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The team investigates a woman that re-appears after weeks of being missing with a rare disease, and she inexplicably causes pain and death to the people she meets. In the investigation, dangerous levels of radiation are detected. Meanwhile, Walter obsesses about cotton candy, Peter strikes a deal with Nina Sharp, and a truth about Olivia is discovered.moreless
  • One long birthday.

    7.0
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    It'sOlivia's birthday and she's in a bad mood. During this day the Fringe group solves a kidnapping case involving some new terrible drug. The beginning of the episode was very good but I didn't really like the rest of the story, the doctor pointing a gun at Olivia and then shots himself, the evil drug company guy.
    This is a stand alone episode and I think you can skip it if you're mostly interested in the "big" fringe mystery. Also, they must have really long days over in the Fringe universe because Olivia had time to do everything, visit the crime scene, go to the lab a couple of times, drive around interviewing people, see the doctor kill himself, hang around the office, go to New York, go back again, solve the case, arrest the bad guy, save the girl, talk to Peter, go home. What a woman.
    We have a few good parts though, a hint of Olivia's past revolving around an abusive stepfather that still bothers her every birthday, Peter making a deal with the Devil Nina Sharp and a little of sparkle between Olivia and Peter.moreless
  • every week i say that this week episode is the best so far, but i have to say,, this week episode was also the best so far.

    9.5
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    i really liked this episode, it was great, well done written, and finally everything just made since.
    but there is something to be noticed, that at he beginning of the episode, the man just feel that the story is been taken from heroes, that the girl killed everyone with her mind or something, but after that u see that its different.
    and i keep my opinion of that the best character is still Olivia, which is should be that shes the "hero" in this show, but really the girl can act.
    in this episode we saw that, here we can see how everything happened with this new "pattern", and also i liked the tragedy about Olivia, with her step father, and how she was nervous the whole episode, and at they ended the episode with recieving a letter from her mystirious step father.
    and in this episode u start to feel the crush that petter beshob has for Olivia, which will add some "feeling" in the show.
    i just hope that the show will continue in this way, and im sure it will gets better.moreless
  • The Cure

    7.5
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    A women is tossed out of a van and ends up in a diner When a local police officer is called by a caring waiter to come and help her out, all hell breaks loose. The dazed and confused woman goes a bit crazy, causing everyone in the restaurant to explode, covering everything with blood and guts. Walter finds out that that the woman was used in a field trial and was actually let go to see whether the weird stuff inside her was working. Walter also found radioactive capsules in the woman's body while doing all sorts of experiments. Olivia and Peter found out that the new abducted woman actually new each other. So off they went again another race-against-the clock scenario where they had to find her before it was too late.moreless
  • Olivia's past affects her on this assignment while she and the team try to track down someone engineering people to become weapons.

    8.5
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    The team is brought in to investigate the unusual death of a woman in a cafe as well as all the other patrons. It turn out that she was in remission from a very rare and incurable disease. Once they got their head around that possibility, they found that another woman with the exact same disease has gone missing and Olivia's aversion to her own birthday affects her and her work.
    I thought that even though it was another "Olivia's past comes back to haunt her" episode, I really liked it. It was interesting to see Olivia really lose her patience and Peter being the one to call her on it. It was also nice to see Peter taking the initiative to obtain info that Olivia can't to help her out, though of course it'll end up biting him where the sun don't shine. There also seemed to be a couple of "moments" between them - when she revealed why she doesn't celebrate her birthday, and at the end when he acknowledged that she looks out for him and that he wanted to return the favor. They also revealed more intriguing tidbits about the mystery surrounding Peter is revealed when Nina Sharp mentions that she spent time with him when he was a child and that she was once "close" to his father. Walter was his usual kooky self with his inappropriate obsession with certain foods and his childlike enthusiasm as well as his seemingly random comments that end up revealing something important later, i.e. his comments about blue hyacinth, blue cotton candy later on relating to the cure. The case and the illness that the victims suffered from and another all powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate that wasn't Massive Dynamics using people with these diseases to create Typhoid Marys was fascinating, but the villain Esterbrook was bland compared to Nina Sharp. Broyles was underused in this one, they could have played him up as the ultimate brick wall that she had to face, and scene in the hall between them felt too...paint by numbers. It was too much of a cliched moment between an out of control agent and her boss. Wasn't my all time favorite episode, but pretty good none the less. More Fringe please.moreless
  • Another win for Fringe.

    8.0
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    Saying that this was my least favorite episode to date is a funny one, given how it's still a solid 8/10.

    But it was - nothing was wrong with it, actually, just as far as the metaplot goes, very little progress happened, actually, which is a bit of a letdown, so to say.

    Now, surely, "The Arrival" is something that's going to take alot to top. It was a fantastic episode with almost a hundred percent metaplot development.

    Im not expecting that, as I can appreciate a good episodic story and a strong build up to the things to come - and this episode a fine example of that.

    Olivia's character might've been somewhat cold in the beginning, but as the episodes go on, it's easier to warm up to her. In fact -- I was already sold on her after Power Hungry. But now? I love her.

    Her past seems rather intriguing, this father in law thing might become something crucial in the future.

    Also loved the Peter / Nina interaction.... Nina and Walter being close to each other is probably a bigger give away than we think.

    Another good clue was when Peter was discussing how these experiements might be something more: human weapons.... I mean, yes. Crazy scientists do crazy things. But why? And for who? We didn't get an answer...(yet), but I'm sensing one coming soon.

    The only real problem apart from the little metaplot development was the episodic case's conclusion. Amazing Tactical entrance and a dramatic scene with Olivia and Claire.... except it could've been much more dramtical if Claire DIES. She was rather underdeveloped, therefore her death would've been rather logical.

    But still, this was a great episode. I liked how Walter didn't have past experience with the case, and the gruesome images were good too.

    Solid.

    Sidenote: Yet another episode with The Observer in it! Hooray! He rocks. He was visible from a brief moment when Olivia(undercover) and Evil Dude are talking.moreless
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    • Olivia: (to Broyles) I understand that you think I acted too emotionally. Putting aside the fact that men always say that about women they work with, I'll get straight to the point. I am emotional. I do bring it into my work. It's what motivates me. It helps me get into the head space of our victims, see what they've seen,, even if I don't want to, even if it horrifies me. And I think it makes me a better agent. If you have a problem with that, sorry. You can fire me. But I hope you don't.

    • Walter: To understand what happened at the diner, we use Mr. Papaya. (Walter places the papaya in the container) Clear! (starts adjusting a remote for the machine) This is upsetting because he is the friendliest of fruits. (activates controls) And we have gooification. Astrid: Is that a scientific term?

    • Olivia: I had a stepfather. And when he drank, he'd accused my mom of seeing other men and then he'd hit her. And she just lived with it. She never called the police, not once. Then one day he beat her really bad and broke her nose. I was nine. He stormed out of his house, got in his car, drove off. My mom was crying, and I can't help her. And then I hear his car - he's turned back around. He kept the gun in the drawer near his bed. When he opened the door, I pulled the trigger. Then I pulled it again. And I can still see his face, almost daring me to finish. But I couldn't. So they took him to the hospital and said that he couldn't be saved, but he didn't die. He recovered. And then one night he just slipped away. We never saw him again. And I still blame myself, because I should have done it, I should have killed him. And I know, that rationally he's not responsible for all the bad things in the world. But he is responsible for some of them. And every year he sends me a card on my birthday, just to let me know that he's still out there. Peter: It's your birthday today.

    • Broyles: If I can't trust you to control your own passion, Dunham, then I can't trust you.

    • Olivia: Walter! Walter: Was I humming? I thought it was in my head. Olivia: It wasn't. Walter: Forgive me, Olivia. Nothing sings like a kilovolt. Unique pitch. Nothing else in nature quite like it. Olivia: I'm sure you're right.

    • Broyles: Dr. Bishop, any thoughts? Walter: Yes. Where can I get one of those white suits?

    • Peter: I'm going to hate myself for asking, but how do you cure a disease that's incurable? Walter: I haven't the slightest idea. Thought I myself once cured this one in a dream. Opium. Fantastic stuff. Of course, I forgot it as soon as I woke up.

    • Olivia: Walter, her disease. If there's no cure… Walter: Well, that's a question, and one which we should pose to whoever was treating her. Which makes three questions. The other one being what exactly happened here. Peter: That's only two questions. Walter: Oh, is it? Oh, the third question! Um, could I get some of this onion soup? It looks delicious.

    • Walter: Ligature marks. Olivia: So she was being held against her will? Walter: Either that or she had a proclivity for sexual bondage. Scientific observation, not a judgment. Some of my fondest memories… Peter: Oh, Walter, stop. Wherever that's going, is just wrong.

    • Peter: Well, I think we actually might be making some progress. A couple of minutes ago, Walter thought he might have isolated the compound that's in Emily Kramer's blood. But then he got distracted by the unicorn running through the lab.

    • Walter: This is it, Asterisk. Peter: Astrid. Her name is Astrid.

    • Walter: Olivia, did you lock yourself out again? Peter: Actually, Walter, this is our hotel. Walter: Oh.

    • Olivia: You better get back upstairs before Walter falls asleep in your bed. Peter: Yeah. He has actually done that before. While I was sleeping. Really not something you want to wake up to.

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    • Injoke: The doctor who was employed by David Esterbrook was named Elizabeth Sarnoff. Elizabeth Sarnoff has worked as Executive Producer on other J.J. Abrams projects such as Lost.

    • Original International Air Dates: Sweden: November 6, 2008 on Kanal 5 United Kingdom: November 9, 2008 on Sky1/Sky1 HD Australia: December 1, 2008 on Nine Norway: February 8, 2009 on Tvn Finland: February 9, 2009 on MTV3 Germany: April 27, 2009 on ProSieben Belgium: June 18, 2009 on RTBF2 France: July 1, 2009 on TF1 New Zealand: August 5, 2009 on TV2 Poland: October 15, 2009 on TVN Slovakia: November 8, 2009 on Markiza Czech Republic: February 26, 2010 on Nova Cinema

    • Mark Valley is credited but doesn't appear.

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