The Same Old Story

Episode aired Sep 16, 2008
TV-14
51m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

Joshua Jackson and Lance Reddick in Fringe (2008)

Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

A woman gives birth to a baby who ages eighty years in just a few minutes. Olivia soon finds connection between the incident and a serial killer she had been chasing.A woman gives birth to a baby who ages eighty years in just a few minutes. Olivia soon finds connection between the incident and a serial killer she had been chasing.A woman gives birth to a baby who ages eighty years in just a few minutes. Olivia soon finds connection between the incident and a serial killer she had been chasing.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
When the episode first aired, the glyphs deviated from what became the standard correspondence between the image and the letter it represents. As a result, the word spelled out was not CHILD, but BRELD. This was corrected in reruns and on home release.

Goofs
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.

Connections
Referenced in Parks and Recreation: Jerry's Retirement (2013)

Soundtracks
Young Men Dead
(uncredited)
Written by The Black Angels, Christian Bland, Alex Maas Stephanie Bailey, Jennifer Raines , 'Kyle Hunt' and 'Nate Ryan'
Performed by The Black Angels
Courtesy of Light In The Attic Records

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Review

Featured review

2/10

Why is this rated so highly?

Having watched the pilot the night before and been non plus about the whole thing I thought I'd try episode 2 to see if it could generate a spark of interest, and quite honestly I won't be going beyond that. What an utterly preposterous plot. I'm totally shocked at all the good reviews for this garbage. The guy who plays Walter is so bad, how on earth did he get the part? Talk about putting you to sleep with his monotone voice. And the two other older characters are almost as bad. The FBI boss couldn't act his way out of a paper bag and the obvious corporate "bad guy" has no redeeming features so far. All three of them were grating on me by the time the episode was half way in. The only reason this episode doesn't get 1 star is because I liked the other two lead actors, but that's about the only positive in an otherwise terrible show!