6:02 AM EST

6:02 AM EST



Season 3, Episode 20
Aired: April 22nd, 2011
Written By: David Wilcox, Josh Singer, Graham Roland
Directed By: Jeannot Szwarc

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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
Timestamp: 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
Timestamp: 12:28
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Next Episode Clue

The lightning bolt bumper sticker on the rancher's truck in '6:02 AM EST' foreshadows the widespread lightning attacks in 'The Last Sam Weiss'.

Next episode clue
Timestamp: 03:35

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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.
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Walter's Food: A drink
A drink
Timestamp: 19:19

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."
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Walter:
"Son..."
Peter:
"I know."
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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."

CONNECTION CHART

A visualization of all the ways this episode connects to other episodes. Scroll down to see the actual connections.
Connection chart: 6:02 AM EST

EPISODE CONNECTIONS

S2E10 - Grey Matters

  • 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". (Image 1)

Connection: Blight phenomena
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S3E20 - 6:02 AM EST
Blight phenomena
Timestamp: 08:46
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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.

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S2E22 - Over There (Part 2)

  • In "6:02 AM EST" Walternate trapped Fauxlivia in the same cell as Olivia was kept in in "Over There (Part 2)". (Image 1, 2)
Connection: Olivia
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S2E22 - Over There (Part 2)
Olivia
Timestamp: 42:35
Connection: Fauxlivia
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S3E20 - 6:02 AM EST
Fauxlivia
Timestamp: 41:04
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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."
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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".

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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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S5E11 - The Boy Must Live

  • Walter (in "The Boy Must Live"):
    "I can't explain it, but when the boy touched me, he showed me more than just images. It was freeing, Peter. All at once, I understood that everything I've ever known - or thought I knew, as a great man - could fit into a thimble. And that's not all he gave me. I remember things, things I haven't experienced. I think, from the other timeline, before you were erased, before the timeline was reset. I remember when you came to me at Saint Claire's. My first words: 'I thought you'd be fatter'. And I remember the night I was up late, making a peanut butter sandwich, and you slipped and called me 'Dad'. The feeling of joy that gave me... and the terror, before you stepped into the Machine."

    In "The Boy Must Live" Walter told Peter about memories he regained from the original timeline, including memories of Peter stepping into The Machine from "6:02 AM EST".

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Episode Information
Episode Synopsis
The Glyphs
The Observer
Episode Clues
Items of Interest
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JJ Abrams Easter Eggs
Fringe Division Case File
Glyph Sightings
The Redverse
Walter's Food
Names for Astrid
Walter's Lab Notes
Notable Quotes
Connection Chart
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