The bulk of the second season of Fringe has been building the tension between our universe and the other side, and building the mystery behind Peter's past. Now the secret's out, and it's as devastating as we've hoped it would be. But as with any Fringe episode, there is a bigger story behind the emotion. When two teenagers are murder at an abandoned warehouse, the fringe division comes to find a shapeshifting embryo.The episode then takes on multiple storylines, with shapeshifters working to put devices into place so they can pull a bridge to our side, and with our main team working to stop them, all while Walter deals with telling Peter the truth of where he came from. Ultimately he misses the chance to do it as he had hoped to, and Peter discovers the truth in the worst way. He figures it out on his own. There are quite a few terrifying moments in the episode that prove the show hasn't lost it's ability to gross us out profusely.
The visual effects of this episode are spectacular, and give just the right feeling of terror in their respective moments. The acting from Joshua Jackson and John Noble in the confrontation between Peter and Walter at the end is superb, and it's a really heartbreaking moment. It would've been truly amazing if they hadn't spoiled the scene in the previews. Olivia isn't the focus in this episode, and I often get the feeling that she really isn't too important to the overall series, despite being the main character. Ultimately the main draw for the series is the sci-fi action, and the complex relationship between Peter and Walter, and the episode is high point for both of those.
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9.6 out of 10
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