In an alternate future, it's 1981 and the UN allies have been at war with the Soviet Union for six years. In that short amount of time, the world has been reduced to an irradiated husk of itself. Standing victorious over a fallen world, the Soviets unexpectedly find themselves overwhelmed by a new technology developed by the Allies. A technology that will turn the tide of the war. One that will harbor a deep secret.

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Music:

“Son of the Widow” by Ketsa   “Better Way” by Kai Engel   “Soli” by Kai Engel   “Oneiri” by Kai Engel   “Passages” by Kai Engel   “Somnolence” by Kai Engel   “Daemones” by Kai Engel   “Scalloped” by Blue Dot Sessions   “Uncertain Ground” by Blue Dot Sessions   “Dangerous Swing” by Blue Dot Sessions

“Holo” by Blue Dot Sessions

On the season 2 finale, Victor Frankenstein's creation is responsible for two deaths, but Victor fears that the body count isn't close to being finished. The battle between creator and creation will stretch over multiple continents, destroying lives and bringing up questions of our responsibility toward our creations, arrogance, and what it means to live a good life.

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Music:

"Two Boys and a Girl" by Podington Bear

"Darklit Carpet" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Bare Shoulders" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Relay 7" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Our Fingers Cold" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Spot Peter" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Stillness" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Solemn Application" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Tessalit" by Blue Dot Sessions

"March on Gumdrop Field" by Blue Dot Sessions

A lurching green monster that's afraid of fire with bolts in his neck. A hunchback assistant named Igor. A menacing, mustache twirling doctor. None of those things are in this episode.

Instead, we have an eight-foot-tall introspective giant, a thoughtful, if dangerously ambitious child who doesn't understand the enormity of the task he's undertaking, and a world that's not ready for the consequences of one young man's thoughtless genius.

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Music:

"Anxiety" by Kai Engel

"Plate Grayscale" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Delirium" by Kai Engel

"Morbid Imagination" by Kai Engel

"A Catalog of Seasons" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Tolls Folly" by Blue Dot Sessions

A couple in early 1800s Louisiana is headed home when they spot something unusual by a pillar, something that will change their lives, and the lives of the most powerful family in town, forever.

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Music:

"When in the West" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Bell Solo" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Bidous Transit" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Low Slopes" by Blue Dot Sessions

"February" by Kai Engel

"Crying Earth" by Kai Engel

As always, our theme song is by the fantastic Breakmaster Cylinder

Two stories by the U.S. writer O. Henry. In the first, a young woman is dying, pinning her hopes to a leaf dangling on a branch. In the second, ol' Soapy, a homeless man in New York City, is gearing up for a trip to his summer home: prison. A warm bed, three meals a day, and safety from harassment by people on the street. The only problem? He can't seem to get himself thrown in there.

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Music:

"Constellation" by Podington Bear

"3rd Chair" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Come as You Are" by Blue Dot Sessions

"The One Shot" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Valantis" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Valantis Vespers" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Faithless Constellation" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Demalion" by Blue Dot Sessions

Our humble hero just wanted to swing by a remote mental institution in the south of France on his way back home to America. He was just going to spend one night in the self-described madhouse to sate his curiosity/gawk at the mentally ill. What could be wrong with spending one night in a rural private 1800s insane asylum without a means of escape? You know, besides every word in that sentence.

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Music:

"Grey Alley" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Lonely Stairwell" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Noe Noe" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Our Own Melody" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Strange Dog Walk" by Blue Dot Sessions

When we last left Edmond, he was about to hit the rock and start his escape from Chateau d'If when he heard a scream from his friend's cell.

This week, we'll see how he finally manages to get out of the inescapable prison...and what happened to his world after a decade and a half of his absence.

"Egregia" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Halflight" by Podington Bear

"Slough" by Podington Bear

"Topslides" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Tralaga" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Velejo" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Ballast" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Closing" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Rapids" by Blue Dot Sessions

Edmond is in prison and his enemies are celebrating, but something else is coming from Elba that will change their world yet again and make them fear the man they sent to Chateau d'If.

 

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"Vernouillet" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Petaluma" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Sopor" by Kai Engel

"Scenery" by Kai Engel

"Mknt" by Blue Dot Sessions

"The Confrontation" by Podington Bear

"Jat Poure" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Drifting Spade" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Pieces" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Uncertainty" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Vibrant Canopy" by Blue Dot Sessions

Edmond Dantes returns to France as a captain. He has just received a promotion, and soon he will be marrying the love of his life: the beautiful Mercedes.

The only issue? He doesn't realize that he has enemies, and that the last request of his dying captain - simply delivering a letter - could change his life forever.

"The Count of Monte Cristo" is absolutely in the top 10 for all-time favorite books. It has everything, and it's so intricately woven together that you just get lost in it. It was absolutely a challenge for this show, but it's a story that I'm excited to tell.

Music:

"Brand New World" by Kai Engel

"Mercy" by Kai Engel

"KeoKeo" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Maisie Dreamer" by Blue Dot Sessions

"The Callow" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Vik Fence Drona" by Blue Dot Sessions

Watson is happily married and hasn't spoken to Sherlock in months and hasn't been on a mystery in nearly a year. The craziest his life gets now is an abnormal patient or some sensational news story. That's all about to change when the distraught wife of a friend comes to his house late one Thursday night, leading to a late night trip to an opium den and a shocking discovery.

Music:

"An Opus in Bb" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Cab Ride" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Colrain" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Manele" by Blue Dot Sessions

Theme song by Breakmaster Cylinder