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(Male announcer)
Previously on Fringe...
The last will and testament
of William Bell.
"Nina, a memento of me."
I need Belly.
I need his help.
I can't do this alone.
I have to protect
our world.
Remember how good
we were together.
William is gone.
You can't bring him back.
Wherever Belly is...
He will find us.
[Chimes]
(Olivia)
The decoder key is in my office.
At the FBI?
No, at Massive Dynamic.
Hello, Peter.
It's nice to see you
again.
(Bell as Olivia)
I understand your concerns,
but I assure you,
Olivia is perfectly fine.
She is simply resting.
(Broyles)
What do you mean,
she's resting?
Well, not exactly of course.
Just in the sense
that her conscious mind,
her awareness,
is at a state of rest.
But I assure you,
she is totally safe.
This is all exactly
as I planned it.
[Chair squeaking]
You haven't heard
the best part.
Ask him when he planned it.
(Bell as Olivia)
Several months ago
when I first met Olivia
in my office
on the other side.
I gave her a cup of tea.
The soul magnets
were in that tea.
(Broyles)
So these soul magnets
drew your consciousness
into Olivia
after you died?
Well,
after my physical body died.
As you can see,
I am quite alive.
Indeed.
Look at this.
Two distinct patterns
of electrical activity.
This one--
active.
That's you, Belly.
[Laughs]
The other one inert.
Like the brain waves
of a long, dreamless sleep.
Which suggests that Olivia
was aware
of none of this.
Now I understand
that this could take some time
for you to get used to.
Imagine how I feel.
I never realized
that a bra
was so binding.
[Snickers]
Astrid, you can start taking
the electrodes off her--him.
(Broyles)
How much time?
You're not suggesting
this is permanent.
Oh, no, no.
We simply need to find
a more suitable home
for me to move to.
Now Olivia's brain
can accommodate my consciousness
for several weeks before
anything would happen to her.
Weeks?
Not a chance.
And I am confident
that Walter will find
a more stable home
long before that.
Same question.
How long?
24 hours.
48 at the most.
Has anyone ever told you, dear,
that you have lovely hands?
Thank you.
You're not seriously considering
sanctioning this,
are you?
Well, what would you suggest,
Peter?
If I leave Olivia's brain now
without finding a suitable host,
I would die.
And don't you think that my
life is worth an extended nap?
And besides,
William can help us
understand Walternate's plan,
can't you, William?
Walter.
What he intends
to use the machine for.
And how to keep Peter
out of it.
Stop.
I want to know
how we get Olivia back.
(Broyles)
48 hours
to find
a new and suitable host.
Then I want you
out of my Agent.
Or I'll have Dr. Bishop
figure out how to drive you out.
Agreed?
You have my word,
young man.
Now I need
to retrieve my files
from Massive Dynamic.
There is a box labeled
"reentry."
- I'll get it myself.
- As fast as possible.
You don't have
to tell me twice.
[Thunder crashes]
That was fast.
You said I didn't have
much time, Jim.
You didn't.
You don't.
[Thunder crashes]
You were right.
It's gonna rain.
There is hope in raindrops.
Isn't that what you said?
What does that even mean?
It means...
That every drop of rain
holds the promise
of regrowth.
Each has a purpose.
Even if they don't know it.
I think we can feel that way.
That we don't have a purpose.
But we do.
Jim.
Do you believe
what you're saying?
About purpose?
You said
you know how I feel.
You said
you know pain.
And you wanted to kill yourself
too, you said that.
Yes.
So?
What's your reason
to stick around?
My reason?
Have you found your purpose?
Jim.
It's okay.
You did your best.
I don't believe
in hope anymore.
All I know
is we're all gonna die.
♪ Fringe 3x17 ♪
Stowaway
Original Air Date on March 18, 2011
== sync, corrected by elderman ==
Okay,
here are the reentry files.
You need anything else?
Uh, a computer
with access to Social Service
and Medical databases
would be useful.
Now the host
needs to be biological,
able to cognate, but without
its own governing consciousness.
A human brain
would be ideal,
but not a prerequisite.
What?
Hmm.
Peter, your father wouldn't want
to hear me say this,
but even if he does find out
more about this machine,
it doesn't necessarily mean
he'll be able to prevent
the events depicted
in that picture.
I mean, that just could
simply be your fate.
Thankfully,
I don't believe in fate.
Whatever Walternate's plans are
for me, I promise you,
I'm not getting
in that machine.
Well, son,
it isn't always that simple.
I've lived a long time,
Peter.
So believe me
when I tell you
that sometimes when one walks
away from his fate,
it leads one directly
to fate's doorstep.
[Footsteps]
Hey, Broyles just sent something
over that you need to see.
(Peter)
Excellent.
Do it again,
and I'll show you.
Holy!
This video was taken
last night just after 10:00
in Roxbury.
Nobody could have survived
that impact.
And yet she did.
What are you thinking,
Walter?
Maybe it's not the woman
at all.
Maybe it's the location.
Walter, you think
that this is spatial decay,
don't you?
Caused from a soft spot
between the universes.
We're beginning to see signs
of degradation on this side.
Well, it was bound
to happen.
I'm surprised
that it's taken this long.
All right,
we need a geiger counter.
No, no.
We don't need anything.
We can handle this.
- You need to...
- What?
Go to my room?
Sit on my hands?
The computer is searching
all the local hospitals
for a potential host
based on the parameters
that you retrieved
from Massive Dynamic.
Now I am not someone
who can make that occur
any faster.
What I am
is the only person
on this universe
who has extensive experience
in interdimensional decay.
Fabulous.
Fantastic.
Agent Lee!
You're gonna want
to see this.
Where is she?
Boston.
(Bell as Olivia)
We have more advanced ways
to detect molecular degeneration
over there,
but a simple radiation test
should be enough
to see whether the fabric
of the universe
has begun to decay.
And?
Well, everything's
within normal range.
Nothing unusual here.
So if it's not the place,
then it's got to be the girl.
Must be something about her that
allowed her to survive the fall.
Well, then we need to get
to know more about her.
DNA.
Excellent.
[Laughs]
I'll take the samples
from the passenger's side.
Look at this.
Me and Belly
collecting human tissue
and fluid specimens.
Just like when we were kids.
Glad you guys
are enjoying yourself.
This is Peter
and Dr. Walter Bishop,
the civilian consultants
I told you about.
This is Special Agent
Lincoln Lee from Hartford.
He has some information
regarding this case.
Hi.
Uh...
(Peter)
This is...
Agent Olivia Dunham.
Fringe Division.
What division?
So what you got?
The woman who jumped
and walked away?
Her name is Dana Gray.
She was murdered
18 months ago.
Two bullets in the head.
M.E. said she died instantly.
She was killed with her husband
and her children
in a home invasion robbery.
(Bell as Olivia) Ooh.
That's grisly.
I can't argue.
This was a tough one.
They ever find who did it?
Yes.
We tried to bring him in,
but he drew on us.
Two agents ended up
putting him down in a shootout.
So case closed.
That is,
until I get a call
about Mrs. Gray's body
disappearing from the morgue.
I assumed it was stolen.
It's a reasonable assumption.
I didn't think anything of it
until I saw this.
Witnesses reported seeing
two people jump out
of a dorm window.
Cops get there.
One body.
Grad student
who lived there.
But the cops
find two sets of fingerprints
on the ledge
during their investigation.
Second set, those fingerprints
were identified
as Dana Gray's.
Which is insane
because she's dead.
Well, you know,
stranger things have happened.
Um, no, they haven't.
Don't listen to him.
Her.
Sorry. Go on.
Not knowing
what to make of it,
I flag Gray
in the system.
Over the next two months,
we found prints
at three other double suicides.
Now security photos
show her there,
and eyewitnesses
report seeing her die.
First responders
show up,
there's only one body,
and it's never hers.
I know this sounds insane,
but I don't think
this woman can die.
Isn't this
our lucky day?
Hello?
(Astrid)
Hello.
What's he doing here?
- I invited him.
- Belly invited him.
That's Gene.
[Moos]
(Walter)
Come down here.
I've got something.
Um, what is this place
exactly?
This is the place
where the mysteries
of the universe
get answered.
And congratulations.
Whatever
your security clearance was,
it just got
about seven levels deeper.
Something
to show you.
We found two sets
of DNA
in the specimens
we took from the scene.
Two different people.
But in performing the tests,
we noticed something odd
in the molecules
of Ms. Gray's body.
They didn't want
to come apart.
They were held together
by an unusually strong
electromagnetic bond.
Um, I'm confused.
You're saying that
her body's
being held together
by magnetism?
Well, we're all held together
by magnetism.
Our molecules
are like these hematite rocks.
Magnetism is what keeps us
from flying apart.
It's what keeps us solid.
(Walter)
In Ms. Gray's case,
the attraction
was almost unbreakable.
It's a miracle she left
any blood behind at all.
I think it suits you,
dear.
Um, but--but how?
I mean, why did she get
magnetically supercharged?
Belly,
what if she took the energy
from her victims?
- Victims?
- The people she's jumping with.
Yeah, that'd make sense.
She absconds with their life
force at the moment of death.
Life force?
You mean like a soul?
Is that even
a scientific concept?
(Bell as Olivia)
You know, it's best to try
not to be reductive.
I mean, after all,
every living thing
is simply bundled energy.
And perhaps Ms. Gray
has found a way
to capture
some vital portion
of another person's
essential energy
and therefore has extended
her own life.
Extending her own life.
A soul vampire.
As it were.
It says in the file
that each one of the victims
tried to commit suicide
previously.
Perhaps simple compassion,
Belly.
Yes, that's brilliant.
She only wants to take
the souls of those people
that are already prepared
to surrender
their own.
A compassionate soul vampire.
Both: Yes.
Oh, boy.
Um, who are you guys?
Why don't I explain that
to you as we go?
Are we going somewhere?
If you were looking
for victims
who had previously tried
to commit suicide,
where would you go?
Suicide hotlines,
therapy groups?
(Peter)
Exactly.
Walter, give me a call
if you can figure out
any more
about why Dana Gray can't die.
[Cell phone ringing]
Helpline.
This is Joan.
Hello?
I think
I'm gonna hurt myself.
Okay, sweetie,
what's your name?
I'm Brian.
Hi, Brian.
I guess you're in a bad place
right now, huh?
I'm tired.
I know, sweetie.
Life can be tiring.
[Sighs]
I know.
Listen, Brian,
I really want
to help you,
but you have
to let me do that, okay?
And this is too important
to do over the phone.
You're just trying
to trick me.
You're gonna send the police
to stop me.
No, listen to me,
Brian.
I would never do that.
I promise, okay?
Now, sweetheart,
just tell me where you are.
That's her.
Yeah, that's Joan.
Is she working today?
No, she hasn't been in
for a few days.
Is she in some kind
of trouble?
Was she close
with anybody in the office?
Well, she was friendly,
but I wouldn't say
she was close to anyone.
She did her job
and went home.
Here's her desk.
I hope nothing's
happened to her.
She's one
of our best counselors.
How so?
Well, if there was
a particularly challenging call,
a person who was at risk,
we'd forward it to her.
She was amazing.
In three months,
she saved at least 37 lives.
She had an uncanny way
of connecting with people
feeling hopelessness.
I mean, anybody who gets struck
by lightning twice
and survived has to have
a perspective on hope, right?
Do you have her address?
Yeah.
Let me go get it.
If Dana Gray is stealing
people's souls as they die...
Then why is she so committed
to saving their lives?
Brian?
Hello, Brian.
You're not scared.
I know when people are scared.
And you're not.
Why?
Why are you doing this?
You think you convinced me
to allow you to come here.
But it was me
who wanted you to come.
Okay.
I don't want
to hurt people.
But I always do.
Who do you hurt?
I have no hope.
Like those raindrops
that you mentioned
on the phone.
You said
they have a purpose.
Well, I don't like
my purpose.
Do you think the raindrops
will help those people
on the train?
What people on the train?
I don't want
to hurt them.
But I will.
And that's why you're here.
You have to save them.
There's a duffel bag
with my bomb.
And that's why you're here.
East Bay Railway train 67.
Car 2.
Seat 17.
[Dial tone]
[Dialing]
[Ringing]
Like Azrael,
let his Angels carry
my damned soul to heaven.
[Gunshot]
(Man)
911. What is your emergency?
Hello?
Hello?
This is emergency services.
[Beep]
No.
Nothing.
None of them
fit the parameters.
[Sighs]
Here either.
We're looking
for such specific conditions
to accommodate your transfer,
William.
A brain-dead patient like this
could be one in a million.
[Moos]
Huh.
William.
No.
No.
[Laughter]
There's not much in here.
No friends,
no acquaintances.
No one that can tell us
where to find her.
You?
Mm-mm.
Just a bunch of books
and a receipt from a flower shop
for a dozen roses,
but she paid in cash.
Hmm.
One of these things
is not like the others.
What's that?
You never watched
Sesame Street?
The afterlife of the soul.
These other books
are clinical.
But this one's religious.
Exactly.
All the highlighted passages
are about what happens to us
after we die.
What's she doing,
trying to convince people
to jump
by telling them how great
heaven would be?
[Chuckling]
What if we're thinking
about this backwards?
What if that book's
not for other people?
It's for her.
Maybe she's the one
that wants to die.
Even if we were able
to transfer your consciousness
safely inside Gene, there are
other matters to consider.
Well, we would communicate
through my brainwaves.
You would hook me up
to an EEG machine
and decipher my thoughts.
That may work,
but still...
I'd have to milk you.
Well, we could assign Astrid.
[Snickers]
[Laughter]
Walter?
Walter?
Oh, not now, son.
We're on to something.
Look, if Dana Gray
was hit by lightning twice,
do you think
that would help to explain
why she's
so overly electromagnetic?
I suppose
that's possible.
The ions due to the multiple
lightning strikes
could cause her molecules
to be supercharged.
And possibly intensified
the electromagnetism.
Why do you ask?
We don't think that
she's trying to live forever.
We think
she's trying to die.
(Lee)
Dana Gray's description
just went out
over the police bulletin
in Dorchester.
Somebody spotted her.
You're sure this is the woman
you saw leaving the apartment?
Like I already told
the police,
I was making dinner
when I heard the gunshot.
I came out into the hall,
and I saw that woman leaving.
Did she kill him?
This is
an ongoing investigation.
I'm afraid I can't comment.
Oh, I see.
You're the only one
who gets to ask questions?
Thank you
for your cooperation.
So M.E. says that the angle
and wound powder burns
are consistent
with suicide,
but the gun
only discharged once.
It only takes one bullet
to blow your brains out.
Yeah, sure,
but up until now,
her M.O. has been
to try and kill herself
either with or directly
after the suicide victim.
Why?
If she can't die
and her soul, energy,
whatever you want to call it
is bound to her body,
maybe she's trying
to go with theirs.
Like a hitchhiker.
[Laughs]
A stowaway to heaven?
Yeah.
Yeah, but she was here.
And Dana Gray, why didn't
she just pick up the gun
and try to shoot herself?
Try to catch a ride?
What changed?
I think this is the story
you were looking for.
I'm surprised
you've heard of it.
I'm taking a night class,
and we're doing an essay
on the journey of the soul
to the afterlife.
Then you'll find this
very interesting.
The ascension of Azrael.
It's about a sinner
named Azrael
whose soul was condemned
to Purgatory.
After years
of watching him suffer,
the Angels asked God
to let Azrael free.
But God ignored them.
So the Angels went down
into Purgatory
and lifted Azrael up to heaven.
When God asked
why they did this,
the Angels said
Azrael had suffered enough.
And the combined innocence
of the Angels' souls
outweighed Azrael's sins.
Finally, God agreed.
And Azrael's soul
was welcomed into Heaven.
Good luck
with your assignment.
[Creak]
Oh.
Hello, freak show.
It's some kind of shrine.
More like a trophy room.
So clearly this guy was nuts.
I believe the clinical term
is sociopath.
But yeah.
He was.
So why was Dana Gray here?
(Man)
Agent Broyles?
We found this invoice
in the bathroom.
20 pounds
of plastic explosives.
This guy was making a bomb.
So where is it?
(Man)
Okay. I'll pick them
up on the way.
Yeah, I said okay.
All right.
See you soon.
My sister.
She had another baby.
Her and her husband,
they're like rabbits.
I'm heading to Providence
to see 'em.
What about you?
Where are you headed?
I'm on my way
to see family too.
(Broyles)
Alert BPD and put
the bomb squad on standby.
Let me know when it's done.
Hey, Broyles,
timers.
And the wires are stripped.
Looks like he was getting ready
to attach it
to a power source.
He's rigged the bomb
with a time detonator.
(Lee)
We went over every inch
of this place.
It's not here.
Check his credit cards,
ATM withdrawals,
Metro cards.
I want a list
of possible targets,
any places guy'd want to blow up.
- Yes, sir.
What if you're tracking
the wrong person?
Dana Gray was here.
You think
she took the bomb?
Why would she do that?
No.
She didn't take it.
I think
I know what's going on here.
It sounds insane,
but here's my theory.
She can't die.
But she wants to.
And she's been trying anything
and everything she can
to move on.
Right?
She's been trying to stow away
on the souls
of the recently dead.
Which is why she's been using
suicide victims.
And how is that related
to the plastic explosives
about to be detonated
somewhere in the city?
'Cause her plan
isn't working.
She's looking
for another way.
See, Dana was here
when this guy committed suicide.
I think that he told her
where the bomb is,
and the only reason she didn't
pick up that gun and follow suit
is because she's gonna try
something new.
So you think she's trying
to increase her chances
of making it to the afterlife
by killing herself
with a group of people?
It would explain
why she's not here.
This woman lost
her entire family.
She's desperate.
Even if you're right,
that still leaves
the same problem.
How do we find the bomb?
Hey, is this
the suicide's phone?
[Dialing]
Placed a phone call
half an hour
before he shot himself.
Boston area code.
How much you want
to bet
that's Dana Gray's
phone number?
[Woman giggling]
[Cell phone rings]
(Dana's voice)
You've reached the crisis helpline.
This is Joan.
If this is an emergency,
hang up and di--
She's not answering.
Can't run a trace
unless the line's open.
She has to pick up.
Can you change
the outgoing caller I.D.
- On this phone from here?
- Yeah, sure.
What are you thinking?
She may not answer
this number,
but I know whose number
she will answer.
[Cell phone ringing]
Hello?
Dana, please don't hang up.
Who is this?
My name is Peter Bishop.
The number
that you're calling from,
how did you get it?
I work with the FBI, Dana.
Well, then I'm sorry,
Mr. Bishop,
but we have nothing
to talk about.
Dana, please,
I know what happened to you.
I know about your family.
I know how they died.
And I know
that you're only doing this
because you want
to be reunited with them.
Just because you've read
some files about me,
Mr. Bishop, doesn't mean
you know the Hell
that I've been stuck in
or what I have to do
to make it stop.
But I can help you
to make it stop.
The people that I work with
are scientists.
They are the best
at what they do.
And if you come in,
I promise you
they can help you.
Can you promise me you'll
reunite me with my family?
Can you promise me that killing
a bunch of people will?
It's the best chance I've got.
I'm sorry.
I have no choice.
Dana, that's not true.
You have a choice.
We all have a choice.
Not me.
I should have died that night
with my family.
But for some reason,
some impossible cosmic joke,
I'm stuck here.
I didn't ask for this.
As strange
as this sounds,
I know exactly
what you're going through.
But believe me, Dana,
this is not the solution.
I guess
we'll find out soon enough.
Did you get it?
(Dana)
I should have died
that night with my family.
There.
That in the background.
Can you isolate that?
(Train conductor)
Next stop, Norwood Station.
Here it is.
I've got it open.
There are
three different trains
from three different points
of origin
that stop in Norwood
at this time of night.
You sure?
Yeah, the 6:15, the 6:25,
and the 6:45.
She could be
on any one of them.
Ask him
when they spoke to her.
What time?
Hey, when did you speak
to her?
What time?
I don't know.
It was ten minutes ago.
Ten minutes ago.
Oh, good.
I love word problems.
Three trains all passing
through Norwood.
Each travelling
at its own constant velocity.
Not accounting
for station stops.
What are they saying
in the background?
I have no idea.
They're doing that thing again
where they don't
finish sentences.
I merely need
to insert
the parameters based
on the train schedule.
That is too early.
(Both)
She's on the 6:25.
She's on the 6:25.
Excuse me.
Can you keep an eye
on my stuff here?
I have to use
the bathroom.
[Sirens wailing]
FBI.
We need to clear the train.
There may be an explosive
on board.
We think it's due to go off
in about eight minutes.
[Chatter]
This is the suspect.
There are over 300 people
on this train.
That girl's
in the next car.
She was right there.
Bring the dogs in now.
I need everyone
to stay calm.
I need a single file line.
Move toward the nearest exit.
Leave your belongings
where they are.
You can get them later.
[Sobs]
I don't understand.
She's gone.
[Explosion and screams]
(Man)
Hey!
I've got something.
Just down here.
She's dead.
So what changed?
After all that time trying,
why is she able to die now?
Welcome
to the Fringe Division.
Every answer you get just leads
you to more questions.
That may be.
But it's a lot more exciting
than Hartford.
Feel free to give me a call
if you ever find yourself
needing some help.
Be careful
what you wish for.
(Bell as Olivia)
Hello, Peter.
Walter thought that
it would be a good idea
for me to stay here tonight.
I just made
a pot of tea.
Would you like a cup?
Yeah.
Why not?
So I've been thinking
about Dana Gray.
You're not the only one.
Well, I have two thoughts.
My first thought
is that the energy emitted
from that bomb somehow reset
the electromagnetic charge
in her body
and that it was
that unique charge
that enabled her to die
permanently.
Okay.
That makes sense.
What was your second thought?
That my first thought
is wrong.
And?
What if, Peter,
this isn't about biology
or physics?
What if what we witnessed
was the very reason
that Dana Gray couldn't die?
Why?
Because she needed
to be here
to save those people's lives.
You think it was her Destiny.
Well, Destiny,
fate.
Jung called it synchronicity,
the interconnectedness
of apparently unrelated events.
I mean, don't you think
that it's curious
we meet a woman
who is unable to die
at the exact moment
my consciousness
seemingly returns
from the grave.
Now as a scientist,
I like to believe
that nothing just happens,
that every event
has some meaning.
Some sort of message.
You just have to be able
to listen closely enough
to hear it.
[Church bells ring]
See.
It's a church bell.
So tell me,
what's the meaning?
You okay, Bell?
(Olivia speaking)
Peter...
Olivia,
is that you?
(Bell)
Oh, no.
What the hell just happened
right there?
I think that
I may have been wrong.
This may be
a little more complicated
than I first thought.
== sync, corrected by elderman ==