FBI agent Olivia Dunham teams up with mad scientist Walter Bishop and his son Peter to solve crimes involving the paranormal of "fringe science." Many of these crimes are the results of experiments which seem to be linked to Massive Dynamic, a major corporation.

You can read individual episode summaries here: http://www.fringepedia.net/index.php?title=Season_1. However, I do highly recommend watching them as that really is the best way to get into the show. I think you should at least watch the first episode just to make sure that this is a show that you want to get into.

the first season is interoducing you to the charactersof the show and introducing you to what is fringe sience.its about paranormal experiments etc...its a great show.

honestly, why wouldn't u want to do that? its the most amazing first season of any series i've seen. and there is no one way to sum it up unless you look online for a summary of last season.but trust me you won't regret wacthing the first season

i also started to get into this show and i started with the pilot thats the best way to get caught up on everything