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Fringe
2008 - 2013 8.1 (2560 votes) 5 Seasons
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Genres
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama Mystery
Networks
FOX
Created By
J.J. Abrams
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci

Fringe

Question the answers.

Overview

FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.

Key Crew

Producer: Patrick Ward, Alex Kurtzman, Brad Kane, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Roberto Orci, Andrew Kreisberg, Jeff Pinkner, Joe Chappelle, Alex Graves

Top Cast

Anna Torv
Anna Torv

Olivia Dunham

Joshua Jackson
Joshua Jackson

Peter Bishop

Jasika Nicole
Jasika Nicole

Astrid Farnsworth

John Noble
John Noble

Walter Bishop

Seasons

Season 0 poster
Season 0 (2009)

No overview available.

46 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Unaired Pilot
2009-10-05

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 2: Access All Areas
2009-10-05

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 3: Past + Present + Future
2011-09-08

Walter Bishop does the unthinkable to save his son Peter.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 4: Past + Present + Future -- A Tragic Past
2011-09-08

Walter Bishop does the unthinkable to save his son Peter.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 5: Past + Present + Future -- A Tale Of Two Walters
2011-09-09

Walter's actions have very different repercussions for he and his alternate.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 6: Past + Present + Future -- Fringe Takes Flight
2011-09-09

Olivia Dunham is pulled into the world of Fringe Division.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 7: Past + Present + Future -- Echoes Of The Past
2011-09-12

It is discovered that many of the Fringe cases have connections to Walter's past work.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 8: Past + Present + Future -- The Other Side
2011-09-12

Fringe Division in the alternate universe is in an epic race against time.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 9: Past + Present + Future -- Over There
2011-09-14

Walter & Olivia cross over to the alternate universe in the hopes of rescuing Peter.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 10: Past + Present + Future -- A Double Agent
2011-09-14

Our Olivia is trapped over there, while their Olivia takes her place over here.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 11: Past + Present + Future -- The Journey Home
2011-09-15

The two Olivia's are each desperate to find their way back home.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 12: Past + Present + Future -- Facing Destiny
2011-09-15

Peter faces his true destiny and risks everything to save our world.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 13: Past + Present + Future -- The Future is Now
2011-09-15

Peter finds himself fifteen years into the future.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 14: Past + Present + Future -- A Different Choice
2011-09-15

Walter and Peter are desperate to change future events, in the twelfth installment of Fringe

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 15: Past + Present + Future -- Neither Here Nor There
2012-01-04

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 16: The Massive Undertaking: The Pilot (S01)

The crew talk about the making of the pilot of Fringe and the vision they shared.

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 17: The Massive Undertaking: The Ghost Network (S01)

The crew talk about the making of episode 3 of season 1.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 18: The Massive Undertaking: The Transformation (S01)

The crew talk about making episode 13 of season 1.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 19: The Massive Undertaking: There's More Than One of Everything (S01)

The crew talk about making the season 1 finale.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 20: Evolution: The Genesis of Fringe

The creators of the show discuss how Fringe unfolded and the qualities that make the series so unique. Warning: Spoiler Alert! Watch after Season 1.

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 21: Behind the Real Science of Fringe

From teleportation to re-animation, Fringe incorporates recent discoveries in science and how much is possible. Warning: Spoiler Alert! Watch after Season 1.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 22: The Casting of Fringe

The story, as told by producers and cast, of how Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson and John Noble and others came to be cast in the series. Illustrated with unique, raw footage of their auditions! Warning: Spoiler Alert! Watch after Season 1.

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 23: Roberto Orci's Production Diary

Roberto Orci talks about the making of Fringe in Toronto.

Runtime: 13 min
Episode 24: Fringe Visual Effects

Dive deep into the creation of the shared dream state with some of the biggest VFX shots of the show. Warning: Spoiler Alert! Watch after Season 1.

Runtime: 15 min
Episode 25: Unusual Side Effects (S01)

Season 1 gag reel.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 26: "Gene" A Tale of Two (Actually Three) Bovines

A look at the cows that played Gene.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 27: Beyond the Pattern: The Mythology of Fringe

The series producers and consulting scientists explore the mythology of Fringe.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 28: Unusual Side Effects (S2)

Season 2 Gag Reel

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 29: In the Lab with John Noble and Prop Master Rob Smith

John Noble and Property Master Rob Smith take us on a tour of the Fringe Lab Set to see some notable props from the show.

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 30: Duality of Worlds: The Other You

The alternate universe depicted in Fringe, at its core, isn't solely the making of science fiction. Examine the themes of an alternate universe and the effects they have on the actors and the portrayal of their characters.

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 31: Duality of Worlds: Visualizing an Alternate World

Writers and producers share the visual style they wanted to depict in the alternate world. Join the production and art departments as they reveal the inspirations and designs used to bring that world to life.

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 32: Duality of Worlds: A Machine of Destiny

A look at The Machine and the effect it has on Peter and the worlds around him.

Runtime: 4 min
Episode 33: Duality of Worlds: The Psychology of Duality

Though the characters share the same DNA, learn how the actors developed variations on their performances. Then, see how the looks of the actors were changed to fit their alt-world selves through the wardrobe and hair/make-up departments.

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 34: Constructing an Extra-Sensory Soundscape

Experience how the creative team behind Fringe taps into your psyche to toy with your subconscious mind through audio.

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 35: Secrets of Fringe: The First People

Executive Producer Jeff Pinkner and Visual Effects Supervisor Jay Worth answer questions about who The First People are and their ties to Peter and Dr. Bishop.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 36: Unusual Side Effects (S3)

Season 3 gag reel.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 37: Animating the Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Episode

Experience first-hand the pressures of animation under tight TV deadlines.

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 38: Behind the Story: A World Without Peter

J. H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner discuss their approach to the Fringe world without Peter Bishop as the cast weighs in on how this unique storyline affected their roles this season.

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 39: Behind the Story: The Observers

A truly in-depth look into the world of The Observers which delves into the intentions, idiosyncrasies and purpose of these mysterious characters, through conversations with the executive producers, creators and cast.

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 40: Behind the Story: Beyond the Comic Book

Runtime: 4 min
Episode 41: Behind the Story: The Culture of Fringe

A roundtable discussion with some of the most distinguished minds in science and science fiction including the show runners Jeff Pinkner and J. H. Wy,an, actor John Noble, Professors in philosophy and physics, and moderator Entertainment Weekly's Jeff Jensen

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 42: Behind the Story: Have You Seen Walter Lately?

Everyone's favourite Walter moments.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 43: Unusual Side Effects (S4)

Season 4's gag reel

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 44: Fringe 2012 Comic-Con Panel

TV Guide's Damian Holbrook moderates intimate memories and moments with cast and crew.

Runtime: 52 min
Episode 45: Unusual Side Effects (S5)

Season 5 gag reel.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 46: A Farewell to Fringe

Personal reflections from series creator J. J. Abrams, Executive Producer J. H. Wyman and the cast.

Runtime: 21 min
Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2008)

As the first season begins, FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is called in to investigate a mysterious outbreak that nearly kills her partner. The only person with any answers is an institutionalized scientist, Dr. Walter Bishop who can only be released under the care of his estranged son. Together, the three discover that the answer to this mystery is only a small piece of a much larger, more shocking truth.

20 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Pilot
2008-09-09

When all the passengers on a plane die, FBI agent Olivia Dunham investigates the events and her partner almost dies. A desperate Olivia looks for help from Dr. Walter Bishop who has been institutionalized. Olivia, Dr. Bishop and his son Peter begin to discover what really happened on Flight 627 and begin to uncover a larger truth.

Runtime: 82 min
Episode 2: The Same Old Story
2008-09-16

Olivia, along with Peter and Walter Bishop, investigates the strange death of a woman who had an even stranger child. The woman was pregnant for only hours, yet the baby she birthed was fully developed - and also aged eighty years in the span of a few minutes. Olivia asks Nina Sharp of Massive Dynamic for help.

Runtime: 51 min
Episode 3: The Ghost Network
2008-09-23

The team investigates a bus full of dead commuters that appear to be fossilized and uncover a man who has visions of pattern-related disturbances before they happen; Dr. Bishop requests a piano in the lab to help him process data.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 4: The Arrival
2008-09-30

Broyles calls in the team to investigate a deadly explosion and its source: a strange cylinder unharmed despite the destruction. Olivia determines that the same cylinder, or a similar one, is responsible for similar events in widely diverse locations.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 5: Power Hungry
2008-10-14

The team investigate the case of a man who can project electricity... and is at the center of a series of strange deaths involving electricity.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 6: The Cure
2008-10-21

The team investigates a woman that re-appears after weeks of being missing with a rare disease. She also inexplicably causes pain and death to the people she meets. During the investigation, dangerous level of radiation are detected. Walter obsesses about cotton candy; Peter strikes a deal with Nina Sharp; and a truth about Olivia is discovered.

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 7: In Which We Meet Mr. Jones
2008-11-11

When a strange parasite attaches itself to the internal organs of a dying FBI agent, Olivia suspects a connection to the Pattern; Peter and Walter tap into a dead man's brain waves.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: The Equation
2008-11-18

Walter thinks the abduction of a young music prodigy is linked back to his old bunkmate at St. Claire's Hospital. When he kidnaps the child he sees a sequence of flashing lights. Olivia wants Walter to return to the mental institution much to Peter's outcry, but Walter's determination to help ends up having chilling ramifications.

Runtime: 47 min
Episode 9: The Dreamscape
2008-11-25

The team is called in to investigate why a man jumps out a window because he thinks he's being attacked by butterflies. Olivia gets some breaks in solving the case from her former partner and that she is so desperate to rid herself of him that she demands to go back into the tank. Meanwhile, some former friends and current foes of Peter find out that he's back in Boston.

Runtime: 49 min
Episode 10: Safe
2008-12-02

The team is called in on a bank robbery similar to other robberies in the area but this particular bank has the thief embedded inside the steel wall of the bank. Somehow the thieves have found a way to defy the law of physics. Walter thinks they're after something of his. As the investigation deepens it all comes to a head when the thieves ambush one of the team.

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 11: Bound
2009-01-20

Olivia's sister, Rachel, visits; Walter, Peter and Olivia try to solve the murder of an esteemed epidemiologist, which may be linked to Olivia's abduction.

Runtime: 65 min
Episode 12: The No-Brainer
2009-01-27

Olivia, Walter and Peter are called in to investigate the death of a car salesman who was found in a pool of "goo," exactly like another man across the country. When Walter discovers that the "goo" is brain matter, the trio tries to figure out how the killer can liquefy human brains. As the deaths pile up, the investigation reveals a common thread linking the victims together in an unthinkable manner. Meanwhile, Olivia is horrified when the case places a loved one in harm's way

Runtime: 52 min
Episode 13: The Transformation
2009-02-03

When the Fringe Division delves into another bizarre occurrence aboard an international jumbo jet, freakish remains are discovered at the crash site. Memories tip the team toward some promising leads, but the bigger picture and mysterious threat eludes them. With limited options and insufficient intelligence, Olivia and Peter go undercover.

Runtime: 62 min
Episode 14: Ability
2009-02-10

German agents question Olivia about her "relationship" with David Robert Jones, an escaped prisoner questioned months earlier now living in the U.S. The Fringe Division investigates a threatening case where victims die faceless from their orifices suddenly sealing.

Runtime: 51 min
Episode 15: Inner Child
2009-04-07

Just seconds before a building is demolished, a mysterious mute child that has been living alone underground is discovered. When the FBI's Fringe Division investigates, the boy forms an unspoken connection with Agent Olivia Dunham. Meanwhile, an especially gruesome serial killer resurfaces and showcases his "artistry" by displaying his work publicly. As the boy gradually assimilates into a new environment, Olivia and the team must race against the clock to prevent the mad man from causing further massacre.

Runtime: 59 min
Episode 16: Unleashed
2009-04-14

As animal rights activists ransack a laboratory, they get more than they bargained for when one of the caged "animals" unleashes a ferocious appetite. Leaving grotesquely mutilated dead bodies in its wake, the scientifically engineered beast with the body of a lion, claws of an eagle, fangs of a viper, skin of a rhinoceros and tail of a serpent attacks Charlie. With Charlie’s life on the line, Walter must come face-to-face with both his past and the beast.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 17: Bad Dreams
2009-04-21

Olivia dreams about a suicide as the event really happens at Grand Central Station; shocking information about the Z.F.T. manuscript is revealed.

Runtime: 58 min
Episode 18: Midnight
2009-04-28

The Fringe Division is on the case when severely mutilated bodies drained of spinal cord fluid begin to pile up. After their investigation leads them to a scientist with possible ties to the Z.F.T. bioterrorist cell, they are shocked to discover the identity and motive of the killer. When the kills occur with increasing frequency, Olivia, Peter and Walter go to desperate lengths to stop them.

Runtime: 57 min
Episode 19: The Road Not Taken
2009-05-05

Olivia experiences "awake dreams," seeing elaborate visions of things not really there. While investigating a disturbing case of a woman who apparently spontaneously combusted, Olivia throws caution to the wind and explores her unexplained visions further. Meanwhile, Walter discusses key information about the Z.F.T. manifesto, and Peter reveals a secret that yields unexpected results in the case.

Runtime: 48 min
Episode 20: There's More Than One of Everything
2009-05-12

Setting the stage for the dramatic and revealing first season finale are a sudden and unexpected attack on someone with close ties to Fringe Division, the return of bioterrorist David Robert Jones and the inexplicable disappearance of Walter. Find out more about the mysterious events surrounding our trio when questions are answered, observations made, loyalties are tested and the elusive William Bell is finally introduced.

Runtime: 48 min
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Season 2 (2009)

Unable to police a world in which science has advanced beyond our wildest dreams — and nightmares — FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham seeks help from brilliant but damaged scientist Dr. Walter Bishop and his estranged son with a dark past, Peter. Under the direction of Agent Phillip Broyles, they solve gruesome mysteries and prevent imminent attacks.

23 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: A New Day in the Old Town
2009-09-17

An amnesiac Olivia makes her return from the parallel universe, while Walter, Pete, and Junior Agent Amy Jessup investigate the mysterious death of a man found with puncture holes in his palate. Meanwhile, Broyles defends the Fringe Division from a Senate subcommittee threatening to shut the organization down.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Night of Desirable Objects
2009-09-24

A highway construction worker is the seventh in a series of mysterious disappearances in Lansdale, PA. The team come to investigate and finds traces of a mysterious paralytic. Meanwhile, Walter tries to send frogs to an alternate reality and Olivia realizes her recent trip has altered her in ways she can barely understand.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Fracture
2009-10-01

When an American officer who served in Iraq blows up in a Philadelphia train station, the Fringe Division investigates and determines that something turned the man into a living bomb. Peter and Olivia travel to Iraq to determine if Peter's contacts can shed some light on the situation.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: Momentum Deferred
2009-10-08

Olivia begins to regain her memories of her encounter with William Bell. Meanwhile, the "First Wave" tries to collect the head of their leader, and the traitor makes his move.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Dream Logic
2009-10-15

A man in Seattle goes berserk, attacking his boss and claiming his victim is a demon. After the killer dies of what appears to be exhaustion, the Fringe Division discover it's only the first in a series of killings where the persons initiating the attacks were in a dreaming state while awake

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 6: Earthling
2009-11-05

Human beings are reduced to ash statues and Broyles realizes that the same person responsible murdered five other persons four years ago... a case that he never solved.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 7: Of Human Action
2009-11-12

Two men kidnap a teenage boy using mind control abilities. The boy's father works for Massive Dynamic but Nina insists that the company hasn't been developing mind control, and has no idea who the two kidnappers are. The truth or falsehood of her statements are soon confirmed when Peter encounters the person responsible for the boy's abduction.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: August
2009-11-19

The Observer chooses to do something other than observe, abducting a college student. However, when the Fringe team investigates, they discover that there is more than one Observer.. in both time and space.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 9: Snakehead
2009-12-03

A Chinese Triad is using illegal aliens to breed parasitic worms that eventually kill their hosts. When a ship runs aground, Fringe Division learns of the operation and tries to locate a second ship before the passengers on it suffer a slow, agonizing death.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: Grey Matters
2009-12-10

The First Wave breaks into a mental hospital and cures a long-term patient suffering from schizophrenia. When the Fringe team investigates, Olivia discovers that the group's leader has one of the heads stolen from cryogenic storage months earlier. Meanwhile, two other mental patients are cured of their schizophrenia and the team soon realize that something was taken from each patients' brain... and Walter holds the key to realizing what First Wave is after.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 11: Unearthed
2010-01-11

A teenage girl pronounced brain dead wakes up in the middle of the operation to remove her organs... speaking numbers in Russian. When the Navy confirms that the numbers are nuclear launch codes and a missing officer named Rusk knows them, the search is on for the missing man.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 12: Johari Window
2010-01-14

A state trooper picks up a runaway boy, but when he undergoes a strange transformation, three murders result. The Fringe team is called in to investigate and discover that a small town harbors a horrible secret.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 13: What Lies Below
2010-01-21

A Dutch industrial consultant arrives for an appointment and dies in a painful explosion of blood. Olivia and Peter arrive on the scene first and discover that the blood contains a pathogen and everyone in the building may be contaminated. While Walter and Astrid work outside the quarantined building to create a cure, the virus develops unique characteristics that pose a danger to the entire world.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 14: The Bishop Revival
2010-01-28

When all of the groom's relatives asphyxiate at a wedding, the Fringe division investigates and quickly ascertain that a human agency is responsible. Walter realizes that the formula for the toxin was based on research conducted by his father, Robert Bischoff, and that the killer isn't stopping with a single test of his lethal concoction.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 15: Jacksonville
2010-02-04

The arrival of a building from the alternate Earth causes massive death and destruction to those occupying the site at its arrival. Walter soon realizes that to equalize the balance between universes, another building will have to disappear... along with everyone inside it. The team's only chance is for Walter to activate Olivia's long-buried ability to distinguish objects from the other universe.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 16: Peter
2010-04-01

Walter explains to Olivia how Peter came from the alternate universe, and how he was willing to risk everything to save his son.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 17: Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.
2010-04-08

A healthy woman dies of rapid-onset cancer in a matter of minutes, and the Fringe team is called in to investigate. The killer has connections to Jacksonville... and Olivia is a potential victim. Meanwhile, Olivia tries to come to terms with her knowledge of Peter's origins.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 18: White Tulip
2010-04-15

When the passengers on a commuter train all die instantly of massive power loss, the team realizes that a time traveler is responsible... and that it may be impossible to apprehend him. Meanwhile, Walter writes a letter to Peter explaining his origins.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 19: The Man From The Other Side
2010-04-22

Two teenagers turn up dead and evidence indicates that shapeshifters have borrowed their forms for some special mission. While the Fringe team tries to track them down, Peter grows increasingly suspicious of Walter's secretive behavior.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 20: Brown Betty
2010-04-29

When Peter disappears, Walter seeks solace in marijuana. In that state of mind, he and Astrid babysit Olivia's niece Ella, and Walter tells her a fairy tale of a gentle inventor, a stolen glass heart, a detective looking for true love, and a mysterious group of bald men known as the Watchers.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 21: Northwest Passage
2010-05-06

In Noyo County, Washington, Peter stumbles across a grisly murder with ties to Newton and First Wave. He is forced to team up with a suspicious sheriff to get to the heart of the case. Meanwhile, Walter has trouble functioning without Peter, and worries he will be sent back to the mental institute.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 22: Over There (1)
2010-05-13

When Walter discovers that Peter has traveled to the alternate universe, he and Olivia gather three cortexiphan children with the ability to transition safely between the two Earths.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 23: Over There (2)
2010-05-20

Walternate asks Peter to help complete the device, while the fugitives Walter and Olivia are reunited with William Bell. Meanwhile, the alternate world's Fringe Division closes in on the invaders, and Peter must make a life-shattering decision.

Runtime: 43 min
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Season 3 (2010)

Season three continues the rabbit-hole journey of three unlikely souls — FBI Agent Olivia Dunham, Fringe Scientist Walter Bishop and his jack-of-all-trades son Peter — through mind-bending investigations, parallel realities and threats growing in the borderlands between science and the unimaginable.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Olivia
2010-09-23

After the extraordinary turn of events that shockingly left an imprisoned Olivia "over there," she fights to find her way home. Meanwhile, Peter and Walter try to move on with their lives unknowingly alongside alternate Olivia.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: The Box
2010-09-30

The story alternates to the Fringe Team "over here" where they investigate a mystifying case that people are discovered in a trance-like state that ultimately leads to their death. The unlikely suspect: a mysterious box. As Peter and Walter collaborate to study its properties, alternate Olivia presses on and turns up the heat on an unsuspecting Peter. Meanwhile, key information about the future is revealed when Walter and Nina meet at Massive Dynamic for the emotional reading of the last will and testament of William Bell.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: The Plateau
2010-10-07

In this case, timing is everything as a series of anomalous events lead the Fringe Division to investigate deadly incidents with unimaginable coincidences. As the freaky crimes continue to occur, the team is in a race against time to protect potential victims. Meanwhile, Secretary Bishop shares his strategic plan with Colonel Broyles as Olivia grapples with a heart-stopping vision.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?
2010-10-14

Newton, concerned about the consequences of a distressing development involving a high-ranking official, is forced to call to action a sleeping shapeshifter. As Walter and the rest of the team gather evidence, they move the investigation to Massive Dynamic, where Olivia goes on high alert and Walter finds himself in a perilous situation.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Amber 31422
2010-11-04

The alternate universe Fringe Division investigates a shocking breach of security when a twin frees his brother from a quarantined Amber area. As the team sets out to crack this sophisticated case, Walternate experiments over there more with Olivia as she reenters the tank. Meanwhile, visions of Peter continue to haunt Olivia about returning to the “other side”.

Runtime: 55 min
Episode 6: 6955 kHz
2010-11-11

Back “over here,” the Fringe Division investigates a bizarre phenomenon when 15 people up and down the Eastern Seaboard, all suffer retrograde amnesia from listening to their shortwave radios on the same frequency. Much to Walter’s dismay, Peter presses on with piecing together the mass destruction device. Just as alternate Olivia and Peter’s chemistry deepens, the anticipation of Olivia’s return escalates.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: The Abducted
2010-11-18

When a serial kidnapper “over there” strikes again, the emotional and familiar case hits home for Colonel Broyles, sending a determined Olivia to uncover additional details about the abductions. In the meantime, Olivia fights on and reunites with Henry to enlist his services on an intense and covert mission to return home.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 8: Entrada
2010-12-02

Peter struggles to cope with recent events; Olivia searches for an ally; a device that communicates between universes is discovered...

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 9: Marionette
2010-12-09

When the Fringe Team investigates a case where a victim had his heart extracted, it’s just the beginning of a series of mysterious and reanimating events tied together. Meanwhile, Peter comes to terms with the reality of his relationship with Olivia.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: The Firefly
2011-01-21

An Observer makes contact with the Fringe Team to help rectify a mistake. Meanwhile, Walter befriends Roscoe Joyce, keyboardist for Walter's favorite 1970s band, "Violet Sedan Chair." Walter will learn the real reason the band broke up, and realize that the lives of these two men, who have never met before, overlap in strange and unexpected ways.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 11: Reciprocity
2011-01-28

When the Fringe Team visits Massive Dynamic’s assembly of the doomsday device, Walter becomes greatly concerned for Peter’s well-being, so he turns to Nina for added brain power to understand the relationship between Peter and the superweapon. Meanwhile, the discovery of a dead body triggers an intense investigation.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 12: Concentrate and Ask Again
2011-02-04

When a scientist falls dead after ingesting a lethal cloud of blue powder and his bones disintegrate in his body, the CDC suspects a biological attack. As the Fringe Team investigates further, a subject from Walter's past with ties to Olivia reluctantly agrees to assist with the intense case.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 13: Immortality
2011-02-11

As the story shifts back to life “over there,” the absence of Colonel Broyles changes the dynamic of the Fringe Team as they investigate a bioterrorist armed with an insect that has a taste for human flesh. Meanwhile, alternate Olivia is reunited with her beau, and Walternate remains determined to save his world but discovers there are certain lines he will not cross.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 14: 6B
2011-02-18

A series of Fringe events leads the team to the home of a woman grieving over the death of her husband, while Peter and Olivia make an effort to repair the emotional rift between them.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 15: Subject 13
2011-02-25

In a follow up to last season’s “Peter” flashback episode, the all-new “Six Months Later” episode revisits a poignant period of time for both the Bishops and Olivia.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 16: Os
2011-03-11

The Fringe Team investigates a group of thieves who can break the laws of gravity. Meanwhile, Walter attempts to delay the damage he's caused to the fabric of the universe.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 17: Stowaway
2011-03-18

When the Fringe team investigates an apparent suicide victim, they uncover a second set of fingerprints leading them to a woman with uncanny characteristics that cannot die.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 18: Bloodline
2011-03-25

The intensity of life “over there” accelerates as Olivia finds herself in mortal danger.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 19: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
2011-04-15

In an effort to remove Bell's consciousness from Olivia's mind, Peter, Bell, and Walter enter Olivia's subconscious and attempt to find her personality, which has hidden itself somewhere safe.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 20: 6:02 AM EST
2011-04-22

The beginning of the end is triggered when Walternate finds a way to wreak havoc “over here."

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 21: The Last Sam Weiss
2011-04-29

As devastation spreads on This Side, Walter, Olivia, and Sam Weiss struggle to find a way to stop the destruction and discover that one individual has the ability to allow Peter access to the Machine.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 22: The Day We Died
2011-05-06

As the thrilling third season propels to a climactic close, questions will be answered as Peter confronts his destiny and a beloved team member meets an untimely demise.

Runtime: 42 min
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Season 4 (2011)

The fourth season of the American science fiction television series Fringe premiered on Fox on September 23, 2011 and concluded on May 11, 2012, consisting of 22 episodes. The series is produced by Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. The show was officially renewed for a fourth season on March 24, 2011.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Neither Here Nor There
2011-09-23

Just one week after Peter Bishop saved the day and was then wiped from existence, the truce between the two worlds remains intact and the two sides are forced to work together. Lincoln Lee joins the Fringe team as they investigate a shapeshifter case that is very personal to him.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 2: One Night in October
2011-09-30

As the victims of a highly intelligent serial killer "Over There" stack up, the Fringe Division "Over Here" is asked to assist. As the two sides tangle and innocent people remain at risk, the suspect's doppelganger "Over Here," a professor who teaches Forensic Psychology, is brought into the fold and forces the team to consider the notion of sending civilians to the other side

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 3: Alone in the World
2011-10-07

Two young bullies are found dead and in just a few hours they rot to an advanced state of decomposition. The Fringe team investigates and uncovers an amorphous figure claiming more victims. Walter becomes increasingly distracted with his mental state.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 4: Subject 9
2011-10-14

Olivia uncovers a dangerous force that may be connected to past experiments with Cortexiphan. The investigation forces Walter to leave the lab for the first time in years and travel to Massive Dynamic to examine old case files. Walter struggles with his emotional state as he confronts the demons of his past.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Novation
2011-11-04

Olivia and the others of Fringe division attempt to determine the origin of Peter Bishop, who purports himself as Walter's son who had died as a young boy in the original time line.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: And Those We've Left Behind
2011-11-11

The Fringe team must find the pattern between tragic time loop anomalies. As the investigation unfolds, Raymond, an electrical engineer, and his wife Kate, a professor of theoretical physics, enter the picture.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Wallflower
2011-11-18

When a man mysteriously dies by an invisible force, his body rapidly begins turning ghostly white. The Fringe team learns that this is not an isolated incident, and there’s evidence that links the predator to someone who passed away with an unknown genetic disorder. Meanwhile, Olivia suffers from migraines.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 8: Back to Where You've Never Been
2012-01-13

In an effort to find a way home, Peter journeys to the Other Side to confront Walternate. However, his venture proves more dangerous than expected. Meanwhile, Olivia receives a dire premonition from an Observer.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: Enemy of My Enemy
2012-01-20

Peter's visit to the other side intensifies as the alternate FRINGE division faces off against a formidable new foe in a harrowing race against time.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 10: Forced Perspective
2012-01-27

Olivia continues to cope with the ominous warning from the Observers, while Peter and the team track a girl with the mysterious ability to predict death.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: Making Angels
2012-02-03

Over Here Astrid gets an unexpected visit from her Alternate, while Peter and Olivia track a killer using a toxin that has yet to be invented. Both universes collide in a case that pushes the boundaries of what is possible.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Welcome to Westfield
2012-02-10

Peter, Olivia and Walter come face to face with a mysterious and terrifying Fringe event as they get trapped in a town that there’s no escaping from.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: A Better Human Being
2012-02-17

As the Fringe team investigates a mentally ill patient who appears to be connected to a series of murders, frightening clues and connections are uncovered that lead Olivia to some shocking revelations.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 14: The End of All Things
2012-02-24

The dying Observer comes to see Walter and Peter, who must take extreme measures to learn what secrets he hides and determine if he knows where Olivia is. Meanwhile, David Robert Jones tries to force Olivia to use her cortexiphan abilities by torturing Nina.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 15: A Short Story About Love
2012-03-23

Following the recent shocking revelations and emotional events, Peter weighs his options as the Fringe team investigates a killer targeting love.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 16: Nothing As It Seems
2012-03-30

The Fringe team faces a case that appears familiar to Peter. Strangely, it takes place in this timeline.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 17: Everything in Its Right Place
2012-04-06

Lincoln travels to the other side to join forces with Fauxlivia and his own alternate, as they search for a vigilante with a surprising connection to the shapeshifters.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 18: The Consultant
2012-04-13

Walter travels to the Alternate Universe to assist in the investigation of a Fringe event with ties to both worlds. Meanwhile, David Robert Jones reveals his next target.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 19: Letters of Transit
2012-04-20

The Fringe team goes back to the future as the story jumps ahead to 2036, when the Observers and the Fringe team engage in a game-changing battle.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 20: Worlds Apart
2012-04-27

The teams on both sides fight on for a common cause, and there are shocking developments tied to the Cortexiphan children.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 21: Brave New World (1)
2012-05-03

Walter is forced to revisit his painful past when a fringe event causes people to spontaneously combust; the team faces off with David Robert Jones.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 22: Brave New World (2)
2012-05-11

The Fringe team is pushed to the breaking point as they desperately attempt to prevent a catastrophic event that threatens the lives of everyone.

Runtime: 44 min
Season 5 poster
Season 5 (2012)

Season five picks up from events depicted in season four's flash-forward episode the seemingly peaceful Observers seized control of our universe in 2015. Now, in 2036, they have become ruthless rulers who stand unopposed. What awaits in the future, however, is the Fringe Team's final stand to protect our world.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11
2012-09-28

The Fringe team - preserved in amber for 20 years - is now a rebel resistance team fighting for freedom. Peter, reunited with his now adult daughter, Etta, sets out to find out what happened to his wife and Etta's mom - Olivia - as they start their mission to save the world from the Observers.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 2: In Absentia
2012-10-05

The Fringe team revisits the Harvard lab, now under Observer control, to try to find the information they need as the team fights on in their mission to save the world.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 3: The Recordist
2012-10-12

As the rogue Fringe team continues to fight off the oppressive Observers’ invasion, unforeseen events lead them into a forest where they encounter a strange subculture of people devoted to recording human history.

Runtime: 41 min
Episode 4: The Bullet That Saved The World
2012-10-26

When the Fringe team tracks a lead into a hostile and heavily guarded location, Phillip Broyles resurfaces…but can he be trusted?

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 5: An Origin Story
2012-11-02

The Fringe team responds to recent devastating events, and a key member makes a pivotal and shocking move.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 6: Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There
2012-11-09

Walter retrieves another video tape from the amber and it leads the team into a pocket universe.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 7: Five-Twenty-Ten
2012-11-16

The team retrieves another cassette tape from the amber. With Nina Sharp's help, the team recovers 2 cylinders. While Peter works independently to score a minor victory against the Observers, Olivia ascertains Peter's secret.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 8: The Human Kind
2012-12-07

Olivia encounters a very intuitive and oracle-like person named Simone as she looks to recover a key piece of equipment for Walter. Meanwhile, Peter finds himself in a perilous situation as he observes Windmark.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 9: Black Blotter
2012-12-14

In attempt to recall a plan to defeat the Observers, Walter takes an LSD trip down memory lane. Meanwhile, Peter and Olivia trace a mysterious signal to the woods, where they come upon a grisly scene.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 10: Anomaly XB-6783746
2012-12-21

The Fringe team is running out of time to save the world. As Peter, Olivia, Astrid and Walter scramble to tap into a key piece of the puzzle to defeat the Observers, they enlist the aid of Nina Sharp who conjures up a plan.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 11: The Boy Must Live
2013-01-11

As time dramatically ticks down, Peter, Olivia and Walter stop at nothing to save the universe from Observer rule. Walter enters the infamous deprivation tank in an attempt to uncover a key piece of information about the mysterious figure, Donald. Meanwhile, Captain Windmark sets out on a revealing mission of his own as long-standing questions are answered.

Runtime: 42 min
Episode 12: Liberty
2013-01-18

Peter, Olivia, Walter, Astrid and Broyles face off against the Observers in one final and extraordinary battle for the fate of mankind.

Runtime: 43 min
Episode 13: An Enemy of Fate
2013-01-18

The Fringe team engages a desperate plan as Olivia embarks on a dangerous and otherworldly journey into the unknown. Then, Peter, Olivia, Walter, Astrid and Broyles face off against the Observers in one final and extraordinary battle for the fate of mankind.

Runtime: 43 min

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