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We were able
to identify
23 chromosomes
your grandson inherited
from his mother.
Hopefully, that's enough
to activate the machine.
(Male announcer)
Previously, on Fringe...
(Nina)
The machine came on by itself,
without Peter.
(Walter)
The vortex appeared
above this field.
It's the end of the world.
This is just the beginning.
That machine was made for me.
We all thought that I could
turn the machine on.
Maybe I can turn it off.
I think this is what
I'm supposed to do.
I was never good
at letting you go.
This time,
you have to.
♪ ♪
[Loud boom]
Peter!
Peter, I'm here, son.
You're up.
Of course.
I was just resting my eyes.
How is he?
His pulse is strong.
I just spoke with Dr. Levin.
She's planning on keeping
him sedated
for at least another
12 hours.
She thinks the fact
that his vitals are stable
is a very positive sign.
She's hopeful that
he's gonna come out of this
without any permanent damage.
She can't possibly know that.
Peter interacted
with a machine
of immense power.
Surge like that could have
disrupted his neural patterns,
created memory deficits,
aphasia.
Walter, let's wait and see,
okay?
How about we go for a walk?
You know,
you haven't eaten in hours.
The cafeteria
is just downstairs.
[Sighs]
I think I saw tapioca pudding
on the menu.
Well, I can't deny
I'm hungry.
♪ ♪
Hey, dad,
something weird is happening.
What's up, Nate?
Are you feeling sick?
No, I--
[electricity crackles]
[Screams]
What the hell was that?
Ah!
[Indistinct shouts]
Are you okay, Nate?
I think so.
It's okay, buddy.
It's over.
You wait here.
I'm gonna take a look.
Gary, no.
You'll be safe in the car.
Just stay down,
don't touch anything.
(Man)
No! Just stay in the car!
Just stay in the car.
Oh, my God.
[Electricity crackles]
[Indistinct shouts]
♪ Fringe 3x21 ♪
The Last Sam Weiss
Original Air Date on April 29, 2011
== sync, corrected by elderman ==
It wasn't supposed
to happen this way.
What do you mean,
"this way"?
It's already on.
Yes, it's been on
for the past 32 hours.
So how can that be?
This doesn't make sense.
Walter thinks that
the machines
are quantum entangled
and that this machine
was triggered
when they activated theirs
on the other side.
Even so, how did they turn
it on in the first place?
This machine was built
for Peter.
Only he can operate it.
Well, he tried,
but the machine sent him flying.
It's hot-wired.
It's tricked into thinking
he's already inside.
That's why it's repelling
anyone or anything
trying to enter.
So you're thinking
that it's malfunctioning.
What I'm saying is
it's frustrated...
In a manner of speaking.
That's why you're seeing all
this damage out in the world.
It's not a doomsday device,
but it's acting like one.
Okay, so how do we stop it?
In case of emergency,
break glass.
I believe there's a way we can
disarm the force field
and let Peter in safely.
Okay, I read the First People
book cover to cover
and there's nothing
in it about that.
Not in your book.
This is the manuscript the books
are based on.
These pages were
never published.
Okay, so what am I
looking at?
This is a box.
This is the key
that opens the box.
Well, what's inside the box?
According to this,
it's a crowbar of sorts.
- A crowbar?
- Yes.
It'll pry the force field
open long enough
for Peter to get in.
And what happens if he does?
- Does he die?
- No.
I don't think so.
You don't think so?
As I understand it,
the machine is indestructible.
So if Peter gets in,
he should be safe.
Okay, so where are these now?
Come on.
It's a long time
since I've seen
a classic fruit cocktail.
Why do you suppose
that is?
I suppose loading fruit
with sugar,
artificial flavors and dyes
has just fallen out of favor.
That's a shame,
isn't it?
Not a fire.
It's a freak lightning storm.
I need you to call
the Burn Center,
see how many they can take.
(Nurse)
Second-degree burns.
Trauma bay four
is prepped and ready.
Getting worse.
We don't know
that this has anything
to do with the machine.
I think we do.
I want another team
on the scene
and get the governor
on the line.
Hey, what happened?
A spontaneous
dry lightning storm
just outside Worcester.
25 people injured
in similar storms
are being reported
up and down the eastern
seaboard.
Electro-static fluctuations
in the atmosphere.
I'm not surprised.
[Cell phone rings]
Sorry, I have to take this.
Yes?
Put him through.
Mr. Governor.
We should get back to Peter.
Walter,
this is a Fringe event.
We need to get back
to the lab.
I'm not leaving him.
Peter would not want you
to sit
by his bedside
and do nothing.
I'll make sure
that the hospital calls us.
We'll be back before
he wakes up.
I'm afraid I'm out
of ideas.
Forgive me if I'd
like to spend
my remaining time
with my son.
Well, what about Olivia?
You saw how hard it was
for her to leave him,
but she's out there trying
to find a way to end this.
I too have tried.
I went so far as
to ask God for help.
How did he respond?
Nothing.
That's your excuse?
Come on now.
What have you done,
Walter?
God helps those
who help themselves.
Poor Richard's Almanack.
What?
Ben Franklin.
That was his phrase.
"God helps those
who help themselves."
You're right.
We have to investigate.
We can't begin to neutralize
this until we understand.
Well, where are we going?
To get my kite.
(Sam)
I'm not the first Sam Weiss.
So which Sam Weiss
is this?
That's my
great-great-great-great
grandfather.
He was digging
for Mastodon bones
when he discovered an ancient
manuscript instead.
So he was the one who wrote
the First People book.
No, that was the fifth
Sam Weiss.
The third and fourth Sams
spent their lives
searching for the manuscript's
missing sections.
You're a dedicated bunch.
A machine with the power
to create and destroy worlds
shouldn't be taken lightly.
Dang, this is heavy.
Okay.
Let's go get the key.
No.
Maybe we shouldn't be doing
this at all.
The crowbar's not
to be used
unless something goes wrong
with the machine.
Uh, look outside, Sam.
Something is going wrong.
The time line's not right.
Maybe this is
a cosmic hiccup.
Maybe it'll course-correct
on its own.
Or maybe it will destroy
two universes.
That's exactly my point.
You know, generations
of knowledge have been
bestowed upon me.
But no one said
anything about
the other side turning
on the machine first.
Okay, Sam, I'm gonna
make this really easy for you.
I am armed and I want you
to take me to the key now.
Ho-ho!
That's it!
Come and get me!
Strike me down,
you sprites, you elves,
you glorious blue jets!
Walter, this can't possibly
be safe.
Nonsense!
I'm fully insulated.
Are you tracking
the field strength?
Yeah, it's all over the place.
Needle won't
sit still.
Ah-ha!
Oh!
Whoo! Whoo!
What was the voltage
on that one?
Uh...
I'm gonna go with "high."
We're not even getting any more
electrical readings.
What about barometric pressure?
Walter!
Oh, my God!
Hey!
Hey, Walter.
What happened?
You just got struck
by lightning twice.
That's it.
The missing variable.
Oh, Ostrich,
you are a genius!
Why?
Repetition, my dear.
We have to account
for repetition.
Pack all this up.
We're going back
to the lab.
Okay.
[Laughs]
[Phone rings]
ICU.
We've got two,
maybe three free beds.
You're gonna have
to send some of them
to General.
Please, you need to lie down,
ma'am.
If your daughter is here--
Help!
He's not breathing!
Get me the cardiologist
on call.
Excuse me.
Sir, you all right?
What's your name?
My name's...
Are you a patient?
(Male)
I need a crash cart in here.
Don't move.
I'll be right back.
[Overlapping chatter]
Taxi!
Where you headed, pal?
42nd and Lex, please.
Come again?
42nd and Lex, Midtown.
Are you feeling okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Why?
42nd and Lexington
is in New York,
and we are in Pittsfield.
That's a pretty
steep fare.
42nd and Lex it is.
[Overlapping chatter]
Appears we've got
another problem.
The key is in there,
the Whitley Museum.
Mayor's office has us
setting up safety zones
at locations of all
the lightning storms.
So what's the radius?
Oh, this one's six blocks.
We've had bigger.
Quincy, Somerville,
two at Southie.
I barely have enough manpower
to keep up.
Oh, that's her.
Museum director.
I don't care if it's
the bloody apocalypse.
I'm not leaving
my museum unattended.
You remember what happened
in Baghdad.
Listen, I'll call you
back later.
Uh, ma'am, this is the Agent
I spoke to you about.
Olivia Dunham, FBI.
Dr. Christine Albright.
Sam Weiss,
patron member since '82.
Thank you so much
for meeting us.
Are those the floor plans?
Mm-hmm.
(Sam)
There.
That's where the key is.
You sure?
Positive.
That's the Native
American Wing.
I curated those exhibits
myself.
There's no key in there.
I beg to differ.
Okay, what's the most direct
route to that wing?
You mean you want to go in?
You can't.
It's not safe.
Battalion commander said he'd
never seen anything like it.
Lightning coming out
of thin air.
Inside the museum?
Inside all the buildings
on the block.
Okay, well, that's a chance
we're gonna have to take.
[Sighs]
Uh, go through
the front entrance.
That's the quickest route.
Please be considerate.
We've lost enough priceless
artwork for one day.
You have our word.
Here's everything,
including the latest raw data
from Massive Dynamic.
Excellent.
Let's mark all the spots
where lightning has struck
more than once.
Because lightning
shouldn't strike twice?
[Chuckles]
No, that's a myth.
As we know,
lightning can and does
strike twice,
given the right conditions.
But the frequency of multiple
strikes, that we measure.
You think this is gonna
give us the pattern?
No, not by itself.
But when we compare it
to the frequency
of seismic events and multiple
radiation and thermal spikes...
Maybe.
Okay.
Seismic...
and radiation...
and thermal.
What do you see, dear?
These x's line up perfectly.
And what else?
Fringe events seem to be
clustered around two points.
The foci.
And a rift seems
to be forming
on the axis between them,
like they're tugging
at each other.
Walter, this is
the exact location
where our machine is housed.
But why Liberty Island?
Walternate.
Do you understand
what you're suggesting?
We're talking mass panic.
Do you have a contingency plan
in place for that?
Hold on.
I'll call you back.
Here we go.
A simple visual demonstration.
It's important that you
pay attention.
These two magnets...
create a magnetic field
between them.
As a result,
these iron filings
line up in a pattern
consistent with that field.
Your point?
The two machines,
they're acting
just like the magnets.
Only in this case,
across universes.
The pull between them
creating this swath of events.
At one end,
the hangar
where we keep our machine.
The other end:
Liberty Island.
The location of the Department
of Defense Headquarters
on the other side.
Which is where Walternate
must have built his machine.
There's no other explanation.
But if...
we move our machine
to the same spot as theirs...
We stall the pace
of destruction.
You want to move our machine
100 miles and over water
and park it offshore from
the most densely populated city
in the country?
Yes.
Astrid's already
working out
the logistics
of stable transport.
But when the two machines
are brought together,
won't that increase
the intensity
of events in that spot?
Yes, but it will buy us time.
Olivia's looking for a way
to get Peter inside the machine.
We just have to contain
the damage until she succeeds
and pray that Peter is ready.
Phillip...
I know it sounds crazy...
but it's our only
viable option.
There it is.
The key?
I don't see it.
That's the beauty.
No one can.
Sam?
Do you hear that?
Is it the lights?
It's not the lights.
Get down!
Okay, you get the key.
I'll disable the alarm.
It's not working.
It was short circuited
by the lightning.
We won't make it.
Oh, my God,
Sam.
I work in a bowling alley.
Okay, come on.
That's the key?
Incredible.
Okay, so what do I do?
I don't know.
I told you,
the instructions are incomplete.
I mean, there's nowhere
for it to go.
Are you sure that this
is the right key?
Yeah, are you kidding?
My father took me
to the museum
hundreds of times.
Believe me, you have
no idea how boring those--
You did it.
Sam?
That's the crowbar?
I mean, what is it?
It's you.
What does the drawing mean,
Walter,
and why am I in it?
Well, if it's a companion
to the original picture,
it means that you
and Peter both
have a connection
to the machine.
But why?
I mean, why am I connected
to it?
Perhaps your friend here
could enlighten us.
No.
I mean,
all I know
is the original manuscript
is very clear on this point.
The lockbox contains
the crowbar.
Then the answer
is unavoidable.
Apparently,
you have the ability
to turn off
the force field
that's keeping Peter out
and open the machine
for long enough for him
to get inside.
How am I supposed
to do that?
Well, the answer lies
in the drawing.
Otherwise, why draw it?
Oh, let's see.
Uh-huh.
Brain waves, it would seem.
(Sam)
Hey...
Careful with that.
Uh-huh.
[Chuckles]
There's your answer.
Huh?
You, Olivia,
have the power
to bend things
with your mind.
That's what you're doing
in this drawing,
if you look at it
the right way.
Walter, you're not seriously
talking about--
telekinesis.
No.
I can't.
(Walter)
Yes, you can.
You've done it before.
Two years ago,
David Robert Jones.
[Chuckles]
She defused a bomb
by turning off some light
with her mind.
Walter, that was different.
Well, it was less advanced.
Oh, I'm afraid there's
something else.
Since it's the machine
on the other side
that's turned on,
that's the machine
you'll have to interact with.
You're not suggesting
that I need to cross over.
No.
The same part of your mind
that allows you
to cross over contains
your ability of telekinesis.
They should be able to work
together in combination.
Control the machine over there
from over here.
In theory, yes.
No, it's ridiculous,
and even if it was possible,
manipulating a light
is nothing
compared to manipulating
the machine.
You're right.
Of course.
Requires a much greater
degree of control.
We'll have to practice.
Start on something smaller.
How do we do that?
Ahh.
This is the typewriter
the other Olivia used
to communicate
with the other side.
Like the two machines,
it is quantum entangled
with its counterpart.
In this case,
whatever's typed on one
appears on the other,
which makes it
the perfect means
for testing your abilities.
You ready to give it
a try?
So how?
Okay, clear your mind.
Look into the mirror.
Imagine that you're looking
at the typewriter
on the other side.
Now, press those keys
using your mind.
Walter, this is--
shh.
Don't expect it to happen
so quickly.
It's like meditating.
You need to focus
on something specific.
A word, phrase...
And be patient.
Okay.
Walter, maybe if you
gave me some cortexiphan.
I'm afraid at this point,
it would do you more harm
than good.
These abilities
are inside you, Olivia.
You simply need
to harness them.
Walter, I don't know how.
I never have.
I know what it's like
to feel unequal
to the task required
of you.
To feel incapable.
I'll never be
the man I was,
but I've come to embrace
those parts
of my mind that are...
peculiar and broken.
I understand now that's
what makes my mind special.
I wish you could see yourself
the way I see you.
You have no idea how
extraordinary you are.
If you would embrace that,
there's no end
to what you can do.
I know that you want
to believe in me...
and I want to believe
in me...
but believing doesn't
make it true.
Just try.
It's okay.
Take a break
and we'll try again.
Hmm?
The hospital just called.
Peter's missing.
Excuse me.
Do you--
Excuse me.
Hmm?
Do you know if there's
a pawn shop around here?
I've been here before,
but--
No, sorry, man.
I'm--I don't know.
Man, I'm sorry
to disturb you,
but it's just
it's really important.
I could have sworn
there was one.
[Sighs]
I don't know.
Uh, I think there's one
over on 3rd Avenue.
On 3rd?
Yeah.
Thank you.
[Door bells chime]
Can I see these?
Sure.
You a collector?
I was...
When I was a kid.
They're all graded
and authenticated.
Price-wise,
everything in here,
500 and up.
This one.
Silver half dollar.
It's my favorite.
It always brings me luck.
Walter, they searched
the house.
There's no sign of him.
What if he can't remember
our address?
No, Walter,
let's not assume the worst.
Is that what you think
I'm doing?
Because it is a fact
that Peter sustained
a massive blow
to the head.
It is a fact
that he was in a hospital
less than 10 hours ago.
It is a fact that we haven't
got the slightest clue
how that machine
affected him.
So please do not accuse me
of making assumptions.
I'm sorry, Astrid.
I know you're scared,
Walter.
Hey.
Peter's credit card
has been used twice
in the past two hours.
$800 to the Western
Massachusetts Cab Company
and $600 to a pawn shop
in Manhattan.
He took a cab to New York?
It appears so.
Until we speak to the driver,
we won't know for sure.
What would he be looking for
in New York?
[Overlapping chatter]
[Overlapping chatter
continues]
Excuse me,
you can't be here.
We're evacuating the area.
I know, I know,
but I have to talk to my father.
I have something to show him.
It's really important.
And who, out of curiosity,
is your father?
Walter Bishop.
The Secretary of Defense.
Here.
Thank you.
- Any word from Peter?
- No.
What you doing?
- Reading.
- That's a lie.
Trying to read.
Pathetic attempt to distract
myself with ancient gossip.
Better than thinking about
what I've done.
Sam, you didn't do anything.
I intervened.
I didn't give you
an option not to.
We just got word
Peter's been found.
Is he all right?
(Broyles)
He's alert,
answering questions.
Transport's waiting for us
at the heliport.
Well, where is he?
Liberty Island.
The machine has arrived there
as well.
(Walter)
I'll get my coat,
and some dramamine.
I'm afraid this
is where you get off.
Official personnel only.
Sam, whatever's happening,
it's not over.
Good luck, Olivia.
Thank you.
Peter!
What on earth
made you come here?
Are you all right, son?
There are two of you,
aren't there?
I think I've been confused.
What year is it?
2011.
President?
Obama.
Nausea, headaches,
ear-ringing?
No, physically,
I feel fine.
And who is that woman
over there?
Olivia.
What's the last
thing you remembered
before you woke up
in the hospital?
I remember getting
into the machine...
or trying to.
Good.
And do you know me?
I know you're not
the Secretary of Defense.
The sweater's
a dead giveaway.
Good.
Fact that
your memory's returning
is a sign that your confusion
is temporary.
You're gonna be okay, Peter.
Where'd you get this?
Walter?
The machine.
I thought you had a plan
to contain the rise in pressure.
The system wasn't designed
for sudden fluctuations.
So what can we do
to compensate for that?
I'm afraid so long as
the machine is on
there's nothing we can do.
Oh, Peter,
I was worried about you.
I'm okay.
Let's just figure this out.
So the drawing implies that you
need to use telekinesis?
Is Walter sure?
Well, Walter's educated guess
is as good as we have.
Well, I mean, I tried.
I concentrated on a phrase
like Walter asked me to do
and still nothing.
Well, what was the phrase?
[Typewriter keys clacking]
[Typewriter keys clacking]
What do you mean
it's working?
I heard the keys tapping away.
It keeps typing
the same message.
Are you doing that?
What's the message?
"Be a better man
than your father."
There's a boat leaving
for Manhattan in five minutes!
I want all non-essential
personnel on it!
That means get out now!
Don't worry.
Just think of it as
a giant typewriter.
Do you know what to do?
I think so.
The tremors
are getting stronger.
Exponential microquakes.
We're building towards
a massive event.
I suspect we don't have
much time left.
Walter, what if I
can't do it?
What if I can't
turn it off?
I have known you
for a long time, Olivia,
and I believe that
the drawing was no accident.
Whoever did it knew the same
as I do.
That you don't fail.
You ready?
No.
You?
No.
Don't say I never
took you anywhere.
You can do this.
Notify the Secretary.
There's something happening
to the machine.
You did it.
Peter.
I love you.
Wish me luck.
Oh, dear God.
[Indistinct shouts]
[Explosion]
[Indistinct shouts]
(Female voice over intercom)
All civilians proceed to
evacuation route immediately.
[Explosion]
[Indistinct shouts]
Agent Bishop.
Agent Bishop,
take cover!
[Grunting]
Fringe Division?
[Grunts]
Where the hell am I?
Sir, you've been hit.
Medic!
I need a medic now!
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