equation equation eighth episode season american science fiction drama television series fringe episode follows fringe team investigation kidnapping young musical obsessed finishing piece music returns effort find boy whereabouts episode written supervising producer executive producer directed actress guest starred boy episode featured character pretty violent fight series actresses spent weeks practicing fight choreography equation aired united_states november garnering estimated million viewers episode fox network fifth ranked week helped fox win night adults aged critical reception equation ranged mixed positive reviewers praising asylum storyline plot helping fix woman car engine connecticut road sees sequence red green flashing lights suggestive state waking memory happened sees woman son ben young musical missing reveals similar cases ended victims returned left insane trauma incident victims academics accomplished respective fields interviewing andrew learns months previously ben survived car accident new extraordinary ability play piano despite taking lessons recalls memories red green lights unable remember trying old memories walter recounts previous unsuccessful mind control experiment worked advertising agency wished customers buy products flashing lights succeeded producing lights caused andrew sustain trance allowed son abducted successfully tests experiment andrew sketch leads identification mit previously believed deceased tricks ben helping complete unfinished equation image mother died car accident walter suddenly remembers heard lights mathematician kim old claire hospital disappeared similar circumstances discover child whereabouts olivia encourages walter return visit walter held hospital administrator remains walter peter figures assumed fbi database walter manages convince kim giving vague description whereabouts telling little boy needs help kim says kept dungeon red castle olivia peter use information find boy arrange walter release escapes completed formula gives mitchell chance kelly kills equation allow pass solid matter production equation written supervising producer executive producer separately write season episodes including transformation safe resolved fate eponymous equation equation directed filmmaker credit series date episode featured guest actress explained character motivations mysterious figure beginning episode taken boy kidnapped taken room hooked machines trying finish writing piano piece need help solve equation important considered confrontation olivia big fight scene added choreographed practicing weeks according broke moves simply small little bits director called pretty violent fight assistant director added pretty phenomenal brawl actually women kick season dvd includes scenes omitted final cut episode centers walter waking middle night explaining peter attempting shift rhythm nocturnal cycle scene shows olivia peter playing poker leads realize important episode case themes analysis flashing lights specifically red green consistent theme season looking glass exploring worlds fringe author calling noteworthy recurring images seen computer graphics observer second seasons way distinguish character walter goes development season stuart believed changes main cast return reflects progression actor explained character evolution november interview walter different angle vulnerable goes asylum fearful man return wonderful moments earlier episode goes inside turns incredibly fearful fellow saw met interesting journey walter episode walter sees times staying mental institution reviewers expressed curiosity visitor second walter looking walter lab notes released fox episode ign speculated walter suffered multiple personality disorder thought alternate universe counterpart reception ratings equation broadcast fox network united_states november watched estimated million viewers earning ratings share adults aged meaning seen percent year olds percent year olds watching television time broadcast episode received ratings share households fringe lead house helped fox win night adult demographic fringe highest rating season second episode fox fifth ranked week reviews episode received mixed positive reviews television critics columnist called pretty good episode believed far enjoyable week lacked episode conspiracy nonsense storyline wax continued equation pedestrian happened wished walter peter considered walter return asylum heartbreaking ign rated equation called solid episode despite perceived liked walter peter actions asylum concluded point solid single episode watching fringe likely overall patience series ultimate goals erin cinema blend called best episode old story contained suspense drama minimal conspiracy theories making feel seriously calling entertaining disliked walter seeing asylum believing strange didn flow story writer graded episode explaining believed mainly original story kept promoting elusive level fringe episode ending like dozens mediocre cop shows despite murray found asylum storyline compelling conversely critical episode writing fringe continues story quality night episode perfectly good way waste hour far track week episodes episode featured plot bit hard swallow
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