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ANNOUNCER: Previously on Fringe:

There is one than one of everything.

OLIVIA: Who the hell is this guy?

BROYLES: We're recorded him at over three dozen scenes,

all of which relate to the Pattern.

Why? What is he doing?

BROYLES: Watching. Observing.

We refer to him as the Observer.

WALTER: We were dead, Peter.

Until someone grabbed me.

We were saved, both of us, by a man that I had never met.

You talk to him?

He wouldn't be any use to you.

He just observes.

I have said too much.

I'm not supposed to get involved.

[beeping]

MAN: Nice specs.

I've never seen anything like them before.

They're from somewhere far away.

I don't have any money.

Oh, that's okay.

I'm gonna give you one of these anyway.

There.

Oh, that's great.

Thank you.

[snaps binoculars shut]

[girls laughing]

Come with me, please.

Excuse me?

What are you doing?

Get off me! What are you doing?

Help me. Help me.

- Hey! - Let go. Help me.

MAN: Let go! - Let her go.

- Somebody help me, please! - [gunshot]

Somebody.

Help!

Please help me.

Help me. Please.

Help me!

Help. Somebody.

[gasps]

Stop!

Stop.

[gunshot]

[gunfire]

- [gun clicking] - [car door shuts]

[engine turns over]

[wheels screeching]

"August"

Morning.

[chuckles]

Good morning, funny face.

You ready for our day?

Yep.

This is the map Mom left for us.

There's four rollercoasters.

Oh, no, no, no. We agreed.

No rollercoasters.

You can go on any other ride you like, but no rollercoasters

'cause I am scared of the rollercoasters.

[giggles]

Oh, you think that's funny?

You think that that is funny?

Okay, no rollercoasters.

- [laughs] - [cell phone rings]

Hang on. Dunham.

Where?

Uh, no, I'll tell Walter and Peter.

So.

We're gonna have to take a rain check.

That's okay, Aunt Liv.

I know you have an important job.

Well, I'm gonna call the Jacobsens

and see if they can babysit.

And then I'll--

- Make pancakes? - Yes.

[laughs] And I'll make you pancakes.

- [birds chirping] - [dogs barking in distance]

Are you sure it was him?

Uh, we don't have the security footage yet,

but an eyewitness said that he was wearing

a gray suit and a hat,

"One of those old ones from the '60s."

You don't have any information on the girl?

No.

The police showed her picture around the museum,

but no one knew who she was.

Hey, is Walter awake?

[scoffs] Oh, yeah.

- He's in-- - [blender turns on]

the kitchen.

And talking to him's not gonna be easy.

Why?

Walter!

We have company.

Oh, hello, Agent Dunham.

Walter, hey.

I need you to tell me what you know

about the man we call "the Observer."

You once referred to him as your friend.

And it seems that he may have kidnapped a woman.

They call it "the Strawberry Supreme."

His favorite ice cream store is shut down.

He made me wait in line with him for four hours yesterday

just so he could have one last milkshake.

They have a secret ingredient. It's--

It's mundane but it's-- Oh, it's sublime.

And I am trying to stimulate

my olfactory and gustatory senses

to try to recreate it.

Walter? Can you come with me?

We've recorded him at over three dozen fringe events.

Do you remember him?

Of course.

But there's nothing more than I've told you before.

Peter and I were in a car crash.

In a frozen lake, when I was a boy.

We were drowning, and...

he dove in and saved us.

But you say he's kidnapped a woman?

We think he may have.

Why? What are you thinking, Walter?

ASTRID: Hey, guys?

The footage from the abduction

has been downloaded.

Also, the police found a book on a bench by the museum

that had some kind of weird writing in it.

And they think it was his?

Well, they don't know,

but Agent Broyles is sending it over.

Have we I.D.'ed the victim?

No, not yet.

Wait a minute, Astrid.

Can you zoom in?

[typing on keyboard]

Now freeze it.

Peter, that isn't him.

That's a different guy.

There's more than one observer.

[typing]

Stop. Ho--hold on.

What just happened right there?

[typing]

Was he hit?

[typing]

Who are these people?

- Please don't hurt me. - Please don't hurt me.

- Why are you doing this? - Why are you doing this?

- Please let me go. - Please let me go.

- I promise I won't tell anyone. - I promise I won't tell anyone.

- You don't have to do this to me. - You don't have to do this to me.

- Please. - Please.

It will be safer... if you stay quiet.

BROYLES: Her name's Christine Hollis.

27 years old in the masters program

for Fine Arts at B.U.

As far as we can tell, she's no one special.

Her parents are deceased.

No siblings, no arrest record.

$2,700 in her bank account.

Nothing unusual about her at all.

Well, do we have a home address?

We're working on it now.

Assuming she's still alive.

We have no reason yet to think otherwise.

Well, that's just it, isn't it?

I mean, we don't know what to think.

I--I'm lost.

24 years ago, one of them saved Walter and Peter.

Walter doesn't know why, or he can't remember.

But beyond that,

everything we know about these guys,

the little that there is suggests that they just watch.

They don't get involved.

But now...

Figure out why he took this girl.

What makes her the exception.

Do that, and I think you'll find him.

PETER: Hey, I think we may have a lead on the Observer.

Walter. Look at this. In his book.

I think that might be blood.

You might be right, son.

The scalpel, please.

Did he ever tell you why he saved us?

The Observer.

No.

We're close, Walter.

Whatever's going on,

whatever William Bell was warning Olivia about,

these people have the answers, I know it.

- I can feel it. - Mm-hmm.

This does not make any sense.

What?

His handwriting.

[beeping]

So far, I have counted 1,246 distinct characters

and not a single one of them

- repeats. - All right.

Not all of us majored in linguistics.

It means that every written language

is based on repetition.

So without repeated symbols, language is not possible.

Well, maybe it's a code.

Maybe.

But if so, it is the most complicated code

I have ever seen.

The computer can't make any sense of this either.

[door closes]

Hey, what you got?

Nothing concrete on the symbols yet.

But we found a blood sample in the book.

The kidnapper's blood?

Not sure. Walter's analyzing it now.

Walter.

Well, we can't be certain till we run the labs,

but I've noticed the blood has an orange tint,

perhaps a sign of hemophilia.

Well, if it is his blood and if he's a hemophiliac,

then maybe he was treated in a hospital,

so there could be a record.

I'll call Broyles. Have him put together a list

of all the known hemophiliacs in the area.

Hey, guys, I think I found something.

It looks like someone else

has been investigating these symbols too.

OLIVIA: What?

Who is it?

Yeah, these things have been blowing my mind

for a while now.

Do you see the little half-circle with wings?

That appears on a cuneiform tablet

at the Iraqi National Museum.

It's one of mankind's earliest attempts at writing.

And, uh, do you see this little triangular curlycue thingie?

That's etched on the Iron Pillar of Delhi.

900, B.C. It's pretty weird, right?

So Nina Sharp says you're FBI too.

Uh... you don't look FBI.

So you have no idea what any of them mean.

- What the symbols mean? - Yeah.

No, I have no idea.

But I found something else.

We all remember Paul Revere's ride,

"One if by land, two if by sea,"

but before that,

he was famous for his engraving of the Boston Massacre.

1770.

Oh, come on.

Well, that could be anybody.

- [hits key] - [beep]

Marie Antoinette.

1793.

- [hits key] - [beep]

Sarajevo, 1914.

Minutes before Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot,

kicking off World War I.

So they have been around forever.

Or else, they're not limited

by our human perception of time.

Are you with me?

We think of time as linear, right?

Life is a journey.

You're born, and then you die.

And to get from one end to the other,

there's only one way through.

Unless...

you look at it like this...

and then...

you can see at any point.

It's all happening at once.

So they're traveling through time.

No.

It's more like they're observing time.

I think these guys show up

at important moments.

Um, historical, technological, scientific.

But it's rare.

Maybe two dozen different

definite occurrences in the past 5,000 years

of human history.

But recently, I've charted 26 sightings

in the past three months alone.

It kind of makes you wonder.

Why now?

And what's about to happen.

More hot sauce, gentlemen?

- Thank you. - Sure thing.

We have a situation with August.

- Who is she? - I don't know.

But she's supposed to be on Tropos Air, Flight 821.

Why did he abduct her?

We don't know.

And the flight has already left the terminal.

Then he's created an irregularity.

We'll need to repair it.

Contact Donald.

[cell phone ringing]

[printer noises]

[cocking gun]

- [birds chirping] - [bell toll]

WOMAN: I just don't understand it.

Why would anyone want to kidnap Christine?

Well, that's what we're trying to figure out.

So you two aren't roommates.

No. We're friends.

Taking a bunch of sculpture classes together.

I'm subletting her room while she's away.

Was supposed to be away.

Where was she supposed to be?

Italy.

She was supposed to fly today.

She was gonna spend the semester

studying ceramics in Rome.

Well, do you have a copy of her itinerary?

Her flight to Rome, or...

maybe where she was gonna be staying?

She emailed me one.

I can print out a copy for you.

Is this Christine?

Yeah.

It's a terrible story, actually.

Her family was visiting relatives in San Francisco.

A few hours after that photo was taken,

there was a big earthquake.

The one in '89?

They were driving on that bridge

when it happened, when it collapsed.

Her parents were both killed.

That's the last photo she has of them.

I'll, um, get you her travel information.

Take a look at this.

Behind the father.

[struggling]

Come on.

[groans]

[muffled voice] Come on!

[wood splinters]

[door opens]

I thought you might be hungry.

You've hurt yourself.

Why are you doing this?

What do you want from me?

It would be easier to show you.

WOMAN: Popularity polls continue to show huge support

for the president as the economy rallies

and terrorism declines.

The poll found that 63% of Americans

are happy with the president...

It will be just a minute now.

And believe he will continue to find ways

to improve the economy and generate new jobs.

[rock music playing]

[chord chimes in]

Phone.

COMPUTER VOICE: Phone. Please say a command.

Call the Jacobsens.

Calling the Jacobsens.

Whatever these Observers do to keep from aging,

they should market it.

They'd make a fortune.

So what does it mean,

that he has been keeping tabs on this girl for 20 years?

MAN: Hello?

Oh, Ken, hi. It's Olivia Dunham.

I'm just calling to check in

and say hi to my niece.

KEN: Oh.

Jane just took her out for ice cream.

You want me to call her and have her--

Uh, no, no, uh-- Just let her know that I called.

KEN: Sure thing.

Rachel's out of town?

Yeah. For the weekend.

And?

And what?

You do that thing with your mouth when you're upset.

[chuckles]

Oh, it's-- Ella and I had this whole day

at the amusement park planned, and then dinner after.

She was completely understanding

when I told her that I had to work.

When my mom took me to my first movie when I was six,

I was so excited.

She bought me a box of popcorn, and...

we took our seats.

You know, they used to have that curtain

before the movie started?

It was this beautiful red velvet.

We sat there eating popcorn.

And after a couple minutes, I turned to her and said,

"Mommy, this is the best movie ever."

I didn't understand that it hadn't started.

It's one of my favorite memories of my mother.

Don't worry, you'll make plenty of memories with Ella.

MAN: New information on Tropos Air Flight 821,

which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean

two hours outside Rome, Italy.

The plane contained 211 passengers

and six crew members,

all of whom are assumed to be dead.

- Flight 821 departed... - What?

International airport at 10:45 AM,

- Eastern Standard Time. - Okay, Christine's itinerary,

it's just in my glove box.

...At the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport

early this morning. The plane was in the air--

PETER: Flight 821.

Boston to Rome.

She was supposed to be on that flight.

WOMAN: Rescue teams and divers

continue to scour the wreckage.

We will continue to bring you live coverage

of this disaster as it comes across our desk.

Representatives of Tropos Air...

You were going to die.

We will bring you live coverage just as soon as it happens.

Right now, what you're--

I saved you.

How did you--

You're not safe. Yet.

There is something I need to do.

I have to go out.

I would prefer not to gag you.

But it is for your own protection.

OLIVIA: What if he did?

I mean, what if he somehow knew the plane was gonna crash?

So you think this Brandon guy was right?

That they can see the events before they happen.

I'm sorry, what plane crash?

Christine Hollis was supposed to be on a plane

that crashed just off the coast of Italy.

- 200 people were killed. - Oh, dear.

I mean, what if he wasn't trying to kidnap her?

What if he was trying to save her life?

What is so special about her? Why save her?

Why did one of them save us?

ASTRID: Walter.

I've got the results of the blood sample

from the book.

Oh. Oh.

[chuckles]

High concentration of Capsaicin.

Which means it's not blood at all,

it's chili pepper juice.

He must have spilled some in the book.

Well, that's great news. So we'll add "messy" to the APB.

No, it is good news.

Concentration at 970,000 on the Scoville scale,

that's one of the hottest chili peppers there is.

I hypothesize a Naga Jolokia from India,

otherwise known as the King Cobra chili.

I once ate one.

The flatulence was horrible.

Very embarrassing.

Walter.

Are these peppers sold in Boston?

Oh, I--I imagine so.

Though I don't suspect one could grow them here.

Astrid?

Locate anyone who's importing those peppers locally.

Got it.

("Ragubathi Raghav" playing)

Well.

It appears you've been busy.

Your actions took us all by surprise.

I take it you've come here to explain yourself.

Then you are aware of the plane crash.

Of course.

Christine Hollis.

Who is she?

I have observed this woman for much of her life.

She is unique.

They are all unique.

That is not reason to interfere

with the course her life was meant to take.

We have interfered before.

Only to correct a mistake of our own making.

She has no future.

Then why do I see it?

Why do I see that she is important?

Your perception must be in error.

Perhaps.

Your oversight will be forgiven,

but Miss Hollis must be corrected.

We've already seen to it.

PETER: You should eat something.

Thanks.

You know, if there's something significant

about this girl, I just don't see it.

After her parents died,

she was taken in by her mother's best friend,

who was a veterinarian in Worcester.

She got decent grades in college,

and interned at art galleries in the summer.

I think she's just like anyone else.

ASTRID: Hey, guys? I think I found something.

There's King Cobra chilis.

Three Boston restaurants imported them last year,

and one private citizen.

- Who? - I don't know.

He paid with a money order. But we have an address.

It's an apartment in Cambridge.

Well, can you give the address to Broyles

and get him to have a back-up team standing by

in case we need them?

Sure thing.

Taste this, please.

No. That's what I was afraid of.

Wh-- What is that?

French vanilla ice cream and cough syrup.

Well, no, no, you see--

I suspect that this--

The secret ingredient is wild cherries,

and I didn't have any fresh cherries.

Unless you'd make a trip to the market.

If I do, I am no longer your taste tester.

Ooh. Deal.

[indistinct chatter]

You got my message.

I suspected that a likeness of a nitrogen molecule

would attract your attention.

Please don't take my son.

Your friend and I had a deal.

We had an arrangement.

I know what I did was wrong, but--

That is not why I contacted you.

I need your help.

My help?

Well.

In that case, I should call him.

And Agent Dunham.

They'll want to know I'm talking to you.

I suspect that they might be occupied right now.

[clacking sounds]

[squeaking sounds]

[clacking sounds]

[squeaking sounds]

[clacking sounds]

On your knees.

Down on the ground.

[cocks gun]

Take it easy.

Take it easy.

Take it easy.

[indistinct chatter]

What is it that requires my help?

I have interfered in the natural course of events.

To correct that,

the others will try to kill Christine Hollis

until they succeed.

If we run, they will find us.

If I stop the assassin, they will send another.

I cannot see any course of action

that will prevent... her death.

What makes you think I can help?

Because you have solved such a matter before.

You saw beyond the limitations of your problems.

Not really.

I just missed my son.

May I ask what is so important about Miss Hollis?

I cannot explain the reason.

I merely see it.

I have never experienced such...

certainty.

But the others,

they say she is of no consequence.

Well, in that case, if you cannot persuade

the others of your conviction,

then you must do something to prove it.

You must make her important.

And of course whatever you do,

you must be prepared to face the consequences.

The gunman leave a trail?

No.

I called in his description to the P.D.,

but I expect he's long gone by now.

Broyles is sending in a CSU team

to dust this place for fingerprints.

Well, I doubt he's gonna show up on any databases.

At least none from this century.

What do you mean?

What that guy Brandon said about them being around

for a long time, 1884?

Apparently, it was a great year for blubber.

What?

What is it?

Do you...

trust me?

Yes.

Then you must do exactly...

as I say.

AGENT: So far, we just pulled two off the door.

We got a possible match over here.

Any ideas?

What are they looking for?

We're looking for them,

but they're looking for something too.

That's why they keep on showing up.

[cell phone rings]

So what are they looking for?

Dunham.

Where?

Someone just called in a description

of our second Observer.

He was spotted at a motel in Lowell.

[electronic whir]

What are you doing?

Tell me where she is.

Just tell me where she is.

You know I'm just trying to do my job.

I have no quarrel with you.

Are you insane?

Good-bye.

[silenced gunshots]

[gasping]

FBI!

[gunshots]

[grunts]

[overhead footsteps]

- [electronic whir] - [gunshots]

Christine Hollis?

Christine?

Christine Hollis?

Christine.

I'm Agent Olivia Dunham.

I'm with the FBI.

It's gonna be all right.

What about the man? The one who took me?

Let's get you home.

Will she be safe now?

Who is she?

Why did you save her?

I saw her many years ago.

She was a child.

Her parents had just been killed.

She was crying.

But she...

She was brave.

She crossed my mind...

somehow.

She never left it.

I think...

It's what they call...

feelings.

I think...

I love her.

Will she be safe now?

Yes.

You made her important.

She is responsible for the death of one of us.

CHRISTINE: So who was he?

How am I supposed to make sense of any of this?

Him, the plane,

the guy who came after us.

Did he say anything to you?

Anything?

Did he tell you why he saved you?

No.

WALTER: He...

He asked me to give you something.

The bald man.

In the event that he couldn't.

My dad... won this for me playing skee-ball.

I was holding on to it in the backseat

when the bridge collapsed.

Christine.

I think you'll be safe now.

Hmm?

When did you see the Observer?

And why didn't you tell me?

What do you mean?

I just did tell you.

No, that's not good enough. We are so close.

I can't let these guys get away again.

They have the answers. I know they do.

Don't worry, son.

You will get your answer.

Why don't we go for a long drive together?

Perhaps to pick up a Tutti Frutti milkshake.

BROYLES: The man you shot

was named Donald Long.

Ballistics tied his gun to six unsolved homicides

up and down the East Coast.

The earliest one dates back ten years.

- An assassin. - Maybe.

Well, do we know who hired him this time?

We don't know.

Nothing in his car or on his person

gave any indication.

What about the Observer's gun?

Our techs had never seen anything like it.

They can't seem to make it fire.

The best we can figure, Peter shot off the last round.

There's one more thing.

The tip-off that the Observer was spotted at that motel,

it was called in from one of the motel phones.

What if he was trying to protect Christine?

And if he realized he couldn't do it on his own?

Yeah. That's what I thought.

If it's okay with you,

I--I'd like to take the rest of the day off.

Sure.

Big plans?

Yeah.

Don't worry, Aunt Liv.

I'll hold your hand. [giggles]

You'd better.

Oh, I'm not gonna-- No, no, no, no!

[laughs]

[both screaming]

[laughing]

[screaming]

[giggling]

Look how happy she is.

It's a shame things are about to get so hard for her.

[screaming]

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