Season 2, Episode 14

Jacksonville

Aired February 4th, 2010 · Written by Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz · Directed by Charles Beeson

SYNOPSIS

In this episode, Olivia is forced to recount her time spent as a child in tests conducted by Walter to regain the ability to see objects that have been influenced by the parallel universe and prevent the deaths of innocents. Olivia comes to learn the truth about Peter, that he is from the parallel universe.

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THE GLYPHS

This episode's glyphs spell:

R-E-V-E-A-L

The truth about Peter was finally revealed to Olivia at the end of this episode when she saw him glimmering.

THE OBSERVER

The Observer can be seen in front of a fire truck when the Fringe team arrives in New York City.

04:18

EPISODE CLUES

Previous Episode Clue

A poster in the alley where Hoffman tests his weapon's toxin dispersal in 'The Bishop Revival' says "The Glimmer Brothers", foreshadowing Olivia recognizing objects from the alternate universe because of their glimmering nature in 'Jacksonville'.

28:54

Next Episode Clue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Timestamp: 00:34

The episode opened in "Manhatan", seemingly a typo but actually signifying this was an alternate Manhattan.
Real coffee is hard to come by in the alternate universe.
Timestamp: 07:30

9/11 terrorists struck the Pentagon and the White House in the alternate universe.
The statue of John Harvard is real, and MIT really plays pranks (and has pranked the Harvard statue) like Peter suggested.
Timestamp: 20:01
The height chart in the Jacksonville daycare center showed the following names:
- Lloyd B.
- Tessa E.
- Timothy O.
- Olive D.
- Rich N.
- Annie
- Nick L.
- Susan
- James
- Lisa B.
- Nancy L.
- Julie H.
- Ken T.

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FRINGE DIVISION CASE FILE

U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation

121 105th Street • Washington, DC 20735
Phone: (202) 555-2100 • Fax: (202) 555-2101
E-mail: washington.fbi@fbi.com

FRINGE DIVISION CASE FILE #214-2410

FRINGE EVENT: Universes colliding/Shapeshifters

CLASSIFIED CASE CONNECTION(S): Dr. Bell and Dr. Bishop's experiments to create a stable door between universes

AGENTS ASSIGNED: Dunham

SUPERVISING AGENT: Broyles

FILE ARCHIVED BY: Balázs Simon, Daniel Liversage

WITNESSES/CONTACTS: Nina Sharp

LOCATION: NYC; Jacksonville, FL

VICTIM(S): Ted Pratchett (deceased)

CASE REPORT SUMMARY:

A quantum tectonic event occurred in New York City when two buildings, one from this universe and one from an alternate universe, converged in the same space. Ted Pratchett, a survivor inside the building, was able to explain the signs of dogs howling and micro-quakes prior to the event. Inside his shirt, Pratchett's alternate body's head was found fused into his stomach. They both died. The Fringe team determined that Thomas Newton was trying to open a doorway from our universe to the other side, and the building was a consequence. They determined another event would happen, where a building over here would disappear and replace the exact mass of the building over there.
Dr. Bishop took Agent Dunham to his former lab in Florida to try to activate her ability via Cortexiphan, so she could "see" items from the other universe and determine the location of the next breach. It worked, and Agent Dunham saw a glimmer around the Brayson Place Hotel on 13th and Washington in New York City. Evacuation was completed without casualties before the building imploded and disappeared.

GLYPH SIGHTINGS

The butterfly glyph can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
A flower can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
A frog can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
A hand can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.
A seahorse can be seen outside the entrance to the daycare center.

17:00 Butterfly

22:05 Flower

22:05 Frog

21:57 Hand

22:02 Seahorse

THE REDVERSE

Timestamp: 00:35

Their Manhattan is spelled 'Manhatan'.
Real coffee is hard to come by.
Timestamp: 07:30

9/11 terrorists struck the Pentagon and the White House.
Timestamp: 11:03

Richard Nixon is on the silver dollar.
Timestamp: 11:29

They have double-decker cars.

WALTER'S FOOD

Walter ate pretzels and applesauce.

25:29 Pretzels

41:46 Applesauce

NAMES FOR ASTRID

Walter called Astrid 'Ostrich'.

EPISODE CONNECTIONS

Callbacks (3 earlier episodes)

S1E14 - Ability

Olivia was fearful when she had to diffuse the bomb in "Ability". Fear is the emotional response that triggers her abilities as discovered in "Jacksonville".

S1E19 - The Road Not Taken

S2E14 Timestamp: 20:01

Walter said that Nancy Lewis looked familiar in "The Road Not Taken"; her name is on a height chart in the daycare center where the Cortexiphan trials took place in "Jacksonville".

S2E04 - Momentum Deferred

Rebecca Kibner (about Shapeshifters from the other side in "Momentum Deferred"):
"They seemed to have a certain glow about them. I realized I was recognizing people that didn't belong."
Rebecca noticed the same glow about Peter as Olivia did in "Jacksonville".

Setups & payoffs (9 later episodes)

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S2E15 - Peter

S2E16 - Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.

S2E14 Timestamp: 20:01

James Heath met with Lloyd Becker, a fellow Cortexiphan subject, in "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.". The name "Lloyd B." was on the height chart in "Jacksonville".

S2E18 - The Man from the Other Side

S3E12 - Concentrate and Ask Again

Walter (in "Jacksonville"):
"Five... twenty... ten... I always use the same combination, though I can't remember the significance."
The combination to Bell's safe in "Concentrate and Ask Again" was 0-5-2-0-1-0. This was the combination Walter used to access the daycare center in "Jacksonville".
S3E12 Timestamp: 02:02

Walter (in "Jacksonville"):
"When Belly and I first tried to generate a stable door between universes, our first test subject was a car -- Belly's old Monte Carlo -- and it did not go well."
Nina found a toy Monte Carlo in Bell's safe in "Concentrate and Ask Again".

S3E15 - Subject 13

Olivia thought her abilities activated in "Jacksonville" because she was scared. The real reason, which Walter had discovered in "Subject 13", was that she was about to kiss Peter while afraid and her abilities activate from a combination of fear and love.

S4E08 - Back to Where You've Never Been

S2E14 Timestamp: 11:24

S4E08 Timestamp: 08:30

Astrid (sorting through objects from the Redverse in "Jacksonville"):
"Wow. Look at this. It's a double-decker car. Does this mean that they drive these over there?"
Walter:
"I suppose so."
A double-decker car is visible in the Redverse in "Back to Where You've Never Been".

S4E13 - A Better Human Being

S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World

S2E14 Timestamp: 06:58

S5E04 Timestamp: 14:10

The merged wall paintings from "Jacksonville" were seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".

S5E07 - Five-Twenty-Ten

Walter (in "Jacksonville"):
"Five... twenty... ten... I always use the same combination, though I can't remember the significance."
The combination to access Bell's safe in "Five-Twenty-Ten" was 0-5-2-0-1-0, the same combination Walter used to access the daycare center.