We're counting down to the final three episodes of Fringe's first season and we're sort of bummed that one of the final episodes would skimp so much on the conspiracy arc, but whatevs, we've got two more episodes left and we can't wait. Executive producer Roberto Orci is teasing us with promises of an explosive finale.
"We were saving so many juicy secrets for years and years, and we're actually going to stick a bunch of them in the finale. That may be the worst idea ever, but we're doing it." (eonline.com)
Let's get started then...
The opening crime is a man who seems like a playboy. He meets a woman at a club and brings her home with him. She breaks his neck, leaving behind a pile of exposed, back bones. Ok, we're feel the tinglings of a life lesson here and we're not liking it.
Upon investigating the crime scene, Walter suggests that someone bit open and chewed on the man's spine. Vampires are ruled out as the bite marks are human. They notice that the killer sucked out the man's spinal chord and was exposed to an extinct strain of syphilis. The suspect is a research scientist -- Dr. Nicholas Boone. We find out that the Boone also ordered RUD390. No, it's not R2D2's STD-prone cousin. It's a "chemical compound used in the construction of bio weapons." The same compound was found in the skin growing episode. Immediately, Olivia suspects ZFT.
When caught, Dr. Nicholas Boone was cutting open a dog's spine. He says "someone" was dosed and says he'll answer the questions, but he needs the FBI's help to get his abducted wife back. They head out to a Chinese restaurant to make a bust. Valerie Boone is not there, but over the phone he reveals the location of the venom that has infected his wife. He claims that she was infected as his punishment for leaving ZFT.
After picking put another guy at a club, we get an awesome shot of Valerie's pirahana-like teeth. Again, we're not so sure we like this PSA against promiscuous sex. We come to find out that she needs to feed on spinal fluid of her victims. Dr. Boone throws us a bone and reveals that ZFT wanted to create a human nightmare to show off to other scientists.
Dr. Boone joins forces with Walter to create a cure and hints of a grander plan when reveals that he knows who Walter is, which brings back memories of Walter's role in writing the ZFT manifesto. They have a discussion that brings up William Bell, founder of Massive Dynamics. Astrid figures out where Valerie is picking up her victims because of the matching entry stamps.
Walter extracts spinal fluid from Dr. Boone to create a cure. Meanwhile, the agents capture Valerie and voila! She is cured, but her husband dies. Oh, the predictable irony!
In a final thank you gesture, Dr. Boone leaves Olivia a video tape of answers to questions about ZFT. He gives her names of members. According to Nicolas, the man who is funding ZFT is William Bell -- the founder of Massive Dynamics. We're not as surprised as we wanted to be. Perhaps it's because this season has had so many breaks that it's difficult to remember the difference between ZFT and Massive Dynamics. Who are we kidding? Ultimately we're dying to see where this story is going. With two more episodes to go, at the very least we can look forward to Leonard Nimoy.
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