List of Fringe episodes

Fringe is an American science fiction television series that originally aired on the Fox network from September 9, 2008 to January 18, 2013. The series follows a team which investigates bizarre scientific occurrences related to "The Pattern", a string of fringe science–related incidents worldwide. The team consists of FBI special agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), eccentric scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble) and his genius son Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson), as well as others at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The series' narrative also largely centers on a parallel universe and the mysterious Observers – a group of pale, bald men who have appeared at significant historical events.

Fringe was created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci. They took inspiration from multiple sources including the works of Michael Crichton and David Cronenberg, the film Altered States, and the television series The X-Files and The Twilight Zone. The three also sought to combine elements of procedural shows like Law & Order with an "extremely serialized and very culty" series like Lost, which Abrams co-created.Fringe's pilot episode was picked up by Fox in May 2008, and premiered on September 9. Critics hailed the series as a successor to Lost, as the two shared many similarities including Abrams' involvement, characters exploring a series of unexplained events, the use of many of the same actors and writers, and the difficulty in categorizing each show within just one genre. Explored themes in Fringe include free will, the potential benefits and risks of emerging technologies, the nature of time, and the differences that separate faith and reason.

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