Fringe (2008–2013): Season 3, Episode 7 - The Abducted - full transcript

ANNOUNCER:
Previously on Fringe:

- How does she seem?
BROYLES: Like Dunham.

WALTER:
She's internalized her traits.

For all intents and purposes,
she is our Agent Dunham.

BROYLES:
You're embedding one of them on my team.

- What if her new identity doesn't hold?
- Then she will no longer be necessary.

PETER:
You know things about the Other Side.

Things you couldn't know
unless you were from there.

- Like what?
PETER: Your niece is alive.

She was born
and it's her birthday today.

- There's no way to prove it.
PETER: Yes, there is.



WALTER: Their Olivia can travel
between worlds safely.

We believe you may be able
to do the same.

ELLA: Aunt Liv.
I knew you wouldn't forget my birthday.

It didn't work. All I saw was black.

Through suffering comes redemption.

Through sorrow comes exaltation.

Through pitch-dark
comes a cleansing fire.

And through the fire
we shall find the spring of new life.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(TAPPING)

MAX:
Mommy?

Max.

There's a monster in my closet.

No monsters here.



None there either.

Looks like your room is officially
monster-free tonight, kiddo.

Now, you remember what big boys do
to get rid of monsters in their room?

Well, you close your eyes
and you count to three.

- And when we open them?
- The monster's gone.

Mm-hm.

You get some rest, sweetie.

I love you.

(GASPS)

One, two, three.

Fringe
s3e07 The Abducted..

NEWSMAN (ON RADIO): Polls show that
most Americans oppose the proposed law...

...to limit the number of children
to two per family.

However, leading politicians
from two of the three major parties...

(DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES)

- ...favor the law...
OLIVIA: Hey.

HENRY:
You. What are you doing here?

Can I buy you breakfast?

Thank you.

Thanks.

I need to get into the DOD facility
on Liberty Island.

And I need your help.

I can steal a boat,
but I can't leave it docked on the island.

The security patrol would find it.

And I need some time
inside the building alone.

I just need you
to get me across the water.

Across the patrolled water.
You're with Fringe Division.

Don't you have super-secret
clearance or something?

- Why you breaking into a government...?
- Because I have to go home.

Oh, so home is on Liberty Island now?

It doesn't matter where I'm from.
What matters...

What matters is that I'm in trouble.
I think my time is running out here.

And right now you are the only person
that I am willing to trust.

I need your help, Henry.

Please, will you help me?

(SIGHS)

So if all you're asking for is a ride...

...you ain't gotta steal a boat.
My cousin has one.

Just give me a day or so.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

(PAGER BEEPS)

Okay, there's my number. I gotta go.

Hey, those people you were running
away from, they still after you?

Not if they keep believing that
I'm somebody else, no.

Thanks.

CHARLIE: We'll let you know if Fringe
Division officially assumes the case.

Thanks. Appreciate it.

So, what do we have?

Kid was abducted
from his bedroom last night.

Okay. We're good down here.
Molecular cohesion intact.

Atmosphere readings are solid.

These kidnappings are tragic...

...but 99 percent of them
have nothing to do with Fringe Division.

Yeah, tell that to the secretary.

Peter Bishop Act of '91 says kidnapping
is treated like a possible Fringe event.

I'm saying that these cops
don't need us to work their cases.

Waste of manpower.

(EMILY SOBBING)

It's not a waste.

I'll get a statement.

Let's check upstairs.

COP 1: Davidson, he's taking statements
up and down the street.

COP 2:
Okay.

Detective, would you mind
walking us through the scene?

Sure. Uh, Victim is Max Clayton,
8 years old.

Mom came to check on him
in the morning and he was gone.

We, uh, found a couple of partial prints
on the windowsill and in the closet...

...but we are still collecting evidence.

We believe the suspect snatched
the kid and he, uh, fled out the window.

Well, it's a long way down,
especially carrying a 50-pound kid.

Okay. So the suspect is probably male,
strong, uh, say, 20 to 35.

- Hey, can I see that for a second?
- Yeah.

Some kind of residue
on these fingerprints.

- Sucrose.
DETECTIVE: Sugar?

What, was he eating cookies
or something?

Secretes it through his sweat.

It's the Candy Man.

He's back.

(DOOR OPENS)

- Mr. Secretary.
- I just heard.

Fringe Division was created to investigate
tragedies of an unimaginable scale.

You and I both know that
there is no crime more heinous...

...than the theft of a child.

I'll do everything I
can to find him, sir.

I don't doubt your resolve, Phillip.

Actually, that's why I'm here.

There's no shame in letting it fall
to another desk if it's too personal.

It's been four years since
the Candy Man took my son.

Four years...

...since I heard him laugh or watched
him play outside with his sister.

He had my son for two days.

When I got him back,
he wasn't a little boy anymore.

If there's anyone you want
on this case...

...it's me.

Very well.

My only concern is that I don't have
all my agents to help me.

How long until this is over, sir?
Until our Olivia comes home?

You'll be happy to know
we made a breakthrough.

We found something
in her brain chemistry.

Something unique.

If it's what enables her
to cross between worlds...

...you'll have your team back
very soon.

I know what it's like to lose a son.

And even when they come back,
the damage is irreparable.

If you need someone to talk to, Phillip,
let me know.

We need a lead, folks.
Something to go on.

It's been 18 hours
since the Clayton boy went missing.

That gives us until tomorrow night
to find him.

LINCOLN: Candy Man's last kidnapping
was two years ago.

It was before you joined
Fringe Division.

I remember when this happened,
reading about it.

The papers never said
what he did to the kids.

It's like they've had the life drained
out of them.

Acute deterioration of organ tissue,
depleted immune systems.

Some of the kids even came back
with cancer.

Those incisions. Why there?

LINCOLN:
Posterior cerebral cortex.

From that point,
you could access the spine.

Okay. Astrid,
what do we know about these cases?

The abductions themselves appear to
be random, occurring every two years.

The victims are always children,
ages 7 through 9.

They're taken, then released 48 hours
later with massive internal degradation.

The victims described the suspect
as male, age unknown.

The majority of cases, other than
a shaved head, there's no description.

- He wore a mask.
- What do you mean, "majority of cases"?

Two of the victims reported
being held captive by two suspects.

One young and one old.

Then why haven't we expanded
the profile to look for two suspects?

Liv, these kids were really scared.

There's a lot of inconsistencies
in their statements.

That doesn't mean that they're not true.
Can you please pull up the victims' bios?

Okay, Amanda Holt
and Christopher Broyles.

- We should speak to Christopher again.
- It's not a good idea, Liv.

You weren't here when it happened.
Broyles is protective.

- Well, we should at least ask.
- Liv, don't even think about it.

I would like to re-interview your son.

Excuse me?

Christopher reported
that he was held by two men.

An older man and a younger man.

He may remember other things
about this guy...

...that could help our investigation.

Agent Dunham.

My son went through something
no child should ever have to go through.

And when he came home,
I had to ask him questions about it.

Going over the details
again and again...

...forcing him to relive it
when all he wanted to do was forget.

And for what?

I didn't solve the case.

And I didn't help my little boy
sleep at night.

I'm sure that you did your best.

But if I spoke to him,
maybe I could get more out of him.

I'm his father.

Perhaps that's the problem.

Maybe there are some things
that you don't wanna hear.

Now there's something
I want you to hear.

My son's condition since he was taken
has deteriorated so rapidly...

...that he'll be lucky if he makes it
to his 18th birthday.

Now, what little childhood Christopher
has left, I intend to protect it.

I get that.

But Christopher's childhood
is not the only one at stake right now.

You're dismissed.

(CREAKING)

I don't feel good. I wanna go home.

CANDY MAN:
Through suffering comes redemption.

Through sorrow comes exaltation.

Through the pitch-dark
comes the cleansing fire...

...and through the fire
we shall find the spring of new life.

NARRATOR (ON RADIO): Devotes his life to
righting wrongs, protecting the innocent...

...and punishing the guilty.

Cranston is known to the underworld
as the Shadow.

Never seen, only heard...

...his true identity is known only to his
constant friend and aid, Margot Lane.

Today's story...

- Hey.
- Hey.

There's been a police officer
parked out front all afternoon.

So it's true?

The Candy Man's back?

Yeah.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Do you think he'll try
to come back here?

No.

It's just for my peace of mind.

How's Christopher?

He's scared.

The story about the missing boy
has been all over the news today.

Did you eat?

Not since breakfast.

Has there been any progress
in the case?

No.

One of my agents wanted to re-interview
Chris. Olivia Dunham.

She thinks there may be some detail
he's forgotten.

I told her it was a waste of time.

I've always liked Olivia.

She seems very smart.

I'm gonna go put him to bed.

He's a strong boy, Phillip.

Strong enough to talk about it.

Even if you're not.

Thought you might be hungry too.

- Red Vines.
- They're new.

Charlie tried them.
He said they're great.

Thanks.

So after the victims were abducted,
the kids came back...

...with massive cell degeneration
and internal-organ atrophy.

All those conditions are symptomatic
of old age, too, right?

I suppose so. Why?

Well, aging has to do
with the pituitary gland...

...which can be accessed
through the back of the neck.

Did you suddenly become a scientist
when I was in the hospital?

- Trying to take my job?
- It was an old case I worked...

...before I joined Fringe.

This guy was draining hormones
from pituitary glands.

Anyway, my point is
that some of the victims mentioned...

...there were two suspects,
one old and one young.

But they all said that they never
saw the suspects at the same time.

- Okay.
- Well, what if there weren't two people?

What if there was only one person who
was literally changing from old to young?

What if the Candy Man
is stealing youth?

(CHUCKLES)

Okay.

In theory,
concentrated pituitary hormones...

...could be processed in some way
to accelerate healing...

...maybe even reverse aging.

If that's true, it would also cause
some serious side effects.

- Like what?
- Anemia.

- Tremors. Hyperglycemia.
- High blood sugar?

High enough that he could secrete sugar
in his sweat?

(PHONE BEEPS)

This is Dunham.

Okay, I'll be there.

Thank you.

LINCOLN:
What was that about?

It's nice to see you again, Olivia.

Chris is looking forward
to meeting you.

(SIGHS)

DIANE:
Through here.

BROYLES:
Chris, Agent Dunham is here.

Oh, uh, Olivia is fine.

- It's nice to meet you, Chris.
- Hi.

OLIVIA:
Hi.

Did you really save that school bus of kids
from a Class 3 vortex last year?

Is it true?

Well, I was just doing my job.

(CHRISTOPHER CHUCKLES)

That's so cool.

So my mom says you wanna talk
about the man who took me.

Yeah. Would that be okay?

Sure.

OLIVIA:
Maybe we could talk somewhere else.

Like, where is your favorite place
to go?

(PHONE BEEPS)

- Broyles.
WALTER: The Candy Man's had the boy...

...for 36 hours. Twelve hours left.
How are we doing?

Nothing yet.
But we're working every lead we have.

WALTER: You'll be happy to hear
you'll have your team back soon.

Olivia's mission on the Other Side
is almost complete.

- We'll be able to bring her home.
- What about this Olivia?

We're gonna pull her out of the field
tomorrow morning.

I don't believe
we'll be needing her anymore.

Call me if you find anything.

My dad says I need to forget
about what happened.

Yeah?

Ooh, but it's hard to forget, isn't it?

You know, I can imagine
what it must have been like for you.

Like how scared you must have been...

...how much you would've wanted to get
back to your family and to your friends.

I have nightmares about this
sometimes.

Really?

Could you tell me about them?

I always remember the smell first.

It's musty like our attic.

He comes to the room wearing a mask
to check on the thing stuck in my neck.

It feels like it's stealing my energy.

I'm so tired.

I feel sick.

Chris...

...you said that there were two men.

One old and one young, right?

Did they ever talk to you?

No. Nothing I remember.

Chris.

What is it? You can tell me.

I know the Candy Man's back.

OLIVIA:
Yeah, he is.

He said if I told anyone about him,
he'd come back.

(SOBBING)
He said this time...

...he'd hurt my mom and dad.

That is not going to happen.
I promise.

Christopher, there's another little boy
just like you.

He's been taken.

And he wants to go home
and see his family too.

You can help him.

I remember their voices.

Um, they both said the same thing.

Think it was a prayer.

Can you remember the words?

Some of the words.

"Through the pitch-dark
comes a cleansing fire."

Okay.

CHARLIE: "Through the pitch-dark
comes a cleansing fire."

The words "pitch" and "dark"
are common to several prayers...

...from the early 20th century.
The words appear in the liturgy...

- ...of over a dozen churches in New York.
- A dozen that we know of.

Every time there's a Fringe event,
a new church pops up.

Thought it was bad enough
someone's kidnapping kids.

Now we find out
he's kidnapping kids for God.

- Hi, honey.
CHRISTOPHER: Mom.

I collected some shells for you.

- They smell like the ocean.
- Thank you.

Oh. Looks like you brought
half the beach back with you too.

No, leave the sand. I like it.

I'll be right in. Broyles.

He was very, very helpful.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

- Come on, I wanna wash the shells off.
- Okay.

- Bye, Christopher.
- Bye.

- Dunham.
HENRY: The boat's called Sally.

The Redhook Marina in Brooklyn.
B Dock.

Be there tonight at 10
and I'll get you where you wanna go.

- Okay, I'll be there.
BROYLES: Dunham.

Charlie got a hit on the prayer.

They traced it to the Astoria Church
in Queens.

"Through the pitch-dark
comes the cleansing fire."

Yeah. "And through the fire
we shall find the spring of new life."

It's beautiful, isn't it?

What does it mean?

I wasn't always a man of the cloth,
you know.

I used to be a physician.

And then the avian influenza
epidemic came...

...and my wife became ill.

And despite all my training,
there was...

There was nothing I could do
to save her.

Without her...

...I was nothing. I was lost.

But then God came and lifted me up.

And he showed me that what people
need in these troubled times...

...is something to believe in.

Faith. That's what will heal
this wounded world.

The prayer was spoken by the suspect
in a kidnapping that we're investigating.

We believe the suspect
is a member of your church.

It will help our investigation if you would
give the names and addresses...

...of all the men in your congregation.

Giving out information on parishioners
is breaking the confessional seal.

Reverend Marcus, I understand.
I, too, am a man of faith.

But right now there's a child missing.
We need your help.

We have a former victim
who can identify the kidnappers' voices.

You believe that this person
is reliable?

He's my son.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I can get you the roster
from our men's group if that'll help.

Thank you.

- There are over 40 names on this list.
- We'll have to split up.

Call Lincoln and Charlie.

OLIVIA:
Nope, nothing yet.

Although this church
is full of true believers.

One guy actually told me that
the reverend cured his kidney disease.

So, what about Charlie and Lincoln?

BROYLES: They've interviewed seven men on
the list and none of them fit the profile.

Okay, I'm here. I'll,
uh, call you in a bit.

Wyatt Toomy?

Agent Dunham.
I'm with Fringe Division.

I need to ask you a couple questions
in regard to an investigation.

- Can I come in?
- Sure.

WYATT:
Yeah, saw him on the news.

It's real sad.

Do you really think someone
from the church may have taken him?

Possibly, yeah.

Excuse me for a moment.

- So did you meet Reverend Marcus?
- Yes.

Oh. He is a miracle worker. Great man.
Touched by God.

Do you live here alone, Mr. Toomy?

Yep.

Just me.

Don't move!

This is Agent Dunham.
I'm at 1068 Kent Street, Apartment 5.

The suspect's been sighted.
I need backup now, please.

Max, hi. Uh, I'm with the FBI.

Are you okay?

Okay. Oh.

(THUD)

Hey. You okay?

You sure? All right.

Okay. Okay.

OLIVIA: The paramedics took Max
to the hospital.

His mother is gonna meet him there.

The super said that Wyatt Toomy had
been living here for almost nine years.

He kept to himself.
Always paid his rent a week in advance.

Hey, you guys should take
a look at this.

Have you figured out
what he was doing?

I won't know exactly until we get this
back to the lab...

...but my guess is Olivia was right.

About what?

Seems he was making
some kind of age-regression serum.

He was extracting hormones from
the kids and giving them to himself.

Your son was right.
There was a young and an old suspect.

It's just they were the same man.

This guy worked in sanitation.

How did he figure out
how to do all this?

All right, let's bag and tag it.

I won't forget what you did here.

Hey. When you're done here, you wanna
join me and Charlie for a beer?

We get a lot of bad days.
Gotta celebrate the good ones.

Ha, ha. No, thanks.

I'm going home.

OLIVIA: Hey.
- You're 19 minutes late.

One more minute
and I was out of here.

Wow. You think this thing is gonna take us
across the harbor?

Don't worry about the boat. Worry
about the patrols around that island.

Hey, Henry.
I know I'm asking a lot of you.

- If you want to back out...
- Come on, let's get it over with.

- You want me to cast us off?
- What?

Do you want me to untie the boat
from the dock?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Do that. Yeah.

Henry, you have done this before,
right?

- Wanna know the truth?
OLIVIA: Yeah.

Water scares the hell out of me.

Don't worry. My cousin ran me through
everything I need to know.

We'll be fine.
Just do that casting thing.

What's wrong?

Someone had to teach you
how to do it.

Yeah. So what?
I told you I'm not a boater.

Hey, hon.
When you hear this, give me a call.

I shouldn't be here too much longer.

- Hey, I just left you a message.
- Hey, uh, I think we were wrong.

Wyatt Toomy was not a scientist.

He needed someone to show him how
to make the serum.

- Who?
- Reverend Marcus.

He said he was a doctor.
That's how he's healing his congregation.

He's been dosing them.
Wyatt was working for him.

- Dear God.
- Christopher was right all along.

There really were two suspects.

I told Reverend Marcus
Chris could ID the voices.

- Now my wife isn't picking up the phone.
- I'll meet you at your house.

Henry, I gotta go do something. Can you
promise me you'll wait for me? Please.

Where the hell are you going?

(DIANE SCREAMS)

(GASPS)

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

(FOOTSTEPS)

You wanna play hide and seek,
young man?

I'll find you.

God wants me to find you.

I'm simply carrying out his plan.

Take comfort, Christopher.

You gave so much of yourself
to help heal others.

We all have to make sacrifices
for the common good.

CHRISTOPHER:
No, no, no, no. No.

- No! Let go of me!
BROYLES: Hey!

Chris.

Dad.

You're safe, son. You're okay now.

HENRY: Where are you? It's been an hour.
What's the deal?

OLIVIA:
I'M leaving now. Give me 15 minutes.

Make it fast. I'm starting to get seasick.

Agent Dunham?
I thought that was you.

Mrs. Clayton. How is Max doing?

Doctors think you got there
just in time.

You know, he hasn't been able
to stop talking about you.

It'd really mean a lot
if you could say hi.

- Hey, Max. Someone's here to see you.
- Hi.

Hi.

How are you feeling?

- Much better now.
- That's good.

You're a real brave kid.
You know that?

Well, not as brave as you.

Can I ask you a question?

- Sure.
- What's FBI?

FBI? Where did you hear that?

Well, you said it when you saved me,
remember?

You said you were FBI.

Oh. Well, FBI is just another word
for "police."

Well, then when I grow up,
I want to be FBI too.

(CHUCKLES)

That would be nice.

Now you should get some rest,
because it's late.

Okay.

(BROYLES CLEARS THROAT)

- Bye.
- Bye.

- How's your wife and son?
- They're gonna be fine.

The doctors are gonna take a look at the
serum Wyatt Toomy was synthesizing.

It may have some healing potential
for Christopher and the victims.

Great. Maybe some good could
come out of all this.

Dunham.

The FBI ceased to exist
over a decade ago.

At least on this side, it did.

You know who you are, don't you?

What happens now?

Now...

...I'm going home.

Henry, don't worry.

Stick to the same bearings on your way
out and you won't run into patrols.

What makes you so sure?

Because I memorized their routes
when I escaped from there.

How you plan on getting up there?

OLIVIA:
I'll manage.

Thank you for everything.

- Hey, I just borrowed a boat.
- No. You believed in me.

You got me all the way
the hell out here.

You might as well tell me,
where is it you're from?

I'm from a parallel universe.

GUARD:
Copy that.

- Yes?
MAN: Sir, there's been a security breach.

Someone's accessed the lab
on Liberty Island.

CLEANING LADY:
Ma'am, what are you...?

We're closed.

(CHUCKLES)

I'm sorry, I was just, uh...

Would you be able to let me out?

No, no. Please.
This can't be happening.

Okay. I'm not gonna hurt you.
I need you to listen very carefully.

What I'm gonna say is
gonna sound insane.

But I need you to do something
for me.

No! No! No!

(OLIVIA GASPING)

Please. Please, I don't belong here.

- Sedate her.
OLIVIA: Oh, God. Please, let me go.

Who are you really
and what were you before?

What did you do
and what did you think, huh?

We said no questions.

PETER: I can turn it off
if you wanna go to sleep.

- I'm just resting my eyes.
- Right.

Otherwise known as sleeping.

Oh, don't you wanna see how it ends?

I've seen this movie
about a hundred times.

You're honestly telling me
you've never seen Casablanca?

I've heard of it.
It's, uh, Ronald Reagan, right?

(CHUCKLES)

No. It's Humphrey Bogart.

Oh. I was kidding.

Okay, so let me guess.
They, uh, end up running away together...

- ...and they live happily ever after.
- Actually, no.

She leaves him at the airport
and they never see each other again.

Oh.

I thought you said it was a love story.

Well, aren't all the best love stories
tragedies?

Only in the movies.

Come on, let's go to sleep.

- Good night.
- Good night.

WOMAN (ON TV):
Well, that's easy.

(BUZZES)

PETER:
Oh, you gotta be kidding me.

Hello?

Walter, is that you?
I can hear you breathing.

CLEANING LADY (ON PHONE):
Is this Peter Bishop?

- Yes.
- I'M calling from New York.

I know this is gonna sound crazy...

...but I just saw a woman disappear
in front of my eyes.

- Who is this?
- Her name was Olivia.

She has a message for you.

She's trapped in the Other Universe.