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15: Butterfly Aug 01, 2016

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**WARNING: This episode contains depictions of animal cruelty. Listener discretion advised. (No animals were harmed in the making of this episode.)

Still shaken since Sharma, Sally seeks a shrink. Meanwhile, mild-mannered Maggie manipulates mice.

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, Dan Anderson as Hank Cornish, Lauren Shippen as Maggie Elbourne, and Richard Penner as Dr. Fitzgerald, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Production help from Danielle Shemaiah and Andy Goddard. Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

14: Anchor Jul 01, 2016

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**WARNING: This episode contains graphic depiction of gun violence. Listener discretion advised.

What's an ODAR agent doing in the Philadelphia harbor? Nikhil Sharma is from a future dangerously close to Sally's own, and he claims to have forgotten his orders. Claims. Happy to meet someone who gets all of her Back to the Future references, Sally ditches Esther to road trip back to Point-of-Exile with Nikhil. What awaits them at their destination?

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Tau Zaman. Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Reyn Beeler as Chet Whickman, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, Robin Gabrielli as Anthony Partridge, and Arjun Gupta as Nikhil Sharma, as well as Conrad Miszuk, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Production help from Danielle Shemaiah. Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann. Additional music by the US Army Blues via the Free Music Archive.

13: Signal Jun 01, 2016

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Sally and Esther fly out to the east coast. Sally has found a way to communicate with Anthony in the Blackroom, and needs to go to Philadelphia and commit a few crimes and put her life in mortal danger to make it happen– y'know, the usual. Meanwhile, Esther says she's going to New York for boring supply line reasons, but instead meets with someone from her past.

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Daniel Manning. Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, Robin Gabrielli as Anthony Partridge, and Preston Max Allen as Bridget Chambers, as well as Zak Stevens, Amanda Bailey, and Brock Bivens, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

12: Asset May 01, 2016

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Louis Gaines is a journalism professor in trouble for introducing taboo concepts to his students. David Marian is a chess prodigy with an anger streak. The two war buddies are recruited by a mysterious government agency. Is it ODAR? Of course it is. But will their new employer mean the end of their friendship?

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Julian Mundy. Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: L. Jeffrey Moore as Lou Gaines, Alexander Cole as David Marian, Dan Anderson as Hank Cornish, and Robin Gabrielli as Anthony Partridge, as well as Richard Malmos and AC Slamet, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Production help from Julian Mundy.

This episode features the song "Man at the Clock" by Paolo Pavan Pasqualino Ubaldini via the Free Music Archive, as well as original music by Mischa Stanton and Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

11: Blackroom Apr 01, 2016

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As punishment for his crimes, Anthony Partridge is exiled to the Blackroom, ODAR's communications hub situated at the anchor point. He's not so sure he wants to be ODAR's slave until the end of his days, but that all changes when he's the only one who can get Sally Grissom the care she needs. Sally's fallen into a coma after a meeting with her future self, and ODAR's off and running without her. What world will Sally find waiting for her outside the hospital?

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Daniel Manning. Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Reyn Beeler as Chet Whickman, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, and Robin Gabrielli as Anthony Partridge, as well as Brock Bivens, Lia Peros, and Austin Beach, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Original music by Mischa Stanton and Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

10: Consequence, Act II Mar 15, 2016

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When Anthony seeks revenge on Bill Donovan for his crimes, he finds more than he'd bargained for: due to the effects of CAGE therapy, he's a frail old man, confined to a bed, but otherwise healthy. But that won't be enough to stop Anthony Partridge when he's got an axe to grind. Meanwhile, Sally gets a visit from her future self, and if you though one Sally was a lot to handle… Oh man. Just you wait.

**WARNING: This episode contains graphic depictions of violence. Listener discretion advised.

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Daniel Manning. Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Reyn Beeler as Chet Whickman, Rob Slotnick as Bill Donovan, Robin Gabrielli as Anthony Partridge, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, Zach Ehrlich as Jack Wyatt, Charlotte Mary Wen as Penny Wise, and Dan Anderson as Hank Cornish, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

10: Consequence, Act I Mar 01, 2016

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Anthony Partridge has stumbled across a box full of tapes in Bill Donovan's office. Spoilers: Bill's had the whole town wired for years, and he's recorded EVERYTHING. And that's not all–he's been blackmailing politicians, he manipulated Helen, and he's bending the fabric of spacetime to keep himself in power. He doesn't stop for breath, even when his health starts to fail. Is there anything Bill Donovan won't do?

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written, Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Rob Slotnick as Bill Donovan, Reyn Beeler as Chet Whickman, Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Robin Gabrielli as Anthony Partridge, Susanna Kavee as Helen Partridge, Charlotte Mary Wen as Penny Wise, Dan Anderson as Hank Cornish, Isabel Atkinson as Amelia Arnault, Julian Mundy as Ivan Maraczek, Eric Rafael Ibarra as Victor Lambert, and Pete Lutz as J. Edgar Hoover, as well as Amanda Bailey.

Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

09: Decay Feb 01, 2016

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It's Christmastime again, and the team is on the verge of a breakthrough. Anthony Partridge has been working nonstop to finish his latest invention, and though he's made substantial gains, he may stand to lose even more. Jack Wyatt is done with the whole ODAR game and wants to take his girlfriend Penny with him, but Esther's just stuck one foot further in and might need his help. And Sally, all alone on Christmas, finds solace—and the answers she's been looking for—in her new 20th-century family. But with Bill Donovan in dire straits and Anthony Partridge left all alone, who knows what discoveries yet lay hidden?

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Julian Mundy. Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Reyn Beeler as Chet Whickman, Rob Slotnick as Bill Donovan, Robin Gabrielli as Anthony Partridge, Susanna Kavee as Helen Partridge, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, Zach Ehrlich as Jack Wyatt, and Dan Anderson as Hank Cornish, as well as Billy Finn, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

08: Cage Jan 01, 2016

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An accident finally leads to a practically-demonstrable use of the Timepiece: the CAGE, a bubble of time outside the universe. Chet isn't too happy with Esther's decision to spend 24 (relative) hours trapped inside it. But when he is trapped inside with her, it gives these two time to talk about the only thing they have in common: ODAR, and its potential future without Bill Donovan.

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Daniel Manning. Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Reyn Beeler as Chet Whickman, Robin Gabrielli as Anthony Partridge, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, and Zach Ehrlich as Jack Wyatt, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

07: Distraction Dec 01, 2015

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As work continues on a new iteration of ODAR's time-bending technology, Jack Wyatt can't shake the feeling that he might not be right for the job, and Esther is left picking up the pieces. Meanwhile, Anthony Partridge is investigating a new face in town: Agent Hank Cornish. But is it really worth all the fuss? Or is he just using this—and his research into Bill Donovan's declining health—as an excuse to avoid supporting Helen in her cabaret debut?

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Daniel Manning. Directed & Produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Reyn Beeler as Chet Whickman, Robin Gabrielli as Anthony Partridge, Susanna Kavee as Helen Partridge, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, Zach Ehrlich as Jack Wyatt, and Charlotte Mary Wen as Penny Wise, as well as Zak Stevens and Erin Bark, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

This episode features the song "A Nightingale Sang in Barkley Square," performed by Susanna Kavee as Helen Partridge, and original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

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