1x02: The Same Old Story
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fringe_rewatchToday's episode: 1x02, "The Same Old Story."
Oh, you say the sweetest things.
Only to you, Charlie.
(Dialogue not from above scene)
Writer: J. J. Abrams, Jeff Pinkner, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Director: Paul Edwards
Originally aired: September 16, 2008
Synopsis:
A woman conceives, carries to full-term and births a baby in the span of minutes, dying in the process; the baby dies after aging 80 years in three hours. This leads the investigators on a search for a serial killer harvesting brain parts for his own survival and raises questions about biotech cloning of 'cultivated soldiers'. (from Fringepedia)
Hey, everyone, it's the pregnancy horror episode! Good to get this theme out of the way quickly...at least until season 3. (Callbacks: "The Abducted" and "Bloodline"; Penrose's name comes up in "Of Human Action.")
Most Memorable Quote:
BROYLES: Thank you all for convening at this late hour. Forty-three minutes ago, we were alerted to an incident at the Wallace Bromley Medical Center. While the details are still coming in, it appears to be another anomaly whose mysteries and origins remains the sole purpose of this committee. I called you together tonight to introduce you to my new team, who will now be responsible for investigating all these events. Hopefully, they will have more success than our last.
...where is all the fic about the previous team, I ask you.
Links:
Episode transcript
Seriable rewatch, commentary including links to previous rewatches
Polite Dissent, medical/science reviews.
Oh, you say the sweetest things.
Only to you, Charlie.
(Dialogue not from above scene)
Writer: J. J. Abrams, Jeff Pinkner, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Director: Paul Edwards
Originally aired: September 16, 2008
Synopsis:
A woman conceives, carries to full-term and births a baby in the span of minutes, dying in the process; the baby dies after aging 80 years in three hours. This leads the investigators on a search for a serial killer harvesting brain parts for his own survival and raises questions about biotech cloning of 'cultivated soldiers'. (from Fringepedia)
Hey, everyone, it's the pregnancy horror episode! Good to get this theme out of the way quickly...at least until season 3. (Callbacks: "The Abducted" and "Bloodline"; Penrose's name comes up in "Of Human Action.")
Most Memorable Quote:
BROYLES: Thank you all for convening at this late hour. Forty-three minutes ago, we were alerted to an incident at the Wallace Bromley Medical Center. While the details are still coming in, it appears to be another anomaly whose mysteries and origins remains the sole purpose of this committee. I called you together tonight to introduce you to my new team, who will now be responsible for investigating all these events. Hopefully, they will have more success than our last.
...where is all the fic about the previous team, I ask you.
Links:
Episode transcript
Seriable rewatch, commentary including links to previous rewatches
Polite Dissent, medical/science reviews.
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Date: 2014-04-06 04:23 am (UTC)I usually find the Olivia snark in these early episodes doesn't quite land right for me. It seemed like a part of the character that Anna Torv wasn't quite feeling, and gradually the writers stopped trying to make her do it. Which is why I find it strange that I love AltLivia's snark.