Fringe (2008– )

A television drama centered around a female FBI agent who is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.

Creators:

J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci

Stars:

Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 13 wins & 55 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Anna Torv	...	Olivia Dunham (100 episodes, 2008-2013)
Joshua Jackson	...	Peter Bishop (100 episodes, 2008-2013)
Jasika Nicole	...	Astrid Farnsworth (100 episodes, 2008-2013)
John Noble	...	Dr. Walter Bishop (100 episodes, 2008-2013)
Lance Reddick	...	Phillip Broyles (90 episodes, 2008-2013)
Blair Brown	...	Nina Sharp (90 episodes, 2008-2012)

Storyline

The FBI teams up with a formerly-institutionalized scientist - who was performing experiments on the fringe of real science - and his son to investigate weird crimes that are seemingly part of a larger pattern, and may be connected with a global company called Massive Dynamic.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | fbi | cover up | fbi agent | suspense | 

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Taglines:

Question the Answers

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 September 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

A rejtély

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television, FB2 Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

When they started to write the alternate universe Olivia character, the show's writers referred to her among themselves as "Bolivia," because they considered the original Olivia to be the one from the "A-plot," and so the alternate universe Olivia was from the "B-plot" - "B-Olivia" (Bolivia is also the name of a country in South America). However, this name did not catch on among the fans, who quickly started calling her "Fauxlivia" (from the French word for "false") instead.

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Goofs

Most shots of "Harvard" are actually Yale Univ. Mostly cross campus courtyard and Old campus courtyard.

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Connections

Referenced in Conan: President Bjork Saves the Day (2011)

User Reviews

Love this show

Yes the show has to grow, but they have done a terrific job on it. If anyone wants more insight into the show please go to youtube and look for the ComicCon footage. I am one of the lucky few who go to go to the Q&A for Fringe. They were an awesome group. As to the people who are saying it is a Rip off of X-Files get a life. X-Files was not even original, hello Kolchek, the Night Stalker. Even though it wasn't the FBI it was very much an early X-Files.

One person at the Con asked where the writers got their ideas and they said things like Scientific America and other scientific magazines and publications. Also, they have a neuro-scientist consultant on the show as well as consulting with JPL, CERN, MIT and other science organizations. They are really trying to be smart about the show. For the person who complained about John Nobles accent, well he has a really thick New Zealand accent and he was trying to go for that Professor type accent from when he was in college. Also, JJ Abrams has not had anything to do with Lost since season 1. He is only on the credits as creator. Anyway, go see the footage from the Comic-Con and you may get a better understanding of the actors and the show in general.