The No-Brainer

"**The No-Brainer**"
"The No-Brainer"
Fringe episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 12
Directed by	John Polson
Written by	David H. Goodman ; Brad Caleb Kane
Production code	3T7661
Original air date	January 27, 2009
Guest appearances
	Chris Bauer as Brian Dempsey; Michael Gaston as Sanford Harris; Ari Graynor as Rachel Dunham; Lily Pilblad as Ella Blake; Mary Beth Peil as Jessica Warren; Noah Fleiss as Luke Dempsey; Gbenga Akinnagbe as Akim; Susan Elaine Knight as Cynthia Wiles; Mark Lotito as Paul Wiles; Jake O'Connor as Gregory Wiles; Michael Cerveris as the Observer;
Episode chronology
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"The No-Brainer" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by David H. Goodman and Brad Caleb Kane, and it was directed by John Polson.

It first aired in the United States on January 27, 2009, on the Fox Broadcasting Company.