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Special FBI Agent Olivia Dunham is part of the team called in to investigate when Flight 627 lands with everyone on board dead: their flesh liquefied. When her partner and lover is contaminated by a similar chemical that crystallizes his skin, Olivia discovers the one man who can help has been institutionalized for twenty years.
Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x1 Production Number: 276038 Airdate: Tuesday September 09th, 2008 Special Airtime: 08:00 pm Special Runtime: 95 Minutes Alternate Airdates:
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Recap
Flight 627, a passenger plane is crossing the Atlantic from Hamburg toward the U.S. and passing through a storm. The seatbelt light goes on and one passenger fumbles in his briefcase for an insulin injector which he administers to himself. The person sitting next to him tries to reassure him but the man gets out of his seat and the stewardess goes after him. The plane starts to tilt and as the stewardess touches the man, she sees that his skin is starting to dissolve. He throws up green bile on her and collapses. As he staggers toward the cockpit, the other passengers’ skin starts to dissolve as well. The pilot puts on the autopilot and turns to see his co-pilot dissolving as well...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
Olivia: What is it?
Walter: They… they have this horrible… pudding here. Butterscotch pudding on Mondays. It’s dreadful.
Olivia: It’s Thursday.
Walter: Oh? Oh, fantastic!
Walter: They… they have this horrible… pudding here. Butterscotch pudding on Mondays. It’s dreadful.
Olivia: It’s Thursday.
Walter: Oh? Oh, fantastic!
Olivia: I can have you on a flight back here in four days, but first…
Peter: Let me save you the time. I'd rather stay here in Iraq. That's how much I want to see my father.
Peter: Let me save you the time. I'd rather stay here in Iraq. That's how much I want to see my father.
Walter: I thought you’d be fatter.
Peter: You thought I’d be fatter? Excellent. First words, perfect.
Walter: No, as a boy, you were round.
Peter: You thought I’d be fatter? Excellent. First words, perfect.
Walter: No, as a boy, you were round.
Walter: Oh!
Olivia: What happened?
Walter: I just pissed myself.
Peter: Excellent.
Walter: Just a squirt.
Olivia: What happened?
Walter: I just pissed myself.
Peter: Excellent.
Walter: Just a squirt.
Olivia: CDC says the Hamburg flight was caused by a synthetic compound, which is like saying rain is caused by a wet compound.
Walter: So much… so much happened here. And so much is about to.
Peter: Genetically, humans and cows are separated by only a couple lines of DNA so it's an ethical test subject.
Olivia: Where did you learn that, MIT?
Peter: No, actually picked that up reading books, you should try it sometime, it's fun.
Olivia: Where did you learn that, MIT?
Peter: No, actually picked that up reading books, you should try it sometime, it's fun.
Walter: The only thing better than a cow is a human. Unless you need milk. Then you really need a cow.
Olivia: I thought you were a genius. You must have had a system?
Peter: Of course there was a system. The house was cheating. But you try and tell them that.
Peter: Of course there was a system. The house was cheating. But you try and tell them that.
Olivia: You owe money to a guy nicknamed Big Eddie?
Peter: No, I owe money to a guy named Big Eddie. He had it legally changed.
Peter: No, I owe money to a guy named Big Eddie. He had it legally changed.
Walter: Didn’t I mention it?
Peter: Whatever you think you said, you didn’t say it.
Peter: Whatever you think you said, you didn’t say it.
Walter: I have used this technique to extract information from a corpse once. You can do that if they haven’t been dead for longer than six hours.
Peter: Right, ‘cause after six hours they’re really dead.
Peter: Right, ‘cause after six hours they’re really dead.
Walter: It's not an exact science.
Peter: It's not even science!
Peter: It's not even science!
Peter: The man who was just released from the mental institution, he wants to give you a drug overdose, then stick a metal rod into your head and put you naked into a rusty tank of water.
Walter: No, I don’t want to. No, I’d rather not. I’m just saying I can.
Walter: No, I don’t want to. No, I’d rather not. I’m just saying I can.
Walter: Excellent! Let's make some LSD.
Charlie: You’ve cleared all this with Broyles?
Olivia: Somewhat.
Charlie: Oh, “somewhat” doesn’t sound good. Is that a cow?
Olivia: Somewhat.
Charlie: Oh, “somewhat” doesn’t sound good. Is that a cow?
(watching “Spongebob Squarepants”)
Walter: And this is a show for children?
Astrid: Yeah, it’s huge.
Walter: Surprisingly profound for a narrative about a sponge.
Walter: And this is a show for children?
Astrid: Yeah, it’s huge.
Walter: Surprisingly profound for a narrative about a sponge.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | J. J. Abrams | Alex Kurtzman | Roberto Orci |
| • Executive Producer | Alex Graves | Bryan Burk | Roberto Orci | Alex Kurtzman | J. J. Abrams |
| • Associate Producer | Patrick Ward |
| • Production Designer | Carol Spier |
| • Editor | Russell Denove |
| • Casting | Lonnie Hamerman | Jenny Lewis (3) | Sara Kay |
| • Unit Production Manager | Dana J. Kuznetzkoff |
| • First Assistant Director | David Hyman |
| • Second Assistant Director | Bob Warwick | Sarah Rae Garrett |
| • Music | Michael Giacchino |
| • Music Editor | Stephen M. Davis | Paul Apelgren |
| • Costume Designer | Joanne Hansen |
| • Hairstylist | Cliona Furey |
| • Make-up | Linda Dowds |
| • Set Decorator | Peter Nicolakakos |
| • Property Master | Chris Pellegrini |
| • Assistant Editor | James D. Rohrig |
| • Post Production Supervisor | Devin Rich |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Walter Newman |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Dan Hiland | Gary D. Rogers |
| • Gaffer | Franco Tata |
| • Director of Photography | Michael Bonvillain |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Paul Rutledge |
| • Art Director | Elinor Rose Galbraith |
| • Production Manager | Michael Wray |
| • Sound Mixer | John J. Thomson |
| • Special Effects | Marcus Rait | David Werntz | Jason Detheridge |
| • Boom Operator | Alan Zielonko | Sean Paul Armstrong |
| • Main Title Theme | J. J. Abrams |
| • Visual Effects Supervisor | Kevin Blank |
| • Main Title Design | Andrew Kramer |
| • Original Casting | April Webster |
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