Fringe
- drama
- mystery
- science fiction
- TV-14
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is assigned to the bureau's Fringe Division, where she investigates cases involving "fringe science" such as telepathy, levitation, invisibility, and reanimation. To help her, she recruits an eccentric, formerly institutionalized scientist, Dr. Walter Bishop, and his estranged son, Peter Bishop. Together, they uncover a global conspiracy known as "The Pattern" and a brewing conflict between parallel universes.
Released: 2008-09-09
Creators:
J. J. Abrams
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Network: Fox
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Characters
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Olivia Dunham
Anna Torv
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Peter Bishop
Joshua Jackson
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Dr. Walter Bishop
John Noble
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Phillip Broyles
Lance Reddick
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Astrid Farnsworth
Jasika Nicole
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Charlie Francis
Kirk Acevedo
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Nina Sharp
Blair Brown
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John Scott
Mark Valley
Episodes
Pilot
FBI agent Olivia Dunham investigates a mysterious biological attack on an international flight and recruits a brilliant but institutionalized scientist and his son to help uncover a larger conspiracy.
Director:
Alex Graves
Writers:
J. J. Abrams
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Released: 2008-09-09
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The Same Old Story
The team investigates a case where a newborn baby rapidly ages into an 80-year-old man within minutes, leading them to a scientist experimenting with rapid aging.
Director:
Paul Edwards
Writers:
Jeff Pinkner
J. J. Abrams
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Released: 2008-09-16
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The Ghost Network
The Fringe team investigates a bus filled with an amber-like substance and discovers a man who can predict such events through a past experiment called the "Ghost Network."
Director:
Frederick E. O. Toye
Writers:
David H. Goodman
J. R. Orci
Released: 2008-09-23
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The Arrival
A mysterious cylindrical object known as "The Beacon" emerges from the ground at a construction site, drawing the attention of both the Fringe team and a mysterious figure known as the Observer.
Director:
Paul Edwards
Writers:
J. J. Abrams
Jeff Pinkner
Released: 2008-09-30
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Power Hungry
The team tracks a man who has the uncontrolled ability to affect electrical energy after being experimented on by a rogue scientist.
Director:
Christopher Misiano
Writers:
Jason Cahill
Julia Cho
Released: 2008-10-14
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The Cure
Two women suffering from a rare disease are exploited by a pharmaceutical company, causing them to emit radiation that has lethal effects on those around them.
Director:
Bill Eagles
Writers:
Felicia D. Henderson
Brad Caleb Kane
Released: 2008-10-21
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In Which We Meet Mr. Jones
Olivia travels to a German prison to meet with biochemist David Robert Jones to find a cure for a synthetic parasite constricting an FBI agent's heart.
Director:
Brad Anderson
Writers:
J. J. Abrams
Jeff Pinkner
Released: 2008-11-11
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The Equation
The Fringe team investigates the kidnapping of a musical prodigy who was taken by a man using a series of flashing lights, leading Walter to realize the abduction is connected to a fellow patient from his past at St. Claire's Hospital.
Director:
Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writers:
J. R. Orci
David H. Goodman
Released: 2008-11-18
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The Dreamscape
The team investigates a Massive Dynamic employee who jumps out of a window after believing he is being attacked by a swarm of butterflies, leading to the discovery of a deadly psychoactive drug.
Director:
Frederick E. O. Toye
Writers:
Zack Whedon
Julia Cho
Released: 2008-11-25
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Safe
A group uses technology to walk through walls to steal safe deposit boxes containing equipment intended to break David Robert Jones out of prison.
Director:
Michael Zinberg
Writers:
David H. Goodman
Jason Cahill
Released: 2008-12-02
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Bound
Olivia escapes her kidnappers and investigates a chemical that creates a giant, slug-like single cell in victims' stomachs while facing an audit from an old adversary.
Director:
Frederick E. O. Toye
Writers:
J. J. Abrams
Jeff Pinkner
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Released: 2009-01-20
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The No-Brainer
The team investigates a series of deaths where victims' brains are liquefied after watching a specific video sent to their computers.
Director:
John Polson
Writers:
David H. Goodman
Brad Caleb Kane
Released: 2009-01-27
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The Transformation
A scientist transforms into a porcupine-like creature on a plane, leading Olivia to explore her memories of John Scott to stop a virus sale.
Director:
Brad Anderson
Writers:
Zack Whedon
J. R. Orci
Released: 2009-02-03
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Ability
David Robert Jones turns himself in and challenges Olivia to use her latent abilities to defuse a bomb that causes fatal accelerated cellular growth.
Director:
Norberto Barba
Writers:
David H. Goodman
Glen Whitman
Robert Chiappetta
Released: 2009-02-10
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Inner Child
A mysterious, subterranean feral child is discovered in a sealed building and develops an empathic connection with Olivia to help catch a serial killer.
Director:
Frederick E. O. Toye
Writers:
Brad Caleb Kane
Julia Cho
Released: 2009-04-07
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Unleashed
The team hunts a man-made chimera that escaped a lab and infected Agent Charlie Francis with its larvae.
Director:
Brad Anderson
Writers:
Zack Whedon
J. R. Orci
Released: 2009-04-14
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Bad Dreams
Olivia experiences dreams where she is causing people to commit suicide, leading her to discover a man from her past with shared history in drug trials.
Director:
Akiva Goldsman
Writer:
Akiva Goldsman
Released: 2009-04-21
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Midnight
A scientist's wife is infected with a contagion that forces her to kill people for their spinal fluid to survive.
Director:
Bobby Roth
Writers:
J. H. Wyman
Andrew Kreisberg
Released: 2009-04-28
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The Road Not Taken
The team investigates a woman who spontaneously combusts, leading to revelations about ZFT experiments and Olivia's childhood drug trials.
Director:
Frederick E. O. Toye
Writers:
Jeff Pinkner
J. R. Orci
Akiva Goldsman
Released: 2009-05-05
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There's More Than One of Everything
David Robert Jones attempts to open a doorway to a parallel universe, leading to a confrontation at Reiden Lake and a startling meeting for Olivia.
Director:
Brad Anderson
Writers:
Jeff Pinkner
J. H. Wyman
Akiva Goldsman
Bryan Burk
Released: 2009-05-12
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