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 of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
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The peak run. Top 40% of seasons by average rating — consecutive, with an average of 8.30.
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Anna Torv
Olivia Dunham
Joshua Jackson
Peter Bishop
Jasika Nicole
Astrid Farnsworth
John Noble
Walter Bishop
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20 episodes • 2008Avg: 8.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Sep 9, 2008 | 8.1 |
| 2 | The Same Old Story | Sep 16, 2008 | 7.6 |
| 3 | The Ghost Network | Sep 23, 2008 | 7.7 |
| 4 | The Arrival | Sep 30, 2008 | 8.1 |
| 5 | Power Hungry | Oct 14, 2008 | 7.4 |
| 6 | The Cure | Oct 21, 2008 | 7.6 |
| 7 | In Which We Meet Mr. Jones | Nov 11, 2008 | 7.9 |
| 8 | The Equation | Nov 18, 2008 | 7.8 |
| 9 | The Dreamscape | Nov 25, 2008 | 7.8 |
| 10 | Safe | Dec 2, 2008 | 8.5 |
| 11 | Bound | Jan 20, 2009 | 8.3 |
| 12 | The No-Brainer | Jan 27, 2009 | 7.5 |
| 13 | The Transformation | Feb 3, 2009 | 8.1 |
| 14 | Ability | Feb 10, 2009 | 8.6 |
| 15 | Inner Child | Apr 7, 2009 | 8.1 |
| 16 | Unleashed | Apr 14, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 17 | Bad Dreams | Apr 21, 2009 | 8.4 |
| 18 | Midnight | Apr 28, 2009 | 7.8 |
| 19 | The Road Not Taken | May 5, 2009 | 8.6 |
| 20 | There's More Than One of Everything | May 12, 2009 | 9.1 |
23 episodes • 2009Avg: 8.2
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A New Day in the Old Town | Sep 17, 2009 | 8.4 |
| 2 | Night of Desirable Objects | Sep 24, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 3 | Fracture | Oct 1, 2009 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Momentum Deferred | Oct 8, 2009 | 8.6 |
| 5 | Dream Logic | Oct 15, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 6 | Earthling | Nov 5, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 7 | Of Human Action | Nov 12, 2009 | 7.8 |
| 8 | August | Nov 19, 2009 | 8.8 |
| 9 | Snakehead | Dec 3, 2009 | 7.7 |
| 10 | Grey Matters | Dec 10, 2009 | 8.7 |
| 11 | Unearthed | Jan 11, 2010 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Johari Window | Jan 14, 2010 | 7.6 |
| 13 | What Lies Below | Jan 21, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 14 | The Bishop Revival | Jan 28, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 15 | Jacksonville | Feb 4, 2010 | 8.9 |
| 16 | Peter | Apr 1, 2010 | 9.4 |
| 17 | Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver. | Apr 8, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 18 | White Tulip | Apr 15, 2010 | 9.2 |
| 19 | The Man From The Other Side | Apr 22, 2010 | 8.6 |
| 20 | Brown Betty | Apr 29, 2010 | 6.8 |
| 21 | Northwest Passage | May 6, 2010 | 8.3 |
| 22 | Over There (1) | May 13, 2010 | 8.9 |
| 23 | Over There (2) | May 20, 2010 | 9.2 |
22 episodes • 2010Avg: 8.3Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | Sep 23, 2010 | 8.6 |
| 2 | The Box | Sep 30, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 3 | The Plateau | Oct 7, 2010 | 8.5 |
| 4 | Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep? | Oct 14, 2010 | 8.3 |
| 5 | Amber 31422 | Nov 4, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 6 | 6955 kHz | Nov 11, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 7 | The Abducted | Nov 18, 2010 | 8.6 |
| 8 | Entrada | Dec 2, 2010 | 9.0 |
| 9 | Marionette | Dec 9, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 10 | The Firefly | Jan 21, 2011 | 8.4 |
| 11 | Reciprocity | Jan 28, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 12 | Concentrate and Ask Again | Feb 4, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 13 | Immortality | Feb 11, 2011 | 7.8 |
| 14 | 6B | Feb 18, 2011 | 8.2 |
| 15 | Subject 13 | Feb 25, 2011 | 8.4 |
| 16 | Os | Mar 11, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 17 | Stowaway | Mar 18, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 18 | Bloodline | Mar 25, 2011 | 8.1 |
| 19 | Lysergic Acid Diethylamide | Apr 15, 2011 | 8.6 |
| 20 | 6:02 AM EST | Apr 22, 2011 | 8.3 |
| 21 | The Last Sam Weiss | Apr 29, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 22 | The Day We Died | May 6, 2011 | 9.0 |
22 episodes • 2011Avg: 8.2
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither Here Nor There | Sep 23, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 2 | One Night in October | Sep 30, 2011 | 8.1 |
| 3 | Alone in the World | Oct 7, 2011 | 7.7 |
| 4 | Subject 9 | Oct 14, 2011 | 8.1 |
| 5 | Novation | Nov 4, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 6 | And Those We've Left Behind | Nov 11, 2011 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Wallflower | Nov 18, 2011 | 7.6 |
| 8 | Back to Where You've Never Been | Jan 13, 2012 | 8.5 |
| 9 | Enemy of My Enemy | Jan 20, 2012 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Forced Perspective | Jan 27, 2012 | 7.9 |
| 11 | Making Angels | Feb 3, 2012 | 8.1 |
| 12 | Welcome to Westfield | Feb 10, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 13 | A Better Human Being | Feb 17, 2012 | 7.9 |
| 14 | The End of All Things | Feb 24, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 15 | A Short Story About Love | Mar 23, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 16 | Nothing As It Seems | Mar 30, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 17 | Everything in Its Right Place | Apr 6, 2012 | 8.1 |
| 18 | The Consultant | Apr 13, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Letters of Transit | Apr 20, 2012 | 8.9 |
| 20 | Worlds Apart | Apr 27, 2012 | 8.5 |
| 21 | Brave New World (1) | May 3, 2012 | 8.4 |
| 22 | Brave New World (2) | May 11, 2012 | 8.7 |
13 episodes • 2012Avg: 8.4
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11 | Sep 28, 2012 | 8.1 |
| 2 | In Absentia | Oct 5, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 3 | The Recordist | Oct 12, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 4 | The Bullet That Saved the World | Oct 26, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 5 | An Origin Story | Nov 2, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 6 | Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There | Nov 9, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Five-Twenty-Ten | Nov 16, 2012 | 8.4 |
| 8 | The Human Kind | Dec 7, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 9 | Black Blotter | Dec 14, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 10 | Anomaly XB-6783746 | Dec 21, 2012 | 8.9 |
| 11 | The Boy Must Live | Jan 11, 2013 | 8.6 |
| 12 | Liberty | Jan 18, 2013 | 8.9 |
| 13 | An Enemy of Fate | Jan 18, 2013 | 9.3 |
