Fringe
Fringe: How Did It All Begin?
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Aired: 4/23/09 Runtime: 03:09
Series co-creator/executive producer J.J. Abrams talks with series co-creators/consulting producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman about the conception of "Fringe" as a sci-fi show based on characters and choosing the name "Massive Dynamic."
Category: Science Fiction

Show Description
From J.J. Abrams ("Lost"), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the team behind "Star Trek," "Mission: Impossible III" and "Alias," comes a new drama that will thrill, terrify and explore the blurring line between science fiction and reality. When an international flight lands at Boston's Logan Airport and the passengers and crew have all died grisly deaths, FBI Special Agent OLIVIA DUNHAM (newcomer Anna Torv) is called in to investigate. After her partner, Special Agent JOHN SCOTT (Mark Valley, "Boston Legal"), is nearly killed during the investigation, a desperate Olivia searches frantically for someone to help, leading her to DR. WALTER BISHOP (John Noble, "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"), our generation's Einstein. There's only one catch: he's been institutionalized for the last 20 years, and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son PETER (Joshua Jackson, "Dawson's Creek") in to help. When Olivia's investigation leads her to manipulative corporate executive NINA SHARP (Blair Brown, "Altered States"), our unlikely trio along with fellow FBI Agents PHILLIP BROYLES (Lance Reddick, "The Wire"), CHARLIE FRANCIS (Kirk Acevedo, "Oz") and ASTRID FARNSWORTH (Jasika Nicole, "Law & Order: Criminal Intent") will discover that what happened on Flight 627 is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth.


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Episode Runtime Air Date
Fringe at Comic-Con 03:12 6/25/11
All Bets Are Off 04:39 5/19/11
How We've Grown 04:41 5/19/11
Was There Always a Plan? 04:17 5/19/11
How Much Feedback Do You Consider? 04:11 5/19/11
How Do We Get You More Emmys? 04:09 5/19/11
English As a Second Language 03:31 5/19/11
We Have the Best Fans 03:50 5/19/11
It’s a Show About Choices 03:21 5/19/11
What Do People Root for? 04:32 5/19/11
Two Bites Are Better Than One 05:02 5/19/11
You Guys Won! 03:53 5/19/11
Anna Torv and John Noble On the Life of an Actor 06:02 5/17/11
Anna Torv and John Noble On Fans Around the World 05:23 5/17/11
John Noble On the Friday Night Time Slot 04:42 5/17/11
Anna Torv and John Noble On Their Fellow Cast Members 05:10 5/17/11
Most Embarrassing Moments 05:29 5/17/11
Shooting a Musical and Becoming Cartoons 04:32 5/17/11
Funny Moments On the Set 04:50 5/17/11
Creating Authentic American Accents 04:56 5/17/11
Creating Characters in the Alternate Universe 04:46 5/17/11
Reading the Pilot and Auditioning from Australia 04:17 5/17/11
How Did It All Begin? 03:09 4/23/09
Creating a Series of Engaging and Stand-Alone Shows 04:11 4/23/09
The Character of Walter Bishop 04:06 4/23/09
Fringe in German 01:44 4/23/09
The Sixties and Themes of Fringe 05:26 4/23/09
The Purpose of the Cow 04:31 4/23/09
Casting Blair Brown and Leonard Nimoy 04:44 4/23/09
The Science Must Be Grounded in Reality 01:28 4/23/09
Allowing the Absurdity and Growing the Audience 03:31 4/23/09
Developing Olivia and Peter As Characters 06:00 4/23/09