Walter Bishop's examination of the human remains reveals no trace of any explosive devices. Instead, the officer's body itself acted as the bomb.
The narrative kicks off when an on-duty police officer receives a phone call from an unknown individual known only as the "Colonel". The officer is instructed to retrieve a briefcase at a train station. As he reaches his destination, a mysterious pulse causes static on nearby electronics. Suddenly, the officer's body rapidly hardens into a dense, crystalline state and violently explodes. The shrapnel from his own frozen body parts kills 11 people. 🔬 The Investigation [S2E3] Fracture
Clues connect the serum to a classified, abandoned military project designed to protect soldiers against fatal chemical weapons. 🌍 The Race Against Time Walter Bishop's examination of the human remains reveals
In the third episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Fringe , titled , the FBI's Fringe team investigates a devastating, highly unusual explosion at a Philadelphia train station. 🚆 The Incident The officer is instructed to retrieve a briefcase
An AWOL colonel named Raymond Gordon was furious that the project was shut down. He kept it going in secret by triggering the explosions via remote radio frequencies.
Autopsy results show daily needle marks between the victim's toes. Walter deduces the officer was injecting a secret drug for over a year.
Peter Bishop and Olivia Dunham travel to Iraq to trace the origins of the project. They learn from Peter's contacts that while the project failed to cure soldiers, it successfully turned them into living human bombs.