6. The Cure — Episode — Fringe

6. The Cure

Weeks after being reported missing, a woman with a rare disease resurfaces in suburban Massachusetts and inexplicably causes excruciating pain and subsequent death to those she encounters. As the gruesome scene is investigated, dangerous levels of radiation are detected, and unusual circumstances surrounding the case point to illegal human drug trials, and possibly something even more sinister. Meanwhile, Walter obsesses about cotton candy, Peter strikes a bargain with Nina Sharp, and a startling piece of Olivia's past is revealed.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

A woman (Maria Dizzia) with a lupus like autoimmune disease known as "Bellini's lymphocemia" is kidnapped and given a drug that makes her brain emit a multi- gigawatt RF burst, cooking her and the patrons of a diner she stumbles into to death. When the team investigates, they find that another woman ( Marjan Neshat ) with the same rare disease has been kidnapped. After talking to the doctor who was treating them, Olivia learns that the chief scientist of a competitor of Massive Dynamic is the one who gave her the drug. Peter makes a deal with Nina Sharp, who tells him where to find the second victim before she can be turned into a terrorist weapon.

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