Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2008)

Overview

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.

Cast

Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham
Anna Torv

as Olivia Dunham

Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop
Joshua Jackson

as Peter Bishop

Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles
Lance Reddick

as Phillip Broyles

Kirk Acevedo as Charlie Francis
Kirk Acevedo

as Charlie Francis

Blair Brown as Nina Sharp
Blair Brown

as Nina Sharp

Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth
Jasika Nicole

as Astrid Farnsworth

Mark Valley as John Scott
Mark Valley

as John Scott

John Noble as Walter Bishop
John Noble

as Walter Bishop

Episodes

Pilot poster

Pilot 7.5

September 9, 2008

When all the passengers on a plane die, FBI agent Olivia Dunham investigates the events and her partner almost dies. A …

The Same Old Story poster

The Same Old Story 7.0

September 16, 2008

Olivia, along with Peter and Walter Bishop, investigates the strange death of a woman who had an even stranger child. T…

The Ghost Network poster

The Ghost Network 7.4

September 23, 2008

The team investigates a bus full of dead commuters that appear to be fossilized and uncover a man who has visions of pa…

The Arrival poster

The Arrival 7.5

September 30, 2008

Broyles calls in the team to investigate a deadly explosion and its source: a strange cylinder unharmed despite the des…

Power Hungry poster

Power Hungry 7.2

October 14, 2008

The team investigate the case of a man who can project electricity... and is at the center of a series of strange death…

The Cure poster

The Cure 7.3

October 21, 2008

The team investigates a woman that re-appears after weeks of being missing with a rare disease. She also inexplicably c…

In Which We Meet Mr. Jones poster

In Which We Meet Mr. Jones 7.5

November 11, 2008

When a strange parasite attaches itself to the internal organs of a dying FBI agent, Olivia suspects a connection to th…

The Equation poster

The Equation 7.6

November 18, 2008

Walter thinks the abduction of a young music prodigy is linked back to his old bunkmate at St. Claire's Hospital. When …

The Dreamscape poster

The Dreamscape 7.3

November 25, 2008

The team is called in to investigate why a man jumps out a window because he thinks he's being attacked by butterflies.…

Safe poster

Safe 8.0

December 2, 2008

The team is called in on a bank robbery similar to other robberies in the area but this particular bank has the thief e…

Bound poster

Bound 8.0

January 20, 2009

Olivia's sister, Rachel, visits; Walter, Peter and Olivia try to solve the murder of an esteemed epidemiologist, which …

The No-Brainer poster

The No-Brainer 6.8

January 27, 2009

Olivia, Walter and Peter are called in to investigate the death of a car salesman who was found in a pool of "goo," exa…

The Transformation poster

The Transformation 7.5

February 3, 2009

When the Fringe Division delves into another bizarre occurrence aboard an international jumbo jet, freakish remains are…

Ability poster

Ability 8.2

February 10, 2009

German agents question Olivia about her "relationship" with David Robert Jones, an escaped prisoner questioned months e…

Inner Child poster

Inner Child 7.9

April 7, 2009

Just seconds before a building is demolished, a mysterious mute child that has been living alone underground is discove…

Unleashed poster

Unleashed 7.2

April 14, 2009

As animal rights activists ransack a laboratory, they get more than they bargained for when one of the caged "animals" …

Bad Dreams poster

Bad Dreams 7.8

April 21, 2009

Olivia dreams about a suicide as the event really happens at Grand Central Station; shocking information about the Z.F.…

Midnight poster

Midnight 7.4

April 28, 2009

The Fringe Division is on the case when severely mutilated bodies drained of spinal cord fluid begin to pile up. After …

The Road Not Taken poster

The Road Not Taken 8.0

May 5, 2009

Olivia experiences "awake dreams," seeing elaborate visions of things not really there. While investigating a disturbin…

There's More Than One of Everything poster

There's More Than One of Everything 8.3

May 12, 2009

Setting the stage for the dramatic and revealing first season finale are a sudden and unexpected attack on someone with…