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Bolivia Sits and Looks at a Peaceful Image on a Nearby Monitor While Her Physician Draws Blood Obstetrics Exam - Viral Worries (Bolivia sits and looks at a peaceful image on a nearby monitor while her physician draws blood from her arm and her mom waits at her side) ROSA OPORTO: You're almost done. MARILYN DUNHAM: How long ‘til we get the results? ROSA OPORTO: I arranged to have the labs run in house. We'll know by the end of the day. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Well, you know, if Rachel was a carrier, then... MARILYN DUNHAM: Honey, you are a different person than your sister. Nothing is set in stone. (to the physician) Rosa, would you please talk to her? ROSA OPORTO: Viral Propagated Eclampsia is dormant until pregnancy and undetectable before eight to ten weeks. So until we get the results of today's screening, nothing is certain. You may not be a carrier at all. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Okay. But it's hard to believe that when the odds are eighty percent that I am. ROSA OPORTO: On average. And, yes, the fact that Rachel had VPE puts you in the highest risk group. It's okay to want to prepare yourself. Look... I know it's easier said than done, but my best advice to both of you is take it a step at a time. Return Trip - Mom Support (Marilyn drives her daughter back to the apartment to drop her off after her pre-natal exam) MARILYN DUNHAM: (consoling) Let's not get ahead of ourselves. There's still a chance. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Mom, you weren't listening, were you? There is an eight out of ten chance that I'm a carrier, and if I am, there's only a handful of cases where either a mother or a baby survive delivery with VPE. So I don't really have a choice. And let's face it. (slight dismay) I mean, I'm alone. My job is all-consuming. My life is hardly conducive to parenting. MARILYN DUNHAM: Well, what about the father? BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Oh, we've been over this. MARILYN DUNHAM: You met a man in a bar while Frank was out of town -- Honey, that just doesn't sound like you. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: (curt) Well, I never said that it was one of my finest moments. MARILYN DUNHAM: Well, I'm sorry, but I don't mean to be -- BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Judgmental? MARILYN DUNHAM: Judgmental. I-- I just want you to have the support that you need. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: And I do. You and Lincoln should get together and commiserate. He's not happy about this either. MARILYN DUNHAM: That doesn't change the fact that you'd make a wonderful mother someday. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Mom... (gets out of the vehicle after Marilyn stops in front of the apartment entrance) Okay. Thanks for driving me. MARILYN DUNHAM: Are you sure you're okay? I can come upstairs with you if you like. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: No, I'm good. MARILYN DUNHAM: Alright, listen, call me as soon as you hear anything, good or bad. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: I will. MARILYN DUNHAM: I love you. (throws a kiss) BOLIVIA DUNHAM: You too. MARILYN DUNHAM: Bye. (Dunham closes the car door and turns and walks to the front door of the apartment complex as Marilyn drives off) Bolivia's Apartment - Justified Paranoia BOLIVIA DUNHAM: (turns and suspiciously scans the neighborhood before she enters the building. answers a call on her earpiece) Dunham. LINCOLN LEE: (calling from the office) Hey, it's me. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Hey. LINCOLN LEE: You okay? You sound distracted. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: (swipes her access card and enters the building while a bald man wearing a Fedora and dark suit watches from across the way) No, I'm good. (explains herself as she approaches her own apartment) You know, I'm probably just being paranoid. I didn't actually see anybody. LINCOLN LEE: But you said you saw someone yesterday. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: I - I think so. I mean, I thought that I did. LINCOLN LEE: I'm sending over a security detail. (begins typing on his desktop command monitor) BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Lincoln, you really don't have to do that. LINCOLN LEE: Well, I'm your Commanding Officer, so your permission's irrelevant. Besides, if you're concerned you're being followed, there's probably a reason. They'll be there within the hour. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: (as she enters her apartment and locks the door securely behind her) Okay. Thank you, Lincoln. LINCOLN LEE: Hang tight, Liv. (ends call) (Dunham puts down her shoulder bag, then studies a favorite picture. she turns and receives an electric zap by one of the two men that have snuck into her home. she collapses to the floor) ACT I Fringe Division - Agent Missing LINCON LEE: (walking the corridor toward the Situation Room) You're kidding me. You went on a date with 'Bug Girl'? AGENT FRANCIS: Oh, you're so smug. You know, at least I make attempts. You don't even try to go out. LINCOLN LEE: That's because my new position demands the majority of my time. AGENT FRANCIS: Oh, your excuse is smug. AGENT #1: (intercepting Lee as he enters) Excuse me, sir, the detail you requested has reached the location. LINCOLN LEE: Let me know as soon as they're in place. AGENT #1: Yes, sir. LINCOLN LEE: (as she walks off) Thank you, Agent. AGENT FRANCIS: I already told you. I'm not calling you "sir". LINCOLN LEE: Alright. Then tell me about ‘Bug Girl’. AGENT FRANCIS: Alright. First off, her name is Mona. LINCOLN LEE: Mona? AGENT FRANCIS: It was tea, and, uh, I'm not going any further than that. LINCOLN LEE: Why not? AGENT FRANCIS: Buddy, why don't you stop focusing on me and just admit... you've got a thing for Liv. LINCOLN LEE: (semi-bluffing) That's ridiculous. Although I do think if she was going to cheat on Frank with someone... (thinks better of what he was about to say) ...you know what? It's none of my business. AGENT FRANCIS: Yeah. I knew that was driving you crazy. LINCOLN LEE: (answers call on his earpiece) This is Agent Lee. (raises eyebrows) What? (grows concerned) When? Liberty Island - Notifying The Boss BRANDON FAYETTE: (standing with the senior politician) Sir, I understand you have strong reservations. But from everything we know, Peter is uniquely suited to power the machine. And if we fail to determine a reliable way to cross between worlds -- SECRETARY BISHOP: I have already stated my opinion. We are not experimenting on children. I have made myself clear. (activates video call from his Adjutant) Yes. MAJOR WARNER: (on screen) Mister Secretary, Manhatan Fringe Division, Agent Lee. SECRETARY BISHOP: (activates earpiece) Agent Lee, what is it? LINCOLN LEE: Sir, Olivia's been kidnapped. SECRETARY BISHOP: What do you mean, kidnapped? LINCOLN LEE: Agent Dunham suspected she was being followed. Security detail found signs of a struggle and her door was wide open. SECRETARY BISHOP: Has anyone made contact with demands? LINCOLN LEE: Not yet, but I spoke to her forty minutes ago, so it hasn't been long. SECRETARY BISHOP: Have you contacted Echelon? LINCOLN LEE: As soon as I heard. They're activating the satellite. SECRETARY BISHOP: I don't need to tell you, Agent Lee, how crucial it is that this matter be resolved safely. I want information as you receive it. LINCOLN LEE: Yes, Mister Secretary. (ends call) AGENT #1: Echelon Satellite tracking online. (beep) Busy Streets - Tracking Olivia LINCOLN LEE: (on earpiece to Situation Room) Give me some good news. AGENT #2: We got her, sir. LINCOLN LEE: Where? FRINGE AGENT #2: North Moore Street moving east toward the harbor. Speed is fifty kilometers per hour. AGENT FRANCIS: (to tactical assault team as they load into a panel van) Let's go! KIDNAPPER #2: (to his co-conspirator in the back of their van as they drive through traffic with Olivia) Prepare to make the transfer. Let me know when you're ready back there. AGENT #1: She stopped moving. Corner at Mason and Tobey. AGENT FRANCIS: (to the tactical squads as they pile out of the van) Box positions. Front and back covered. On my signal. LINCOLN LEE: (after searching the area with his tracking device and only finding Dunham's electronic device in the bushes) Son of a bitch. AGENT FRANCIS: They knew she had a tracker. Bayard Warehouse - Phase One (a medical team in scrubs and masks transfers Dunham to their makeshift medical facility. they prepare and inject large doses of serum into their restrained abductee) DOCTOR: What's next? DOCTOR #1: Phase one has disrupted the regulatory process. By now, all inhibitory proteins should be blocked. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: (groans) NURSE JOYCE: Doctor, she's coming to. DOCTOR #1: She's a fighter... Like they said. (as Dunham tries to mouth a few words) Let's put her back out. NURSE JOYCE: This will help with the pain. Good. You should start feeling that right away. DOCTOR #1: (to the nurse) Let us know when she's ready. BOLIVIA DUNHAM: (groggily, as the nurse points a large piece of medical equipment at her abdomen) What are you doing? NURSE JOYCE: Just try to get some sleep. I'll come back and check on you. (turns down the lighting and leaves the small enclosure) (Dunham is left dazed and alone, to rest. her fetal son is visible on the monitor, and very active) ACT II Fringe Division - Failed Tracking AGENT FRANCIS: (enters the headquarters with his superior) So much for trackers being classified. I mean, that was a waste of valuable time.
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