Fringe (2008–2013): Season 3, Episode 19 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide - full transcript

With the latest estimate that the team has only one day to save Olivia's consciousness, Walter leads a group on an LSD trip into Olivia's mind.

WALTER: A person's soul
continues to live on after death.

NARRATOR:
Previously on Fringe:

All we have to do is to summon the soul
and he'll be back here with us!

Soul magnets? William is gone.
You can't bring him back.

These soul magnets
drew your consciousness into Olivia?

(AS BELL)
I assure you she is totally safe.

Now, Olivia's brain can accommodate
my consciousness for several weeks.

Weeks? Not a chance.

Forty-eight hours.
Then I want you out of my agent...

...or I'll have Dr. Bishop figure out
how to drive you out.

(HUMMING)



(AS BELL)
"The Little Old Lady From Ipanena."

It's "The Girl From Ipanema."
And no. Try again.

OLIVIA: Oh, Walter, can we try something
else? No show tunes.

You take all the fun out of it.
What's the temperature, son?

- We're at 64 degrees.
- Perfect. Astro, are we ready?

Just about, Wally.

- You sure this is safe?
WALTER: Perfectly.

If everything goes according to plan...

...the electrical current will latch on
to the dominant consciousness, Belly's...

- ...and coax it into its new residence.
- I meant safe for Olivia.

Oh, of course.

- No offense.
- Oh, none taken.

Olivia's mind is still peacefully at rest.
She won't be aware of any of this.

Though we should all take
a few steps back.



Excuse me?

It's perfectly safe, son. I assure you.

EEGs are online.

- Ready, Belly?
- Aye, aye, captain.

- Do it, dear.
- Okay.

Three, two, one.

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

(ELECTRICITY POWERING DOWN)

Walter, it didn't work.

Damn.

You can reset the circuit breakers, dear...

...and tell the medical school
we're returning Mr. Spencer.

Sorry.

So, what now?

Well, now I guess we try and find
another brain-dead host.

What makes you think
it'll go better this time?

That body fit all your parameters
and we were lucky to find him.

Hmm. Perhaps we should think up
another idea.

I have a new idea.

You said that if you didn't find a suitable
host in 48 hours, you would just go away.

Are you suggesting that I die?

I'm suggesting that I want Olivia back.

And I'm losing patience.

- (IN NORMAL VOICE) Peter. Peter, help me.
- Astrid!

- What happened?
WALTER: Call 911.

Female, 31 years old.
Tonic-clonic seizures.

No response to
4 milligrams lorazepam IV.

- BP's 190 over 110.
DOCTOR: Trauma Bay 2.

Pupils dilated.
How long has she been seizing?

- Going on 20 minutes.
- Twenty-five.

Okay. Start her on a phenytoin drip.

- No, that's wrong.
- Excuse me?

- Step outside unless you're family.
- She's my girlfriend.

He's my partner.
William cannot tolerate phenytoin.

- He's anemic.
- She's crashing. Let's defib at 360.

- Too much! It's too much.
PETER: Just let them do their job.

What if his consciousness
changed her physiology?

- A charge that size into her heart?
- They have to do something.

NURSE:
Three fifty-four. Charged to 360.

(AS BELL)
Doctor, I've been jolted once today.

If you do it again, you will kill me and
the young woman I am living inside of.

Fringe
s3e19 Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

(SIREN WAILS)

BROYLES:
How could this have happened?

Dr. Bell, you assured me
Agent Dunham was perfectly safe.

And I believed that she was.

With the rats, it was nearly two weeks
before I began to see any complications.

- What rats?
- My test subjects.

When I was first conducting
soul-magnet experiments 30 years ago.

The rats lasted nearly two weeks
before the host's consciousness got lost.

I never anticipated that it would happen
more quickly in a human.

BROYLES:
Wait. Go back.

What do you mean, with the rats
the host consciousness got lost?

It seems that at a certain point...

...the brain can no longer accommodate
two people's consciousness.

So one just went away.

And no matter how hard I tried,
I was unable to retrieve it.

You gave me your word, 48 hours.

If you didn't find a suitable host
in 48 hours...

I know what you're going to suggest,
young man.

Peter has already said as much.

But as much as I may want to,
I can no longer simply leave.

PETER:
And why not?

WALTER:
Because at this point...

...your consciousness is the only thing
keeping Olivia's body alive.

- That's right.
- How long before Olivia's gone for good?

Well, I don't know exactly,
but based on what we've seen thus far...

...I would say no more than a day.

If we're going to get Olivia back,
we're not going to do it here.

OLIVIA: Okay, what about this?
What if we try and activate her chi?

- Acupuncture?
- Yes.

We try and stimulate her seventh chakra.
Pure consciousness.

As much as I love the notion, it could take
dozens of sessions over several days.

You said we had to find a way
to pull Olivia out in 24 hours.

What if we don't?

Have to find a way
to pull her out, I mean.

What are you thinking?

What if instead of trying
to find a way to pull Olivia out...

...we try and find a way to go in?

- Peter.
- Just saying consider it.

We know he has a healthy ego.

You don't start Massive Dynamic
without an ego.

You really think he would let Olivia die
just so he could...?

He could go on living?

I don't know. Maybe, maybe not.

But on the list of accomplishments
for William Bell...

...cheating death would certainly
rank number one.

OLIVIA:
Kids.

We think that we have found a way
to bring Olivia's mind back.

And to remove William's.

"Whole brain emulation."
It's another one of Belly's old projects.

It describes how an inorganic host
can house organic material.

We're gonna put Belly in a computer.

Lots to do and not much time.
While we go into Olivia's mind...

...you can get to work on this.
It's very self-explanatory.

Wait. Enter Olivia's mind how?

We've done it before when Olivia
and Agent Scott shared the dream state.

- It's a simple variation.
- Walter...

And as you know, every brain generates
a quantifiable electric field.

If we can tune ours precisely to Olivia's,
then we can share her mind.

- We can go looking for her.
- Where do you keep the neuro sensors?

Back shelf by the fish food.

I remember you had to put an
electromagnetic probe into her brain...

...and dose her with a massive amount
of hallucinogenics.

Of course! LSD.

That could solve
the superego problem.

Oh, that is brilliant, son.

This may be a weird time to ask,
but have you ever tripped?

- Are you suggesting...?
- Of course!

It's Olivia's mind we're entering.

Presumably it will be some maze-like
iteration of her psyche.

Memories, subconscious.
You know her better than anyone.

If she is lost in her mind,
then we need you to guide us.

Astrid! We need to mix up
2000 milligrams of LSD...

...and we need some sugar cubes,
please.

WALTER:
You first, son.

Don't be nervous.

I imagine there are things
in this very lab...

...that are as mind-blowing as anything
I've experienced while tripping.

Besides, this is merely a conduit
to Olivia's mind...

...and when we get there,
we should all be very cogent.

Typically, you'd feel the effects
of the drug in 30 to 45 minutes...

...but I've added an accelerant.

You can start to prepare the sedative,
dear. I'll go and help Belly.

Peter, don't worry.

I'll keep my eye on the monitors.
I'll make sure you're okay.

It's not me I'm worried about.

I'm pretty sure there's a good reason
why we can't enter each other's minds.

What if we kick something loose
in there?

Right now
I think you're her only hope.

(DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES)

- How's it coming?
- So far, so good.

What?

You're bald.

(WHISPERS)
I think he's an Observer.

It's okay, Peter.

- Walter, we're ready.
- Oh, good. Bring him over.

It's okay.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

- Drugs?
- Yep. Lots of them.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

Ooh.

(CHUCKLES)

That tickles.

(HORNS HONKING)

WALTER:
Peter! Peter!

Over here!

I think you'd better help me down.

Whoo!

No, no, no!
Of all the places to grab a man...

- ...you choose the crotch of my pants.
- Hey, I broke your fall.

And spared me no embarrassment.

You said none of this was real.

I said that everything is a product
of Olivia's subconscious.

My feelings are most definitely real.

- Where's Belly?
- I have no idea.

Must have entered somewhere else.

Doesn't matter. We're here for Olivia.
So, what's the next step?

There is one, right, Walter?
Please tell me the plan doesn't end here.

Of course not. The plan is to
find Olivia and guide her out.

We just have to start looking.

Walt... Oh, my God. Walter!

- Amazing, isn't it?
- How are we supposed to pick Olivia out?

All these people are dressed like her.

More likely she equipped them
according to her preference.

Our fault, I fear.

Cortexiphan subjects experience
a strong desire to blend in...

...to stay in the background.
They were designed that way.

- "Designed that way"?
- Peter.

- What is that?
WALTER: I believe it's Morse code.

And unless I'm mistaken, that's an SOS.

(RUSTLING)

What are you doing?

Chocolate pudding, my favorite.

You can't seriously be thinking
about eating right now.

Of course not. I just had lunch.

- What are you saying?
- I'm asking who it is.

It's Olivia. She's found us.

Tell her to stay there.
We're on our way.

(MACHINE BEEPING STEADILY)

Any changes?

No.

They all seem oddly peaceful.

Do you really think it's possible to upload
a person's consciousness to a computer?

I don't know.
I'm just following Bell's instructions.

The aim is for the computer
to mimic the behavior of neurons.

I never understood why Walter
was so drawn to licorice.

But look at it. The swirl.

It's Bernini's spiral altar at St. Peter's.

It doesn't end.

Did you clean that up?

Yeah. I thought I'd help you
clear the table.

You touched the tray
with the sugar cubes?

Sure. Why?

(ASTRID SIGHS)

Have you ever taken LSD?

The towers are out of proportion.
We should be closer by now.

It's Olivia's mind
assigning importance.

Our surroundings represent
her emotional landscape, don't forget.

Oh. Oh, my.

- Olivia's stepfather.
- What? Where?

Over there.
That's him, Olivia's stepfather.

(TIRES SCREECH)

PETER:
Uh-oh.

PETER:
Hmm.

Walter,
I'm getting a bad feeling about this.

Any suggestions?

WALTER:
Yes.

Run!

Oh! The cab!

- Wait, wait, wait. You're driving?
- Okay.

What the hell was that?

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Go, go, go!

Peter, I made a skid.

PETER:
There, the elevators.

- Walter, Peter, hello.
- Nina, are you a sight for sore eyes.

- We're looking for Olivia.
- Olivia?

We think she's in an office
on the north side.

- Walter thinks it's Bell's office.
- Okay.

This elevator is the fastest one.

It will take you directly
to the private lobby of the upper floors.

(BEEPS)

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

- Walter!
WALTER: Oh!

(GRUNTING)

(NINA SCREAMS)

PETER:
Come on.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

WALTER:
Oh!

She tried to kill us. You saw.

Why is everyone trying to kill us?

- I don't like this place.
- Me neither.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

Olivia, are you in there?

(DOOR HANDLE RATTLING)

Careful, Peter. We don't know what her
mind's put on the other side of this door.

We should be ready for anything.

(DOOR UNLOCKS)

- Belly?
- I lied. Olivia's not here.

I was concerned if you knew it was just me,
Peter wouldn't let you rescue me.

Belly, why are you a cartoon?

I'd ask yourselves the same question.

BELL: I found myself on the street,
but neither of you were nearby.

And then a car tried to run me down.
So I came here.

I assumed it would be a safe haven.

But then I encountered Nina.

I don't understand.

If this is all a projection of Olivia's
mind, why is everything turning against us?

When she came to us in the lab,
she asked for our help.

What I'm starting to think
is that when my mind entered hers...

...her ego became confused,
her sense of self.

Which, in turn, initiated the darker parts
of her subconscious...

...allowing her deepest fears
to run rampant.

- Explain that.
- What we're saying is...

...that Olivia is not aware that Belly's
consciousness entered hers.

As far as she's concerned,
one minute she was fine...

...the next minute she was set adrift
in her innermost thoughts.

It's her fears
that are causing the siege.

Well, in that case, she's not lost.
She's hiding.

That's what she does.
When Olivia is afraid, she retreats.

- That's not good.
- And being lost is?

BELL:
Yes, it's better.

I expected there to be a logical trail
whereby we could track her...

...because Olivia wanted to be found.

If she's hiding, I'm afraid
we're looking for a needle in a haystack.

He's right. Everything in her mind
is dangerous and hostile to her now.

How can we expect to find her if she's
frightened of everything, us included?

Because she'd do exactly
what you did.

She'll find a place that she considers
to be safe and she'll hide out.

There is an entire world out there
with no rhyme or reason.

Where would you like to start?

(BEEPING)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Hey. Hey.

I know you said only water...

...but it might be good
if you can eat something.

But if you want, I can take it away.
That's fine too.

Whatever you like.

Thank you for this.

What you're feeling right now,
it's just the effects of the LSD.

- But it's temporary.
- No.

It's infinite.

It's all around us.

(CHUCKLES)

And you don't see that.

I didn't see that.

But now I know.

And I know it followed me.

What followed you?

Death.

I saw death.

All of it.

And it was me.

(PANTING)

Can you hold my hand?

Please?

Well, Peter?

The first place I'd look is Jacksonville.

- Jacksonville is the last place she'd go.
- That's my point. I know Olivia.

She knows that's the last place
anybody would look.

We only have so much time, Peter.
Are you sure?

Yes. Let's get to Jacksonville.

I assume that's about us.

(DOOR OPENS)

(GROWLING)

(ZOMBIES MOANING)

The zeppelin.

Peter!

Come on, son!

(ZOMBIES MOANING)

(BIRDS SQUAWKING)

We should circumnavigate
the currents.

I should have known.

Should have known what, Walter?

When we were over there,
getting Peter back.

When we were on that stage.

You said goodbye to me.

I should have known
you had no intentions of dying that day.

As long as I've known you,
you've hated goodbyes.

I guess that's true.

I need you, William.

I don't know what to do,
about Peter, about the machine...

...about what's waiting for him...

...for the world,
because of what we did.

Walter, when we were young and foolish,
with too much power...

...and too many dreams
that no one could stand in the way of...

...we needed each other.

I don't understand.

We needed each other then
to check and balance.

And now?

Now you possess
the wisdom of humility.

We didn't back then.

The decisions you make
will be the right ones.

The direction you choose to take
will be just.

(WALTER SIGHS)

(ALARM BLARING)

What's that?

Fuel gauge.

(GRUNTS)

How many are up there?

It's just me.

This is a flare gun. You don't want
to get shot with a flare gun.

WALTER: Peter.
- Walter, stay back.

Who are you?

What's your name?

- Peter.
- Peter what?

Peter Bishop.

Nice to meet you.

Peter! Peter!

(WALTER SCREAMING)

Walter!

(WALTER SCREAMING)

(WALTER GASPS)
(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)

Walter! You're here with us.
You're back in the lab.

It's all right.

It's all right. I'm back.

It's okay. I'm back.

Oh, damn.

(SIGHS)

I'm back.

(GRUNTS)

BELL:
Your father will be fine, Peter.

He knows there's no time
to come back.

And even if he tried,
he would never find us.

We're on our own.

Who was that guy?

Someone unpleasant from her past,
I imagine.

This way. We'll need to take
possession of a vehicle.

Do you drive a motorcycle?
I would love to ride on a motorcycle.

PETER:
Hold on.

You're going the wrong way.

I've got 10 years of experience
in Jacksonville.

We're on East Union St.
It leads to the Mathews Expressway.

To get to the Jacksonville
Day Care Center...

She won't be at the Day Care Center.

We need to go that way.

I thought you said she was that way.

And I thought you said you wanted
to travel by motorcycle.

BELL:
Hmm.

WALTER: The computer's nearly ready
to receive Belly's consciousness.

(BIRD CHIRPING)

WALTER:
Hand me those tubes, dear.

(WHISTLING)

They should snap right in.

- Damn my hands!
- I'll get another one.

There isn't another one.

I'll have to modify the ECL82 tube
from my phonograph.

And I'll need tinfoil and instant glue
and a 60-watt light bulb.

And hurry, dear.

Where are we going, Peter?

Olivia told me she lived
on the military base.

Olivia once told me
that she sometimes thinks about...

...what it would be like
to just be normal.

She said she falls asleep sometimes
thinking about what it would be like...

...if her life hadn't have taken
the turn that it did.

She told me that the last time
she remembered feeling that way...

...was the day before she met you
and Walter at the Cortexiphan trials.

I think she's down there somewhere.

In that house, on that day, hiding out.

They're all the same.
How will we find her?

Her real dad painted the door red.
He told her that it was good luck.

The Army told him
it was against regulations...

...but he was an important man,
so they let it slide.

There aren't many streets left, Peter.

Maybe the door was painted green again
after they moved away.

It wasn't.

What are you waiting for?

What if I'm wrong?

What if she's not in there?

I've taken us so far off course.

You should have thought of that
back at the zeppelin.

Peter.

Olivia.

It's okay.

I'm so afraid.
I don't know what's happening.

There were people trying to hurt me.
This was the safest place.

I know, and I'm here to help you.
I can't explain it all right now.

But I need you to understand
that you're safe.

It's okay for you to come back.

Peter, what's wrong?

Peter, you're scaring me.

You're not her.

What are you talking about?

This is not you.

I can see it in your eyes. It's not you.

I just needed to know it was you.

- Olivia?
- People have been tricking me.

But I knew the real you
would recognize me.

Oh, no.

(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Run!

BELL:
Peter, this way.

Peter.

(YELLING)

Peter! Peter! Peter!

It's okay. Calm down, son.

Walter, she's here. I found her.
She's here.

I gotta go back, Walter. I gotta go back.
They're gonna get her.

- Walter, what do I do?
- Nothing, dear. Nothing.

All we can do is wait.
It's up to Belly now.

Come on, breathe. In and out.
Hey, hey, hey.

I lost her.

I lost her.

Go.

No more.

I'm not afraid of you.

How?

I suspect I know
what has happened here.

I think my experiment
was right after all.

You should have been safe
inside your mind.

Except it's you...

...and you have never felt safe.

You are your own worst enemy,
Olivia.

You took the opportunity
to let your fears overwhelm you.

But you just fought back.

In the end, you are as strong as Walter
and I always believed you were.

And now you know it too.

So, what happens now?

Now you go back.

But not me.

For you to survive, I need to leave.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

I don't understand.

You don't have to.

(THUNDER CRASHING)

Well, that's Walter.

Right on time.

Please tell Walter
that I knew the dog wouldn't hunt.

(THUNDER CRASHING)

(THUNDER CRASHING)

Olivia?

(IN NORMAL VOICE)
Hi.

You lie there and rest.

One consciousness.
One glorious consciousness.

What happened to me?

What do you remember?

I remember you.

(CHUCKLES)

And I remember
William Bell was there.

Walter.

It didn't work.

He's gone.

William's gone.

OLIVIA:
Walter.

I think Bell gave me a message.

He said, "Tell Walter
that I knew the dog wouldn't hunt."

Walter, what does that mean?

When we would do experiments...

...he would use that expression
when he knew something wouldn't work.

But he suggested the computer.
It was his idea.

Exactly.
He knew he wasn't coming out.

Belly hates goodbyes.

Welcome back, Olivia.

Thank you.

Walter?

I downloaded Zoom for you.

(TV SHOW THEME MUSIC
PLAYS FAINTLY OVER SPEAKER)

I can watch it with you if you'd like.

If you don't mind...

...I'd just like to be alone
for a while longer.

Okay.

Take your time.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SIGHS)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Look better than the last time
I saw you.

Yeah. It's amazing what a couple hours
will do for a guy.

- Hi. Oh.
- Hi.

- Are you hungry?
- No, I'm okay, thanks.

So how are you feeling?

Um... Ha.

I feel like I've just woken up
from a really strange dream.

(CHUCKLES)

Thank you for coming to get me.

It's not as dangerous as crossing
into another universe, but I try.

You're welcome.

(CHUCKLES)

- What will we have to deal with next?
- I don't know.

But for some reason,
I'm not afraid to move forward anymore.

- Sure you don't want some toast?
- No, no, I'm fine.

Who is this guy?

I saw him in your mind.
You had him locked up in a zeppelin.

He was just flying around,
trapped in there.

Yeah, I don't know.
I haven't seen him before.

But I think that he's the man
who's gonna kill me.