History Recap / FringeS03E05Amber31422

* UngratefulBitch: Matthew's wife. She is a complete Jerk and basically yells at Joshua that he should give himself to Fringe Division. While she has a point at being mad at Joshua and worried for Matthew, Joshua spent four years trying to find a way to bring his brother back and fix his mistakes, and is genuinelly working at keeping his brother safe, yet but that's still not enough. She's basically telling himself to get himself arrested or killed.

As the episode ends, Olivia's hallucination of Peter points out to her that there is a way to tell if she is from the prime universe: by confirming her memories of her niece Ella, who did not survive birth in the althernate universe. During Olivia's final test in the tank, she is again able to cross over to the gift shop in the prime universe. She is able to recall Ella's phone number and calls her to wish her a happy birthday, but is brought back to the alternate universe shortly after Ella answers. As she is removed from the tank, she lies, telling Walternate the test did not work.

At Joshua's apartment, they discover he has a twin brother Matthew and equipment used for a negative matter ring. Their investigation is cut short as they are forced to evacuate from a rigged bomb which destroys the apartment. Lee and Francis were unable to hear the bomb, but Olivia could, possibly indicating that she retains the enhanced hearing demonstrated in [[FringeS02E02NightOfDesirableObjects "Night of Desirable Objects."]] They travel to Matthew's suburban home, meeting him, his wife, and their children. Matthew professes to have no knowledge of the location of his brother. Olivia is suspicious of Matthew's behavior, and is shown to be correct as Matthew is revealed to have been the one trapped in the amber, having tried to come warn his brother about the quarantine. Joshua, having posed as Matthew since, was the one that freed him and spoke to Fringe. The brothers switch places again when Olivia requests a more detailed identity check from Matthew, which he passes successfully.

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: "The stuff that dreams are made of" is attributed to Creator/CaryGrant instead of Creator/HumphreyBogart who said this in ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon''.

In the alternate universe, a team of thieves carve someone out of a block of amber that's been used to quarantine a bank. The man being rescued -- the twin brother of one of the thieves -- is successfully revived, but when the amber begins to reform, one of the thieves is caught and trapped. Fringe Division investigates and realises that the man who was rescued is Joshua Rose, a bank robber whose phase-shifting technology caused breaches and ultimately led to him being accidentally caught in quarantine during one of his jobs. The team don't understand why someone would be taken out of amber, until Walternate (the inventor of amber) reveals to Broyles that people encased in amber aren't dead: they're in suspended animation, contrary to what the population believes. Walternate demands that Joshua be caught in order to protect this secret.

When Olivia and Lincoln interview Joshua's brother Matthew, who has a wife and children, Olivia begins to suspect what really happened: ''Matthew'' Rose was caught in the amber, Joshua has been pretending to be Matthew during the intervening years in order to provide for Matthew's family, and now he's finally saved Matthew. When Joshua realises that Fringe Division is figuring it out, he comes up with a plan to rob a new bank, believing he can solve everything. Matthew and Olivia both realise at the same time and follow Joshua to the bank: Joshua knocks Olivia out just before Matthew arrives. Matthew doesn't understand how robbing another bank will help, but Joshua explains that it's not about money: by using his phase-shifting technology, he's already triggered a quarantine protocol that will trap him in amber, satisfying Fringe Division (who now have Joshua "back" in amber) and giving Matthew a chance to live with his family. Lincoln and Scarlie pull Olivia out of the quarantine zone before the amber is released, trapping Joshua. Later, Olivia visits Matthew, having figured out about the switch, but she decides not to inform Fringe Division.

Meanwhile, Walternate wants to start using Olivia for experiments in travelling back and forth between the universes. During the first experiment, which involves going in a sensory depravation tank in the DOD labs, Olivia is able to briefly travel to the prime universe, arriving in a gift shop and returning extremely quickly. Walternate and Brandon are able to identify a nootropic -- cortexiphan -- operating in her brain during the trip. At the end of the episode, Peter appears to Olivia again, telling her things about the prime universe that "Fauxlivia" couldn't possibly know, such as the fact that it's Ella's birthday and that the twin towers were destroyed. Olivia volunteers to go back in the tank and travels to the prime universe: within the minutes that she's able to stay, she confirms that the twin towers have fallen and is able to call Ella and wish her a happy birthday. When Walternate and Brandon pull her out of the tank in the alternate universe, she claims that it didn't work.

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: "The stuff that dreams are made of" is attributed to CaryGrant instead of HumphreyBogart who said this in TheMalteseFalcon.

-->'''AGENT FRANCIS:''' Ah. So who's the popsicle?

-->'''SECRETARY BISHOP:''' Only those who risk going too far find out how far they can go.

-->'''WALTER:''' "Only those that risk going too far can possibly know how far they can go." That's what Belly used to say.

* UngratefulBitch: YourMileageMayVary, but Matthew's wife. She is a complete Jerk and basically yells at Joshua that he should give himself to Fringe Division. While she has a point at being mad at Joshua and worried for Matthew, Joshua spent four years trying to find a way to bring his brother back and fix his mistakes, and is genuinelly working at keeping his brother safe, yet but that's still not enough. She's basically telling himself to get himself arrested or killed.

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* The Atoner: Joshua, both to redeem himself for his crimes and prevent Fringe Division from taking his brother, breaks into a bank for the purpose of getting trapped in Amber.