Sanctuary

Folding Man

Season 1, Episode 4, Aired 10/17/08

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While investigating a series of strange robberies, the Sanctuary team encounters a group of thieves, who seem to possess a strange ability which apparently allows them to literally slip between the cracks of the law.

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Amanda Tapping

Dr. Helen Magnus
Robin Dunne

Dr. Will Zimmerman
Christopher Heyerdahl

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Kaiser Soze strikes again

1.0

"Abysmal"

By fantamic, Apr 06, 2011 Report Abuse

Oh look, Kaiser Soze is now the amazing folding man as well as a criminal mastermind. Luckily for our lame heroes he's got a lot dumber lately. Just like the plots of this series. I suppose the wooden acting can be partly explained by the lack of sets, but what can excuse the cheesy dialogue? It's a pity Amanda Tapping can't get better scripts than this as she could probably do them justice, but I guess we all have to pay the mortgage. Emilie Ullerup seems to be just another piece of identikit plastic blonde eye candy for the nerds while Robin Dunne is so anonymous he is barely even there. With a show so rubbish, it's no surprise that ITV has picked it up.moreless

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Magnus and company investigate a jewelery robbery which is a little more than what it seems.

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By Seahawk18, Apr 06, 2011 Report Abuse

Well there really isn't really a lot to say about this episode. It kind of plodded along and the whole folding-man thing was just silly. It was a brave third effort by the cast and crew to try to do something but really they kinda of fell flat on their faces. The acting in the episode didn't really interest me at all, the episode failed to capture my attention for any length or time. The ending itself was kind of anti-climatic and to me it just didn't go to well. Looking ahead this Friday's episode looks to be really good, so I can't wait for that.moreless

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Folding Man

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By TrueTvWatcher, Mar 29, 2011 Report Abuse

Folding Man was a superb episode of Sancutary and a very entertaining episode. I really enjoyed watching this episode as it had an interesting story, character and plot development as well as intrigue, drama and mystery. I thought this was a great story with a lot of possibilities. I think there was a good amount of information learned about the characters and a specific set of abnormals with a unique ability. This episode played out really well and was very engaging. I enjoyed all the aspects of this episode. I really look forward to watching the next episode of Sanctuary!!!!!moreless

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After a jewelry store robbery where the thieves only took gold and disappeared into spaces a human could not fit into, Will investigates an old case of his. A similar bank robbery where the perpetrators disappeared from a bank vault into thin air.moreless

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By jyarter, Feb 07, 2010 Report Abuse

A little disappointing after the last episode. Such a promising story followed by a robbery procedural. In this story we have people who can fold their bodies into small shapes to fit through areas like small pipes and thin spaces between walls. We find this out almost immediately so there was no suspense as far as the capabilities of the Abnormals.

The leader of this group is a tyrant who basically has found others with this same ability and hooked them on a drug they cannot produce for themselves. One of his men manages to get himself caught. Will thinks he can get to him and find the group before they strike again.

The story is OK but without any real passion. There are some one liners and supposed striking moments. Overall though it was entertaining, but not to the level of the previous episodes. Thanks for reading...moreless

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By Parricida, Oct 19, 2008 Report Abuse

This was better than last week's episode and mainly on the story point - I cannot say the previous episode was not well written but this one was much much more mysterious and had more unexpected turns - I liked the way the folding man they caught fooled Zimmerman and even if I picked up the hint that Noman does not let him caught, I never thought it was himself he taught - and the ending when they got Zimmerman and it looked like everything is failed, it was really nervous moment and totally made me wonder how they are going to figure this out but I think they did it quite well.

Again, we had some visually impressive scenes - the mr Jones (if I remember the name right) and his "office" What and idea and what a view. And less green screen I think.. as there was not those scenes very much where you just see that this is green screen one.. So better in every waymoreless

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- Discontinuity : Yet another sign that the transition from Webisodes to "official" episodes was a bit tortured. In the library scene, where the Magnus' are bringing Will up to speed on the history of "folding men", Ashley has three large, fading scratches across her throat. That injury occurred in Sanctuary For All (2) - when Druitt put her in with the SHU Cell Lizard Creature and she got her throat cut. However, she showed no sign of those scratches in Fata Morgana. So, it would appear that perhaps Folding Man was originally intended to be the second episode of the series before a decision was taken to first wrap up all of the webisode storylines. Edit
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- Original International Air Dates
  Canada : October 17, 2008 on Space
  U.K. : October 27, 2008 on ITV4
  Czech Republic: August 24, 2009 on AXN
  Australia : June 11, 2009 on Sci Fi Australia
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- (watching security camera video of a holdup) Will: How the heck'd you get into the precinct LAN? Henry: Well, I'd like to take credit for that, but I got the password from the boss. Will: And you got in, how? Helen: Now, where would a girl be without her secrets? Will: That's … not an answer. Helen: I know. Edit
- (Will shines his flashlight on a small vent pipe) Will: What about this? Ashley: That? Will: Yeah. Ashley: Yeah, sure, if he morphed into a boa constrictor. Helen: No, Will's right - if only as a potential place that the robber hid his booty. Ashley: I never saw a man with that small a booty. Edit
- Will: So how does a fingerprint get that deep into the middle of a 10-inch pipe? Ashley: Well, it doesn't, unless a person squeezed in that far. Will: Yeah, but you saw the size of that guy. Ashley: Well, I've seen stranger things. Henry: OK, seriously, why are you staring at me? Edit
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