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Season 1  "The Same Old Story"  1x2

Aired 16 years ago - Sep 16, 2008

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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Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 1
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While the details are still coming in, it appears to be another anomaly...
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 3
...whose history of questionable business practices verge on fraud.
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Peter Bishop? I'm Phillip Broyles, Department of Homeland Security.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 7
Did the baby survive?
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 8
We're checking those now.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 9
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 10
- Walter. - Do you see what I'm doing here?
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 11
Hey. I think I actually got something to sample in here.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 12
Hey. Car's right here.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 13
Each time, he'd kill five young women within a few days.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 14
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 15
You wanna open up a 12-year-old serial case.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 16
I'll get you the case files.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 17
Those windows have a really great view of the bridge.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 18
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Which I suppose I deserve.
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He'd perform surgery on his victims, remove the pituitary gland...
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 23
Although he suffered from severe pseudofolliculitis nuchae.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 24
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 25
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 26
...I remembered from when I was a boy.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 27
The central endocrine gland has been removed."
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 28
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 29
You two should be aware of this.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 30
The FBI came to see me today.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 31
Yes. Although I was referring...
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 32
...at the moment of death, and the last images she saw with it.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 33
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 34
The corporate mind always looks for quid pro quo.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 35
Agent Dunham?
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 36
And, of course, the joy of being a female in a traditionally male line of work.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 37
Goggles, all of you. Do not look directly into the light.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 38
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 39
I used to live in Dighton. That's, um...
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 40
What are we looking for, exactly?
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 41
- Stay there. - That's just not gonna happen.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 42
Tell him we need field assist. Tell him to ping the GPS for the location.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 43
Unfortunately, I don't have a defibrillator.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 44
- It's not working. - Well, you'll have to crank it.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 45
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Our weapons technologies shape the Defense Department's strategies.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 48
Every aspect of these investigations is strictly classified.
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 49
I told her you were gonna give me a raise.
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Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 2
While the details are still coming in, it appears to be another anomaly...
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...whose history of questionable business practices verge on fraud.
#3
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Peter Bishop? I'm Phillip Broyles, Department of Homeland Security.
#6
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Did the baby survive?
#7
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We're checking those now.
#8
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- Walter. - Do you see what I'm doing here?
#10
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 11
Hey. I think I actually got something to sample in here.
#11
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 12
Hey. Car's right here.
#12
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 13
Each time, he'd kill five young women within a few days.
#13
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You wanna open up a 12-year-old serial case.
#15
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I'll get you the case files.
#16
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Those windows have a really great view of the bridge.
#17
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Which I suppose I deserve.
#19
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He'd perform surgery on his victims, remove the pituitary gland...
#22
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Although he suffered from severe pseudofolliculitis nuchae.
#23
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...I remembered from when I was a boy.
#26
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The central endocrine gland has been removed."
#27
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You two should be aware of this.
#29
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 30
The FBI came to see me today.
#30
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 31
Yes. Although I was referring...
#31
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 32
...at the moment of death, and the last images she saw with it.
#32
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The corporate mind always looks for quid pro quo.
#34
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Agent Dunham?
#35
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 36
And, of course, the joy of being a female in a traditionally male line of work.
#36
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 37
Goggles, all of you. Do not look directly into the light.
#37
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I used to live in Dighton. That's, um...
#39
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 40
What are we looking for, exactly?
#40
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 41
- Stay there. - That's just not gonna happen.
#41
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 42
Tell him we need field assist. Tell him to ping the GPS for the location.
#42
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 43
Unfortunately, I don't have a defibrillator.
#43
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 44
- It's not working. - Well, you'll have to crank it.
#44
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Our weapons technologies shape the Defense Department's strategies.
#47
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 48
Every aspect of these investigations is strictly classified.
#48
Recap of Fringe Season 1 Episode 2 (S01E02) - 49
I told her you were gonna give me a raise.
#49
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