Stowaway
Season 3, Episode 17

Stowaway

Aired March 18th, 2011 · Written by J. H. Wyman, Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, Danielle Dispaltro · Directed by Charles Beeson

SYNOPSIS

This episode follows FBI agent Lincoln Lee assisting the Fringe team's investigation into a woman, Dana Gray, who repeatedly but unsuccessfully tries to commit suicide. Meanwhile, Olivia continues to serve as the host for William Bell to the dismay of most of her other team members.

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THE GLYPHS

This episode's glyphs spell:

E-R-O-D-E

Glyph symbol E Glyph symbol R Glyph symbol O Glyph symbol D Glyph symbol E
Glyph symbol E
Glyph symbol R
Glyph symbol O
Glyph symbol D
Glyph symbol E


THE OBSERVER

The Observer can be seen across the street from the crime scene where Dana Gray and Jim fell onto a taxi.

Observer 12:11

EPISODE CLUES

Previous Episode Clue

A control box in 'OS' has a logo for "Gray Electric" with a lightning bolt symbol. This foreshadows the main suspect in 'Stowaway', Dana Gray, who had been struck by lightning multiple times.

Previous episode clue 31:15

Next Episode Clue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

  • Of all the things Bell and Walter could solve with their combined intellect, they relished in solving a high-school level math problem about train velocities.

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 #317-31811

FRINGE EVENT: Soul vampire

CLASSIFIED CASE CONNECTION(S): N/A

AGENTS ASSIGNED: Dunham, Special Agent Lincoln Lee

SUPERVISING AGENT: Broyles

FILE ARCHIVED BY: Patty Arvin Williams

WITNESSES/CONTACTS: Dana Gray (suspect; deceased), Lucy [redacted], Brian [redacted] (deceased), landlady

LOCATION: Roxbury, MA

VICTIM(S): Jim [redacted]

CASE REPORT SUMMARY:

Dana Gray was murdered eighteen months ago by two bullets to the head. The medical examiner said she died instantly, along with her husband and her children, in a home invasion robbery. Two agents killed the robber in a shoot-out, and the case was closed. However, Gray's body disappeared from the morgue. Not long after, witnesses reported seeing two people jump out of a dorm window. Police officers arrived and found there was just the body of the student. The officers found two sets of fingerprints on the ledge, one set identified as Dana Gray's. Over the next two months, her prints were found at three other double suicides. Security photos and eyewitnesses showed her there. It was hypothesized that she couldn't die.
 Dr. Bishop found DNA for Gray and discovered that an unusually strong electromagnetic bond held her molecules together. Struck by lightning twice, Dr. Bishop theorized that Gray captures some vital portion of another person's essential energy, extending her own life. it was discovered that she was trying to attach herself to suicide victims so she could finally die and be with her family. She got her wish when she moved a bomb away from a train to save the three hundred passengers. Gray didn't survive the blast. Dr. Bell theorized that the energy emitted from that bomb somehow reset the electromagnetic charge in her body and that it was that unique charge that enabled her to die permanently. Or it was her destiny to save those lives, and then she could die.

GLYPH SIGHTINGS

  • A hand can be seen inside a cabinet.
Glyph Sighting: Hand glyph 28:08 Hand glyph

WALTER'S FOOD

Walter ate a Red Vine and fell asleep with a glass of milk.
Walter's Food: Red Vine 14:36 Red Vine
Walter's Food: Milk 40:13 Milk

NOTABLE QUOTES

Bellivia:
"Well, destiny, fate. Jung called it synchronicity, The interconnectedness of apparently unrelated events. I mean, don't you think that it's curious we meet a woman who is unable to die at the exact moment my consciousness seemingly returns from the grave. Now as a scientist, I like to believe that nothing just happens, that every event has some meaning. Some sort of message. You just have to be able to listen closely enough to hear it. (church bells ring in the distance) See."
Peter:
"It's a church bell. So tell me, what's the meaning? ...You okay, Bell?"
Olivia:
"Peter..."
Peter:
"Olivia, is that you?"
Bellivia:
"Oh, no."
Peter:
"What the hell just happened right there?"
Bellivia:
"I think that I may have been wrong. This may be a little more complicated than I first thought."

EPISODE CONNECTIONS

S2E04 — 1 connection (callback) S4E01 — 1 connection (setup) ◀ EARLIER · CALLBACKS SETUPS · LATER ▶
Callbacks (1 earlier episode)

S2E04 - Momentum Deferred

  • Connection: Olivia drinking tea S2E04 25:37
    Connection: Bellivia S3E17 14:51
    William Bell (in Olivia's memories in "Momentum Deferred"):
    "How do you like your tea?"
    Olivia:
    "I don't want any tea."

    Suddenly she found herself drinking tea, disoriented from the timeslips.

    Walter (about Bell in "Os"):
    "All he'd need to do was to prepare someone by inserting a microscopic soul magnet inside them. And he proposes using injections, food, or a cup of tea--"

    Bell put his soul magnets into the tea that Olivia drank, and Olivia's body was possessed by William Bell in "Stowaway".

Setups & payoffs (1 later episode)

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