“The Transfromation”

After a shaky and somewhat redundant opening, the episodes turns into an interesting tale. The beginning is reminiscent of the pilot as a Fringe EVENT takes place aboard a plane which causes it to crash.

What? A plane crash in an Abrams show?!? Get out of here!

What happens is that a man starts out with a nosebleed but suddenly knows what is happening. After demanding sedatives, the man begins to transform into a beast of some sort and tears everyone apart until the plane crashes down.

The Team is called in when the charred remains of the beast-man are found. Of course Walter is thrilled to have more mysteries to unravel.

Dunham suddenly flashes back to one of John’s memories as she glimpses the name Marshall Bowman on the flight log. After hearing him discuss a product that is a horror show, she knows who the beast man is.

Not long after they discover a disc in the hand of the beast, much like the federal agent earlier in the season.

Of course a lot of the episode then involves a little dig a little find with regards to John Scott’s memory and others who were in on the plot. Specifically a man by the name of Daniel Hicks.

Hicks is initially uncooperative until his nose begins to bleed and he realizes that he is undergoing the same transformation as Bowman. Dunham makes him talk before assisting him and he is able to give them the name of Conrad as the one behind the sale of the deadly biovirus. While Hicks is out, Dunham orders them to cut into Hicks palm and sure enough there is another disc.

The rest of the episode is good intrigue as with Hicks’ help, Dunham and Peter have to fake through a buy to meet Conrad so they can take him down.

But in reality the important part of the episode is Dunham’s visits to the sensory tank and her reuniting with John Scott. He informs her that he was a part of a secret NSA project that no one could no about as it was off the books. Dunham doesn’t know what to believe but his information does prove to be solid and by the end, there is a happy moment between the two in the tank and Dunham has her peace with John.

Overall a decent episode after you get past the slightly redundant beginning.

B

OBSERVER MOMENT: The Observer can be seen at the Scarsdale soccer field as the plane crashes

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