| "Safe" | |
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| Fringe episode | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Fringe_Safe_Man_in_Wall.jpg) Walter investigates the episode's case, which involves a man caught inside a wall while robbing a bank. | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Michael Zinberg |
| Written by | David H. Goodman Jason Cahill |
| Production code | 3T7659 |
| Original air date | December 2, 2008 |
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"Safe" is the tenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. It begins when a group uses technology to walk through a bank's wall and steal a safe deposit box. Its contents contain special equipment meant to ultimately break David Robert Jones (Jared Harris) out of his Frankfurt jail.
The episode was written by co-executive producer David H. Goodman and executive producer Jason Cahill, and was directed by Michael Zinberg. "Safe" featured guest starring performances from Harris, Chance Kelly (as Mitchell Loeb), James Frain (as Salman Kohl), and Michael Cerveris (as the Observer).
The episode first aired in the United States on December 2, 2008 on the Fox network. An estimated 8.54 million viewers watched "Safe", making it Fox's fourth most watched show of the week. It premiered to mostly positive reviews, with some believing it improved the entire season by providing more meaning to previous episode mysteries. IGN ranked it as the seventh best episode of the entire series in 2013.