Fringe (2008–2013): Season 2, Episode 7 - Of Human Action - full transcript

NARRATOR:
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.

OLIVIA: His name's Walter Bishop.
He worked out of Harvard...

...in an area called fringe science.
BROYLES: 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.

OLIVIA: No matter where
my investigations take me...

...they always come back here.

You should know what
you're getting into, Agent Dunham.

(SIRENS BLARING)



- Get out of the car. Hands on your head.
WILLIAMS: 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.

(GUNSHOT)

(GASPING)

(GUNSHOT)

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BROYLES: Running 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.

Far as we can tell,
the kidnappers don't even have guns.

- Who's the kid?
- Tyler Carson, 15 years old.

According to NYPD,
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 want to 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.

Ms. 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.

Ms. Sharp, the two men identified
in those photographs.

You absolutely 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 had no peripheral involvement
with any of our clients or partners.

According to the police,
they're used car salesmen.

- 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.

PETER:
Hey, Walter. What are you doing?

WALTER: 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.

(DOOR CHIME RINGING)

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
want to get involved in this.

Think I just did.

(SCREAMING)

Get out of my store.

You should've
just given up the money.

(SHOUTS)

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?

They don't really seem
like they have much of a plan.

No. There's a second feed
on the door.

- He looks so scared.
PETER: So why doesn't he run?

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.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Dunham.

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?

BROYLES:
Model employees.

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?

PETER:
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.

Huh? Well, normally...

...hypnosis would simply, ugh,
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.
WALTER: 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 them,
nobody can get near them...

- ...as long as they have this talent.
- Work out how to block it.

Ransom call could come any minute.
Need to be ready.

Right. 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.

TECHNICIAN:
We're ready, sir.

- Hello.
TYLER (OVER PHONE): Dad?

- It's me.
- Tyler, are you okay?

Just give them what they want,
please.

HICKEY: 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.

HICKEY:
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?
(DIAL TONE HUMMING)

TECHNICIAN:
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.

(SINGING)
Baa, baa, black sheep

Have you any wool?

Yes, sir, yes, sir

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.

(CHURNING SOUND PLAYS FROM TOY)

Just what we need
to block the mind control.

PETER: A teddy bear
versus 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, uh, 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. Hmm.

They make it so the kidnappers
can't control you with sound.

Now put them on.
We gotta do a sound check.

(CHURNING SOUND PLAYING)

My son Peter's teddy bear emits...

(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

As you listen, you may feel
a sense of deep tranquility...

...as if you had returned
to your mother's womb.

PETER: 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 LEADER (OVER RADIO):
Alpha Team in position.

BRAVO LEADER (OVER RADIO):
Bravo Team in position.

ALPHA LEADER:
Agent Dunham.

We have a brown sedan entering
on the north side.

OLIVIA:
Do you see Tyler in the vehicle?

ALPHA LEADER:
That's a negative.

OLIVIA:
All teams, stand by and hold position.

Bravo Team, what's your status?

BRAVO LEADER:
We have somebody moving in on foot.

ALPHA LEADER: Copy that.
Possible suspect on route to Dr. Carson.

All units, headphones on.

Team leaders,
move communications to microphones.

(CHURNING SOUND PLAYING
ON HEADPHONES)

(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

OLIVIA:
Contact made.

Can anyone see the hostage?

ALPHA LEADER: This is Alpha leader.
Negative. I've got nothing.

BRAVO LEADER:
Bravo. Negative on my end too.

OLIVIA:
All units, move. Move.

(MOUTHS)
Walter. Stay here.

(MOUTHS)
Help me.

Help me.

Help me.

You can lose the stupid headphones.

They don't work.

Take me to your car.

OLIVIA: Agent Balick, this is Agent Dunham.
BALICK: Copy. Go for Balick.

Any sign of Tyler Carson?

BALICK: 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.

Uh, has anyone seen Peter Bishop?

DOBBINS: 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?
DOBBINS: 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.

(PETER GROANING)

Keep driving straight.

You know your father's
worried about you.

Awesome.

Come on, let's pull over
and talk about...

Hey, bad idea.

What are you doing?

Let's see how fast
this piece of junk can go.

Kid, you're gonna get us killed.

(CAR HORNS HONKING)

- 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.

OLIVIA:
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?

NINA:
This is our flight simulation deck.

What you're watching is a live test of our
prototype hands-free guidance system.

OLIVIA: Hands-free navigation.
So who's controlling the jet?

NINA: 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.

Makes it easier for the electrodes
in the helmet to read them.

Dr. Carson, 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...?
- 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.

Heh, heh.
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?

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.
WALTER: 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.
WALTER: 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.

(SIREN BLARES)

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.

(PETER GRUNTING)

(OFFICER SHOUTS)

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.
ASSISTANT: Agent Dunham?

You're needed in Ms. Sharp's office.

OLIVIA: What's wrong?
- The director classified Tyler Carson...

...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 a clue
what's really going on.

- How can they take us off now?
- New information about Tyler's plans.

He purchased two one-way tickets
to Costa Rica...

...which he bought before
abducting Peter.

Headquarters believes he may work
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.

OLIVIA:
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.

WALTER:
Perhaps...

Maybe I could use an EMF scrambler...

...to disrupt his beta wave
transmissions.

It 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.

OLIVIA: 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.

Think if you find her, the two of you
will live happily ever after?

We're gonna be a family again. We...

Those cops you killed, they had
families too. They got wives, they got...

(PETER GRUNTS)

That would have 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.

This has 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.

TYLER:
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.

MAN: 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.

PETER:
Tyler.

God.

Tyler, what are you doing?

BROYLES:
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.

(TASER CLICKING
AND TYLER GROANING)

(GUNSHOT)

We're out of here.

And you're driving.

- Sir.
- He took Peter. Go after them.

We need to stop the bleeding.

ASTRID (OVER RADIO):
Dr. Bishop and I are approaching.

The bullet went clean through
and I said go.

Yes, sir.

OLIVIA: 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.

WALTER:
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?

WALTER: He was knocked
unconscious in the crash.

It's probably a concussion.

But we gave him a sedative
to make sure he stays under.

Agent Broyles.

See what happens when you get out
from behind the desk?

BROYLES:
I've been shot before.

First time by one of the good guys,
though.

- Lucky for me you're a lousy shot.
- Kid wanted to shoot you in the head.

Lucky for you, I was able to pull it
off center a bit.

Gonna hold this over my head
for a long time, aren't you?

Somehow you'll make it up to me.

PETER:
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.

(GROANS)

- 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.

NINA: 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.