Fringe (2008–2013): Season 4, Episode 20 - Worlds Apart - full transcript

Previously on Fringe:

- Captain Lee, he didn't make it.
- Thought I'd stick around a while.

- Figured you'd need some help.
- That'd be nice.

What would David Robert
Jones gain by destroying a town...

- people didn't even know was here?
- I don't know.

But the amphylicite recovered from those
devices is a fraction of Jones' stockpile.

It's your world you ought
to be concerned about.

As bad as you think things are now,
things are gonna get much worse.

There's been rumblings
lately about a group out there...

obsessed with the guided evolution of
man. They wanna create a new species.

You said that Jones was a
megalomaniac. That he has a god complex.



Maybe Jones is trying to
take control of the situation.

You coming, Walter?

- Don't know that you really needed a tie.
- I thought it was appropriate.

Well, you look great.

Thank you all for coming.

I have asked you here...

because I believe
that I have discovered...

David Robert
Jones' true intentions.

I believe that Jones is trying
to collapse our universes...

in order to create a
gravitational singularity.

As our worlds contract...

the force becomes
greater and greater.

And as matter and energy
are compressed to a point...

the density is so great...



that it has no recourse but to
rapidly expand outwards again.

Creating a big bang.

Mutual destruction.

Our side and yours.

He would do all this, why?

To create another universe.

His universe.

A world in which the laws
of physics and nature...

are designed and
controlled by him.

And how did you
come to this conclusion?

I had a dream.

A dream?

My subconscious mind was working
while my conscious mind was at rest.

Walter, with all respect,
maybe it was just a dream.

If I have learned one thing...

it's that anything is possible.

And given what we know
about Jones' actions so far...

what Dr. Bishop suggests
should not be overlooked.

Okay, so let's assume Walter's
right, how would Jones do this?

Don't get too
close to the water.

Keep the change.

Get out of the street.
- Come on.

Move! MAN 4: Let's go!

Let's go!

Look out!

You've lost me, Walter.

How can someone destroy two
universes and survive to see it?

Westfield.

Jones used amphylicite to
destroy the town of Westfield...

in our universe and yours.

When he finished, there
was one area still standing.

- Meaning?
- Meaning that perhaps it was a test.

A way to ensure his survival.

So Jones is planning on,
what? Riding out the apocalypse?

We already know that Jones
has created a new species.

Now, it's possible that
he has built a safe zone...

where he and his
creations can be protected.

After all, he will have to
populate this new world.

Like Noah's ark, is
that what you're saying?

Something like that, yes.

Mr. Secretary, I have a
message from Command.

In this scenario, would there
be any way to stop Jones?

Short of killing
him, I don't know.

- Dunham.
- Broyles.

Dunham.

You did great, Walter.

He can't even stay in
the same room with me.

No, he listened to
you. They all did.

Emergency Services is receiving multiple
reports of earthquakes all over the world.

Worlds. It's happening
on our side too.

It's Jones.

Twenty-seven earthquakes.

Most of them occurred
nowhere near major fault lines.

Registering between a 5.7
and a 7.1 on the Richter scale.

And they all started at exactly the same
time: 11:23 a.m., Greenwich mean time.

The locations are the
same in both universes?

- Yes.
- Nepal. Buenos Aires. Beijing.

To synchronize earthquakes all over
the world, he must've had a trigger.

Presumably, amphylicite.

I'll coordinate with the Other
Side and begin a search.

I wonder how you say
"amphylicite" in Mandarin.

What is he doing?

Uh, we don't know. He said
that he's not ready to tell us yet.

So why these 27 locations?

Assuming that it is Jones, it can't just
be random. There must be a pattern.

So, what? I don't
know, another test?

No, this is not another test.

I think I'm starting to understand.
The items in this box were recovered...

from the epicenter of the
earthquake in Manhattan.

Now, as we've seen,
everything from our universe...

vibrates at a frequency
of 261.6 Hz. The key of C.

And things from the other
universe at 392 Hz, a G.

But these things
vibrate at 329.6 Hz.

- The key of E.
- Precisely.

I think I know what
he's doing now.

Jones is trying to tune the two universes
to vibrate at a common frequency.

And it's these vibrations that
are creating the earthquakes.

And I suspect we'll
see many more...

because the vibrations are weakening
uh, the barrier between our two universes.

If he does it enough
times in the right locations...

collapse is inevitable.

Agent Lee, you have a visitor.

Lincoln. Hi.

I'm Nick Lane.

I don't know if you
remember me...

but we grew up in the
same neighborhood in Philly.

I was a couple of years
behind you in school.

You went out with
my sister, Kendra.

Nick. Right. Uh,
good to see you again.

So, what can I do for you?

I'm really sorry to
ambush you like this...

but I didn't really
wanna call the hotline...

and you're the only person I know
who's an actual Fringe Division agent.

I had a vision.

I saw the earthquakes.

I was standing right
in the middle of it.

But the thing is,
when this happened...

I wasn't even aware
there was an earthquake.

I hadn't turned on the news yet.

How is that possible?

Hey, you guys. Check this out.

This is footage of the
epicenter in Sydney, Australia...

taken with a cell phone camera.

- See her?
- She's just standing there.

While everybody
else runs for cover.

You think she caused this?

Well, she's standing
at the epicenter.

Maybe whatever device we're looking
for, Jones' trigger, maybe it's on her.

- Hmm. She's pretty.
- Is this the best angle that we have?

- Yeah, I'm afraid so.
- Could you try and get a clearer image?

Yeah.

Ahem, Dunham.
LINCOLN Hey, it's me.

- Hey. What's up?
- I got a guy on this side...

who had a vision of standing in the
middle of the earthquake in Manhattan.

The way he described it...

I think he saw the earthquake
on your side. In our Manhattan.

Like he was remotely
viewing it from this side.

He said that in his vision
there were no Twin Towers.

Do we know who he is?

A citizen. His name
is, uh, Nick Lane.

- You still there?
- I'll call you back.

It's not much better.

I'm gonna run it through facial
recognition and see if we get a hit.

Uh, no need, her
name is Sally Clark.

- You're right.
- We were in the Cortexiphan trials.

Along with another
boy, Nick Lane.

Nick Lane? What does
he have to do with this?

I don't think Jones is using amphylicite
devices to trigger these events.

I think they are the devices.

He's using Cortexiphan subjects.

It's horrible and deranged,
but you have to agree...

really quite ingenious.

Jones is using Nick Lane and the
other Cortexiphan subjects' abilities...

to psychically link with versions of
themselves in the alternate universe.

Meaning, Nick Lane and the others are
drawing on their alternate's frequency...

uh, to change the vibratory nature
of the area that they're standing in.

Effectively merging the
two universes together.

Which is what's
causing the earthquakes.

And the eventual
collapse of our worlds.

This man, I'm afraid,
I underestimated him.

Jones must have a remarkable
mind to have devised a plan like this.

Walter.

Could the connection
between our two universes...

be what's facilitating
this psychic link?

I suppose.

So, what if we severed it?

- You're not suggesting...?
- Yes, I am.

Suggesting what?

That we close the bridge.
We turn off the machine.

It cuts the link between our Cortexiphan
subjects and their doppelgängers.

Walter, would that work?

Unh, in theory, yes.

But if we were able to
shut down the machine...

we may never be
able to start it again.

Our two sides would
be separated forever.

The bridge being open is what's
enabled the other universe to heal.

So, what would
happen if we closed it?

Most likely the
healing would stop.

Their world wouldn't get any worse,
but it wouldn't get any better either.

- There's no other alternative, Walter.
- That's easy for us to say, Peter.

Well, there is one other option.

We find Jones and
we stop the next attack.

How?

I think I have an idea.

Crossing over takes
some getting used to.

You know, it was weird
for me too, the first time.

So how's this gonna work?

This is gonna
pinch just a little.

Will any of this stuff hurt me?

Shouldn't. In fact, it may
not do anything at all.

But if we're lucky, it may help Agent
Dunham find the man we're after.

I knew Nick when we were kids,
we shared an emotional bond.

And I'm hoping
that through you...

we may be able to
reconnect and find him.

And this makes perfect
sense to all of you?

I find it's best if
you just go with it.

Think of it this way, if it works out,
you're the hero that saved two universes.

I appreciate what you
guys have been doing...

to prevent closing the
bridge. Even if it's a long shot.

The truth is, I like coming over
here, especially after it rains.

When my world
started to break down...

the conditions in the
atmosphere changed.

And the light doesn't reflect
through moisture the way it used to.

We haven't seen a
rainbow in over 20 years.

I didn't know that.

Yeah, as our world
started to repair itself...

I began to imagine that people from
my side would start to see them again.

You know, something
so beautiful. So perfect.

I still find myself
looking up after it rains.

We're ready for you.

You shouldn't have to do too much.
Olivia's gonna do most of the work.

One more thing.

Have you ever tried LSD?

It's hard to make out.
Everything is blurry.

But...

I see brick buildings.

It's older like it's
outside the city.

Okay, he's passing
a train station.

Newburyport. Rockport.

Peter, he's in Salem.

All right. Let them know
we're on our way. Salem.

Let's move.

He has a map.

He's looking for something.

I can make out people.
Young, in their early 20s.

Salem Bay University.
He's on campus.

Peter, he's on campus.

Go to the university.

We need more,
Walter, it's a big campus.

What else can you see, dear?

More brick buildings.
Nothing specific.

- Fan out. Non-lethal force only.
- Agent Bates, with me.

He's looking at his watch.

No, it's a timer and
it's counting down.

It's going to happen again. He's
gonna trigger another earthquake.

He's in the quad.

We got him. Nick Lane!

Move in.

Get on him. LINCOLN: Move.

They got him.

But we didn't stop
anything. It's starting.

Seismic activity in Tulsa,
Vancouver, Florence, Bogotá.

The news are saying
increased solar activity...

has caused fluctuations in
the Earth's magnetic field.

They're baffled by so many quakes
happening at exactly the same time.

How does David Robert Jones...

convince 27 Cortexiphan kids
to help him destroy the world?

I doubt that was the sales pitch.
The tech in that watch isn't from here.

Meaning our side. So it's safe to assume
that Jones is the one that gave it to him.

Perhaps we can trace the parts.

It's a long shot...

but maybe something
will lead us to Jones.

Sure.

So I'll ask what
we're all thinking.

If this is indeed how Jones
intends to collapse our universes...

how many more quakes will
it take to make that happen?

Frankly, I'm surprised
it hasn't already.

I've been called to Washington.

They want to discuss
shutting off the machine.

I've been inclined to argue
that we still have better options...

but suddenly I'm not so sure.

I should be the one to
interrogate Nick Lane.

Maybe I can get him to tell us
where David Robert Jones is.

What makes you
think he'll do that?

We knew each other as children.

Hello, Nick.

Uh, I'm Olivia Dunham. We actually
knew each other a long time ago.

Olive.

Heh, I remember you.

You're FBI.

Of course you are.

Nick, for reasons that you
may or may not understand...

we don't have a lot of time.

I need you to tell me
where David Robert Jones is.

I can't do that.

- Nick I...
- I won't, Olive. I'm sorry.

But you don't have
to worry about him.

Why don't I have to worry?

Look, I know they're watching...

- but we're on the same
side. OLIVIA: Who?

You and me.

Remember back when we were
kids? What they prepared us for?

- It's happening.
- What is happening, Nick?

What they warned
us about. The war.

And Jones is on our side.

That's why you don't have to
worry about him. He's protecting us.

Oh, no.

What?

I think I understand.

So you're...?

You're defending our
world, you and the others?

I don't have any contact with the
others. We each only speak with Jones.

It's funny, I'd thought of you.

I think I assumed you
were working with us.

I guess you have been, in a way.

I don't understand.

Creating earthquakes,
how is that protecting us?

Well, every war...

has a cost, Olive.

Earthquakes are
just collateral damage.

And you've seen,
they're not that bad.

But the damage on the
Other Side, it's far worse.

It's almost over.

Jones says one more offensive
and the Other Side will surrender.

Okay, listen to me, Nick.
Jones has lied to you.

Everything that he's
said. There's no war.

Our two universes
are allies now.

Our world is
helping to heal theirs.

But Jones wants
to destroy us both.

And he's using you to help him.

Where is Jones?

Hmm. LINCOLN: What?

This resistor is labeled.

Might be the only piece of
the watch that's not off-market.

- You're thinking it could be traceable?
- It's a shot.

What's their take on
it? Closing the bridge.

They wanna survive.

The recovery process will stop.

What can they do?

Weird to think I'd never
see any of them again.

Knowing that they're
right there, so close.

It's not the kind
of thing you forget.

If the bridge does
have to be closed...

at least everything goes back
to the way it's supposed to be.

Well, almost everything.

You mean you.

Because you're from the other
universe, but you're gonna stay here.

I've come to the opinion that
home is where the heart is.

Did you do that?

No.

They're about to happen
again, the quakes.

The timer started counting down.

Nick, I know what I'm
saying is upsetting you...

but just consider for a
moment that I'm right.

That means that in less than
six hours, everything you know...

and everyone you may
love will cease to exist.

Right now, you're the only one
that can stop that from happening.

Everyone I love?

You look good, Olive.

You were always the strong one.

But me, I was never strong.

When my family moved
away from Jacksonville...

I started having bad thoughts.

And when I went to
college, it got worse.

I thought I was going crazy.

And I had to make it stop.

But even then, I was a coward.

I was afraid that it would hurt.

But I'd heard that...

cutting your wrists
was almost pleasant.

Kind of like
drifting off to sleep.

I had a sister.

Kendra.

The night I was gonna do it...

I had the knife in my hand
when my parents called.

Kendra was dead.

She slit her wrists in the tub.

A reverse empath.

That's what Jones
told me I'd become.

That my emotions
were contagious.

That is what Walter Bishop
and William Bell did to me.

A couple years
ago, Jones found me.

He knew all the old words.

He said the truce was broken...

the Other Side was coming
over now, that he needed warriors.

He taught me how
to control my feelings.

- So I wouldn't hurt more people.
- Nick...

No. He taught me how to channel
the untapped energy in my brain...

so I could help
protect our world.

I know that what Jones told you
helped you to make sense of your life...

and of what you've gone through,
what we have gone through...

but, Nick, what he
told you was a lie.

I've been over there. I've worked with
the Other Side and they are not our enemy.

Nick, even if you
don't help us...

we still have a
way to stop Jones.

But that would mean we would
have to sever ties with the Other Side.

We would stop
healing their world.

Now think of the fate
of all those people...

all those innocent people.

You're the only person
that can help them.

This is all the intel we've managed
to collect from Jones' operation.

None of this tells
us where he is.

We believe he has a plan to
survive when the universes collapse.

We believe he's going to
create some sort of safe zone.

The eye, the center
of the hurricane.

Ahem, and I imagine he would
need an incredibly powerful force field.

Jones usually came to me.

He had me meet him in public
places, never the same place twice.

Although, one time I did
meet him at a warehouse.

It was filled with a bunch of
equipment. Machines I didn't recognize.

Well, do you
remember where it was?

Yes. I can take you back there.

So, what do you think, Nick?

This is it. I remember
the frosted windows.

All teams move.

You hear that?

You think it's Jones' safe zone?

Walter did say he'd need to
generate a powerful force field.

Move, move.

Hey.

It's okay.

No.

They've been in there for too
long. Something went wrong.

You don't know that.

He lied to me, and I
didn't even question it.

Do you know how that feels?

I'm pathetic.

I should have just done it.

I should have killed myself.

I'm miserable, worthless.

You feel that, don't you?

Team Bravo. East wing
is clear, we got nothing.

Team Tango, clear.

Team Delta, all clear as well.

There's nothing here.

This is just an air
conditioning unit.

Agent Dunham, we have a problem.

I'm sorry.

Suddenly I just got so sad...

so mad at myself. I
just wanted it to end.

I need that medic! Now!

It's Nick, he made
Tim do it. It was all a lie.

Washington has
made their decision.

They'll support whatever
we decide in this room.

According to Nick
Lane's watch...

the next wave of earthquakes are
due to begin in less than an hour.

Okay.

In that case...

unless someone can
think of an alternative...

something we
haven't considered yet.

No.

I'm afraid we have
to close the bridge.

- Ready for me?
- Yes, we are.

System overload initiated.

So, what happens now?

We wait for the power to
surge, then we shut it down.

Overload at 5 percent.

How long do you
think that's gonna take?

- Not long.
- I'll tell the others.

This biomechanical
interface of yours...

Peter and I figured it out.

Back when we thought the machine
was the key to his returning home.

Back to his timeline.

Overload at 10 percent.

He's really quite a
remarkable boy, Peter.

Man, actually.

Yes, he is.

Smart, noble, kind.

All the things I would
have wished for him.

Would you excuse
me for a moment?

Overload at 1 5 percent.

I know what you're afraid of.

It occurs to me, so I'm
sure it occurs to you too...

that if the machine stops
working, Peter may disappear.

I believe it may have
brought him here.

There's no reason it
can't take him away.

Twenty-five years ago, you
couldn't have made this decision.

You didn't.

I've come to accept...

that he's not ours.

"The universe is change.

Our life is what our
thoughts make it."

Marcus Aurelius.

Philosopher king...

who survived war...

and spent the rest of his life working
for the betterment of his people.

Perhaps we will too.

We'll see.

Overload at 90 percent.

Broyles.

It's time.

Overload at 91 percent.

Strange days, huh?

You remember how you said
home is where the heart is?

This might be crazy, but...

Overload at 92 percent.

I think I found mine.

It's been a pleasure
working with you, Lincoln.

And getting to be your friend.

Overload at 93 percent.

You know, there's a lot of
things about you that I wish I had.

There's a lot of things
about you that I admire.

Overload at 94 percent.

That's funny, I was about to
say the same thing about you.

Keep looking up.

After it rains...

- keep looking up.
- I will.

Overload at 9 5 percent.

Thought you could
use a little help.

I'm gonna need you to
help me find an apartment.

Overload at 96 percent.

Overload at 97 percent.

Overload at 98 percent.

Overload at 99 percent.

- Overload at 100 percent.
- That's it.

COMPUTERIZED
VOICE: Overload. Overload.

- It's time. COMPUTERIZED
VOICE: Overload.

I think I shall miss them...

more than I imagined.