Fringe (2008–2013): Season 3, Episode 11 - Reciprocity - full transcript

NARRATOR:
Previously on Fringe:

OLIVIA: The First People.
EDWARD: You're holding one of last copies.

What are we talking about?
Adam and Eve?

No, before dinosaurs.
They were the first people.

They were a people of great
technological prowess who made...

...the ultimate discovery.

PETER: Walternate said that it was
a very powerful piece of ancient tech.

- This machine is dangerous.
- We need to understand it.

PETER: When I touched that device
on the other side...

...it came alive in my hands.

How can you expect me
to ignore that?



Walter didn't have brain tissue
implanted. He had it removed.

- What are you doing, Walter?
WALTER: I'm making myself smarter.

If I can think like Walternate,
I can figure...

...what he's trying to do
with that device.

PETER:
The picture of me in the device.

What does it mean?

What's going to happen to me?

SOLDIER:
Clearance and ID.

(GRUNTING)

You have any chewing gum?

- Excuse me?
- I'm sorry.

He's got this thing with his ears.

It's not a thing with my ears.
I've got a blocked Eustachian tube.

And it's a perfectly natural reaction.



Any flavor will do, although
I'm rather partial to grape.

SOLDIER:
Welcome back, Colonel Broyles.

MAN: We've tried a dozen
different power sources.

- And there were no reactions?
- We've run all the diagnostics.

The machine continues
to be unresponsive.

Miss Sharp, your guests are here.

Expand the telemetry parameters
and run the tests again.

You broke the encryption on the
computer the other Olivia left behind.

A few days ago. Peter gave us
a number of password suggestions.

- One worked.
- Oh?

Yeah. It was a song lyric.

And Fauxlivia ruined U2 for all of us.

- Fauxlivia?
- That's what Walter's calling her now.

- Fauxlivia as in Fake Olivia.
NINA: Ah. Uh...

The data on the computer.
What did you find?

Unfortunately, it's one big file. Mission
details buried in hundreds of pages...

...of mundane observations
about our world.

Don't know what's valuable, what isn't.

- And we can't identify any type of code.
WALTER: Oh, my.

It's bigger than I imagined.

Well, I suppose...

...it's just big enough to destroy
a couple universes.

So far we haven't been able to
figure out how the machine works.

NASA, The CIA, The NIH.

We've had government's
top people at our disposal.

- Which are you?
- Excuse me?

Which agency do you work for?

Walter, this is Dr. James Falcon,
our lead scientist on this project.

Well, I suppose that makes me
your boss.

I'm Dr. Walter Bishop.

Sorry for the interruption.
Please continue.

As I was saying, we're confounded.

Doesn't seem to be
an energy source...

...and nothing that suggests the machine
can hold or transmit any type of power.

Jack, are you getting this?

Yeah.

Some kind of electromagnetic spike.

The problem must
be the missing piece.

The one that the other Olivia stole.

That could be right.

The piece was from the center.
It could be the power source.

Did the other Olivia
mention the machine in her files?

We're still working through the data.

(MACHINERY GROANING)

God.

It's like something triggered it.

Something did trigger it.

Me.

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Peter, you've been out?

No, I just came downstairs.

I couldn't sleep.

I thought I heard the door.

You must've been dreaming.

I don't think so.
I wasn't sleeping either.

- Is that peanut butter? Can I have one?
- Mm-hm.

How you feeling?
Any more nosebleed?

- No.
- Headaches?

- No.
- But you're unable to sleep?

Yes, but I don't think that has anything
to do with the machine, Walter.

Might.

We don't know yet.
We don't know anything.

The first people's book.

I read it cover to cover
a dozen times.

There's nothing to suggest
how that device works...

- ...or how it's connected to you.
- Walter, stop, please.

I want answers too.

I know you wanna help me,
but I don't think that you can this time.

You can't protect me
from everything.

Only a couple more, Mr. Bishop.

You haven't convinced me
that this is necessary.

Every human being gives off
a unique electromagnetic signature.

We're testing if your son's
triggered the machine.

I have a graduate degree
from MIT as well.

I don't need a test to know
how unlikely it is...

...this has anything
to do with electromagnetics.

- Walter.
- Peter.

Do you have any idea how much
radiation you're about to be exposed to?

Well, I do now, Walter.

NINA: Walter, I think you're overreacting.
WALTER: May I have a word in private?

We can't fire him.

He's one of the most gifted
biomedical engineers in the country.

I don't care who he is. I don't want him
poking and prodding my son.

- I know you're worried about...
- I'm not worried, Nina, I'm terrified.

Did you see the way
that machine reacted to him?

That is why we're running these tests.

This is a waste of time.
It's not going to tell us anything.

Nina, I need you
to do something for me.

I've been trying
to regenerate my brain cells.

But William was too clever for that.

He not only took out pieces
of my brain...

...he inhibited their ability
to replicate.

- Walter...
- But Belly kept detailed notes...

...of everything he did.

I want to see his research to know
how to reverse what he did to me.

To re-grow my brain cells.

Walter, that's more than 15 years ago.

I'm not whole, Nina.

If I'm to figure out how
Peter is connected to the machine...

...I have to get smarter.

It's the only way
I'll be able to help my son.

Yes. I'll get on it right away.

Thank you.

Hey.

Hey.

- You okay?
- Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm great.

I think I might use
my newfound superpowers...

...to make this machine levitate.

Well, now that would be impressive.

I tried to call you last night
and you didn't pick up.

Ugh. Yeah. Walter was being Walter.
I had to go for a walk.

We're ready.
Do you want something to help sleep?

- This might take a while.
- No. I'm okay. Thanks.

Peter, relax.
This procedure's perfectly safe.

Heh, I'm sorry, doc. You'll forgive me if
I'm leery of machines right about now.

I understand.

Okay, well,
I'm gonna be right outside.

(MACHINE HUMMING)

I see Dr. Bishop leaves
the high intensity work for you.

Agent Broyles. You know
they're all over at Massive Dynamic.

I know. I came to speak with you.

For the past two days,
an encryption team has been waiting...

- ...for the data on other Olivia's drive.
- Yeah. I hear it's one big mess.

More than 300 pages of material.

Details about this world. Profiles
on our people. Mission specifics.

It's difficult to know
what's important.

Well, I'm happy to help.

I knew you would be. And we
certainly could use your skills.

But there's a reason
I haven't already asked.

Her mission logs are filled
with personal observations.

Many of them concern
her relationship with Peter.

Peter and Olivia have been through...

I understand.

I'll be discreet.

The file is on the mainframe.

(PHONE RINGS)

Broyles.

I'll be right there.

FALCON:
Yes. I admit his rate is a bit high.

Hundred and thirty beats per minute
is hardly a bit high.

I want you to take him out
of that machine right now.

It's a very narrow tachycardia.
It's hardly life-threatening.

It would be ridiculous
to stop testing for this.

- So, what is going on?
- Peter's heart rate is a bit elevated.

I assumed it was nerves at first,
but he should've stabilized by now.

His heart rate
could've triggered the machine?

No, I don't see how it could have.
But it is curious...

...and implies
we should do more tests.

By all means.

Let's use my son
as the new Massive Dynamic lab rat.

I don't think the doctor was...

(PHONE RINGS)

Dunham.

I'm on my way.

Okay. I've gotta go. Can you call me
if you learn something new?

BROYLES:
His name was Michael Baird.

Found in the fountain
by a colleague.

ME thinks he was murdered
sometime around 3 AM.

So, what's with the dead fish?

- They died of mercury poisoning.
- Mercury?

He's a shape-shifter.

That's not all.

Turn him over, please.

His data storage disk was removed.

Thank you. Whoever did this
knew what they were doing.

So why would someone kill
a shape-shifter?

You mean someone other than us?

Okay. What if this was Walternate?

What if he sent over some type
of cleaner to tie up all the loose ends?

- To kill this guy before...
- Before we learned what he knew.

What are you thinking?

(BEEPING)

This is Astrid.

Agent Farnsworth, I need you to run
a search on the other Olivia's data file.

- Okay. What's the name?
- Michael Baird.

Yeah, he's on a long
list of port authority employees.

Shut down the mainframe.
Shut it down now.

And from this moment on,
no one accesses that file except you.

What's going on?

We cracked the encryption on the
other Olivia's hard drive 36 hours ago.

Among the info, she lists thousands of
names. Michael Baird is one of them.

Suppose Walternate knew...

...we were getting close to identifying
the list of shape-shifters.

How would he know that?

Because someone on our side
may have told him.

We got a mole.

Well?

I'd cut back on fried foods.

But your lab work, the EEG readings,
it all looks pretty standard.

Nothing to indicate
you and the machine share a signature.

Nothing out of the ordinary?

Well, like I told your father,
your heart rate was a bit elevated.

But that could be adrenaline,
nerves, stress.

When I got within 50 feet
of that machine...

...things started flying.
My nose started bleeding.

You're trying to tell me
that that's just a coincidence?

No. I'm telling you we still have no idea
how any of that happened...

...but from a medical standpoint,
you seem perfectly normal.

I'm willing to run more tests. But,
frankly, I thought you'd be relieved.

Well, hey, you're the doctor.

Peter.

Agent Dunham called.

They found a dead shape-shifter.

She thinks someone on the inside must
be feeding Walternate information.

Let's go.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

BROYLES: The shape-shifter was killed
because someone knew...

...it was a matter of time
before we ID'd him.

Round up anybody who had access
to other Olivia's hard drive.

- We're already on it.
- The FBI decryption teams.

- Anybody in Massive Dynamic.
- Okay, Peter.

We're on top of it. We're questioning
every one as we speak.

That's what Walter and Nina
are doing now.

What about the rest of her file?

Does it mention other shape-shifters?

Newton's mentioned. If there are two
of them, we're assuming there are more.

But there are 100s of names
throughout the file.

Just lists of government employees,
local cops.

We're running profiles
on all of them.

Looking for anything that might
indicate a change in behavior.

Which would suggest having
been replaced by a shape-shifter.

Well, it looks like a big job. So how can
we help you sift through the data?

Um, it's not a good idea.

Why not?

Because she wrote about me.

Yeah.

Some parts of this read like a diary.

You're quite prominent.

We should get to Massive Dynamic.

Okay, call me if you find something.

State your full name, please.

Special agent
Matthew Nicholas Goldin.

The name Michael Baird
mean anything to you?

No, it does not.

BRANDON: Where were you born?
- Brooklyn, New York.

How many more are there?

Twenty-two of our people.
Another seven from the FBI.

So far, all the blood tests
have come back negative.

But that doesn't rule out
the possibility of a human mole.

Lie detectors are unreliable.

He's right.
People beat them all the time.

But not this one.
William designed it.

It measures the slightest shift
in facial muscles...

...which allows us a link to stress
and a particular emotion.

His facial muscles tell us
that his stress is not connected...

...to feelings of guilt or shame.

Very clever. I wish I'd thought of it.

We need to keep everybody
in custody until we find the leak.

There are nearly 30 people on the list.
I'm not sure that's practical.

Do you actually
wanna catch this mole?

BRANDON: Do you know the identity
of any shape-shifter?

GOLDIN:
No, I don't.

BRANDON:
You know anything about the murder...

- Walter, do you have a moment?
- Yes. Yes, of course.

BRANDON:
Have you given any information...

...to assist in the murder
of a shape-shifter?

GOLDIN:
No, I haven't.

NINA:
You were right.

I found William's research.

His notes suggest
that he designed a retro-viral serum...

...based on your DNA...

...that will re-grow your brain tissue.

That's wonderful.

Oh, thank you, Belly.

Walter, William experimented
with lab animals first.

A rat and a chimpanzee.

Now, back in the '90s,
we had a small lab fire.

The original labels were destroyed.

I'm gonna ask the lab
to run diagnostics on all.

Then they should be able to tell us
which one was made for you.

Walter.

Don't worry. I've snorted worse.

A few good whiffs...

...and my brain should be able
to begin to re-grow its missing parts.

And what if the serum
is not based on your DNA?

Well, I'll probably get a rash.

Well, I'm afraid we've got
a bigger problem on our hands.

- I'm worried about Peter.
- So am I.

- But that's what this is all about.
- Peter has endured a lot recently.

- Maybe he should talk with someone.
- Heh.

No, what I'm trying to say is there
are people that are trained to help.

Nina, he's my son.

I'm the one that needs to help him.

BRANDON: Do you know anything about
the murder of Michael Baird?

No.

BRANDON: How long have you been FBI?
WOMAN: About five years.

Peter.

BRANDON: And you never heard
of Michael Baird before?

About the other Olivia's files.

I know you slept with her and I
know that you're trying to protect me.

But reading about it
isn't gonna make it worse.

I'm not doing any good here.

- But if I could help Astrid with the files...
- Olivia.

I've conned people.

And I know what
I would've written about them.

She must've thought
that I was a fool.

And I don't want you
to see me like that.

BRANDON:
All right, we're done.

That's it.
We've talked to everybody.

We should call Broyles and tell him.

What about Dr. Falcon?

Falcon wasn't on the team
that worked on the drive.

He was asking questions
about it yesterday at the hangar.

Hey, it's me.

Uh, could you send Dr. Falcon up,
please?

Why not?

What?

Dr. Falcon left work early.

AGENT 1:
Clear.

Bedroom clear.

AGENT 2:
Hallway clear.

OLIVIA (OVER PHONE):
The same as Michael Baird.

Two shots in the head and his
data storage unit had been removed.

You're right. Dr. James Falcon.
He's on here.

He's part of a list of
Massive Dynamic employees.

Dr. Falcon's name
is on her computer.

So if Waternate's knocking
these guys off...

...they must know something.

Damn.

OLIVIA:
Yeah. Tell Walter I feel the same.

That's not about the shape-shifters.
Walter's giving himself an IQ test.

Okay. Falcon's body
is being taken to the lab.

So when Walter finishes exercising his
mind, can you get him to take a look?

Maybe he can find something
that'll help identify killer.

Of course.

Astrid's still going through her files.

But so far no luck identifying
the remaining shape-shifters.

Don't think we're gonna find anything
to tell us who Falcon was working with.

It feels like every time we learn
something new, we're still a step behind.

If we could get to one of the
shape-shifters maybe we could get answers.

My bone saw, dear.

The aspirator, voltmeter
and a ripe banana.

Please tell me the banana's for you.

I had a sudden craving.

It's odd though.

Bananas are typically
my least favorite fruit.

(COMPUTER BEEPS)

Oh, news.

Ugh. Yeah, but it's not good.

Another 20 names have been
cross-checked from Fauxlivia's files.

None of them are shape-shifters.

So you've read all Fauxlivia's files?

Yeah. Most of them.

What did she have to say about me?

(CHUCKLES)

She liked you.

She thought that
you were kind and brilliant.

Would you help me with him,
please, dear?

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTS)

Walter.

Oh, I'm sorry. That was very rude.

- I was displaying dominance.
- Excuse me?

The serum I took. It must've been
meant for a chimpanzee.

You mean its growing chimp DNA
in your brain?

Well, just a bit.

It's fascinating though, isn't it?

How the tiniest change
in our composition...

...can yield such drastic changes
in our behavior.

It's not surprising, really.

After all, we share 50 percent
of our DNA with a banana.

You sure it isn't dangerous?

No.

It'll pass.

My immune system will recognize it
as foreign and reject it.

Mm. So...

...the bone saw, please. Mm.

- What is it?
- I'm not sure. Magnify.

Looks like blood.

So this must've been how he got in.

It looks like he used a knife
to jimmy open the window.

Which would suggest
that he and Dr. Falcon...

...were strangers or otherwise...

- ...he would've used the front door, right?
- Hmm.

Peter.

I owe you an apology.

For what?

The last few weeks
have been really hard for me.

I've been focused on
what other Olivia did to me...

...that I just haven't thought about
what she did to you.

- Look, Olivia...
- And...

...I want you to know that I'm sorry
and that I get it now.

That good news is that she's gone.

I know it doesn't feel like that
at the moment, but she is gone.

And, um...

...we can get past it.

Thank you.

I gotta do more tests
at Massive Dynamic.

- Want me to drive?
- I'll take the train.

Could you call Walter,
let him know I'll be home late...

- ...and not to worry?
- Mm-hm.

Thank you.

(PHONE RINGING)

- Dunham.
- It's me.

We just found blood under
Dr. Falcon's fingernails.

So the killer is human?

Appears so.

Type A positive. It's fairly common.

I'm A positive along with
a third of the population.

ASTRID:
I'm searching personnel files now...

...and there is only one person
with that blood type...

...who had access to
Fauxlivia's files.

Brandon Fayette.
Nina sharp's chief scientist.

MAN:
Spare some change, lady?

Yeah. Sure.

(GRUNTS)

(BONES CRACKING)

(GROANING)

Don't move.

Can I swallow?

MAN:
Hey, Bermudez.

(GRUNTING)

Have you ever killed a shape-shifter?

No.
I've been going to the gym though.

I'm stoked you'd think
I'd have that kind of strength.

You can keep asking questions. Machine
isn't gonna give you a different answer.

- I didn't do it.
- He's right.

Machine says he's telling the truth.

ASTRID:
Hi.

What have you got?

It's not Brandon.

We questioned him
and he passed the polygraph.

That's not unheard of.
Lots of people defy a polygraph.

Not this one. Which one of these
haven't you gone through?

I understand why nobody wants me
to read these files.

But what's written here is in the past
and what is important is the future.

Somewhere in here are the names
of remaining shape-shifters.

And we're running out of options.

Yes. We have to find them
before whoever's killing them does.

Believe me. Broyles is calling me every
20 minute to tell me the same thing.

It's not the shape-shifters
I'm worried about.

If we can find next target, surveil him,
maybe we can catch this guy.

I am really thankful for your help.
Seriously.

But I've been through
this whole stack already.

But I'm not just another set of eyes.

We're the same.

The other Olivia and me. I should be
able to think the same way.

So maybe I'm gonna be able
to find a pattern.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

NINA (OVER PHONE): Walter, it's Nina.
- Nina.

I was just thinking about you. Heh.

Oh!

The first sample
is definitely chimpanzee.

- You can label it now.
- First sample?

Belly's serum.
I'm ready for round two.

Actually, I was calling for Peter.

He's not with you?
Has he finished the tests already?

Finished?
No, no, that's why I'm calling.

I wanted to schedule
a round of tests.

But Olivia said...

I must've misunderstood.

Walter, I understand
how you feel about this testing.

And I know
that Peter is reticent as well.

But I also know that you understand
why these tests are so important.

Will you tell him I called?

Yes.

I'll give him the message.

You okay?

(SNICKERS)

"It's strange, but at moments
when I'm with PB..."

...I find myself forgetting
what I'm here for.

PB's different
than I expected him to be.

A sincerity behind his eyes...

...a deep-seated goodness.

It's hard not to get caught up
in it...

"...not to get caught up in him."

This may have started out as a mission,
but it turned into something else.

She was starting to have
real feelings for him.

- Olivia...
- No, I mean, he's a great guy.

And, of course, we're the same.
She would see what I see.

We speak the same.
We use the same phrases.

I'm reading this and I'm thinking,
this is how I make sense of things.

Make sense of feelings. Of Peter.

We even use this...

Olivia?

Okay. I think I got something.

You need the original printout
of the file.

Exactly what am I looking for?

When I was little
my mother called me Olive. Hers did too.

I think this is a letter substitution
code.

So O-I-I-V-E.

O is the 15th letter of the alphabet.

So on the 15th page,
the 15th name is...

It's Newton.

I is the 12th letter of the alphabet.

12th name on the 12th page.

Michael Baird.

And I is the ninth letter of alphabet.
The ninth name on the ninth page.

James Falcon.

The 22nd name on
the 22nd page is Jackie Bermudez.

And the last one is Zach Alpert.

Okay, we got them.

(PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
ON TV)

(GRUNTS)

Unh!

- Ugh.
- Hello, my friend.

I was expecting you.

Where are you getting
your information?

How did you find me?

I know who you are, Peter.

You might think...

...that we're not allowed to kill you.

But that doesn't mean
that we can't hurt you.

We can get everything
we need from you...

...even if you only have
nine fingers or...

...one eye.

Peter.

(GRUNTING)

(SCREAMING)

(GUNFIRE)

(PHONE RINGS)

Broyles.

OLIVIA:
Jackie Bermudez's apartment was empty.

We got a team sitting on it
in case she comes back.

(HORN HONKING)

Damn it.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

So five shape-shifters.

- How'd you break the code?
- Five letters in Olive.

Yeah, and Newton, Baird, Falcon
are dead.

Bermudez is missing.

So that leaves one.

How'd you find me, Walter?

I found your notes. Fauxlivia's file.

They were right on your desk.

I'm smart enough
to open a phone book.

I looked the man up.

You killed them all,
didn't you, Peter?

And it's been useless.

I didn't learn anything
from the rest of the data disks.

But he's the last one.
He must know something.

Peter.

I have to know what they know,
Walter.

I'm tired of being reactive.

Son, this isn't you.

- You can't just...
- They're soldiers, Walter.

They're here to kill us.

Besides, they're not even human.

And I'm not doing anything wrong.

Then why didn't you tell us?

If you weren't doing anything wrong,
why didn't you tell us?

I don't know what's happened...

...but this is not you.

(PHONE RINGING)

- Hello.
OLIVIA: Peter, it's me.

Good news. We identified
the last two shape-shifters.

We're heading to Zach Alpert's
apartment. It's in Revere.

I'll let you know if we find him.

We failed. He got all of them
and now he's gone.

We don't know who he was.

We're always just a step behind.

Well, we still have
the other Olivia's computer.

Maybe Astrid can learn something.

Okay. I should get home.

- Bye, Walter.
- Bye.

Peter, I read her file.

You should know that you have
nothing to be embarrassed about.

Thank you.

I think I know
what's happening to you.

Every relationship is reciprocal,
Peter.

When you touch something,
it touches you.

You're changing, son.

When you touched the machine,
it changed you.

It weaponized you.

So, what do we do now, Walter?

I don't know.

NINA: I understand you have news
on the device.

Not exactly, but we found these three
copies of the first people's book.

NINA:
Where did we find them?

One was in a museum.
The others, private collections.

The owners
did not wanna part with them.

But it kind of helps
when you have unlimited funds.

And they all say the same thing?

It's in three different languages
written by three different authors.

They're all published
within two years of each other.

So forgiving for the translations,
they're almost literally word for word.

And what do you make of it?

A civilization that existed millions
of years before the dinosaurs?

The planet has been spinning
for five billion years.

We've only been around
for the past 250,000.

There were six major extinction events
before we even crawled out of the slime.

So who's to say that one of them
didn't wipe out a great civilization?

Hmm.

There's another thing.

When we put the word out
we were looking for copies of the book...

...we found out
we weren't the only ones.

A few years ago,
somebody started a similar search.

- Who?
- William Bell.

NINA:
Ah.