History Recap / FringeS03E02TheBox

* PhotographicMemory: Olivia's eidetic memory for bumbers gets a mention when Fauxlivia reads about it in a file and wonders how she's going to fake that particular skill, indicating that she doesn't have this.

-->'''DARRYL:''' Where's your dumb cousin?

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies:
** [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]] is not a popular musician in the AlternateUniverse.

** [[WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] on the family's television.

* YourHeadAsplode: The little person.

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Newton sends a few hired thugs to retrieve a component of Walternate's doomsday machine from underneath a house. When opened, the box emits a sound that sends two of the thugs and the family living in the house into a trance before killing them. However, one of the thugs isn't affected and escapes with the box. When the Fringe team investigates, Fauxlivia realises that the job -- which she planned and ordered Newton to carry out -- has been botched, because the team was supposed to find the box. The last thug makes contact with Fauxlivia (where it's revealed that he's deaf, and that's why he wasn't affected) and gives her the box, believing she's the proper authorities, and Fauxlivia gives it to Newton, who plants it in a train station where it kills several people. Peter figures out a way to get close enough to disarm it, and the Fringe team realises that it's a component of the machine.

Meanwhile, Walter and Nina meet with a lawyer to hear William Bell's last will and testament. He has left a few mementoes to the pair and in the testament, he expresses gratitude to the pair for their friendship and guidance. Walter also receives a key to a safety deposit box, but is reluctant to open it because William's note tells him not to be afraid to cross the line, even though Walter believes that crossing the line is what lead to the current catastrophe. He eventually opens the safety deposit box, and discovers that Bell left him 100% of the company shares: Walter is the new owner of Massive Dynamic. At the end of the episode, Peter begins work of the component of the doomsday machine, attempting to understand it better, while Fauxlivia reports to Walternate that Peter is "engaged" with the task.

** [[{{U2}} Bono]] is not a popular musician in the AlternateUniverse.

** He also says that it would be delightful if the [[Franchise/{{Discworld}} buried treasure sprouted legs and ran away.]]

* BatmanGambit: A failed one is setting this episode's plot in motion. Fauxlivia's and Newton's original plan hinged on the two hired crooks being [[CuriosityKilledTheCast curious enough to open the box, so that it can incapacitate them]]. And indeed, they were. What wasn't anticipated however, was that one of them was bringing along [[SpannerInTheWorks his cousin, who is deaf, and thus immune to the effect of the box]].

* BatmanGambit: A failed one is setting this episode's plot in motion. Fauxlivia's and Newton's original plan hinged on the two hired crooks being [[CuriosityKilledTheCast curious enough to open the box, so that it can incapacitate them]]. And indeed, they where. What wasn't anticipated however, was that one of them was bringing along [[SpannerInTheWorks his cousin, who is deaf, and thus immune to the effect of the box]].

** When looking for clues, Walter says they are yet to find their [[ItWasHisSled Rosebud]].

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: TheBox

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: C Variant.
-->'''WALTER:''' Aspirin, we need to go to the market.