 praised the production level as " top notch " , and Torv 's performance as " very good " as she " brings a unique presence to the show " . The A.V. Club critic Noel Murray gave the episode a C + , while Television Without Pity graded it with a B.   Josh Jackson of Paste Magazine disliked the " deus ex machina " aspects that " neatly solved the puzzles of the first two episodes " , and also criticized perceived " plot contrivances " like how the serial murderer immediately began aging once interrupted from killing his last victim . Despite these flaws , Jackson said he would tune in next week because he would " rather have a show err on the side of unbelievable than unremarkable , and I 'm interested to see if Abrams has any more tricks up his sleeve " . Erin Fox of TV Guide also liked " The Same Old Story " better than the pilot because she thought that it " had really cool special effects , awesome Walter @-@ isms , and actual chemistry forming between Olivia and Peter " , and " we also got to delve more into the connections between Walter , Nina Sharp , Massive Dynamic and the government and the experiments they conducted before Walter was institutionalized " .   A UGO Networks columnist was concerned that the expensive pilot would be hard to translate into weekly episodes , but " after sitting down to watch Fringe 's second episode , " The Same Old Story " , my concerns have vanished . Fringe 's second episode represents all that is holy about genre programming without sacrificing any of Fringe 's eleven @-@ herbs and spices . In fact , the subtle framework of what makes Fringe not X @-@ Files is even better defined in the first weekly @-@ episode . I 'd struggled to find the word to describe it , and the winner is ' condensed ' . " The Same Old Story " has all of the sense of mystery , discovery , and humor that the pilot had just in a smaller , more combustible space . " Another UGO writer , Alex Zalben , later compared " The Same Old Story " to the similarly @-@ plotted The X @-@ Files episode " Død Kalm " . Zalben concluded that " Fringe wins this one , just for having a slightly less stupid explanation . "   = Randy Blythe manslaughter case =   The Randy Blythe manslaughter case was a court case in the Czech Republic , stemming from a 2010 Lamb of God concert in Prague , wherein 19 @-@ year @-@ old fan Daniel Nosek sustained head injuries leading to a coma and subsequent death . During the investigation , Czech police unsuccessfully asked United States authorities for cooperation . When the band returned to the Czech Republic for another concert two years later , its vocalist Randy Blythe was arrested , charged with causing Nosek 's death , and remanded in custody for five weeks .   According to a verdict delivered by the Municipal Court in Prague on March 5 , 2013 , it was proven that Blythe had thrown Nosek offstage and thus had moral responsibility for his death . However , due to the circumstances , Blythe was not held criminally liable , and most of the blame lay with promoters and security members . The acquittal was upheld by the Prague High Court on June 5 , 2013 .   = = 2010 concert incident = =   During a concert on May 24 , 2010 , in the Prague club , Abaton , Blythe was involved in an incident that resulted in the death of Daniel Nosek , a 19 @-@ year @-@ old attending fan . According to eyewitness statements cited by the Czech online daily newspaper aktuálně.cz following Blythe 's arrest , Blythe was chanting " Come on up " between songs , which , the newspaper stated , may have been intended to invite applause from the audience and not a direct invitation to fans . The newspaper went on to report that the fan tried to climb onstage and was thrown by the singer from the stage , falling backwards directly on his head . According to the same paper , Nosek was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol , suffered serious brain trauma , fell into a coma , and died weeks later from his injuries .   A report about the concert at issue released on May 26 , 2010 by topzine.cz stated that " one of the things that was unexpected was the behavior of the singer Randall Blythe , who on a few occasions struck some fans in a relatively brutal way off the stage . " The article also contains pictures , one of them showing Blythe holding a fan down on the ground . Meanwhile , another report released two days after the concert by metalopolis.net alleged that " Randy in a totally uncompromising way took down an impertinent fan , who has climbed the podium several times . The front @-@ man clearly showed that it is his territory , he struck the intruder down , punched him a couple of times and sent him through the air off the podium , without even
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Ġ" Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠRandy ĠB ly the Ġmanslaughter Ġcase Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠRandy ĠB ly the Ġmanslaughter Ġcase Ġwas Ġa Ġcourt Ġcase Ġin Ġthe ĠCzech ĠRepublic Ġ, Ġstemming Ġfrom Ġa Ġ2010 ĠLamb Ġof ĠGod Ġconcert Ġin ĠPrague Ġ, Ġwherein Ġ19 Ġ@ - @ Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġold Ġfan ĠDaniel ĠNose k Ġsustained Ġhead Ġinjuries Ġleading Ġto Ġa Ġcoma Ġand Ġsubsequent Ġdeath Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe Ġinvestigation Ġ, ĠCzech Ġpolice Ġunsuccessfully Ġasked ĠUnited ĠStates Ġauthorities Ġfor Ġcooperation Ġ. ĠWhen Ġthe Ġband Ġreturned Ġto Ġthe ĠCzech ĠRepublic Ġfor Ġanother Ġconcert Ġtwo Ġyears Ġlater Ġ, Ġits Ġvocal ist ĠRandy ĠB ly the Ġwas Ġarrested Ġ, Ġcharged Ġwith Ġcausing ĠNose k Ġ' s Ġdeath Ġ, Ġand Ġrem anded Ġin Ġcustody Ġfor Ġfive Ġweeks Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAccording Ġto Ġa Ġverdict Ġdelivered Ġby Ġthe ĠMunicipal ĠCourt Ġin ĠPrague Ġon ĠMarch Ġ5 Ġ, Ġ2013 Ġ, Ġit Ġwas Ġproven Ġthat ĠB ly the Ġhad Ġthrown ĠNose k Ġoff stage Ġand Ġthus Ġhad Ġmoral Ġresponsibility Ġfor Ġhis Ġdeath Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġdue Ġto Ġthe Ġcircumstances Ġ, ĠB ly the Ġwas Ġnot Ġheld Ġcriminally Ġliable Ġ, Ġand Ġmost Ġof Ġthe Ġblame Ġlay Ġwith Ġpromoters Ġand Ġsecurity Ġmembers Ġ. ĠThe Ġacqu ittal Ġwas Ġupheld Ġby Ġthe ĠPrague ĠHigh ĠCourt Ġon ĠJune Ġ5 Ġ, Ġ2013 Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ2010 Ġconcert Ġincident Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠDuring Ġa Ġconcert Ġon ĠMay Ġ24 Ġ, Ġ2010 Ġ, Ġin Ġthe ĠPrague Ġclub Ġ, ĠAb aton Ġ, ĠB ly the Ġwas Ġinvolved Ġin Ġan Ġincident Ġthat Ġresulted Ġin Ġthe Ġdeath Ġof ĠDaniel ĠNose k Ġ, Ġa Ġ19 Ġ@ - @ Ġyear Ġ@ - @ Ġold Ġattending Ġfan Ġ. ĠAccording Ġto Ġeyewitness Ġstatements Ġcited Ġby Ġthe ĠCzech Ġonline Ġdaily Ġnewspaper Ġa kt u Ã¡ ln Ä Ľ . cz Ġfollowing ĠB ly the Ġ' s Ġarrest Ġ, ĠB ly the Ġwas Ġchanting Ġ" ĠCome Ġon Ġup Ġ" Ġbetween Ġsongs Ġ, Ġwhich Ġ, Ġthe Ġnewspaper Ġstated Ġ, Ġmay Ġhave Ġbeen Ġintended Ġto Ġinvite Ġapplause Ġfrom Ġthe Ġaudience Ġand Ġnot Ġa Ġdirect Ġinvitation Ġto Ġfans Ġ. ĠThe Ġnewspaper Ġwent Ġon Ġto Ġreport Ġthat Ġthe Ġfan Ġtried Ġto Ġclimb Ġonstage Ġand Ġwas Ġthrown Ġby Ġthe Ġsinger Ġfrom Ġthe Ġstage Ġ, Ġfalling Ġbackwards Ġdirectly Ġon Ġhis Ġhead Ġ. ĠAccording Ġto Ġthe Ġsame Ġpaper Ġ, ĠNose k Ġwas Ġnot Ġunder Ġthe Ġinfluence Ġof Ġdrugs Ġor Ġalcohol Ġ, Ġsuffered Ġserious Ġbrain Ġtrauma Ġ, Ġfell Ġinto Ġa Ġcoma Ġ, Ġand Ġdied Ġweeks Ġlater Ġfrom Ġhis Ġinjuries Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠA Ġreport Ġabout Ġthe Ġconcert Ġat Ġissue Ġreleased Ġon ĠMay Ġ26 Ġ, Ġ2010 Ġby Ġtop z ine . cz Ġstated Ġthat Ġ" Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġthings Ġthat Ġwas Ġunexpected Ġwas Ġthe Ġbehavior Ġof Ġthe Ġsinger ĠRandall ĠB ly the Ġ, Ġwho Ġon Ġa Ġfew Ġoccasions Ġstruck Ġsome Ġfans Ġin Ġa Ġrelatively Ġbrutal Ġway Ġoff Ġthe Ġstage Ġ. Ġ" ĠThe Ġarticle Ġalso Ġcontains Ġpictures Ġ, Ġone Ġof Ġthem Ġshowing ĠB ly the Ġholding Ġa Ġfan Ġdown Ġon Ġthe Ġground Ġ. ĠMeanwhile Ġ, Ġanother Ġreport Ġreleased Ġtwo Ġdays Ġafter Ġthe Ġconcert Ġby Ġmetal opolis . net Ġalleged Ġthat Ġ" ĠRandy Ġin Ġa Ġtotally Ġuncomp romising Ġway Ġtook Ġdown Ġan Ġimper t inent Ġfan Ġ, Ġwho Ġhas Ġclimbed Ġthe Ġpodium Ġseveral Ġtimes Ġ. ĠThe Ġfront Ġ@ - @ Ġman Ġclearly Ġshowed Ġthat Ġit Ġis Ġhis Ġterritory Ġ, Ġhe Ġstruck Ġthe Ġintruder Ġdown Ġ, Ġpunched Ġhim Ġa Ġcouple Ġof Ġtimes Ġand Ġsent Ġhim Ġthrough Ġthe Ġair Ġoff Ġthe Ġpodium Ġ, Ġwithout Ġeven