Comecei Fringe na 2ª temporada e notei uma vaca no Walter Bishop's Lab.
Considerando o incômodo de manter uma vaca em um laboratório, principalmente o odor que deve ser horrível, existe alguma intenção de mantê-la? Existe alguma história sobre isso? Tem mesmo um nome?
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Gene is the name given to the cow requested by Walter Bishop during the reopening of his lab at Harvard University. It is unknown who named the cow Gene, but Olivia is the first to use the name.
Peter Bishop explains that since cows are genetically very similar to humans, experiments on cows, simulate effects on humans; they are an ethical test subject when using a human guinea-pig might be dangerous.
Walter pediu uma vaca no episódio piloto, "Pilot". Não se sabe quem nomeou Gene.
De acordo com a transcrição na Fringepedia :
ACT IV
Harvard Lab - Setting Up
OLIVIA: Dr. Bishop, I've ordered a standard forensics' work package. Is there anything else you need?
WALTER: Optical coherence tomograph for flesh study. Two thousand pounds of silicon. At least five anonymous blood samples from volunteer donors, micro-organism detector. NASA grade, of course. There's still NASA, yes?
OLIVIA: Yes.
WALTER: Oh, she's still here. This tank was the best. And a two-Year-old bos taurus.
ASTRID: A what?
PETER: A cow. He wants a cow.
WALTER: Purebred, not a crossbred, this is important. Mature weight 850 pounds, total fat average 2.37.
OLIVIA: Is he joking?
PETER: Genetically, humans and cows are separated by only a couple lines of DNA. So, what's an ethical test subject?
OLIVIA: Where'd you learn that? MIT?
PETER: No actually, I picked that up reading books. You should try it sometime. It's fun.
OLIVIA: (to Astrid) Get him the cow.
WALTER: Fantastic, thank you. Only thing better than a cow is a human. Unless you need milk. Then you really need a cow.
(Activity including Walter examining laboratory slides; Olivia reviewing photos of Flight victims; an unidentified, and unrelated, class in session; and the arrival of the cow.)(...)
Harvard Lab - John Scott Arrives
(...)
CHARLIE: Is that a cow?
OLIVIA: Yeah, that's Gene.
Peter acha que Walter quer a vaca para um teste no piloto, mas Walter nunca diz isso mesmo. Na verdade, Walter menciona que você precisa de uma vaca para o leite, e vemos Walter freqüentemente beber leite da vaca também. O único experimento que eu lembro de Walter ter feito com a vaca foi tentar fazer a vaca produzir leite com chocolate!
Então eu acho que, se lermos nas entrelinhas, Walter provavelmente só queria uma vaca para leite fresco e estava puxando uma rápida no FBI:)
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