 AOL TV writer Jane Boursaw wrote , " The whole storyline with the creepy dual @-@ personality doc and the mind @-@ control @-@ dreams was good , though I sort of knew the doc must be involved from the beginning . I also wonder how it fits in with the alternate universe . " The A.V. Club 's Zack Handlen graded the episode with a B- . Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly believed that " in some ways , this was one of the less @-@ distinctive , more X @-@ Files @-@ ish episodes of Fringe on Thursday night ... But as usual , there was another narrative layer at work here " involving a grieving Olivia . IGN 's Ramsey Isler rated the episode 7 @.@ 4 / 10 , explaining the case @-@ of @-@ the @-@ week failed to have " excitement , surprise , and suspense " and lacked " what makes a typical Fringe episode unique and intriguing " . While calling certain parts " kind of boring " , Isler did however praise the episode 's directing , acting , sets , and other technical aspects . He concluded his review by noting the best part of " Dream Logic " was the ending depicting a young Peter , " It 's a haunting scene , and it adds yet another stone in this long pathway to revelation that the Fringe team is building up to ... But besides that great little scene at the end , I thought this was an average episode . Granted , Fringe 's ' average ' episodes are still better than a lot of the other stuff on TV . " 
