Anomaly XB-6783746

Anomaly XB-6783746



Season 5, Episode 10
Aired: December 21st, 2012
Written By: David Fury
Directed By: Jeffrey Hunt

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SYNOPSIS

The science team makes a raid on a former Massive Dynamic lab to get the equipment they need to communicate with the Observer Child. Meanwhile, Nina Sharp helps the fugitive team avoid capture and is faced with a lethal choice.

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THE GLYPHS

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S-E-N-S-E

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THE OBSERVER

Observers are featured in this episode.

Observer
Timestamp: 19:14

EPISODE CLUES

Previous Episode Clue

Walter's journal in 'Black Blotter' contains drawings of black Labrador Retrievers, foreshadowing the use of one of Massive Dynamic's secret "black labs" in 'Anomaly XB-6783746'.

Previous episode clue
Timestamp: 22:16
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Next Episode Clue

A billboard in 'Anomaly XB-6783746' says "Smriti Isolation Tanks", foreshadowing Walter's use of the iconic sensory deprivation tank in 'The Boy Must Live'. The word "Smriti" is Sanskrit for "that which is remembered," and Walter went into the tank to help him extract a memory buried in his subconscious.

Next episode clue
Timestamp: 27:01

ITEMS OF INTEREST

  • Michael displays Observer-like abilities without any tech.
  • Walter called Astrid 'Acid'.
  • Michael gave Nina her memories back. (Image 1)
  • Nina is dead. (Image 2)
  • Michael can show emotion as he cried when he saw Nina's dead body. (Image 3)
  • Michael gave Walter his memories back. (Image 4)
  • Donald is September. (Image 5)
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Item of interest: Michael giving Nina her memories from the original timeline
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Michael giving Nina her memories from the original timeline
Timestamp: 25:29
Item of interest: Nina is dead
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Nina is dead
Timestamp: 35:56
Item of interest: Michael showing emotion
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Michael showing emotion
Timestamp: 39:38
Item of interest: Michael giving Walter his memories from the original timeline
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Michael giving Walter his memories from the original timeline
Timestamp: 41:50
Item of interest: Donald is September
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Donald is September
Timestamp: 42:42

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WALTER'S FOOD

Walter offered a grape Red Vine to Michael and ate a waffle stick.
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Walter's Food: Grape Red Vine
Grape Red Vine
Timestamp: 00:59
Walter's Food: Waffle stick
Waffle stick
Timestamp: 09:03

NAMES FOR ASTRID

Walter called Astrid 'Acid'.

NOTABLE QUOTES

Captain Windmark:
"He is no child. He is a chromosomal mistake. A genetic anomaly. Designate progeny XB-6783746. Like all anomalies he was scheduled to be destroyed. But he went missing. It was a great mystery in my time. No one knew what became of him. Until now."
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Nina Sharp (to Captain Windmark):
"Do you know why you tilt your head in that way? It's an involuntary reflex in your physiology. It changes the angle at which sound waves hit the eardrum, allowing in more stimuli. Like a lizard. I've studied them too. Intriguing characters. Their brains have evolved over 320 million years, yet for all their evolution, they form no bonds. Love does not exist for them. They are incapable of dreaming, of contemplating beauty, of knowing something greater than themselves... not unlike your kind. The experiments we conducted right here in this lab yielded a surprising result, because for all your years of evolution, you inadvertently redeveloped and honed primitive instincts that we moved beyond long ago. So in reality, you're the animal."

CONNECTION CHART

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Connection chart: Anomaly XB-6783746

EPISODE CONNECTIONS

S1E19 - The Road Not Taken

  • The Observers read Nina's phone call from the impressions her sound waves made on the glass in her office in "Anomaly XB-6783746", like Peter did in to hear the phone call Nancy Lewis made in "The Road Not Taken". (Image 1, 2)
Connection: Peter cutting out glass
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S1E19 - The Road Not Taken
Peter cutting out glass
Timestamp: 32:38
Connection: Observers reading glass impressions
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S5E10 - Anomaly XB-6783746
Observers reading glass impressions
Timestamp: 05:53
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S2E15 - Peter

  • Walter (in "Peter"):
    "Why did you save us?"
    September:
    "The boy is important. He has to live."

    In "Anomaly XB-6783746" Michael gave Walter back memories of the original timeline and showed him that September's words about "the boy" also referred to Michael. (Image 1)

Connection: Walter and Michael
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Walter and Michael
Timestamp: 42:44
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S2E22 - Over There (Part 2)

  • Captain Windmark (about Michael in "Anomaly XB-6783746"):
    "Like all anomalies, he was scheduled to be destroyed. But he went missing. It was a great mystery in my time. No one knew what became of him."

    Michael's disappearance in the future was a mystery, like Peter's disappearance in the Redverse.

    Fauxlivia (in "Over There (Part 2)"):
    "You know, when people find out that you're back... you're gonna be famous."
    Peter:
    "What do you mean?"
    Fauxlivia:
    "Well, your kidnapping. It's a famous story."
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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
2036
Walter's Food
Names for Astrid
Walter's Lab Notes
Notable Quotes
Connection Chart
Episode Connections