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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Candyman kidnaps children and attempts to placate them with sweets, leaving them utterly traumatized physically and mentally by the time he's done with him. Add onto the fact that he's not the main BigBad, but TheDragon to a priest, and the whole thing wreaks of parallels to child-molestation and the Catholic Church condoning such acts.
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* EurekaMoment: Olivia has one when Henry claims that his cousin taught him to sail. She realises that someone had to teach Toomy to extract the hormones from his victims and that there's a second suspect to find.
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In the alternate universe, a young boy is abducted from his room in the middle of the night and Fringe Division investigates, in accordance with a protocol established after Peter Bishop's abduction in 1985. The team quickly figures out that the kidnapping is the work of "the Candyman", a serial child abductor who is named after so because the only physical evidence he leaves behind is secretions of glucose. His MO involves kidnapping children from their room, holding them for several days and then returning them to their parents. All the victims, children between the ages of 8 and 10, are subsequently diagnosed with symptoms of extreme old age and aren't expected to live very long.

Olivia decides to reinterview the previous victims to find any new information, and discovers that one of the kidnapped children is Christopher Broyles, the son of Fringe Division commander Colonel Phillip Broyles. Broyles is initially hesitant to let anyone talk to Christopher, but Olivia convinces him and Christopher is able to recall a few details that hadn't come to light before, such as the presence to ''two'' individuals, one old and one young, and that the Candyman recites a specific Catholic prayer. Based on the new information, Olivia begins to suspect that the Candyman is draining fluid from the children's pituitary gland and using it to create a "youth serum".

Fringe Division runs down the list of people who attend the Catholic church where the prayer originated, given to them by the priest. Olivia interviews a garbageman named Toomy who attempts to run, but gets caught. In his apartment, Olivia finds the kidnapped child. Fringe Division believes the case is solved, but Olivia realises that Toomy couldn't have devised the serum on his own. She and Broyles remember that the Catholic priest was once a biochemist, and that during their interview with him, Broyles revealed that his son was providing them with information. The priest sneaks into the Broyles house and attempts to kidnap Christopher, but Broyles (having been warned by Olivia) is able to save him.

In the hospital, both Christopher and the other kidnapped boy are recovering from their ordeals. The boy asks Olivia what the "FBI" is: she identified herself as an "FBI agent" while saving him from Toomy. Broyles overhears this and realises that Olivia has remembered that she's from the prime universe, but he lets her go out of gratitude for her efforts in helping Christopher.

Meanwhile, during the episode, Olivia seeks out Henry the cab driver to get his help in returning to the prime universe. Her plan is to sneak into the labs on Liberty Island and use the sensory depravation tank, but she needs someone to drive a boat over to the island and then back to Manhatan so the securty patrols don't realise there's an intruder. The only person she trusts is Henry, and he agrees. At the end of the episode, Henry takes her out to the island and she tells him that she comes from another universe. She manages to sneak into the labs, get in the tank and transport back into the Liberty Island gift shop in the prime universe. However, as she runs into a woman from the cleaning staff, Olivia starts to fade back into the alternate universe, and she quickly tries to give the woman a message. In the alternate universe, Olivia is pulled out of the tank by Brandon and Walternate.

In the prime universe, Peter and Fauxlivia are spending the night together when he recieves a call from the same cleaning woman, who had tracked down his number on Olivia's instructions. She tells him that Olivia is trapped in the alternate universe, and Peter realises that Fauxlivia has been with him and the rest of the team for months.

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In Olivia, having broken her conditioning that made her believe she was Fauxlivia, maintains the alternate universe, a young boy pretense that she is abducted still conditioned. She meets with Henry, the taxi driver who helped her out before, and asks him to help her return to Liberty Island to use the sensory deprivation tank to return herself to her universe.

A child, Max, is kidnapped
from his room in the middle of the night and home. The Fringe Division investigates, in accordance with a protocol established after Peter Bishop's abduction in 1985. The team quickly figures out that the kidnapping is investigates and Broyles immediately recognizes this as the work of "the Candyman", "The Candyman"; every two years, the Candyman abducts a serial child abductor who is named after so because and returns him some days later, but whatever the only physical evidence he Candyman has done leaves behind is secretions of glucose. His MO involves kidnapping children from their room, holding them for several days and then returning them to their parents. All the victims, children between the ages of 8 and 10, are subsequently diagnosed with symptoms of extreme old age and aren't expected to live very long.

Olivia decides to reinterview the previous victims to find any new information, and discovers that one of the kidnapped children is Christopher Broyles, the son of Fringe Division commander Colonel Phillip Broyles. Broyles is initially hesitant to let anyone talk to
child physically deprived. Broyles' own son, Christopher, but Olivia convinces him and was one of the most recent victims, having become blind as a result of the ordeal. Christopher is able to recall a few details tells Olivia that hadn't come to light before, such as the presence to ''two'' individuals, he believes there were two people involved with his abduction, one old and one young, and that the Candyman recites a specific Catholic prayer. Based on the new young. Combined with other information, Olivia begins to suspect suspects that the Candyman is draining fluid the children of hormones from the children's pituitary gland and using it to create a "youth serum".

Fringe Division runs down
gland, helping the list of people who attend the Catholic church where the prayer originated, given to them by the priest. Candyman stay young.

The interview leads
Olivia interviews a garbageman named Toomy and Broyles to Reverend Marcus, who attempts gave up a career as a physician in order to run, but gets caught. In establish a local church. Working through the congregation list, Olivia talks to one member, Wyatt Toomy, a garbageman. When Olivia spots a child's toy within his apartment, Olivia finds the kidnapped child. Fringe Division believes the case Wyatt realizes he is solved, but Olivia realises that Toomy couldn't have devised the serum on his own. She and Broyles remember that the Catholic priest was once a biochemist, and that during their interview with him, Broyles revealed that his son was providing them with information. The priest sneaks into the Broyles house caught and attempts to kidnap Christopher, escape, but Olivia captures him. She soon finds Max in a hidden room with a not-yet-activated device on the back of his head near the pituitary gland. She frees the boy, telling him she is an FBI agent.

Believing the case completed, Olivia goes to meet with Henry, where he has gotten use of his cousin's boat. As he talks about having been trained to use it, Olivia contemplates how Wyatt knew about the chemistry to make the serum, and realizes he had a teacher as well - their true culprit, and immediately suspects Reverend Marcus.
Broyles (having been warned by Olivia) is able and Olivia hurry to save him.

In the hospital, both
his house to protect Christopher and the other kidnapped boy are recovering from their ordeals. The boy asks Marcus; Broyles kills Marcus. Olivia accompanies Broyles and his family to the same hospital that Max is being treated. There, Max thanks Olivia personally and asks her about what the "FBI" is: she identified herself as an "FBI agent" while saving him from Toomy. Broyles overhears this and realises is. Broyles, having listened to Olivia's conversation, knows that Olivia she has remembered that she's from broken her conditioning, as the prime universe, but FBI had ceased to exist years earlier in the alternate universe. Because of her efforts to save Christopher, he lets her go out of gratitude for her efforts in helping Christopher.

Meanwhile, during the episode,
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Olivia seeks out rejoins Henry the cab driver to get his help in returning to the prime universe. Her plan is to sneak into the labs on Liberty Island and use the sensory depravation tank, but she needs someone to drive a boat over to the island and then back leaves him to Manhatan so swim the securty patrols don't realise there's an intruder. The only person she trusts is Henry, and he agrees. At the end rest of the episode, Henry takes way in and make her out way to the island isolation tank. After injecting herself with the same drugs Walternate had used on her, she enters the tank and she tells him that she comes from another soon finds herself back in her own universe. She manages to sneak into encounters a cleaning lady, and as Olivia feels herself being dragged back, she gives the labs, get cleaning lady a message to pass along to Peter. Back in the isolation tank, Walternate has had Olivia extracted from the tank and transport back into the Liberty Island gift shop in the prime universe. However, as she runs into a woman from the cleaning staff, Olivia starts directs his agents to fade back into the alternate universe, lock her up and she quickly tries to give the woman a message. In the alternate universe, Olivia is pulled out of the tank by Brandon and Walternate.

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sedate her.

Back in
the prime universe, Peter and Fauxlivia are spending the night in bed together when he recieves Peter receives a call from the same cleaning woman, lady, who had tracked down his number on Olivia's instructions. She tells him relays the message: that Olivia is trapped in the alternate universe, and Peter realises that Fauxlivia has been with him and the rest of the team for months.
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* WouldHurtAChild: The Candyman and the cult. Not only he drains young children for youth serum and make them sick, he's willing to kill them if they spill the beans.
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** The [[AmericanLawEnforcement FBI]] has not existed for 10 years, having been substituted by the Fringe Division. Olivia shouting "FBI!" is what clues Alternate-Broyles that she's regained her memories.

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* PetTheDog: Walternate offers his sympathy to Alt-Broyles over Christopher being kidnapped, and says it's no shame to let another take the lead if it is too personal for Broyles.
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** The body does not produce sucrose (table sugar), so how would someone secrete it
* ContinuityNod: Olivia notices the book 'Burlap Bear Goes To The Woods' in Max's room. The same book she read to Ella in Unleashed.

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*** [[FridgeHorror Which implies that the mechanism has some really long and pointy needles, and is likely excruciating.]]
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*** It's likely a side-effect from the "cure".
* ContinuityNod: Olivia notices the book 'Burlap Bear Goes To The Woods' in Max's room. The same book she read to Ella in Unleashed. Unleashed.
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: A cure for diseases and rejuvenation... that is taken from small children's pituitary glands. That by itself is horrible, but said children suffer some OvernightAgeUp, getting diseases and conditions from elderly people, even cancer. Christopher Broyles was [[SarcasmMode lucky]] enough to just go blind.
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'''Season 3, Episode 7''':
!The Abducted

In the alternate universe, a young boy is abducted from his room in the middle of the night and Fringe Division investigates, in accordance with a protocol established after Peter Bishop's abduction in 1985. The team quickly figures out that the kidnapping is the work of "the Candyman", a serial child abductor who is named after so because the only physical evidence he leaves behind is secretions of glucose. His MO involves kidnapping children from their room, holding them for several days and then returning them to their parents. All the victims, children between the ages of 8 and 10, are subsequently diagnosed with symptoms of extreme old age and aren't expected to live very long.

Olivia decides to reinterview the previous victims to find any new information, and discovers that one of the kidnapped children is Christopher Broyles, the son of Fringe Division commander Colonel Phillip Broyles. Broyles is initially hesitant to let anyone talk to Christopher, but Olivia convinces him and Christopher is able to recall a few details that hadn't come to light before, such as the presence to ''two'' individuals, one old and one young, and that the Candyman recites a specific Catholic prayer. Based on the new information, Olivia begins to suspect that the Candyman is draining fluid from the children's pituitary gland and using it to create a "youth serum".

Fringe Division runs down the list of people who attend the Catholic church where the prayer originated, given to them by the priest. Olivia interviews a garbageman named Toomy who attempts to run, but gets caught. In his apartment, Olivia finds the kidnapped child. Fringe Division believes the case is solved, but Olivia realises that Toomy couldn't have devised the serum on his own. She and Broyles remember that the Catholic priest was once a biochemist, and that during their interview with him, Broyles revealed that his son was providing them with information. The priest sneaks into the Broyles house and attempts to kidnap Christopher, but Broyles (having been warned by Olivia) is able to save him.

In the hospital, both Christopher and the other kidnapped boy are recovering from their ordeals. The boy asks Olivia what the "FBI" is: she identified herself as an "FBI agent" while saving him from Toomy. Broyles overhears this and realises that Olivia has remembered that she's from the prime universe, but he lets her go out of gratitude for her efforts in helping Christopher.

Meanwhile, during the episode, Olivia seeks out Henry the cab driver to get his help in returning to the prime universe. Her plan is to sneak into the labs on Liberty Island and use the sensory depravation tank, but she needs someone to drive a boat over to the island and then back to Manhatan so the securty patrols don't realise there's an intruder. The only person she trusts is Henry, and he agrees. At the end of the episode, Henry takes her out to the island and she tells him that she comes from another universe. She manages to sneak into the labs, get in the tank and transport back into the Liberty Island gift shop in the prime universe. However, as she runs into a woman from the cleaning staff, Olivia starts to fade back into the alternate universe, and she quickly tries to give the woman a message. In the alternate universe, Olivia is pulled out of the tank by Brandon and Walternate.

In the prime universe, Peter and Fauxlivia are spending the night together when he recieves a call from the same cleaning woman, who had tracked down his number on Olivia's instructions. She tells him that Olivia is trapped in the alternate universe, and Peter realises that Fauxlivia has been with him and the rest of the team for months.

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* AlternateHistory:
** The [[AmericanLawEnforcement FBI]] has not existed for 10 years.
** There are 3 [[FictionalPoliticalParty major political parties]].
** A law is proposed to limit American families to [[PopulationControl only having two children]].
** There was an [[ThePlague Avian Influenza Epidemic]].
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine:
** I don't know of any neurosurgeon who would access the pituitary gland through the back of the neck. You would have to go through the brainstem. Typically the pituitary gland is approached through the nose (transphenoidal).
** The body does not produce sucrose (table sugar), so how would someone secrete it
* ContinuityNod: Olivia notices the book 'Burlap Bear Goes To The Woods' in Max's room. The same book she read to Ella in Unleashed.
* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: Evidently {{Casablanca}} in the AlternateUniverse was not as popular and starred RonaldReagan.
* [[PinealWeirdness Pituitary Weirdness]]:
-->'''LINCOLN LEE:''' In theory, concentrated pituitary hormones could be processed in some way to accelerate healing, maybe even reverse aging, but - if that's true, it would also cause some serious side effects.
* ProductPlacement:
** Android phone
** Ford Flex
** Red Vines licorice sticks which is also a ContinuityNod


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