15 Best Episodes Of Fringe, Ranked

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BY KIRA DESHLER/JULY 13, 2022 4:39 PM EDT

When you first start watching the Fox series "Fringe," the general contours of the show might feel familiar. A logical FBI agent, Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv) teams up with a charming genius, Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson), and his zany scientist father, Walter (John Noble), in order to solve the FBI's most mysterious cases. Under the moniker of the Fringe Division, Olivia and the team do their best to explain the unexplainable, all while trying to keep the public from finding out what they know.

Season 1 of "Fringe" feels very much like a sci-fi procedural a la "The X-Files" –- Mulder and Scully dynamic and all -– but longtime fans know the show becomes much more than that as the seasons wear on. Alternative universes, time travel, and telekinesis are just a few of the phenomena that crop up over the series' run, changing the very fabric of the world these characters live in.

It's a brilliant show, and, unlike other shows of its kind, it only got more compelling, even as the otherworldly phenomena therein become increasingly complex. At the core of the story is the heartbreaking, awe-inspiring relationship between Peter and Olivia, as well as the complicated relationship Walter has with his son. In celebration of its greatness, we thought we'd take a look at some of the fan-favorite episodes from the series, which span all of its five seasons. Keep reading to discover our ranking of the very best "Fringe" episodes, quantified using the highly scientific calculation of IMDb user ratings.