 develop an extensive media franchise . A 1992 sequel , Sonic the Hedgehog 2 , gave Sonic a best friend ( and sidekick ) named Miles " Tails " Prower and continued the fight against Dr. Robotnik . Sonic has generated dozens of additional games and a large cast of recurring characters ( keeping Sonic and Robotnik as mainstays ) , surviving the end of Sega console manufacturing after the Dreamcast . The series has ventured from platformers to fighting , racing , role @-@ playing , and sports games , and has expanded into anime and manga , cartoons and comic books , novels , and toys . Sonic the Hedgehog has become one of the best @-@ selling video game franchises of all time , with over 150 million copies sold by May 2014 . The game 's first stage , Green Hill Zone , has also been re @-@ purposed for use in several other titles such as Sonic Adventure 2 , Sonic Generations and the Super Smash Bros. series .   = The Same Old Story =   " The Same Old Story " is the second episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe . The episode was written by executive producer Jeff Pinkner and co @-@ creators J. J. Abrams , Alex Kurtzman , and Roberto Orci . When developing the series , they sought to find a medium between serialized drama and the crime procedural . " The Same Old Story " was the first regular episode of Fringe , and journalists viewed it as an example of what they could expect from the series . It was directed by Paul A. Edwards .   After a newborn baby rapidly ages into an 80 @-@ year @-@ old man , Fringe division agent Olivia Dunham ( Anna Torv ) and consultants Peter ( Joshua Jackson ) and Walter Bishop ( John Noble ) investigate . They tie the case to the murders of young women , who have all had their pituitary glands removed . It is revealed that Dr. Claus Penrose ( Mark Blum ) , an expert in progeria , is working to help his son Christopher ( Derek Cecil ) stay alive , as he suffers from rapid aging syndrome .   " The Same Old Story " first aired in the United States on September 16 , 2008 on Fox . An estimated 13 @.@ 272 million viewers watched the episode , a 45 percent increase from the series premiere . The episode received mixed reviews from television critics – reviewers thought it was an improvement from the previous episode but faulted it for containing plot contrivances .   = = Plot = =   A prostitute is abandoned by an unknown man at a hospital , dangerously in labor . She dies as the doctors perform a caesarean section , but the child ages rapidly in minutes , soon dead having aged to the likes of an 80 @-@ year @-@ old man . Olivia Dunham ( Anna Torv ) , Peter Bishop ( Joshua Jackson ) , and Walter Bishop ( John Noble ) , new members of the Fringe division , are called to investigate by division head Phillip Broyles ( Lance Reddick ) , believing the case to be part of " The Pattern " , a string of mysterious incidents . The woman is identified as having recently left a local motel , and Olivia finds evidence that points to a past serial murder case she and her former partner John Scott were not able to solve . Olivia explains to Peter that their murderer would paralyze his victims , young women , then make an incision along their face to extract a piece of brain material , killing the victim in the process . Walter takes both corpses back to his lab and determines that the woman had only been pregnant minutes before giving birth , her child having accelerated aging disease . Walter is reminded of having previously done work in this field , and remembers where he stashed his car that contains the related files . Once they are retrieved , Olivia makes a connection to the pituitary gland which controls growth in humans , and informs Charlie Francis ( Kirk Acevedo ) to monitor recent cases where the victims ' pituitary gland has been removed .   Olivia and Peter turn to an expert in progeria , Dr. Penrose ( Mark Blum ) , to trying to learn more about rapid aging , but Dr. Penrose cannot help them further , though Peter suspects he is hiding something . Unseen by the Fringe division , Dr. Penrose visits an abandoned warehouse and meets the murderer , Christopher ( Derek Cecil ) , his son , who suffers from rapid aging syndrome . Penrose warns Christopher to be careful and that they only need one more woman to complete the process . By this time , Charlie has found a recent murder victim killed in the same fashion as Olivia 's serial murderer . At Walter 's lab , they identify the pituitary gland has been removed . They rationalize the murderer must extract hormones from the glands to slow down his own aging process . Walter hypothesizes they can discover the location of the crime by looking at the images left in the woman 's optical nerves induced by the paralyzing sedative . Borrowing an electronic pulse camera from Massive
Ġdevelop Ġan Ġextensive Ġmedia Ġfranchise Ġ. ĠA Ġ1992 Ġsequel Ġ, ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġ2 Ġ, Ġgave ĠSonic Ġa Ġbest Ġfriend Ġ( Ġand Ġside kick Ġ) Ġnamed ĠMiles Ġ" ĠT ails Ġ" ĠP rower Ġand Ġcontinued Ġthe Ġfight Ġagainst ĠDr . ĠRobot nik Ġ. ĠSonic Ġhas Ġgenerated Ġdozens Ġof Ġadditional Ġgames Ġand Ġa Ġlarge Ġcast Ġof Ġrecurring Ġcharacters Ġ( Ġkeeping ĠSonic Ġand ĠRobot nik Ġas Ġmain st ays Ġ) Ġ, Ġsurviving Ġthe Ġend Ġof ĠSega Ġconsole Ġmanufacturing Ġafter Ġthe ĠDream cast Ġ. ĠThe Ġseries Ġhas Ġventured Ġfrom Ġplatform ers Ġto Ġfighting Ġ, Ġracing Ġ, Ġrole Ġ@ - @ Ġplaying Ġ, Ġand Ġsports Ġgames Ġ, Ġand Ġhas Ġexpanded Ġinto Ġanime Ġand Ġmanga Ġ, Ġcartoons Ġand Ġcomic Ġbooks Ġ, Ġnovels Ġ, Ġand Ġtoys Ġ. ĠSonic Ġthe ĠHedge hog Ġhas Ġbecome Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġbest Ġ@ - @ Ġselling Ġvideo Ġgame Ġfranchises Ġof Ġall Ġtime Ġ, Ġwith Ġover Ġ150 Ġmillion Ġcopies Ġsold Ġby ĠMay Ġ2014 Ġ. ĠThe Ġgame Ġ' s Ġfirst Ġstage Ġ, ĠGreen ĠHill ĠZone Ġ, Ġhas Ġalso Ġbeen Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġpur posed Ġfor Ġuse Ġin Ġseveral Ġother Ġtitles Ġsuch Ġas ĠSonic ĠAdventure Ġ2 Ġ, ĠSonic ĠGenerations Ġand Ġthe ĠSuper ĠSmash ĠBros . Ġseries Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠThe ĠSame ĠOld ĠStory Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠThe ĠSame ĠOld ĠStory Ġ" Ġis Ġthe Ġsecond Ġepisode Ġof Ġthe Ġfirst Ġseason Ġof Ġthe ĠAmerican Ġscience Ġfiction Ġdrama Ġtelevision Ġseries ĠFr inge Ġ. ĠThe Ġepisode Ġwas Ġwritten Ġby Ġexecutive Ġproducer ĠJeff ĠPink ner Ġand Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġcreators ĠJ . ĠJ . ĠAbrams Ġ, ĠAlex ĠKurt zman Ġ, Ġand ĠRoberto ĠOr ci Ġ. ĠWhen Ġdeveloping Ġthe Ġseries Ġ, Ġthey Ġsought Ġto Ġfind Ġa Ġmedium Ġbetween Ġserial ized Ġdrama Ġand Ġthe Ġcrime Ġprocedural Ġ. Ġ" ĠThe ĠSame ĠOld ĠStory Ġ" Ġwas Ġthe Ġfirst Ġregular Ġepisode Ġof ĠFr inge Ġ, Ġand Ġjournalists Ġviewed Ġit Ġas Ġan Ġexample Ġof Ġwhat Ġthey Ġcould Ġexpect Ġfrom Ġthe Ġseries Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġdirected Ġby ĠPaul ĠA . ĠEdwards Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAfter Ġa Ġnewborn Ġbaby Ġrapidly Ġages Ġinto Ġan Ġ80 Ġ@ - @ Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġold Ġman Ġ, ĠFr inge Ġdivision Ġagent ĠOlivia ĠDunham Ġ( ĠAnna ĠTor v Ġ) Ġand Ġconsultants ĠPeter Ġ( ĠJoshua ĠJackson Ġ) Ġand ĠWalter ĠBishop Ġ( ĠJohn ĠNoble Ġ) Ġinvestigate Ġ. ĠThey Ġtie Ġthe Ġcase Ġto Ġthe Ġmurders Ġof Ġyoung Ġwomen Ġ, Ġwho Ġhave Ġall Ġhad Ġtheir Ġpit uit ary Ġglands Ġremoved Ġ. ĠIt Ġis Ġrevealed Ġthat ĠDr . ĠClaus ĠPen rose Ġ( ĠMark ĠBl um Ġ) Ġ, Ġan Ġexpert Ġin Ġprog eria Ġ, Ġis Ġworking Ġto Ġhelp Ġhis Ġson ĠChristopher Ġ( ĠDerek ĠCecil Ġ) Ġstay Ġalive Ġ, Ġas Ġhe Ġsuffers Ġfrom Ġrapid Ġaging Ġsyndrome Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ" ĠThe ĠSame ĠOld ĠStory Ġ" Ġfirst Ġaired Ġin Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġon ĠSeptember Ġ16 Ġ, Ġ2008 Ġon ĠFox Ġ. ĠAn Ġestimated Ġ13 Ġ@ . @ Ġ272 Ġmillion Ġviewers Ġwatched Ġthe Ġepisode Ġ, Ġa Ġ45 Ġpercent Ġincrease Ġfrom Ġthe Ġseries Ġpremiere Ġ. ĠThe Ġepisode Ġreceived Ġmixed Ġreviews Ġfrom Ġtelevision Ġcritics ĠâĢĵ Ġreviewers Ġthought Ġit Ġwas Ġan Ġimprovement Ġfrom Ġthe Ġprevious Ġepisode Ġbut Ġfault ed Ġit Ġfor Ġcontaining Ġplot Ġcont riv ances Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠPlot Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠA Ġprostitute Ġis Ġabandoned Ġby Ġan Ġunknown Ġman Ġat Ġa Ġhospital Ġ, Ġdangerously Ġin Ġlabor Ġ. ĠShe Ġdies Ġas Ġthe Ġdoctors Ġperform Ġa Ġca es are an Ġsection Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġchild Ġages Ġrapidly Ġin Ġminutes Ġ, Ġsoon Ġdead Ġhaving Ġaged Ġto Ġthe Ġlikes Ġof Ġan Ġ80 Ġ@ - @ Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġold Ġman Ġ. ĠOlivia ĠDunham Ġ( ĠAnna ĠTor v Ġ) Ġ, ĠPeter ĠBishop Ġ( ĠJoshua ĠJackson Ġ) Ġ, Ġand ĠWalter ĠBishop Ġ( ĠJohn ĠNoble Ġ) Ġ, Ġnew Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe ĠFr inge Ġdivision Ġ, Ġare Ġcalled Ġto Ġinvestigate Ġby Ġdivision Ġhead ĠPhillip ĠBro yles Ġ( ĠLance ĠRedd ick Ġ) Ġ, Ġbelieving Ġthe Ġcase Ġto Ġbe Ġpart Ġof Ġ" ĠThe ĠPattern Ġ" Ġ, Ġa Ġstring Ġof Ġmysterious Ġincidents Ġ. ĠThe Ġwoman Ġis Ġidentified Ġas Ġhaving Ġrecently Ġleft Ġa Ġlocal Ġmotel Ġ, Ġand ĠOlivia Ġfinds Ġevidence Ġthat Ġpoints Ġto Ġa Ġpast Ġserial Ġmurder Ġcase Ġshe Ġand Ġher Ġformer Ġpartner ĠJohn ĠScott Ġwere Ġnot Ġable Ġto Ġsolve Ġ. ĠOlivia Ġexplains Ġto ĠPeter Ġthat Ġtheir Ġmurderer Ġwould Ġparaly ze Ġhis Ġvictims Ġ, Ġyoung Ġwomen Ġ, Ġthen Ġmake Ġan Ġinc ision Ġalong Ġtheir Ġface Ġto Ġextract Ġa Ġpiece Ġof Ġbrain Ġmaterial Ġ, Ġkilling Ġthe Ġvictim Ġin Ġthe Ġprocess Ġ. ĠWalter Ġtakes Ġboth Ġcorpses Ġback Ġto Ġhis Ġlab Ġand Ġdetermines Ġthat Ġthe Ġwoman Ġhad Ġonly Ġbeen Ġpregnant Ġminutes Ġbefore Ġgiving Ġbirth Ġ, Ġher Ġchild Ġhaving Ġaccelerated Ġaging Ġdisease Ġ. ĠWalter Ġis Ġreminded Ġof Ġhaving Ġpreviously Ġdone Ġwork Ġin Ġthis Ġfield Ġ, Ġand Ġremembers Ġwhere Ġhe Ġst ashed Ġhis Ġcar Ġthat Ġcontains Ġthe Ġrelated Ġfiles Ġ. ĠOnce Ġthey Ġare Ġretrieved Ġ, ĠOlivia Ġmakes Ġa Ġconnection Ġto Ġthe Ġpit uit ary Ġgland Ġwhich Ġcontrols Ġgrowth Ġin Ġhumans Ġ, Ġand Ġinforms ĠCharlie ĠFrancis Ġ( ĠKirk ĠAce ved o Ġ) Ġto Ġmonitor Ġrecent Ġcases Ġwhere Ġthe Ġvictims Ġ' Ġpit uit ary Ġgland Ġhas Ġbeen Ġremoved Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠOlivia Ġand ĠPeter Ġturn Ġto Ġan Ġexpert Ġin Ġprog eria Ġ, ĠDr . ĠPen rose Ġ( ĠMark ĠBl um Ġ) Ġ, Ġto Ġtrying Ġto Ġlearn Ġmore Ġabout Ġrapid Ġaging Ġ, Ġbut ĠDr . ĠPen rose Ġcannot Ġhelp Ġthem Ġfurther Ġ, Ġthough ĠPeter Ġsuspects Ġhe Ġis Ġhiding Ġsomething Ġ. ĠUn seen Ġby Ġthe ĠFr inge Ġdivision Ġ, ĠDr . ĠPen rose Ġvisits Ġan Ġabandoned Ġwarehouse Ġand Ġmeets Ġthe Ġmurderer Ġ, ĠChristopher Ġ( ĠDerek ĠCecil Ġ) Ġ, Ġhis Ġson Ġ, Ġwho Ġsuffers Ġfrom Ġrapid Ġaging Ġsyndrome Ġ. ĠPen rose Ġwarns ĠChristopher Ġto Ġbe Ġcareful Ġand Ġthat Ġthey Ġonly Ġneed Ġone Ġmore Ġwoman Ġto Ġcomplete Ġthe Ġprocess Ġ. ĠBy Ġthis Ġtime Ġ, ĠCharlie Ġhas Ġfound Ġa Ġrecent Ġmurder Ġvictim Ġkilled Ġin Ġthe Ġsame Ġfashion Ġas ĠOlivia Ġ' s Ġserial Ġmurderer Ġ. ĠAt ĠWalter Ġ' s Ġlab Ġ, Ġthey Ġidentify Ġthe Ġpit uit ary Ġgland Ġhas Ġbeen Ġremoved Ġ. ĠThey Ġrational ize Ġthe Ġmurderer Ġmust Ġextract Ġhormones Ġfrom Ġthe Ġglands Ġto Ġslow Ġdown Ġhis Ġown Ġaging Ġprocess Ġ. ĠWalter Ġhypothes izes Ġthey Ġcan Ġdiscover Ġthe Ġlocation Ġof Ġthe Ġcrime Ġby Ġlooking Ġat Ġthe Ġimages Ġleft Ġin Ġthe Ġwoman Ġ' s Ġoptical Ġnerves Ġinduced Ġby Ġthe Ġparaly zing Ġsed ative Ġ. ĠB orrow ing Ġan Ġelectronic Ġpulse Ġcamera Ġfrom ĠMassive