After a longer-than-anticipated mid-season break, Stranger is back and as much as he'd love to be taking the long road of recovery, today is not that day. For today he'll be doing things a different way. A Marshal's Way.

We bring you an end-of-the-year treat before we return from the mid-season break! Stranger and Cupid presents an amazing episode for our friends over at Audistorium! Be sure to check out the amazing horror anthology series over at Audistorium on Spotify!

Shackled, beaten, and forced to endure possibly cruel torture (ads), Stranger is finally poised to get answers, just not the ones he'd prefer. Visions and arcology gunfights aside, he's going to put in as much effort as they're paying him to, even if it's coming with its usual side of caveat.

Still following every lead he can get, Stranger is going from an uncomfortable conversation to sketchy findings with answers still proving to be alluding, but when there are no more cards to play there's always one option left... A little bit of corporate espionage flavored breaking and entering. 

On the job and hunting for information, Stranger delves into the East-Side Boroughs in search of a lead that'll help clear all this up, maybe even wrap it in a nice bundle. Unfortunately for him, it's never quite as simple as he'd like.

With decisions already made, wounds almost healed, and still plagued by his shattered mind, Stranger has a new job on the horizon. One that's hopefully simple this time, as meeting with the Lasher Org. has consequences rearing its head, and others possibly losing theirs.

Getting one step closer to actually seeing an AugDoc, but there's always more to it, and for Stranger it's already too much. Unfortunately for all involved, it's not just him. Many seem to be having problems with, the chrome within.

With the Mathers' job done leaving Stranger (literally) bent out of shape, it's time for him to do something he's been putting off for quite a while; going to a Dr. Unfortunately for him what could have been a normal day quickly begins to go Clinically Insane. In a very soulful kind of way. Pretty crazy huh?

Stranger is hit with new faces, old faces, and in his own face as the pieces of this job start to fall around him. Leaving him with more questions than he prefers, and a concern for his well-being that's setting off alarm bells in his mind and across the city. As another job draws to a close, so does Act 1 of Black Collar.

With the search getting increasingly complicated with every step he takes, Stranger is out of his depth and seeks out help from the denizens of S.E.T, but with the puzzle pieces falling into place, it's not painting the picture he prefers.