The Best Episodes of Fringe Season 3
Every episode of Fringe Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Fringe Season 3!
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.
Season 3 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Fringe" season 3 is "Olivia", rated 8.6/10 from 2461 user votes. It was directed by Joe Chappelle and written by Jeff Pinkner, J.H. Wyman. "Olivia" aired on 9/23/2010 and is rated 0.6 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Box".
8.6/10 2,461 votes#1 - 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
8.0/10 2,149 votes#2 - The Box
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2010
The story alternates to the Fringe Team "over here" where they investigate a mystifying case that people are discovered in a trance-like state that ultimately leads to their death. The unlikely suspect: a mysterious box. As Peter and Walter collaborate to study its properties, alternate Olivia presses on and turns up the heat on an unsuspecting Peter. Meanwhile, key information about the future is revealed when Walter and Nina meet at Massive Dynamic for the emotional reading of the last will and testament of William Bell.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: Josh Singer, Graham Roland
8.5/10 2,313 votes#3 - The Plateau
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2010
In this case, timing is everything as a series of anomalous events lead the Fringe Division to investigate deadly incidents with unimaginable coincidences. As the freaky crimes continue to occur, the team is in a race against time to protect potential victims. Meanwhile, Secretary Bishop shares his strategic plan with Colonel Broyles as Olivia grapples with a heart-stopping vision.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Alison Schapker, Monica Owusu-Breen
8.3/10 2,145 votes#4 - Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2010
Newton, concerned about the consequences of a distressing development involving a high-ranking official, is forced to call to action a sleeping shapeshifter. As Walter and the rest of the team gather evidence, they move the investigation to Massive Dynamic, where Olivia goes on high alert and Walter finds himself in a perilous situation.
Director: Kenneth Fink
Writer: David Wilcox, Matt Pitts
8.1/10 2,170 votes#5 - Amber 31422
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2010
The alternate universe Fringe Division investigates a shocking breach of security when a twin frees his brother from a quarantined Amber area. As the team sets out to crack this sophisticated case, Walternate experiments over there more with Olivia as she reenters the tank. Meanwhile, visions of Peter continue to haunt Olivia about returning to the “other side”.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Josh Singer, Ethan Gross
8.1/10 2,114 votes#6 - 6955 kHz
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2010
Back “over here,” the Fringe Division investigates a bizarre phenomenon when 15 people up and down the Eastern Seaboard, all suffer retrograde amnesia from listening to their shortwave radios on the same frequency. Much to Walter’s dismay, Peter presses on with piecing together the mass destruction device. Just as alternate Olivia and Peter’s chemistry deepens, the anticipation of Olivia’s return escalates.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Robert Chiappetta, Glen Whitman
8.6/10 2,127 votes#7 - 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
9.0/10 2,379 votes#8 - 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
8.1/10 2,193 votes#9 - Marionette
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2010
When the Fringe Team investigates a case where a victim had his heart extracted, it’s just the beginning of a series of mysterious and reanimating events tied together. Meanwhile, Peter comes to terms with the reality of his relationship with Olivia.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Alison Schapker, Monica Owusu-Breen
8.4/10 2,153 votes#10 - The Firefly
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/21/2011
An Observer makes contact with the Fringe Team to help rectify a mistake. Meanwhile, Walter befriends Roscoe Joyce, keyboardist for Walter's favorite 1970s band, "Violet Sedan Chair." Walter will learn the real reason the band broke up, and realize that the lives of these two men, who have never met before, overlap in strange and unexpected ways.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, J.H. Wyman
7.9/10 1,991 votes#11 - Reciprocity
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/28/2011
When the Fringe Team visits Massive Dynamic’s assembly of the doomsday device, Walter becomes greatly concerned for Peter’s well-being, so he turns to Nina for added brain power to understand the relationship between Peter and the superweapon. Meanwhile, the discovery of a dead body triggers an intense investigation.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Josh Singer
8.0/10 2,030 votes#12 - Concentrate and Ask Again
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/2011
When a scientist falls dead after ingesting a lethal cloud of blue powder and his bones disintegrate in his body, the CDC suspects a biological attack. As the Fringe Team investigates further, a subject from Walter's past with ties to Olivia reluctantly agrees to assist with the intense case.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Graham Roland, Matt Pitts
7.8/10 2,044 votes#13 - Immortality
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/2011
As the story shifts back to life “over there,” the absence of Colonel Broyles changes the dynamic of the Fringe Team as they investigate a bioterrorist armed with an insect that has a taste for human flesh. Meanwhile, alternate Olivia is reunited with her beau, and Walternate remains determined to save his world but discovers there are certain lines he will not cross.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: David Wilcox, Ethan Gross
8.2/10 2,136 votes#14 - 6B
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2011
A series of Fringe events leads the team to the home of a woman grieving over the death of her husband, while Peter and Olivia make an effort to repair the emotional rift between them.
Director: Thomas Yatsko
Writer: Robert Chiappetta, Glen Whitman
8.4/10 2,274 votes#15 - Subject 13
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2011
In a follow up to last season’s “Peter” flashback episode, the all-new “Six Months Later” episode revisits a poignant period of time for both the Bishops and Olivia.
Director: Fred Toye
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman
8.0/10 2,061 votes#16 - Os
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/2011
The Fringe Team investigates a group of thieves who can break the laws of gravity. Meanwhile, Walter attempts to delay the damage he's caused to the fabric of the universe.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: Josh Singer, Graham Roland
7.9/10 2,085 votes#17 - Stowaway
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/2011
When the Fringe team investigates an apparent suicide victim, they uncover a second set of fingerprints leading them to a woman with uncanny characteristics that cannot die.
Director: Charles Beeson
Writer: Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman, J.H. Wyman
8.1/10 2,043 votes#18 - Bloodline
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/2011
The intensity of life “over there” accelerates as Olivia finds herself in mortal danger.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Alison Schapker, Monica Owusu-Breen
8.6/10 2,599 votes#19 - 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
8.3/10 1,985 votes#20 - 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."
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: David Wilcox, Josh Singer, Graham Roland
8.7/10 2,122 votes#21 - 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
9.0/10 2,760 votes#22 - 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