- 8.8/1026 votes
#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
- 8.5/102 votes
#2 - Blowing Up is Hard to Do
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1999
Gary saves a woman from drowning in a pool at a women-only gym, who turns out to be Detective Armstrong's wife. The Armstrongs invite Gary and Erica to dinner at their house; Det. Armstrong is suspicious about Gary saving his wife, and accuses him of trying to kill her. Erica decides to end her relationship with Gary, and leave Chicago. Meanwhile, Gary has to prevent two places from blowing up after a manifesto is sent to the Sun Times and the TV station, both of which refuse to read or publish it, and then are targeted by the people who wrote it.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.5/102 votes
#3 - Fatal Edition (1)
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1999
When Frank Scanlon, a Chicago Sun Times columnist famous for his exposes, meets Gary during one of his daily saves, Gary piques the interest of the reporter, who believes that the rescues are more than coincidental. Intent on investigating Gary further, Scanlon demands that Sun Times cameraman Miguel Diaz hand over the confidential file he's been collecting on Gary. Meanwhile, when Gary reads in the paper that Scanlon is about to be murdered, he rushes to save him but the paper lists the wrong time of death - leading Gary to be found at the scene by police and subsequently arrested. Mounting circumstantial evidence even has Detective Toni Brigatti convinced of Gary's guilt. After escaping his arraignment, with Marissa's help, Gary becomes a fugitive desperate to find Scanlon's murderer.
Director: Gary Nelson
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.4/1020 votes
#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
- 8.3/1024 votes
#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
- 8.3/1035 votes
#6 - Not in Portland
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/7/2007
Jack has the Others in a desperate situation as he holds Ben's life in his hands. Meanwhile, Kate and Sawyer try to escape from their captors. Flashbacks reveal Juliet's past as a medical researcher in Miami.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.3/1034 votes
#7 - The Man from Tallahassee
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/21/2007
When Kate and Locke arrive at the Others' camp, Ben promises to tell Locke the island's secrets as long as he stops his destructive plan, and Kate's reunion with Jack doesn't go very well when she learns that the Others have offered him a deal. More of Locke's troubled past is revealed.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.2/1023 votes
#8 - 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
- 8.2/1020 votes
#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
- 8.2/1022 votes
#10 - 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
- 8.2/1022 votes
#11 - 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
- 8.2/106 votes
#12 - Snowman
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/14/2002
Sloane begins to question where Noah's true allegiances lie, as passion ignites between Sydney and Noah. Meanwhile, Sydney continues to uncover new information about her mother, which disturbes Jack. A rogue assassin known as the Snowman is dispatched by K-Directorate to kill Khasinau, a.k.a. "The Man." Will and Francie confront Sydney about the mysterious airline ticket stub found in her jacket.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.2/104 votes
#13 - Resurrection
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/2004
Lauren stages a stunning betrayal to steal classified materials from the CIA. Meanwhile, Vaughn comes face to face with his darkest demons in pursuit of his wife; Nadia must decide whether or not she can trust her father, Sloane, in the pursuit of Rambaldi's most priceless artifact; and Sydney receives a shattering revelation that will make her question everything - and everyone - she thought she could trust.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.1/107 votes
#14 - Time Will Tell
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2001
Sydney must undergo an extensive lie detector test to satisfy Sloane's frantic search for the SD-6 mole. Meanwhile, with nemesis Anna Espinosa following her every move, Sydney seeks out the connection that a device may have to the 500-year-old prophetic Rambaldi sketch. The mystery of Kate Jones deepens as Will continues to investigate Danny's death; and Sydney discovers that a keepsake from her mother Laura contains more disturbing connections into Jack's past alliances.
Director: Perry Lang
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.0/1028 votes
#15 - 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: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.0/1025 votes
#16 - 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
- 8.0/1022 votes
#17 - 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
- 8.0/1024 votes
#18 - 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
- 8.0/106 votes
#19 - 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: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.0/104 votes
#20 - The Indicator
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2002
Sydney discovers a terrifying secret when she's sent on a case to track down a new generation of weapons. Meanwhile, Vaughn suspects Jack of setting up Sydney's mother to take a fall. Sloane tells Jack the truth about Emily's death.
Director: Ken Olin
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.0/104 votes
#21 - The Getaway
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2003
While Alliance counterintelligence head Ariana Kane tracks Sydney in order to catch her fugitive father, Jack elicits Irina's help in finding Sloane's blackmailer. Meanwhile, Sydney and Vaughn risk exposing their covers to SD-6 when they share a romantic dinner together while on a case in France.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 8.0/104 votes
#22 - Countdown
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2003
A Rambaldi artifact prophesizes that an apocalyptic event will soon take place, and Dixon's grief leads Vaughn and agency psychologist Dr. Barnett to question his intentions, as his thirst for revenge on Sloane intensifies. Meanwhile Sloane receives a life-changing revelation from a mysterious monk in Nepal, Sydney and Dixon hunt for the killer who stole the heart from his victim.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Jeff Pinkner
- 7.9/1022 votes
#23 - 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
- 7.9/1022 votes
#24 - 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
- 7.9/1033 votes
#25 - Catch-22
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/18/2007
Desmond convinces Hurley, Jin, and Charlie to follow him on a trek through the jungle after he receives a series of visions. Flashbacks reveal the time that Desmond spent with a cloister of monks. Meanwhile, a despondent Kate turns to Sawyer for companionship after seeing Jack and Juliet together.
Director: Stephen Williams
Writer: Jeff Pinkner