Fringe (2008–2013): Season 5, Episode 11 - The Boy Must Live - full transcript
Young Observer's origin is revealed. And his existence and an additional time travel are necessary to change the history of Observers' invasion.
Male announcer:
Previously on Fringe...
They weren't all bad.
One of them tried to help us.
He was called September.
Five weeks after the invasion,
a man came here.
His name was Donald.
He was taken away
against his will
by two invaders.
Peter: We have to find them.
Donald showed up
at our doorstep.
He said the invaders
were looking for him.
But he needed us
to watch over the boy.
He said he was part of
an important plan
to defeat the invaders.
Do you remember meeting me
with a man named Donald?
The boy is important.
He has to live.
I know who Donald is.
Donald is September.
[Footsteps falling]
Walter?
Sorry, I didn't mean
to startle you.
What are you doing up?
I could ask you the same thing.
You need your rest, son.
There's work to be done.
I'm freeing our next tape.
What's your excuse?
I believe I have an idea
about how we can find
our friend, September.
The memory the boy showed me
is in my subconscious,
so it involves the tank.
Okay, Walter,
how are--?
Walter, why did
you remove your trunks?
They were too restrictive.
My body needs to be
as free and open as my mind,
so I can find September.
Are you feeling sufficiently
free and open now?
I am.
[Sighs]
Let's get started.
Okay, his vitals are steady.
His heart rate's a little low.
I think that's just
the sedative kicking in.
Oscillation's
coming through clear.
Everything seems to be
functioning.
Peter:
Walter, you're good to go.
You should be feeling
pretty relaxed by now.
[Gasps, coughs]
His blood pressure's rising.
How much?
It's 140 over 90.
No, 152 over 100.
It's still rising.
His brain waves
are fluctuating.
Peter: Walter, your vitals
are spiking.
Are you okay?
[Breathing rapidly]
Incredible.
Walter: I'm here.
Walter, where are you?
An apartment...
the same one from the flashes
the boy showed me.
Peter: Take a look around.
You recognize anything
about the space?
Anything that could help us
tell where it is?
I'm with September,
and he doesn't look
at all like himself.
Walter: He has hair.
Are there any windows?
Yes.
Peter:
Well, go take a look outside.
I see water...
buildings in the distance...
skyscrapers.
Uh, New York?
Could be.
Yes.
I see the top of
the Empire State building.
The Empire State building's
the East Side of Manhattan.
To my right...
I can't quite make--
a bridge.
I'm under a bridge.
I think it's
the Williamsburg Bridge.
Based on the angle of the view
that Walter described,
I would say that the building
is in Brooklyn,
somewhere near
the southeast base
of where the bridge used to be.
So if September's still alive,
and he's still living
in the same place,
that's where we find him.
He's still alive.
How do you know?
I'm optimistic.
You are?
Walter:
Why not? As to whether
September is still
living in the same place,
we shall see.
We must hurry.
[Whistles]
(Nina's voice)
Is everything all right?
What? A child Observer?
We've never seen one before.
[Beeping]
(Nina's voice)
What? A child Observer?
We've never seen one before.
We have received word.
He is ready to see you now.
Continue searching
for the fugitives.
Alert me to any developments.
[Theme music]
5x11
The Boy Must Live
There.
It was from over there.
Wh-- hey.
Hey, hey, what's going on
with you?
What do you mean?
I feel good.
From where I'm standing,
you don't seem good,
you seem amazing,
which is a little scary.
I wouldn't worry about me.
How can I not?
You asked me to help you
stay grounded.
You were so afraid of becoming
the man that you used to be,
you asked Nina to remove
pieces of your brain. Again.
It's all right, son.
The procedure
is no longer necessary.
But wh-- Walter, why?
What's changed?
I can't explain it, but...
when the boy touched me,
he showed me
more than just images.
It was freeing, Peter.
All at once, I understood that
everything I've ever known--
or thought I knew,
as a great man--
could fit into a thimble.
That's not all he gave me.
I remember things,
things I haven't experienced.
I think,
from the other timeline,
before you were erased,
before the timeline was reset.
I remember when you came to me
at St. Claire's.
My first words,
"I thought you'd be fatter."
And I remember the night
I was up late,
making
a peanut butter sandwich,
and you slipped
and called me, "dad."
The feeling of joy
that gave me...
and the terror, before
you stepped into the machine.
I told you I've never
been good at letting you go,
- and you said--
- "This time,
you're gonna have to."
Hmm.
What is this boy?
How could he
do this for you--
enable you to see a life
you didn't live?
I'm not sure, but I feel it.
Do you remember the plan?
No. No idea.
But that doesn't
make any sense.
Why would he give you back
all of those memories,
but not give you the plan?
I don't know.
Peter, before I met him,
I didn't think it was possible
to love you more,
but now, knowing
what we've been through,
and everything we've had...
I do.
[Both chuckle]
[Sighs]
[Chuckles] You never liked
public displays of affection.
Or going number two
in a public restroom.
I remember that too.
[Chuckles]
Officer: The Commander awaits.
Anomaly XB-6783746
has been found.
It is being hidden in 2036.
For what purpose?
That is not yet clear,
but whoever hid this anomaly
did so for a reason.
It should not exist,
but someone wanted it to exist.
Someone ensured its survival,
because they thought
it was important.
This is it.
This is the window
I was looking out
in my vision from the tank.
Here it is!
[Doorbell buzzing]
[Several locks unlatching]
Walter Bishop.
You're alive.
We were trapped in amber.
For 21 years,
we were frozen in time.
I never thought
I'd see you again.
How did you find me?
We've been relying on the tapes
that Walter made in 2015,
trying to piece things
together.
We found the radio that
you left in the pocket universe,
and that led us to the boy,
and he showed me
where to find you.
The couple that you left him
with called him "Michael."
Walter:
It's been quite a journey.
We've lost a lot.
A lot of good people
sacrificed themselves
to get us to you.
So your turn.
What happened to you?
Before the invasion,
I was apprehended
for my continued interference
in the timeline,
and my interaction
with all of you.
As punishment,
they removed my device.
Now, I'm no longer able
to move through time
or do the things
that I was able to do.
They experimented on me.
They called it
"biological reversion."
Now, I am
no different from you.
Truthfully, it wasn't
much of a punishment.
I've always held this era
in the highest regard.
And why the name "Donald"?
You really don't remember,
do you?
The first movie
we watched together
was Singin' In The Rain,
and I chose the name
"Donald O'Connor."
[Laughing] Yes!
It was an excellent movie.
I used to sing
Make 'Em Laugh--
wonderfully--
in the key of "A" minor.
I remember.
[Music box plays Greensleeves]
♪
[Music box plays Greensleeves]
♪
What is he?
He was born
hundreds of years from now.
Like all of our kind,
he was created in a lab,
using the genetic material
of a designated donor.
It was a process that began
generations earlier,
with a discovery
on February 20th, 2167
by a scientist in Oslo, Norway,
who was trying to find ways
to increase human intelligence.
♪
He realized
that if he could rewire
the portion of the human brain
that induces jealousy,
he could increase
cognitive function,
sacrificing emotion
for intelligence.
This discovery was the catalyst
of the creation of the beings
that you called "Observers,"
and his work carried on,
and more and more emotions
were seen as roadblocks
to higher intelligence.
Things like anger,
greed, aggression,
they were abandoned
in the pursuit of intellect.
Eventually, humanity became
so intelligent and efficient,
they lost perspective
of the value of these emotions--
not only the negative ones,
but the positive as well,
and soon empathy,
compassion, and love
became messy distractions,
and they too were machined out,
and without romantic love,
they developed
new reproductive technologies.
I require data on an anomaly.
Which progeny is it?
Anomaly XB-6783746.
September:
Early in the boy's maturation,
the scientists
in charge of reproduction
realized that his brain
had developed
differently
from other offspring.
Its maturation was halted.
September:
To them, he was an anomaly,
a defect.
Whose genetic material
was used to create this progeny?
I had observed, in your time,
how fathers cared
for their sons
and protected them.
It stirred something in me
that I could not ignore.
I took the boy away,
and hid him in the past,
where he would be safe.
He's your son?
His name was September.
He was part of
the original 12 science team
that traveled back in time
to observe primitive humanity.
He was banished
for sympathizing
with the fugitives
I am tracking...
the same fugitives who are
in possession of the anomaly.
Why would he go to such lengths
to protect a genetic defect?
Windmark: I do not know.
I would like
a protocol suspension
to travel back to a moment when
I can eradicate these resistors.
No.
We are not prepared to deal
with a readjustment
of probabilities.
They disquiet you.
The fugitives
are inconsequential.
He poses minimal risk.
We chose this time in history
for a reason.
A 99.9999% probability
that we will succeed.
The boy had a 0.0001%
chance of surviving,
yet he did.
Is there
something wrong with you?
I am experiencing something
that I do not understand.
The idea of ending
their existence...
consumes me.
They are insignificant.
So... no.
Peter:
So how does he fit into the plan?
September:
They were right about him.
He is an anomaly,
but he's not less than them.
He's more.
At first,
I thought his abilities
were just empathic,
but they developed
into something greater.
I now know that his intellect
functions on a level
that neither you nor we
are capable of understanding,
but what's more important,
he has the emotions,
the compassion, the empathy.
- A hybrid.
- Yes.
That moment
that I told you about,
when scientists first decided
to sacrifice human emotion
to increase intelligence,
that was the turning point
in human evolution.
20th of February, 2167.
If we can send the boy
into the future to that moment,
he can demonstrate
to those scientists
a different kind
of intelligence,
an enlightenment that goes
beyond knowledge or cognition
to something greater,
and when they see what he is,
when they study him, they will
realize all that he is...
living proof that
they don't have to sacrifice
emotion for intelligence,
and they will never
go down that path.
And the Observers
will never exist.
They would never invade.
That was the plan we were
working on before I ambered us.
I always knew
the boy was important,
but when I realized why--
what he was supposed to do,
my device had been removed.
I'd lost the ability
to move through time,
so I came to you.
That was the plan.
We were going to send the boy
forward into time.
How far have you come
with the tapes?
We have the rocks
from the mine in Pennsylvania,
the magnet,
the Observer beacons,
and some scrolls of physics
that none of us can decipher.
Don't worry.
I can help you with that.
These things we've collected,
how they can possibly be used
to travel through time?
They are part of a device
that we must build.
Walter:
I have the hologram blueprints.
It also requires technology
that hasn't been invented,
from my time.
How do we get it?
I took them from the future
long ago,
the tech is hidden.
It's not far from here.
You okay?
Peter, I think we're gonna
get our daughter back.
Liv--
You heard September.
The plan is gonna reset time.
Peter, that boy in there,
he's how we're going
to see Etta again.
You don't believe me?
I want to believe that
more than anything,
but we've still got
a long way to go.
After the invasion,
September was detained
at a mine in Pennsylvania.
He was extracting rocks.
The purpose of the rocks
was not ascertained.
What was the outcome?
He was questioned and released.
He was labeled
"a known offender."
Then he has been tagged.
Initiate location protocol.
Find his address.
Chip number 784651.
[Transporter blip]
[Two transporter blips]
Search the apartment.
[Two piano notes]
He has mostly likely removed
his chip and destroyed it.
That is why
we could not track it.
It is still warm.
He was just here.
Have the Loyalists
review the footage
from the surveillance cameras
in the area.
I want to know where he went.
♪
Peter: Which one is it?
You and Olivia stay here
with Michael.
Donald and I will get the tech.
[Beeping]
They're in my home.
You can't go back there.
There is no "back there."
♪
[Tapping]
Captain Windmark.
A traffic camera on front street
recorded this.
We're putting the description
of the vehicle out to all units.
Windmark:
The child is with them.
That was 14 minutes ago.
They cannot have gone far.
Set up a perimeter.
Here they are,
just as I left them.
What?
The boy, he communicated to me
when he touched me.
What did he show you?
He gave me an awareness
of another timeline
when you saved Peter and I
from Reiden Lake.
When you pulled us
from the lake,
you said,
"The boy is important.
He must live."
You weren't referring to my son.
You were referring to yours.
Yes.
Did he show you anything else?
Yes. There is one thing
I haven't told the others.
He showed me that,
for the plan to work,
I would have to
sacrifice myself.
Is that right?
Yes.
Are you frightened?
I would be lying
if I said I wasn't frightened.
Do you think
that the boy showed me
all these other experiences,
because he wanted me
to know that I have loved,
that I have had incredible
moments and connections?
Because--
because it will
make it easier for me
to come to terms
with what I have to do?
[Sighs]
You think that's why he did it?
I don't know.
It was your decision
to sacrifice yourself
for the plan.
Do you remember that?
No.
You said you had caused
so much unintended damage,
you felt this was your chance
to make amends.
You would not have it
any other way.
Do you remember
getting a white tulip?
Yes, I do.
It was a sign from God.
The tulip was important.
I took it from the other
timeline, and kept it.
When we devised the plan
to stop the invasion,
you didn't think
we could succeed.
You doubted yourself.
I knew the tulip
would give you strength,
as it had before.
It was your symbol of hope
and absolution.
It gave you the courage...
to push on.
At that time,
I needed to give you back
the hope that we could win.
I could use that tulip
right now.
Where is it?
I don't know
what you did with it.
Only you would know that.
Is that it?
You say that as though
we're not carrying technology
that can bend space and time
into a Mobius strip.
I'm not coming with you.
I have a few more things
we'll need
before we get started
on the plan.
Be careful.
You too.
I will see you again.
I promise.
Olivia:
I used to love Brooklyn.
We need another route.
Olivia:
We came this way less than
30 minutes ago.
The checkpoint wasn't there.
Try the alley.
Olivia: Astrid, it's me.
Hey.
Did you find Donald?
Yeah, but somebody else
found us.
They're setting up roadblocks,
and we need to find a way out.
Where are you?
We're parked in an alley
at Adams and Tillary.
Can you use
the Resistance network?
See if you can hack into any
live camera feeds in the area?
Yeah, I'm accessing it now.
Okay, I got it.
Just pulling up the feeds.
You're right, they're setting up
a perimeter all around you.
There's no way out.
We're surrounded.
Do you think they found Donald?
Do you think he made it out?
- I don't know, Walter.
- Well, we can't leave him.
We don't have a choice.
He said he'd contact us.
Olivia: Hey, Astrid,
has anything changed? Are they
still holding the perimeter?
Astrid: Hey, listen, I think
I found a hole,
but you have to move quick.
The monorail's your best bet.
When you cross York,
head south.
There's a stop four blocks
down, near Jay Street.
Okay, any activity there?
Nope, not that I can see.
Olivia: Thanks.
Astrid said that we should
head toward Jay Street.
There's a monorail station.
She said it's clear.
It won't stay that way for long.
Hang here for a sec.
They set up another checkpoint,
further down.
- We're blocked.
- Okay.
I think we should split up.
I'm gonna take Michael with me.
A mother and child shouldn't
draw too much suspicion.
You're gonna stay
with me, okay?
[Indistinct chatter]
Peter: Just keep going.
You're doing great.
We're right behind you.
Peter.
Yeah, I see 'em.
No, I see 'em.
Just keep moving.
Get to the monorail.
We'll be right there.
Okay, be careful.
We're good.
Let's go.
[Beeping]
Hey.
The train's leaving
in a few minutes. Where are you?
Not far.
Olivia:
They're searching cars.
Don't worry.
We'll meet you at the train.
[Indistinct voice over PA]
I see you.
Olivia:
We're in the second car.
This way, Walter.
Go into the first car.
On your right. Now.
We're on board.
We'll make our way to you.
Olivia:
They're coming to my car.
I think
they're gonna search it.
Officer: Ladies and gentlemen,
please have your papers
ready for inspection.
Michael. Michael?
Michael!
- Where's Michael?
- He's gone.
He just walked off the train.
What?
Captain.
Hello.
Previously on Fringe...
They weren't all bad.
One of them tried to help us.
He was called September.
Five weeks after the invasion,
a man came here.
His name was Donald.
He was taken away
against his will
by two invaders.
Peter: We have to find them.
Donald showed up
at our doorstep.
He said the invaders
were looking for him.
But he needed us
to watch over the boy.
He said he was part of
an important plan
to defeat the invaders.
Do you remember meeting me
with a man named Donald?
The boy is important.
He has to live.
I know who Donald is.
Donald is September.
[Footsteps falling]
Walter?
Sorry, I didn't mean
to startle you.
What are you doing up?
I could ask you the same thing.
You need your rest, son.
There's work to be done.
I'm freeing our next tape.
What's your excuse?
I believe I have an idea
about how we can find
our friend, September.
The memory the boy showed me
is in my subconscious,
so it involves the tank.
Okay, Walter,
how are--?
Walter, why did
you remove your trunks?
They were too restrictive.
My body needs to be
as free and open as my mind,
so I can find September.
Are you feeling sufficiently
free and open now?
I am.
[Sighs]
Let's get started.
Okay, his vitals are steady.
His heart rate's a little low.
I think that's just
the sedative kicking in.
Oscillation's
coming through clear.
Everything seems to be
functioning.
Peter:
Walter, you're good to go.
You should be feeling
pretty relaxed by now.
[Gasps, coughs]
His blood pressure's rising.
How much?
It's 140 over 90.
No, 152 over 100.
It's still rising.
His brain waves
are fluctuating.
Peter: Walter, your vitals
are spiking.
Are you okay?
[Breathing rapidly]
Incredible.
Walter: I'm here.
Walter, where are you?
An apartment...
the same one from the flashes
the boy showed me.
Peter: Take a look around.
You recognize anything
about the space?
Anything that could help us
tell where it is?
I'm with September,
and he doesn't look
at all like himself.
Walter: He has hair.
Are there any windows?
Yes.
Peter:
Well, go take a look outside.
I see water...
buildings in the distance...
skyscrapers.
Uh, New York?
Could be.
Yes.
I see the top of
the Empire State building.
The Empire State building's
the East Side of Manhattan.
To my right...
I can't quite make--
a bridge.
I'm under a bridge.
I think it's
the Williamsburg Bridge.
Based on the angle of the view
that Walter described,
I would say that the building
is in Brooklyn,
somewhere near
the southeast base
of where the bridge used to be.
So if September's still alive,
and he's still living
in the same place,
that's where we find him.
He's still alive.
How do you know?
I'm optimistic.
You are?
Walter:
Why not? As to whether
September is still
living in the same place,
we shall see.
We must hurry.
[Whistles]
(Nina's voice)
Is everything all right?
What? A child Observer?
We've never seen one before.
[Beeping]
(Nina's voice)
What? A child Observer?
We've never seen one before.
We have received word.
He is ready to see you now.
Continue searching
for the fugitives.
Alert me to any developments.
[Theme music]
5x11
The Boy Must Live
There.
It was from over there.
Wh-- hey.
Hey, hey, what's going on
with you?
What do you mean?
I feel good.
From where I'm standing,
you don't seem good,
you seem amazing,
which is a little scary.
I wouldn't worry about me.
How can I not?
You asked me to help you
stay grounded.
You were so afraid of becoming
the man that you used to be,
you asked Nina to remove
pieces of your brain. Again.
It's all right, son.
The procedure
is no longer necessary.
But wh-- Walter, why?
What's changed?
I can't explain it, but...
when the boy touched me,
he showed me
more than just images.
It was freeing, Peter.
All at once, I understood that
everything I've ever known--
or thought I knew,
as a great man--
could fit into a thimble.
That's not all he gave me.
I remember things,
things I haven't experienced.
I think,
from the other timeline,
before you were erased,
before the timeline was reset.
I remember when you came to me
at St. Claire's.
My first words,
"I thought you'd be fatter."
And I remember the night
I was up late,
making
a peanut butter sandwich,
and you slipped
and called me, "dad."
The feeling of joy
that gave me...
and the terror, before
you stepped into the machine.
I told you I've never
been good at letting you go,
- and you said--
- "This time,
you're gonna have to."
Hmm.
What is this boy?
How could he
do this for you--
enable you to see a life
you didn't live?
I'm not sure, but I feel it.
Do you remember the plan?
No. No idea.
But that doesn't
make any sense.
Why would he give you back
all of those memories,
but not give you the plan?
I don't know.
Peter, before I met him,
I didn't think it was possible
to love you more,
but now, knowing
what we've been through,
and everything we've had...
I do.
[Both chuckle]
[Sighs]
[Chuckles] You never liked
public displays of affection.
Or going number two
in a public restroom.
I remember that too.
[Chuckles]
Officer: The Commander awaits.
Anomaly XB-6783746
has been found.
It is being hidden in 2036.
For what purpose?
That is not yet clear,
but whoever hid this anomaly
did so for a reason.
It should not exist,
but someone wanted it to exist.
Someone ensured its survival,
because they thought
it was important.
This is it.
This is the window
I was looking out
in my vision from the tank.
Here it is!
[Doorbell buzzing]
[Several locks unlatching]
Walter Bishop.
You're alive.
We were trapped in amber.
For 21 years,
we were frozen in time.
I never thought
I'd see you again.
How did you find me?
We've been relying on the tapes
that Walter made in 2015,
trying to piece things
together.
We found the radio that
you left in the pocket universe,
and that led us to the boy,
and he showed me
where to find you.
The couple that you left him
with called him "Michael."
Walter:
It's been quite a journey.
We've lost a lot.
A lot of good people
sacrificed themselves
to get us to you.
So your turn.
What happened to you?
Before the invasion,
I was apprehended
for my continued interference
in the timeline,
and my interaction
with all of you.
As punishment,
they removed my device.
Now, I'm no longer able
to move through time
or do the things
that I was able to do.
They experimented on me.
They called it
"biological reversion."
Now, I am
no different from you.
Truthfully, it wasn't
much of a punishment.
I've always held this era
in the highest regard.
And why the name "Donald"?
You really don't remember,
do you?
The first movie
we watched together
was Singin' In The Rain,
and I chose the name
"Donald O'Connor."
[Laughing] Yes!
It was an excellent movie.
I used to sing
Make 'Em Laugh--
wonderfully--
in the key of "A" minor.
I remember.
[Music box plays Greensleeves]
♪
[Music box plays Greensleeves]
♪
What is he?
He was born
hundreds of years from now.
Like all of our kind,
he was created in a lab,
using the genetic material
of a designated donor.
It was a process that began
generations earlier,
with a discovery
on February 20th, 2167
by a scientist in Oslo, Norway,
who was trying to find ways
to increase human intelligence.
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He realized
that if he could rewire
the portion of the human brain
that induces jealousy,
he could increase
cognitive function,
sacrificing emotion
for intelligence.
This discovery was the catalyst
of the creation of the beings
that you called "Observers,"
and his work carried on,
and more and more emotions
were seen as roadblocks
to higher intelligence.
Things like anger,
greed, aggression,
they were abandoned
in the pursuit of intellect.
Eventually, humanity became
so intelligent and efficient,
they lost perspective
of the value of these emotions--
not only the negative ones,
but the positive as well,
and soon empathy,
compassion, and love
became messy distractions,
and they too were machined out,
and without romantic love,
they developed
new reproductive technologies.
I require data on an anomaly.
Which progeny is it?
Anomaly XB-6783746.
September:
Early in the boy's maturation,
the scientists
in charge of reproduction
realized that his brain
had developed
differently
from other offspring.
Its maturation was halted.
September:
To them, he was an anomaly,
a defect.
Whose genetic material
was used to create this progeny?
I had observed, in your time,
how fathers cared
for their sons
and protected them.
It stirred something in me
that I could not ignore.
I took the boy away,
and hid him in the past,
where he would be safe.
He's your son?
His name was September.
He was part of
the original 12 science team
that traveled back in time
to observe primitive humanity.
He was banished
for sympathizing
with the fugitives
I am tracking...
the same fugitives who are
in possession of the anomaly.
Why would he go to such lengths
to protect a genetic defect?
Windmark: I do not know.
I would like
a protocol suspension
to travel back to a moment when
I can eradicate these resistors.
No.
We are not prepared to deal
with a readjustment
of probabilities.
They disquiet you.
The fugitives
are inconsequential.
He poses minimal risk.
We chose this time in history
for a reason.
A 99.9999% probability
that we will succeed.
The boy had a 0.0001%
chance of surviving,
yet he did.
Is there
something wrong with you?
I am experiencing something
that I do not understand.
The idea of ending
their existence...
consumes me.
They are insignificant.
So... no.
Peter:
So how does he fit into the plan?
September:
They were right about him.
He is an anomaly,
but he's not less than them.
He's more.
At first,
I thought his abilities
were just empathic,
but they developed
into something greater.
I now know that his intellect
functions on a level
that neither you nor we
are capable of understanding,
but what's more important,
he has the emotions,
the compassion, the empathy.
- A hybrid.
- Yes.
That moment
that I told you about,
when scientists first decided
to sacrifice human emotion
to increase intelligence,
that was the turning point
in human evolution.
20th of February, 2167.
If we can send the boy
into the future to that moment,
he can demonstrate
to those scientists
a different kind
of intelligence,
an enlightenment that goes
beyond knowledge or cognition
to something greater,
and when they see what he is,
when they study him, they will
realize all that he is...
living proof that
they don't have to sacrifice
emotion for intelligence,
and they will never
go down that path.
And the Observers
will never exist.
They would never invade.
That was the plan we were
working on before I ambered us.
I always knew
the boy was important,
but when I realized why--
what he was supposed to do,
my device had been removed.
I'd lost the ability
to move through time,
so I came to you.
That was the plan.
We were going to send the boy
forward into time.
How far have you come
with the tapes?
We have the rocks
from the mine in Pennsylvania,
the magnet,
the Observer beacons,
and some scrolls of physics
that none of us can decipher.
Don't worry.
I can help you with that.
These things we've collected,
how they can possibly be used
to travel through time?
They are part of a device
that we must build.
Walter:
I have the hologram blueprints.
It also requires technology
that hasn't been invented,
from my time.
How do we get it?
I took them from the future
long ago,
the tech is hidden.
It's not far from here.
You okay?
Peter, I think we're gonna
get our daughter back.
Liv--
You heard September.
The plan is gonna reset time.
Peter, that boy in there,
he's how we're going
to see Etta again.
You don't believe me?
I want to believe that
more than anything,
but we've still got
a long way to go.
After the invasion,
September was detained
at a mine in Pennsylvania.
He was extracting rocks.
The purpose of the rocks
was not ascertained.
What was the outcome?
He was questioned and released.
He was labeled
"a known offender."
Then he has been tagged.
Initiate location protocol.
Find his address.
Chip number 784651.
[Transporter blip]
[Two transporter blips]
Search the apartment.
[Two piano notes]
He has mostly likely removed
his chip and destroyed it.
That is why
we could not track it.
It is still warm.
He was just here.
Have the Loyalists
review the footage
from the surveillance cameras
in the area.
I want to know where he went.
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Peter: Which one is it?
You and Olivia stay here
with Michael.
Donald and I will get the tech.
[Beeping]
They're in my home.
You can't go back there.
There is no "back there."
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[Tapping]
Captain Windmark.
A traffic camera on front street
recorded this.
We're putting the description
of the vehicle out to all units.
Windmark:
The child is with them.
That was 14 minutes ago.
They cannot have gone far.
Set up a perimeter.
Here they are,
just as I left them.
What?
The boy, he communicated to me
when he touched me.
What did he show you?
He gave me an awareness
of another timeline
when you saved Peter and I
from Reiden Lake.
When you pulled us
from the lake,
you said,
"The boy is important.
He must live."
You weren't referring to my son.
You were referring to yours.
Yes.
Did he show you anything else?
Yes. There is one thing
I haven't told the others.
He showed me that,
for the plan to work,
I would have to
sacrifice myself.
Is that right?
Yes.
Are you frightened?
I would be lying
if I said I wasn't frightened.
Do you think
that the boy showed me
all these other experiences,
because he wanted me
to know that I have loved,
that I have had incredible
moments and connections?
Because--
because it will
make it easier for me
to come to terms
with what I have to do?
[Sighs]
You think that's why he did it?
I don't know.
It was your decision
to sacrifice yourself
for the plan.
Do you remember that?
No.
You said you had caused
so much unintended damage,
you felt this was your chance
to make amends.
You would not have it
any other way.
Do you remember
getting a white tulip?
Yes, I do.
It was a sign from God.
The tulip was important.
I took it from the other
timeline, and kept it.
When we devised the plan
to stop the invasion,
you didn't think
we could succeed.
You doubted yourself.
I knew the tulip
would give you strength,
as it had before.
It was your symbol of hope
and absolution.
It gave you the courage...
to push on.
At that time,
I needed to give you back
the hope that we could win.
I could use that tulip
right now.
Where is it?
I don't know
what you did with it.
Only you would know that.
Is that it?
You say that as though
we're not carrying technology
that can bend space and time
into a Mobius strip.
I'm not coming with you.
I have a few more things
we'll need
before we get started
on the plan.
Be careful.
You too.
I will see you again.
I promise.
Olivia:
I used to love Brooklyn.
We need another route.
Olivia:
We came this way less than
30 minutes ago.
The checkpoint wasn't there.
Try the alley.
Olivia: Astrid, it's me.
Hey.
Did you find Donald?
Yeah, but somebody else
found us.
They're setting up roadblocks,
and we need to find a way out.
Where are you?
We're parked in an alley
at Adams and Tillary.
Can you use
the Resistance network?
See if you can hack into any
live camera feeds in the area?
Yeah, I'm accessing it now.
Okay, I got it.
Just pulling up the feeds.
You're right, they're setting up
a perimeter all around you.
There's no way out.
We're surrounded.
Do you think they found Donald?
Do you think he made it out?
- I don't know, Walter.
- Well, we can't leave him.
We don't have a choice.
He said he'd contact us.
Olivia: Hey, Astrid,
has anything changed? Are they
still holding the perimeter?
Astrid: Hey, listen, I think
I found a hole,
but you have to move quick.
The monorail's your best bet.
When you cross York,
head south.
There's a stop four blocks
down, near Jay Street.
Okay, any activity there?
Nope, not that I can see.
Olivia: Thanks.
Astrid said that we should
head toward Jay Street.
There's a monorail station.
She said it's clear.
It won't stay that way for long.
Hang here for a sec.
They set up another checkpoint,
further down.
- We're blocked.
- Okay.
I think we should split up.
I'm gonna take Michael with me.
A mother and child shouldn't
draw too much suspicion.
You're gonna stay
with me, okay?
[Indistinct chatter]
Peter: Just keep going.
You're doing great.
We're right behind you.
Peter.
Yeah, I see 'em.
No, I see 'em.
Just keep moving.
Get to the monorail.
We'll be right there.
Okay, be careful.
We're good.
Let's go.
[Beeping]
Hey.
The train's leaving
in a few minutes. Where are you?
Not far.
Olivia:
They're searching cars.
Don't worry.
We'll meet you at the train.
[Indistinct voice over PA]
I see you.
Olivia:
We're in the second car.
This way, Walter.
Go into the first car.
On your right. Now.
We're on board.
We'll make our way to you.
Olivia:
They're coming to my car.
I think
they're gonna search it.
Officer: Ladies and gentlemen,
please have your papers
ready for inspection.
Michael. Michael?
Michael!
- Where's Michael?
- He's gone.
He just walked off the train.
What?
Captain.
Hello.