Fringe: Season 2
Fringe Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 23 episodes. The series features FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist, and is created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci. The science fiction television drama and mystery series stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, and Jasika Nicole. The production is associated with the team behind Star Trek, Mi
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series is created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci.
- The main cast includes Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, and Jasika Nicole.
- The narrative features FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham and a brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist.
- The show is a science fiction television series that premiered on Fox.
Season overview
Fringe Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 23 episodes. The series features FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist, and is created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci. The science fiction television drama and mystery series stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, and Jasika Nicole. The production is associated with the team behind Star Trek, Mission: Impossible III, and Alias, and premiered on Fox. The narrative unfolds as part of the broader television series run from 2008 to 2013, continuing the exploration of fringe science cases and mysteries handled by the FBI division with the involvement of the core characters.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
A New Day in the Old Town
Sep 17, 2009
An amnesiac Olivia makes her return from the parallel universe, while Walter, Pete, and Junior Agent Amy Jessup investigate the mysterious death of a man found with puncture holes
Night of Desirable Objects
Sep 24, 2009
A highway construction worker is the seventh in a series of mysterious disappearances in Lansdale, PA. The team come to investigate and finds traces of a mysterious paralytic. Mean
Fracture
Oct 1, 2009
When an American officer who served in Iraq blows up in a Philadelphia train station, the Fringe Division investigates and determines that something turned the man into a living bo
Momentum Deferred
Oct 8, 2009
Olivia begins to regain her memories of her encounter with William Bell. Meanwhile, the "First Wave" tries to collect the head of their leader, and the traitor makes his move.
Dream Logic
Oct 15, 2009
A man in Seattle goes berserk, attacking his boss and claiming his victim is a demon. After the killer dies of what appears to be exhaustion, the Fringe Division discover it's only
Earthling
Nov 5, 2009
Human beings are reduced to ash statues and Broyles realizes that the same person responsible murdered five other persons four years ago... a case that he never solved.
Of Human Action
Nov 12, 2009
Two men kidnap a teenage boy using mind control abilities. The boy's father works for Massive Dynamic but Nina insists that the company hasn't been developing mind control, and has
August
Nov 19, 2009
The Observer chooses to do something other than observe, abducting a college student. However, when the Fringe team investigates, they discover that there is more than one Observer
Snakehead
Dec 3, 2009
A Chinese Triad is using illegal aliens to breed parasitic worms that eventually kill their hosts. When a ship runs aground, Fringe Division learns of the operation and tries to lo
Grey Matters
Dec 10, 2009
The First Wave breaks into a mental hospital and cures a long-term patient suffering from schizophrenia. When the Fringe team investigates, Olivia discovers that the group's leader
Unearthed
Jan 11, 2010
A teenage girl pronounced brain dead wakes up in the middle of the operation to remove her organs... speaking numbers in Russian. When the Navy confirms that the numbers are nuclea
Johari Window
Jan 14, 2010
A state trooper picks up a runaway boy, but when he undergoes a strange transformation, three murders result. The Fringe team is called in to investigate and discover that a small
What Lies Below
Jan 21, 2010
A Dutch industrial consultant arrives for an appointment and dies in a painful explosion of blood. Olivia and Peter arrive on the scene first and discover that the blood contains a
The Bishop Revival
Jan 28, 2010
When all of the groom's relatives asphyxiate at a wedding, the Fringe division investigates and quickly ascertain that a human agency is responsible. Walter realizes that the formu
Jacksonville
Feb 4, 2010
The arrival of a building from the alternate Earth causes massive death and destruction to those occupying the site at its arrival. Walter soon realizes that to equalize the balanc
Peter
Apr 1, 2010
Walter explains to Olivia how Peter came from the alternate universe, and how he was willing to risk everything to save his son.
Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.
Apr 8, 2010
A healthy woman dies of rapid-onset cancer in a matter of minutes, and the Fringe team is called in to investigate. The killer has connections to Jacksonville... and Olivia is a po
White Tulip
Apr 15, 2010
When the passengers on a commuter train all die instantly of massive power loss, the team realizes that a time traveler is responsible... and that it may be impossible to apprehend
The Man From The Other Side
Apr 22, 2010
Two teenagers turn up dead and evidence indicates that shapeshifters have borrowed their forms for some special mission. While the Fringe team tries to track them down, Peter grows
Brown Betty
Apr 29, 2010
When Peter disappears, Walter seeks solace in marijuana. In that state of mind, he and Astrid babysit Olivia's niece Ella, and Walter tells her a fairy tale of a gentle inventor, a
Northwest Passage
May 6, 2010
In Noyo County, Washington, Peter stumbles across a grisly murder with ties to Newton and First Wave. He is forced to team up with a suspicious sheriff to get to the heart of the c
Over There (1)
May 13, 2010
When Walter discovers that Peter has traveled to the alternate universe, he and Olivia gather three cortexiphan children with the ability to transition safely between the two Earth
Over There (2)
May 20, 2010
Walternate asks Peter to help complete the device, while the fugitives Walter and Olivia are reunited with William Bell. Meanwhile, the alternate world's Fringe Division closes in