"Fringe" The Same Old Story (2008)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Paul A. Edwards

Writers:

J.J. Abrams (creator) &
Alex Kurtzman (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Fringe" (2008)

Original Air Date:

16 September 2008 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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.

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Muscle Relaxant | Growth Hormone | Pituitary Gland | Medical Experiment

Cast

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Bad Robot

Goofs:

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.

Quotes:

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.

First official case for the trio

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.