The Cure (21 Oct. 2008)

A number of people in a diner die of radiation exposure and Olivia and the Bishops believe a woman who disappeared two weeks earlier was the source.

Director:

Bill Eagles

Writers:

J.J. Abrams (creator), Alex Kurtzman (creator),

Stars:

Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Torv	...	Olivia Dunham
Joshua Jackson	...	Peter Bishop
Lance Reddick	...	Phillip Broyles
Kirk Acevedo	...	Charlie Francis
Blair Brown	...	Nina Sharp
Jasika Nicole	...	Astrid Farnsworth
Mark Valley	...	John Scott (credit only)
John Noble	...	Dr. Walter Bishop
Chris Eigeman	...	David Esterbrook
Maria Dizzia	...	Emily Kramer
Marjan Neshat	...	Claire Williams
William Hill	...	Officer Marty Pitts
Lisa Emery	...	Paula Kramer
Robert Eli	...	Ken Williams
Alok Tewari	...	Dr. Sanjay Patel

Storyline

Agent Dunham and the Bishops investigate the deaths of a group of people who died from radiation poisoning in a diner. They believe the source of the radiation was Emily Kramer, a young woman who had vanished two weeks previously and was probably being held against her will. When another young woman, Claire Williams, disappears the investigators believe someone may be conducting experiments. Dr. Bishop believes the emanations from Kramer were microwaves and she may in fact have been developed as a walking weapon. They trace the research to the head of a pharmaceutical firm David Esterbrook, who has a history of promoting off the wall ideas. Nina Sharp has information and strikes a bargain with Peter Bishop.

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Plot Keywords:

diner | microwave | wake | lab rat | papaya | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television, Fringe Element Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

65 min 65 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first episode featuring the running joke where Walter can't quite correctly recall Astrid's name. Here he calls her 'Asterisk'.

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Goofs

In the diner, the calls in to dispatch and says he is bringing in a "5150". A "5150" refers to the California code for involuntary commitment. The story takes place in the state of Massachusetts, which does not use this law.

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Quotes

Olivia Dunham: I guess by now you're heard.
Phillip Broyles: That you frog-marched a senior officer of a multi-billion dollar conglomerate out of his office? Yeah, I heard. Quite a few cameras there.
Olivia Dunham: [shrugs] The press. They always get their pound of flesh. I understand that you think I acted too emotionally. Putting aside the fact that men always say that about women they work with, I'll get straight to the point: I am emotional. I do bring it into my work. It's what motivates me. It's what helps me get into the headspace of ...
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Connections

References Scanners (1981)

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Soundtracks

"Fringe Main Title Theme"
(uncredited)
Written by J.J. Abrams

User Reviews

Maybe not the best but definitely the strongest episode so far

I didn't quite favor the plot and story of this episode of 'Fringe' but even with keeping that in mind i liked this episode more than some of the previous episodes of this show. Because it contains fair amount of personality, character study, personal facts that haven't been revealed yet until now, and that comes from basically two main characters of this show, Olivia Dunham and Peter Bishop. Although some of those facts and happenings didn't have any impact on the main plot of this episode, they still gave much personality and personal stuff to the episode and that is always much appreciated (when it comes in moderate measures of course, because exaggerating with that stuff can sometimes lead to pointless episode that won't be favored by people who prefer "monster of the week" kind of episodes). So when i mean that this episode isn't the best but the strongest, i mean that this episode doesn't contain the amount of action or investigation which is so important and it has to be interesting, and episode has to have also interesting "monster of the week" to be great as a single episode and 'The Cure' definitely didn't have that, but on the other hand it's strong episode because of the facts i mentioned earlier, character study and revealing the dark past of the personal life. Acting is still on a level that's below the level which i expect for this show and even after six episodes i still believe that there are many things that are yet to be improved, and when they do improve those things 'Fringe' could be the first show of its genre that shines on TV in a way that 'X-Files' did.

7.5/10