- After piecing together the videos of Walter's plan, Olivia, Peter, Walter and Etta head to rural Pennsylvania to retrieve essential materials for the plan. There, they encounter a group of archivists who may be able to help with some local obstacles.—David Foss
- Peter, Olivia, Walter and Etta head in a van to a coordinate in Northern Pennsylvania as per Walter's instruction in a videotape. Meanwhile Astrid stays in the laboratory in Harvard trying to fix the tape. They meet Edwin Massey and his group that record history in a computerized file system for the next generations. Astrid succeeds to understand the rest of the video and informs that they should find a mine and get some rocks that are necessary to generate energy power. But the problem is, the mine would kill whoever try to reach the lower level since its atmosphere calcifies the human body. Further, Etta receives a phone call from the resistance telling that The Observers are approaching to the location based on an information from a loyalist that tracked them down. What will the group do?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- At the Former Harvard University Walter backseat drives as Astrid works on burning a Betamax cassette out of the amber in Walter's lab. He pops it in for everyone to watch. He appears on the screen and starts with taking a bong hit. It's tape 3, not tape 1.
On tape, he explains the viewer has to go to Pennsylvania. He gives coordinates. Etta punches it into her GPS.
Walter finds his weed stash and makes excuses to stay behind while they head to Pennsylvania. They bring him along to the woods of Pennsylvania.
Walter can't remember what he was doing there 21 years ago.
They notice someone watching them from behind a tree off the side of the road. They head into the woods.
Etta tells her mom about imagining what she was like as she grew up and that Olivia is even better than what she'd hoped.
The group is stopped when they are surrounded by people with guns. They all have black crusty patches all over their skin. Walter worries it's communicable. The group leads them to a sophisticated encampment in the woods. One man frisks Peter and, seeing his revulsion, wipes his crusty hand on Peter's face.
Finally, someone recognizes Walter, then Peter and Olivia. He introduces himself as Edwin, and when Walter hesitates to shake his hand, Edwin tells him they were exposed when they got here. Walter knows he's supposed to retrieve something.
Edwin takes Walter to a subterranean lab. He has to pass through an electromagnetic discharge to enter. Data cubes hold info on every event since the invasion. There are a lot of stories about the Fringe division.
The skin condition is related to the area, but they won't leave because it's where their records are. "We just want to be left alone to record history. No one wants to come here, which is perfect for us," Edwin says. He suggests the Fringe team leave to avoid catching whatever they have.
Walter explains about his forgotten plan. Edwin searches the archives for a record that Walter visited previously.
Edwin's son River, a Fringe buff, shows Olivia the Fringe comic books he made, starring them. He thinks they're heroes for fighting back.
Back at Harvard, Astrid tries to unscramble part of Walter's tape in which he says what to do after they get to Pennsylvania. He says: "You will need to locate a mine." She calls Walter about a mine. Edwin confirms there is an old gold mine nearby.
Back in the city, Captain Windmark gets word that the Fringe group has been spotted in Northern Pennsylvania.
Down in the old mine, Peter and Etta pull something up from a rope in the mine shaft. It's a desiccated body. Walter notices the same bark-like fungus on the dead body. He wonders if the mine might be the source of the ailment and says they can't go further until he runs tests.
A Loyalist guard calls Anil, Etta's Resistance fighter friend, to give him a heads up that Etta has been located.
Etta gives Peter an apple pill, which prompts him to remember fantastic apple pie he and Olivia had at a restaurant in Boston. Even with her total recall memory, Olivia doesn't remember the name.
Walter gets test results on the body, finding the man died of asphyxiation. His body shut down trying to block out the infection, which he was covered in. Walter thinks it comes from something in the mine and the high levels of CO2 the Observers are pumping into the atmosphere. Edwin and his people are far enough away to be affected, but not killed by it. Edwin comes to show Walter an entry in his archives.
Five weeks after the invasion, a man came and went down into the mine. He gathered several rocks with a reddish hue. He was late 30s with reddish hair, his name was Donald. He was taken away by two Observers. Walter can't imagine why he'd want rocks.
Olivia notices a patch of the infection on Walter's hand. Olivia has a spot on her neck. Walter slices the bit off Olivia, for now it's removable.
Edwin brings Walter supplies to make a suit so they can go in the mine. He needs things from the van. Peter and Olivia go. Etta gets a call from Anil.
At the van, Peter asks if he upset Olivia. She remembers the restaurant and remembers him drawing a plan to find Etta. She felt responsible because she loved being a mother but it was at odds with the vision she always had of her future. She felt losing her was punishment for feeling conflicted about Etta. That day at the restaurant was when she decided to go back to New York because she didn't want to find out that Etta was dead. She feels horrible that Peter thought it was because of her strength and Etta just said she admired her.
Peter urges her not to overthink it and take the second chance they've been given to be a family.
Etta comes with news that the Observers are tracking them.
They check on Walter. Edwin is freaked out that the Observers are coming. Walter still needs copper to complete his suit. River suggests he barter with a nearby camp, but Edwin wants them to leave. River is disappointed by his dad.
Peter talks to Edwin, who is worried about dealing with the other camp of "bad people." Peter promises him the rocks in the mine are important.
Edwin radios the other camp, looking for copper.
Out on the road, the Observers approach. They find the Fringe team's tire tracks and follow them. Etta watches them approach.
Edwin talks to River about the differences between cowards and heroes. He knows he has a lot to lose. River hugs him and wishes him good luck.
Back in the lab, Astrid learns from Walter on tape that the mineral he's looking for is a crystallized form of quartz that can be used to create a powerful energy source. He'll explain more in tape 6. They need the energy source for the final phase of the plan. They need at least 40 pounds of the crystals.
Edwin reports that the other camp has 2 pounds of copper. But he decides he can't go. He gives them schematics for their solar technology to barter with. He gives Peter directions to the other camp. Peter and Olivia head off.
The pull into the place on Edwin's hand drawn map, but there's nothing there. They think he never wanted them to find it.
Back at Edwin's camp, he prepares to go into the mine unprotected. Walter and Etta come running when they hear a noise. Another member of Edwin's camp tells them there was no copper.
They find a bucket full of the red rocks they need waiting for them down in the mine. River comes and cries for his dad, realizing what he's done. Edwin sits, frozen in place, at the bottom of the mine. Someone in the camp urges the Fringe team to leave before the Observers find them.
River goes to the archives and leaves an entry for his father. "A hero died today, sacrificing himself in order to get the Fringe team resources they need in order to save our world. Edwin Massey, the recorder of history, made history."
Out on the road, the Fringe van runs smack into the Observers' blockade. The run to inspect the van, but the Fringe team isn't inside. It's stripped empty. The man behind the wheel insists he found the van on the side of the road.
Elsewhere, the Fringe team hot wires a car in a junk yard. Olivia holds onto her daughter, happy to have her back. They head back into the city.
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