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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 (271,022 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

Ep 1: 8.1 · 5,426 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 3,901 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 3,525 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 3,455 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 3,155 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 3,034 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 3,050 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 2,946 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 2,826 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 2,944 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 2,854 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 2,777 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 2,782 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 2,903 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 2,913 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 2,748 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 2,843 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 2,662 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 2,795 votesEp 20: 9.1 · 3,398 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Pilot8.15,426
2The Same Old Story7.63,901
3The Ghost Network7.73,525
4The Arrival8.13,455
5Power Hungry7.43,155
6The Cure7.63,034
7In Which We Meet Mr. Jones7.93,050
8The Equation7.82,946
9The Dreamscape7.82,826
10Safe8.52,944
11Bound8.32,854
12The No-Brainer7.52,777
13The Transformation8.12,782
14Ability8.62,903
15Inner Child8.12,913
16Unleashed7.62,748
17Bad Dreams8.42,843
18Midnight7.82,662
19The Road Not Taken8.62,795
20There's More Than One of Everything9.13,398

Season 2 (2009)

8.20 avg 23 episodes 8.4 → 9.2 44 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 2,987 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 2,540 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,477 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,654 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 2,413 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 2,418 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 2,400 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 2,812 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 2,369 votesEp 10: 8.7 · 2,575 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 2,523 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 2,426 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 2,470 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 2,452 votesEp 15: 8.9 · 2,919 votesEp 16: 9.4 · 4,331 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 2,397 votesEp 18: 9.2 · 4,042 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 2,480 votesEp 20: 6.8 · 3,350 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 2,524 votesEp 22: 8.9 · 2,765 votesEp 23: 9.2 · 3,064 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A New Day in the Old Town8.42,987
2Night of Desirable Objects7.62,540
3Fracture7.82,477
4Momentum Deferred8.62,654
5Dream Logic7.62,413
6Earthling7.62,418
7Of Human Action7.82,400
8August8.82,812
9Snakehead7.72,369
10Grey Matters8.72,575
11Unearthed7.02,523
12Johari Window7.62,426
13What Lies Below8.12,470
14The Bishop Revival8.12,452
15Jacksonville8.92,919
16Peter9.44,331
17Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver8.02,397
18White Tulip9.24,042
19The Man from the Other Side8.62,480
20Brown Betty6.83,350
21Northwest Passage8.32,524
22Over There: Part 18.92,765
23Over There: Part 29.23,064

Season 3 (2010)

8.30 avg 22 episodes 8.6 → 9.0 49 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 2,617 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 2,279 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 2,471 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 2,278 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 2,301 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 2,243 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 2,278 votesEp 8: 9.0 · 2,559 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 2,326 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 2,300 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 2,116 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 2,154 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 2,170 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 2,263 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 2,394 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 2,176 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 2,206 votesEp 18: 8.1 · 2,162 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 2,744 votesEp 20: 8.3 · 2,098 votesEp 21: 8.7 · 2,230 votesEp 22: 9.0 · 2,897 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Olivia8.62,617
2The Box8.02,279
3The Plateau8.52,471
4Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?8.32,278
5Amber 314228.12,301
66955 kHz8.12,243
7The Abducted8.62,278
8Entrada9.02,559
9Marionette8.12,326
10The Firefly8.42,300
11Reciprocity7.92,116
12Concentrate and Ask Again8.02,154
13Immortality7.82,170
146B8.22,263
15Subject 138.42,394
16Os8.02,176
17Stowaway7.92,206
18Bloodline8.12,162
19Lysergic Acid Diethylamide8.62,744
206:02 AM EST8.32,098
21The Last Sam Weiss8.72,230
22The Day We Died9.02,897

Season 4 (2011)

8.21 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.7 44 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 2,549 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 2,200 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 2,068 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 2,194 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 2,121 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 2,302 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 1,998 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 2,179 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,135 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 2,097 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 2,086 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 2,341 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 2,065 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 2,234 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 2,280 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 2,008 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 1,993 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 1,925 votesEp 19: 8.9 · 3,147 votesEp 20: 8.5 · 2,085 votesEp 21: 8.4 · 2,139 votesEp 22: 8.7 · 2,342 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Neither Here Nor There7.92,549
2One Night in October8.12,200
3Alone in the World7.72,068
4Subject 98.12,194
5Novation8.02,121
6And Those We've Left Behind8.62,302
7Wallflower7.61,998
8Back to Where You've Never Been8.52,179
9Enemy of My Enemy8.52,135
10Forced Perspective7.92,097
11Making Angels8.12,086
12Welcome to Westfield8.62,341
13A Better Human Being8.02,065
14The End of All Things8.72,234
15A Short Story About Love8.02,280
16Nothing As It Seems7.82,008
17Everything in Its Right Place8.11,993
18The Consultant8.01,925
19Letters of Transit8.93,147
20Worlds Apart8.52,085
21Brave New World: Part 18.42,139
22Brave New World: Part 28.72,342

Season 5 (2012)

8.45 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 9.3 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 2,413 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 1,938 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 1,990 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,197 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 1,974 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 2,031 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 1,934 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 1,942 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 2,023 votesEp 10: 8.9 · 2,149 votesEp 11: 8.6 · 2,001 votesEp 12: 8.9 · 2,217 votesEp 13: 9.3 · 4,050 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Transilience Thought Unifier Model-118.12,413
2In Absentia8.01,938
3The Recordist7.71,990
4The Bullet That Saved the World8.62,197
5An Origin Story8.31,974
6Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There8.62,031
7Five-Twenty-Ten8.41,934
8The Human Kind8.21,942
9Black Blotter8.22,023
10Anomaly XB-67837468.92,149
11The Boy Must Live8.62,001
12Liberty8.92,217
13An Enemy of Fate9.34,050
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