Joshua Jackson is headed for the fringes of TV — J.J. Abrams’ upcoming sci-fi show Fringe, to be exact. The former Dawson’s Creek star has joined the Abrams show, about FBI agents investigating paranormal and unexplainable whatevers.

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Jackson — best known as wise-cracking Pacey from Dawson’s Creek — will play a member of a unit investigating sci-fi mysteries; the gang also includes his gifted yet possibly insane scientist dad with whom he clashes (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’s John Noble) and an FBI agent (Australian actress Anna Torv).

If this review of the Fringe pilot is true (and truthfully, they’ve always been right before, so I believe them), Jackson’s character will be first seen in Iraq, where Anna Torv’s FBI agent recruits him to bust his mad scientist pop out of a hospital for the criminally insane. I’m guessing Jackson will end up being Torv’s love interest?