J.J. Abrams’ Fringe was one of the most anticipated shows of 2008, not only because of Abrams’ name attached to it, but because of the sci-fi elements, it was probably expensive as hell to make. So how did it do when it debuted yesterday with a 90-minute pilot? Well, okay, but not great. The pilot pulled in 9 million viewers, which is average, but not nearly the double-digit numbers FOX was probably hoping for. If the numbers don’t go up with each new episode, you are probably looking at a very short life for Fringe.

But until then, here are promo images and loglines from the next two episodes:

1.02 “Same Old Story”:

Olivia, along with Peter and Walter Bishop, investigates the strange death of a woman who had an even stranger child. The woman was pregnant for only hours, yet the baby she birthed was fully developed - and also aged eighty years in the span of a few minutes. Olivia asks Nina Sharp of Massive Dynamic for help.

1.03 “Ghost Network”:

A man who has visions of the future is introduced. He sees a pattern-related terror attack and the team, led by Dr. Bishop, tries to prevent this event from occurring.