Pilot (2008)

Directed by

Alex Graves

Genre

science fiction film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An FBI agent investigates bizarre incidents that seem to be tied to fringe science. She enlists a scientist who has been locked away in a mental hospital and his son to help her understand the strange events.

mysterioussuspensefulintriguingdarktenseclinicalunsettling

What happens

The pilot episode of the Fringe television series premiered on the Fox network on September 9, 2008. The pilot to season 1 was written by the creators of the series—J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci—and directed by Alex Graves. The episode introduces the most central character, Olivia Dunham, portrayed by Anna Torv, an FBI special agent forced into the world of applied fringe science after a number of freak incidents. Dr. Walter Bishop, a scientist formerly incarcerated in a mental institution for over seventeen years, is portrayed by John Noble, while Joshua Jackson plays his son, Peter, who is hired by Olivia to assist with Walter and his work. Although the pilot was set in and around Boston, Massachusetts, filming occurred in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The episode cost $10 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive pilots in television history. The pilot was leaked online three months prior to its broadcast on television, leading to speculation that it was leaked deliberately to increase interest in the program. However, this was denied by executive producer Bryan Burk. The episode was generally well received by critics, and was watched by 9.13 million American viewers on its premiere. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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