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Fringe

2008, TV Show

Seasons:

1
- There's More Than One of Everything (Original Airdate May 12, 2009)
- The Road Not Taken (Original Airdate May 5, 2009)
- Midnight (Original Airdate Apr 28, 2009)
- Bad Dreams (Original Airdate Apr 21, 2009)
- Unleashed (Original Airdate Apr 14, 2009)
- Inner Child (Original Airdate Apr 7, 2009)
- Ability (Original Airdate Feb 10, 2009)
- The Transformation (Original Airdate Feb 3, 2009)
- The No-Brainer (Original Airdate Jan 27, 2009)
- Bound (Original Airdate Jan 20, 2009)
- Safe (Original Airdate Dec 2, 2008)
- The Dreamscape (Original Airdate Nov 25, 2008)
- The Equation (Original Airdate Nov 18, 2008)
- In Which We Meet Mr. Jones (Original Airdate Nov 11, 2008)
- The Cure (Original Airdate Oct 21, 2008)
- Power Hungry (Original Airdate Oct 14, 2008)
- The Arrival (Original Airdate Sep 30, 2008)
- The Ghost Network (Original Airdate Sep 23, 2008)
- The Same Old Story (Original Airdate Sep 16, 2008)
- Pilot (Original Airdate Sep 9, 2008)
2
- Grey Matters (Original Airdate Dec 10, 2009)
- Snakehead (Original Airdate Dec 3, 2009)
- August (Original Airdate Nov 19, 2009)
- Of Human Action (Original Airdate Nov 12, 2009)
- Earthling (Original Airdate Nov 5, 2009)
- Dream Logic (Original Airdate Oct 15, 2009)
- Momentum Deferred (Original Airdate Oct 8, 2009)
- Fracture (Original Airdate Oct 1, 2009)
- Night of Desirable Objects (Original Airdate Sep 24, 2009)
- A New Day in the Old Town (Original Airdate Sep 17, 2009)

Fringe Episode: "The Equation"

Season 1, Episode 8

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Episode Synopsis: The circumstances surrounding a music prodigy's kidnapping cause Dr. Bishop to be reminded of a fellow inmate at St. Claire's, but Olivia's suggestion that he return to the hospital draws criticism from Peter. Original Air Date: Nov 18, 2008

Fringe Episode Recap: "The Equation"

Nov 19, 2008 11:14 PM ET
by Erin Fox
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Walter goes home again, or at least to St. Claire's asylum, this week to help solve a kidnapping case. The boy who was taken, as well as several others in the Fringe files, was a prodigy, and the people responsible for the kidnapping him used red and green flashing lights to distract and hypnotize their victims. Walter doesn't remember the details, but he's heard of this phenomena before. He, along with Peter and Olivia, must find those behind the kidnapping before the boy is driven mad, or killed. In other news, Olivia eats a doughnut (she is human!), Walter calls Astrid "lady" and drops his food obsession this week... read more

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Premiered: September 09, 2008

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Premise: A drama with sci-fi elements following the FBI probe of mysterious deaths aboard an airplane that landed at Boston's Logan Airport. But the deaths aboard Flight 627 are only the beginning of the story. Executive producers include J.J. Abrams ('Lost') and his 'Mission: Impossible III' co-screenwriters, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

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