8.8/105 votes#1 - Phase One
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2003
Sydney and Jack are confronted by the new director of SD-6 who replaces Sloane, whose whereabouts and intentions are unknown. Meanwhile, romantic sparks begin to fly between Francie and Will.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.7/106 votes#2 - Almost Thirty Years
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2002
In order to save Will's life, Sydney and Vaughn must destroy a familiar looking Rambaldi device, while Jack makes a risky deal with Khasinau's representative, Mr. Sark. Meanwhile, the CIA believes that one of their own is a mole for "The Man"; the Alliance comes to a decision regarding the fate of Emily Sloane; Dixon's suspicions about Sydney intensify; and Sydney finds herself face-to-face with "The Man."
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.7/106 votes#3 - The Enemy Walks In
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2002
Sydney finds herself face-to-face with her mother, whose intentions for her daughter are made chillingly clear. Meanwhile Sydney continues her search for Vaughn, not knowing if he is dead or alive after being swept away by a wall of water in Taipei. Will's life is forever changed when he learns the truth about SD-6 and Sydney's life as a double agent. Dixon must decide whether or not to inform Sloane of Sydney's suspicious activities.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.6/1014 votes#4 - Truth Be Told
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2001
Sydney's loyalties are tested after a tragedy exposes the dark side of her superiors and the underhanded doings of her own father.
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.5/104 votes#5 - The Telling
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/2003
Sydney finally confronts her mother, who reveals her true motivation. Sloane, for his part, begins to execute his new grand plan and Will struggles to figure out who's behind his set-up.
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.5/1066 votes#6 - Pilot (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2004
Having escaped the "creature" and retrieved the plane transceiver, a group of the survivors travel to higher ground so they can transmit a signal. En route, they receive a mysterious transmission and encounter another of the island's inhabitants. Meanwhile, back at camp, Jack tends to a wounded man who reveals a secret about Kate.
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.4/1080 votes#7 - Pilot (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2004
Stripped of everything, the 48 survivors scavenge what they can from the plane for their survival. Some panic. Some pin their hopes on rescue. A few find inner strength they never knew they had-like Kate who, with no medical training, suddenly finds herself suturing the doctor's wounds. The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain. But the intense howls of mysterious creatures stalking the jungle fill them all with fear. Fortunately, thanks to the calm leadership of quick-thinking Jack and level-headed Kate, they have hope. But even heroes have secrets, as the survivors will come to learn.
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.2/1010 votes#8 - So It Begins
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/2001
Sydney gets shocking info on her dad's role in Danny's murder and takes on a countermission against the SD-6 to bring down an arms dealer linked to a missing nuclear weapon. Meanwhile, Will begins to grow suspicious of his friend's secret life; and Vaughn is taken off Syd's case after his mishap puts the entire world in danger.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.2/106 votes#9 - Spirit
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/2001
Sydney briefs her CIA handler, Agent Vaughn, on her recent captivity at SD-6 and is surprised when he unexpectedly gives her a Christmas gift. Meanwhile Jack has to find a way to save Sydney when he discovers that Sloane has ordered her tortured and killed for being the suspected SD-6 mole. Will may be making the mistake of his life when he begins to research a name heard on a mysterious audiocassette -- SD-6.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.2/104 votes#10 - The Two
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2003
Sydney tries to piece together the last two years of her life and discovers the fates of her friends and family. She confronts Vaughn about his marriage and learns the shocking fates of Jack and Sloane. Meanwhile, she is granted temporary CIA clearance on a case that may help her regain her memory.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.0/1028 votes#11 - Bound
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/20/2009
Olivia's sister, Rachel, visits; Walter, Peter and Olivia try to solve the murder of an esteemed epidemiologist, which may be linked to Olivia's abduction.
Director: Fred Toye
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.0/1027 votes#12 - 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: J.J. Abrams
8.0/107 votes#13 - The Confession
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2002
Sydney is grateful and proud of her father after he saves her life while on a case in Havana. But her admiration is short lived when Vaughn discovers further evidence that Jack may have been responsible for the deaths of over a dozen CIA officers many years earlier.
Director: Harry Winer
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.0/106 votes#14 - Page 47
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/3/2002
Vaughn asks Sydney to use her friendship with Sloane's wife, Emily, to gain access to a mysterious Rambaldi book which happens to be under lock and key in a safe at Sloane's home. Meanwhile, Will is kidnapped and told to drop his investigation of SD-6 or risk the lives of his family and friends, including Sydney's.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: J.J. Abrams
8.0/1035 votes#15 - A Tale of Two Cities
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2006
Jack, Kate, and Sawyer are prisoners of the mysterious "Others." After their captors drug them and take blood samples, they are held in separate areas. The camp leaders--Ben (Henry Gale), Mr. Friendly and a new woman, Juliet--try to make the castaways adjust to their new circumstances. Flashbacks reveal more about Jack's past with his father and his wife Sarah.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: J.J. Abrams
7.8/105 votes#16 - Authorized Personnel Only (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/2005
Sydney unwillingly teams up with her father to hunt down a modern-day samurai. Meanwhile, Nadia doesn't want to go back to the spy business, but is forced to when Sydney's life is jeopardized. Sydney finds out the reason behind Jack's misdeed and Nadia makes an unsettling promise.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: J.J. Abrams
7.8/105 votes#17 - All The Time In The World
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 5/22/2006
Peyton tells Sloane that she has made a deal for the Rambaldi Sphere with an ally in China. Sloane arranges for stolen missiles to be sent to Hong Kong. Sloane's plan is revealed to the APO members, who race to stop him before he can use the Rambaldi Sphere to put the plan in motion. But this all leads to a long awaited confrontation between Sydney and Irina.
Director: Harmony Gosbee
Writer: J.J. Abrams
7.5/1051 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.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: J.J. Abrams
7.5/1037 votes#19 - The Arrival
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2008
Broyles calls in the team to investigate a deadly explosion and its source: a strange cylinder unharmed despite the destruction. Olivia determines that the same cylinder, or a similar one, is responsible for similar events in widely diverse locations.
Director: Paul A. Edwards
Writer: J.J. Abrams
7.5/1030 votes#20 - In Which We Meet Mr. Jones
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2008
When a strange parasite attaches itself to the internal organs of a dying FBI agent, Olivia suspects a connection to the Pattern; Peter and Walter tap into a dead man's brain waves.
Director: Brad Anderson
Writer: J.J. Abrams
7.5/107 votes#21 - Q & A
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/2002
While the FBI detains and questions Sydney about her past and possible ties to a mysterious Rambaldi doomsday prophecy, Vaughn and Jack must race to free her and find a way to clear her name before her cover is blown and SD-6 is made aware of the situation. Once the rescue op has been launched, in her quest to prove her innocence, Sydney shocks even her usually unflappable father when she makes a chilling discovery that may unravel the mystery of the 500-year-old prophecy – she finds proof that Rambaldi's writings may hold more truth about an alleged weapon of mass destruction - and the fate of her own family.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: J.J. Abrams
7.4/1036 votes#22 - The Ghost Network
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2008
The team investigates a bus full of dead commuters that appear to be fossilized and uncover a man who has visions of pattern-related disturbances before they happen; Dr. Bishop requests a piano in the lab to help him process data.
Director: Alex Graves
Writer: J.J. Abrams
7.4/105 votes#23 - Authorized Personnel Only (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/2005
Sydney quits the CIA and joins a Black Ops unit called "Authorized Personnel Only" alongside Dixon, Jack, Vaughn and... Sloane. Meanwhile, the truth Sydney found out in Wittenberg endangers her relationship with Jack, and eventually she reveals the awful truth to Vaughn.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: J.J. Abrams
7.0/1045 votes#24 - The Same Old Story
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2008
Olivia, along with Peter and Walter Bishop, investigates the strange death of a woman who had an even stranger child. The woman was pregnant for only hours, yet the baby she birthed was fully developed - and also aged eighty years in the span of a few minutes. Olivia asks Nina Sharp of Massive Dynamic for help.
Director: Paul A. Edwards
Writer: J.J. Abrams
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J.J. Abrams Ratings Summary
"Phase One" is the best rated episode written by J.J. Abrams. It scored 8.8/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Jack Bender. It aired on 1/26/2003 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Almost Thirty Years".