Episode
Fringe: The Firefly
Overview
An Observer makes contact with the Fringe Team to help rectify a mistake. Meanwhile, Walter befriends Roscoe Joyce, keyboardist for Walter's favorite 1970s band, "Violet Sedan Chair." Walter will learn the real reason the band broke up, and realize that the lives of these two men, who have never met before, overlap in strange and unexpected ways.
Details
- Series
- Fringe
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2011-01-21
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
The Firefly is Episode 10 in Season 3 of Fringe. It aired on 2011-01-21. The runtime is 44 min.
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