in déjà vu to the FBI we can assume that there's at least twice as many unreported.
Now, I've categorized all of the events.
Lost time, frozen moments, time jumps, reversals.
What about the apartment fire? How'd you categorize that one? The spherical nature of it makes it distinct from the others.
Maybe we should go back to the site and get more To try and try again Well, hear us now Agent Dunham.
I was going to make a bologna sandwich.
Would you care for one? Uh, no, but thank you, Walter.
I'm working on the case with Peter.
We could really use you on this one.
I'd be happy to join you as soon as my lab is available to me again.
Ah.
My copy of Carroll's Cosmology.
I was just looking for that.
Walter.
- It's okay.
Just let him go.
He can't even look at me.
Can you blame him? Seeing the adult version of the son that he lost.
I mean, the visions he was having were unsettling enough.
What visions? For weeks before you arrived, you were appearing to him here in the lab.
You weren't aware you were doing that? No.
You were also showing up in my dreams.
Almost every night.
How is that possible when I'd never even seen you before? Olivia.
Look, you can believe whatever you like, but this is where I'm supposed to be.
This is my home.
I don't know, maybe you and Walter saw echoes of the other timeline Just got word.
A freight train appeared out of nowhere almost took out a car full of teenagers.
Are they okay? They're fine.
The car stopped in time.
- Let's take my car.
- I'll come with you guys.
If I'm causing a cosmic disruption then there's gonna be heightened levels of alpha radiation.
I'm gonna need specific readings, the full spectrum of EM waves, not just Did you have any warning the train was coming? No warning.
It just came out of nowhere.
No bells or anything.
When you say the train disappeared, what do you mean exactly? I know it sounds crazy, but I could only see part of it.
Like it was passing through a window.
- Curved, like looking through a bubble.
- Spherical.
I swear, I wasn't smoking anything.
- Is something wrong? - How did we get here? Um, we drove.
You all right? No.
No, I am not all right.
I think I just had a time jump.
You're sure about that? Okay.
Thanks.
Transit Authority said that line was decommissioned.
Last train to run on that track was four years ago.
Sound familiar? Fire in the apartment building was four years ago.
Well, that's finally a piece of good news.
We might actually have the makings of a pattern.
Boston P.
D.
Held a witness for us.
Let's hope he's got something useful.
I'll check with the CSls.
This is gonna start getting annoying.
Agent Olivia Dunham.
I'm with the FBI.
- Could I ask you a couple questions? What do you wanna know? So you were with another two people? Who were they? A girl in the front and a girl in the back.
When you say the train disappeared, what did you mean exactly? Hey, guys, I got some What? Peter? Uh, there are heightened levels of neutron radiation at the train crossing.
Why didn't you tell us that when we were at the scene? I didn't know until I was just back there.
- What? It's not important.
A piece of the bumper just crumbled into my hands.
Metal degradation, a sign of neutron radiation.
Get those kids tested for radiation poisoning.
I'm sorry, you lost me.
It doesn't happen in nature.
Cosmic radiation waves, they're random, erratic.
Neutron radiation has to be generated by human technology.
So you're saying you don't think you're responsible for what's going on? No, I'm not saying that.
I don't know that.
What I am saying is that somebody has to be causing these time events.
Raymond, did you remember to change the date on your dentist appointment? Yup, I remembered.
- You took your cholesterol pill? - Like always, Kate.
You know, you don't need to remind me of things anymore.
I've turned over a new leaf.
Is that right? After 30 years? What would I do without you? There you go.
- Oh.
- Thank you, honey.
- Mm-hm.
Success? Well, not yet, but close, you know? I'm sure you'll get it, honey, any day now.
Mm-hm.
Kate.
Would you like some tea? - Who are you? - Ha, ha.
I'm Raymond, sweetheart.
I'm Raymond.
Is it any wonder I've got too much time on my hands? Tickin'away with my sanity I've got too much Why would anyone develop technology that would cause time collisions? I don't know.
Why would Oppenheimer invent the bomb? - You think this is a weapon? - No, no, I don't know that, I just I mean, I hope not.
But the neutron pulse has to come from somewhere in the vicinity of these two time-bubble events: The fire and the train crossing.
If we could find some kind of pattern, maybe we could locate the source.
Yeah, but two points isn't really very much to go on.
How about four? We just got two new reports.
A perfect circle of trees suddenly appeared in a parking garage in Chestnut Hill.
Shortly after, an open pit filled with rotting garbage suddenly appeared in the eighth hole of the Franklin Park golf course.
- Course was built on top of the landfill - Let me guess, four years ago.
Yeah, but look at it.
It's still completely random to my eyes.
- There's no way to - I am ready to present a theory.
Snails.
Nautilus shells.
Rams' horns.
These all have one thing in common: Fibonacci's golden spiral.
I'll be damned.
Walter, that's it.
I believe the source of these time slips must be located in the center of this spiral.
You'll want to search a 3-square-mile area in the vicinity of Brookline.
I need to go Christmas shopping.
- You will, sweetheart.
There's plenty of time.
It's not even Thanksgiving.
I'll miss it and then it'll be too late.
I have to go.
- All the stores will be clear - Hey.
We're not gonna miss Christmas.
You hear me? I'm not gonna let that happen, okay? I'm not gonna let that happen.
Don't worry.
We'll have all the Christmases in the world.
I have some work I need to do now.
I will see you soon.
- Seeking out food both day and night.
And though their diet is primarily vegetarian Did you remember to change the date for your dentist appointment? - Yeah, I remembered.
- Mm, good.
And you took your? My cholesterol pills in the morning.
Yeah, you don't need to remind me.
- Oh, really? - But I do enjoy it.
If you do notice anything out of the ordinary, please contact the FBI.
Thank you for your time.
If the source is around here, then it must be well hidden.
You know, maybe it's underground.
Or hiding in plain sight.
Is something on your mind? Yeah.
Yeah.
Those dreams that you were having, the ones that I'm in.
Mm-hm.
Were we in a park, Walter on a swing set? What? In the dreams, did you feel like you knew me? Did you feel anything? You're a stranger, so, what would I feel? It's the red one.
The one on differential equations.
Yeah.
Got it.
Raymond! - Raymond.
- Kate.
- I need to show you something.
- What? - I need to show you something.
- What? - Come.
- You're scaring me.
There's something you need to know, something amazing.
I don't understand.
What is this? I built it from your work.
I used your theories your concepts, your brilliance.
- Raymond, are you saying? - Time chambers are possible.
Yeah.
I built it for you.
It took me almost three years.
It isn't perfect yet.
It only works for limited periods.
I got it up to 47 minutes now.
But it can't go longer until I program it with the completed equation, Kate.
Kate.
Kate, listen to me.
You need to complete it so we can keep the chamber open indefinitely.
Raymond, what year is it? - 2007.
- No, what year is it out there? Agent Dunham! Walter, I'm as close as I'm gonna get.
Now you spray the fingerprint powder towards the suspect area.
Walter, it's huge.
There's no end to it.
It probably shrouds the property.
This is a time bubble.
And if we're right, and what's happening is originating from there it would be powerful, which is why the agent was obliterated.
You can't just walk from the present into the past.
- It's shattering the laws of physics.
- How do we get in? There's only one way in.
We need a Faraday cage.
It's gotta be mobile.
Something that can block out the field so I can cross through and turn off whatever's causing this.
- Walter, you need to build a movable - I heard the idea.
I know what a Faraday cage is.
A baboon would.
Astrid.
I need a computer battery.
And a spool of copper wire.
And a climbing harness and some rubber cement.
I think it's in my Spider-Man fanny pack.
Walter's working on a way to get inside.
Did he mention when or where we can expect another residual event? I didn't ask.
What about Walter's spiral? It led us to the origin.
Could we track where the next event will occur? - Yeah, that's a good idea.
I need a map.
- Come with me.
- You need to stop this.
Turn it off.
- No.
You don't understand.
You don't know what can happen.
We don't have much time.
- Finish the equation.
- Tell me why this is happening.
- I don't understand.
- You need to trust me, Kate.
Some things are supposed to remain theories.
- It wasn't meant to be built.
- You don't understand.
- Tell me why you did it.
- We don't have time! Raymond.
Why did you do this? Did something happen to me? Raymond? I lost you, Kate.
I lost you.
We've identified the owners of the house.
Raymond and Kate Greene.
Raymond's an electrical engineer.
Kate, professor emeritus of theoretical physics at Boston University.
Theoretical physics.
Well, that makes sense.
She retired three years ago.
Early-onset Alzheimer's.
We have a problem.
If we extend the golden spiral out to the next iteration we find the next event will take place there, the Melville Tunnel.
- Which didn't exist four years ago.
- That tunnel goes under the river.
There's hundreds of people in it at any one point.
If that tunnel ceases to exist, they'll all drown.
Agent Lee, get down there.
Coordinate with Boston P.
D.
And start evacuating.
Here.
Walter calls this "The Walter Bishop Faraday Harness.
" He wanted me to tell you that.
So how do I put it on? I'm the one who goes in.
- What are you gonna do inside? - Shut it off.
- How? - Walter will talk me through.
We don't know if comms will work.
Need someone with a science background.
He's right.
Now, you The primary transistor goes on the back of the neck with the prongs either side of the spine.
- This goes into your neck.
- Of course it does.
This will get him across, but I'm not guaranteeing what will happen inside.
Environment in the bubble may override the device.
Walter, what happens if it breaks down on the inside? Exactly the same as happened to the fellow who turned into confetti.
Walter, he's in.
Cage was a good idea.
He's very smart.
We have to hurry.
It's over, Raymond.
- They're outside.
- No, they can't come in.
It's impossible.
All you have to do is solve the problem.
I already solved it.
Upstairs.
It's, um It's why I called out to you.
I haven't written it down yet but I have it.
Raymond, what have you done? Peter? Peter, can you hear me? - Agent Lee.
- We've still got over 50 cars stuck here.
We're clearing out the civilians, but You have to see this.
I thought this was impossible, but I wouldn't give up.
It wouldn't work.
- And then something changed.
What changed? At first, I couldn't get it to work.
And then three days ago, I got results.
And five minutes turned into 10, and 10 into 20.
And then I got it up to 47 minutes.
- I know it can go longer.
- It's over, Raymond.
- They're not going away.
We're not turning it off.
Don't make me hurt you.
No, no, no, don't.
You can't.
The entire city block will be evaporated along with all of us.
He's right.
If it's not shut down properly it will cause a rip in the fabric of space-time.
Then shut it down properly.
An agent is dead because of this.
Now there's a tunnel that's gonna cease to exist, causing many more deaths.
What are you talking about? Time displacement.
There are repercussions.
Repercussions I was afraid of.
- I'll shut it down.
No, Kate.
On one condition.
I want immunity for my husband.
He didn't know.
There's no way he could have.
- Can you hear me? - Yeah, go ahead.
They'll turn it off, but they've got conditions.
I can't go on without you.
I don't want this for us.
Kate.
When you got sick, it happened so fast.
And all the things that you were for me and all of the things that you did for me I didn't have a chance to be that for you.
I thought we'd have more time.
This isn't living, Raymond.
Living is what's beyond this room, beyond this house out in the world, where you're supposed to be.
If not this, how? How do I repay you? I mean, what better thing could I do for you than this? You say that you shouldn't change fate, but you don't know.
You don't know what's waiting for you, how terrible it is.
Sweetheart, I'll never give up, Kate.
Never.
I'll build it again.
I can do it again.
We have your completed equation.
You did it.
Look, all you have to do is write it in that book.
I'm not gonna give up.
I'm not gonna give up, Kate.
We would have to move to another place.
Yes, far away, yes.
And I'm sure you'll find a way, so that people won't get hurt.
Let them have the investigation, let them take away all the equipment ask their questions.
I'll build it again.
I'll build it again.
They're drawing up paperwork.
I have assurances you will not be prosecuted.
I hate to break this up, but I held up my end.
We're running out of time.
I love you, Raymond.
Yeah.
It's all right.
Don't Don't Don't worry about all these people here, Kate.
It's okay.
It'll be just us again.
I have to go answer some questions now.
- Okay.
A few hours and I'll be back.
A nurse will be here with you in case you need anything.
All right? I'll be back soon.
No.
No, no.
- I know, I know, stay here.
I just need a few minutes.
If you get hungry, you can get a snack from the kitchen, which is just there.
Give me, like, five minutes.
Good work today.
It turns out it wasn't you causing these events after all.
Actually, I think it was.
I think Kate's theory worked because of my presence here.
Why do you think that? I overheard Raymond telling Kate he started getting results three days ago.
I arrived three days ago.
Initially I thought it was the timeline that had to be reset but now I'm thinking that it's me.
Clearly I'm in the wrong place.
All the people that I know and love are somewhere else.
Now I just gotta figure out how to get home.
In the meantime I can make it more comfortable while you're here.
You said you were living in faculty housing with Dr.
Bishop.
I checked, and Dr.
Bishop does own a home on campus.
It's déjà vu.
Just so you know, there will be an FBI agent stationed out the front.
Ha, ha.
Where would I run to? So, hey, do I get an allowance? - I'll see what I can do.
- Okay.
Thanks for the lift.
I'm gonna talk to Walter again and see if I can convince him to help you.
Best of luck with that.
I was important to you, wasn't I? I mean, the other version of me.
Because I see the way you look at me when you think that I'm not aware.
Yeah.
Yeah, she was.
She is.
Well, I hope that you get back to her.
Thank you.
Me too.