Fringe

Previously on Fringe...

I never thought I would see you again.

I wanted to reach out to you so much,

but I was afraid that I would jeopardize your safety.

We need your help, Nina.

Hastings, give Dr. Bishop anything he wants.

Oh, it would be an honor.

Who is that?

It was a case that we worked.

He started to exhibit empathic abilities.

Why would I need an empath?

We used this place to hide him

until someone could return for him.

There it is.

He's not here.

I think whoever took the boy left this behind.

It's picking up a signal.

This is where the signal originates.

What do you want?

He definitely doesn't have the tech.

Maybe it was removed.

No, there's no scar tissue.

Here, try this.

Go on. It's good.

Michael, you used to write things down for me.

You helped us catch a bad man. Do you remember that?

Michael, you're very special,

and there's a lot that we would like to learn about you.

My father was working on a plan with a man named Donald.

You were a very important part of that plan.

Do you remember that?

You do, and you know me.

We should just go into his mind, like we did with September.

September was in a coma.

So we put him in one too.

We're not putting him in a coma.

Then, we put an electromagnetic probe

into the base of his skull,

and ply him full of serotonin, Neurontin, and LSD.

Walter, he is just a child.

He is not just a child!

He's more than a child.

He is an integral part of my plan.

He must know that! He's just not saying anything

for some reason or other. You said yourself,

he wrote things before.

Why is he not doing that now?

Who is Donald? Where is he? Is he alive?

I must find him. Tell me.

Hey! Walter, calm down.

How can I calm down, Peter? We're running out of time.

Don't you understand? We got a world to save!

Acid, get back to cutting out those tapes.

We're not gonna get any answers out of him.

Peter, it doesn't make any sense.

I mean, he's an empath.

We used to have a connection.

He used to feel what I wanted

and then he'd communicate it to me.

Now, it just seems like he can't.

Nina, it's Olivia.

Is everything all right?

Nina, we need your help with something.

What?

It's not safe for me to talk here.

Let me call you in ten minutes.

Can I help you?

You are a Loyalist.

Then you know how important it is

that you answer my questions.

Where is your superior?

I'm not sure.

She got a call a little while ago

and then told me she was taking an early lunch.

Who was the call from?

It came in on her private comm.

When did this occur?

About 20 minutes ago.

Bring an LQ7 unit. We don't have much time.

When is she expected to return?

She's always back by 1:00.

Fugitives we are seeking

recently used a sublimation device

to access an abandoned storage facility.

We have traced the device to the Ministry of Science.

Someone here has supplied them with it,

I suspect from this office.

It is not you I am concerned with.

This is Nina Sharp.

Is everything all right?

We've never seen one before.

What? A child?

A child Observer?

We've never seen one before.

It's not safe for me to talk here.

Let me call you in ten minutes.

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Nina, thank you so much for doing this.

I know the risk you're taking.

Nonsense. I'm nothing if I can't be a resource for you.

Now, where is he?

Hello.

My name is Nina.

What are we doing here?

I'm cold.

I have access to tech

that I think will be helpful for you to communicate with him.

It's in a lab not far from here.

A ministry lab? You think that's safe?

Not a ministry lab. A black lab.

I thought Massive Dynamic black labs didn't exist.

Well, I'm glad I can still surprise you.

Since the invasion, I've allowed it

to be used by the resistance.

We should get going.

How's Walter doing?

Which one? Ah.

He's vacillating lately.

And he dropped acid yesterday, so that didn't exactly help.

Well, he hasn't changed that much.

He catches me off guard.

I look him in the eyes sometimes,

and I see a stare that I don't recognize.

He told me that you agreed to remove the pieces of his brain

once he completed the plan to defeat the Observers.

Never underestimate the power of incentive.

You don't approve?

What happens to him?

After the tissue has been removed,

what happens to Walter?

How many times can a human brain endure something like that?

Walter told me that that was a risk

that he was willing to take.

I don't accept that.

You may not have to.

If the plan isn't completed in time,

he may regress completely

and no longer want to go through with it.

So what you're saying is I lose him either way?

What you're saying is that your father understands

that anything worth fighting for

comes with a cost.

Perhaps she has been alerted to our presence here.

It would not be the first time.

Every conspiracy has a network.

I want to see the facility from which

the sublimation device was taken.

It's okay.

It's better if he stays

back there for a moment.

The resistance experimented on Observers here?

Yes. Among other things, we wanted to understand

how they were reading us.

Perhaps create technology

that would give us the same advantage.

Did it work?

No. We were only able

to extract bits and pieces of data.

Images, words in their conscious minds,

but not enough to be useful.

However, if you were able to communicate

with the Observer child

using neural stimulation once before,

this technology might be able to help you do it again.

You all right?

You're thinking about her?

Yeah, every time I see one of those posters,

my heart jumps.

Yeah, mine too.

It's hard to see her face, but at the same time, I want to.

You ready in there?

Yeah, yeah. It's all good.

Like ours, Observer brains translate external stimuli--

language, sights, sounds--

into patterns of electrical activity,

which we commonly call "thoughts."

Come on, Michael.

This is an electro-cognitive translator.

An "ECOG" for short.

How does it work?

By interpreting patterns of electrical activity

into words and images that we can understand.

Allowing you to read their thoughts.

For all intents and purposes, yes.

This will suffice.

Prep the subject.

His name's Michael.

Captain Windmark, we've been unable to locate

Nina Sharp's comm device.

Continue looking.

Mr. Rhode,

we have determined that Nina Sharp is a traitor.

She is working for the resistance.

Do you have any knowledge of that?

No.

Do you know where she is?

No.

I believe you.

This is gonna be a little cold.

We're just gonna do a test,