When all the passengers and crew on Flight 627 Hamburg-to-Boston die in a hideous manner, FBI agent Olivia Dunham investigates the event. While following up a lead, her partner and lover, John Scott, undergoes life-threatening chemical contamination. A desperate Olivia looks for help and finds Dr. Walter Bishop, who cannot help her because he has been institutionalized. The only way to even question him is with the help of his son Peter.



Olivia continues her investigations and goes to Nina Sharp, a manipulative executive. Olivia, Peter and Dr. Bishop begin to discover what really happened on Flight 627 and start to uncover a larger truth.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 1 of Fringe resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Fringe Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - The Same Old Story
• s01e03 - The Ghost Network
• s01e04 - The Arrival
• s01e05 - Power Hungry
• s01e06 - The Cure
• s01e07 - In Which We Meet Mr. Jones
• s01e08 - The Equation
• s01e09 - The Dreamscape
• s01e10 - Safe
• s01e11 - Bound
• s01e12 - The No-Brainer
• s01e13 - The Transformation
• s01e14 - Ability
• s01e15 - Inner Child
• s01e16 - Unleashed
• s01e17 - Bad Dreams
• s01e18 - Midnight
• s01e19 - The Road Not Taken
• s01e20 - There's More Than One of Everything

Fringe Show Summary

Fringe follows the casework of the Fringe Division, a Joint Federal Task Force supported primarily by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which includes Agent Olivia Dunham; Dr. Walter Bishop, the archetypal mad scientist; and Peter Bishop, Walter's estranged son and jack-of-all-trades. They are supported by Phillip Broyles, the force's director, and Agent Astrid Farnsworth, who assists Walter in laboratory research.

The Fringe Division investigates cases relating to fringe science, ranging from transhumanist experiments gone wrong to the prospect of a destructive technological singularity to a possible collision of two parallel universes. The Fringe Division's work often intersects with advanced biotechnology developed by a company called Massive Dynamic, founded by Walter's former partner, Dr. William Bell and run by their common friend, Nina Sharp. The team is also watched silently by a group of bald, pale men who are called "Observers".