Episode Title: The Strength in Numbers
Episode Type: Premiere
The episode begins in the rented out Saint Sebastian Bank that had been turned into a new-collar therapy oranization at quarter to noon. Sean Fay had been refered to this particular, "middle ability" location via state mandate, due to his reputation of trying to lure his previous therapists into the quarry for unsaid reasons. Lawley was now his 18th therapist. He had only been able to schedule a 11:45 appointment, and, at that point of the winter, it didnt get dark until roughly 6:00 pm. Sean needed it to be dark- so he had time to kill.
Sean claimed that he couldn’t think sitting down and needed to walk or drive in order to talk. Lawley believed him, largely because he seemed to be pretty convincing to him. On the way out of the office, Inna promptly questioned about Lawley's soon-to-be whereabouts with Sean. Lawley brushed away Inna's concerns and continued on his way. He had a rented Corvette, which were actually pretty cheap in the 2000s, drove up the snubbed moutainsides of Nebraska, stopped at a Native-owned Omaha market, the gas station, a commercial corn maze, and a horseweed field. Throughout these excursions, Sean had been amply talking about his problems. He told Lawley about his disappearing family, the Child Sinkhole, what he did in 1997, and his cousin, Denver Fay. Sean dabbled with this name quite a bit, making sure it stuck out amongst his otherwise very flat, tuneless voice. When the sun finally began to set, Sean turned to Lawley and asked him to take them to one final place.
The coralvile foundation moldered underneath the car as they rose above the terraced cliff, eventually parking behind a line of pine trees in the cross-bedding. What they arrived at was a house. Not Sean or Lawley's, but someone else's. Before they could unbuckle their seatbelts, Sean took a flower out of his leather jacket pocket and offered it to Lawley. Lawley took it, looking at it stupidly. It was datura. He told Lawley to smell it, to which he did.
Lawley got out of the car moments after setting the flower aside and Sean instructed him to follow him slowly. Sean crept behind the house and entered through the egress window and into someone's basement.
Lawley began to think that this was some sort of juvanile prank. Sean went to the electrical pannel and cut the electricity. They stood still in the dark together. Sean told Lawley to stay by the washing machines while taking something out of his jacket. Suddenly the stairs began creaking with great strain as someone very large made their way into the basement. Whoever it was must have stopped to stare into the dark because the sound suddenly stopped for a moment- then started back up again as the figure made its way past the steps. The figure moved itself closer and closer to Sean until suddenly, Sean broke his stance and became a tempest of stabbing.
When it was all over, Sean stacked tires around Denver's body and moved it out where the sun would hit it and bake the body with heat until it became a slime.
Sean picked Lawley up and placed him in the car before getting in on the driver's side and drove them both down to the beach below. They took turns rinsing eachother's blood and dirt off on the beach sand sprayer.
Once finished with that, Sean drove back to his house, which was in a prime tornado alley. Sean took Lawley out of the back seat and placed him on his feet and encouraged him to walk to the house. It took almost ten minutes to get him circulated again, only for him to colapse onto Sean's faux animal hide couch after making it through the door. His wet clothes made messy streaks all over the seat as he struggled to get comfortable in a delirious state. Sean offered his bed to him- to which he took graciously.
Lawley was woken up by several missed calls from his receptionist, Inna, and, to his humiliation, found that he has been sleeping with a guy whom he recognized as being his patient from the night before.
Obviously they couldn’t tell anyone about what happened at Sean’s house. More importantly, they couldn’t tell anyone about what happened to Denver. The problem was, only Sean knew what happened. Lawley had been high for the entire time, making him the perfect alibi. Sean would never be suspected of murder if it was really true that he was with his therapist the whole time.
Sean picked Lawley up and placed him in the car before getting in on the driver's side and drove them both down to the beach below. They took turns rinsing eachother's blood and dirt off on the beach sand sprayer.
Once finished with that, Sean drove back to his house, which was in a prime tornado alley. Sean took Lawley out of the back seat and placed him on his feet and encouraged him to walk to the house. It took almost ten minutes to get him circulated again, only for him to colapse onto Sean's faux animal hide couch after making it through the door. His wet clothes made messy streaks all over the seat as he struggled to get comfortable in a delirious state. Sean offered his bed to him- to which he took graciously.
Lawley was woken up by several missed calls from his receptionist, Inna, and, to his humiliation, found that he has been sleeping with a guy whom he recognized as being his patient from the night before.
Obviously they couldn’t tell anyone about what happened at Sean’s house. More importantly, they couldn’t tell anyone about what happened to Denver. The problem was, only Sean knew what happened. Lawley had been high for the entire time, making him the perfect alibi. Sean would never be suspected of murder if it was really true that he was with his therapist the whole time.
Episode Title: Sugar Breath
Episode Type: Standalone
Lawley’s demurral of the customs at the adult novelty and trading card store, “The Atomic Weasel”, goes too far one day, and in response, Tanaruz enrolls Lawley as a “phone helper” through the Atomic Weasel company, insisting it was a form of therapy on the phone. Lawley struggles to piece the calls together, and to his humiliation, unravel the horrible joke. But isn’t it nice having someone like Sean on your side?
Episode Title: Hockey
Episode Type: Standalone
The title “Hockey” is very self explanatory. Sean had showed Lawley the joys of being a freelance athlete, and the two have been previously filling in for a minor league hockey team, but begin to grow wary as the season runs into the spring. As the snow starts to melt, the ice grows thin. The team pleads to their coach that it would be dangerous to play this late into the winter, but to their dismay, the coach warrants a last game. There is a pathetic turnout for the game, and nothing really happens, except for a boy named David falling into the freezing lake and drowning that game. Given the amount of witnesses of this boy’s death, business at Lawley’s therapy organization flourishes.
Episode Title: My Cat is Born
Episode Type: Standalone
The title “My Cat is Born” comes from a book my mother owned as a child, called “My Puppy is Born”. During an afternoon appointment at the Saint Sebastian Therapy-Bank, Tanaruz loses focus and begins wondering aloud what Lawley would look like without his glasses. She takes his glasses, and quickly forgets to give them back before leaving the building and driving down to Jackson, Mississippi for a Powwow. Lawley heads home that night, and, due to his impaired vision, accidentally drives into the desert where he meets a wildcat, who he mistakes for a regular house cat. Charmed by her cuteness, Lawley takes the cat in and names her, “Simcha”. Lawley is very overjoyed to have a pet cat, and is very indifferent to Sean and Daisy insisting it was a wild animal who needed to be returned to nature. When Tanaruz returns from Mississippi and returns Lawley’s glasses, Lawley realizes that not only was Simcha a wild animal, but not rightfully his to keep. It is very hard returning her to the wild.
Episode Title: Hotmale.com
Episode Type: Standalone
Lawley falls for chain mail.
Episode Title: Diary Cool
Episode Type: Relevant
Reading and visual depictions of Lawley's diary.
