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Fringe Division

The Fringe Division is part of a multi-agency task force under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security. The Division, staffed by at least two dozen, mostly FBI, agents, is led by Phillip Broyles. It is tasked with the mission of investigating a growing number of science-related crimes.


Tropes associated with the Fringe Division:

  • The Ace: Fringe Division is largely comprised of elite FBI agents.
  • Secret Police: Subverted, in that Fringe Division are actually the good guys.
  • Oddly Small Organization: In Season 3, the entirety of Fringe Division appears to be just three FBI agents (Olivia Dunham, Phillip Broyles, and Astrid Farnsworth), a mad scientist (Walter Bishop), a civilian with a rather varied skillset (Peter Bishop). The season three finale makes this even worse by retroactively removing Peter from the previous three seasons.
  • Police Are Useless: Pretty much everything that happens in the series, regular old police won't be able to handle it. Enter the Fringe Division.

Olivia Dunham

Olivia Dunham

"You so much as twitch, and you won't have a head left to refreeze."

Portrayed by Anna Torv

First Appearance: Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"

Olivia Dunham is the FBI special agent who was recruited by Philip Broyles to be part of the Fringe Division, a joint task-force comprised of the FBI and Homeland Security, where she is spearheading several investigations of paranormal events related to The Pattern, alongside Peter and Walter Bishop.


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Peter Bishop

Peter Bishop

Portrayed by Joshua Jackson

First Appearance: Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"

A con artist traveling the world, he was blackmailed by Olivia to act as Walter's guardian following his institution release. At first, he wanted everything to be over with as soon as possible, but quickly became involved with Fringe Division as a FBI consultant, and occasional badass.


Tropes associated with Peter:

Peter: You realise that that's a myth, right?

Peter: If you touch her again, I'll kill you.


Walter Bishop

Walter Bishop

Portrayed by John Noble

First Appearance: Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"

A brilliant all-knowing scientist who once worked with William Bell, Walter has spent the better part of two decades locked up in a maximum security mental institution. However, the John Scott case brought back a need for his services and has since then been working with Fringe Division.

He is now the current CEO of Massive Dynamic.

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Philip Broyles

Philip Broyles

Portrayed by Lance Reddick

First Appearance: Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"

A Homeland Security agent whose primary objective is to crack the mystery of the pattern, he's the direct head of the Fringe Division and heads up all of their investigations.


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Astrid Farnsworth

Astrid Farnsworth

Portrayed by Jasika Nicole

First Appearance: Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"

A young FBI Junior Grade agent, she works as Walter's lab assistant within Fringe Division.


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Charles Francis

Charles Francis

Portrayed by Kirk Acevedo

First Appearance: Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"

A long time FBI agent and close friend of Olivia's, Charlie has been kept out of the loop for some time following the John Scott incident. Recently, however he was made second-in-command of Fringe Division.

Was killed and replaced by one of the Shape Shifters.

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Gene

Gene

"Moo."

Portrayed by Cow

First Appearance: Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"

A cow requested by Walter upon reopening of his Harvard lab. Peter explains that since cows are genetically similar to humans, they are the next best thing for experiments. To date, however, not a single experiment was actually conducted on Gene, making her more of a team mascot instead of guinea pig.


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