The production team behind this series can be described as unprecedentedly powerful - in addition to J.J. Abrams (the creator of "Lost"), the show also invited the Hollywood golden writing-producer duo Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Transformers, Alias, Star Trek, Mission Impossible III). The renowned producer Alex Graves (Journeyman, The West Wing) will also join the series. The first episode of the series is 90 minutes long and cost a staggering $10 million, with subsequent episodes potentially costing $2 million each. This is a key series that FOX Television Network has heavily invested in this year, and it's also the most expensive new series for the 2008-2009 broadcast season so far.
The story mainly revolves around young FBI agent Olivia Warren (played by Anna Torv), who is assigned to join the secret department codenamed Fringe, where she collaborates with the enigmatic scientist Walter Bishop (played by John Noble) to investigate a series of supernatural phenomena that cannot be explained by science. As these phenomena escalate, they gradually discover that some of the problems may have been caused by Walter Bishop's own research, while more issues are tied to the secretive top-tier research institution Prometheus Corporation... The truth is revealed bit by bit, but the secrets run deeper and deeper...