Season 1 Episode 5 34:00 to 36:40. Screenshots here
DESCRIPTION:
Five is holed up in his room and mathing on EVERY SINGLE WALL. Once he's satisfied with the final result of his calculations, he relies this to Delores, which prompts his brother to come into his room and ask who he's talking to — and what he's been doing.
Five explains he was working on a probability map, to find whose death could stop the apocalypse. When prompted by Luther, he specifies it's not people who might cause it, but merely people whose death might prevent it. Since he's brother doesn't follow, he explains that it's a case of butterfly effect — the slightest alteration of events can cause massively different outcomes in the timeline, which is what he's aiming for.
As these people are not criminals but innocent civilians, Luther is not on board with murder and tries to dissuade Five from going through with it, explaining that "they" don't work like that. Five is however having none of it and points out that it's he who is doing it, and not them. One death in exchange for billions of lives is, after all, a reasonable deal - all the more so considering the guy would be dead in 4 days regardless.
This prompts Luther to threaten Delores, which Five doesn't take kindly to. He immediately points the gun at him and threatens him, but ultimately when Luther doesn't relent and lets go of Delores out of the window, he just uses his power to switch their positions around so he can save her.
Once Five is successfully stopped and he now has the gun, Luther tells him that he knows he's still a good person, and that he's no longer alone, clearly implying that he should rely on his family. At the end of it, Five seems to have a plan, but believes it's just about impossible. Luther simply remarks "more impossible than what brought you back here?"
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MEMORY 16: Probability map, saving Delores
DESCRIPTION:
Five is holed up in his room and mathing on EVERY SINGLE WALL. Once he's satisfied with the final result of his calculations, he relies this to Delores, which prompts his brother to come into his room and ask who he's talking to — and what he's been doing.
Five explains he was working on a probability map, to find whose death could stop the apocalypse. When prompted by Luther, he specifies it's not people who might cause it, but merely people whose death might prevent it. Since he's brother doesn't follow, he explains that it's a case of butterfly effect — the slightest alteration of events can cause massively different outcomes in the timeline, which is what he's aiming for.
As these people are not criminals but innocent civilians, Luther is not on board with murder and tries to dissuade Five from going through with it, explaining that "they" don't work like that. Five is however having none of it and points out that it's he who is doing it, and not them. One death in exchange for billions of lives is, after all, a reasonable deal - all the more so considering the guy would be dead in 4 days regardless.
This prompts Luther to threaten Delores, which Five doesn't take kindly to. He immediately points the gun at him and threatens him, but ultimately when Luther doesn't relent and lets go of Delores out of the window, he just uses his power to switch their positions around so he can save her.
Once Five is successfully stopped and he now has the gun, Luther tells him that he knows he's still a good person, and that he's no longer alone, clearly implying that he should rely on his family. At the end of it, Five seems to have a plan, but believes it's just about impossible. Luther simply remarks "more impossible than what brought you back here?"