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Mind Over Splatter

In the memory, Olivia watches herself and John chatting amiably. "So real," she says. Walter tells Peter he needs to adjust the drugs, which he'd "rather be taking [himself]," because he really has NO interest in allaying anybody's fears.

In the memory, First Date Olivia gets up and leaves the table, walking past Memory Trespasser Olivia, without so much as a glance. Walter tells her not to worry, as John can't see her.

Which, of course, doesn't stop her from trying. She sits at the table and says his name. He doesn't respond. Walter, admonishingly, tells her that he can't hear her and speak to her. "Olivia, I'm going to take you elsewhere." But Olivia wants to have a moment anyway. "I loved you," she says, and rambles on about how she loved him even then, during dinner, but he was lying to her about who he was. "Did you ever have any feelings for me at all, or was it all just...?" John sets down his wine glass, and Olivia clams up for half a blessed second before continuing. "Mark Young killed himself yesterday," she says, at which point he turns and looks directly at her. "He sees me," says Olivia. "No, Olivia, he definitely does not see you," says Walter, who can't see John staring right at her, half smile on his face. He doesn't say anything, and a second later Olivia is suddenly somewhere else: John's car. Alone, with John nowhere to be found. "It's his memory. He must be there somewhere," says Walter.

Olivia gets out of the car, and in a neat effect, Olivia is sharply in focus while everything else is blurry. It's like the reverse of those Claritin commercials.

It's dark, and she makes her way through what looks like some kind of container yard. Up ahead are four men: "There's John, a black guy, one who looks Latino, and the fourth I can't see," she says. We hear the Latino guy say, "Let's give him a minute. This is a big decision he's about to make," and then we see Mark Young say, "All right, I'm good."

Olivia tells them she can see Mark Young, and says she'll get closer. "Young is leaving with the Latino. I'm going after them." Olivia trails Mark and the other guy, who's saying, "Now you just do your part, and we'll take care of it. We do this one deal, and it's hasta luego." Suddenly, in a flash of light, they're gone. "They've disappeared," says Olivia. "That's because you are not in their memories. You're in John's," Walter tells her. She heads back towards John and the other guy. John's saying, "He'll deliver. He's just a little nervous. See the look he gave me when you told him how much you were willing to offer?" The other guy says he hopes John's right: "If we get into another Ashley situation, we're screwed." Except he'll never find out, because John pulls a knife and stabs the guy to death while a horrified Olivia screams to be pulled out of the tank. The worst part is going to be facing Walter saying "I told you so!"

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