fringe window 12th episode second season american science fiction drama television series fringe episode written executive producer directed filmmaker set fictional upstate new_york town begins discovery seemingly deformed child state fringe investigative team arrives scene discover secret government experiment gone signs walter past originally called city limits episode title changed shortly aired premiered united_states january fox million viewers share episode received average reviews critics compared negatively positively movie agreed older files episodes main actors thoroughly enjoyed episode noble named favorite fringe episodes critics noted popular culture references plot upstate new_york child picked road state route child suddenly deformed creature station try decide takes picture deformed people enter station kill boy fringe team comes scene investigate find boy photograph recorded sightings deformed people going years arrive city sightings occurred near hears buzz called sheriff explains coming nearby military base offers case files past sightings driving containing olivia peter walter run road vehicle driver starts shooting getting shot leaving fbi find abandoned vehicle follow blood trail shooter peter visibly disturbed killing person olivia tries comfort agent discovers army classified experiments called project elephant records gone team brings body butterfly walter found town thought like lab boston discover transformed deformed versions peter olivia talk sheriff try locate owner truck lab walter tries remember case feels familiar episode walter strange melody realize previously worked project army melody memory trick walter remind stored experiment files years ago experiment army late 1970s test electromagnetic camouflage soldiers conducted townspeople army unaware long term effects study late people stuck deformed state hides human eye massive electromagnetic pulse runs town leave pulse reach true walter find source electromagnetic pulse begin investigating house pulse built time peter olivia rural meeting place sheriff said find truck owner shot sheriff deputy hell bent keeping town secret walter manages turn pulse revert deformed appearance daughter army scientists saves olivia peter getting shot explains father stayed perfect pulse walter pleads let townspeople secret fringe team decides report case remaining residents live normal life production episode second written executive producer writer directed executive producer originally titled city limits press promotional items fox changed window explanation january week broadcast window psychological tool help people better understand communication relationships chosen episode title corresponded nature plot sound mixing department inspiration frequency hiding came executive producer supervising sound editor later recalled asking sound like year east consequently crew basically ended bugs layered variety machine sounds sound effects editor remarked background sound lasted entire episode handled weird hear town goes borders little town indoors outdoors street basement hear level don want hear minutes drive nuts blend pick moments bring people reference listening minutes actor later remarked window stand episode interview thing story heart story love acceptance family course guys entire theme think actor added tolerance acceptance loved thought favourite stories cultural references walter refuses car enter supermarket mentions learning appreciate lion point reference explains peter lion walter mentions flying talking lions later episode movie later walter says remembers played looked like kidnapped deformed boy starts tune peter completes tune explains movie depicts deformed people living rural georgia army experiment titled project elephant possible reference deformed person known elephant man walter shows changes butterfly enter town says friend said sufficiently advanced technology indistinguishable magic originally said originally appearing clarke revision hazards prophecy failure imagination reception ratings window watched million viewers achieving share viewers aged rose thirteen percent previous week episode highest rated night fringe season premiere reviews ign thought original episode negatively compared previous episodes x-files wrote slow story lacked intrigue excitement episodes series praised conclusion pay guide compared x-files thought episode tedious largely felt like numbers movie affair squad enjoyed movie aspects plot calling fun thought episode felt like thriller movie praised noble acting brilliantly gave episode explaining despite good makeup effects emotional moments window average enjoyed remained background town scene missed investigation exposition presence television pity graded episode
Johari Window (Fringe)