Fringe (2008–2013): Season 3, Episode 5 - Amber 31422 - full transcript

ANNOUNCER:
Previously on Fringe:

WOMAN: An unstable wormhole
was quarantined by Fringe Division.

Citizens encased in quarantine amber
have been ruled legally dead.

This is gonna sound nuts. When she had
her breakdown, she kept on...

...about how they were trying to make
her believe she was somebody else.

What if she's telling the truth?
What if it's not the real her?

- That is nuts.
- You're right. All right.

- How does she seem?
COL. BROYLES: Like Olivia Dunham.

For all intents and purposes,
she is Agent Dunham.

- You're not from this world, Olivia.
- You're not real.

Real is just a matter of perception.



And I'm the part of you
that you have to hold on to.

You can't forget who you are, Olivia.

ALT BRANDON: You've been back
with Fringe Division for a week now?

Uh, for eight days.

Any headaches or lingering symptoms?

Mood swings? Insomnia?

No. Although I do feel like I keep getting
asked the same question over and over.

Is that a lingering symptom?

You're recovering from a severe mental
break. I have to ask these questions.

Yeah, I know.

Please accept my apologies for the
poking and prodding, Agent Dunham.

- Uh, Mr. Secretary.
- You look well.

I am. Good as new.

- Did you get the dossier I sent over?
- Yes, sir.



So you really believe
that the other Olivia Dunham...

- ...can cross between universes?
- It would appear so.

We've developed means of our own, but
each of them has dangerous side effects.

Though it seems their Olivia
can travel between worlds safely...

...which is the real reason
you're here today.

We believe you may be able
to do the same.

How would I be able to do that?

I don't know. Yet.

But with your permission,
we'd like to put you through...

...a series of experiments
to see if we're right.

I'm sure you understand
what this would mean to our cause.

We'd be able to defend ourselves
against the Other Side.

But I know you've
been through a lot, Olivia.

So if you're not up to it,
you should just say so.

You can take as many pills
as you want.

I'm not going anywhere.

You're not here.

Look, I understand
why you agreed to take the tests.

You want things
to go back to normal...

...to be the Olivia that you think
you should be...

...but unfortunately, that's not gonna
happen. Because you're not their Olivia.

And you can keep on telling yourself
that you're fine, but you're not fine.

You're not sleeping,
and I'm not a lingering symptom.

You can't ignore me.

ROSE:
All right, easy.

- You got it?
WILNER: Yeah.

ROSE:
Careful. I said careful!

There we go.

Okay, ready?

Up. I got it, I got it.

- He's not breathing.
- He's dead.

No, he's not dead.
Give me the syringe.

Give me the syringe!

Come on, buddy.
Come on, come on, come on.

(BEEPS)

WILNER:
Nothing.

ROSE:
Come on! Come on.

(ALARM BUZZING)

ALARM VOICE:
Warning, quarantine area breached.

The cops are gonna be here any minute.

- We gotta move.
- Breathe!

Come on, breathe! Come on!

(ENCASED MAN COUGHING)

ROSE:
Okay. Okay. You're okay, you're okay.

Cut him out. Cut him out. You okay?

ALARM VOICE: Quarantine area breached.
- Give me a minute. We'll cut you out.

ALARM VOICE: Warning.
ROSE: Just breathe.

ALARM VOICE: Warning,
quarantine area breached. Warning.

- Wilner? Wilner.
WILNER: Oh, God.

Here. Come on, come on, pull.
Just pull. Come on.

- Pull. Come on!
WILNER: Pull!

ROSE:
Come on, come on, come on. Pull it!

Help me. Please.

ROSE:
Look, I'm sorry. He's my brother.

No, please! Don't leave me!

Fringe
s3e05 Amber 31422

LINCOLN:
Homemade laser knife.

It's clean. There's no fingerprints.

LINCOLN:
Pretty sophisticated tech for looters.

CHARLIE: Gotta hand it to them.
No one's ever removed anything...

...from the quarantine zone,
yet they keep trying.

A lot of purses and wallets in there.
Like Cary Grant said...

...the stuff that dreams are made of.

Huh.

You got something?

I don't know yet. I'll be right back.

OLIVIA: Hey.
- Well, look who's here.

- Yeah. Traffic.
- Third time this week.

You gotta stop
taking the Nixon Parkway.

- You okay? You seem a little run down.
- Oh, yeah.

Frank's on assignment.
I never sleep very well when he's away.

So you gonna bring me up to speed?

MAN (ON MONITOR): In 1989, these tears
in the fabric of our universe...

...began to increase in frequency.

Some expanded into micro black holes
with devastating consequences.

To contain these events, scientists
designed a quarantine protocol...

...using a chemical substance,
Amber...

- Fast-forward it.
- What are you looking for?

I watched this a couple weeks ago. I just
remember something a little differently.

Right there. Freeze it. Thanks.

Four years ago, this station was sealed.

Now it looks like
we have a new addition.

Meet our thief.

LINCOLN:
Must've gotten caught in the reseal.

Mark Wilner. Couple counts of burglary.
You know, breaking into amber...

...seems awfully ambitious
for a small-time crook.

Something tells me
he wasn't after purses.

So this is where the powerful hide out.

WALTER: Just those that need to do
some thinking before they head home.

Thank you for meeting me.

I understand you're working on a case.
A man removed from amber.

Franklin Street Station.

We're trying to determine why someone
would go to all that trouble to steal him.

When I first developed the amber...

...the universe was degrading
at an alarming rate.

People were becoming afraid
to leave their homes.

I remember the first time
we instigated the protocol. It was...

...October 17th, 1989.

I remember I woke
particularly happy that day.

And then there was the breach
at Harvard Yard.

If we hadn't contained it, half of Boston
would've been swallowed up.

Sixty-three civilians
were trapped in amber that day.

And all the hundreds since.

- It sickens me.
- Sir.

It's a tragic, but small price to pay
for the greater good.

People understand that.

Perhaps.

But if they were to find out that
the amber victims could be removed...

...and resuscitated, I'm afraid
the outcry would be akin to revolt.

- Quarantine victims are alive?
- Theoretically.

But to remove them would weaken
the structural integrity of the amber.

We'll recover him
before anyone finds out, sir.

Oh, and another thing.

Olivia Dunham has agreed
to submit to the tests...

...developed by Science Division.

As I've said, these tests are stressful.

- If she becomes unstable in any way...
- If I see any unusual behavior...

...l'll let you know.

Nature doesn't recognize
good and evil, Phillip.

Nature only recognizes
balance and imbalance.

I intend to restore balance to our world.

Whatever it takes.

Really? You never did that before?

- Make my own Popsicles?
- Yeah.

OLIVIA: My mom used to have
these plastic molds...

...and you'd pour fruit juice into them
and then stick them in the freezer.

My mom made me get her cigarettes.

LINCOLN & OLIVIA:
Aw.

So who's the Popsicle?

COL. BROYLES:
Joshua Rose.

I worked his case with Fringe Division
four years ago. He's a bank robber.

Why would Fringe Division
be appointed to investigate a robber?

Rose used some device
that allowed him to access vaults...

...without setting off the alarms.

What it also did was cause
molecular degradation.

Man-made breaches.
We studied that at the academy.

You had to quarantine
half a dozen areas.

One for every job Rose pulled.
The bank above Franklin Station...

...was Rose's last job.
He got caught in the quarantine.

Now, it's possible that he was
taken out in order to be revived.

Revived?

COL. BROYLES:
What I'm about to tell you is classified.

The people entombed in amber
are in a state of suspended animation.

Sir, if people knew that their loved ones
were still alive in there...

I understand.
Which is why we need to recover Rose...

...whatever state he's in,
as soon as possible.

He had an apartment that was sealed
after he was ambered. Start there.

(MUFFLED)
Don't try to talk.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

Just rest. You'll be fine.

He just needs time to recover, Danielle.

CHARLIE: My first partner got caught
in an amber quarantine in Boston.

His little girl just turned 6 last week.

If I get ambered, just leave me in there.

PETER:
Does that feel familiar?

Two people who look exactly alike.

LINCOLN:
You find anything?

What do we know
about Rose's family?

Never married, no kids,
parents are dead.

He has a brother, Matthew,
an accountant.

Broyles said he was very cooperative
in their investigation.

Okay. Well, maybe
we should talk to him again.

CHARLIE:
Hey, guys!

Jackpot.

- Anybody recognize any of this stuff?
- Some of it.

Lon lasers, pneumo drills,
some kind of gas.

Looks like he was trying to build
some kind of negative-matter ring.

Okay, Mr. Wizard, some of us
don't have a fancy degree.

It creates high-frequency vibrations.

Which could weaken the atomic
structure of the banks' walls...

...and would explain how Rose
was able to get inside.

- He walked through walls?
LINCOLN: It's possible.

Okay, now I know
you pulled that out of your ass.

Shh. Listen.

(FAINT HISSING)

Go. Now!

- This might sting a bit.
- Okay.

Dinner is on me tonight, Liv.

Evvia, Pimlico, whatever you want.

Big spender. What's the occasion?

Olivia saved our lives.

She heard the bomb before it went off.
We had enough time to get out.

- Good work, agent.
- Thank you, sir.

- Did you ID the symbol on those tanks?
- Ferrocene.

It's a compound
used in negative-matter rings.

- Oh! What'd I say?
- Gloating isn't attractive.

(MUMBLES MOCKINGLY)

Hold still, Agent Francis.

(CHARLIE GRUNTS)

That looks pretty bad.

Why don't you take this off?
I'll get the doctor.

OLIVIA:
Okay.

LINCOLN:
Liv?

(OLIVIA CLEARS THROAT)

Soon as we're done, we're gonna go
talk to Joshua Rose's brother.

Okay.

You got it? Be right back.
All right? I'll be right back.

- Matthew Rose?
ROSE: Yeah, what can I do for you?

LINCOLN:
Agent Lee, Fringe Division.

- This is Agent Dunham.
ROSE: What's going on?

What we're about to ask you
is classified.

It's about your brother, Joshua.
Any idea about his whereabouts?

You know, four years ago you people
told me that he was trapped in amber.

You telling me you were wrong?

We can't go into detail.

But if we were wrong,
would he contact you?

My... My brother
ripped families apart, okay?

Mothers and husbands trapped in amber
because of the crimes he committed.

He'd know better than to contact me.

You have any idea what it was like when
he started showing up on the news?

Every time I went to the market, the
movies, take my kids to Little League...

- ...people would look at me and see him.
- That must have been very difficult.

Just because we look alike, it doesn't
mean we have anything in common.

We appreciate your time, Mr. Rose.

If you hear anything...

Yeah.

And all this time I thought my brother
was a pain in the ass.

(CELL PHONE BEEPING)

OLIVIA:
Oh.

Gotta go to the DOD.
They're ready for me.

Are you sure you're up for this?
I mean, you just started back to work.

Yeah. I can handle it.
But thank you, Mom.

(GRUNTING)

Where's Danielle?

She, uh... She's at the store.
She's gonna be back in a minute.

Let me see.

I don't know how to say this,
but you, uh...

You came to the bank to try
and stop me, but you were too late.

I mean, I didn't know.
I couldn't know you were coming.

You were trying to stop me from robbing
a bank. I ended up stealing your life.

But you're free now.

It took me longer than I thought,
but I never gave up.

(DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES)

How are our boys?

They're so big, you're not gonna
believe it. They're giants.

(SOBBING)
Oh, Matthew.

It's okay, it's okay.

WALTER: Genetically, you are
exact replicates. You and the other Olivia.

Which means, theoretically, you both
should be capable of the same thing.

In the isolation tank you'll be freed
from sensory distractions...

...and so the part of your brain
which enables you...

...to travel between universes
should be more accessible.

And we will help the process along...

...by giving you
a number of psychotropic drugs.

There's a speaker in the tank,
so you'll be able to hear us.

And we'll be monitoring you closely.

- Okay.
- You ready?

Just like riding the roller coaster
at Coney Island, right?

(CHUCKLES)

Close it.

Olivia, can you hear me?

We'll start the drugs now.

Now we wait.

It's not working.

Increase the doses.

Five thousand milligrams Neurontin,
2000 Elavil.

Sir, are you really...?

Only those who risk going too far
find out how far they can go.

Do it.

(ALARM BEEPING)

Oh, hell.

Uh, heart rate is 183,
blood pressure is falling.

MOTHER:
Cameron.

I told you not to touch anything.

(GASPING AND PANTING)

I went somewhere. To a gift shop.
There was a boy.

It worked. She crossed over.

PETER:
It makes sense now, doesn't it?

Why they needed you
to take their tests voluntarily.

Why they needed you to believe
that you were their Olivia.

They know you can cross over.

You've done it before. That's how
you ended up here in the first place.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

- Mom, hey.
- Hi.

- Come in.
- It's Tuesday.

Yeah, yeah. Oh. Lunch.

I'm sorry, it just slipped my mind.
It's just been really hectic and...

Yeah. You know, Frank does
most of the real cleaning around here.

- He's still away?
- He's still in North Texas...

...trying to put a stop
to that smallpox outbreak.

Olive, is everything okay?

(GROANS)

Mom, I'm just tired, and I keep seeing...

PETER:
I knew a pair of twins in high school.

Nina and Gina. One of them was always
so much brighter than the other...

...but they both managed
to get straight A's.

I'll give you one guess
how they did that.

MARILYN: Olivia.
- Yeah?

I asked you,
when is he coming back in town?

Mom, I've gotta go. I'm sorry.

Do you mind if you let yourself out?

Sir. Uh, they switched.

- Who?
- The twins.

When we spoke to Matthew Rose today,
when he talked about Joshua's crimes...

...he wasn't, uh, angry or upset.
He was ashamed.

He wasn't embarrassed.
It was more like he was guilty.

You think Joshua Rose was pretending
to be his brother?

I think the man we spoke to today
committed those crimes.

I think that they switched on us.

What is this about?

(DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES)

Identical twins have the same DNA,
but fingerprints and retinas are unique.

COL. BROYLES: He is who he says he is.
This is Matthew Rose.

Yeah, well, something's not right.

Dunham, it was just a hunch.

- They switched again.
- Liv...

- I'll prove it to you.
- Dunham.

You switched with your brother.

- What are you talking about?
- You know what I'm talking about.

- Olivia.
- Hang on.

Okay, we went
to your house yesterday.

- What did we talk about?
- What?

At your house.
What did we talk about?

Your partner did most of the talking.

I told you how hard it was for me and my
family when Joshua was robbing banks.

He told him.
What we look like, what we talked about.

They're in it together.
They're messing with us. They switched.

Dunham.

Outside.

He's lying,
and you can't prove that I'm wrong.

- We can't prove you're right either.
- Liv...

They're twins. Are you telling me
that it's not possible...

- ...that they took each other's place?
- Look, even if you're right...

...we can't hold him on a hunch.

AIDE:
Colonel, you got a visitor upstairs.

Colonel Broyles,
I'm not sure you remember me.

Of course, Mrs. Dunham.

(MARILYN CHUCKLES)

What can I do for you?

Olivia would be furious with me...

...but I think
she went back to work too soon.

She just hasn't been herself...

...and I'm worried
that there's something wrong.

Damn it.

Hey. You okay?

I mean, that depends.
Do you believe me?

Break-in at Langdon Chemical
two weeks ago. Guess what they stole.

- Three tanks of ferrocene.
- Who uses ferrocene again?

So Joshua Rose
is planning another heist.

Uh, ahem, sir.

Lee, go check it out. Take Francis.

Oh. Don't do this.
Don't take me off the case.

I think you've been
pushed too hard. Go.

Sir, I'm not crazy.
I know I'm right about this.

- Dunham.
- If I could just follow it through...

Dunham, go home.

(PHONE RINGING)

JOSHUA (ON PHONE): How'd it go?
MATTHEW: They know.

One of the agents knows.

She knows it was you at the house,
that we switched.

- But they let you go?
- Yeah.

Matty, are you being followed?

- I don't see anyone.
- You wouldn't see anybody.

What are we gonna do?

Just, um...

Run some errands. Just don't come
home yet. I need a couple hours.

- I'll take care of this.
- How?

Just do what I said.

It wasn't supposed to be like this.
They weren't supposed to be this close.

I'm doing my best here.
You know that.

Do you know what it was like for him?
In the amber. Did he tell you?

Well, he told me.
He was aware of every moment.

His mind was stuck in the last thought
he had before he was trapped.

This horrible feeling of fear and loss...

...wondering about his family, how we
would get along. Can you imagine that?

I have a plan.

What, you gonna rob a bank?

One last score to get lost
and stay lost, Joshua?

If you really cared about him,
you'd turn yourself in...

...because that is
the only way out of this.

BOY:
Oh, nice goal.

Whoo!

Agent Farnsworth, would you mind
taking a look at something for me?

If Joshua Rose
was about to hit another bank...

...where would it be?
Given his profile and MO.

I ran that scenario for Agent Lee.

I understand. But would you mind
taking another look for me?

There are 37 likely targets
based on that criteria.

What assumptions did you make?

Assuming Joshua Rose was taken
out of the amber...

...necessary parameters would include
a subterranean vault...

...a minimum of $50,000,
proper getaway routes...

Wait. Sorry, assuming that Joshua
was removed from the amber?

We know that he was taken out.

We know someone was taken
from the amber. Joshua's a twin.

There's a 50-percent chance
his brother was in amber...

- ...and that Joshua broke him out.
- And Joshua is a brilliant criminal...

...with expertise in breaking into
impenetrable areas.

Matthew is an accountant.

Yes.

Okay, so if Matthew was in the amber,
then Joshua's MO may have changed.

I don't follow your logic.

Okay, I think I spoke to Joshua
yesterday. He was clearly ashamed.

If he's spent the past four years
living with the guilt...

...of trapping his brother in amber...

...then he's not gonna
wanna hurt people again.

Less human traffic, remote area.
Reduced collateral damage.

That would narrow the list of likely
targets down to three. Three banks.

(STUN GUN BUZZES)

(ALARM BEEPING)

Anomalous energy signature detected.
Class-two breach.

- Who has a location?
- Parameters match events from 2006.

Seventy-nine percent probability
it was caused by Joshua Rose.

I need a location.

- Riverdale Mutual. The Bronx.
- Let's go, people.

She was right.

Who?

Agent Dunham.

I want science and risk reports now!

CHARLIE:
It's Olivia's car.

Chief, molecular degradation
is increasing.

- Looking at a 200-meter quarantine.
- Set a perimeter.

Best way in is the main entrance.

I want three canisters
in the main lobby.

A three-point spread
with dispersion tubes to the basement...

...and the second floor.

We got a busted lock
on the subway gate.

- She could be there.
- She could be anywhere.

- The quarantine is in place.
- Sir, if she's in there...

It's a class-two breach.
We have to seal it.

Five minutes.

Give us five minutes.

You've got three.

ALARM VOICE:
Warning. Quarantine protocol imminent.

Warning. Protocol initiation imminent.

What are you doing here?

I found the blueprints.

I realized what you were up to,
and I can't let you do this again.

- Warning. Quarantine protocol...
LINCOLN: Olivia!

CHARLIE: Dunham!
LINCOLN: Liv!

- All right, we gotta move.
OLIVIA: Okay, wait.

- Joshua Rose is in there.
- We gotta move.

LINCOLN:
We gotta go. Come on.

OLIVIA: Rose is in there.
LINCOLN: Let's go!

You gotta leave. There's no time.
You gotta go now.

Not without you.
We don't need the money.

Where are your tools?

Unless they think they have me,
they'll never stop.

There's no other way.
If I turn myself in, they'll figure it out.

They'll know I wasn't the one
in the amber. They'll take you.

You're the only person alive
that's survived the quarantine.

They'll experiment on you
for the rest of your life. You know that.

Matty.

Matt, you gotta go.

I'm not taking your life twice.

(ALARM RINGING)

Josh. No.

Matt.

Let me do this one good thing.

Quarantine protocol complete.
One casualty. Joshua Rose.

- Let's clean up and go home.
OFFICER: Officers will reroute pedestrians.

COL. BROYLES:
Dunham, you hang back.

OFFICER: They will take you to
the intersection where you can continue.

Are you aware of how many
protocols you broke?

OFFICER:
This area is quarantined.

You have no access at this time.
No access.

Good work.

Thank you, colonel.

OFFICER:
We appreciate your cooperation.

This area is now under quarantine.

LINCOLN:
Okay.

OFFICER:
All civilians must now evacuate the area.

This area is now under quarantine.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

OLIVIA:
Hello.

We found your brother...

...and I'm sorry to say he was caught
in a quarantine protocol last night.

Where?

Riverdale Mutual, in the Bronx.

He was attempting to break in.

Well, thank you for telling me, agent.

I'm sorry.

True or false? I take this to my lab,
get them to run this skin sample...

...they'd tell me this was from a man
who spent the past four years in amber.

Hey, Dad, mom needs you to stick
the steaks on the grill.

Okay, buddy.

Have a good day.

And you can consider
this investigation closed.

You know why you let him go,
don't you?

Because you can understand what he's
going through. Trapped in that amber...

It's just like you're trapped over here.

The only difference is,
nobody's going to save you.

Only you can save yourself.

You listened to me about the case.
You won't listen to me about this.

Why do you refuse to believe
who you are?

Why do you deny the truth
about yourself?

You can't prove anything
that you're saying.

But I know things.

You're in my head.

Exactly.
Which means you know things too.

Things about the Other Side.

Things you couldn't possibly know
unless you'd been there.

Unless you were from there.

Like what?

On the Other Side,
the Twin Towers have fallen.

On the Other Side, your sister is alive.

She lives in Chicago. Her husband took
a job there. They live at 1934...

- You're lying. Rachel hates Chicago.
- On the Other Side, your niece Ella...

...is alive. She was born,
and it's her birthday today.

She turned 7.

There's no way to prove it.

Yes, there is.

Brandon.

I wanna go back in the tank.

You're not scheduled for another test
until tomorrow.

Anything new?

No.

- But something interesting.
- Hmm?

About 20 minutes ago,
her brain chemistry spiked.

It seems there's some
dormant chemical in her brain.

WALTER:
Some sort of synthetic compound.

From the way it's bound to her neurons,
I'd say it's been there...

...since she was a child.

(ALARM BEEPING)

ELLA (ON PHONE):
Hello?

- Hi.
ELLA: Aunt Liv.

I knew you wouldn't forget
my birthday.

Aunt Liv?

(PANTING)

What happened?

It didn't work.

Nothing happened.
All I saw was black.