abducted abducted seventh episode season american science fiction drama television series fringe season spent time alternating prime parallel abducted set episode followed fringe team investigation man kidnaps children harvest youth giving episode aired november united_states estimated million viewers reviews episode mixed multiple critics lauded final minutes episode praised lead actress actor performances holiday thanksgiving abducted began week break end broadcast december episode plot abducted takes place parallel universe olivia having broken conditioning believe universe maintains meets henry taxi driver helped asks help return use sensory tank return universe child max kidnapped home fringe team investigates immediately recognizes work appearing years child returns days later leaves child physically deprived son christopher recent victims having blind result ordeal christopher tells olivia believes people involved abduction old young combined information olivia suspects draining children helping stay young interview leads olivia reverend marcus gave career physician order establish local church working congregation list olivia talks member olivia spots child toy apartment realizes caught attempts escape olivia captures soon finds max hidden room activated device head near boy accidentally telling fbi agent believing case completed olivia goes meet henry gotten use cousin boat talks having trained use olivia knew chemistry realizes teacher true culprit immediately suspects reverend marcus olivia hurry house protect christopher marcus kills marcus olivia accompanies family hospital max treated max thanks olivia personally asks fbi having listened olivia conversation knows broken conditioning fbi ceased exist years earlier parallel universe efforts save christopher lets olivia henry leaves swim rest way way isolation tank drugs enters tank soon finds universe encounters cleaning lady olivia feels dragged parallel universe gives cleaning lady message pass peter isolation tank olivia extracted tank directs agents lock prime universe peter bed peter receives cleaning lady message olivia trapped parallel universe peter realizes sleeping olivia production abducted written executive producer executive story editor directed filmmaker episode featured guest appearances previously guest starred fringe characters respectively normally nonsense personality character actor noted smile fun long meet wife find marriage ended understand relationship work job feels drew inspiration episode undercover fbi agent met filming series recommended autobiography undercover life mafia found parallels episode book talked undercover mafia separate personal feelings professional moral sense responsibility certain guys couldn stand people genuinely liked ultimately bring think col feels way olivia occasions performed earn respect tonight episode appreciation angst goes reaches new level fringe episodes fox released science lesson plan collaboration grade school children focusing science seen abducted intention having students learn spread diseases cultural references peter watch romantic drama film incorrectly says starred actor later president united_states ronald_reagan actor olivia finds children book niece owns called bear goes woods christopher room believed episode antagonist reference popular villain science fiction television series files olivia refers fringe cases season episodes fringe including old story midnight reception ratings initial broadcast november abducted watched estimated million viewers united_states rating households earned ratings share viewers helping fox place night demographic thanksgiving holiday abducted episode air december season eighth episode aired time shifted viewing increased episode ratings percent adults resulting rise reviews entertainment_weekly writer ken_tucker wrote loved episode careful expansion series key themes way setting truly superb universe shaking episode fringe returns graded episode explaining enjoyed episode previous visit parallel universe minutes abducted compelling case week far candy man creepy crime symbolic felt better episode overall amber los_angeles_times columnist thought episode disturbing fringe pleased killers shot arrested crimes contributor believed episode contained cast best performances especially praising portrayal human caring hero damaged crippled tragedy struck family ability subtly play ign believed factor cool premise solid execution lead great final minutes january ign ranked eighth best episode entire series explaining holds special place having elements makes fringe great word way episode handled awesome storylines seamlessly brilliant
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