Pilot 

After a plane from Hamburg returns with no survivors, FBI agent Olivia Dunham goes after the only person that might shed some light on the incident - a scientist that has been in a mental hospital for the last 17 years.

Director:

Alex Graves

Writers:

J.J. Abrams (created by), Alex Kurtzman (created by)

Stars:

Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Torv	...	Olivia Dunham
Joshua Jackson	...	Peter Bishop
Lance Reddick	...	Phillip Broyles
Kirk Acevedo	...	Charlie Francis
Blair Brown	...	Nina Sharp
Jasika Nicole	...	Astrid Farnsworth
Mark Valley	...	John Scott
John Noble	...	Dr. Walter Bishop
Jason Butler Harner	...	Richard Steig
Peter Outerbridge	...	Dr. Reyes
Bernadeta Wrobel	...	Flight Attendant
Jill Harland	...	German Woman
Peter Sawyer	...	Denver Man
Max Topplin	...	Angry 16 Year Old
Shaun Shetty	...	Indian Man

Storyline

When a commercial flight from Germany lands at Boston's Logan Airport without a single passenger or crew member on board alive, FBI agent Olivia Dunham is assigned to the investigative team. When her partner and lover John Scott suffers severe chemical burns, she seeks help from Dr. Walter Bishop a one-time university professor who experimented in the same field but has now been institutionalized for 17 years. To get his cooperation however, she has to get Bishop's son Peter's cooperation as well. The information they gather leads to Massive Dynamic, a huge multinational founded by someone who once shared laboratory space with Dr. Bishop. Agent Dunham also learns that what happened may have been part of a much larger pattern of strange phenomena.

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Plot Keywords:

woman wearing a gas mask | diabetes | cancer | pattern | laboratory | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

9 September 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television, Fringe Element Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min (pre-release)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Food item craved by Walter Bishop is "ginger ale". Also mentioned were "butterscotch pudding" and "milk."

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Goofs

The German spoken by the passengers and crew of the airplane in the beginning is sometimes grammatically incorrect, sometimes nonsensical, and often tinted with a heavy American accent.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[open on plane flying through a storm]
Flight Attendant: [on P.A] Zeichen ist Angeschaltet. Befestigen sie bitten ihre Sicherheitsguertel. The Captain has turned on the "fasten seat belt" sign. Please make sure your seat belts are securely fastened.
German Woman: Ich moechte sehen, wie der film weiter geht.
Denver Man: I don't speak German. I'm from Denver.
German Woman: Dies ist mein erst flug.
Denver Man: I'm from Den...
[...]

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Connections

Features SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

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Soundtracks

Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)
Written by John Murphy

User Reviews

Creepy, but in a Good Sort of Way

I don't watch many shows like this, but my sister recommended it. I do like the paranormal a bit. This, however, is a bit too much on the horror side for me.

I love the use of John Noble as Walter Bishop. I can see him developing in this role. The female protagonist is OK. I don't like Peter Bishop, and I don't know if that's the actor or the role he plays.

Why is the woman called "honey" and "sweetheart" so often? Do men still do that when they mean to be insulting? I thought that was maybe over.

I usually give myself another episode or two to decide about watching a series, but this may be the first and last one I watch. I would recommend it to those who like cop shows, paranormal, and horror. All together.