PleasureTown

PleasureTown

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PleasureTown episodes

  • Ep 301 - A Thin Connection

    In the season premiere, Amelia relives her childhood and her father’s abusive self-interest to tell how she came to be the proprietor of the town’s Inn. Also, Remy, daughter to a family of wealthy English aristocrats, is sent away to live in the States after showing signs of mental illness.

    28 min
  • Ep Mini11 - It Takes A Village

    PleasureTown may be a playground for the liberated, but for one young man, being born into a world so focused on pleasure made life nearly unbearable. This is his story.

    12 min
  • Ep Mini10 - How It Works

    In this minisode, we meet a nameless PleasureTown resident as he recounts a chance meeting with a tormented Claude, who is haunted by memories of his father...and what he did. This minisode was written by PleasureTown Super Friend Richard Izzo.

    10 min
  • Ep Mini9 - Bad Water

    Fear and hate go hand in hand. This is a lesson Hong, a Chinese immigrant, must learn as he traverses the Wild West to build a new home in Oklahoma. Will Hong be able to conquer the perils of his adopted land or will he succumb to the hatred of its people?

    14 min
  • Ep Mini8 - Rule of Symmetry
    This week on PleasureTown, we join Clara, a young mathematician and PleasureTown native, as she decides to leave her family and community behind. Although Clara sets out to forge her own identity, it begins to dawn on her that life might have an all-encompassing symmetry that isn’t so easy to escape.
    12 min
  • Telegram For You!
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    @PleasureTownOK Stop.
    And Nerdette is back! Stop.
    Joy abounds! Stop.
    7 min
  • Ep 212 - Last Breath
    In the season finale, Bulger and Rudd discover the Cintamani Stone, sending them on a collision course with Alvin Pilfer and Warren Featherbone III.
    37 min
  • EP 211 - By Blood or Bond
    Veiled by the magic of the Cintamani Stone, Adrianne enters Bulger’s store to make contact with her estranged brother. Later, the stone’s elusiveness manages to push Alvin Pilfer to the brink of insanity.
    24 min
  • Ep 210 - Of Such Metal
    It's Oklahoma's 10th anniversary, and President Roosevelt is visiting as part of his campaign to drum up favor for the War. The citizens of PleasureTown are abuzz...as are the spirits who watch over them.
    35 min

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The fictional history of this mysterious Oklahoma town.