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Previously on Fringe...
Walternate said that there's a very
powerful piece of ancient tech.
Has he finished assembling it?
He was missing several pieces.
This machine is dangerous.
Which is why we need
to understand it.
Our Agent Dunham,
has she made contact?
(Walternate) she's on the other
side, focused on the task at hand.
I had a really
nice time tonight.
Me too.
(newton) I don't know
what your mission is.
I imagine it requires you
to gain Peter bishop's trust.
You're in over your head.
Your emotions betray you,
And you question your ability
to pull this off.
And that will lead
to your undoing.
(Bolivia)
I would like to talk to you.
[knock on door]
I lied to you.
About what?
I don't want to talk.
(man over radio) Stockton harbor,
Stockton harbor, come in.
Requesting clearance.
(man)
tide is coming in strong.
Pulling a fog bank in
from the East.
It's close to shore,
so watch yourself
And take it slow.
(man over radio)
copy that. We see it up ahead.
Looks like pea soup.
Maintain a bearing
at three-five-eight.
I've hung a lantern out
for you.
[music box tune plays]
♪ ♪
Uh-huh?
[electronic beep]
(Dan) Shen, are you
seriously not coming?
Dude, when I crack this thing,
They are gonna write books
about me.
[music box tune plays]
♪ ♪
Hey, Beck.
You want a tea?
Love one.
Hey, Aaron.
You gonna make mommy a tea?
[chuckles]
[electronic beep]
It's starting.
Okay, I'll leave you alone.
[electronic beeping]
[female speaking
in native language]
[continues speaking
in native language]
[music box tune plays]
♪ ♪
[grunting]
(man over radio) Captain Barrett
to fort point light station.
Come in.
Over.
[gasps]
Fort point,
we're lost in the fog bank.
We can't see the light.
Over.
Fort point, are you there?
This is Swedish fish.
Come in.
Murray, it's Dave.
I've got no eyes out here.
Hey, I forgot my I.D.
Dude.
Shen?
Becky.
Stay away from me.
Whoa.
I said stay back!
Who are you?
It's me, laird.
[baby crying]
Who am I?
Sync by n17t01
www.addic7ed.com
Oh, wow.
This is better
than room service.
[laughs]
What did I do to get so lucky?
Nothing.
It's just for being you.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
So what's the latest catastrophe
I want to know nothing about?
Well, uh, earthquakes,
oil spills,
Financial disaster.
It's not really the best way
to start the day.
Here I thought
there was nothing good
Until the entertainment section.
What's in
the entertainment section?
I don't know,
but you should find out.
I love u2.
I figured we were way overdue
for a normal date.
That is just so sweet
and so kind of romantic.
Try not to sound so shocked.
Thank you.
[cell phone rings]
[keypad tone]
Walter?
Walter, is that you?
Of course it's me.
I came in this morning
and found your little project.
And what project would that be?
You know very well
what project.
You are continuing to work
on this infernal device...
The one depicted
in the blueprints.
That's correct.
I'm running diagnostics.
I thought I made my...
[voice becomes muffled]
You have no idea
what it does.
You might as well be building
a nuclear bomb in my lab.
[chuckles]
I don't think
that's entirely fair.
Do you?
Well, fine.
If you end up breaking
the universe,
This time, it's on your head.
[keypad tone]
What was that about?
It's nothing.
Apparently,
Walter doesn't want me
Playing with his toys.
[cell phone rings]
Dunham.
Yes, sir.
We'll meet you there.
Broyles.
Guess that means we're doing
the crossword in the car.
[indistinct chatter over radio]
So 15 people all up and down
the eastern seaboard
All suffered from retrograde
amnesia at the same time?
Around 10:45 P.M.
Collective memory loss.
That's a new one
for the medical books.
According to the Pentagon,
the victims were all using
Shortwave radios.
Ham-radio enthusiasts...
Maybe their brains were erased
by the magnetic winds
From the solar storm?
If it hadn't happened
four hours after sundown,
You might be on
to something.
(broyles)
Becky Woomer.
Her husband said
he left her alone
For roughly three minutes.
In that time,
she forgot all details
About her life,
including her name.
The d.O.D. Is concerned
This could be a test run
for a potential terror attack.
The doctors at the hospital
don't understand it.
They can't even tell me if she's
gonna get her memory back.
Did your wife ever tell you what
it was she was listening to?
Becky was a moderator
in a chat room.
They listen to number stations.
Number stations?
I don't know much about them.
They're kind of a mystery.
Oh.
A reel-to-reel.
I used to have one
exactly like this.
I remember hours spent
ripped out of my gourd
Listening to Beatles albums
backwards for secret messages.
They weren't there.
So apparently Becky recorded
last night's broadcast.
Whatever she heard
should be on that tape.
Listening to what they recorded
last night could cause us
To forget
why we wanted to listen
In the first place, Einstein.
Did he say what he thinks
is on it?
He said that she spends
her nights listening
To numbers on random
ham-radio stations.
She's trying
to crack some code.
Number stations?
You heard of them?
(Nina) number stations...
Nobody knows what they are
or even where they come from.
As far as anyone knows,
They're artificially
generated voices
Reading streams
of random numbers
In a wide variety
of languages.
The department of defense hired
us to investigate them.
Other than the fact that they
were first discovered
More than 70 years ago,
we came up with nothing.
We could never triangulate
their point of origin.
This one we picked up
four years ago.
[electronic buzzing
and whirring]
[male speaking
in native language]
Some people think they may
be covert communications
Between spies
or drug traffickers.
Problem is no one has been able
to find proof
To support any theory at all,
so at the moment,
They remain unexplained.
But the number broadcasts
Have never caused
amnesia before.
Not to the best
of our knowledge.
Perhaps Peter would like
to play last night's tape
Aloud to everyone,
Given his recent fondness
For dangerous activity.
[clears throat]
As soon as she's up to it,
I would like to examine
the woman who lost her mind.
And I think I know a way
To analyze the tape
without losing our memories.
Oh, I need something from
the child development center.
Sixth floor?
Actually, the seventh.
You might want
to escort him, Peter.
Yesterday, he spent
15 minutes in front
Of a utility closet thinking
it was the elevator.
[chuckling] right.
Be right back.
Would you mind if Astrid took
a look at your research?
She might pick up something
that your code bre
Of course.
Olivia, are Peter
and Walter okay?
Yeah.
You know we found a piece
of the machine
That walternate is building,
And Peter's trying
to figure it out.
He should.
We need to know
what we're dealing with.
Except Walter doesn't agree.
He won't help.
He's setting up roadblocks
for Peter.
You know, you two go back
a long way.
Maybe you could talk to him.
What, you're not
having any luck?
Oh, I haven't tried.
But that's not like you.
You're usually more direct
with Walter.
Well, it's complicated
between them.
I don't want to make it worse.
[cell phone rings]
I'll speak with Walter.
Dunham.
Yes?
Where?
(broyles) homeland security
traced the broadcast.
When they tried to contact
the tower employees,
They didn't get a response.
(woman) as far as we can tell,
The break-in happened
around 10:30.
Security system was
state-of-the-art.
Whoever did this was a pro,
but there's something else.
(Bolivia) how the hell
is it doing that?
It's not floating exactly.
Apparently it's got some
sort of magnetics inside.
So do you think
that this was the source
Of last night's
number broadcast?
It's definitely wired
to output a transmission.
Hold on.
I want to see that panel.
I need the print powder.
It's impossible
to do microelectronics
With gloves on.
Let's get this to Dr. Bishop.
This should keep me busy for...
Eternity.
Thank you.
(Peter)
okay, that was Olivia.
They're analyzing
the fingerprints they found
Up at the radio tower,
and they think they found
The device used to upload
last night's broadcast.
[cow moos] what?
[cow moos]
What's that?
[cow moos]
"property of massive dynamic"?
It's not theft
if you own the company.
I've found a way to listen
To the tape
of the numbers broadcast
Without losing
what faculties I have left.
Well, how'd you manage that?
The key is analog demodulation.
I knew my Jimi Hendrix
Wah-wah pedal
would come in handy.
Take a look.
This is the sound
of the transmission,
Modified so it's safe,
of course.
But if we demodulate...
[electronic tone pitches down]
(Peter)
so there are two signals?
(Walter)
precisely.
The top wave is the numbers.
The bottom wave,
which I have suppressed,
Is a pulse.
And I believe that this
is responsible for the amnesia.
Someone found a way to attach
This pulse
to the numbers broadcast.
Well, that explains
why nobody's
Been affected by listening
to the number stations before,
Because they're not causing
the problem.
So we still don't know where
the numbers are coming from,
But I suspect that the device
that Agent Dunham found
Is the source of the pulse.
Okay, but who would do this,
And why give
these people amnesia?
Because they cracked the code,
Or they came damn close
to figuring out
What number stations are.
And somebody wants to keep
that a secret.
(Walter)
well done.
You sounded very Sherlock Holmes
just then.
That would make you
Watson, dear.
Walter...
Is this the soundboard
I was using
To run diagnostics
on the weapon?
I was using it
to down-convert the signal.
Really?
I was focused on solving
the case at hand.
I'm not concerned
with preserving
Your wretched experiment.
Now, if you don't mind,
I have some thinking to do.
This has got to stop.
Walter...
I asked you not to work
on that device in my lab.
They're working on it
on the other side.
We need to understand
exactly what it does.
What's to understand?
You're playing with fire.
Stop being so bullheaded
and put a stop to this.
Walter...
When I touched that device
on the other side...
It came alive in my hands...
Like it was bonded
directly to me.
How can you expect me
to ignore that?
(Astrid)
I just talked to Olivia.
They pulled a picture
of our suspect from his prints.
She's taking it
to the Woomer house now
To show it to the husband.
Becky was released
from the hospital.
She's back home now.
Oh.
(Bolivia)
his name is Joseph feller.
Earlier today,
we picked up his prints
From a radio tower
Just outside Boston.
His last known address
Was, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
That was 1997.
But since then,
he's been off the map.
I've never seen him before
in my life.
Do you mind if we poke around
a little bit?
There's some things here
that could be useful to us.
Maybe check out her computer,
her address book?
Of course.
Read this and then do
what it says.
"stand up, then sit down."
Wonderful.
Thank you.
Earlier, I told you the names
of three things.
Cat, horse, cotton candy.
Very good.
It's beautiful.
I don't remember doing this.
I suppose I was knitting it
for the baby.
I don't recognize him.
I don't recognize that man
who is out there.
I look at the pictures
everywhere,
And I see myself in them,
But I-I don't know them.
The human brain is a miracle...
A most resilient organ...
A storage unit for everything
you have ever known...
Seen, or felt.
It's all still in there,
Whether or not
you're conscious of that.
This is a list of everybody
that Becky talked to
About the number stations.
You recognize anyone?
Ed Markam?
Bookstore owner,
purveyor of rare manuscripts,
Your favorite ladies' man?
Oh, right. [laughs]
how could I forget?
I'm gonna give him a call,
See if maybe he has
some idea about this.
Walter, are you all right?
I know what it's like,
What this woman's
going through.
I lived it.
To not recognize your life...
It's awful.
I'm sorry, Walter.
Don't be.
Let's just focus
on putting a stop to this
Before more people get hurt.
[thunder rumbles]
[heavy rumble and screams]
Baltimore center,
this is landau 287.
Request to divert
to Richmond. Over.
(man over radio)
Roger, landau 287.
Weather is...
[radio static]
Level five thunderstorm...
[radio static]
You'll have...
[radio static]
Baltimore center, say again.
You're breaking up.
[heavy rumble]
[radio static]
[music box tune plays]
[electronic beep]
[male speaking
in native language]
[screaming]
A small plane
Went down just outside
of Owings mills, Maryland.
NTSB just released a statement.
It looks like
the plane's radio
Was tuned
into the same frequency
As the second numbers
broadcast.
Precisely what
I was worried about.
A second attack,
and now not only do we have
20 new amnesiacs,
but 6 people died.
[clicking]
Damn it!
Why can't I get a current?
Maybe you reversed the poles?
No.
It just doesn't make sense.
Everything that I know
about the physics of electricity
Says that this device
shouldn't work at all.
Walter, I know that you're angry
right now, and I get it.
I cannot make heads or tails
of this code.
It's immense.
It's not even just one code.
The... the numbers are a code.
The time between the numbers
is a code.
[cell phone rings]
Yes, sir?
Okay, I will make sure
that he gets it.
That was Agent broyles.
There was another
radio tower break-in.
It was unmanned,
so nobody was hurt,
But they found another cube...
The one that must have downed
the aircraft.
They're sending it over
right now.
Wonderful.
Another cube
I can't make any sense of.
Well...
Maybe this will do us
some good?
[classical music plays] Hmm.
[chuckles]
All right,
let's get back to work.
[claps hands]
(Markam) number stations?
It was a hobby.
I banged my head on that wall
for five years and gave up.
Stamp collecting...
Now there's a hobby
with dividends.
Well, all the people
who listened
To the last two
number broadcasts
Have had their memories wiped.
We're trying to identify
who's behind it.
Are you serious?
Whatever they knew
and whatever they figured out
About the numbers,
Somebody made sure
that they forgot it.
So whatever you know about what
they mean would really help us.
[sighs]
Okay...
I'll help you,
But you have to promise me
I'll be safe.
Sure.
Done.
Just tell us what you know
about the stations.
First of all,
they're as old as Di.
They say when Marconi
invented the radio,
The first thing he heard
was the numbers,
Like they were floating
around in space
Just waiting
for someone to listen.
So you're trying to tell me
that Marconi
Picked up a transmission
before humans invented
The technology to send one?
Creepy, right?
(Bolivia)
wow, the first people.
(Markam)
by Seamus wiles, 1897.
There was only one edition.
You're holding one
of the last copies.
And this will tell us
what the numbers mean?
No, but it'll tell you
where they came from,
Or one theory at least.
By "first people,"
what are we talking about...
Adam and eve?
No, before dinosaurs,
Before all of it,
there were the first people...
The first humans to evolve
on this planet.
If you don't know anything, you
can just say that. I'm serious.
Look, just read the book.
It's all in there.
How much do you want for it?
I don't want your money.
I want protection.
What if someone comes
to erase my memories?
[chuckles]
I should be so lucky.
Thanks, Markam.
Fantastic.
Now I have bookends.
(Nina) definitely a
conversation piece.
Nina...
If I had known you were coming,
I'd have baked a cake.
[chuckles] he means that...
Literally.
Next time I'll call.
Hello, Astrid.
Walter, I need to speak
with you.
I forgot how serious
this campus has become.
I remember my time here
quite differently.
[exhales deeply]
We did have fun, didn't we?
[chuckles]
Don't know what happened
to this generation.
I have a prescription.
So do I.
Look at all these students.
When did they become so afraid?
We had the courage
to think against the grain
Of what we were told.
We let our curiosity
be our guide.
So why stop Peter
from following his?
What Peter's doing
is different.
He's bent on pursuing something
despite the grave risks
It poses
to his well-being.
You can't create a vaccine
without working with the virus.
No, but I have experienced
what this kind of hubris can do.
Well, and yet you didn't heed
anyone's warnings.
I begged you to stop,
but you insisted
On finding a way to cross over.
Peter wouldn't be here now
if you hadn't.
If he continues
to investigate...
Yes, well, he will continue
to investigate
Whether you like it or not.
Then he will play right
into Walternate's hands.
I... what do you mean?
If only one world can survive,
Then it stands to reason
that walternate will use Peter
To ensure that it's
his world that does.
He's already built as much
of the machine as he can.
He gave the blueprints to Peter
And asked him to complete it...
Even though...
This...
It could kill him.
I remember, Walter,
But who says this
is the only outcome?
It's a drawing, not destiny.
Even if you're right
about Walternate's plan,
I mean, you don't know
if he'll succeed.
And given the stakes,
Won't Peter need your guidance
more than ever?
Walter...
One of the things I have
most admired about you
Is your optimism.
Don't become a fatalist now.
(Peter)
so according to this...
Something happened,
Some sort of cataclysm
that so completely decimated
The first people,
they were just wiped out
Of the historical record.
So how did Seamus wiles
know about them?
Yeah, exactly.
They were apparently
very technologically advanced.
They discovered the vacuum.
Oh, the vacuum cleaner?
[chuckles] no.
The vacuum as in "the source of
all creation and destruction."
Interesting.
This book is useless.
There's nothing here.
What were the numbers
on the first broadcast?
Why?
Well, if you were
to believe the book,
The first people measured
time in months
That had wildly different
numbers of days in them.
But humor me.
What were the numbers?
Uh...
12...
34, 17...
9, 15, and, uh...
(both) 8, 42, 40.
Yeah.
The numbers
of the first broadcast
Correspond exactly
with the numbers in this book.
They match the numbers
of this calendar exactly.
Never thought I'd say this,
but I think Markam's right.
Somehow the number stations
are connected
To these first people.
What the hell does that mean?
It's fascinating.
Remarkable.
Read more.
You don't actually
believe this?
An ancient people who evolved
before the dinosaurs
Just vanished without a trace?
It's... it's absurd.
Why should we be
so arrogant as to assume
That we're the first
*** sapiens to walk the earth.
I mean, history is full
of extinction events...
Climate change,
meteorites, Atlantis.
Atlantis?
Peter, come on.
Help me out here.
I don't know
what I believe yet.
All I know is that the numbers
in their calendar
Correspond with the numbers
of the first broadcast.
That can't just be
a coincidence.
"they were a people
of great technological prowess
"who made
the ultimate discovery.
"a mechanism known to them
as the vacuum,
"containing at once
Both the power to create
and to destroy."
[chuckling]
"the vacuum."
What a wonderful name, and it
verifies some of my theories.
What theories, Walter?
Create and destroy what?
Well, everything.
Many religions speak
of such a power.
And science,
the big ***,
And it's counterpart,
the big crunch.
The universe expanding
and contracting
And expanding...
An endless cycle of creation
and destruction.
Okay, let's run with that.
Let's say that these
first people
Did create this mechanism
And then somehow translated
into a code.
And now someone is wiping
people's memories
To keep the code a secret?
Not so surprising.
It's the key to the universe.
It's a secret worth protecting.
Hey.
Sorry I'm late,
But I thought these
might cheer you up.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh!
Malassadas!
Oh, it's wonderful.
[chuckles]
Anything new in the book?
I'm sure the numbers
hold the answers,
But beyond that,
nothing tangible.
(Peter)
wait a minute.
Hey, Walter?
Come here.
Take a look at this.
This transistor
Is newer than the rest of them.
Somebody must have replaced it.
It's polish,
and it's military grade.
There's only couple places
that are licensed
To sell parts like that,
and they're all regulated,
Which means
that you have to give
A verified address to buy one.
I'm gonna make
some phone calls.
May I borrow that?
Mm-hmm.
I feel a bowel movement
coming on.
Walter.
Can you tell Peter
I'll be back?
I'm gonna let broyles know
where we're at.
Mm-hmm.
[tires squeal]
Avocado, cucumber, and cheese.
In 1974, the c.I.A.
Asked me to develop
The best sandwich
for clarity of thought.
There's too much
information here.
But of course the chips
Are just because I like
foods that crunch.
[sighs]
There has to be a pattern here.
Every code relies on a pattern.
I just need to see it.
But you can't.
That's your problem.
Thanks for the vote
of confidence.
Oh, oh, no, no, no, no, no.
No, I-I simply meant that
to break the code
You would have to think
like they did,
And they lived millions
and millions of years ago.
I-I mean, for one thing,
look at their concept of time.
Nine days in a month?
If you're not going
to eat those chips,
May I?
What? What?
What happened?
Here.
Read me this calendar.
How many days are
in each month?
Why?
Humor me.
(Walter)
the first two are 12 and 34.
Then 17, 9, 15.
What are you thinking, Watson?
That maybe what we're missing
is a cipher matrix...
Our decoder ring.
Okay, what are the next months?
8, 42, 40, 27...
[elevator bell dings]
We got a problem.
The secretary said
we weren't supposed to meet.
Well, the secretary is
on the other side.
He can't foresee
every turn of events.
Now, you replaced a transistor
in one of the boxes.
Polish...
they found it.
They're tracking the sale
as we speak.
Who are these people?
Look, you were sloppy.
You've jeopardized the mission.
I'm supposed to upload
another pulse tomorrow.
I think you've done enough.
We've got their attention.
There's no need to hurt
any more innocent people.
What do they say on this side?
[cell phone rings]
"all's fair in love and war"?
If they were in our shoes,
they would do exactly
What we're doing.
Dunham.
(broyles) we've got an
address on the suspect.
Joseph feller.
989 Nelson street, Medford.
We're en route with backup.
Okay, I'm on my way.
They're coming.
Where should I go?
Do you have any information
on my next mission?
Yeah, I do.
[tires screeching]
Olivia's already here.
[gunshot and glass shatters]
[thud]
[overlapping chatter]
It's a shape-shifter.
[elevator bell dings]
Olivia...
Thank God you're all right.
Tell me what happened.
He... he came at me.
I had no choice.
But you're all right?
Yeah, I'm all right.
But, uh, he was coming out
as I got here, and...
But you're all right?
Uh-huh.
(Walter) Any breakthroughs?
(Astrid) I don't know.
I thought that maybe
if I added up
All the numbers.
Well, keep at it.
And I wouldn't go
in the bathroom, dear.
Huh.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hold on!
I need to look at that body.
You got a pair of gloves
on you?
(broyles) what is it?
Well, it makes sense now
why Walter couldn't figure out
The tech that emitted
the amnesia pulse.
It must have come
from the other side.
Which suggests walternate knows
what the numbers mean.
He must be the one
protecting the code.
[grunts]
What?
Data storage unit.
I'm guessing we're not gonna get
anything off of that.
It's toast.
[cell phone rings]
Dunham.
I think I cracked the code.
I know what
number stations are.
It's a coordinate system.
These numbers
indicate locations.
Latitude and longitude.
35 degrees
and 40 minutes south
By 58 degrees
and 40 minutes West,
That's just outside
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
All of these numbers
indicate specific locations
On a globe...
Ethiopia, Spain, China.
So what's there at the end
of the points?
So far as I can tell,
nothing special...
A farmhouse,
public swimming pool,
And random stuff like that.
We're not looking
for a man-made structure.
If this message is millions
of years old,
Then we're likely talking
about something
Buried beneath the earth.
How many locations?
I haven't finished
plugging in all the numbers,
But so far, 22.
And what's the closest one?
[Peter humming]
What'd I miss?
Oh, uh, thank you.
Nothing yet.
They just pulled up
an old buried football, so...
I had to go back.
Forgot to say "skim."
[chuckles]
you walked there twice?
You didn't have to do that.
Well, I had a motive.
It's the little things
that make me irresistible.
What if he's right?
Walter?
Right about what?
I've been thinking, Peter.
Your father's concerned about
building Walternate's device.
What if it does mean
the destruction
Of one universe
or... or the other?
We don't know that yet.
That's not really my point.
If you knew that only...
One of our worlds could survive
And if it was up to you,
and you alone,
To defend your side...
You'd have no choice, right?
I mean, you would have to do
what you had to do...
No matter the cost
to protect...
Our world.
There are billions
of innocent people over there...
Just like here...
People with jobs,
families, lives.
I got to believe
there's another way.
And whatever my part
in all of this is...
I got to believe
there's another way.
There's always hope, right?
(man)
we got something!
Oh, my.
[cell phone rings]
Dunham.
(Astrid) I just identified
the last coordinates...
Milton, Massachusetts,
the house where the first piece
Of Walternate's machine
was buried.
Do you think it's possible
That these locations
are all a part of the machine,
That Walternate's device
is the vacuum
Described
in the first people book?
Uh, yes.
I think they're one
and the same.
Astrid finished the code.
There are 37 more locations.
(Walter)
in that case...
It seems we have work to do.
We have to recover
the pieces,
Assemble it,
and figure out how it works.
(man)
okay, let's clear this out!
Creation and destruction...
I suppose we'll have to hope
for the former.
Dunham.
(alt. Brandon) Agent Dunham,
this is Brandon Fayette.
Oh, Brandon, hey.
Uh, I'm on my way.
I should be about an hour.
Actually,
that's why I'm calling.
The secretary has decided
to postpone today's procedure.
So when do you
want me to come in?
It may not be necessary.
We'll let you know.
Okay.
Bye.
(Peter)
you have to get out of here.
You know why they canceled
the last test, don't you?
Whatever they needed from you,
they have it now.
It's not safe for you here
anymore, Olivia.
You have to go home.
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