Fringe: Season 1
2008 · 20 episodes · ★ 7.7
What Season 1 of Fringe
As the first season begins, FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is called in to investigate a mysterious outbreak that nearly kills her partner. The only person with any answers is an institutionalized scientist, Dr. Walter Bishop who can only be released under the care of his estranged son. Together, the three discover that the answer to this mystery is only a small piece of a much larger, more shocking truth.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 Pilot
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.
Directing: Alex Graves · Writing: J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman · Starring: Peter Outerbridge, Jason Butler Harner, Bernadeta Wrobel, Jill Harland
1x02 The Same Old Story
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.
Directing: Paul A. Edwards · Writing: Jeff Pinkner, J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci · Starring: Mark Blum, Derek Cecil, Betty Gilpin, Carmen Goodine
1x03 The Ghost Network
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.
Directed by: Alex Graves · Written by: J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, David H. Goodman · Starring: Peter Hermann, Brian Tarantina, Donnie Keshawarz, Zak Orth
1x04 The Arrival
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.
Directed by: Paul A. Edwards · Written by: Jeff Pinkner, J.J. Abrams · Starring: Michael Kelly, Nestor Serrano, Nancy Ticotin, Lisa Joyce
1x05 Power Hungry
The team investigate the case of a man who can project electricity... and is at the center of a series of strange deaths involving electricity.
Directing: Christopher Misiano · Writing: Julia Cho, Jason Cahill · Starring: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Marylouise Burke, Max Baker, Diane Davis
1x06 The Cure
The team investigates a woman that re-appears after weeks of being missing with a rare disease. She also inexplicably causes pain and death to the people she meets. During the investigation, dangerous level of radiation are detected. Walter obsesses about cotton candy; Peter strikes a deal with Nina Sharp; and a truth about Olivia is discovered.
Directed by: Bill Eagles · Written by: Brad Caleb Kane, Felicia D. Henderson · Starring: Chris Eigeman, Marjan Neshat, Lisa Emery, Alok Tewari
1x07 In Which We Meet Mr. Jones
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.
Directed by: Brad Anderson · Written by: Jeff Pinkner, J.J. Abrams · Starring: Trini Alvarado, Jared Harris, Billy Burke, Kenneth Tigar
1x08 The Equation
Walter thinks the abduction of a young music prodigy is linked back to his old bunkmate at St. Claire's Hospital. When he kidnaps the child he sees a sequence of flashing lights. Olivia wants Walter to return to the mental institution much to Peter's outcry, but Walter's determination to help ends up having chilling ramifications.
Directed by: Gwyneth Horder-Payton · Written by: David H. Goodman, J.R. Orci · Starring: Chance Kelly, Gillian Jacobs, Darby Lynn Totten, William Sadler
1x09 The Dreamscape
The team is called in to investigate why a man jumps out a window because he thinks he's being attacked by butterflies. Olivia gets some breaks in solving the case from her former partner and that she is so desperate to rid herself of him that she demands to go back into the tank. Meanwhile, some former friends and current foes of Peter find out that he's back in Boston.
Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye · Written by: Zack Whedon, Julia Cho · Starring: Darby Lynn Totten, Susan Misner, David Vadim, Carlo Alban
1x10 Safe
The team is called in on a bank robbery similar to other robberies in the area but this particular bank has the thief embedded inside the steel wall of the bank. Somehow the thieves have found a way to defy the law of physics. Walter thinks they're after something of his. As the investigation deepens it all comes to a head when the thieves ambush one of the team.
Directed by: Michael Zinberg · Written by: David H. Goodman, Zack Whedon, Julia Cho · Starring: Jared Harris, Chance Kelly, Darby Lynn Totten, James Frain
1x11 Bound
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.
Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye · Written by: Jeff Pinkner, J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci · Starring: Michael Gaston, Trini Alvarado, Chance Kelly, Ari Graynor
1x12 The No-Brainer
Olivia, Walter and Peter are called in to investigate the death of a car salesman who was found in a pool of "goo," exactly like another man across the country. When Walter discovers that the "goo" is brain matter, the trio tries to figure out how the killer can liquefy human brains. As the deaths pile up, the investigation reveals a common thread linking the victims together in an unthinkable manner. Meanwhile, Olivia is horrified when the case places a loved one in harm's way
Directed by: Brad Anderson, John Polson · Written by: David H. Goodman, Brad Caleb Kane · Starring: Michael Gaston, Ari Graynor, Lily Pilblad, Chris Bauer
1x13 The Transformation
When the Fringe Division delves into another bizarre occurrence aboard an international jumbo jet, freakish remains are discovered at the crash site. Memories tip the team toward some promising leads, but the bigger picture and mysterious threat eludes them. With limited options and insufficient intelligence, Olivia and Peter go undercover.
Directing: Brad Anderson · Writing: J.R. Orci, Zack Whedon · Starring: Ari Graynor, Lily Pilblad, Olivia Palenstein, Mike Realba
1x14 Ability
German agents question Olivia about her "relationship" with David Robert Jones, an escaped prisoner questioned months earlier now living in the U.S. The Fringe Division investigates a threatening case where victims die faceless from their orifices suddenly sealing.
Directing: Norberto Barba · Writing: David H. Goodman · Starring: Michael Gaston, Jared Harris, Kenneth Tigar, Chance Kelly
1x15 Inner Child
Just seconds before a building is demolished, a mysterious mute child that has been living alone underground is discovered. When the FBI's Fringe Division investigates, the boy forms an unspoken connection with Agent Olivia Dunham. Meanwhile, an especially gruesome serial killer resurfaces and showcases his "artistry" by displaying his work publicly. As the boy gradually assimilates into a new environment, Olivia and the team must race against the clock to prevent the mad man from causing further massacre.
Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye · Written by: Brad Caleb Kane, Julia Cho · Starring: Spencer List, Ari Graynor, Lily Pilblad, Alicia Goranson
1x16 Unleashed
As animal rights activists ransack a laboratory, they get more than they bargained for when one of the caged "animals" unleashes a ferocious appetite. Leaving grotesquely mutilated dead bodies in its wake, the scientifically engineered beast with the body of a lion, claws of an eagle, fangs of a viper, skin of a rhinoceros and tail of a serpent attacks Charlie. With Charlie’s life on the line, Walter must come face-to-face with both his past and the beast.
Directed by: Brad Anderson · Written by: J.R. Orci, Zack Whedon · Starring: Ari Graynor, Lily Pilblad, Keith Nobbs, Marnie Schulenburg
1x17 Bad Dreams
Olivia dreams about a suicide as the event really happens at Grand Central Station; shocking information about the Z.F.T. manuscript is revealed.
Directing: Akiva Goldsman · Writing: Akiva Goldsman · Starring: Leonard Nimoy, Ari Graynor, Lily Pilblad, David Call
1x18 Midnight
The Fringe Division is on the case when severely mutilated bodies drained of spinal cord fluid begin to pile up. After their investigation leads them to a scientist with possible ties to the Z.F.T. bioterrorist cell, they are shocked to discover the identity and motive of the killer. When the kills occur with increasing frequency, Olivia, Peter and Walter go to desperate lengths to stop them.
Directed by: Bobby Roth · Written by: J. H. Wyman, Andrew Kreisberg · Starring: Jefferson Mays, Ari Graynor, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Lily Pilblad
1x19 The Road Not Taken
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.
Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye · Written by: Jeff Pinkner, J.R. Orci · Starring: Michael Gaston, Richard Bekins, Jennifer Ferrin, Clint Howard
1x20 There's More Than One of Everything Season Finale
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.
Directed by: Brad Anderson · Written by: Jeff Pinkner, J. H. Wyman · Starring: Leonard Nimoy, Jared Harris, Victoria Barabas, Victor Cruz
Season 1 Cast
Ari GraynorRachel7 episodes
Lily PilbladElla7 episodes
Chance KellyMitchell Loeb5 episodes
Jared HarrisDavid Robert Jones4 episodes
Ash RoecaAgent Rodriguez3 episodes
Chad GittensND FBI Tech3 episodes
Trini AlvaradoSamantha Loeb2 episodes
Kenneth TigarWarden Johan Lennox2 episodes
Chinasa OgbuaguND Agent #12 episodesAll Seasons
Season 22009 · 23 ep. · ★ 7.8
Season 32010 · 22 ep. · ★ 7.8
Season 42011 · 22 ep. · ★ 7.7
Season 52012 · 13 ep. · ★ 7.9Where to Watch Season 1 of Fringe
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes are in Fringe season 1?
Season 1 of Fringe has 20 episodes.
When did Fringe season 1 premiere?
Premiered on September 9, 2008.
Where to watch Fringe season 1?
In Spain, it's available on Amazon Prime Video, Movistar Plus+ Ficción Total, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and the HBO Max Amazon Channel.
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the TMDB audience rating, episode 1x20, "There's More Than One of Everything," with a 8.5.