Episode 39: Temptations

Travis tries to play back the footage to disastrous results

Episode 38: Spontaneous Combustion

Russ discovers possible video footage of The Fall the way a person talked about The Fall, was always revealing ... who they were was usually a function of what they believed ... Travis's spontaneous combustion theory made perfect sense to Russ, given his engineering background and that he was a horror movie buff ... he worked at the gas station on the night shift, he got paid to do his homework ... because the security camera ran off a battery, he suspects that the tape recorded the event ... he figured out that the only way to replay the tape was to sue older technology, the kind using vacuum tubes ... so he built a sort of video playback machine, with old recording equipment found around town ... he said if Russ hung around Nashville a little longer he could watch his first test ... Alice was worried that Russ had been caught, Russ explained the good news, that they might get answers ... why can't you people just except things the way they are ... Russ told her it was probably time to move on ... Alice liked the world better now, without technology distracting us from what's really important ... they went to a dance, for the first time Russ was actually enjoying himself, it was a risk worth taking

Episode 37: Nashville

Alice helps Russ; he learns a new theory about The Fall the worst of times can prove the best of people, Alice new dangerous men she had cooked at the local prison ... she said they looked more dangerous than him, she wanted to know why he was being hunted by those characters ... Russ told her the whole story, she was suspicious, until Russ said he was just trying to get home to his family ... she lost her husband the night of The Fall ... Alice farmed for trade, in a barter economy ... every few days Russ loaded up the cart, and Alice went into town, finally after about a week of not seeing his pursuers, he decided to join her, but in a disguise ... following major catastrophes their is always a spike in patronism ... Russ went to a local bar, and overheard a new theory ... about what really happened to the people, spontaneous combustion, seen it with my own eyes

Episode 36: Rose Mansion

Pursued, Russ seeks refuge in Nashville, Tennessee first impressions can be deceiving, initially Russ believed Paul was psychotic ... and the New World Historians were kindred spirits ... but beliefs can be deadly wrong ... what was the reason, the larger agenda, how far would they go to protect their secret ... Russ watched his pursuers thru binoculars, the two men were quick on his trail after he left Louisville ... they offered for Russ to leave want they want, but Russ kept going, hanging on to the truth ... Russ torched a crashed airliner, to put them off the scent ... the rain covered his tracks for a couple of days, the hard rain still came ... Russ needed a safe place, he found the Rose Mansion ... he assumed it was empty, like most other places ... got a gun and I ain't afraid to use it, Russ awakes to a barrel to his head, he apologizes, a knock at the door, she goes to answer ... it's them, with a printed wanted sheet with Russ image on it, they say he is dangerous, wanted for grand larceny, murder