Stowaway

Stowaway



Season 3, Episode 17
Aired: March 18th, 2011
Written By: J. H. Wyman, Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, Danielle Dispaltro
Directed By: Charles Beeson

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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

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THE OBSERVER

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

Observer

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
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Next Episode Clue

A folding fan seen in the background in 'Stowaway' foreshadows Fauxlivia giving birth in a Chinatown gift shop in 'Bloodline' that has folding fans hanging from the ceiling.

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

Fringe Division case file
Fringe Division case file: Stowaway

GLYPH SIGHTINGS

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

WALTER'S FOOD

Walter ate a Red Vine and fell asleep with a glass of milk.
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Walter's Food: Red Vine
Red Vine
Walter's Food: Milk
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."

CONNECTION CHART

A visualization of all the ways this episode connects to other episodes. Scroll down to see the actual connections.
Connection chart: Stowaway

EPISODE CONNECTIONS

S2E04 - Momentum Deferred

  • 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". (Image 1, 2)

Connection: Olivia drinking tea
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S2E04 - Momentum Deferred
Olivia drinking tea
Connection: Bellivia
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S3E17 - Stowaway
Bellivia
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S4E01 - Neither Here Nor There

  • Lincoln Lee (in "Stowaway"):
    "One of these things is not like the others."

    Lincoln pointed out an outlying piece of evidence to Peter to help them understand their suspect.

    Lincoln Lee (in "Neither Here Nor There"):
    "One of these things is not like the other."

    Lincoln pointed out an outlying witness to Olivia to help them gain new information about an incident.

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