Olivia Dunham quotes from Fringe

Is this Poly Sci 101?

Olivia

[beat] Not remotely. [closes door on the student's response.]

Peter

Who was that?

Olivia

Freshmen.

Olivia

Where is your father?

Peter

Walter is at the hotel. But don't worry, your agents are standing guard, not that it matters 'cause the man is unconscious. He was awake till five in the morning reciting the chemical compositions of his favorite beverages to me. That was right after he finished lecturing me on how I squandered on my above average intellect and my substantial education all while he was standing there naked. Because he 'prefers the breeze'.

Peter

I'm a fairly open-minded guy, but there are things happening here that I can't even begin to explain and I'm not going anywhere until I can.

Olivia

In that case, you might want this. [hands Peter ID badge] Your credentials have been approved. Civilian consultant to the Department of Homeland Security.

Peter

Does this mean I don't need an escort to come into the Federal Building anymore?

Olivia

[nods] Yeah.

Peter

Will it get me out of speeding tickets?

Olivia

Walter, you're not going to accidentally fry one of those pigeons?

Walter

Stranger things have happened.

Peter

That's his motto.

Peter

So we're putting GPS chips on carrier pigeons to find a man who can control electricity. I have you to thank for that, don't I?

Olivia

Yeah, that's me.

Olivia

So… what is this?

Walter

This is the sort of work I was born for.

Peter

You were hoping for something more specific, maybe?

Olivia

Walter, her disease, if there's no cure....

Walter

That's a question and one which we should pose to whoever was treating her. Which makes three questions. The other being what exactly happened here.

Peter

That's only two questions.

Walter

Oh, yeah? Oh, the third questions, um... [points to soup] Could I get some of this Onion soup? It looks delicious.

Olivia

How's it coming?

Walter

Oh, Olivia, join us. We've learned some things already.

Peter

We don't think she ran away.

Walter

Ligature marks.

Olivia

So she was being held against her will.

Walter

Either that or she had a proclivity for sexual bondage. Scientific observation, not a judgement. Some of my fondest memories--

Peter

Oh, Walter! Stop, wherever that's going it's just wrong.

Olivia

You better get back upstairs before Walter falls asleep in your bed.

Peter

He has actually done that before. While I was sleeping. Really not something you want to wake up to.

Olivia

Hey, what the hell's he doing?

Astrid

He thinks it will help him remember where he's heard about the red and green lights.

Olivia

Okay.

Peter

We've got good news. We think we understand how it was that Ben was abducted. Those red and green flashing lights? They put the father into a hypnagogic state.

Olivia

And we think we might've I.D.ed the woman responsible.

Walter

I have it! Christmas, Christmas leading to Christmas carols, one of which is 'Jingle Bells' which lead naturally to 'Dashing Through the Snow', which of course, inevitably leads one to Dash.

Astrid

To dash?

Walter

Dashel Kim... the man who mentioned the lights to me. I'm sure of it.

Olivia

Where is he, Walter? Can we talk to him?

Walter

Well, I guess that would depend on whether he has succeeded in killing himself or not.

Olivia

How long is this going to take?

Walter

Miss Dunham, what we're doing, what you have asked me to do, is pushing the boundaries of all that is real and possible. We're not roasting a turkey.

Olivia

Walter, what's the Bible for?

Walter

Well, you're taking untested psychedelics, lying in saline with an electric charge in the base of your cranium. Among other things, I thought it appropriate to pray you don't get electrocuted.

Olivia

Praise the Lord.

Walter

Amen.

Walter

Uh oh.

Olivia

What?

Walter

I just got a slight erection. Oh, fear not, it's nothing to do with your state of undress. I think I simply need to urinate.

Olivia

That's good to know.

Olivia

Why would they do that? I mean, what would they want with me? What were they doing? Who could they be?

Walter

You're like a question machine.

Peter

[to Olivia] You're talking about a man who infects people with giant viruses. If you hadn't escaped, who knows what they would have done to you. Listen to me, you just told him that you killed his wife. He said that to you to try to get a reaction out of you. To get to you. Let it go. You got his confession. Go home.

Walter

I was worried too. When you were taken.

Olivia

Thank you, Walter.

Walter

[looking at Peter] Not as much as him, of course.