Season 3, Episode 14

6B

Aired February 18th, 2011 · Written by Glen Whitman, Robert Chiappetta · Directed by Thomas Yatsko

SYNOPSIS

In this episode, the Fringe team investigates mysterious deaths at an apartment building, the result of a merging between the prime and parallel universes. While there, they encounter a woman who claims to be able to see the ghost of her deceased husband.

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THE GLYPHS

This episode's glyphs spell:

H-E-A-R-T-S

This fringe event was generated by intense love and grief shared between two people in opposite universes.

THE OBSERVER

The Observer can be seen walking past Chris and Sylvia as they walk to the party.

00:57

EPISODE CLUES

Previous Episode Clue

The license plate of one of the victims in 'Immortality' is "APT6B", foreshadowing the apartment under investigation in '6B'.

20:11

Next Episode Clue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Mrs. Marcello goes to the Schrödinger Hotel after she abandons her home in the Rosencrantz Building. Erwin Schrödinger is a famous founding quantum physicist.
Walter flipping the coin and getting ten heads in a row while inside the Rosencrantz building is a reference to the play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" which starts with the two main characters betting on coin flips that keep coming up heads.
Timestamp: 43:08

The yellow dot in the final glyph of the episode is replaced by a yellow heart.

VIDEOS

Featurettes

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 #314-21811

FRINGE EVENT: Emotional quantum entanglement

CLASSIFIED CASE CONNECTION(S): Universe collapsing

AGENTS ASSIGNED: Dunham

SUPERVISING AGENT: Broyles

FILE ARCHIVED BY: Guilherme Maria Mendes Pata

WITNESSES/CONTACTS: Jimmy Smith, Kim Kimball, Rick Kimball, Alice Merchant, Derek Merchant

LOCATION: Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

VICTIM(S): 6 partygoers, Sylvia [redacted], Chris [redacted]

CASE REPORT SUMMARY:

In Park Slope, six people attending a party on the seventh story fell to their deaths as if they just fell through a solid floor. The Rosencrantz Building has long been suspected of being haunted because of unexplained phenomena. While investigating, Dr. Bishop flipped a coin ten times and got heads every time, odds so inconceivable that he determined the laws of physics were being disrupted. Fearing a tear that could potentially lead to a vortex, Dr. Bishop and Agent Broyles sanctioned an amber containment protocol like the kind used in the alternate universe.
Further investigation revealed that resident Alice Merchant was mourning the loss of her husband, Derek Merchant, and he was appearing to her. Dr. Bishop said she was mistaking the other universe's Derek Merchant for her husband. But Peter Bishop and Agent Dunham theorized that these two people, both grieving for a version of each other in the exact same spot, were somehow causing the soft spot. They were convinced they could break the connection before the vortex became critical, and they were successful. The building and residents remain intact.

WALTER'S FOOD

Walter made blueberry pancakes and ate a hot dog.

03:58 Blueberry pancakes

08:08 Hot dog

EPISODE CONNECTIONS

Callbacks (2 earlier episodes)

S1E03 - The Ghost Network

In "6B" Walter mentioned the chemical amber attack on the commuter bus from "The Ghost Network" when he realized he may have to secure the apartment building in amber.

S1E08 - The Equation

S3E14 Timestamp: 34:59

The 'green-green-green-red' pattern from "The Equation" appeared on the Amber dispersal device when it was initially activated in "6B".

Setups & payoffs (4 later episodes)

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S3E15 - Subject 13

Olivia saw Peter glimmer when they kissed in "6B". She was nervous about restarting her relationship with Peter. In "Subject 13" Walter discovered that young Olivia's abilities triggered when she experienced a combination of fear and love, the same things she felt during the kiss.

S3E16 - Os

Walter (in "6B"):
"Belly and I used to argue about this constantly: 'What happens to the body's energy after death?'. William theorized we should be able to capture that energy using what he called Soul Magnets."
Peter:
"It's a catchy name."
Walter:
"He said if he were right, he would contact me from The Great Beyond. I haven't gotten the call yet."
In "Os" the team learned that Bell had enacted his Soul Magnet plan before death using Olivia as a host.

S4E13 - A Better Human Being

Olivia (in "A Better Human Being"):
"We had that case, that couple in apartment 6B. The woman who lost her husband. After, I came back here. And then we went upstairs. I remember."
As Olivia continued to regain her memories in "A Better Human Being" she mentioned remembering the events of "6B".

S5E04 - The Bullet that Saved the World

S3E14 Timestamp: 30:05

S5E04 Timestamp: 14:29

An ambering device, first (nearly) used by the Blueverse Fringe team in "6B", was seen in Walter's storage vault in "The Bullet that Saved the World".