Teleportation. Mind control. Invisibility. Astral projection. Mutation. Reanimation. Phenomena that exist on the Fringe of science unleash their strange powers in this thrilling series, co-created by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias), combining the grit of the police procedural with the excitement of the unknown. The story revolves around three unlikely colleagues – a beautiful young FBI agent, a brilliant scientist who’s spent the last 17 years in a mental institution and the scientist’s sardonic son – who investigate a series of bizarre deaths and disasters known as “the pattern.” Someone is using our world as an experimental lab. And all clues lead to Massive Dynamic, a shadowy global corporation that may be more powerful than any nation.
I liked season 1, and was into season 2 for a while. But then they did something very predictable and turned me off a little. I still have them all but haven't watched since it happened. I keep saying I will get around to it but am to busy.
The description in the deal does a pretty good job. The main characters are a female FBI agent, a smart but "lazy" con-manish guy, and his mentally insane scientist father. Premise but shortly FBI+Con+crazy scientist work to save the world from all sorts of crazy happenings with "Fringe" science. Things like the crazy experiments you heard about in the 40s-80s mind control, teleportation, mutations, and so on.