bad dreams fringe bad dreams 17th episode season american science fiction drama television series fringe written directed screenwriter writing credit television episode olivia dreams causing people kill leads meet man past leads olivia discover shared history test subjects series childhood drug trials episode aired april united_states fox million viewers received generally positive reviews critics praising beginning dream sequence climax atop building final scene walter old footage olivia critics enjoyed revelations olivia background subject later entire episode devoted season plot olivia dreams pushes woman subway train assumes head morning news reports woman killed train walter puts forth theories projection peter thinks dream olivia goes fringe team investigate officer april grace escorts crime scene peter sees red balloon floating begins believe olivia described balloon previously olivia worries happen attempts ward sleep dreams helps woman murder husband restaurant interview wife tells convinced husband going leave angry stabbed team actually causing incidents happening olivia seen restaurant owner tells blond man named david sitting place olivia dream seen video surveillance crime scene walter sees dreams lane olivia causing people deaths olivia peter interview doctors tell lane voluntary resident left visit mysterious man doctor described meaning near adopt emotions olivia peter soon learn child lane treated drug drug trials believes recruit upcoming war walter tells olivia drug trials lane bond share stems walter pairing children buddy system find lane walter uses bond putting olivia effect drugs experiences lane emotions sees lane sleep influenced kill mirror lane depressed thoughts olivia discovers lane lives explore apartment lane walks influencing mirror emotions follow building past trials walter believes olivia won influenced thoughts goes encounter lane olivia remember remembers nickname gave olive olivia wounds breaking mind control placed medically induced coma control emotions episode ends walter watching video olivia child apparently taken administered walter voice heard tape trying calm little olivia sits amidst debris room equipment clear olivia caused chaos walter bell lab presumably induced abilities production episode written directed screenwriter attracted series believed time fringe mythology starting bad dreams writing credit television episode wrote hours material executive producer helped episode bad dreams credited consulting producer marked episode previous fringe director credited producer opening scene subway initially going building episode begin end creator thought better start underground episode episode began setup olivia backstory revealing drug trials ongoing plot point continuing episodes shots chosen carefully viewer olivia troubled frame mind consequently episode tight shots meant sense producers felt shooting lab set hardest set shoot planet contained levels crew ability cameras shooting hospitals church mental hospital scenes olivia peter walter route climax building shots shots driving forth street bridge climatic scene olivia encounters nick group people building shot broadway manhattan actors appeared edge tall building fact hidden roof extending fallen instead visual special effects departments worked conjunction simulate woman jumping building actress simply jumped feet crew rigged car air cannons cables weight body cgi woman appear fall car actress anna called episode hotel scene favorite far explaining loved shooting time olivia way dynamic peter walter kind outside constantly gave glimpse realizing little bit building emotional conflict loved shooting final scene episode ended tape young olivia fire damaged room leading rumors character fire starter discounted soon explaining think think got given got taught bigger starting fire agreed elaborated saw consequence saw started fire end episode think mistake assume power think truth probably consequence ability particular scene episode reference experiments walter performed children comprise main plot season episode subject reception ratings episode watched million viewers united_states rating households reviews graded episode praised fine job director writer thought climax shot performed ign rated episode writing classic example story patient episode compelling shocking start kept hooked deal slow points rest half hour rewarded patience climax epilogue executed los_angeles_times thought half wasn exciting second half plenty interest revealed olivia walter backgrounds liked scenes depicting olivia relationship revelations experimentation young olivia thought fox episode look actually loved great creepy opening scene arc concerning walter past experimentation children played funny strange scene olivia goes strip club bit disappointed conspiracy story called episode crafted enjoyed moments praised performance said gave episode built like slow fuse tightly wound sight finishing big awards nominations director writer submitted episode consideration outstanding directing drama series category 61st primetime emmy awards receive nomination
Bad Dreams (Fringe)