The Second Season of FRINGE follows the FBI’s Fringe Division, formed when Special Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) enlisted the help of institutionalized “fringe” scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble) and his son, Peter (Joshua Jackson), to save her partner and lover from a mind-bending death, continues to investigate unbelievable events, macabre crimes and mystifying cases involving teleportation, reanimation, genetic mutation, precognition, artificial intelligence and other fantastical theories.
Agent Phillip Broyles (Lance Reddick) guides the group, while by-the-book Agent Charlie Francis (Kirk Acevedo) and Junior Agent Astrid Farnsworth (Jasika Nicole) provide support. Underscoring the unfolding mysteries, enigmatic Massive Dynamic executive Nina Sharp (Blair Brown) asserts that the advancement of technology is changing the world as we know it.
In the shocking Season One finale, Olivia’s anticipated introduction to Walter Bishop’s former lab partner and Massive Dynamic founder William Bell (guest star Leonard Nimoy) revealed the existence of a parallel universe and the ability to travel between the two worlds. This new universe has a different, intriguing history and holds secrets of its own.
Each episode of the sophomore season promises to uncover more about the larger threat and while some questions will be answered, new ones will surface. The intensity accelerates as Season Two opens with Olivia’s shocking return to this reality, and a determined Peter, unwittingly in a race against time with an ominous mobile force, seeks to uncover the truth about Olivia’s perplexing visit to the alternate universe. Meanwhile, Walter reenters the lab to cook up a bit of fringe science.
Cast[]
Main Characters[]
- Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham/Olivia Dunham (Alternate Universe) (23/23 episodes)
- Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop (22/23 episodes)
- John Noble as Walter Bishop/Walternate (23/23 episodes)
- Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles/Phillip Broyles (Alternate Universe) (22/23 episodes)
- Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth/Astrid Farnsworth (Alternate Universe) (22/23 episodes)
- Blair Brown as Nina Sharp (11/23 episodes)
- Kirk Acevedo as Charlie Francis/Charlie Francis (Alternate Universe)/Shapeshifter (6/23 episodes)
Recurring Characters[]
- Michael Cerveris as The Observer (23/23 episodes, 0 episodes credited)
- Sebastian Roché as Thomas Jerome Newton (8/23 episodes)
- Ryan McDonald as Brandon Fayette (6/23 episodes)
- Kevin Corrigan as Sam Weiss (4/23 episodes)
- Leonard Nimoy as Dr. William Bell (4/23 episodes)
- Ari Graynor as Rachel Dunham (3/23 episodes)
- Meghan Markle as Amy Jessup (2/23 episodes)
Episode List[]
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1.- A New Day In The Old Town (September 17, 2009) Olivia Dunham traveled to an intriguing parallel universe to meet with Massive Dynamic founder William Bell. Her shocking return to this perplexing alternate reality, while Peter, unknowingly in a race against time with an ominous mobile force, pursues information about Olivia's visit. Walter reenters the lab to cook up a bit of fringe science, and of course, some custard for Peter's birthday. Read more…
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2.- Night Of Desirable Objects (September 24, 2009) A highway construction worker in rural Pennsylvania goes missing when he is mysteriously drawn into an underground tunnel filled with human remains. Meanwhile, back in the lab, Walter is attempting to simulate travel between realities on frogs. When it's discovered that the disappearance in Pennsylvania is not an isolated incident, the Fringe team travels to the crime scene to unearth evidence.IMDB Read more…
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3.- Fracture (October 1, 2009) Peter, Walter, Olivia and Broyles pursue a strange and deadly occurrence in Philadelphia where a bomb blew up inside a train station but left no trace of any explosive device. The perplexing and unexplained set of circumstances returns Walter to the lab to closely examine the human remains where he uncovers an unlikely energy source that triggered the explosion. With the explosive threat of more bombs and links to a classified military project, the intense investigation leads Olivia and Peter to Iraq.IMDB Read more…
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4.- Momentum Deferred (October 8, 2009) Recuperating from the traumatic and alarming meeting with Massive Dynamic founder William Bell, Agent Dunham consumes a powerful “fringe” concoction that Dr. Bishop prescribes to stimulate her memory. Meanwhile, the Fringe Division investigates a series of robbery cases that are tied to shape-shifting. As clues are tracked and memories are jogged, another woman experimented on by Dr. Bishop is introduced and a flashback reveals more about Olivia’s visit to the alternate reality.IMDB Read more…
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5.- Dream Logic (October 15, 2009) Olivia asks for guidance from Sam Weiss at the bowling alley before joining the Fringe team in their investigation of a businessman in Seattle who attacked his boss spontaneously for no apparent reason and has been unconscious for 16 hours since. When he wakes up, he has no recollection of the attack, his hair turns white, and he dies. A series of similar incidents in the Seattle area occur that appear to have waking nightmares in common. Read more…
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6.- Earthling (November 5, 2009) The Fringe Division is flummoxed by a case where victims are inexplicably disintegrated into ash. Agent Broyles takes a particular interest in the case, as it is revealed that he worked on this case in the past, and had been so involved that it cost him his marriage. He says that everyone who died had recently been to a hospital. The investigation leads Fringe division to Russia, where they learn that Fringe science is taking place in other countries as well.Read more…
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7.- Of Human Action (November 12, 2009) Tyler Carson, the son of a Massive Dynamic employee, is kidnapped and taken hostage in New York. When the police close in and try to rescue Tyler, something causes them to kill one another. Walter posits that one of the kidnappers is using hypnotism to cause people to do what he wants. Peter reminds him that hypnotism can't force action, only suggest it, so Walter suggests mind control. Fringe division closes in on the kidnappers.Read more…
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8.- August (November 19, 2009) When a peculiar abduction occurs in Boston, the Fringe team uncovers details of the mysterious man known as The Observer. While the bizarre case takes center stage, Walter, Peter and Astrid hit the lab to analyze unusual evidence and deal with Walter’s insatiable appetite for a milkshake.IMDBAugust|Read more…
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9.- Snakehead (December 3, 2009) A damaged cargo ship washes ashore and all of the crew members seem to be infected with giant squid-like creatures that actually turn out to be parasites. While Fringe division investigates, the clock starts ticking when Olivia, Peter and Broyles discover a terrifying connection between the incident and a threatening organization.Read more…
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10.- Grey Matters (December 10, 2009) A Fringe investigation is triggered when a patient at a mental institution undergoes an impromptu brain surgery that unexpectedly leaves his brain exposed. As similar cases stack up, the Fringe team heads back to the lab to determine exactly how patients are being cured. IMDBRead more…
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11.- Johari Window (January 14, 2010) Following an unexplained attack involving disfigured humans, the Fringe team visits Edina City, a small town in upstate New York, to uncover leads surrounding the bizarre case. When it’s determined that these disfigured people have managed to hide themselves for a while and they’ll do just about anything to keep it that way, the investigation takes an unexpected turn.IMDBRead more…
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12.- What Lies Below (January 18, 2010) When a man enters an office in Boston for a meeting, he becomes disoriented and collapses, only to have his veins erupt and spray blood everywhere. Shortly after Olivia and Peter arrive at the scene to investigate the bizarre case, it's discovered that a lethal virus - with deep ties to something very valuable - is spreading, so the CDC moves in to quarantine the building and eradicate the pathogens. Isolated inside with the rest of the exposed office employees, Peter and Olivia face life-threatening circumstances, sending Walter, Broyles and Astrid on a frantic search for a solution to save them.IMDBRead more…
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13.- The Bishop Revival (January 28, 2010) The Fringe team are puzzled when a specific group of guests are targeted at a wedding.As the investigation goes the team is at a loss as to how the toxin was delivered and targeted.As they gather evidence and taken back to the lab, it's discovered that the wedding ceremony was a testing ground for a weaponed science experiment. Adding to the intense lab investigation, Walter uncovers an alarming formula that reveals a link to a branch on the Bishop family tree. With the escalating threat of more deadly attacks and unexpected familial ties to the case, the Fringe team stops at nothing to prevent further catastrophic eventsIMDBRead more…
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14.- Jacksonville (February 4, 2010) Olivia must go to Jacksonville to the former school where she was experimented on to relearn how to see the other universe in order to save people from dying in especially gruesome ways.Read more…
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15.- Peter (April 1, 2010) Walter flashes back to 1985 while explaining Peter's otherworldly origins to Olivia. Also, Peter's mother is introduced, and details of the neighboring world reaffirms that there is more than one of everything.IMDBRead more…
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16.- Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver (April 8, 2010) When a perfectly healthy woman is found dead from a disease she never had, the Fringe team investigates the origin of this inexplicably fatal condition before it claims more innocent victims. Meanwhile, Olivia struggles to keep Walter’s secret from Peter, and her loyalty to Peter is tested as time goes on.IMDBRead more…
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17.- White Tulip (April 15, 2010) When passengers aboard a commuter train appear to have died a still death, it seems that a switch was flipped because all cell phones, mp3 players, laptops, batteries and bodies have been drained of power. As the Fringe team assembles at the bizarre crime scene, Peter remains suspicious that something is amiss with Walter, who is struggling to keep the unimaginable a secret. When the investigation leads them to Alistair Peck, a very powerful man who has tremendous energy with severe consequences, an ironic set of circumstances surface.IMDBRead more…
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18.- The Man from the Other Side (April 22, 2010) When two teenagers on a date turn up “dead” at an abandoned warehouse with the three puncture wounds to the soft palate – a trademark of the shape-shifters – the Fringe team investigates the evidence as well as the motives of mastermind Newton. Upon discovering a shape-shifting embryo, Walter returns to the lab to conduct further analysis, and Olivia and Peter head to Massive Dynamic for answers. Meanwhile, Peter reveals a family secret to Olivia as Walter struggles to recall what Newton knows about “building a door.”IMDBRead more… Read more…
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19.- Brown Betty (April 29, 2010) While Walter deals with some very upsetting news, he tells Olivia's niece, Ella, a fairy tale that includes musical performances by Olivia and Agent Broyles.IMDBRead more… Read more…
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20.- Northwest Passage (May 6, 2010) Peter teams up with a local law enforcement official, Sheriff Mathis, on a serial murder investigation with ties to Newton. Meanwhile, Walter copes with the possibility of being sent back to St. Claire's, and someone from the "other side" pays a visit.IMDBRead more… Read more…
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21.- Over There: Part 1 (May 13, 2010) Walter and Olivia travel to the parallel universe, and the anticipated face-off between Walter Bishop and William Bell occurs.IMDBRead more… Read more…
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22.- Over There: Part 2 (May 20, 2010) Sacrifices will be made and both universes may never be the same again after Walter and Olivia visit the "other side."IMDBRead more… Read more…
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