Fringe (2008–2013): Season 3, Episode 21 - The Last Sam Weiss - full transcript

BRANDON: We were able to identify
23 chromosomes...

...your grandson inherited
from his mother.

Hopefully that's enough
to activate the machine.

NARRATOR:
Previously on Fringe:

NINA (OVER RADIO): The machine
came on by itself without Peter.

WALTER:
The vortex appeared above this field.

If it's the end,
this is just the beginning.

PETER:
That machine was made for me.

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

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

- I was never good at letting you go.
- This time you have to.



Peter!

Peter, I'm here, son.

You're up.

Of course. I was just resting my eyes.

How is he?

- His pulse is strong.
- I just spoke with Dr. Levin.

She's planning on keeping him sedated
for at least another 12 hours.

She thinks the fact that his vitals
are stable is a very positive sign.

She's hopeful he's gonna come out
without any damage.

She can't possibly know that.

Peter interacted with a machine
of immense power.

A surge like that could've disrupted
his neural patterns...

- ...created memory deficits, aphasia...
- Walter.

Let's wait and see, okay?



How about we go for a walk?

You know you haven't eaten in hours.
The cafeteria's just downstairs.

I think I saw tapioca pudding
on the menu.

All right.
I can't deny I'm hungry.

(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

(THE DOORS "RIDERS ON THE STORM"
PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Hey, Dad.
Something weird just happened.

- What's up, Nate?
- Are you feeling sick?

No, I...

(SCREAMS)

What the hell was that?

- Are you okay, Nate?
- I think so.

It's okay, buddy. It's over.
Wait here. I'm gonna take a look.

- Gary, no!
GARY: You'll be safe in the car.

Just stay down, don't touch anything.

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

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SAM:
It wasn't supposed to happen this way.

OLIVIA: What do you mean "this way"?
- It's already on.

It's been on for 32 hours.

But how can that be?
This doesn't make sense.

Walter thinks that the machines
are quantum entangled...

...and that this machine was triggered
when they activated theirs.

Even so, how did they
turn it on in the first place?

This machine was built for Peter.
Only he can operate it.

He tried,
but the machine sent him flying.

Hot-wired.
It's tricked into thinking he's inside.

That's why it's repelling anyone
or anything trying to enter.

So you're thinking
it's malfunctioning?

What I'm saying is it's frustrated,
in a manner of speaking.

That's why you're seeing
all this damage.

It's not a doomsday device,
but it's acting like one.

Okay. So how do we stop it?

In case of emergency, break glass.

I believe there's a way we can disarm
the force field and let Peter in safely.

Okay, I read the First People book
and there's nothing in it about that.

Not in your book. This is the manuscript
the books are based on.

- These pages were never published.
- Okay, so, what am I looking at?

SAM: This is a box.
This is the key that opens the box.

- But what's inside the box?
- According to this, a crowbar of sorts.

OLIVIA: A crowbar?
- Yes. lt'll pry the force field open...

...long enough for Peter to get in.

And what happens if he does?
Does he die?

- No. I don't think so.
- You don't think so?

As I understand it,
the machine is indestructible.

So if Peter gets in,
he should be safe.

- Okay, so where are these now?
- Come on.

It's been a long time
since I've seen a classic fruit cocktail.

Why do you suppose that is?

I suppose loading fruit with sugar,
artificial flavors and dyes...

- ...has just fallen out of favor.
- That's a shame, isn't it?

HARRIS:
Not a fire, it's a freak lightning storm.

I need you to call the Burn Center
and see how many they can take.

NURSE:
Second-degree burns. Trauma 4 is ready.

It's getting worse.

We don't know this
has to do with the machine.

BROYLES: Let me know how many casualties.
- I think we do.

- I want another team, get the governor.
- What happened?

Dry lightning storm outside Worcester.
Twenty-five people injured...

...and similar storms reported
up the Eastern Seaboard.

Electrostatic fluctuations
in the atmosphere. I'm not surprised.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

Sorry. I have to take this.
Yes, put him through.

Mr. Governor.

- We should get back to Peter.
ASTRID: This is a Fringe event.

- We need to get to the lab.
- I'm not leaving.

Peter would not want you to do nothing.
I'll make sure the hospital calls us.

- We'll be back before he wakes up.
- I'm out of ideas.

Forgive me if I'd like to spend
my remaining time with my son.

What about Olivia? You saw
how hard it was for her to leave him.

But she's out
trying to find a way to end this.

I, too, have tried.
I went so far as to ask God for help.

- How did he respond? Nothing.
- That's your excuse? Come on, now.

What have you done, Walter?

God helps those who help themselves.

- Poor Richard's Almanack.
- What?

Ben Franklin. That was his phrase.
"God helps those who help themselves."

You're right. We have to investigate.

We can't begin to neutralize this
until we understand.

- Where are we going?
- To get my kite.

The thing is, I'm not
the first Sam Weiss.

So which Sam Weiss is this?

My great, great, great,
great grandfather.

He was digging for mastodon bones...

...when he discovered
an ancient manuscript instead.

- So he wrote the First People book?
- That was the fifth Sam Weiss.

The third and fourth Sams
spent their lives...

...searching for the missing sections.

You're a dedicated bunch.

A machine with the power
to create and destroy worlds...

...shouldn't be taken lightly.
Dang, this is heavy.

Okay, let's go get the key.

No. Maybe we shouldn't be
doing this at all.

The crowbar is not to be used
unless something goes wrong.

Look outside, Sam.
Something is going wrong.

The timeline is not right.
Maybe this is a cosmic hiccup.

- Maybe it will course correct.
- Or maybe destroy two universes.

That's exactly my point.

Generations of knowledge
have been bestowed upon me.

No one said anything about the
Other Side turning on the machine first.

Okay, Sam, I'm gonna make this easy.

I am armed and I want you
to take me to the key now.

(THUNDER CRASHES)

Ho, ho! That's it, come and get me!

Strike me down, you sprites, you elves,
you glorious blue jets!

Walter, this can't possibly be safe.

Nonsense, I'm fully insulated.
Are you tracking the field strength?

Yeah. It's all over the place.
The needle won't sit still.

Ahh! Oh! Whoo!

What was the voltage on that one?

Uh... I'm gonna go with "high."

- We're not getting any more readings.
- What about barometric pressure?

Walter! Oh, my God! Hey. Hey. Walter.

- What happened?
- You just got struck by lightning twice.

That's it. The missing variable.

- Oh, Ostrich, you are a genius.
- Why?

Repetition, my dear.
We have to account for repetition.

Pack all this up.
We're going back to the lab.

- Okay.
- Ha, ha!

(PHONE RINGING)

NURSE:
ICU.

We've got two, maybe three free beds.

You're gonna have to send
some of them to General.

(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

Sir? You all right?

What's your name?

My name's...

Are you a patient?

HARRIS:
I need a crash cart in here.

Don't move. I'll be right back.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Taxi!

- Where you headed, pal?
- Forty-second and Lex, please.

- Come again?
- Forty-second and Lex. Midtown.

Are you feeling okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. Why?

Forty-second and Lexington
is in New York, and we are in Pittsfield.

That's a pretty steep fare.

Forty-second and Lex, it is.

(SIRENS WAILING)

Appears we've got another problem.

The key's in there,
the Whitley Museum.

Mayor's office has us setting up safety
zones at the locations of the storms.

So, what's the radius?

Six blocks. We've had bigger.
Quincy, Somerville, two at Southie.

I barely have the manpower to keep up.
That's her, museum director.

I don't care.
I'm not leaving my museum unattended.

You remember what happened
in Baghdad. I'll call back.

- This is the agent I spoke to you about.
- Olivia Dunham. FBI.

- Dr. Christine Albright.
- Sam Weiss. Patron member since '82.

Thank you so much for meeting us.
Are those the floor plans?

Mm-hm.

- There. That's where the key is.
- You sure?

- Positive.
- That's the Native American wing.

I curated those exhibits myself.
There's no key.

I beg to differ.

Okay, what's the most
direct route that way?

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

You want to go in?
You can't, it's not safe.

Never seen anything like it.

- Lightning coming out of thin air.
- Inside the museum?

- Inside all the buildings on the block.
- That's a chance we're gonna have to take.

Go through the front entrance.
That's the quickest route.

Please, be considerate. We've lost enough
priceless artwork for one day.

You have our word.

(WALTER WHISTLING)

Here's everything, including the latest
raw data from Massive Dynamic.

Excellent. Let's mark all the spots where
lightning has struck more than once.

Because lightning
shouldn't strike twice?

(CHUCKLES)

That's a myth, as we know.

Lightning can and does strike twice,
given the right conditions.

But the frequency of multiple strikes,
that, we measure.

- This is gonna give us the pattern?
- No, not by itself.

But when we compare it
to the frequency of seismic events...

...and multiple radiation
and thermal spikes...

...maybe.

Okay.

Seismic and radiation.

And thermal.

What do you see, dear?

ASTRID:
These X's line up perfectly.

What else?

Fringe events seem to be clustered
around two points.

The foci, and a rift seems to be
forming in the axis between them.

Like they're tugging at each other.

ASTRID:
This is where our machine is housed.

But why Liberty Island?

Walternate.

Do you understand what you're
suggesting? We're talking mass panic.

Do you have a contingency plan
in place for that?

Hold on. I'll call you back.

WALTER: Here we go.
A simple visual demonstration.

It's important that you pay attention.

These two magnets...

...create a magnetic field
between them.

As a result, these iron filings...

...line up in a pattern
consistent with that field.

- Your point?
- The two machines.

They're acting just like the magnets.

Only in this case, across universes.

The pull between them
creating this swath of events.

At one end, the hangar
where we keep our machine.

The other end, Liberty Island.

The Department of Defense
headquarters on the Other Side.

Where Walternate must have built
his machine. No other explanation.

But if we move our machine...

...to the same spot as theirs...

...we slow the pace of destruction.

You wanna move our machine
100 miles and over water...

...and park it offshore from the most
populated city in the country?

Yes. Astrid's already working out
the logistics for stable transport.

But when the machines are together,
won't that increase the intensity?

Yes, but it will buy us time.

Olivia's looking for a way
to get Peter inside the machine.

We have to contain
the damage until she succeeds...

...and pray that Peter is ready.

Phillip.

I know it sounds crazy...

...but it's our only viable option.

SAM: There it is.
OLIVIA: The key? I don't see it.

That's the beauty. No one can.

(CRACKLING)

Sam. Do you hear that?

- Is it the lights?
- It's not the lights.

Get down!

(ALARM BEEPING)

You get the key.
I'll disable the alarm.

It's not working.
It was short circuited by the lightning.

We won't make it.

- Oh, my God, Sam.
- I work in a bowling alley.

Okay, come on.

OLIVIA:
That's the key?

- Incredible.
- Okay, so, what do I do?

I don't know.

I told you, the instructions
are incomplete.

There's nowhere for it to go.
Are you sure this is the right key?

Are you kidding? My father took me
to the museum hundreds of times.

Believe me, you have no idea
how boring that...

You did it.

Sam.

That's the crowbar? What is it?

SAM:
It's you.

What does the drawing mean, Walter?
And why am I in it?

Well, if it's a companion
to the original picture...

...it means that you and Peter both
have a connection with the machine.

But why?
I mean, why am I connected to it?

Perhaps your friend here
could enlighten us.

All I know is the original manuscript
was very clear on this point.

The lock box contains the crowbar.

Then the answer is unavoidable.

You have the ability to turn off
the force field that's keeping Peter out.

Open the machine long enough
for him to get inside.

How am I supposed to do that?

The answer lies in the drawing.
Otherwise, why draw it?

Let's see.

Brain waves, it would seem.

- Hey, careful with that.
WALTER: Mm-hm.

(WALTER CHUCKLES)

There's your answer.

You, Olivia, have the power
to bend things with your mind.

That's what you're doing
if you look at it the right way.

- You're not seriously talking about...
- Telekinesis.

- I can't.
WALTER: Yes, you can.

You've done it before.
Two years ago. David Robert Jones.

She defused a bomb by turning off
some lights with her mind.

- That was different.
- Less advanced.

Though I'm afraid
there's something else.

Since it's the machine on the Other Side
that's turned on...

...that's the machine
you'll have to interact with.

You're not suggesting
I need to cross over?

No. The same part of your mind
that allows you to cross over...

...contains your ability of telekinesis.

They should be able
to work together in combination.

To control the machine over there
from over here.

- In theory, yes.
- No, it's ridiculous.

And even if it was possible,
manipulating a light...

...is nothing compared
to manipulating the machine.

Right, of course. Requires a much
greater degree of control.

We have to practice.
Start on something smaller.

How do we do that?

WALTER: This is the typewriter
that the other Olivia used...

...to communicate with the Other Side.

Like the machines, it is
quantum entangled with its counterpart.

In this case, whatever's typed on one
appears on the other...

...which makes it the perfect means
for testing your abilities.

- You ready to give it a try?
- So how?

Okay, clear your mind.
Look into the mirror.

Imagine that you are looking
at the typewriter on the Other Side.

Now, press those keys
using your mind.

- Walter, this is...
- Don't expect it to happen quickly.

It's like meditating.

You need to focus
on something specific.

A word. A phrase.

And be patient.

Okay.

Walter, maybe if you gave me
some Cortexiphan.

At this point, it would do you
more harm than good.

These abilities are inside you, Olivia.
You simply need to harness them.

Walter, I don't know how.

I never have.

I know what it's like to feel
unequal to the task required of you.

To feel incapable.

I'll never be the man I was...

...but I've come to embrace
those parts of my mind that are...

...peculiar. Broken.

I understand now
that's what makes my mind special.

I wish you could see yourself
the way I see you.

You have no idea
how extraordinary you are.

If you can embrace that,
there's no end to what you can do.

I know that you want to believe in me.

And I want to believe in me.

But believing doesn't make it true.

Just try.

It's okay.

Take a break and try again. Hm?

The hospital just called.
Peter's missing.

Excuse me. Do you...?

Excuse me. Do you know
if there's a pawn shop around here?

- I've been here before, but...
- Sorry, man.

I'm sorry to disturb you, but...
It's really important.

- I could have sworn there was one...
- I don't know.

I think there's one
over on Third Avenue.

On Third? Thank you.

- Can I see these?
- Sure.

You a collector?

I was. When I was a kid.

They're graded and authenticated.

Price-wise, everything in here,
500 and up.

PETER:
This one.

Silver half dollar.

It's my favorite.

It always brings me luck.

Walter, they searched the house.
There's no sign of him.

What if he can't remember
our address?

- Walter, let's not assume the worst.
- Is that what you think I'm doing?

Because it is a fact that Peter sustained
a massive blow to the head.

It is a fact that he was in a hospital
less than 10 hours ago.

It is a fact we haven't got the slightest
clue how that machine affected him.

So please, do not accuse me
of making assumptions.

I'm sorry, Astrid.

I know you're scared, Walter.

Okay. Peter's credit card has been used
twice in the past two hours.

Eight hundred dollars to the
Western Massachusetts Cab Company...

...and $600 to a pawn shop in Manhattan.

- He took a cab to New York.
- It appears so.

Until we speak to the driver,
we won't know.

What would he be looking for
in New York?

- You can't be here. We're evacuating.
- I have to talk to my father.

- I have something to show him.
- Who is your father?

Walter Bishop.
The secretary of defense.

- Thank you. Any word from Peter?
- No.

- What are you doing?
- Reading.

That's a lie. I'm trying to read.

A pathetic attempt to distract myself
with ancient gossip.

Better than thinking about what I've done.

- Sam, you didn't do anything.
- I intervened.

- I didn't give you an option.
- We just got word Peter's been found.

- Is he all right?
BROYLES: He's alert, answering questions.

Transport's waiting for us.

OLIVIA: Where is he?
- Liberty Island.

- The machine has arrived there.
WALTER: I'll get my coat.

And some Dramamine.

This is where you get off.
Official personnel only.

Sam, whatever's happening,
it's not over.

- Good luck, Olivia.
- Thank you.

(SIRENS WAILING)

Peter, what on earth
made you come here?

Are you all right, son?

There are two of you, aren't there?

I think I've been confused.

- What year is it?
- 2011.

- President?
- Obama.

Nausea, headaches, ear ringing?

Physically I feel fine.

And who is that woman over there?

Olivia.

What's the last thing you remember
before you woke up in the hospital?

I remember getting into the machine.
Or trying to.

Good.

And do you know me?

I know you're not the secretary of
defense. The sweater's a dead giveaway.

Good. The fact that
your memory's returning...

...is a sign that your confusion
is temporary.

You're gonna be okay, Peter.

Where did you get this?

(RUMBLING)

OLIVIA:
Walter?

The machine.

I thought you had a plan
to contain the pressure.

The system wasn't designed
for sudden fluctuations.

What can we do to compensate?

I'm afraid so long as the machine is on,
there is nothing we can do.

Oh, Peter,
I was worried about you.

I'm okay.

Let's just figure this out.

The drawing implies
you need to use telekinesis?

Is Walter sure?

Well, Walter's educated guess
is as good as we have.

Well, I mean, I've tried.

I concentrated on a phrase
like Walter asked me to do...

...and, still, nothing.

Well, what was the phrase?

(TAPPING)

- What do you mean it's working?
ASTRID: I heard the keys tapping away.

It keeps typing the same message.
Are you doing that?

- What's the message?
- "Be a better man than your father."

BROYLES:
There's a boat leaving in five minutes.

I want all non-essential
personnel on it.

That means get out now!

Don't worry.
Just think of it as a giant typewriter.

- Do you know what to do?
- I think so.

(RUMBLING)

- The tremors are getting stronger.
WALTER: Exponential micro-quakes.

Building towards a massive event.
I suspect we don't have much time left.

Walter, what if I can't do it?
What if I can't turn it off?

I have known you
for a long time, Olivia.

And I believe that the drawing
was no accident.

Whoever did it
knew the same as I do...

...that you don't fail.

You ready?

No. You?

No.

Don't say I never took you anywhere.

You can do this.

(POWERING DOWN)

(COMPUTER BEEPING)

BRANDON: Notify the secretary. There's
something happening to the machine.

You did it.

Peter.

I love you.

Wish me luck.

Dear God.

(SCREAMING AND YELLING)

WOMAN (OVER PA): All civilians
please evacuate immediately.

(EXPLOSION)

Agent Bishop!
Agent Bishop, take cover!

PETER:
Fringe Division?

- Where the hell am I?
- Sir, you've been hit.

Medic! I need a medic now!