Fringe Comic Number 1/Transcript

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Conventions	A new paragraph here reflects a new frame in the comic.
Header Page 1	Harvard University
Student #1 Page 1	This doesn't make sense.
Professor Page 1	Young man. Don't you have class right now?
Walter Bishop Page 1	Yes Sir.
Walter Bishop Page 2	Sorry I'm late. I trust everyone had a good summer. Well, this is, um, Physics 301 and we have a lot to cover. Our syllabus includes degenerate Fermi Systems, Natural Units, The Time Independent Perturbation Theory --
Female Student Page 2	But who are you? Or is that not in the syllabus?
Walter Bishop Page 2	It's Walter. Walter Bishop And I'll be your professor this semester.
Walter Bishop's Notes Page 3	Promising changes in the molecule substrate-
Music Page 3	Looking at the devil...
Walter Bishop Page 3	What the--?
Music Page 3	I want to-- Thank you for --letting--"
William Bell Page 3	Hum?
William Bell Page 4	What the hell!
Walter Bishop Page 4	It's to loud. I'm trying to work.
William Bell Page 4	What do you think I'm doing?
Walter Bishop Page 4	Aside from distracting me?
William Bell Page 4	Sly Stone helps me think.
Walter Bishop Page 4	It helps you think.
William Bell Page 4	Stop-- What are you doing?
Walter Bishop Page 5	There. Now you don't need to think.
William Bell Page 5	Son of a--
William Bell Page 5	Wait a second-- how did you do that?
Walter Bishop Page 5	I don't know. I just did.
William Bell Page 5	That was the Morianz Equation. Only five people in the world have solved it.
Walter Bishop Page 5	Guess that makes it six. Perhaps you should see my other work.
William Bell Page 5	You're Walter Bishop, aren't you? I'm William Bell. I've wanted to meet you.
Walter Bishop Page 5	Now we've met.
Professor Page 6	I'm looking forward to your presentation at MIT this weekend. I expect everyone to be quite taken with you. The arrival of a great young mind always excites the scientific community.
Walter Bishop Page 6	I'm not as optimistic.
Professor Page 6	I'm sure you'll do wonderfully. How are your classes going so far?
Walter Bishop Page 6	The undergrads don't take me seriously. They talk to me like I'm one of their drinking buddies.
Professor Page 6	They're just intimidated. You're barely older than them and you've accomplished so much. They'll come around.
Walter Bishop Page 6	Do you know a student named Bill?
Professor Page 6	William Bell. He's a brilliant young man.
Walter Bishop Page 6	"Brilliant." I'd say he's frivolous.
Professor Page 6	And he should be, Mr. Bishop. He's twenty years old. You could stand to have a little more fun.
Walter Bishop Page 6	Twenty? He was working on the Morianz equation.
Professor Page 6	Ambitious. You two have that in common.
Walter Bishop (addressing audience) Page 7	It is possible that we could create a way for humans to interface with one another and share information much the way the new intranet computers do.
Walter Bishop (addressing nodding audience) Page 7	...non-verbal communication of datat from one person to the next...
Walter Bishop (addressing nodding audience) Page 7	...non-verbal communication of data from one person to the next...
Walter Bishop (William Bell and the Observer and at the back of the auditorium) Page 7	We spend years gathering basic information. Imagine if you could receive all of that in an hour.
Walter Bishop (William Bell and the Observer and at the back of the auditorium) Page 7	Imagine how we could advance as a species --
Unidentified man (leaving) Page 7	This is science fiction.
Walter Bishop (to man) Page 7	It isn't, sir.
Walter Bishop (to man and nearly empty auditorium) Page 7	It isn't.
Walter Bishop (to William Bell) Page 8	What are you doing?
William Bell Page 8	I saw your presentation at MIT. I found it fascinating.
Walter Bishop Page 8	Well, you're the only one.
William Bell Page 8	I'd like to be involved if I could. How close are you?
Walter Bishop Page 8	I'm close -- or maybe not close at all.
Walter Bishop Page 8	I've been using mice, linking the hippocampus to the sensory cortex using a synthetic neural transmitter. But it's not taking. It doesn't work. Also, they immediately die.
William Bell Page 8	Of what?
Walter Bishop Page 8	Could be the wires I'm inserting into their brain. It could be the electrocution. I haven't decided.
William Bell Page 8	What's his name?
Walter Bishop Page 8	He's a mouse.
William Bell Page 8	Looks like a Jimmy. Poor guy. He's terrified.
Walter Bishop Page 8	What?
William Bell Page 8	He's scared.
Walter Bishop Page 8	How would you know?
William Bell Page 8	You can sense it. You can feel it coming off him. His soul is in torment.
Walter Bishop Page 8	That's complete nonsense. There's no such thing as a soul...
Walter Bishop Page 8	...but you might be onto something.
Walter Bishop Page 9	The marked mouse has been taught a maze. The unmarked mouse--
William Bell Page 9	Jimmy.
Walter Bishop Page 9	Right. He has not learned the maze.
Walter Bishop Page 9	I wanted to transfer the knowledge electronically, but the transmitters weren't firing. It hadn't occurred to me that their brain function had shut down like you said. They were afraid.
William Bell Page 9	Sensory overload. They'd gone into shock.
Walter Bishop Page 9	Exactly. I was transmitting one blank canvas to another.
Walter Bishop Page 9	So I had you administer a small dose of phenobarbital combined with lysergic acid diethylamide. They should remain docile and their pathways should accept the transmissions. All we have to do now is wait for it to kick in...
Walter Bishop Page 9	William?
William Bell Page 9	Did that wall just move?
Walter Bishop Page 9	I need you to administer the charge to the marked mouse using these wires. be careful.
William Bell Page 9	Okay.
Walter Bishop Page 9	Inserting the neural transmitter now. Ready for the electric charge.
Walter Bishop Page 9	William?
William Bell Page 10	(Receives electrical shock. Does not speak)
Walter Bishop Page 10	(Throws himself at William Bell to break contact. Does not speak.)
William Bell Page 10	Whoops.
Walter Bishop Page 10	It's possible you absorbed some of the LSD while handling it.
William Bell Page 10	That would explain a lot. I feel kind of...
Walter Bishop Page 11	Are you okay?
William Bell Page 11	Yeah. It's strange. I'm having deja-vu. This image -- this memory flashing in my head of a bird, a golden bird. I don't know. There's a man but it doesn't make sense.
Walter Bishop Page 11	What doesn't make sense?
William Bell Page 11	I don't know who he is... It's all blurry. It's like a golden bird or something. I know it sounds weird. I'm just out of it...
Walter Bishop Page 11	Maybe you should head home. Lie down for a while.
William Bell Page 11	Yeah. Sorry about all this.
Walter Bishop Page 11	We'll try again tomorrow.
Walter Bishop Page 11	(Pulls chain from under shirt. Does not speak)
Walter Bishop Page 11	(Looks at ring featuring eagle image. Does not speak)