Snakehead

When a group of Chinese clandestine is found dead at the seacoast, the fringe division is summoned to investigate. They find a huge worm and one a Chinese woman alive that explains that the group received pills for seasickness, but she had not swallowed hers. Dr. Bishop investigates the worm and concludes it has medicinal purpose. Therefore, the Triad gang is using the illegal immigrants to breed the parasitic worms and produce a drug for treatment of millionaires.

"Snakehead" is another episode of "Fringe" in "X=Files" style. The story if entertaining and the worms are really creepy but the writer was not inspired. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Snakehead"

Sometimes there are things about which one can do nothing. The smugglers are dealing in providing hosts for horrible intestinal worms that can later be made into substances to treat immune disorders. One of the keys to finding out what is going on is a rich lady whose son will die without the treatment. She must make the hardest decision a parent can make. These are the ugliest creatures imaginable and provide the gross-out effect often on this show. The relationship between Walter and Astrid goes to new lengths, as he is nearly responsible for her being killed. There are some touching moments along the way. Good stand-alone episode.

In reviewing individual episodes of some excellent series I have noticed that the weaker episodes are useful for establishing a baseline.

And this is one of the weakest in the series, especially disappointing after the buildup to parallel dimensions from the last season.

It is OK and fine to allow character buildup.

But what the writers overlooked at the is that the viewer watches with a constant vigilance (if you will) for non-logical events or paradoxes. If you introduce these, you lose the viewer.

In this story, Peter is going all James Bond with no gun or backup. He does this several times, finally getting captured and tortured for his trouble.

Didn't make sense to me when I was watching and does not make sense while writing about it.

Weak.