Evaluation System
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The Evaluation System is an elaborate series of tests designed to "activate" Cortexiphan-positive individuals and their dormant abilities. To date, only the first test has been shown, and it remains unseen as to who designed the Evaluation System.
About
In Ability, David Jones gives a key to Olivia and sends her to an amusement park in Salem to recover a box. Accompanying the box is the following letter from Jones:
- "Miss Dunham, I know how this appears, that I've sent you quite a distance to pick-up a box of children's games. But what I've hidden here is not a game at all. You are holding an evaluation system. A series of tests designed to cultivate specific innate skills present in particular individuals. Do the first test only. Complete it successfully, and come back to see me. Do this and no one else will die."
According to Peter, the system contains ten different tests.
Adjusted Timeline
In The End Of All Things, David Jones kidnaps Olivia and forces her to do the same test, however instead of turning off the lights, she must turn them on. She is unable to do it, unless she has Peter with her. She finally succeeds after seeing Peter threatened by Leland Spivey and manages to turn on all the lights in the building to a blinding magnitude, electrocuting Spivey.
The First Test
The test involves
- "Turn switch on. The recruit sits no more than twenty-four inches away from the device, but cannot touch the light board. Recruit focuses on light board. The object of the test is to systematically shut down the lights so that ultimately, none are illuminated." - Instructions read by Peter
In Ability, Walter points out that the term "recruit" is also used in the ZFT document. Olivia has Peter program the box to turn off the lights automatically in order to fool Jones. However, she later has to face a similar device attached to explosives and she is successful in turning off the lights without any assistance.
Other Sightings
- Part of the Evaluation System is seen in a drawer in Nick Lane's apartment in Bad Dreams, as he starts his day.
- In The Road Not Taken, a version of the first test can be seen in the room where Nancy Lewis is being held captive.
| — Unanswered Questions — | Theories about these questions should be addressed at the associated episode page |
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- Who designed the Evaluation System?
- Was William Bell involved?
- What do the other nine tests entail?
