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[Truth Seeker]

The Same Old Story

Writer: Jeff Pinkner, J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci

Star: Jasika Nicole (Astrid Farnsworth), John Noble (Dr. Walter Bishop), Joshua Jackson (Peter Bishop), Anna Torv (Olivia Dunham), Kirk Acevedo (Charlie Francis), Mark Valley (John Scott), Lance Reddick (Phillip Broyles), Blair Brown (Nina Sharp)

Guest Star: Betty Gilpin (Loraine), Kathy Searle (Reporter #1), Mark Blum (Dr. Penrose), Derek Cecil (Christopher)

Olivia, along with Peter and Walter Bishop, investigates the strange death of a woman who had an even stranger child. The woman was pregnant for only hours, yet the baby she birthed was fully developed - and also aged eighty years in the span of a few minutes. Olivia asks Nina Sharp of Massive Dynamic for help.
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[GlassJaw]

I DVR'ed it but haven't watched yet. Worth tuning in?

 

[Brown Jenkin]

I DVR'ed it but haven't watched yet. Worth tuning in?

I don't know. Its the same old story.

 

[Hand of Evil]

I watched Eureka!

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

I watched Eureka!

Same here. I missed part of it - what happened between Joe Lupo and whatisface Zane?

 

[Grymar]

Good episode, but not as good as the pilot. The "fringe" science stuff may get annoying as they keep coming up with deus ex machina to get the answers they need, like the mind meld in the pilot episode.

I hope this doesn't fall into the Star Trek: TNG trap of coming up with techno-babble solutions to every problem.

The acting and main story, however, are still very enjoyable.

 

[GlassJaw]

Good episode, but not as good as the pilot. The "fringe" science stuff may get annoying as they keep coming up with deus ex machina to get the answers they need, like the mind meld in the pilot episode.

I actually liked it more than the pilot. *shrugs* The plot and some of the scenes were thoroughly creepy.

The acting and main story, however, are still very enjoyable.

Agreed. I think the main actress is very good. I also really like the interaction between the 3 main characters.

 

[Crothian]

I just hope it doesn't continue to be like Friday the 13th the series. The techno babble doesn't bother me.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I like the characters (even if I can't get any names straight yet ).

The science? Oh dear, not so good. I suppose I just have to ignore it, unless they manage to create some internal consistency and it's not just "pseudo-science deus ex machine of the week". (I mean, Startrek had pseudo-science deus ex machina of the week, too. But they often had a certain "system" behind it... Rules they didn't ignore and that you could rely on, until they consciously and openly made up a way to ignore a rule.)

 

[Dog Moon]

I would totally use that device to look into peoples' minds up until 6 hours after death ALL the time. I was like couldn't they have used that on the pregnant woman? They got to her quick enough, right? Coulda been like 'my mind to your mind, my thoughts to your thoughts; oh, that's what the killer looked like; let's get this bastard.'

But then again, I thought they should have used it on the people that died at the end last week. 'Someone TOLD you to do this? *looks into their memory* Oooo, interesting.'

Would probably ruin the show though...