A Pennsylvania highway construction worker in rural Pennsylvania is mysteriously drawn into an underground tunnel filled with human remains. When it appears that the disappearance is not an isolated incident, the team travel attend the scene to search for evidence. Meanwhile, Walter attempts to simulate travel between realities on frogs.
The Fringe Division undertakes a puzzling investigation into why victims are disintegrating into ash; the case casts light on Broyles' past; personal details about the division leader emerge.
After a violent tremor shakes a Manhattan office building to its core, the Fringe Team believe the only survivor is not from this reality. Walter surmises that what shook the building was not geologic, but rather something discovered by him and William Bell many years ago. With another catastrophe imminent, the team races to Jacksonville.
The team investigate after all passengers aboard a commuter train appear to have died a still death. Bizzarely, all cell phones, mp3 players, laptops, batteries and bodies have been drained of power. A suspect by the name of Alistair Peck immerges, a very powerful man in possession of tremendous energy with severe consequences.