ars PARADOXICA

A training tape shown to new ODAR recruits.

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

Featuring John Wallis as the Narrator.

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

Chet draws a line in the sand; the Anchorites are trapped. But sand is easily washed away by a rising tide.

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, L. Jeffrey Moore as Lou Gaines, Preston Max Allen as Bridget Chambers, Lia Peros as Petra, Gabriela Milo as Carmen, Arjun Gupta as Nikhil Sharma, Bernardo Cubría as Mateo Morales, Hannah Trobaugh as June Barlowe, Lee Satterwhite as Ben Quigley, Lauren Shippen as Maggie Elbourne, Eric Rafael Ibarra as Victor Lambert, and Susanna Kavee as Helen Partridge, as well as Kathy Dorn, Mark Soloff, Todd Faulkner, and Tauheed Zaman*, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Featuring the song "When I'm Not Here," written by Tau Zaman, arranged by Evan Cunningham, featuring Susanna Kavee as Helen Partridge. Additional original music by Mischa Stanton and Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

The last remaining record of Dr. Nikhil Sharma, friend to Sally Grissom and foe to ODAR. His presence in only three days of 1949 caused deviations to the timeline not even the Blackroom could predict. What led this rogue element to betray his allegiances and leave everything behind?

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

Featuring: Arjun Gupta as Nikhil Sharma, and Bernardo Cubría as Mateo Morales, as well as Jade Johnson.

Fight choreography and production help from Danielle Shemaiah. Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

The team has assembled, and it's time to take the fight to ODAR. Step 1: get Victor Lambert out of an ODAR prison facility, with a passcode from the desk of Director Chet Whickman himself. To pull this stunt off, they'll need help from an unlikely source.

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, Lia Peros as Petra, L. Jeffrey Moore as Lou Gaines, Lauren Shippen as Maggie Elbourne, Preston Max Allen as Bridget Chambers, Hannah Trobaugh as June Barlowe, Lee Satterwhite as Ben Quigley, and Eric Rafael Ibarra as Victor Lambert, as well as Billy Finn, Julian Mundy, and Mischa Stanton, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Fight choreography by Danielle Shemaiah. Production help from Dan Powell. "Clair de Lune" composed by Claude Debussy. Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

June Barlowe's done biding her time. She's out for vengeance for her late husband Quentin, and heaven help ODAR and anyone else who stands in her way–except for a face she never thought she'd see again...

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

Featuring: Hannah Trobaugh as June Barlowe, Lee Satterwhite as Quentin Barlowe/Ben Quigley, Susanna Kavee as Helen Partridge, L. Jeffrey Moore as Lou Gaines, Lia Peros as Petra, and Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, as well as Lily Richards, Eli Barraza, Erin Bark, and Aze Gates*, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

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

Lou Gaines is on a mission to find his friend David Marian, and in the course of his search ropes in others who have fallen beside ODAR's wake.

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

Featuring: L. Jeffrey Moore as Lou Gaines, Hannah Trobaugh as June Barlowe, Preston Max Allen as Bridget Chambers, Lauren Shippen as Maggie Elbourne, Lia Peros as Petra, and Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, as well as James Oliva, Brock Bivens, and Erin Bark, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann. This episode also featured music by Jazz Street Trio.

Anthony's poking at the limits of the Blackroom, and facing his inevitable lonely demise, conspires with Sally to look for a way out. But when Esther and ODAR get word of the team-up, their concern for their future brings them to conflict.

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written, 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, Richard Penner as Dr. Fitzgerald, and Alexander Cole as David Marian, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

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

**WARNING: This episode contains depictions of manipulation & implied harm of children. Listener discretion advised.

Petra and Carmen have been recruited for a special training protocol within ODAR. Their mission: Grow up through history backwards, make no connection with the world around them, in an attempt to Stave Off the deadly effects of Butterfly Syndrome. Helped along by their chaperone Van, their peers, and a mysterious guide who offers lemon drops with a side of dissenting opinions on the way things ought to be, can the girls become proper ODAR agents before their last connection to anything in the world–each other–falls apart?

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Eli Barraza. Directed & produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring: Elyse Cain & Lia Peros as Petra, Ai-Chan & Gabriela Milo as Carmen, Ian McQuown as Van, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, and Arjun Gupta as Nikhil Sharma, as well as Richard Malmos, Katie Hume, On Shiu, Bonnie Williams, David Gallic, Billy Finn, and Erin Bark, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Production help from Danielle Shemaiah, Ryan Estrada, and David Rheinstrom. Thanks to Mykki and her kids at the Khan Lab School. Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

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Sally starts gardening and digs up something from her past. Esther falls back on old habits. Chet realizes he's not here to make friends.

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

Featuring: Kristen DiMercurio as Sally Grissom, Reyn Beeler as Chet Whickman, Katie Speed as Esther Roberts, and Richard Penner as Dr. Fitzgerald, as well as Fionna Thraille, Heather Auden, Thea Rodgers, Austin Beach, and Jean DiMercurio as Sally's mom, with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Original music by Mischa Stanton and Eno Freedman-Brodmann.