"Bad Science" is the sixth episode of the second season of Femme Fatales, and the twentieth of the overall series. It aired on Cinemax on June 29, 2012.
Plot[]
Matilda West, a beautiful and brilliant scientist, materializes in a parallel dimension and is confronted by a woman with her face – her doppelganger, hardened soldier, Dark Matilda. When the two women touch, they vanish and are transported back to Matilda's lab. Driven by her desire to advance the science of teleportation, Matilda has caused friction amongst her colleagues and strained her marriage. Her strange journey – and the appearance of Dark Matilda – is proof of her success. But life and relationships were different in Dark Matilda's post-apocalyptic world and she begins to connect with her parallel counterparts. When both Matildas get ill – verification of a theory that life from different dimensions cannot co-exist – it becomes clear that one must return...
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ashley Noel | Matilda West / Dark Matilda West |
| Philip Boyd | Nick |
| Preston Jones | Aaron |
| Hollie Stenson | Abby |
| Robert Picardo | Hieronymus Hawks |
| Tanit Phoenix | Lilith |
Continuity[]
Transcript[]
Gallery[]
Quotes[]
- Lilith: We look in mirrors every day. The reflection back shows us what other people see. But it takes more than a mirror to see inside our souls. Matilda West has always been a force of nature, the type of woman who'll never back down from a challenge or take no for an answer. A woman who'll do almost anything to survive. But even someone as beautiful and brilliant and tough as Matilda will eventually meet her match in this world or the other.
- Dark Matilda West: If everyone here is as naïve as the three of you... in a few years, I'm gonna be running this dimension. (chuckles)
Background information[]
Home video releases[]
- DVD
- Femme Fatales: The Complete Second Season
- Femme Fatales: The Complete Series
Music[]
The music and songs in the order that they appear in the episode are:
- "I Want Candy" – Bow Wow Wow
- "Venus" – Bananarama
- "Our Lips Are Sealed" – The Go-Go's
- "Devil Woman" – Cliff Richard
Production inconsistencies[]
Notes[]
- Robert Picardo is known to Star Trek fans as the holographic Doctor and Dr. Lewis Zimmerman on the TV series Star Trek: Voyager. He is also known to horror movie fans as the werewolf Eddie Quist in the 1981 film The Howling.
Trivia[]
- When Matilda West teleports into the alternate universe, she says her serial number is TK-421, the same unit number of the Imperial stormtrooper Han Solo impersonates when taking back the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.
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