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The Best Episodes of Fringe Season 2

Every episode of Fringe Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Fringe Season 2!

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FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Fringe Season 2 Episode 1 - A New Day in the Old Town
    8.4/10(3019 votes)

    #1 - A New Day in the Old Town

    S2:E1

    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 in his palate. Meanwhile, Broyles defends the Fringe Division from a Senate subcommittee threatening to shut the organization down.

    Director:Akiva Goldsman
    Writers:Akiva Goldsman, J.J. Abrams

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  2. Fringe Season 2 Episode 2 - Night of Desirable Objects
    7.6/10(2575 votes)

    #2 - Night of Desirable Objects

    S2:E2

    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. Meanwhile, Walter tries to send frogs to an alternate reality and Olivia realizes her recent trip has altered her in ways she can barely understand.

    Director:Brad Anderson
    Writers:Jeff Pinkner, J. H. Wyman

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  3. Fringe Season 2 Episode 3 - Fracture
    7.8/10(2515 votes)

    #3 - Fracture

    S2:E3

    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 bomb. Peter and Olivia travel to Iraq to determine if Peter's contacts can shed some light on the situation.

    Director:Bryan Spicer
    Writer:David Wilcox

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  4. Fringe Season 2 Episode 4 - Momentum Deferred
    8.6/10(2685 votes)

    #4 - Momentum Deferred

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  5. Fringe Season 2 Episode 5 - Dream Logic
    7.6/10(2445 votes)

    #5 - Dream Logic

    S2:E5

    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 the first in a series of killings where the persons initiating the attacks were in a dreaming state while awake

    Director:Paul A. Edwards
    Writer:Josh Singer

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  6. Fringe Season 2 Episode 6 - Earthling
    7.6/10(2453 votes)

    #6 - Earthling

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Jon Cassar
    Writers:J. H. Wyman, Jeff Vlaming

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  7. Fringe Season 2 Episode 7 - Of Human Action
    7.8/10(2437 votes)

    #7 - Of Human Action

    S2:E7

    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 no idea who the two kidnappers are. The truth or falsehood of her statements are soon confirmed when Peter encounters the person responsible for the boy's abduction.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writers:Glen Whitman, Robert Chiappetta

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  8. Fringe Season 2 Episode 8 - August
    8.8/10(2848 votes)

    #8 - August

    S2:E8

    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.. in both time and space.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writers:Jeff Pinkner, J. H. Wyman

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  9. Fringe Season 2 Episode 9 - Snakehead
    7.7/10(2401 votes)

    #9 - Snakehead

    S2:E9

    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 locate a second ship before the passengers on it suffer a slow, agonizing death.

    Director:Paul Holahan
    Writer:David Wilcox

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  10. Fringe Season 2 Episode 10 - Grey Matters
    8.7/10(2606 votes)

    #10 - Grey Matters

    S2:E10

    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 has one of the heads stolen from cryogenic storage months earlier. Meanwhile, two other mental patients are cured of their schizophrenia and the team soon realize that something was taken from each patients' brain... and Walter holds the key to realizing what First Wave is after.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  11. Fringe Season 2 Episode 11 - Unearthed
    7.0/10(2549 votes)

    #11 - Unearthed

    S2:E11

    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 nuclear launch codes and a missing officer named Rusk knows them, the search is on for the missing man.

    Director:Frederick E. O. Toye
    Writers:Andrew Kreisberg, David H. Goodman

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  12. Fringe Season 2 Episode 12 - Johari Window
    7.6/10(2455 votes)

    #12 - Johari Window

    S2:E12

    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 town harbors a horrible secret.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writer:Josh Singer

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  13. Fringe Season 2 Episode 13 - What Lies Below
    8.1/10(2499 votes)

    #13 - What Lies Below

    S2:E13

    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 pathogen and everyone in the building may be contaminated. While Walter and Astrid work outside the quarantined building to create a cure, the virus develops unique characteristics that pose a danger to the entire world.

    Director:Deran Sarafian
    Writer:Jeff Vlaming

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  14. Fringe Season 2 Episode 14 - The Bishop Revival
    8.1/10(2480 votes)

    #14 - The Bishop Revival

    S2:E14

    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 formula for the toxin was based on research conducted by his father, Robert Bischoff, and that the killer isn't stopping with a single test of his lethal concoction.

    Director:Adam Davidson
    Writers:Glen Whitman, Robert Chiappetta

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  15. Fringe Season 2 Episode 15 - Jacksonville
    8.9/10(2943 votes)

    #15 - Jacksonville

    S2:E15

    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 balance between universes, another building will have to disappear... along with everyone inside it. The team's only chance is for Walter to activate Olivia's long-buried ability to distinguish objects from the other universe.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller

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  16. Fringe Season 2 Episode 16 - Peter
    9.4/10(4339 votes)

    #16 - Peter

    S2:E16

    Walter explains to Olivia how Peter came from the alternate universe, and how he was willing to risk everything to save his son.

    Director:David Straiton
    Writers:Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Josh Singer, J. H. Wyman

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  17. Fringe Season 2 Episode 17 - Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.
    8.0/10(2427 votes)

    #17 - Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.

    S2:E17

    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 potential victim. Meanwhile, Olivia tries to come to terms with her knowledge of Peter's origins.

    Director:Brad Anderson
    Writer:Matt Pitts

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  18. Fringe Season 2 Episode 18 - White Tulip
    9.2/10(4037 votes)

    #18 - White Tulip

    S2:E18

    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 him. Meanwhile, Walter writes a letter to Peter explaining his origins.

    Director:Thomas Yatsko
    Writers:J. H. Wyman, Jeff Vlaming

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  19. Fringe Season 2 Episode 19 - The Man From The Other Side
    8.6/10(2508 votes)

    #19 - The Man From The Other Side

    S2:E19

    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 increasingly suspicious of Walter's secretive behavior.

    Director:Jeffrey G. Hunt
    Writers:Josh Singer, Ethan Gross

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  20. Fringe Season 2 Episode 20 - Brown Betty
    6.8/10(3361 votes)

    #20 - Brown Betty

    S2:E20

    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 stolen glass heart, a detective looking for true love, and a mysterious group of bald men known as the Watchers.

    Director:Seith Mann
    Writers:Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, J. H. Wyman

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  21. Fringe Season 2 Episode 21 - Northwest Passage
    8.3/10(2559 votes)

    #21 - Northwest Passage

    S2:E21

    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 case. Meanwhile, Walter has trouble functioning without Peter, and worries he will be sent back to the mental institute.

    Director:Joe Chappelle
    Writers:Zack Stentz, Ashley Miller, Lilla Zuckerman, Nora Zuckerman

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  22. Fringe Season 2 Episode 22 - Over There (1)
    8.9/10(2791 votes)

    #22 - Over There (1)

    S2:E22

    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 Earths.

    Director:Akiva Goldsman
    Writers:Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, J. H. Wyman

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  23. Fringe Season 2 Episode 23 - Over There (2)
    9.2/10(3105 votes)

    #23 - Over There (2)

    S2:E23

    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 on the invaders, and Peter must make a life-shattering decision.

    Director:Akiva Goldsman
    Writers:Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, J. H. Wyman

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"A New Day in the Old Town" is the best rated episode of "Fringe" season 2. It scored 8.4/10 based on 3019 votes. Directed by Akiva Goldsman and written by Akiva Goldsman, J.J. Abrams, it aired on 9/17/2009. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Night of Desirable Objects".