1.06 The Cure - Villain of the week!

[D-Roc]

This is something my team and I do on one of my other sites, so I thought I'd give it a go here. Basically after each episode seperate hero and villain of the week threads will be posted along with a poll for you to vote for the character that you think was the hero/villain of the week (the episode). It's a good way to get feedback on a characters arc over the course of the season.

THIS THREAD IS FOR THE 1.06 'VILLAIN' OF THE WEEK

You're free to base your voting on whatever criteria you wish, however the real purpose of this thread/poll is to vote for who you think was truely villainous in 'this' episode, regardless of their actions in past episodes and irrespective of whether or not you particularly 'like' this character. Feel free to just vote, or offer an explanation to accompany your vote if you wish.

*The descriptions below are merely an offering of possible reasons - feel free to use your own criteria on which to vote.

David Esterbrook/INtREPUS


Not only did he have the gaul to threaten Olivia's chance of having children (WTF? You sick freak!) but he created human bombs without any care for the collateral damage or the ethics that are supposed to exist in his profression. As Olivia said, 'when did this happen..when was this the world we lived in?' Sigh

Nina Sharp / MD


The sly old fox was at it again this week, she didn't explicitly state that Massive Dynamic operated in corporate espionage, or unethical human experimentation, but you don't have to be a Walter Bishop to realise that she's playing a sly and crafty game. Sure, MD might turn out to be the good guys in all of this, but something tells me 'good' is a very relative term in the world of FRINGE.

Olivia Dunham


Yeah, she was going through some issues (boohoo), but she really did threat everyone like crap for most of the day. It's not like she isn't used to her 'daddy' sending her cards on her birthday. Some of her sniping was just unnecessary, especially when Pete and Walt are there for HER and because of HER. Happy B-day btw

Other
Other viable candidates are Phillip Broyles - OK, he didn actually do anything wrong that we know of, but he made millions of viewers wet themselves a little bit with that stare of his.

Another good candidate is Dr. Patel. Sure, he was only providing INtREPUS with "updates" on the bellini's patients, but he knew it was unethical and yet he still did it. Then, he had to cowardice to kill himself! The cheek of the man

[Rocky]

I am actually going with Nina Sharp for this episode.

Esterbrook seemed to be acting as a pawn to somebody more than a villain himself.

While Nina might not have qualified as a villain, I can't help but ignoring the "evil aura" that seems to be around her at all times and the fact that she seemed to take it as casual knowledge that Esterbrook was experimenting how he was. Maybe her company is involved in equally sinister projects?

[D-Roc]

Esterbrook gets my vote - he didn't even pretend to care that he was abusing the ethics of his field. Also, I wasn't feeling the way in which he threatened Olivia (So loved it when she slammed his head down on the desk neat the end )