The Cure (Fringe)

"The Cure"
Fringe episode
The Fringe team survey the dead outside of Holly's Diner
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 6
Directed by	Bill Eagles
Written by	Felicia D. Henderson Brad Caleb Kane
Production code	3T7655
Original air date	October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21)
Guest appearances
Maria Dizzia as Emily Kramer Marjan Neshat as Claire Williams Chris Eigeman as David Esterbrook William Hill as Officer Marty Pitts Lisa Emery as Paula Kramer Robert Eli as Ken Williams Alok Tewari as Dr. Nadim Patel Michael Cerveris as the Observer
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"The Cure" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. It followed two women suffering from a fictional disease, who are then given radiation drugs and exploited by a pharmaceutical company to cause nearby individuals' brains to boil.

The episode was written by Felicia D. Henderson and Brad Caleb Kane, and directed by Bill Eagles. Executive producer Jeff Pinkner meant for the first six episodes of the first season to serve as a "prologue", while the following episodes would get "into the next chapter" of the series.

"The Cure" first aired in the United States on October 21, 2008 on the Fox network to an estimated 8.91 million viewers. It received mixed to negative reviews,^{[clarification needed]} with many critics doubting the plausibility of the science depicted in the episode.