9.4/104,072 votesLoading...#1 - Peter
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/1/2010
Walter explains to Olivia how Peter came from the alternate universe, and how he was willing to risk everything to save his son.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman, Josh Singer
9.3/103,891 votesLoading...#2 - An Enemy of Fate
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2013
The Fringe team engages a desperate plan as Olivia embarks on a dangerous and otherworldly journey into the unknown. Then, Peter, Olivia, Walter, Astrid and Broyles face off against the Observers in one final and extraordinary battle for the fate of mankind.
Director: J.H. Wyman
Writer: J.H. Wyman
9.2/103,787 votesLoading...#3 - White Tulip
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2010
When the passengers on a commuter train all die instantly of massive power loss, the team realizes that a time traveler is responsible... and that it may be impossible to apprehend him. Meanwhile, Walter writes a letter to Peter explaining his origins.
Director: Thomas Yatsko
Writer: J.H. Wyman, Jeff Vlaming
9.2/102,925 votesLoading...#4 - Over There (2)
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2010
Walternate asks Peter to help complete the device, while the fugitives Walter and Olivia are reunited with William Bell. Meanwhile, the alternate world's Fringe Division closes in on the invaders, and Peter must make a life-shattering decision.
Director: Akiva Goldsman
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman
9.1/103,211 votesLoading...#5 - 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.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman, Bryan Burk
9.0/102,406 votesLoading...#6 - 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...
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, J.H. Wyman
9.0/102,780 votesLoading...#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.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman
8.9/102,754 votesLoading...#8 - Jacksonville
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/2010
The arrival of a building from the alternate Earth causes massive death and destruction to those occupying the site at its arrival. Walter soon realizes that to equalize the balance between universes, another building will have to disappear... along with everyone inside it. The team's only chance is for Walter to activate Olivia's long-buried ability to distinguish objects from the other universe.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller
8.9/102,618 votesLoading...#9 - Over There (1)
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2010
When Walter discovers that Peter has traveled to the alternate universe, he and Olivia gather three cortexiphan children with the ability to transition safely between the two Earths.
Director: Akiva Goldsman
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman
8.9/103,037 votesLoading...#10 - 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.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman
8.9/102,142 votesLoading...#11 - Liberty
Season 5 Episode 12 - 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.
Director: P.J. Pesce
Writer: Alison Schapker
8.8/102,072 votesLoading...#12 - 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.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: David Fury
8.7/102,670 votesLoading...#13 - August
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2009
The Observer chooses to do something other than observe, abducting a college student. However, when the Fringe team investigates, they discover that there is more than one Observer.. in both time and space.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, J.H. Wyman
8.7/102,445 votesLoading...#14 - Grey Matters
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2009
The First Wave breaks into a mental hospital and cures a long-term patient suffering from schizophrenia. When the Fringe team investigates, Olivia discovers that the group's leader has one of the heads stolen from cryogenic storage months earlier. Meanwhile, two other mental patients are cured of their schizophrenia and the team soon realize that something was taken from each patients' brain... and Walter holds the key to realizing what First Wave is after.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller
8.7/102,141 votesLoading...#15 - 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.
Director: Thomas Yatsko
Writer: Alison Schapker, Monica Owusu-Breen
8.7/102,146 votesLoading...#16 - 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.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: David Fury
8.6/102,736 votesLoading...#17 - Ability
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2009
German agents question Olivia about her "relationship" with David Robert Jones, an escaped prisoner questioned months earlier now living in the U.S. The Fringe Division investigates a threatening case where victims die faceless from their orifices suddenly sealing.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: David H. Goodman, Robert Chiappetta, Glen Whitman
8.6/102,635 votesLoading...#18 - The Road Not Taken
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/5/2009
Olivia experiences "awake dreams," seeing elaborate visions of things not really there. While investigating a disturbing case of a woman who apparently spontaneously combusted, Olivia throws caution to the wind and explores her unexplained visions further. Meanwhile, Walter discusses key information about the Z.F.T. manifesto, and Peter reveals a secret that yields unexpected results in the case.
Director: Fred Toye
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, J.R. Orci, Akiva Goldsman
8.6/102,505 votesLoading...#19 - Momentum Deferred
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2009
Olivia begins to regain her memories of her encounter with William Bell. Meanwhile, the "First Wave" tries to collect the head of their leader, and the traitor makes his move.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller
8.6/102,362 votesLoading...#20 - The Man From The Other Side
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2010
Two teenagers turn up dead and evidence indicates that shapeshifters have borrowed their forms for some special mission. While the Fringe team tries to track them down, Peter grows increasingly suspicious of Walter's secretive behavior.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: Josh Singer, Ethan Gross
8.6/102,484 votesLoading...#21 - Olivia
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2010
After the extraordinary turn of events that shockingly left an imprisoned Olivia "over there," she fights to find her way home. Meanwhile, Peter and Walter try to move on with their lives unknowingly alongside alternate Olivia.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, J.H. Wyman
8.6/102,148 votesLoading...#22 - 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.
Director: Chuck Russell
Writer: David Wilcox, Graham Roland
8.6/102,622 votesLoading...#23 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/2011
In an effort to remove Bell's consciousness from Olivia's mind, Peter, Bell, and Walter enter Olivia's subconscious and attempt to find her personality, which has hidden itself somewhere safe.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman
8.6/102,198 votesLoading...#24 - And Those We've Left Behind
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2011
The Fringe team must find the pattern between tragic time loop anomalies. As the investigation unfolds, Raymond, an electrical engineer, and his wife Kate, a professor of theoretical physics, enter the picture.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Robert Chiappetta, Glen Whitman
8.6/102,244 votesLoading...#25 - 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.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: J.R. Orci, Graham Roland
The Best Episodes of Fringe
Every episode of Fringe ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Fringe!
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...
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Network:FOX
Best Episodes Summary
"Peter" is the best rated episode of "Fringe". It scored 9.4/10 based on 4072 votes. Directed by David Straiton and written by Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman, Josh Singer, it aired on 4/1/2010. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "An Enemy of Fate".