Founded by Walter Bishop’s former lab partner, William Bell, Massive Dynamic is a multi-billion-dollar global technology conglomerate. Throughout Season 1, the company acts as both an ally and an antagonist. Nina Sharp, the executive director, keeps her cards close to her chest, making the audience question whether the company is trying to stop "The Pattern" or causing it. The ZFT Manifesto and Cortexiphan
Walter’s estranged son. Possessing a genius-level IQ but a history of illicit dealings, Peter is coerced by Olivia to act as Walter's legal guardian and translator. 🗂️ Fringe Season 1 Complete Episode Index
A passenger on a plane transforms into a horrific, monstrous beast.
The team tracks a man who possesses the involuntary ability to manipulate electricity and electronic devices.
– Olivia Dunham enlists Peter and Walter Bishop to save her partner/lover, John Scott, after a devastating attack, leading to the creation of the Fringe Division. fringe season 1 index link
: Olivia learns she was a subject in Walter and William Bell’s childhood experiments using the drug Cortexiphan, which granted her latent psychic abilities.
Here is a list of episodes from Season 1, along with a brief summary:
The team investigates a woman infected with a prehistoric strain of syphilis that requires her to consume human spinal fluid to survive.
Bodies are found completely drained of spinal fluid. The killer is a woman infected with an extinct strain of syphilis that forces her to consume fluid to survive. The Fringe Science: Extinct viral revival, bio-vampirism. Founded by Walter Bishop’s former lab partner, William
Season 1 introduces FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but institutionalized scientist Dr. Walter Bishop, and his estranged son, Peter Bishop. Together, they investigate "The Pattern"—a series of unexplained, fringe-science phenomena.
The team investigates experimental gene therapy leading to monstrous consequences.
A strange, metallic cylinder emerges from beneath a construction site.
This is your core Fringe season 1 index. Below is the complete list of episodes in broadcast order, including original airdates, story summaries, and essential "index links" (like Wikipedia and fan wikis) to dive deeper. The ZFT Manifesto and Cortexiphan Walter’s estranged son
Olivia begins slipping into the Alternate Universe (Over There) without realizing it. The ZFT manifesto is fully decoded. Episode 20: "There's More Than One of Everything"
: Criminals use technology to walk through walls to steal components of Walter's old teleportation device.
Olivia recruits Walter and Peter Bishop, re-opening Walter's old Harvard basement lab. Agent John Scott is revealed to be working with the terrorists. 2. "The Same Old Story"
In the first season of , FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is thrust into the world of "The Pattern"—a series of bizarre, scientifically impossible events occurring across the globe. To solve these cases, she recruits Dr. Walter Bishop
– Olivia questions a dying German prisoner via a mental link.