The BEST episodes of Fringe

Every episode of Fringe ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Fringe!

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An Enemy of Fate
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8.38
6217 votes

#1 - An Enemy of Fate

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2013

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

Directors: J.H. Wyman
Writer: J.H. Wyman
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Brave New World (2)
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8.24
7731 votes

#2 - Brave New World (2)

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2012

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

Directors: Joe Chappelle
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Over There (2)
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8.22
9641 votes

#3 - Over There (2)

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2010

Sacrifices will be made and both universes may never be the same again after Walter and Olivia visit the “other side”

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There's More Than One of Everything
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8.15
6761 votes

#4 - There's More Than One of Everything

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/12/2009

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.

Directors: Brad Anderson
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Liberty
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8.14
6052 votes

#5 - Liberty

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2013

The Fringe team engages a desperate plan as Olivia embarks on a dangerous and otherworldly journey into the unknown.

Directors: P.J. Pesce
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Anomaly XB-6783746
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8.13
6081 votes

#6 - Anomaly XB-6783746

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/21/2012

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.

Directors: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: David Fury
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The Day We Died
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8.06
9230 votes

#7 - The Day We Died

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2011

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.

Directors: Joe Chappelle
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Welcome to Westfield
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8.05
8117 votes

#8 - Welcome to Westfield

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/10/2012

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.

Directors: David Straiton
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The Abducted
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8.03
10427 votes

#9 - The Abducted

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2010

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.

Directors: Chuck Russell
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The Last Sam Weiss
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8.03
9649 votes

#10 - The Last Sam Weiss

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/2011

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.

Directors: Thomas Yatsko
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Entrada
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8.03
9852 votes

#11 - Entrada

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2010

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

Directors: Brad Anderson
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Five-Twenty-Ten
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8.02
6362 votes

#12 - Five-Twenty-Ten

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2012

As the fight for the future intensifies, a member of the Fringe team orchestrates a Fringe event of his own.

Directors: Eagle Egilsson
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Letters of Transit
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7.98
7871 votes

#13 - Letters of Transit

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/20/2012

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.

Directors: Akiva Goldsman
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The End of All Things
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7.97
7779 votes

#14 - The End of All Things

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/24/2012

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.

Directors: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: David Fury
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Peter
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7.97
9621 votes

#15 - Peter

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/1/2010

Walter flashes back to 1985 while explaining Peter's otherworldly origins to Olivia. Also, Peter's mother is introduced, and details of the neighboring world reaffirms that there is more than one of everything.

Directors: David Straiton
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Jacksonville
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7.94
8696 votes

#16 - Jacksonville

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/2010

After a violent tremor shakes a Manhattan office building to its core, leaving only one survivor who leads the Fringe Team to believe he is not from this reality. Walter surmises that what shook the building was not geologic, but rather something discovered by him and William Bell many years ago. With another catastrophe imminent, the team races to Jacksonville, the site of Walter and William’s experiments, forcing Olivia to face her mysterious past in an effort to save hundreds of people from certain death.

Directors: Charles Beeson
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The Boy Must Live
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7.94
6153 votes

#17 - The Boy Must Live

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2013

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.

Directors: Paul Holahan
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Pilot
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7.94
9940 votes

#18 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2008

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.

Directors: Alex Graves
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The Bullet That Saved the World
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7.93
6723 votes

#19 - The Bullet That Saved the World

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2012

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

Directors: David Straiton
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Subject 9
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7.93
8157 votes

#20 - Subject 9

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2011

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.

Directors: Joe Chappelle
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Over There (1)
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7.93
9727 votes

#21 - Over There (1)

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2010

In part one of the two-part, two-night second season finale, Walter and Olivia travel to the parallel universe, and the anticipated face-off between Walter Bishop and William Bell occurs.

Directors: Akiva Goldsman
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6:02 AM EST
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7.93
9400 votes

#22 - 6:02 AM EST

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/2011

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

Directors: Jeannot Szwarc
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An Origin Story
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7.92
7072 votes

#23 - An Origin Story

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2012

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

Directors: P.J. Pesce
Writer: J.H. Wyman
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Safe
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7.92
7048 votes

#24 - Safe

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2008

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.

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Worlds Apart
star
7.88
7646 votes

#25 - Worlds Apart

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2012

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

Directors: Charles Beeson
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