Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11

"Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11"
Fringe episode
In the dystopia of the Observer-controlled 2036, Walter discovers a CD and listens to "Only You", shortly before finding a single dandelion growing out of the desolation. Critics praised this final scene as setting the tone for the season, showing hope for the characters.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 1
Directed by	Jeannot Szwarc Miguel Sapochnik
Written by	J. H. Wyman
Production code	3X7501
Original air date	September 28, 2012 (2012-09-28)
Guest appearance(s)
Georgina Haig as Etta Bishop Michael Kopsa as Captain Windmark Clark Middleton as Edward Markham Shaun Smyth as Anil
Episode chronology
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"Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11" is the first episode of the fifth season of the American Fox science-fiction/drama television series Fringe, and the show's 88th episode overall. The episode premiered in the United States on September 28, 2012.

It was written by J.H. Wyman and was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and Miguel Sapochnik.

Peter (Joshua Jackson), Walter (John Noble), and Astrid (Jasika Nicole), after being recovered by Etta (Georgina Haig), begin to adjust to the Observer-controlled world of 2036. Walter notes that he and the Observer September had created a plan prior to the Observers' takeover, but September had fragmented Walter's memory to protect the information. After the Observers' arrival, Walter had Olivia (Anna Torv) retrieve a device to help restore these memories, but she had disappeared. In the present, they trace Olivia's path, finding a nearby patch of amber, but cut into with several human-sized chunks removed. Etta explains there are "amber gypsies", who cut and sell trapped humans on the black market. They track down Olivia's piece of amber to Edward Markham (Clark Middleton), who had been in love with Olivia since the first time he saw her.

While they are retrieving the amber, the Observers, alerted by the black market dealer, arrive. Though they safely escape with Olivia, Walter is captured and taken to a secure Observer facility, where Captain Windmark (Michael Kopsa) arrives to interrogate him. Windmark starts violently probing Walter's mind. He taunts Walter with the fact that there is no music in this future, that nothing will grow from the scorched earth. On continued probing, Windmark discovers the fragmented memories and attempts to obtain the memories by any means possible.