Fringe

Olivia Dunham, Walter Bishop, and his son, Peter, explore two universes of strange mysteries in this sci-fi series.
Fringe will return in 2012.

Fridays, 9 PM ET, FOX

Current Season: 4 - Total Episodes: 87
Highest Rated: Ep 11, Season 1

“Brave New World (Part 2)”

by Noel Murray May 11, 2012 -

The Fringe season ends with some heart-stopping moments (and a few too many awkward ones).

“Brave New World”

by Noel Murray May 4, 2012 -

The first part of the two-hour Fringe season finale is more set-up than payoff.

“Worlds Apart”

by Noel Murray April 27, 2012 -

Two Fringe teams race to prevent the destruction of both their worlds in an exciting, emotional episode.

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“Letters Of Transit”

by Noel Murray April 20, 2012 -

Fringe leaps into the future for a fascinating (if potentially frustrating) episode.

Ep. 22, Season 4
“Brave New World (Part 2)”
Ep. 21, Season 4
“Brave New World”
Ep. 20, Season 4
“Worlds Apart”
Ep. 19, Season 4
“Letters Of Transit”

Features Reviews

Season

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"There's More Than One Of Everything"
Episode 20

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“The Road Not Taken”
Episode 19

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“Midnight”
Episode 18

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B
“Bad Dreams”
Episode 17

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“Unleashed”
Episode 16

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“Inner Child”
Episode 15

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B
“Ability”
Episode 14

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“The Transformation”
Episode 13

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“The No-Brainer”
Episode 12

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B
"Bound"
Episode 11

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A
"Safe"
Episode 10

Hey, gangNoel is out being a movie critic somewhere (thinks he's all special with his screenings and his Best of lists and...
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A-
"The Dreamscape"
Episode 9

Butterfly attack!!!! AAAAAAAAAH! This week's Freak-Meet wasn't about getting to know a...
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B+
"The Equation"
Episode 8

Big night for the Bishops on Fringe, as Peter gets to put his mathematical skills and his criminal skills to...
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B+
"In Which We Meet Mr. Jones"
Episode 7

Welcome back, Fringe-ophiles! Maybe it's because the two-week absence made my heart grow fonder, but I enjoyed this...
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B+
"The Cure"
Episode 6

There's nothing like canceror any disease, reallyto remind us that no matter how much we romanticize our consciousness...
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B
"Power Hungry"
Episode 5

Judging by the comments on Fringe's previous episodetwo long weeks agoa lot of you felt like the show was...
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B-
"The Arrival"
Episode 4

"The Arrival" was the weirdest episode of Fringe yeta deep-down sci-fi spookfest that minimized the show's...
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C+
"The Ghost Network"
Episode 3

Watching Fringe immediately after watching House really drives home the procedural structure that...
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B
"The Same Old Story"
Episode 2

Now that we've gotten the "Man, that sucked!"/"Aw c'mon, it's not so bad!" stuff out of the way, it's time...
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C+
"Pilot"
Episode 1

Premieres tonight on Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET Note: This review reveals minor details about the plot of tonight's...
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B+

“Over There, Part 2”
Episode 23

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A
“Over There, Part 1”
Episode 22

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“Northwest Passage”
Episode 21

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B+
“Brown Betty”
Episode 20

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“The Man From The Other Side”
Episode 19

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"White Tulip"
Episode 18

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A
“Olivia. In The Lab. With The Revolver.”
Episode 17

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B+
“Peter”
Episode 16

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A
“Jacksonville”
Episode 15

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“The Bishop Revival”
Episode 14

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B
"What Lies Below"
Episode 13

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“Johari Window”
Episode 12

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C
“Unearthed”
Episode 11

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"Grey Matters"
Episode 10

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“Snakehead”
Episode 9

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B+
“August”
Episode 8

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B+
“Of Human Action”
Episode 7

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C+
“Earthling”
Episode 6

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B
"Dream Logic"
Episode 5

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B-
“Momentum Deferred”
Episode 4

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B+
“Fracture”
Episode 3

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D+
“Night Of Desirable Objects”
Episode 2

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“A New Day In The Old Town”
Episode 1

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A-

"The Day We Died"
Episode 22

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B+
"The Last Sam Weiss"
Episode 21

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A-
"6:02 AM EST"
Episode 20

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"Lysergic Acid Diethylamide"
Episode 19

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"Bloodline"
Episode 18

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B+
"Stowaway"
Episode 17

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B+
"Os"
Episode 16

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B-
"Subject 13"
Episode 15

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"6B"
Episode 14

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B-
"Immortality"
Episode 13

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"Concentrate And Ask Again"
Episode 12

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C+
"Reciprocity"
Episode 11

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B
"The Firefly"
Episode 10

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A
"Marionette"
Episode 9

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A
"Entrada"
Episode 8

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"The Abducted"
Episode 7

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B+
"6995 kHz"
Episode 6

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B+
"Amber 31422"
Episode 5

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B-
“Do Shapeshifters Dream Of Electric Sheep?”
Episode 4

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“The Plateau”
Episode 3

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A
“The Box”
Episode 2

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B+
“Olivia”
Episode 1

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“Brave New World (Part 2)”
Episode 22

The Fringe season ends with some heart-stopping moments (and a few too many awkward ones).
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B
“Brave New World”
Episode 21

The first part of the two-hour Fringe season finale is more set-up than payoff.
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B
“Worlds Apart”
Episode 20

Two Fringe teams race to prevent the destruction of both their worlds in an exciting, emotional episode.
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A
“Letters Of Transit”
Episode 19

Fringe leaps into the future for a fascinating (if potentially frustrating) episode.
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“The Consultant”
Episode 18

What motivates Evil Broyles? Tonight's fine Fringe knows.
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“Everything In Its Right Place”
Episode 17

Agent Lee kicks ass and contemplates identity on a tense, thought-provoking Fringe.
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“Nothing As It Seems”
Episode 16

The Porcupine Man returns on an especially exciting (and pointed) Fringe.
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“A Short Story About Love”
Episode 15

The power of love bends reality on a corny (but poignant) Fringe.
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B
“The End Of All Things”
Episode 14

An exciting, emotional, information-filled Fringe takes us into the March hiatus.
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“A Better Human Being”
Episode 13

A tense Fringe proves to be all about broken connections.
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B
“Welcome To Westfield”
Episode 12

The Fringe gang checks out a small town, which they can never leave.
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“Making Angels”
Episode 11

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“Forced Perspective”
Episode 10

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B
“Enemy Of My Enemy”
Episode 9

A familiar mad man returns, and no one seems too happy to see him.
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B+
“Back To Where You’ve Never Been”
Episode 8

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“Wallflower”
Episode 7

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B
“And Those We’ve Left Behind”
Episode 6

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A
“Novation”
Episode 5

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B+
“Subject 9”
Episode 4

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B
“Alone In The World”
Episode 3

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B-
“One Night In October”
Episode 2

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A-
“Neither Here Nor There”
Episode 1

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B

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