cure fringe cure sixth episode season american science fiction drama television series fringe followed women suffering fictional disease given radiation drugs exploited company cause nearby individuals brains episode written directed executive producer meant episodes season serve prologue following episodes chapter series cure aired united_states october fox network estimated viewers received mixed negative reviews critics science depicted episode plot massachusetts men suits drop woman white van enters nearby suffering memory loss woman irritated cop questioning causes patrons brains explode dies soon fashion fringe team consisting arrive agent woman disappeared weeks previously corpse exhibits times radiation victims investigation body walter concludes suffering rare disease mysteriously cured tests reveal held given drugs makes brain microwave burst set loose test woman disease reported missing soon disappearance claire husband tells recently cured captors shown commenting test counts emily house olivia peter learn emily claire friends emily husband knew despite denying earlier tells victims disease undertook private research discovered cure help physician committing suicide doctor tells chief scientist competitor responsible olivia confronts medical conference discover motivations threatened intimidating high profile individual public setting high profile peter makes deal tells find claire turned radioactive bomb fbi storms building olivia able claire cure head explodes tells olivia lawyers spring trouble publicly arrests ensure press finds causing company stock dramatically decrease value lectures olivia tells emotions exhibited strongly episode better agent olivia reveals shot abusive stepfather years old survived disappeared soon strong emotions olivia exhibited episode events place birthday stepfather sends card year let know final scene shows olivia opening birthday card stepfather production cure written executive producer producer filmmaker directed interview los_angeles_times executive producer stated episodes season prologue ended cure following episodes beginning meet jones getting chapter series told los_angeles_times disease depicted episode invented writers characteristics real elaborated didn want imply individuals working cure didn want irresponsible people real disease critics noted reference italian physician featured time guest appearances actors assistant named television writer producer work includes lost series created opening scene special kind blood placed actors eyes simulate brains boiling scene actress pushed glass door special effects department created device wearing brown wig explosive charge designed imitate actress head exploding director described scene ing egg microwave spinning high voltage happens bang explodes reception ratings initial broadcast october cure watched estimated million viewers united_states garnered ratings share households fox ninth watched week reviews reviews episode ranged mixed negative squad writer noted surely intense guys enjoyed walter scenes open salon thought fringe cases week odd way build mythology big secret people positions power evil evil things money peter right stand detailing series steps taken preparation exciting idea gave praised episode declaring officially fringe continued time think fringe hit stride night finally showed main characters true strengths importantly fringe finally gotten main groove human experimentation links gang investigations pattern makes particularly timely age people scared change humanity reviews tended negative ign rated episode explaining starting feel walter logic starting influence actual writing fringe criticized walter science silly olivia stepfather storyline believed certain lines dialogue dangerously close self parody skeptical episode science explained don want tired formulaic series tired earnest sad expressions woman laugh twice good supports olivia comes agent los_angeles_times liked opening sequence distracted fully enjoying episode thought science columnist graded episode explaining liked presence efforts developing characters questioned pattern storyline despite admitting require rational scientific explanations science fiction disliked focus olivia calling long hour television referring olivia feminist speech continued sort cute fringe occasionally pretends freak going focus character walter think factor plot
The Cure (Fringe)