The Best Episodes Written By Akiva Goldsman
Every TV Episode Written by Akiva Goldsman Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Akiva Goldsman Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Akiva Goldsman is "The Crowded Room", rated 9/10 from 7 user votes. It was "directed by Alan Taylor". "The Crowded Room" aired on 7/6/2023 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Family".
9.0/10 7 votes#1 - The Crowded Room
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/6/2023
Danny finally faces the truth about his crime.
Director: Alan Taylor
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.9/10 8 votes#2 - Family
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/20/2023
The State of New York v. Daniel Sullivan.
Director: Mona Fastvold
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.8/10 26 votes#3 - 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: Akiva Goldsman
8.8/10 8 votes#4 - Judgment
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/27/2023
Danny’s life hangs in the balance.
Director: Mona Fastvold
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.6/10 8 votes#5 - Rya
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/29/2023
Rya puts her career on the line to investigate a radical new theory.
Director: Mona Fastvold
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.6/10 8 votes#6 - Reunion
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/13/2023
As the trial approaches, Rya and Stan disagree over strategy. Danny struggles to sort through his past.
Director: Brady Corbet
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.4/10 20 votes#7 - 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: Akiva Goldsman
8.3/10 9 votes#8 - Exodus
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/8/2023
Danny Sullivan is arrested for a violent crime. Rya Goodwin probes his troubled past for answers.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.3/10 9 votes#9 - London
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/15/2023
In the aftermath of the shooting, Danny flees the country to find his father.
Director: Brady Corbet
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.3/10 24 votes#10 - 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: Akiva Goldsman
8.3/10 30 votes#11 - A Quality of Mercy
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/7/2022
Just as Captain Pike thinks he's figured out how to escape his fate, he's visited by his future self, who shows him the consequences of his actions.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.2/10 9 votes#12 - Murder
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/8/2023
Danny gets a gift for Ariana. Annabelle returns. Rya pieces together the events leading up to Rockefeller Center.
Director: Brady Corbet
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.2/10 20 votes#13 - 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: Akiva Goldsman
8.2/10 22 votes#14 - 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: Akiva Goldsman
8.0/10 25 votes#15 - 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: Akiva Goldsman
8.0/10 27 votes#16 - A New Day in the Old Town
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2009
An amnesiac Olivia makes her return from the parallel universe, while Walter, Pete, and Junior Agent Amy Jessup investigate the mysterious death of a man found with puncture holes in his palate. Meanwhile, Broyles defends the Fringe Division from a Senate subcommittee threatening to shut the organization down.
Director: Akiva Goldsman
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
8.0/10 24 votes#17 - 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: Akiva Goldsman
7.9/10 21 votes#18 - 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: Akiva Goldsman
7.8/10 29 votes#19 - The Star Gazer
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/2022
Starfleet must once again call on legendary Jean-Luc Picard after members of his former crew – Cristóbal Rios, Seven of Nine, Raffi Musiker, and Dr. Agnes Jurati – discover an anomaly in space that threatens the galaxy.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
7.8/10 27 votes#20 - Bad Dreams
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/21/2009
Olivia dreams about a suicide as the event really happens at Grand Central Station; shocking information about the Z.F.T. manuscript is revealed.
Director: Akiva Goldsman
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
7.7/10 21 votes#21 - 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.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
7.7/10 17 votes#22 - 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.
Director: Joe Chappelle
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
7.7/10 9 votes#23 - Savior
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/22/2023
Danny’s and Candy’s lives are forever changed by the arrival of an unlikely savior.
Director: Kornél Mundruczó
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
7.6/10 30 votes#24 - Penance
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/2022
Picard finds himself transported to an alternate timeline in the year 2400 where his longtime nemesis, Q, has orchestrated one final “trial.” Picard searches for his trusted crew as he attempts to find the cause of this dystopian future.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Akiva Goldsman
7.6/10 24 votes#25 - The Broken Circle
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/15/2023
A distress call from Lt. Noonien-Singh compels Spock to disobey orders and take the U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew into disputed space, risking renewed hostilities with the Klingons in a bid to aid their shipmate.
Director: Chris Fisher
Writer: Akiva Goldsman