Fringe (2008–2013): Season 3, Episode 20 - 6:02 AM EST - full transcript

The beginning of the end is triggered when Walternate finds a way to wreak havoc "over here" - putting both universes in jeopardy.

Tell me about the First People.

Start with why those books
seem to indicate that you wrote them.

Then move on to what the device
is intended for.

NARRATOR:
Previously on Fringe:

PETER: Whatever's happening
between the two universes...

...whatever our fate is,
I'm at the center of it.

When I touched that device,
it came alive in my hands.

How can you expect me
to ignore that?

I asked you not to work on that device
in my lab. You're playing with fire.

They're working on it on the Other Side.

We need to understand
exactly what it does.



You are the mother of my grandchild.

Did you get the sample?

(BABY CRYING)

BRANDON:
So where do we stand?

We've doubled the thickness
of the lead shielding.

Let me know as soon
as the Faraday cage is completed.

I'm told they're almost done.

- Think this is all necessary?
- We're underneath a lightning rod.

It's unclear what kind of electrostatic
discharge the device may give off.

WALTER: Good morning.
BRANDON: If you'll all excuse us, please.

Based on Olivia Dunham's
DNA profile...

...we were able
to identify 23 chromosomes...

...your grandson inherited
from his mother and strip them out.

Of course, that leaves us with only half
of Peter's full genetic profile.



But hopefully that's enough
to activate the machine.

- How long before we're ready?
- Should be within the hour.

Sir, history may never fully know
what we've done here.

How we saved our universe.

I'm proud to be a part of it.

Oppenheimer saved us too.

But at what cost?

He couldn't bear the nightmares...

...the screams of all the innocents
he had killed.

"Now I am become Death,
the destroyer of worlds."

Only, in our case, that really is true.

We destroy their world to save ours.

May God have mercy on us.

(BAAING)

Hey, Joe, come in.

JOE: You know what time it is,
don't you, Rich?

- Listen, you gotta get up here.
- Six AM.

That means I'm having
my breakfast right now.

This is serious. You gotta get up here.
Something's spooking the sheep.

- They're going crazy.
- All right. I'm on my way.

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)

I just hit a swarm of locusts.

It's like the blessed Apocalypse.

RICHIE: Yeah, well,
the sheep are acting like it is.

I tried to round them up, get them back
to the barn, but they won't budge.

(WIND HOWLING)

Give me your walkie.

Everybody listen up. This is Joe.
I need all hands in the north field.

What is that?

(THUNDERING NOISE)

Fringe
s3e20 6:02 AM EST

DONNIE:
Damn it.

Some days you got it, Donnie,
some days you don't.

DONNIE:
I'm gonna get a cup of coffee.

(TAPPING NOISE)

(TAPPING NOISE)

Good morning, Olivia. I didn't know
you were spending the night.

What a lovely surprise.

Oh, no. The surprise is all mine.

I am gonna pop another
mushroom frittata into the oven.

I got some morels from the market
with the biggest caps you've seen.

Sure.

Okay.

- Olivia.
- Mm-hm, mm-hm.

You should get some slippers
for when you stay over here.

This house can get very chilly.

Right. Okay.

WALTER (SINGING): And some magic
Mushrooms, and they cook it in the stew

(OLIVIA CLEARS THROAT)

What time is it?

- It's 6:30 in the morning.
- Oh, God.

And your father is walking
around the house naked.

Oh, yeah. It's Tuesday. Heh, heh, heh.

He always cooks naked on Tuesdays.

- Is that safe?
- Uh-uh.

It's not pretty either,
but you get used to it.

I could get used to this.

This is my favorite time of day.

Sunrise.

When the world is full of promise.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Well, that's not.

Oh, my.

BROYLES: A ranch foreman
and a farmhand are confirmed missing.

Along with an entire herd of sheep.

Over 500 head, gone.

- How is that possible?
- You tell me.

No hurricanes or tornadoes in the area.
Barometers remained steady.

- Army base 20 miles from here.
- I thought that too...

...but we ruled out weapons testing.
Whatever happened, we didn't cause it.

I wouldn't bet the farm on that.

OLIVIA: When did this happen?
Do we have a time on the incident?

Six-oh-five AM, give or take
a few minutes depending on the report.

That man owns the neighboring
property. He was outside.

- I'd like you to question him.
- Sure.

WALTER:
Peter! A hand. Come quickly.

MAN:
Take a look at this.

Granite. Contains quartz crystals.
My electrometer.

Quartz crystals develop
an electrical potential...

- ...when they're under physical pressure.
- Extreme physical pressure...

...caused by
a major gravitational event.

(DEVICE CRACKLING)

Highly charged. Of course.

And I suppose you have a theory?

I believe that a vortex appeared
above this field...

...consuming everything in its path.

My worst fears realized.

Our world is breaking down
around us.

- Let's not jump to conclusions.
- I'm not.

Even if that is true, Walter, why now?

What would trigger a vortex?

That's a good question.

I want all unnecessary personnel
sent home.

- I've issued the bulletin.
- How many on duty?

- Four. It was a skeletal crew.
- We're sure it wasn't tampered with?

It wasn't. We reviewed the footage.
With all due respect, there's no way.

Get me Agent Broyles.

(VIBRATING)

- Yes, hello, Nina.
- Phillip, the machine came on.

- Can you hear me?
- I can hear you. Go on.

The machine came on by itself.
Without Peter.

- When?
- Six-oh-two AM.

There was no warning.

Is that noise the machine?

(WHIRRING NOISE)

Tell Walter it's on. He needs to know.

The machine is activated?

Apparently, it powered up by itself.
It appears our assumptions were wrong.

WALTER:
What time did this happen?

- Just after 6 this morning.
- Of course. It's the reason.

The machine activated just after 6,
just minutes before the vortex opened.

So you think it caused this?

Yes.

And if it's the end of the world...

...this is just the beginning.

OLIVIA: Anything?
- This is worthless.

- Peter.
- We've been operating...

...under the assumption that I was
the power source, but that was wrong.

You're the only one
that the machine's responded to.

Yet it turned itself on while I was 200
miles away. How do we explain that?

WALTER:
I think I understand.

The machine's magnetic field is warped
in a pattern I've only seen one other time.

The typewriter that the other Olivia used
to communicate with the Other Side.

- What are you suggesting?
- Quantum entanglement?

WALTER: Afraid so.
- Walternate turned the machine on...

- ...over there?
- Which triggered...

...a sympathetic response from
the one here. It makes sense.

But how?
How could he do that without Peter?

There's not much
we do know for sure.

ASTRID:
I just got off the phone with Broyles.

Three more reported incidents.

Massive colonies of bats were spotted
above the New Jersey Turnpike.

Mini quakes in Florida.

And in Newton, 30 acres of woodland
completely decimated.

All organic life just dead and desiccated
in a matter of hours.

The blight?

At this point...

...I believe that the events
will begin to increase exponentially.

And there's no way to stop it.

He's won.

Walternate's won.

OLIVIA: It's chilly.
MARY: Well, Dr. Marna said two weeks...

...and he's three weeks old yesterday.
You worry too much.

Besides, the fresh air's
gonna do him some good.

Look at him
just kind of sizing up the world.

He's alert, that one.

You know, it is kind of windy,
so will you humor me?

Here.

Nice and warm.

(BEEPER BEEPING)

Let me.

See, it's supposed to be my day off.

- Not the first time we've heard that.
- No.

We'll be okay if you have to go.

(CHUCKLES)

You are such a nugget.

(KISSING NOISE)

Love you.

I'll call you when I have some idea
of what time I'm gonna be home.

Okay. Don't worry. I'll keep him safe.
You just keep the rest of us safe.

OLIVIA:
Okay.

(SIREN WAILING)

Lookers have detected
a spatial discontinuity.

Okay, how bad?

Power density spikes reaching over
3000 milliwatts per square meter.

And that's 200 meters away
from the focal point.

This is a Class 9 event?

No, it's a 10. Power spikes
are coming from Liberty Island.

The DOD complex.

Charlie and the evacuation teams
are en route.

OLIVIA: Okay. Air quality normal,
no need for oxygen.

- Let's go.
- This is Agent Lee.

We're still seeing
dangerously high levels.

Understood, Mr. Secretary.

False alarm! Let's pack it back up!

MAN:
Yeah. Stand down. Let's go, come on.

- What's going on?
- We've been ordered to stand down.

OLIVIA: But what about the energy surges?
- They're still happening.

Did they give you any reasons
as to why?

Explanations are above my pay grade.

I think I know who to ask.

WALTER:
Damn it.

No measurable improvement.

Environmental degradation levels haven't
changed since the device was activated.

Reversing this many years of damage
will take longer than a few hours.

(COMPUTER BLEEPING)

Mr. Secretary,
Olivia Dunham is here to see you.

Send her in.

Let me know if anything changes.

BRANDON:
Olivia.

Olivia.

I hoped you'd brought Henry.

He's with the nanny.
I'm on duty at the moment, sir.

So this is a professional visit.

Fringe Division identified a Class 10
energy surge...

...emanating from this complex, which
would normally justify evacuating...

...a 10-mile radius
around the epicenter.

There's no danger
to the general public.

We've taken proper precautions.

Of course.
I wasn't suggesting otherwise.

When I was returning from over there,
you had me steal a piece of tech.

Tech that you said was part of a weapon
that could destroy the Other Side.

What exactly are you asking, Olivia?

Have you activated that weapon?

Is that what's causing the surge?

WALTER: That's classified.
- What's going to happen over there?

My concern is for the people
of our world.

But your son is over there.

I'm aware.

Peter chose to leave.

He chose his allegiance.

I chose to give up my son
so that you could keep yours.

Now, if there's nothing further...

ASTRID:
So, what do we do?

PETER: What if we broke it back down
into its component parts?

With the energy this machine is generating,
I don't know what would happen.

It could tear us apart with the energy
from the Other Side alone.

Is that more dangerous than vortexes
putting holes in our universe?

- Our world is tearing apart at the seams.
WALTER: Still.

I'm afraid anything we might do
could have devastating consequences.

OLIVIA:
I just spoke to Nina. I was right.

They picked up an electromagnetic
spike at 5:47 this morning...

...in upstate New York.

Fifteen minutes
before the vortex opened.

Is that how they predict anomalies
on the Other Side?

They also look for odd thermal patterns
and radiation spikes.

I've got Nina tracking all three.

An early warning system.

At least we'll be able to warn people.

WALTER:
And maybe save some lives.

Okay, I'm gonna go to Massive Dynamic
and help Nina with the protocol.

Olivia.

I'll call you when I get to New York.

Can you let me know if Walter
comes up with anything?

There's gotta be a way
to stop the machine.

Perhaps if we encased
the entire machine in lead.

Contain the energy it's emitting.

Walter.

We both know there's another way.

PETER:
It makes sense, Walter.

We all thought that I could turn the
machine on. Maybe I can turn it off.

Maybe that's what the drawing means.

We don't know
what the drawing means.

If your theory is accurate,
we're running out of time.

And the way that machine responded
to me after I touched it...

...it's like it's been calling out to me.

Every piece of data we have about
the machine points to one conclusion:

Somehow...

...that machine was made for me.

Peter, you could die.

And if we do nothing,
we're all gonna die.

Give him the keys and save the girl.

What?

This is what he was doing,
he was preparing me.

- Who?
- The Observer.

He was preparing me because
he knew I would have to let you go.

That I would...

That I would have to sacrifice you
to fix the problems I'd created.

I think this is what
I'm supposed to do.

But I can't do it without your help.

MAN (ON RADIO): Police and Fire
departments have been responding...

...to weather phenomena up and down
the Eastern seaboard for the last 24 hours.

...the Weather Service has released a
storm advisory for the entire East Coast.

NINA: What do you mean?
He has to be somewhere.

He didn't just disappear.

Yeah. There is always a trail.
Keep looking.

(INTERCOM BEEPS)

- Yes?
WOMAN: Agent Dunham has arrived.

Oh, good. Send her in.

- Nina.
- We're moving forward as you requested.

I've assembled a team.
I briefed them on the protocol.

Good. Where are we
in terms of coverage?

I've tasked all our satellites
to focus on the northeast states.

OLIVIA: This is where the thermal
detection is running?

Yes, but it's far from complete.
It does give us lead time...

...if a vortex starts forming
in a densely populated area.

What about
the electromagnetic disturbances?

We've recalibrated
our cell-tower network...

- ...to warn us if any are detected.
- And amber?

There we've hit a wall.

We have enough amber
to contain eight, maybe 10 events.

But beyond that,
our chemists are having difficulty...

...finding some of the rare elements.

Without the amber,
early detection is irrelevant.

Yes, well...

It was not supposed to be this way.

What do you mean,
it wasn't supposed to be this way?

I was told on good authority if you and
Peter were together, it would all work out.

What are you talking about?
On whose authority?

There's a man that William knew.

I'm not sure where they met,
but he had great confidence in him.

He trusted him implicitly.
He advised me to do the same.

After William went missing,
when circumstances warranted...

...I would consult with him. This man
knows a great deal about the machine.

You didn't think
it was worth mentioning till now?

He said if I divulged what he told me, I
would never see or hear from him again.

I didn't wanna risk
losing that connection.

Nina, our universe is breaking down.

If this man has any information
about the machine...

...then I need to know who he is
and what he told you.

You've already met him.

Sam Weiss.

William told me he possessed knowledge
beyond anything I could fathom...

...but even I never suspected
anything of this magnitude.

So how did you find out?

The authors. Anagrams.
I figured it out weeks ago.

The Hebrew and Russian ones
are scramblings of his name.

We've been through these books hundreds
of times. What else does he know?

You and I both know Sam will
reveal only what he wants to.

Not this time.

If you track him down.
We don't have an address for him.

He's disconnected his phone.
Shut down the bowling alley.

Nobody has seen him since.

If there's a chance
he can turn this machine off...

...I have to speak to him.

I'll find him.

- I need the keys, Jeanie. Come on!
- Catch me. Ha, ha.

- Jeanie.
- Nope.

- Jeanie.
- No.

Give it to me.

I didn't mean it.

Yeah?

Then what did you mean?

I meant that you mean a lot to me.

You're kind of amazing.

- Jack?
- What?

What is that?

I have no idea.

OLIVIA (SINGING):
I can see the moon

Blue moon sees me

Shining through the old oak tree

Please let the light shine down on me

Shine down on the one that I love

That's you.

Remember this?

Yeah.

That was my first commendation.

Yeah, for dragging my ass
out of a Class 4 vortex.

Well, you actually owed me 50 bucks,
so I was going for your wallet.

Seems like a million years ago.

You can't do this alone, Liv.

Let me come with you.

As much as I would love to have you
watching my butt, I need you here.

If I'm not back tomorrow, you're
gonna take Henry to my mother's.

- You're coming back.
- If I don't, I need to know that he's safe.

You're the only one that I trust.

And you really think
Peter Bishop can stop this?

That he can heal both worlds?

I don't know. But if anyone
can change the secretary's mind...

...and get him to turn that machine off,
then it's his son, right?

I'll see you when you get back.

Okay.

MAN (ON RADIO):
It's a beautiful night at Ebbets Field.

Bottom of the fifth,
Dodgers are leading the Expos 2-0...

...and Charles yet to give up a hit.

(RADIO TURNS OFF)

Agent Dunham.

This is a restricted area.

Ten months ago,
the secretary brought...

...Peter Bishop back
from the Other Side. How?

I don't know what you're talking about.
Maybe if you put the gun down...

Lie to me again
and I'll shoot you in the knee.

I read the mission logs.

I know the secretary
developed technology...

...to cross between universes
and bring back Peter Bishop.

Show me where it is.

Now.

BRANDON: The watch commander patrols
this area every five minutes.

It's every 12, actually. Nice try.

- This is never going to work.
- I did not ask for your opinion.

The technology
never made it out of the test phase...

...because it breaks down
the molecular cohesion of the person.

The secretary
took a huge risk using it once.

In some test subjects,
even that proved lethal.

I appreciate your concern.
Now open the door.

(BEEP)

This stuff is not organized.

You got five seconds.

Four.

Here it is.

BRANDON:
One will get you there and back.

If you make it to the Other Side,
just stay there.

- Because when the secretary finds out...
- I'll take my chances.

Stop!

(GUNSHOTS)

SOLDIER:
Put your hands up!

Go!

(GUNSHOTS)

(ALARM SOUNDS)

SOLDIER:
Suspect's going through this tunnel.

Hold your position!

Show us your hands
or we will fire on you.

OLIVIA:
Son of a bitch.

What do you want?

FBI.

Seamus Wiles, now that you mention it,
never struck me as an Irish.

- Sam Weiss, makes sense.
- He went by a few different names...

...but only one of them rented
an apartment in Boston.

You're not gonna tell me what he did?

I need to ask him
a few questions.

So long as there's
no dead bodies in there.

Did he move out?

If he did, he didn't tell me.

Last guy who bailed on the apartment
ended up being a hoarder.

Took me three weeks
to clear out the trash.

MAN:
Here you go, sir.

BROYLES:
Do you really think this could work?

That Peter can turn off the machine?

The machine's emitting
an energy signature...

...like an electric current. Peter
thinks, because of his relationship...

...with the machine,
that the current will run through him...

...creating a kind of a closed circuit.

And if he can complete the circuit,
then he can also break it or turn it off.

What do you think?

- Excuse me?
- Peter's your son.

As a father, do you think
this is a good idea?

It's because of my selfishness...

...my inability to let my son go
26 years ago...

...that this is happening.

My opinion as a father doesn't matter.

Walter, it matters to me.

I honestly don't know
what's gonna happen, Phillip.

The current of energy is so powerful.

It's unlike anything I've ever seen.

And the thought of what
that could do to my son...

I don't want him to suffer.

MAN:
You're all set, Mr. Bishop.

Are you sure you don't
want me to call Olivia?

If it doesn't work,
she's gonna find out soon enough.

Just tell her that...

Whatever it is, you'll tell her yourself.

Can I get you anything, son?

A sedative? Something to calm you?

- I'm calm.
- You're sure?

I'm okay, Walter.

The techs said they're
ready when you are, Peter.

Good luck.

If this works
and I save both universes...

...I want you to consider me
officially retired.

I'll think about it.

We'll be here waiting for you.

Wait.

Give me your hands.

What is that?

Electroconductive gel.

If there is an energy current,
it will pass through the handholds...

...and this gel will keep it
from burning your skin.

Walter.

I'm okay.

I was never good at letting you go.

This time you have to.

Son...

I know.

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES
AND PETER GRUNTS)

Peter!

MEDIC: Male, 32 years of age,
closed head trauma...

...possible concussion, non-responsive.

- He suffered a surge of electricity.
DOCTOR: Vitals.

BP, 80 over 50. Pulse, 45. Regular.

- Gail, what's open?
GAIL: Trauma Bay 2.

His blood type is A positive.

Let's take him to 2.
We'll do an MRI.

- Do an echo cardiogram as well.
- You have to wait here.

No, no, no. You listen... You listen to me.

This is my son.

I understand, sir.
We'll take good care of him.

Excuse me, miss. This area
is for staff and immediate family.

I'm looking for Peter Bishop.
Brought in an hour ago.

- He's a white, 32...
ASTRID: Olivia. She's with us.

- How's Peter?
- He's still unconscious...

...but his vitals are stable.
They just... They can't wake him up.

He's with the doctors now.

Oh, God.

They did an MRI. They said that
there is no apparent brain trauma.

They're just hoping
that he's gonna come out of it soon.

What happened?

Peter tried to go into the machine.

It wouldn't let him.

It's like it's protecting
itself or something.

Is Walter here?

Yeah. He's taking it pretty hard.

I don't know my way around here.

Other people, I suppose...

...find comfort being in chapels...

...speaking to you.

I have no other place to turn.

I asked you for a sign...

...and you sent it to me.

White tulip.

And I was so grateful.

Since then...

...in moments of...

...deep despair...

...I have found solace
in believing that you...

...had forgiven me.

I was willing to let him go.

I was willing to let Peter die.

I've changed.

That should matter.

God...

...I know my crimes are unforgivable.

Punish me.

Do what you want to me.

But I beg you...

...spare our world.

SAM: Hello, Olivia.
- Sam.

I've been looking for you everywhere.
The machine is on.

I know. And I need you
to take me to it.

Sam, what is going on?

Olivia, you have
to trust me now. Please.

We don't have a lot of time.

I know this is hard for you.

Oh, you don't know
anything about me.

Don't I?

This morning,
you asked how I could be willing...

...to let my son die to heal our world.

But you understand sacrifice
better than anyone, Olivia.

You were willing to leave
your son behind...

...for what you perceived to be
the greater good.

We're more alike than you think.

I don't understand how
killing billions of people...

...can possibly be in
the interest of the greater good.

That's because you still have
the luxury of your ideals.

I have to be pragmatic.

You've put me in a difficult position.

Anyone else would be rotting away
for treason...

...but you are the mother
of my grandson.

You'll stay here for your own good
until this is over.