Episode
Fringe: August
Overview
The Observer chooses to do something other than observe, abducting a college student. However, when the Fringe team investigates, they discover that there is more than one Observer.. in both time and space.
Details
- Series
- Fringe
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2009-11-19
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
August is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Fringe. It aired on 2009-11-19. The runtime is 44 min.
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