Fringe Season 5 Episode Guide
Season 5 has 13 episodes, from September 28, 2012 to January 18, 2013. Descriptions stay brief and spoiler-light.
Episode 1: Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11
Airdate: September 28, 2012
Description: Picking up from the ominous events of last season's Letters of Transit, the year is 2036 and the Observers rule is absolute.
Episode 2: In Absentia
Airdate: October 5, 2012
Description: Determined to retrieve the plan to defeat the Observers from his memory, Walter Bishop tries again with the Thought Unifier to little avail.
Episode 3: The Recordist
Airdate: October 12, 2012
Description: As the rogue Fringe team continues to fight off the oppressive Observers' invasion, unforeseen events lead them to a forest in rural Pennsylvania, where they encounter a strange subculture of people devoted to recording human history.
Episode 4: The Bullet that Saved the World
Airdate: October 26, 2012
Description: As an act of kindness by Peter draws unwanted attention to Etta, Walter discovers the whereabouts of the second component to the Observers' downfall, forcing the team into a hostile and heavily guarded location.
Episode 5: An Origin Story
Airdate: November 2, 2012
Description: As the Fringe team reacts to a devastating loss, a key member resorts to extreme and brutal measures to exact revenge upon the Observers, and to find a way to defeat them by any means necessary.
Episode 6: Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There
Airdate: November 9, 2012
Description: Olivia reaches out to Peter to mourn their loss together, but grows increasingly concerned with his distant behavior.
Episode 7: Five-Twenty-Ten
Airdate: November 16, 2012
Description: In their continued mission to save the world, the rogue Fringe team reaches out to Nina Sharp to help complete the next step of Walter's plan.
Episode 8: The Human Kind
Airdate: December 7, 2012
Description: Olivia travels to the town of Fitchburg, looking to recover a key piece of equipment for Walter, where she encounters an intuitive and oracle-like woman named Simone.
Episode 9: Black Blotter
Airdate: December 14, 2012
Description: In attempt to recall a plan to defeat the Observers, Walter takes an LSD trip down memory lane.
Episode 10: Anomaly XB-6783746
Airdate: December 21, 2012
Description: As Windmark continues his investigation into the location of the rogue Fringe team; the team find themselves rapidly running out of time to save the world.
Episode 11: The Boy Must Live
Airdate: January 11, 2013
Description: With Michael having revealed the origins of the mysterious figure, Donald, Walter enters the deprivation tank in an attempt to uncover critical information hidden in his subconscious.
Episode 12: Liberty
Airdate: January 18, 2013
Description: In a final bid to save their world from the Observers, the Fringe team engages a desperate plan as Olivia embarks on a dangerous and otherworldly journey into the unknown.
Episode 13: An Enemy of Fate
Airdate: January 18, 2013
Description: While Captain Windmark interrogates Broyles about the intentions of the Fringe team, Donald seeks help from an old friend as he attempts to finish plan to save the world.