Forced Perspective
Olivia tries to cope with September's warning. Meanwhile, Peter and the team track a girl, Emily, who has predicted several deaths and drawn them in perfect detail. Her father has been moving his family across country and changing their identities, trying to stay ahead of people he believes intend to take Emily and experiment on her. He does not allow the Fringe team to help out any further, but Emily meets Olivia privately and shows her her latest picture: a pile of dead bodies. The drawing does not give enough information to guess where the deaths may occur, but Walter is able to pinpoint the location, a nearby courthouse, by hypnotizing Emily. Olivia is able to convince the man who is about to blow up the courthouse to stand down. Emily's final drawing shows her own death, and she dies in her father's arms.
TROPES
- Blessed with Suck: Emily is cursed to draw pictures of tragedies she can't stop.
- Deadly Nosebleed: How Emily dies.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: Emily succumbs to her stroke in the arms of her father.
- Screw Destiny: Broyles tries to warn Olivia about confronting the courthouse bomber, concerned that this may be the death September saw. Olivia replies that she can't second-guess every dangerous situation and still do her job.
