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"Fringe" The Same Old Story (2008)
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"Fringe" (2008)Original Air Date:
16 September 2008 (Season 1, Episode 2)Plot:
A woman gives birth to a baby which ages 80 years in just a few minutes and Olivia soon finds connection between the incident and a serial killer she had been chasing. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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First official case for the trio moreCast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)| Anna Torv | ... | Agent Olivia Dunham | |
| Joshua Jackson | ... | Peter Bishop | |
| Lance Reddick | ... | Agent Phillip Broyles | |
| Kirk Acevedo | ... | Agent Charlie Francis | |
| Blair Brown | ... | Nina Sharp | |
| Jasika Nicole | ... | Astrid Farnsworth | |
| Mark Valley | ... | John Scott | |
| John Noble | ... | Dr. Walter Bishop | |
| Derek Cecil | ... | Christopher | |
| Mark Blum | ... | Dr. Claus Penrose | |
| Betty Gilpin | ... | Loraine Daisy | |
| Elizabeth Stanley | ... | Stacy | |
| Carmen Goodine | ... | Amy | |
| Bernie McInerney | ... | Old Man Christopher | |
| Ty Jones | ... | Doctor |
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Plot holes: When Walter and Olivia are going through the files they find a connection to a Dr. Penrose. Olivia motions for Farnsworth to run a check on him. Farnsworth types in a search for "Dr. Claus Penrose". Neither Olivia or Walter had mentioned his first name though. moreQuotes:
Peter Bishop: [on cell phone] Walter, I'm with a woman in her mid 20's. She is going into cardiac arrest due to an overdose of anesthesia. Her heart just stopped.Dr. Walter Bishop: Do you have any cocaine?
Peter Bishop: Cocaine? No, I don't have any cocaine...
Dr. Walter Bishop: Oh - That's too bad. You'll have to shock her heart then.
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This second episode of 'Fringe' was in many ways worse than the first one, although first episode was a double episode which definitely suited episode's plot it was also better acted and interpreted than the second one. 'The Same Old Story' started off pretty weird and confusing, but as the story progressed i saw many similarities that this episode has with an episode of 'X-Files', to be more precise the sixth episode of the third season of 'X-Files' called '2Shy'.
After watching this second episode of 'Fringe' i still feel that the people in charge of casting and choosing right actors for the appropriate characters in this show could have done a better job in finding an actress to appear as agent Olivia Dunham which is and probably will be the main character of this TV show. Anna Torv, relatively unknown actress that does the basic job, but this role needs more, better acting, she has to be more convincing in certain sequences and leave bigger impact and mark on her role than she did in these first two episodes. Otherwise this show will be few leagues under the 'X-Files' in terms of acting. We all know that the story, originality, authenticity and charisma is mainly held by 'X-Files' when it comes to shows like this and 'Fringe' could be interesting and highly entertaining if the writers, directors and actors make several improvements, and i hope they will because i expect much more from this show.