Episode
Fringe: What Lies Below
Overview
A Dutch industrial consultant arrives for an appointment and dies in a painful explosion of blood. Olivia and Peter arrive on the scene first and discover that the blood contains a pathogen and everyone in the building may be contaminated. While Walter and Astrid work outside the quarantined building to create a cure, the virus develops unique characteristics that pose a danger to the entire world.
Details
- Series
- Fringe
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 2010-01-21
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
What Lies Below is Episode 13 in Season 2 of Fringe. It aired on 2010-01-21. The runtime is 44 min.
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