fracture fringe fracture episode second season american science fiction drama television series fringe episode followed fringe team investigation man mysteriously explodes killing case leads secret government project colonel episode written directed fracture episode plot arc called gun arc focused olivia physical mental recovery season premiere featured guest actors fracture broadcast united_states october fox network estimated million viewers received generally mixed reviews critics plot philadelphia duty cop gets man calls colonel pick suburban station nearby pulse causes electronics gain static body hardened explodes killing people injuring hardened body parts initially thinking explosion caused bomb fringe team arrives investigate discover instead bomb cop body parts killed autopsy reveals needle marks cop toes realize type drug day year peter olivia interview wife olivia gets sick flashes crossing parallel universe accidentally discovers drugs cop cop served iraq year previously involved secret military experiment called project tin man peter tells find project doctors olivia travel iraq peter learns old acquaintance identity iraqi doctors tells project meant cure soldiers exposed fatal chemical failed work instead turning remaining survivors human bombs colonel opposed ending project peter olivia suspect cop explosion caused deaths radio signal find list names experiment victim train station return find surviving members able prevent subject exploding contacted gordon train station peter olivia find gordon station bring custody man suggests bombs intended eliminate agents working observer plot olivia continue meet bowling alley subjects seemingly tasks like tying shoes keeping score games initially finding conversations useless olivia inability walk cane end episode production executive producer wrote episode filmmaker directed according producers fracture episode gun arc involved olivia gradually recovering wounds sustained premiere able gun fight sound editor explained production sound went episode interview designing sound fracture villain created characters type post hypnotic suggestion invented frequency generator causes people explode best scenes season walter lab experiments able determine exact frequency villain generator operates like don recall exactly signal generator created tones started simply low frequency tones processed bit mysterious straight tone ended pretty subtle television walter identifies tone certain frequency actually playing actor noted episode olivia broken kind frightening heroine carried series basically suddenly load gun fracture marked guest appearance actor colonel appearance previous guest actor cultural references episode featured song air breathe music olivia makes reference star wars says cut tell happening peter mentions father taught human reproduction puzzle july reference glamour photography shot unknown playboy model differentiate month year reception ratings episode initially watched estimated million viewers united_states scored rating share viewers households time shifted viewing taken account fringe shows biggest increase rating rose percent score reviews reviews episode tended mixed graded episode writing unlike previous weeks episodes number storylines locations generated real sense fringe expanding fracture curtailed feels like fox cast small sets happens plot practically twist free end large episode given peter talking walter finding new place live walter trying learn discovering doesn like experiments fruit episode gets lot lines story simple acting broad episode felt fringe creative team scramble fix fracture post conversely ign viewed episode positively rated explained deserves praise lot things lauded actors performances props direction cinematography despite finding walter entertaining previous season believing half episode moved slowly resembled ordinary procedural crime enjoyed ending bringing making previous worthwhile watching episode mtv columnist declared fondness stating actor won thanks peter central role episodes fringe second season continued excellent mystery week episode sure details alternate reality supposed come week return makes tonight mythology oriented outing easier swallow plus end reveal observer pretty
Fracture (Fringe)