NARRATOR: Previously on Fringe:
-There is more than one of everything. OLlVlA: Who the hell is this guy?
BROYLES: We've 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 l had never met.
-You talked to him? WALTER: He wouldn't be any use.
He just observes.
l have said too much. l am not supposed to get involved.
MAN: Nice specs.
l've never seen anything like them before.
They're from somewhere far away.
l don't have any money.
Oh, that's okay. l'm gonna give you one of these anyway.
There. Oh, that's great.
Thank you.
[LAUGHlNG]
-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!
-Let her go! -Somebody help me, please.
Somebody. Help!
[SCREAMlNG]
GlRL: Please. Help me.
Please. Help me. Help.
Somebody.
Stop! Stop!
[ENGlNE STARTS]
Morning.
[CHUCKLES]
Good morning, Funny Face. You ready for our day?
Yep.
This is the map Mom left for us.
There's four roller coasters.
Oh, no, no, no. We agreed, no roller coasters.
Go on any ride you like, but no roller coasters.
-Because l am scared of the roller coasters. -Ha, ha.
Oh, you think that's funny? You think that that is funny?
Okay. No roller coasters.
[PHONE RlNGS]
Dunham.
Where?
Uh, no, l'll tell Walter and Peter.
So we're gonna have to take a rain check.
That's okay, Aunt Liv. l know you have an important job.
Well, l'm gonna call the Jacobsons and see if they can baby-sit.
And then l'll....
-Make pancakes? -Yes, ha, ha. Then l'll make you pancakes.
-You're sure it was him? -Uh, we don't have security footage yet...
...but an eyewitness said that he was wearing a gray suit and a hat.
Quote: "One of those old ones, from the '60s."
-We don't have information on the girl? -No.
The police showed her picture around the museum. No one knew who she was.
-ls Walter awake? -Oh, yeah.
He's in--
[BLENDER BUZZlNG]
--the kitchen.
-But talking to him's not gonna be easy. -Why?
Walter, we have company.
Oh, hello, Agent Dunham.
Walter, hey.
l need you to tell me what you know about the man we call the Observer.
You once referred to him as your friend. Seems he may have kidnapped a woman.
They called it the Strawberry Supreme.
PETER: His favorite ice-cream store shut down.
He made me wait in line with him for four hours to get one last milkshake.
They have a secret ingredient. lt's mundane, but it's-- Oh, it's sublime.
And l'm trying to stimulate my olfactory...
...and gustatory senses to try to re-create it.
Walter. Can you come with me?
OLlVlA: We've recorded him at over three dozen Fringe events.
-Do you remember him? WALTER: Of course.
But there's nothing more than l've told you before.
Peter and l were in a car crash.
ln a frozen lake. When l 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?
Hey, guys. The footage from the abduction has been downloaded.
Also, the police found a book on a bench by the museum...
-...with some kind of weird writing in it. -They think it was his?
Well, they don't know, but Agent Broyles is sending it over.
OLlVlA: Have we lD'd the victim? ASTRlD: No, not yet.
OLlVlA: Wait a minute, Astrid.
Can you zoom it?
Now freeze it.
Peter, that isn't him.
That's a different guy.
There's more than one Observer.
Stop. Hold on. What just happened right there?
Was he hit?
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.
-l promise l won't tell anyone. -l promise l won't tell anyone.
-You don't have to do this to me. -You don't have to do this.
-Please. -Please.
lt will be safer if you stay quiet.
BROYLES: Her name's Christine Hollis.
Twenty-seven years old, in the master's program for fine arts at BU.
Far as we can tell, she's no one special.
Parents deceased, no siblings, no arrests.
Twenty-seven hundred dollars in her bank account.
-Nothing unusual at all. -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? We don't know what to think.
l'm lost. Twenty-four years ago, one of them saved Walter and Peter.
Walter doesn't know why. 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 l think you'll find him.
PETER: Hey, l think we may have a lead on the Observer.
Walter, look at this. ln his book.
l think that might be blood.
You might be right, son. Uh, 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.
-l know it. l can feel it. -Mm-hm.
-This does not make any sense. -What?
His handwriting.
So far l have counted 1 246 distinct characters...
...and not a single one of them repeats.
All right, not all of us majored in linguistics.
lt means every written language is based on repetition...
...so without repeated symbols language is not possible.
Well, maybe it's a code.
ASTRlD: Maybe. But if so, it is the most complicated code l've ever seen.
The computer can't make any sense of this either.
Hey. What you got?
Nothing on the symbols, but we found a blood sample in the book.
-The kidnapper's blood? PETER: Not sure. Walter's analyzing it now.
-Walter. -Well, ahem, we can't be certain...
...till we run the labs, but l'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...
...maybe he was treated at a hospital. There could be a record.
l'll call Broyles, have him get a list of known hemophiliacs.
Guys, l think l've found something.
Looks like someone else has been investigating these symbols too.
What? Who is it?
These things have been blowing my mind for a while.
Do you see the little half-circle with wings?
That appears on a cuneiform tablet at the lraqi National Museum.
lt's one of mankind's earliest attempts at writing.
And, uh, do you see this little triangular curlicue thingy?
lt's etched on the lron Pillar of Delhi.
Nine hundred B.C. lt's pretty weird, right?
So Nina Sharp says you're FBl too. Uh....
You don't look FBl.
You have no idea what any of them mean?
-What the symbols mean? -Yeah.
No. l have no idea.
But l 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.
1 770.
-Oh, come on. -Well, that could be anybody.
Marie Antoinette.
1 793.
Sarajevo, 1 914.
Minutes before Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot...
...kicking off World War l.
So they've 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.
lt's all happening at once.
-So they're traveling through time. -No.
lt's more like they're observing time.
l think these guys show up at important moments.
Uh, historical, technological, scientific. But it's rare.
Maybe two dozen different definite occurrences...
...in the past 5000 years of human history.
But recently, l've charted 26 sightings in the past three months alone.
-lt kind of makes you wonder. -Why now?
And what's about to happen?
WOMAN: More hot sauce, gentlemen?
-Thank you. -Sure thing.
We have a situation with August.
OBSERVER 1 : Who is she? OBSERVER 2: l 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.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
WOMAN: l just don't understand it.
Why would anyone wanna kidnap Christine?
That's what we're trying to figure out. So you two aren't roommates?
No. We're friends. We've taken a bunch of sculpture classes together.
l'm subletting her room while she's away.
Was supposed to be away.
-Where was she supposed to be? -ltaly.
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?
WOMAN: She e-mailed me one. l can print out a copy for you.
-ls this Christine? -Uh, yeah.
lt'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. The one that collapsed.
Her parents were both killed. That's the last photo she has of them.
l'll, um, get you her travel information.
Take a look at this.
Behind the father.
[GRUNTlNG]
Come on.
l thought you might be hungry.
You've hurt yourself.
Why are you doing this?
What do you want from me?
lt would be easier to show you.
REPORTER [ON TV]: Popularity polls show huge support for the president...
...as the economy rallies and terrorism declines.
The poll found that 63 percent of Americans are happy with....
lt will be just a minute now.
OLlVlA: Phone. COMPMTER: Phone. Please say a command.
-Call the Jacobsons. COMPMTER: Calling the Jacobsons.
Whatever the 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 [OVER PHONE]: Hello? -Uh, Ken, hi, it's Olivia Dunham.
l'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--?
No, no, uh, just let her know that l 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.
Heh. Oh, it's....
Ella and l had this whole day at the amusement park planned...
...and then dinner after.
She was completely understanding when l told her that l had to work.
[LAUGHS]
When my mom took me to my first movie when l was 6...
...l was so excited. She bought me a box of popcorn, and we took our seats.
They used to have that curtain before the movie started.
lt was this beautiful red velvet.
We sat there eating popcorn. Ha, ha.
And after a couple minutes, l turned to her and said:
"Mommy, this is the best movie ever."
-l didn't understand that it hadn't started. -Ha-ha-ha.
That's one of my favorite memories of my mother.
Don't worry, you'll make memories with Emma.
REPORTER [ON RADlO]: New information on Tropos Air flight 821 ...
...which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean two hours outside Rome, ltaly.
The plane contained 21 1 passengers...
...and six crew members, all of whom are assumed to be dead.
-Flight 821 departed at 1 0:45 a.m.... -What?
Okay, Christine's itinerary. lt's just in my glove box.
REPORTER: --early this morning. The plane was in the air....
Flight 821 . Boston to Rome.
She was supposed to be on that flight.
REPORTER [ON TV]: Rescue teams and divers continue to scour the wreckage.
We will continue to bring you coverage of this disaster as it comes.
Representatives of Tropos Air....
You were going to die.
REPORTER: We will bring you live coverage just as soon as it happens. Right now--
AUGUST: l saved you.
How did you...?
You're not safe yet.
There is something l need to do.
l have to go out.
l would prefer not to gag you.
But it is for your own protection.
OLlVlA: What if he did?
What if he somehow knew the plane was gonna crash?
You think Brandon was right, they can see events before they happen?
l'm sorry, what plane crash?
Christine Hollis was supposed to be on a plane that crashed off the coast of ltaly.
-Two hundred people were killed. -Oh, dear.
l mean, what if he wasn't trying to kidnap her?
-What if he was trying to save her life? -What's special about her?
Why save her? Why did one of them save us?
ASTRlD: Walter.
l've got the results of the blood sample from the book.
Oh.
Ha, ha. High concentration of capsaicin.
Which means it's not blood at all. lt's chili-pepper juice.
He must've spilt some on the book.
Well, that's great news. We'll add "messy" to the APB.
No, it is good news.
A concentration of 970,000 on the Scoville scale.
That's one of the hottest chili peppers there is.
l hypothesize a naga jolokia from lndia, otherwise known as the king cobra chili.
l once ate one.
The flatulence was horrible. Very embarrassing.
Walter, are these peppers sold in Boston?
WALTER: Oh, uh, l imagine so...
...though l don't suspect one could grow them here.
Astrid.
Locate anyone who's importing the peppers locally. Got it.
Well, it appears you've been busy.
Your actions took us all by surprise.
l take it you've come here to explain yourself.
Then you are aware of the plane crash?
Of course.
Christine Hollis. Who is she?
l 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 l see it?
Why do l 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.
lf there's something significant about this girl, l don't see it.
After her parents died, she was taken in by her mother's friend, a veterinarian.
She got decent grades in college...
...and interned at art galleries in the summer.
She's just like anyone else.
Hey, guys, l think l found something.
Those king cobra chilies?
Three Boston restaurants imported them last year, and one private citizen.
-Who? -l don't know.
He paid with a money order. But we have an address.
lt's an apartment in Cambridge.
Give the address to Broyles.
Get him to have a backup team standing by in case we need them.
ASTRlD: Sure thing.
Taste this, please.
-That's what l was afraid of. -Mm-- Wha--? What is that?
French-vanilla ice cream and cough syrup.
No, no. You see, l suspect the secret ingredient is wild cherries...
...and l didn't have any fresh cherries.
Unless you would make a trip to the market.
lf l do, l am no longer your taste tester.
Deal.
You got my message.
l suspected that a likeness of a nitrogen molecule...
...would attract your attention.
Please don't take my son.
Your friend and l had a deal.
We had an arrangement.
l know what l did was wrong, but--
That is not why l contacted you.
l need your help.
My help?
ln that case, l should call him.
And Agent Dunham. They'll want to know l'm talking to you.
l suspect that they might be occupied right now.
DONALD: On your knees.
Down on the ground.
Take it easy.
What is it that requires my help?
l have interfered in the natural course of events.
To correct that...
...the others will try to kill Christine Hollis...
...until they succeed.
lf we run, they will find us.
lf l stop the assassin, they will send another.
l cannot see any course of action that will prevent...
...her death.
What makes you think l can help?
Because you have solved such a matter before.
You saw beyond the limitations of your problems.
Not really.
l just missed my son.
May l ask what is so important about Miss Hollis?
l cannot explain the reason.
l merely see it.
l 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.
l called in his description to the P.D., but l expect he's long gone by now.
Broyles is sending in a CSU team to dust this place for fingerprints.
l doubt he's gonna show up on any databases.
At least none from this century.
What do you mean?
What Brandon said about them being around for a long time?
1 884. Apparently, it was a great year for blubber.
What? What is it?
Do you...
...trust me?
Yes.
Then you must do exactly as l say.
AGENT: So far, we've pulled two off the book. 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.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
So, what are they looking for?
Dunham. Where?
Someone called in a description of our second Observer.
He was spotted at a motel in Lowell.
[GROANS]
What are you doing? Tell me where she is.
Just tell me where she is.
You know l'm just trying to do my job. l have no quarrel with you.
-Are you insane? -Goodbye.
FBl!
[GRUNTS]
Christine Hollis?
Christine?
Christine Hollis?
Christine. Ugh.
l'm Agent Olivia Dunham. l'm with the FBl.
lt's gonna be all right.
What--? 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?
l 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.
l think...
...it's what they call...
...feelings.
l think...
...l love her.
Will she be safe now?
Yes.
You made her important.
She is responsible for the death of one of us.
So who was he? How am l 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.
He....
He asked me to give you something.
The bald man.
ln the event that he couldn't.
My dad won this for me playing Skee-Ball.
l was holding on to it in the back seat when the bridge collapsed.
Christine...
...l think you'll be safe now.
When did you see the Observer? And why didn't you tell me?
What do you mean?
-l just did tell you. -No, that's not good enough.
We are so close. l can't let these guys get away again.
They have the answers. l know they do.
Don't worry, son.
You'll get your answer.
Why don't we go for a long drive together?
Perhaps pick up a tutti-frutti milkshake.
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 1 0 years.
-An assassin. -Maybe.
-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?
Techs have never seen anything like it. They can't make it fire.
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.
Well, if he was trying to protect Christine...
...and if he realized he couldn't do it on his own....
Yeah. That's what l thought.
lf it's okay with you, l'd like to take the rest of the day off.
Sure.
-Big plans? -Yeah.
Don't worry, Aunt Liv, l'll hold your hand.
You better.
-No, l'm not gonna.... -No, no, no!
[SCREAMlNG]
Look how happy she is.
lt's a shame things are about to get so hard for her.
[ENGLlSH - US - SDH]