6:02 AM EST
Season 3, Episode 20

6:02 AM EST

Aired April 22nd, 2011 · Written by David Wilcox, Josh Singer, Graham Roland · Directed by Jeannot Szwarc

SYNOPSIS

This episode follows the activation of the doomsday device by the parallel universe and the subsequent devastating consequences experienced by our world.

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THE GLYPHS

This episode's glyphs spell:

A-G-E-N-T

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THE OBSERVER

The Observer can be seen at the park where Fauxlivia walked around with Henry.

Observer 13:59

EPISODE CLUES

Previous Episode Clue

A poster in Olivia's mind in 'Lysergic Acid Diethylamide' that says "Be Vortex Aware" foreshadows the vortex that consumed part of a ranch in '6:02 AM EST'.

Previous episode clue 12:28

Next Episode Clue

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WALTER'S FOOD

Walter said he was going to pop another mushroom frittata into the oven and poured himself a drink.
Walter's Food: A drink 19:19 A drink

NOTABLE QUOTES

Fauxlivia:
"When I was returning from over there, you had me steal a piece of tech. Tech that you said was part of a weapon that could destroy the other side."
Walternate:
"What exactly are you asking, Olivia?"
Fauxlivia:
"Have you activated that weapon? Is that what's causing the surge?"
Walternate:
"That's classified."
Fauxlivia:
"What's going to happen to the people over there?"
Walternate:
"My concern is for the people of our world."
Fauxlivia:
"But your son is over there."
Walternate:
"I'm aware. Peter chose to leave. He chose his allegiance. I chose to give up my son so that you could keep yours."
Walter:
"Son..."
Peter:
"I know."
Walter (in a hospital chapel):
"I don't know my way around here. Other people, I suppose, find comfort being in chapels, speaking to you. I have no other place to turn. I asked you for a sign, and you sent it to me. A white tulip. And I was so grateful. Since then, in moments of deep despair, I have found solace in believing that you had forgiven me. I was willing to let him go. I was willing to let Peter die. I've changed. That should matter. God, I know my crimes are unforgiveable. So punish me. Do what you want to me. But I beg you, spare our world."

EPISODE CONNECTIONS

S2E10 — 1 connection (callback) S2E15 — 1 connection (callback) S2E22 — 1 connection (callback) S3E10 — 1 connection (callback) S3E12 — 1 connection (callback) S3E15 — 1 connection (callback) S5E11 — 1 connection (setup) ◀ EARLIER · CALLBACKS SETUPS · LATER ▶
Callbacks (6 earlier episodes)

S2E10 - Grey Matters

  • Connection: Blight phenomena S3E20 08:46
    Newton (in "Grey Matters"):
    "On my side, the trees died long ago. And the same thing killed the grass. They call it 'The Blight'."

    Similar phenomena started happening in "6:02 AM EST".

S2E15 - Peter

  • Walternate (in "6:02 AM EST"):
    "Oppenheimer saved us too. But at what cost? He couldn't bear the nightmares... the screams of all the innocents he had killed. 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of Worlds.' Only in our case, that really is true. We destroyed their world to save ours. May God have mercy on us."

    Walter got angry in "Peter" when Carla Warren spoke that same Oppenheimer line at him.

S2E22 - Over There (Part 2)

  • Connection: Olivia S2E22 42:35
    Connection: Fauxlivia S3E20 41:04
    In "6:02 AM EST" Walternate trapped Fauxlivia in the same cell as Olivia was kept in in "Over There (Part 2)".

S3E10 - The Firefly

  • The Observer (to Walter in "The Firefly"):
    "When the time comes, give him the keys and save the girl."

    The Observer was orchestrating a plan to test Walter. At the end of the episode he discussed the event with December.

    The Observer:
    "I must admit, I feared my experiment would fail."
    December:
    "But you were right. He's changed. He was willing to let his son die."
    The Observer:
    "Yes. And now we know. When the time comes... he will be willing to do it again."

    In '6:02 AM EST', as Walter struggled with the idea of allowing Peter to enter The Machine, he recalled the words of the Observer.

    Walter:
    "Give him the keys and save the girl."
    Peter:
    "What?"
    Walter:
    "This is what he was doing. He was preparing me."
    Peter:
    "Who?"
    Walter:
    "The Observer. He was preparing me because he knew I would have to let you go. That I would... that I would have to sacrifice you to fix the problems I'd created."

S3E12 - Concentrate and Ask Again

  • Nina Sharp (to Olivia in "6:02 AM EST"):
    "It wasn't supposed to be this way. I was told on good authority that if you and Peter were together it would all work out."

    Sam Weiss told her that in "Concentrate and Ask Again".

S3E15 - Subject 13

  • Walter (to young Peter in "Subject 13"):
    "Of course the Dodgers play for Los Angeles."
    Young Peter:
    "No, they don't. They play in Brooklyn, and I've seen them."

    A radio broadcast from the Redverse in "6:02 AM EST" mentioned the Dodgers playing at Ebbets field in Brooklyn.

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