An Observer (not our Observer, but another one, who we will refer to as August because that is his designation) writes in his journal as he watches a young woman through his binoculars. He closes his briefcase, hiding a teddy bear and walks away, leaving his journal on the bench. He approaches the young woman and asks her to please come with him. She refuses and he drags her over to a vehicle. He puts her in a choke hold and tosses her into the back seat. A security guard tries to interfere but August shoots him with an energy pulse weapon. The guard gets a shot off but August is not hurt. August sends an electrical pulse through his finger into the ignition and the car starts. He drives away.
Olivia is woken up by her niece Emma. They have a girls day out planned at the amusement park but Olivia gets called into work and Emma gets sent to the babysitter's.
Olivia arrives at Peter and Walter's house, where Walter is preoccupied with replicating a strawberry ice cream flavour. They ask if there is anything he hasn't told them about the Observer. He says no, but seems surprised that the Observer committed a kidnapping.
Astrid has downloaded security footage. Olivia notices that although the description is the same, it is not the same man. There is more than one Observer! The footage also shows August catching the bullet. "Who are these people?" Peter asks in amazement. Walter says nothing but looks incredibly guilty. Astrid also reports that they found his journal on a nearby bench.
The young woman wakes up in a hotel room. She's sitting on a chair and August is tying her to the footboard. He does the doubletalk thing with her before he gags her, telling her it would be better if she remained quiet.
Broyles identifies the young woman as Christine Hollis. She has $2700 in her bank account but they don't have a home address. (Well, the BANK WOULD!!! Sorry, that on bugged me.) Broyles is also surprised at the kidnapping. Twenty-four years ago, one of them saved Peter. Since then, they've only watched. Why are they getting involved now?
They may have a lead on the Observer. There is a stain on the journal that may be blood. Peter asks Walter if the Observer ever told him why he chose to save them. Nope. Peter is sure that the Observers are part of what Bell warned Olivia about.
Astrid is analyzing the writing in the journal. It's like nothing she's ever seen. None of the characters she's looked at repeat, meaning it's not any kind of replicatable communication. What's funny is that someone online also seems to be studying the symbols. As Peter and Olivia study the scans of the journal, Walter looks at the real thing... and seems to understand it.
Massive Dynamic. Brandon, who was the same tech who was examining the insta-disguise machines, is the one who has been studying the symbols. He's found them recorded in different parts of the world over a period of thousands of years. He's also found pictorial images of them in paintings going back centuries. He thinks they've been around forever. Or, Olivia notes, they can move through time. Brandon agrees. We can only move through time in one direction at one speed. Observers may have overcome this limitation. As near as he can tell, they show up at important times. Possible 24 times over the last 5000 years. And now they've shown up more than 2 dozen times in the last 3 months.
**Observer #3 notes that August “has created an irregularity. We’ll have to correct it. Call Donald.”**
How much did it crack me up that the Observers have a “Donald” on speed dial? ;)
Peter was looking mighty hot shooting that pulse gun, wasn’t he? I am worried about his future…if the Observer interferred in his natural death, when is payback due? Poor Walter, dealing with all that alone.
**The energy pulse weapon is now genetically coded to only work for Peter. Yes or no?**
Oohh, interesting. Do we know from previous episodes that the gun(s) only work for one person?
“…if the Observer interferred in his natural death, when is payback due? Poor Walter, dealing with all that alone.”
This confused me because I thought Peter died of natural causes. Perhaps they did something that caused Peter to get sick. I figured that the “interference” was when they allowed Walter to keep the Peter from the other side.
“Do we know from previous episodes that the gun(s) only work for one person?”
No, but we know that the insta-disguise device the shapeshifters use are coded to only one person. Mwah-ha-ha! :)
**Observer #3 notes that August "has created an irregularity. We'll have to correct it. Call Donald."**
How much did it crack me up that the Observers have a "Donald" on speed dial? ;)
Peter was looking mighty hot shooting that pulse gun, wasn't he? I am worried about his future…if the Observer interferred in his natural death, when is payback due? Poor Walter, dealing with all that alone.
**The energy pulse weapon is now genetically coded to only work for Peter. Yes or no?**
Oohh, interesting. Do we know from previous episodes that the gun(s) only work for one person?
"…if the Observer interferred in his natural death, when is payback due? Poor Walter, dealing with all that alone."
This confused me because I thought Peter died of natural causes. Perhaps they did something that caused Peter to get sick. I figured that the "interference" was when they allowed Walter to keep the Peter from the other side.
"Do we know from previous episodes that the gun(s) only work for one person?"
No, but we know that the insta-disguise device the shapeshifters use are coded to only one person. Mwah-ha-ha! :)