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Fringe (2008)

Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi

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.

IMDb rating
8.4 (270,412 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
Hulu
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2008)

8.03 avg 20 episodes 8.1 → 9.1 56 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.1 · 5,439 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 3,926 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 3,546 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 3,478 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 3,180 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 3,062 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 3,077 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 2,975 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 2,852 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 2,969 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 2,883 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 2,804 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 2,809 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 2,932 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 2,943 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 2,778 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 2,873 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 2,693 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 2,827 votesEp 20: 9.1 · 3,427 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.15,439
2The Same Old Story7.63,926
3The Ghost Network7.73,546
4The Arrival8.13,478
5Power Hungry7.43,180
6The Cure7.63,062
7In Which We Meet Mr. Jones7.93,077
8The Equation7.82,975
9The Dreamscape7.82,852
10Safe8.52,969
11Bound8.32,883
12The No-Brainer7.52,804
13The Transformation8.12,809
14Ability8.62,932
15Inner Child8.12,943
16Unleashed7.62,778
17Bad Dreams8.42,873
18Midnight7.82,693
19The Road Not Taken8.62,827
20There's More Than One of Everything9.13,427

Season 2 (2009)

8.20 avg 23 episodes 8.4 → 9.2 44 min avg

  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.4 · 3,019 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 2,575 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,513 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,689 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 2,449 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 2,454 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 2,434 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 2,856 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 2,403 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 2,614 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 2,553 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 2,458 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 2,503 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 2,487 votesEp 15: 8.9 · 2,961 votesEp 16: 9.4 · 4,368 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 2,430 votesEp 18: 9.2 · 4,066 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 2,513 votesEp 20: 6.8 · 3,380 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 2,558 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 2,797 votesEp 23: 9.2 · 3,111 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A New Day in the Old Town8.43,019
2Night of Desirable Objects7.62,575
3Fracture7.82,513
4Momentum Deferred8.62,689
5Dream Logic7.62,449
6Earthling7.62,454
7Of Human Action7.82,434
8August8.82,856
9Snakehead7.72,403
10Grey Matters8.72,614
11Unearthed7.02,553
12Johari Window7.62,458
13What Lies Below8.12,503
14The Bishop Revival8.12,487
15Jacksonville8.92,961
16Peter9.44,368
17Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver8.02,430
18White Tulip9.24,066
19The Man from the Other Side8.62,513
20Brown Betty6.83,380
21Northwest Passage8.32,558
22Over There: Part 18.92,797
23Over There: Part 29.23,111

Season 3 (2010)

8.30 avg 22 episodes 8.6 → 9.0 49 min avg

  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.6 · 2,646 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 2,308 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 2,496 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 2,305 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 2,329 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 2,267 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 2,299 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 2,582 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 2,356 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 2,324 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 2,138 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 2,177 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 2,193 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 2,290 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 2,423 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 2,200 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 2,229 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 2,184 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 2,773 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 2,121 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 2,260 votesEp 22: 9.0 · 2,926 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Olivia8.62,646
2The Box8.02,308
3The Plateau8.52,496
4Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?8.32,305
5Amber 314228.12,329
66955 kHz8.12,267
7The Abducted8.62,299
8Entrada9.02,582
9Marionette8.12,356
10The Firefly8.42,324
11Reciprocity7.92,138
12Concentrate and Ask Again8.02,177
13Immortality7.82,193
146B8.22,290
15Subject 138.42,423
16Os8.02,200
17Stowaway7.92,229
18Bloodline8.12,184
19Lysergic Acid Diethylamide8.62,773
206:02 AM EST8.32,121
21The Last Sam Weiss8.72,260
22The Day We Died9.02,926

Season 4 (2011)

8.21 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.7 44 min avg

  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 7.9 · 2,579 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 2,227 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 2,088 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 2,221 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 2,148 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 2,331 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 2,018 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 2,204 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,157 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 2,120 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 2,105 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 2,368 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 2,088 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 2,263 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 2,309 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 2,027 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 2,012 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 1,944 votesEp 19: 8.9 · 3,173 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 2,107 votesEp 21: 8.4 · 2,169 votesEp 22: 8.7 · 2,371 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Neither Here Nor There7.92,579
2One Night in October8.12,227
3Alone in the World7.72,088
4Subject 98.12,221
5Novation8.02,148
6And Those We've Left Behind8.62,331
7Wallflower7.62,018
8Back to Where You've Never Been8.52,204
9Enemy of My Enemy8.52,157
10Forced Perspective7.92,120
11Making Angels8.12,105
12Welcome to Westfield8.62,368
13A Better Human Being7.92,088
14The End of All Things8.72,263
15A Short Story About Love8.02,309
16Nothing As It Seems7.82,027
17Everything in Its Right Place8.12,012
18The Consultant8.01,944
19Letters of Transit8.93,173
20Worlds Apart8.52,107
21Brave New World: Part 18.42,169
22Brave New World: Part 28.72,371

Season 5 (2012)

8.45 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 9.3 42 min avg

  • Big finale
  • saved-best-for-last
Ep 1: 8.1 · 2,445 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 1,959 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 2,010 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,230 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 1,998 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 2,055 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 1,959 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 1,966 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 2,048 votesEp 10: 8.9 · 2,179 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 2,022 votesEp 12: 8.9 · 2,248 votesEp 13: 9.3 · 4,089 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Transilience Thought Unifier Model-118.12,445
2In Absentia8.01,959
3The Recordist7.72,010
4The Bullet That Saved the World8.62,230
5An Origin Story8.31,998
6Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There8.62,055
7Five-Twenty-Ten8.41,959
8The Human Kind8.21,966
9Black Blotter8.22,048
10Anomaly XB-67837468.92,179
11The Boy Must Live8.62,022
12Liberty8.92,248
13An Enemy of Fate9.34,089

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