Fringe (2008–2013): Season 2, Episode 15 - Jacksonville - full transcript

NARRATOR:
Previously on Fringe:

OLIVIA:
What can you tell me about Cortexiphan?

WALTER:
It worked on perception.

BELL: Of all the children
that Walter and I prepared...

...you were the strongest.
A storm is coming.

When it is over, I fear there
will be little left of our world.

William Bell told me that man,
Newton...

...would try to open a corridor
from our universe...

...to the other side.

Dr. Bell was afraid that if the doorway
between the two universes opened...

...only one world would remain.



PAULINE:
Hey.

I thought you were
getting out of here.

Afraid not. It's gonna be a late one.

Wait a second. Is that...?
Is that real coffee?

- Where did you get that?
- I don't know. I have my sources.

I got a cousin in Hawaii, she has
a secret stash. She sends me stuff...

(RUMBLING)

This is getting nuts.
What is that, six since yesterday?

Well, I'm from California,
so I'm used to it, you know?

But this is New York.
Don't you think it's strange?

PAULINE:
Mm.

What's the news say?

That they're just these little quakes.
You know. Micro-quakes.

Probably just some byproduct
of global warming.



Well, see you tomorrow.

Oh, and if you
have any extra coffee...

- Good night, Pauline.
- Good night.

(CAR ALARMS RINGING)

(TED GRUNTS)

(TED GROANING)

(SCREAMS)

Fringe
s2e15 Jacksonville

You gotta be kidding me.

Congratulations, Mr. Bishop, you won an
all-expense paid trip to New York City.

I thought I told you to take me
off your contestant list.

Not according to our records.

Says here that you're a fan of
fine dining and excitement.

Do you have a supervisor?
Anybody there I can complain to?

- Because this has to stop.
- Did I mention there's excitement?

Walter, wake up.

We just won a paid trip
to New York City.

That's fantastic.

I've never won anything before.

WALTER:
An earthquake in Manhattan?

It's possible, but highly unlikely.
Perhaps a small comet.

Any witnesses?

Witnesses outside felt the ground shake,
but no one saw what happened.

(SIREN WAILING)

MAN:
All the way down.

Make sure they set that up.

OLIVIA:
What about the people inside?

Emergency services
secured the entrance...

...scouring the place for survivors.

- How many did they find?
- Zero.

- It looks...
- Rearranged.

Extraordinary.

OLIVIA:
Oh, my God.

I don't suppose you have any idea
what could have caused this.

A quantum tectonic event
would be my guess.

Until now this phenomenon
has just been theoretical.

A quantum tectonic event?

Well, yes. Imagine a sudden momentary
disturbance at a subatomic level.

Energy disperses the atoms, literally
tearing the very fabric of reality itself.

All the atoms come apart.

When they reassemble,
they come together all wrong.

So, what are the odds
of this occurring naturally?

Well, it's possible. But if so...

...God has a far more disturbed sense of
humor than even I could have imagined.

MAN: Got a survivor!
PARAMEDIC: Third floor, let's move!

- ID says his name is Ted Pratchett.
TED: Help, please.

PARAMEDIC: Hold still, sir.
It's important you try not to move.

TED:
Please, help.

(YELLS)

PARAMEDIC: I don't know if we can
cut him loose from that beam.

Call my wife. Someone please call.
I just want to hear her voice.

Mr. Pratchett, I'm Special Agent Broyles
with the FBI. This is Agent Dunham.

We're gonna do everything we can to find
your wife and get you out of here safely.

I'll call this in.

Mr. Pratchett, it would help us a lot if
you could describe what happened here.

Tremor. Just like the other ones...

...but a really big one
that just kept getting worse.

(TED GRUNTING)

I'm so thirsty.

He can't drink anything.
Maybe some ice, but no liquids.

PETER:
I'm on it.

Mr. Pratchett, did anything unusual
happen before the disaster?

Someone in the building
who shouldn't be here?

No. Just the same things everyone saw.
Yesterday, the dogs all started howling.

Then all those little tremors.
The micro-quakes.

Did you hear about
any tremors in New York?

Ted Pratchett doesn't have a wife.
Appears he never did.

OLIVIA:
Makes sense.

Trauma from his injuries.
He must be delirious.

I don't think so. Excuse me, miss.
Thank you. Thank you.

Sir, what year is it?

- 2010.
WALTER: Good, good.

- Walter.
- And who is the president?

- President Obama.
- Good, good, good.

WALTER: Now, I'm sorry to do this...
- Walter, hey, what's the point of this?

I'm sorry about this,
but it is very important.

On September the 11th,
when the terrorists struck...

...which buildings did they attack?

- The Pentagon...
WALTER: Uh-huh.

...and the White House.

I think I know what happened here.

Walter, what is that?

(GASPING)

WALTER: My theory was wrong.
This wasn't a quantum event at all.

We're standing in two buildings...

...one of which comes from
the alternate universe.

I've asked them to send
Mr. Pratchett's bodies back to the lab.

Maybe they'll provide some
insight into how this thing happened.

- I already know how this happened.
- Oh?

Two universes colliding.
This is what William Bell warned me about.

He said that Newton
would try to open a doorway...

...from our universe to the other side.

And that when it happened,
this would be the consequence.

Two objects trying to occupy
the same space at the same time.

This was Newton, I'm sure of it.

He was here.

(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING
ON STEREO)

Walter, I don't think I can do this.

I've seen some disturbing things
in my time with you...

...and I think I've handled them
pretty well. But this I can't do.

Awful, isn't it?

Those boxes have evidence
from the building.

- You can go through those.
- Thank you.

(WALTER HUMMING)

- All right, so, what am I looking for?
- Anything looking like it doesn't belong.

Okay.

ASTRID:
I think this qualifies.

- Richard Nixon on a silver dollar.
- Well, that's disturbing.

When you separate them
how are you gonna tell them apart?

Mr. Pratchett from over there was married.
He's wearing a wedding ring.

So as far as his wife will ever know,
he just disappeared?

That is so sad.

- Yes, it is.
- Wow, look at this.

It's a double decker car.

Does this mean that they
drive these over there?

Yeah, I suppose so.

What?

I know what Newton did.

And I'm afraid I've just remembered
what's going to happen next.

Newton. He was there. This was taken
two hours before the incident.

He and his men disguised themselves
as a construction crew.

So how do we find him?

We're running down VIN numbers
and equipment rentals.

But I would like to take a crew
back to New York.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

It's Walter. Hey.

- I need you back at the lab. Dunham as well.
- We're in the middle of something.

Don't argue with me, son.
Get back here now. Both of you.

PETER:
That is what's so important?

This happened almost 25 years ago.
Right here on campus.

PETER:
I know, I've heard this story.

MIT students fused a car
to the statue of John Harvard.

They cut the car.
Never figured out how they did it.

It wasn't MIT students, was it?
One of your experiments?

When Belly and I tried to generate
a stable door between the universes...

...our first test subject was a car.

Belly's old Monte Carlo.
It did not go well.

- First times are always sloppy.
- Wasn't our first time.

Eleven minutes after we
successfully made the car disappear...

- ...this car appeared from another reality.
- It wasn't pulled down the block?

It was in 1986. The car had a CD player.
It wasn't an option at the time.

Okay, assuming what
you're saying is true, why?

I mean, how did the car appear?

WALTER:
The universe seeks balance.

We sent a car over there so
a car of equal mass came back.

Now, a building from the other side
appeared here.

The laws of physics demand both sides
of the equation balance.

I calculate that a building
from this side will be pulled over there...

...inhabitants and all...

...within the next...
Just under 35 hours.

Okay, so how do we stop it?

That's it, Agent Dunham. We can't.

Then we need to evacuate the building.
How do we identify which one it'll be?

The one thing that Belly and I learned
from our experience...

...is that when objects
from the other universe...

...cross to our side
they have an energy.

Someone once described it
as a glimmer.

I believe that in the moments...

...before the event when the fabric
of the universes...

...is rubbing together,
that the building on this side...

- ...will begin to take on that glimmer.
- So we'll be able to see it.

Unfortunately it's not visible
to the human eye.

- Then how the hell are we gonna find it?
- We can't, Peter.

- But you can, Agent Dunham.
- How can I see it?

Because you saw it once before.

Walter, when did I see things
from the other side?

Twenty-six years ago. You were
a little girl. The Cortexiphan trials.

As I've said,
the drug worked on perception.

Of the 30 children that William Bell and
I experimented on, you were the first...

...with the ability to identify things from
the other side. We gave you the ability.

You conducted illegal drug trials
on children.

Don't make that sound like
charity work.

Was it me who described it
as a glimmer?

I can't see it anymore.

You stopped wanting to.
When you did, there were consequences.

But I was able to elicit the ability once.
I believe I may be able to do it again.

Don't be ridiculous.
You're not experimenting on Olivia.

- And besides...
- Okay. I'll do it.

- Olivia...
- We don't have time. Tell me what to do.

First I need to go to Jacksonville.

To the lab where Belly and I first
conducted the Cortexiphan trials.

The daycare center you attended.

I should be able to
re-create the procedure there.

Jacksonville's a thousand miles away.

One thousand 16.
Not counting the trip to the airport.

PETER: I'm sure whatever you need,
we can get it here.

WALTER:
What I need is in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville is where
the process worked.

If I'm able to do it again,
it has to be there.

A building in Manhattan
is just going to disappear.

Yes. That's what Walter believes.

What makes him think
the trigger of your ability...

...is inside the facility in Jacksonville?

When Bell founded Massive Dynamic,
he bought the building...

...and the military base it
sits on from the government.

He shut it down and closed it off.

I believe that everything is still inside.

And you're sure you want to do this?

Submit yourself
to Dr. Bishop's experiments.

I don't see another choice.

Then how can I help?

The events Ted Pratchett said led up
to the incident. The dogs howling...

...small earthquakes. Walter thinks
that they will likely occur again.

We can use them to infer
when it's about to happen.

I'll contact Nina Sharp.
Ask to have Massive Dynamic...

...enlist the geologic division
to track seismic activity.

- Thank you.
- And, Dunham...

...stay in touch.

I will.

WALTER:
Five...

...20...

...10.

Belly always used
the same combination.

Though I can't remember
the significance.

(METAL CLANKS)

Come.

Come in.

Do you see anything?

Like what?

Sixteen items in this room
are from the other side.

Perhaps if you look a little closer.
Come on.

Go ahead.

There's nothing.

Well, we should get started.

I was hoping to avoid this.

I have a freakishly good memory.
I remember everything.

Not this.

There's just nothing that's familiar.

Maybe that's a good thing.

We're just about ready.

You may want to change
into something more comfortable.

(EKG BEEPING)

WALTER: Perception is
largely an emotional response.

How we feel affects the way
we see the world.

And so Belly and I reasoned...

...that extreme emotions would
stimulate this perception.

That acute feelings of fear or love or
anger would heighten the awareness.

Open the mind, as it were.

The drugs help, of course.

Is that Cortexiphan?

Start the IV drip, please. The left arm.

You sure you want to do this?

WALTER:
Oh, wait.

Right arm.

No, left arm. Left arm.

When you're under,
the drugs will generate an obstacle.

I can't tell you what it will be.
It will be uniquely yours.

- Do you understand?
- I think so.

WALTER:
It will make more sense when you're under.

The point is this:

That facing that obstacle
will elevate your emotional state.

Much as running on a treadmill
will elevate your heartbeat.

And then when I've got you
to the proper level...

...well, then I'll pull you out. Okay?

I am singing in the rain.

Oh.

The drugs are working fast.

- Perhaps it was the right arm.
- What?

She'll be fine, Peter.

(WHISPERING)
Peter.

Would you turn that around?

Thank you.

(IN NORMAL VOICE)
Olivia, I want you to open your eyes.

Olivia, can you hear me?

If you can hear me, open your eyes.

Where are you?

OLIVIA:
I'm in a forest.

I can see very tall trees.

That's good. That's good, Olivia.

Theta rhythms are now stable.
Neocortex active.

It's working.

There's someone else here.

VOICE (WHISPERING):
Olivia.

(HOOF-BEATS APPROACHING)
(ROAR)

(GASPS)
(EKG BEEPING FASTER)

- She all right?
- She's not supposed to be.

In my bag, Peter.

PETER: Yeah.
- The pretzels.

PETER:
Pretzels.

OLIVIA:
Hey.

- It's all right.
GIRL: Please.

I don't wanna do this anymore.

You don't have to do anything
that you don't wanna do.

You don't have to do anything
that you don't wanna do.

(ROAR)

Wait.

Wait! Hey!

(OLIVIA PANTING)

PETER:
Walter...

Shh! She's close.

OLIVIA:
Wait, wait, wait.

(ROAR)

It's okay. Shh. Shh.

(ROARING)
(WINGS FLAPPING)

Shh.

GIRL: Please, make them stop.
- It's okay.

- Please, make them stop it.
- It's okay.

(ROARING)

It's okay. I'm here now.
Nothing can hurt you.

It's okay.

That's better.

What's your name?

Olive.

(FAINT ROAR)

VOICE (WHISPERS):
Olivia.

(ROARS)
(OLIVIA SCREAMS)

Good news.

It worked.

What the hell is wrong with you?

You did this to little children?

We should get to work.

- Anything?
- Nothing.

Now what? Should we find
some more kids to scare?

I have no idea.

(DOGS BARKING AND HOWLING)

Phillip, it's me.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

- Dunham.
- It's started.

Okay.

BELL (ON TV):
Is she okay?

WALTER (ON TV): She's fine.
BELL: Hell.

Do we know what triggered it?

WALTER:
Obviously she was upset, William.

It's okay. It's all right, Olive.

That's me.

What happened?

This was the first time
you saw the other side.

You were frightened.

Started a fire with your mind.

It should have worked.

This is the very sort of thing
that William and I were preparing for.

You abused us, Walter.
Me and other children.

No, we were trying to help you.

We were trying to make you
more than you were.

Is that what you were doing?
Or searching for answers...

...to questions you shouldn't have
been asking in the first place?

I was a different man then.

I was a defenseless child.

Yes, you were.

Yes, you were.

I think I'm starting to understand
why the process didn't work.

You are different.

You're not
that frightened child anymore.

I thought all we needed was a
heightened emotional response from you.

But I was wrong.
We needed a specific one: fear.

And you're not capable
of that anymore.

Well, not like she was.

What we did to you,
you found a way to protect yourself.

You channel your fear into anger.

Which is why
you're so good at your job.

But if you want to
save those people...

...you have to find your way back
to that scared little girl.

And how do we do that?

I don't know.

Hey.

Is this a part of Walter's test?

Are you all right?

No.

I'm not afraid of anything anymore.

NINA: Okay, let me know
if anything changes.

Four tremors in the last two hours.

The most recent measured 2.6.

They're increasing in frequency.

I'm sorry.

You didn't send that building
over here.

What's plan B?

We're compiling data, trying to predict
where the next incident will take place.

Satellite images, seismic activity,
weather patterns.

- You need a fresh set of eyes?
- Yes. I'll take you to the lab.

We've still got time.

We've been plotting the epicenter
of each micro-quake...

...looking for some sort of pattern.

- Can you regress any of the data points?
WALTER: It's a waste of time.

A useless attempt to impose order
on random, meaningless data.

I did the same thing 25 years ago
when the car came over.

Tried to determine why. Why there?

Why had it landed in the middle
of the quad?

The answer is there is no answer.

PETER:
Except mass.

The two cars.
You said they were the same mass.

You two got something going on.
Wanna fill me in?

Walter thinks the two universes
have to be in balance.

A building from there travels here,
a building from here of the same mass...

- ...has to travel back.
- Yeah, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The bag of sand and the idol.

- Not the metaphor I'd use, but yes.
- Yeah.

- You have a pencil?
- I have a pen.

I need satellite data and 3-D imagery
to calculate cubic feet.

I'll need a comprehensive list of building
materials used during construction.

For every free-standing structure
in New York City?

Oh, I think we can rule out
the Empire State Building.

OLIVIA:
Hey, Peter. Anything?

Good news. We have a plan.

You can eliminate the three buildings in
Tribeca, because they're way too big.

WALTER: Are they lofts?
- Yeah. Why?

Lofts have no interior walls.

One building might be bigger.
They could be the same mass.

- Yup.
- The guys on the supercomputer...

...are crunching numbers on the first
six buildings, but it'll take some time.

What else can I do to help?

(WATCH BEEPS)

It's time.

It could happen any moment now.

- Olivia, I...
- How many buildings are we down to?

A hundred and forty-seven buildings,
spread out all over Manhattan.

Three hospitals, a cancer treatment
center, a nursing home.

The NYPD and the Fire Department
have a standing evacuation protocol.

They could clear most
of those buildings...

The evacuation itself would kill
a lot of these people.

Not to mention cause a citywide panic
that might kill thousands more.

The largest building on this list has,
what, 500 people?

So you think we should just
let the building disappear?

Let those people disappear.

There are times when the only choices
you have left are bad ones.

Hey. Figured if I shut down
nonessential functions...

...I could make these things
run faster.

It's too late.

I failed.

I failed, and I'm supposed to be
the one who can stop things like this.

Olivia.

You...

I've never met anyone
who can do the things that you do.

Peter.

I'm scared.

Don't be.

What?

Peter, I'm scared.

It was in the West Village, near the
Hudson. I couldn't see exactly where.

PETER: Near the piers?
- Yeah, couple blocks from the river.

Any landmarks,
other buildings nearby...?

Yeah, that new tower near
the elevated tracks.

- The High Line.
- Still too many potential candidates.

(RUMBLING)

- Olivia, we need you to narrow down...
- I'M trying.

Okay, I see it. It's on Washington.

There's a hotel on Washington...

BROYLES:
What do we have on Washington?

He's right. Brayson Place Hotel,
13th and Washington. Number there.

Call Solomon at the NYPD.
Call the Fire Department...

Hello. This is Special Agent
Phillip Broyles with the FBI.

You need to evacuate everyone
from the building immediately.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

Come on!

(CAR ALARM RINGING)
(GLASS SHATTERING)

- Is everyone out?
- I think so.

Go!

(RUMBLING AND WHOOSHING)

(GRUNTING)

(RUMBLING AND WHOOSHING STOP)

I guess it's safe to say that you've
got the rest of the night off work.

REPORTER: Not a single casualty
as hundreds miraculously escaped...

...what federal authorities are calling
an unscheduled controlled demolition...

...at the Brayson Place Hotel.

Conspiracy nuts are gonna
have a field day.

You'd be surprised what you can
make the general public believe.

You saved a lot of people.

We all did.

Dunham.

This ability you've demonstrated.

What finally activated it?

I think it was just time.

Yeah, Monopoly is great.
He loves the colored money.

Okay. Thanks again.
We'll see you soon.

Hey, Walter, that was Astrid.

She's gonna come over
and play some games with you.

Mm. Good. I hope she likes Monopoly.

(PETER CHUCKLES)

- Where are you going?
- Me? Out for drinks.

- Oh, who are you drinking with?
- Olivia.

Agent Dunham. A date?

No. Just drinks.
Apparently that's what normal people do.

They go out for drinks.

If you need to reach me...

...l'll leave you the number
of the restaurant right here. Okay?

(KNOCKS)

- She's here, Peter.
- I know. I heard it too.

- Shall I get the door?
- Absolutely not.

It would be my preference if you
could be someplace else altogether.

- Where?
- Chicago.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Come on in.

I know a great place. It's just a couple
blocks away. Thought we'd walk.

Agent Dunham.

I'll go get my coat.

Olivia.

Please don't tell him.