The New Mulder and Scully Fringe Fox, Tuesdays, 8 p.m.

Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek), John Noble (The Lord of the Rings)

The premise: Torv's hottie FBI agent teams with a fresh-from-a-mental-hospital scientist (Noble) and his rebellious son (Jackson) to investigate a series of paranormal incidents known as "the Pattern."

They say: "It's the sort of show I would want to watch — inspired by David Cronenberg movies, The Twilight Zone and Altered States," says executive producer J.J. Abrams (Lost, Felicity, Alias). And you won't get, um, lost if you skip an episode: "You want the door to be open for viewers."

We say: It's about time for a new X-Files — and the sharply written, bracingly gory Fringe is our pick. Non-geeks can ignore the conspiracy and peep the Jackson-Torv chemistry — Pacey and Joey had nothing on this.

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