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"Fringe" The Cure (2008)


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"Fringe" (2008): Season 1: Episode 6 -- A woman with a rare disease inexplicably causes excruciating pain and subsequent death to those she encounters.
"Fringe" (2008): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Olivia attempts to save Claire, a victim who has been injected with radiation.
"Fringe" (2008): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Broyles reminds Olivia that their task force is under constant scrutiny.
"Fringe" (2008): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Walter uses one of the friendliest of fruits to demonstrate what happened to victims in a case they are investigating.

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User Rating:
7.6/10   267 votes
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J.J. Abrams (creator) &
Alex Kurtzman (creator) ...
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Original Air Date:
21 October 2008 (Season 1, Episode 6)
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Maybe not the best but definitely the strongest episode so far more (3 total)

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Netherlands:65 min (including commercials)
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When discussing the abduction of Emily Kramer, Dr. Bishop refers to intravenous and subcutaneous injection as though they are the same thing; subcutaneous is below the skin, while intravenous means directly into the vein. more
Quotes:
Dr. Walter Bishop: To understand what happened at the diner, we use Mr. Papaya.
[he places the papaya in the container and steps back]
Dr. Walter Bishop: This is upsetting because he is the friendliest of fruits.
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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Maybe not the best but definitely the strongest episode so far, 17 May 2009
8/10
Author: John Smith from New York

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.

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