Olivia arrives at Sam's bowling alley bearing gifts: a pair of velcro bowling shoes. She thanks him for his help and informs him that she got her memories back. She's cured! Not so fast, says Sam. He gives her an inscrutable look and asks who died. Charlie. He tells her that with all the changes in her life, she needs to find something that makes sense. He gives her a mystery assignment, almost giggling when he says he hopes she likes red.
Seattle, Wa. A man named Greg gets off an elevator carrying a briefcase. His coworkers warn him that he is in trouble with the boss but he is more concerned about the fact that they all look like monsters. He goes into the conference room and proceeds to beat his boss to death with the briefcase. He then collapses and his eyes go nuts (technical term.)
Back in Boston, Peter and Walter unpack in their new home. Astrid arrives with a housewarming gift for Walter and a case file for Peter. She saw the video of Greg-the-attacker and comments on his nutty eyes. It's a not-normal case so off they go. When Peter, Olivia and Walter arrive in Seattle, Olivia asks the cabbie for his business card, in case they need a ride later. He's wearing a red sweater but that may be a coincidence.
At the hospital, Greg's doctor tells them that Greg's been asleep for 16 hours, almost as if he were drugged. Walter doesn't want to go in. In fact, he nearly has a panic attack at the idea. Peter and Olivia question Greg. He says it was like the office was infiltrated by some kind of creature and that his boss was the head demon. Then he has a seizure, his hair turns white and he dies.
Walter examines the body and his OCD is in full swing. He does not like being in the Seattle hospital at all. When the local medical examiner comes in, Walter already knows what he is going to say. Greg had high levels of adrenal hormones and died of acute exhaustion, which is weird because he'd just been asleep for 16 hours. Now that they know COD, Walter begs Peter to let him go home. Peter acquiesces. They assign Walter an FBI babysitter named Agent Kashner for the ride home. Peter gives him several instructions for the care and feeling of Walter that I was sure that the last one was going to be to never, ever feed him after midnight. No problem, says Kashner. Ha! That's what Billy Peltzer thought.
Olivia says goodbye to the medical examiner and asks him for a business card. He's wearing a red tie. I'm sensing a theme.
Peter and Olivia talk to Greg's widow, who says that Greg had a sleeping disorder but hadn't had any dreams of demons in the last 2 months. In fact, he'd been sleeping for 8 to 10 hours a night. Peter asks for Greg's dream journal. Olivia wonders if Greg could have been sleepwalking but Peter says that sleepwalkers are rarely violent. Also, they don't remember their nightmares. They wonder how someone who got that much sleep could die of exhaustion. Peter tells Olivia that he used to have terrible nightmares as a child but that Walter taught him a mantra to help him sleep. Peter doesn't remember any dreams from the time he was 8 till he turned 19.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Seattle, a woman plows down a motorcyclist. She was on the phone with her husband at the time and was talking about monsters. The husband also notes that she didn't have white hair when she left the house that day.
I wonder if Peter has a chip- since he used to sleepwalk, and didn't dream for 10 years?
I still think there is something shadey with Sam :D
I don't think he has a chip, but Walter definitely did something to stop Peter's nightmares of his kidnapping.
Sam is definitely shady. I'm just not sure why yet.
I wonder if Peter has a chip- since he used to sleepwalk, and didn’t dream for 10 years?
I still think there is something shadey with Sam :D
I don’t think he has a chip, but Walter definitely did something to stop Peter’s nightmares of his kidnapping.
Sam is definitely shady. I’m just not sure why yet.
It's a quiet episode. I've watched it twice now, and the dream sequence at the end still gives me chills. So does Walter's face as Peter talks about the dream. We all know Peter is describing his kidnapping (at least it seems like it). But Peter doesn't. I'm with you on wanting a Peter-centric episode though! Desperately!!
You forgot to mention that this is the episode where Olivia and Peter appear in matching pyjamas (very cute moment), and that they both take the time to tell each other something – Peter tells Olivia about his childhood nightmares, and Olivia tells Peter a bit about how she first met Charlie before she runs away from Peter again.
Like I said a quiet episode, but we learn something and we see Olivia grieving for Charlie. I would have liked more dream sequences all around, but that's just me! I liked this one.
The last scene with Peter and Walter was great. Walter was so terrified that Peter was going to remember something, and Peter has such faith and love for his dad that he had no clue it was anything other than a bad dream.
It’s a quiet episode. I’ve watched it twice now, and the dream sequence at the end still gives me chills. So does Walter’s face as Peter talks about the dream. We all know Peter is describing his kidnapping (at least it seems like it). But Peter doesn’t. I’m with you on wanting a Peter-centric episode though! Desperately!!
You forgot to mention that this is the episode where Olivia and Peter appear in matching pyjamas (very cute moment), and that they both take the time to tell each other something – Peter tells Olivia about his childhood nightmares, and Olivia tells Peter a bit about how she first met Charlie before she runs away from Peter again.
Like I said a quiet episode, but we learn something and we see Olivia grieving for Charlie. I would have liked more dream sequences all around, but that’s just me! I liked this one.
The last scene with Peter and Walter was great. Walter was so terrified that Peter was going to remember something, and Peter has such faith and love for his dad that he had no clue it was anything other than a bad dream.