List of Fringe episodes

Fringe title card

Fringe is an American science fiction television series that originally aired on the Fox network from September 9, 2008 to January 18, 2013.^[1][2] The series follows a team which investigates bizarre scientific occurrences related to "The Pattern", a string of fringe science–related incidents worldwide. The team consists of FBI special agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), eccentric scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble) and his genius son Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson), as well as others at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.^[3] The series' narrative also largely centers on a parallel universe and the mysterious Observers – a group of pale, bald men who have appeared at significant historical events.^[4]

Fringe was created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci.^[5][6] They took inspiration from multiple sources including the works of Michael Crichton and David Cronenberg, the film Altered States, and the television series The X-Files and The Twilight Zone.^[7][8] The three also sought to combine elements of procedural shows like Law & Order with an "extremely serialized and very culty" series like Lost, which Abrams co-created.^[9] Fringe's pilot episode was picked up by Fox in May 2008,^[10][11] and premiered on September 9.^[12][13] Critics hailed the series as a successor to Lost,^[14] as the two shared many similarities including Abrams' involvement, characters exploring a series of unexplained events, the use of many of the same actors and writers, and the difficulty in categorizing each show within just one genre.^[15] Explored themes in Fringe include free will, the potential benefits and risks of emerging technologies, the nature of time, and the differences that separate faith and reason.^[16]

The series was broadcast across five seasons and 100 episodes.^[17] Its first season included 20 episodes,^[18] while its second contained 23 installments,^[19] though one of these, "Unearthed", was filmed during the first season.^[20] The third and fourth seasons contained 22 episodes,^[21][22] while the fifth featured thirteen installments.^[23] Fringe's ratings started strongly with a weekly episode average of 8.8 million, achieving first place in the 18–49 adult demographic among the 2008–09 television season's new shows. In addition to these solid ratings,^[3] the first season garnered a generally favorable critical reception.^[24] Later seasons gradually suffered a decrease in ratings—the series finale being watched by just 3.2 million viewers—though the series did develop a cult following.^[15][25] Entertainment Weekly conjectures that despite its ratings decline, Fringe survived for five seasons in part because of Fox executive Kevin Reilly's love of the series, and also due to the network's desire to make amends for the science fiction shows it had previously canceled.^[26]

Across its run the series earned many accolades, though it failed to win major awards.^[27] At the Television Critics Awards, Fringe earned an 2009 award that designated it "Outstanding New Program of the Year".^[28] Fringe won seven Saturn Awards among fifteen nominations; from 2009–11, Torv won for Best Actress on Television,^[29][30][31] while Noble won for Best Supporting Actor on Television in 2010.^[30] Noble won a similar award at the 2011 Critics' Choice Television Awards, where the series and Torv also received nominations.^[32] Additionally, the series received nominations for two Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards,^[27] eight Golden Reel Awards,^[33][34][35] two Satellite Awards,^[36] and two Writers Guild of America Awards.^[37] Its series finale, "An Enemy of Fate", was considered by Wired magazine to mark the end of science fiction on American network television.^[38]

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired	Average U.S. viewers (million)
	1	20	September 9, 2008	May 12, 2009	10.02[39]
	2	23	September 17, 2009	May 20, 2010	6.25[40]
	3	22	September 23, 2010	May 6, 2011	5.83[41]
	4	22	September 23, 2011	May 11, 2012	4.22[42]
	5	13	September 28, 2012	January 18, 2013	4.27[43]

Episodes

Season 1 (2008–09)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Alex Graves	J. J. Abrams & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci	September 9, 2008	276038	9.13[44]
2	2	"The Same Old Story"	Paul Edwards	Jeff Pinkner & J. J. Abrams & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci	September 16, 2008	3T7651	13.27[45]
3	3	"The Ghost Network"	Frederick E. O. Toye	David H. Goodman & J. R. Orci	September 23, 2008	3T7652	9.42[46]
4	4	"The Arrival"	Paul Edwards	J. J. Abrams & Jeff Pinkner	September 30, 2008	3T7653	9.91[47]
5	5	"Power Hungry"	Christopher Misiano	Jason Cahill & Julia Cho	October 14, 2008	3T7654	9.16[48]
6	6	"The Cure"	Bill Eagles	Felicia D. Henderson & Brad Caleb Kane	October 21, 2008	3T7655	8.91[49]
7	7	"In Which We Meet Mr. Jones"	Brad Anderson	J. J. Abrams & Jeff Pinkner	November 11, 2008	3T7656	8.61[50]
8	8	"The Equation"	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	J. R. Orci & David H. Goodman	November 18, 2008	3T7657	9.18[51]
9	9	"The Dreamscape"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Zack Whedon & Julia Cho	November 25, 2008	3T7658	7.70[52]
10	10	"Safe"	Michael Zinberg	David H. Goodman & Jason Cahill	December 2, 2008	3T7659	8.54[53]
11	11	"Bound"	Frederick E. O. Toye	J. J. Abrams & Jeff Pinkner & Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci	January 20, 2009	3T7660	11.96[54]
12	12	"The No-Brainer"	John Polson	David H. Goodman & Brad Caleb Kane	January 27, 2009	3T7661	11.62[55]
13	13	"The Transformation"	Brad Anderson	Zack Whedon & J. R. Orci	February 3, 2009	3T7662	12.78[56]
14	14	"Ability"	Norberto Barba	Story by: Glen Whitman & Robert Chiappetta Teleplay by: David H. Goodman	February 10, 2009	3T7663	9.83[57]
15	15	"Inner Child"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Brad Caleb Kane & Julia Cho	April 7, 2009	3T7664	9.88[58]
16	16	"Unleashed"	Brad Anderson	Zack Whedon & J. R. Orci	April 14, 2009	3T7665	10.15[59]
17	17	"Bad Dreams"	Akiva Goldsman	Akiva Goldsman	April 21, 2009	3T7666	9.89[60]
18	18	"Midnight"	Bobby Roth	J. H. Wyman & Andrew Kreisberg	April 28, 2009	3T7667	9.62[61]
19	19	"The Road Not Taken"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Story by: Akiva Goldsman Teleplay by: Jeff Pinkner & J. R. Orci	May 5, 2009	3T7668	9.25[62]
20	20	"There's More Than One of Everything"	Brad Anderson	Story by: Akiva Goldsman & Bryan Burk Teleplay by: Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman	May 12, 2009	3T7669	9.28[63]

Season 2 (2009–10)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	1	"A New Day in the Old Town"	Akiva Goldsman	J. J. Abrams & Akiva Goldsman	September 17, 2009	3X5101	7.82[64]
22	2	"Night of Desirable Objects"	Brad Anderson	Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman	September 24, 2009	3X5102	5.73[65]
23	3	"Fracture"	Bryan Spicer	David Wilcox	October 1, 2009	3X5103	6.03[66]
24	4	"Momentum Deferred"	Joe Chappelle	Zack Stentz & Ashley Edward Miller	October 8, 2009	3X5104	5.83[67]
25	5	"Dream Logic"	Paul Edwards	Josh Singer	October 15, 2009	3X5105	5.78[68]
26	6	"Earthling"	Jon Cassar	J. H. Wyman & Jeff Vlaming	November 5, 2009	3X5106	4.86[69]
27	7	"Of Human Action"	Joe Chappelle	Robert Chiappetta & Glen Whitman	November 12, 2009	3X5107	5.91[70]
28	8	"August"	Dennis Smith	J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner	November 19, 2009	3X5108	5.90[71]
29	9	"Snakehead"	Paul Holahan	David Wilcox	December 3, 2009	3X5109	6.94[72]
30	10	"Grey Matters"	Jeannot Szwarc	Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz	December 10, 2009	3X5110	6.32[73]
31	11	"Unearthed"	Frederick E. O. Toye	David H. Goodman & Andrew Kreisberg	January 11, 2010	3T7670	7.72[74]
32	12	"Johari Window"	Joe Chappelle	Josh Singer	January 14, 2010	3X5111	6.60[75]
33	13	"What Lies Below"	Deran Sarafian	Jeff Vlaming	January 21, 2010	3X5112	6.90[76]
34	14	"The Bishop Revival"	Adam Davidson	Glen Whitman & Robert Chiappetta	January 28, 2010	3X5113	8.90[77]
35	15	"Jacksonville"	Charles Beeson	Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz	February 4, 2010	3X5114	7.40[78]
36	16	"Peter"	David Straiton	Story by: J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner & Akiva Goldsman & Josh Singer Teleplay by: Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman & Josh Singer	April 1, 2010	3X5115	5.97[79]
37	17	"Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver."	Brad Anderson	Matthew Pitts	April 8, 2010	3X5116	6.33[80]
38	18	"White Tulip"	Thomas Yatsko	J. H. Wyman & Jeff Vlaming	April 15, 2010	3X5117	6.62[81]
39	19	"The Man from the Other Side"	Jeffrey Hunt	Josh Singer & Ethan Gross	April 22, 2010	3X5118	5.84[82]
40	20	"Brown Betty"	Seith Mann	Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman	April 29, 2010	3X5119	5.55[83]
41	21	"Northwest Passage"	Joe Chappelle	Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz & Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman	May 6, 2010	3X5120	5.82[84]
42	22	"Over There (Part 1)"	Akiva Goldsman	J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner & Akiva Goldsman	May 13, 2010	3X5121	6.00[85]
43	23	"Over There (Part 2)"	Akiva Goldsman	Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman	May 20, 2010	3X5122	5.68[86]

Season 3 (2010–11)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
44	1	"Olivia"	Joe Chappelle	J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner	September 23, 2010	3X6101	5.83[87]
45	2	"The Box"	Jeffrey Hunt	Josh Singer & Graham Roland	September 30, 2010	3X6102	5.24[88]
46	3	"The Plateau"	Brad Anderson	Alison Schapker & Monica Owusu-Breen	October 7, 2010	3X6103	5.19[89]
47	4	"Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?"	Ken Fink	David Wilcox & Matthew Pitts	October 14, 2010	3X6104	5.22[90]
48	5	"Amber 31422"	David Straiton	Josh Singer & Ethan Gross	November 4, 2010	3X6105	4.80[91]
49	6	"6955 kHz"	Joe Chappelle	Robert Chiappetta & Glen Whitman	November 11, 2010	3X6106	4.82[92]
50	7	"The Abducted"	Chuck Russell	David Wilcox & Graham Roland	November 18, 2010	3X6107	4.85[93]
51	8	"Entrada"	Brad Anderson	Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman	December 2, 2010	3X6108	5.13[94]
52	9	"Marionette"	Joe Chappelle	Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	December 9, 2010	3X6109	4.74[95]
53	10	"The Firefly"	Charles Beeson	J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner	January 21, 2011	3X6110	4.87[96]
54	11	"Reciprocity"	Jeannot Szwarc	Josh Singer	January 28, 2011	3X6111	4.53[97]
55	12	"Concentrate and Ask Again"	Dennis Smith	Graham Roland & Matthew Pitts	February 4, 2011	3X6112	4.26[98]
56	13	"Immortality"	Brad Anderson	David Wilcox & Ethan Gross	February 11, 2011	3X6113	3.74[99]
57	14	"6B"	Thomas Yatsko	Glen Whitman & Robert Chiappetta	February 18, 2011	3X6114	4.02[100]
58	15	"Subject 13"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman	February 25, 2011	3X6115	4.02[101]
59	16	"Os"	Brad Anderson	Josh Singer & Graham Roland	March 11, 2011	3X6116	3.64[102]
60	17	"Stowaway"	Charles Beeson	Story by: J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner & Akiva Goldsman Teleplay by: Danielle Dispaltro	March 18, 2011	3X6117	3.80[103]
61	18	"Bloodline"	Dennis Smith	Alison Schapker & Monica Owusu-Breen	March 25, 2011	3X6118	3.84[104]
62	19	"Lysergic Acid Diethylamide"	Joe Chappelle	Story by: Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman Teleplay by: J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner	April 15, 2011	3X6119	3.65[105]
63	20	"6:02 AM EST"	Jeannot Szwarc	David Wilcox & Josh Singer & Graham Roland	April 22, 2011	3X6120	3.33[106]
64	21	"The Last Sam Weiss"	Thomas Yatsko	Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	April 29, 2011	3X6121	3.52[107]
65	22	"The Day We Died"	Joe Chappelle	Story by: Akiva Goldsman & J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner Teleplay by: Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman	May 6, 2011	3X6122	3.29[108]

Season 4 (2011–12)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
66	1	"Neither Here Nor There"	Joe Chappelle	Story by: Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman Teleplay by: J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner	September 23, 2011	3X7001	3.48[109]
67	2	"One Night in October"	Brad Anderson	Alison Schapker & Monica Owusu-Breen	September 30, 2011	3X7002	3.05[110]
68	3	"Alone in the World"	Miguel Sapochnik	David Fury	October 7, 2011	3X7003	3.18[111]
69	4	"Subject 9"	Joe Chappelle	Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman	October 14, 2011	3X7004	3.16[112]
70	5	"Novation"	Paul Holahan	J. R. Orci & Graham Roland	November 4, 2011	3X7005	3.21[113]
71	6	"And Those We've Left Behind"	Brad Anderson	Robert Chiappetta & Glen Whitman	November 11, 2011	3X7006	3.03[114]
72	7	"Wallflower"	Anthony Hemingway	Matthew Pitts & Justin Doble	November 18, 2011	3X7007	2.88[115]
73	8	"Back to Where You've Never Been"	Jeannot Szwarc	David Fury & Graham Roland	January 13, 2012	3X7008	2.87[116]
74	9	"Enemy of My Enemy"	Joe Chappelle	Monica Owusu-Breen & Alison Schapker	January 20, 2012	3X7009	3.19[117]
75	10	"Forced Perspective"	David Solomon	Ethan Gross	January 27, 2012	3X7010	3.33[118]
76	11	"Making Angels"	Charles Beeson	Akiva Goldsman & J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner	February 3, 2012	3X7011	3.20[119]
77	12	"Welcome to Westfield"	David Straiton	J. R. Orci & Graham Roland	February 10, 2012	3X7012	3.05[120]
78	13	"A Better Human Being"	Joe Chappelle	Story by: Glen Whitman & Robert Chiappetta Teleplay by: Alison Schapker & Monica Owusu-Breen	February 17, 2012	3X7013	3.00[121]
79	14	"The End of All Things"	Jeff Hunt	David Fury	February 24, 2012	3X7014	3.08[122]
80	15	"A Short Story About Love"	J. H. Wyman	J. H. Wyman & Graham Roland	March 23, 2012	3X7015	2.87[123]
81	16	"Nothing As It Seems"	Frederick E. O. Toye	Jeff Pinkner & Akiva Goldsman	March 30, 2012	3X7016	3.08[124]
82	17	"Everything in Its Right Place"	David Moxness	Story by: J. R. Orci & Matthew Pitts Teleplay by: David Fury & J. R. Orci	April 6, 2012	3X7017	3.01[125]
83	18	"The Consultant"	Jeannot Szwarc	Christine Lavaf	April 13, 2012	3X7018	2.84[126]
84	19	"Letters of Transit"	Joe Chappelle	Akiva Goldsman & J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner	April 20, 2012	3X7019	3.03[127]
85	20	"Worlds Apart"	Charles Beeson	Story by: Graham Roland Teleplay by: Matthew Pitts & Nicole Phillips	April 27, 2012	3X7020	3.09[128]
86	21	"Brave New World (Part 1)"	Joe Chappelle	J. H. Wyman & Jeff Pinkner & Akiva Goldsman	May 4, 2012	3X7021	2.73[129]
87	22	"Brave New World (Part 2)"	Joe Chappelle	Jeff Pinkner & J. H. Wyman & Akiva Goldsman	May 11, 2012	3X7022	3.11[130]

Season 5 (2012–13)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
88	1	"Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11"	Jeannot Szwarc Miguel Sapochnik	J. H. Wyman	September 28, 2012	3X7501	3.12[131]
89	2	"In Absentia"	Jeannot Szwarc	J. H. Wyman & David Fury	October 5, 2012	3X7502	2.98[132]
90	3	"The Recordist"	Jeff T. Thomas	Graham Roland	October 12, 2012	3X7503	2.64[133]
91	4	"The Bullet That Saved the World"	David Straiton	Alison Schapker	October 26, 2012	3X7504	2.55[134]
92	5	"An Origin Story"	P. J. Pesce	J. H. Wyman	November 2, 2012	3X7505	2.58[135]
93	6	"Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There"	Jon Cassar	David Fury	November 9, 2012	3X7506	2.47[136]
94	7	"Five-Twenty-Ten"	Eagle Egilsson	Graham Roland	November 16, 2012	3X7507	2.70[137]
95	8	"The Human Kind"	Dennis Smith	Alison Schapker	December 7, 2012	3X7508	2.71[138]
96	9	"Black Blotter"	Tommy Gormley	Kristin Cantrell	December 14, 2012	3X7509	3.12[139]
97	10	"Anomaly XB-6783746"	Jeffrey Hunt	David Fury	December 21, 2012	3X7510	3.02[140]
98	11	"The Boy Must Live"	Paul Holahan	Graham Roland	January 11, 2013	3X7511	2.44[141]
99	12	"Liberty"	P. J. Pesce	Alison Schapker	January 18, 2013	3X7512	3.28[142]
100	13	"An Enemy of Fate"	J. H. Wyman	J. H. Wyman	January 18, 2013	3X7513	3.28[142]

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55. Seidman, Robert (2009-02-03). "Super Bowl XLIII and American Idol lead weekly broadcast". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
56. Seidman, Robert (2009-02-10). "American Idol, Grammy Awards and 60 Minutes lead weekly viewing". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
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65. Seidman, Robert (2009-09-25). "Thursday broadcast finals, plus quarter hour detail for FlashForward". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
66. Seidman, Robert (2009-10-02). "Greys, Practice, CSI, Mentalist all a tick up in broadcast final, Leno Show down a tick". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
67. Seidman, Robert (2009-10-09). "Thursday broadcast finals: The Office, Bones, Grey's, Supernatural up; Community, Private Practice down a tick". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
68. Seidman, Robert (2009-10-16). "Broadcast Finals: Bones, The Office, Grey's Anatomy, The Mentalist up, Private Practice down a tick". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
69. Seidman, Robert (2009-11-06). "Broadcast Finals: Grey's, CSI, The Office, 30 Rock, The Mentalist, Bones up in finals". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
70. Seidman, Robert (2009-11-13). "Broadcast Finals: Grey's Anatomy, 30 Rock, The Office, CSI, The Mentalist up; The Vampire Diaries down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
71. Seidman, Robert (2009-11-25). "Thursday broadcast finals: Grey's Anatomy up; The Vampire Diaries, 30 Rock down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
72. Gorman, Bill (2009-12-04). "Thursday broadcast & cable finals: Flash Forward Down; Other Broadcast shows unchanged". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
73. Gorman, Bill (2009-12-11). "Broadcast Finals: Survivor, CSI, Mentalist, Community, Parks, Office, 30 Rock, Leno All Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
74. Seidman, Robert (2010-01-12). "Monday Broadcast Finals Plus Chuck Quarter Hour Detail". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
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76. Gorman, Bill (2010-01-22). "TV Ratings Thursday: Deep End Underwater; Bones High; CSI, Mentalist, Grey's Series Lows". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
77. Gorman, Bill (2010-01-29). "TV Ratings: Bones, Fringe, Vampire Diaries Up; The Deep End Sinks on Topsy Turvy Thursday". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
78. Gorman, Bill (2010-02-05). "Thursday Broadcast Final Ratings; Vampire Diaries, Community Tick Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
79. Seidman, Robert (2010-04-02). "TV Ratings: Fringe Frustrated; FlashForward Fizzles; CBS Flip-Flop Falters". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
80. Gorman, Bill (2010-04-09). "Thursday Broadcast Finals: Survivor, Bones, Vampire Diaries Adjusted Up; CSI Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
81. Gorman, Bill (2010-04-16). "Thursday Broadcast Finals: "Vampire Diaries", "Survivor", "Bones" Adjusted Up; "CSI" Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
82. Gorman, Bill (2010-04-23). "Thursday Broadcast Finals: Vampire Diaries, Supernatural Adjusted Up; Community, Office Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
83. Seidman, Robert (2010-04-30). "Thursday Finals FlashForward, Survivor, Bones Adjusted Up; Community, Parks & Rec, Private Practice Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
84. Seidman, Robert (2010-05-07). "Thursday Finals: "Survivor," "Bones," Adjusted Up; "30 Rock" Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
85. Gorman, Bill (2010-05-14). "Thursday Finals: Survivor, Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Mentalist, Community Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
86. Gorman, Bill (2010-05-21). "Grey's Anatomy Rules Finale Thursday; Bones, FlashForward, CSI, Parks, 30 Rock, Ref Rise". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
87. Seidman, Robert (2010-09-24). "TV Ratings Thursday: 'The Big Bang Theory' Scores at 8pm; Grey's Anatomy Tops Night With Young Adults; My Generation Premiere Stalls". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
88. Gorman, Bill (2010-10-01). "Thursday Finals: Grey's Anatomy, Big Bang Theory, $#*! My Dad Says, CSI Adjusted Up; Vampire Diaries, Private Practice, Apprentice Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
89. Seidman, Robert (2010-10-08). "Thursday Finals: Bones, Community, Grey's Anatomy, Big Bang Theory, $#*! My Dad Says, The Office Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
90. Gorman, Bill (2010-10-15). "Thursday Finals: The Big Bang Theory, $#*!, 30 Rock, The Office, Outsourced, Grey's Anatomy, Fringe All Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
91. Gorman, Bill (2010-11-05). "Thursday Final Ratings: Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Office, Vampire Diaries Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
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93. Seidman, Robert (2010-11-19). "Thursday Final Ratings: $#*! My Dad Says, 30 Rock, Outsourced Adjusted Down; The Office Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
94. Gorman, Bill (2010-12-03). "Thursday Final Ratings: Private Practice, Bones, Nikita Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
95. Gorman, Bill (2010-12-10). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Bones,' 'Fringe,' 'Community,' '30 Rock,' 'Office,' 'Apprentice' Adjusted Down; 'Big Bang Theory,' 'Walters: Oprah' Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
96. Seidman, Robert (2011-01-24). "Friday Final Ratings: Fringe Premiere, Medium Finale Unchanged". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
97. Gorman, Bill (2011-01-31). "Friday Final Ratings: 'Fringe' Follow-On Fine; '20/20' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
98. Seidman, Gorman (2011-02-07). "Friday Finals: No Adjustments for 'Fringe,' 'Supernatural,' 'Smallville' or Any Other Show's 18–49 Ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
99. Gorman, Bill (2011-02-14). "Friday Finals: 'CSI:NY' Adjusted Up; No Adjustment For 'Fringe,' 'Smallville,' 'Supernatural'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
100. Seidman, Robert (2011-02-22). "Friday Final Ratings: 'Blue Bloods' Falls; No Adjustments for 'Fringe,' 'Smallville' and 'Supernatural'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
101. Gorman, Bill (2011-02-28). "Friday Final Ratings: 'CSI:NY' Adjusted Up; No Adjustments For 'Fringe,' 'Supernatural,' 'Smallville'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
102. Gorman, Bill (2011-03-14). "Friday Final Ratings: 'Defenders,' 'CSI:NY,' 'Blue Bloods,' 'Supernanny' Adjusted Down; No Adjustment For 'Fringe'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
103. Seidman, Robert (2011-03-21). "Friday Final Ratings: 'Kitchen Nightmares' Adjusted Up, 'Fringe' Stays Down + NCAA Hoops". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
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106. Seidman, Robert (2011-04-25). "Friday Final Ratings: 'Smallville' Adjusted Up; 'Fringe' Stays at Series Low; 'Friday Night Lights' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
107. Gorman, Bill (2011-05-02). "Friday Final Ratings: 'Friday Night Lights,' Two Wedding Shows Adjusted Up; No Adjustments For 'Fringe,' 'Smallville,' 'Supernatural'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
108. Gorman, Bill (2011-05-09). "Friday Final Ratings: 'Supernatural,' 'CSI:NY' Adjusted Up, No Adjustments To 'Fringe'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
109. Gorman, Bill (2011-09-26). "Friday Final Broadcast TV Ratings: No Adults 18-49 Adjustments, Plus 'Fringe' & 'A Gifted Man' 15 min. Ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
110. Seidman, Robert (2011-10-03). "Friday Final Broadcast TV Ratings: 'CSI: NY,' 'Kitchen Nightmares' Adjusted Up; Sorry 'Fringe' Fans, No Adjustment for You". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
111. Gorman, Bill (2011-10-10). "Friday Final Broadcast TV Ratings: 'Kitchen Nightmares' Adjusted Up; No Adjustments To 'Fringe,' 'Nikita,' 'A Gifted Man' Or Any Other Originals". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
112. Seidman, Robert (2011-10-17). "Friday Final Broadcast TV Ratings: 'Blue Bloods,' 'Supernatural' Adjusted Up; 'Nikita,' 'A Gifted Man' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
113. Seidman, Robert (2011-11-07). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Chuck,' 'Supernatural' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
114. Gorman, Bill (2011-11-14). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Grimm' Adjusted Up; 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
115. Gorman, Bill (2011-11-21). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'CSI:NY,' 'Dateline: NBC' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
116. Gorman, Bill (2012-01-17). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Supernatural' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
117. Seidman, Robert (2012-01-23). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Kitchen Nightmares,' 'Supernatural' Repeat Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
118. Gorman, Bill (2012-01-30). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Dateline' Adjusted Up; 'Shark Tank' Adjusted Down; No Adjustments For 'Chuck' Finale Or 'Fringe'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
119. Seidman, Robert (2012-02-06). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Fringe,' 'Supernatural,' 'A Gifted Man,' 'Who Do You Think You Are?' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
120. Gorman, Bill (2012-02-13). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Supernatural,' 'A Gifted Man' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
121. Seidman, Robert (2012-02-21). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Nikita' Adjusted Down, 'Supernatural' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
122. Gorman, Bill (2012-02-27). "Friday Final TV Ratings: No Adjustments To 'Fringe,' 'Grimm' Or Any Other Original Episodes". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
123. Kondolojy, Amanda (2012-03-26). "Friday Final TV Ratings: Final NCAA Game Ratings; No Adjustments for 'Fringe', 'Nikita' or 'Supernatural'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
124. Bibel, Sara (2012-04-02). "Friday Final TV Ratings: No Adjustments for 'Fringe,' 'Grimm,' 'Nikita' or 'Supernatural'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
125. Bibel, Sara (2012-04-09). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'CSI:NY' Adjusted Up, 'Dateline' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
126. Bibel, Sara (2012-04-16). "Friday Final TV Ratings: No Adjustments for 'Fringe,' 'Grimm' or 'The Finder'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
127. Kondolojy, Amanda (2012-04-23). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Grimm', 'Supernatural' Adjusted Up; '20/20' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
128. Bibel, Sara (2012-04-30). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Supernatural', 'CSI:NY', 'Blue Bloods' Adjusted Up; 'Fringe' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
129. Kondolojy, Amanda (2012-05-07). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Shark Tank', 'Undercover Boss', 'Grimm', and 'CSI:NY' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
130. Bibel, Sara (2012-05-14). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Shark Tank', 'CSI:NY', 'Who Do You Think You Are' Adjusted Up; 'Primetime: What Would You Do?' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
131. Bibel, Sara (2012-10-01). "Friday Final TV Ratings: '20/20' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
132. Kondolojy, Amanda (2012-10-08). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Shark Tank' Adjusted Up, No Adjustments for 'Grimm', 'Fringe' or 'Made in Jersey'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
133. Bibel, Sara (2012-10-15). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Grimm' & 'Primetime: What Would You Do?' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
134. Bibel, Sara (2012-10-29). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Grimm, 'CSI: NY' & 'Blue Bloods' Adjusted Up, 'Dateline' & 'All Access Nashville' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
135. Kondolojy, Amanda (2012-11-05). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Last Man Standing' and 'Malibu Country' Adjusted Up; 'Fringe' and 'Nikita' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
136. Bibel, Sara (2012-11-12). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Malibu Country' Adjusted Up; 'Undercover Boss' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
137. Kondolojy, Amanda (2012-11-19). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Undercover Boss' & 'Malibu Country' Adjusted Up; 'America's Next Top Model' Special Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
138. Bibel, Sara (2012-12-10). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Last Man Standing' & 'CSI: NY' Adjusted Up; '20/20' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
139. Kondolojy, Amanda (2012-12-17). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Prancer Returns' Adjusted Down, No Adjustments for 'Last Man Standing', 'Malibu Country' or 'Fringe'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
140. Bibel, Sara (2012-12-24). "Friday Final TV Ratings: No Adjustments to 'Fringe', 'Dateline' or 'Back to the Beginning'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2012-12-24.
141. Kondolojy, Amanda (2013-01-14). "Friday Final TV Ratings: No Adjustments for 'Fringe', 'Shark Tank' or 'Last Man Standing'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
142. Bibel, Sara (2013-01-22). "Friday Final TV Ratings: 'Fringe' Finale and 'Malibu Country' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2013-01-23.

Works cited

• Cochran, Tanya R.; Ginn, Sherry; Zinder, Paul (2014). "Introduction". In Cochran, Tanya R.; Ginn, Sherry; Zinder, Paul. The Multiple Worlds of Fringe: Essays on the J.J. Abrams Science Fiction Series. McFarland. pp. 1–12. ISBN 0-78647-567-6.
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• Porter, Lynnette; Lavery, David (2010). Lost's Buried Treasures: The Unofficial Guide to Everything Lost Fans Need to Know. Sourcebooks. ASIN B003V4BPLA.
• Stuart, Sarah Clarke (2011). Into the Looking Glass: Exploring the Worlds of Fringe. ECW Press. ISBN 1-77041-051-1.

External links

• List of Fringe episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of Fringe episodes at TV.com
• Fringe at epguides.com