Fringe

2008 • FOX
4.8
1.37K reviews
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Season 5 episodes (13)

1 Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11
9/28/12
The fifth and final season picks up from the ominous events of last season's "Letters of Transit" episode, in which the year is 2036 and the overpowering Observers rule. The Fringe team -- preserved in amber for 20 years -- is now a rebel resistance team fighting for freedom. Peter, reunited with his now adult daughter, Henrietta (guest star GEORGINA HAIG), sets out to find out what happened to his wife and Etta's mom -- Olivia -- as they launch their mission to free their world from the Observers in the fifth and final season premiere.
2 In Absentia
10/5/12
The fight for freedom intensifies when the Fringe team revisits Walter's Harvard lab -- now under Observer control -- in an attempt to locate the information they need to fight on in their mission to save the world.
3 The Recordist
10/12/12
As the rogue Fringe team continues to fight off the oppressive Observers' invasion, unforeseen events lead them into a forest where they encounter a strange subculture of people devoted to recording human history.
4 The Bullet that Saved the World
10/26/12
When the Fringe Team tracks a lead into a hostile and heavily guarded location, Phillip Broyles (series star LANCE REDDICK) resurfaces...but can he be trusted? Pivotal and emotional events unfold.
5 An Origin Story
11/2/12
The Fringe Team responds to recent devastating events by going on the offensive, while one of the key members makes a pivotal and shocking move.
6 Through The Looking Glass and What Walter Found There
11/9/12
Walter follows leads to a key piece needed to defeat the Observers, while a member of the Fringe team takes on a new role.
7 Five Twenty Ten
11/16/12
As the fight for the future intensifies, a member of the Fringe team orchestrates a game-changing Fringe event of his own.
8 The Human Kind
12/7/12
Olivia encounters a very intuitive and oracle-like person named Simone (guest star JILL SCOTT -- Steel Magnolias) as she looks to recover a key piece of equipment for Walter. Meanwhile, Peter finds himself in a perilous situation as he observes Windmark.
9 Black Blotter
12/14/12
In an attempt to recall his plan to defeat the Observers, Walter takes an LSD trip down memory lane in search of answers. Meanwhile, Peter and Olivia trace a mysterious signal into the woods, where they come upon a grisly scene.
10 Anomaly XB-6783746
12/21/12
As the countdown to the climactic series finale continues, 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.
11 The Boy Must Live
1/11/13
As time dramatically ticks down toward the end of this acclaimed series, Peter, Olivia and Walter stop at nothing to save the universe from Observer rule. Walter enters the infamous deprivation tank in an attempt to uncover a key piece of information about the mysterious figure, Donald. Meanwhile, Captain Windmark sets out on a revealing mission of his own as long-standing questions are answered.
12 Liberty
1/18/13
The acclaimed series that has explored the human condition through the prism of parallel universes, unexplainable phenomena and unimaginable threats, nears its epic and climatic conclusion. First, the Fringe team engages a desperate plan as Olivia embarks on a dangerous and otherworldly journey into the unknown. The five-season saga nears its epic and emotional end in the first part of a special two-hour series finale episode.
13 An Enemy of Fate
1/18/13
The acclaimed series that has explored the human condition through the prism of parallel universes, unexplainable phenomena and unimaginable threats, reaches a milestone 100th episode and its epic and climatic conclusion. After Olivia's dangerous and otherworldly journey into the unknown, she, Peter, Walter, Astrid and Broyles face off against the Observers in one final and extraordinary battle for the fate of mankind. The five-season saga comes to an epic and emotional end in the exciting conclusion of a special two-hour series finale episode.

About this show

From the creative team behind Mission: Impossible 3, Alias and the upcoming Star Trek feature comes this incredible thriller about an unlikely trio who uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events that may be part of a larger and more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between the possible and the impossible.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
1.37K reviews
Edward Landin
February 20, 2017
Fringewas mysterious, funny and mindbending with parallel worlds mutants and the two bald men in black made it kind of strange! And that's was my type of sci-fi adventure series that I enjoyed for five seasons and wished for more! The actors parts couldn't have heen better written and the acting cast were great! Would love more of this series!!
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Heyden Leekley
December 30, 2020
PSA NOT FAMILY LIBRARY ELIGIBLE: It's a great show, my favorite in fact. And it could be because I already I bought the complete series with a payment method that was not the family one. Yet, it says it is eligible for adding to the family library here on the Google play store, but when you mosey over to Google TV it says it is not eligible. I found this out after I re-purchased the first season to share with my family and found out it couldn't actually be shared. Please fix, I love this show
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Kat Kit
January 5, 2017
I didn't hear the hype when Fringe came out, which apparently focused on how they vetted their episodes with scientists to make everything plausible. Let's get one thing straight, this is not like "The Martian". Fringe tries to be as crazy and gross and improbable as they can. Which, made me roll my eyes a bit, I've heard from friends that bought the hype, that it was unbearable. However, I didn't notice anything major that broke the universe's internal consistency, which is always good. This series is a lot of fun. It runs the gamut of sci-fi themes like time travel, mutations, and future-tech. The characters are unique, and the story line is complex, but fairly easy to follow if you're paying attention. Some of the other reviewers said they didn't like season 5, probably because the other seasons are heavily, but not exclusively, episodic, where the team solves a tech-related crime each episode. Season 5 breaks from this and becomes a serial sci-fi that ties all the other seasons together.
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