Season One Episode 6 “The Cure” – Review
Score: 85/100
Fringe came back stronger this week with “The Cure.” A strange woman gets dropped off in the middle of the street. Disoriented and alone, she wanders into a coffee shop. The unsuspecting staff and patrons don’t know they are about to get their brains gooified when this strange woman goes “Carrie” when the local policeman tries to take her in as a 5150. The woman now known as Emily Kramer (Maria Dizzia) had a seemingly incurable disease by the name of Bellini’s lymphocemia as the white suited Dr. Bishop observed. This leads our team in the direction of Intrepus, a rival company of Massive Dynamic. Another woman by the name of Claire Williams (Marjan Neshat) has gone missing and Olivia is hard pressed to find her before she goes kaboom. She confronts David Esterburg, a high profile executive at Intrepus and that leads to little more than a chewing out from Broyles. So Peter asks for a friendly favor from Nina Sharp from Massive Dynamic and this gives our team a location to move on and save Claire Williams before her brain becomes strudel. 
“The Cure” was different from the other episodes because there was no chase scene and it moved at a slower pace. I liked Olivia’s character finally in this episode although I’m still not sold on Anna Torv’s acting. Agent Dunham showed emotion. We got to delve into her past as well which gives her character much needed depth. I also noticed that every episode with Nina Sharp in it has hints and storylines leading to future episodes, hence, Nina Sharp equals good show. Peter and Walter are inconsistent in their characters but their chemistry is good enough and they keep the show lighthearted. I do want to know when Astrid forgave Walter for stabbing her in the neck with a sedative.
Star of the Show: Mr Papaya
Also known as the “friendliest fruit,” Mr Papaya took one for the team in the worst way. He has shown more emotion than 90% of the Fringe characters. He also made Gene jump.
