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Fringe Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2012 - 2013
The fifth and final season of Fringe takes place in the year 2036, following a successful attempt by the Observers to take control of the earth in 2015. The surviving humans are ruled by an Orwellian government, though an underground resistance is building just out of their sight, with Walter (John Noble), Olivia (Anna Torv), Etta (Georgina Haig), and Peter (Joshua Jackson) as key players.
Episode 1
Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 43 mins
In the Season 5 premiere, Peter and Etta search for Olivia in 2036 as the Fringe team, released from amber after 20 years, joins the rebellion to halt the Observers' world dominance.
Episode 2
In Absentia
Fri, Oct 5, 2012 43 mins
Members of the Fringe team go to Walter's former lab at Harvard looking for crucial information that could aid their current rebellion against the Observer overlords.
Episode 3
The Recordist
Fri, Oct 12, 2012 43 mins
As their battle with the Observers rages on, the Fringe team find themselves in a forest populated by a group of people dedicated to recording the history of mankind.
Episode 4
The Bullet That Saved the World
Fri, Oct 26, 2012 43 mins
The Fringe team wonder if a recently resurfaced Broyles can be trusted when they find themselves in hostile territory.
Episode 5
An Origin Story
Fri, Nov 2, 2012 43 mins
A member of the Fringe team makes a surprising move as they respond to catastrophic occurrences.
Episode 6
Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There
Fri, Nov 9, 2012 43 mins
A team member assumes a new role, while Walter searches for a vital object to help in the fight against the Observers.
Episode 7
Five-Twenty-Ten
Fri, Nov 16, 2012 43 mins
A Fringe event is created by a member of the team as the rebellion reaches a new level of intensity.
Episode 8
The Human Kind
Fri, Dec 7, 2012 43 mins
Peter's observation of Windmark puts him in grave danger; Olivia goes on a mission to find equipment for Walter, and meets a woman with remarkable intuition.
Episode 9
Black Blotter
Fri, Dec 14, 2012 40 mins
Walter uses an LSD experience to jog his memory about a plan to beat the Observers. Meanwhile, Peter and Olivia follow a strange signal into the forest, but the trail leads to a shocking scene.
Episode 10
Anomaly XB-6783746
Fri, Dec 21, 2012 40 mins
The team call on Nina Sharp to help devise a plan to defeat the Observers, but time is running out in their quest to save the world.
Episode 11
The Boy Must Live
Fri, Jan 11, 2013 43 mins
Walter goes into the deprivation tank with the goal of learning more about the mysterious figure called Donald; Capt. Windmark sets out on a crucial mission.
Episode 12
Liberty
Fri, Jan 18, 2013 43 mins
Olivia hatches a plan to rescue Michael from Windmark, but it will require multiple injections of Cortexiphan to allow her to cross over to the parallel universe and back several times.
Episode 13
An Enemy of Fate
Fri, Jan 18, 2013 43 mins
In the series finale, the Fringe team prepare for their final battle with the Observers, with the fate of mankind at stake.
