Episode 9

In this week’s hair-raising episode of Solomon’s River, we begin in Rajiv’s Coffee House as the mysterious Janice White shows up behind the counter looking for coffee and information.  Mayor Solomon arrives, ordering his usual Mr. Pibb and introduces himself to Janice (who introduces herself as Janice Purple!) Janice tells the mayor she is visiting for the day and inquires about the haze at the end of town, trying to determine if it’s from the mines. She then starts pumping the mayor for information regarding her friend, Samantha, who has been missing from Solomon’s River for some time now. The mayor denies any knowledge, but vows to bring down Calivera Enterprises (which, oddly enough, Janice defends vehemently!)

Meanwhile, at Calivera Enterprises, Carla’s assistant Angelica informs her that she has disposed of the latest body, but warns her that the cloud is beginning to be noticed in town.  Carla worries about a visit from the EPA, as well as the newspaper stories (which are being fed by a mysterious informant!)  As Angelica’s minion drags another body out, the police chief calls Carla, having developed a mysterious accent.  Carla tries to brush off the Chief, telling her to talk to Angelica.  Angelica is ordered to “redirect” the Chief’s investigation.

The Chief arrives to talk to talk to Angelica about the body being dragged through the coffee shop when they are interrupted by one of the Mason Brothers, looking for direction on what to do with the body.  After deciding he should chop it up, he exits.  Angelica denies that there are any bodies as her minion comes in to inform her there is no more coal for the furnaces.  Janice pops in to tell the Chief that the bodies are being used in the medical college.  Carla returns as Janice gives Angelica an envelope for her boss.  Carla opens it after Janice leaves and finds a note which says, “I know what you’ve been doing!”  Carla is determined to find out who Janice is, and what she is up to.

Mayor Joe-Bob is looking through the file on Suzanne (his dead childhood friend) as his investigator, Agent Blakeley, arrives to report on Calivera Enterprises.  Blakeley reports on the body being dragged out, but the mayor has difficulty understanding him and sends him away.  Janice then comes into his office with information.  She has been to Calivera and tells him they are hacking up bodies and creating a mysterious fog.  Still she searches for Samantha…

As Janice leaves, one of the Mason Brothers shows up (instructed by the mayor’s unhappy neighbor) to deliver the mayor’s dog’s head.  Suzanne’s ghost appears to torment the mayor for letting her die, saying he deserves this.  Just then, the mayor finds something in the file…”Oh my God, it was him!”

•  Will Janice discover the whereabouts of Samantha?
• Will the Chief of Police find out what's going on at Calivera Industries?
• Will Carla be visited by the EPA? Will OSHA make her install handrails in the restrooms?
• Will Agent Blakeley make himself understood to the mayor?
• Will Suzanne's ghost ever stop haunting the mayor?
• Who is the mysterious "Him?!"

Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!

Episode 8

As this week's episode of Solomon's River begins, we find Mr. Ylung (of the firm Tsmith, Thompson, Richards & Ylung) visiting the Chief of Police to file a missing person's report for Magnus Advarsson's granddaughter, Samantha, but he is sent away; the Chief is tired of Ylung's frequent visits.  Mayor Solomon arrives to see if the Chief could do him a favor and look into "Suzanne Balmer," who died some 29 years ago; he would like to know who were her friends and acquaintances.  Mayor Solomon is handed her file, which he takes with him after being served coffee by the Chief's persistent assistant.

At Rajiv's Coffee House, Agent Blakeley of the MIB (Mayoral Investigation Bureau) comes in and orders a Dr. Pibb (or was it a Mr. Pepper?)  Mayor Solomon enters, introduces himself to Blakeley and questions the MIB agent regarding his investigation.

Later, at the police station, Agent Blakelee enters and is served laxative-free coffee by the Chief's assistant.  The agent has heard about the bodies in town, and is interested in knowing more.  He leaves soon after, at which point the mail arrives with a missing person's notice, which is news to the Chief.

• Will Mr. Ylung get the Chief of Police to listen to him about Samantha's disappearance?
• What will Mayor Solomon discover in Suzanne's file?
• Will Detective Smith get over the fact that there is a new investigator in town?
• Is Agent Blakely investigating the mayor, or investigating for the mayor?
• Why does the Chief of police occasionally serve coffee with laxative in it?
• Who is on the missing person's poster?

  Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!

Episode 7

We begin this week's episode of Solomon's River with Mayor Joe-Bob Solomon stopping in to speak with Rajiv at the Coffee House.  The mayor is questioning Rajiv about Magnus Advarsson's attempted murder, but Rajiv is less than helpful; Joe-Bob leaves, having gained no useful information.

Detective Smith encounters Cilantro in a public restroom, first confronting her about Samantha's love for Mr. Ylung, the lawyer, and then about Cilantro's supposed pregnancy.  Cilantro is unsure of her "status," so Det. Smith whips out a pregnancy test kit and has Cilantro pee on the stick.

Meanwhile, Mayor Solomon is walking his dog Sparky when the ghost of Suzanne returns and tortures him with the tale of her horrible and crushing death. Suzanne then tells Joe-Bob he must "make it up to the little boy who was in love with me."

Back in the public restroom, Cilantro is shaking the pee stick, trying to speed things up.  "Don't shake it like a Polaroid!" Det. Smith admonishes as they look at the results...was it a blue line?  Was it a pale pink line?  No...it was a black line!!!  Both are shaken, and Smith pumps Cilantro for information...has she been experiencing periods of memory loss, unexplained cuts & bruises, perhaps an odd tattoo on the back of her neck?

Across town the mayor's neighbor is meeting with one of the Mason brothers regarding the plot against the mayor, when the not-so-long lost brother returns, giving no concrete explanation for his mysterious disappearance.  The neighbor wants it "done fast!" and the Mason brothers promise to "step it up," perhaps by kidnapping the dog and sending the mayor a paw.  The neighbor seems satisfied with the plan as he tells them to "make it happen!"

Dr. Scarlett is visited in his office by Mr. Ylung, the lawyer.  He warns Scarlett that he must give up his claim to the family fortune or else Ylung will blab about "the bastard child."  Scarlett is obviously shaken.

Magnus Advarsson, not one to pass up the opportunity to enter a restroom, enters the restroom and finds Det. Smith, who helps Magnus find his lost wallet. Once the detective leaves, Magnus clutches his chest and falls to the floor.

• What does Cilantro's "black line" mean?  Will she discover why she is having memory lapses?
• Will Mayor Solomon figure out who was the little boy in love with Suzanne?
• Will the Mason brothers do nasty things to the mayor's dog?
• Who is Scarlett's "bastard child?"
• Will Magnus survive this apparent cardiac event?
• Will he seek help for his overactive bladder?

 Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!

Episode 6

As we start off the latest episode of Solomon's River, we find Mayor Solomon talking with his very unhappy neighbor, who is asking if the mayor remembers him...the mayor does not.  In an attempt to unlock the secrets in his lost memories, Mayor Solomon calls Marilyn's Hypnosis to make an appointment.  When he arrives, Marilyn places him in a hypnotic trance.

In his trance, we discover that when Joe-Bob was 6, Suzanne, a girl he knew, died when his 400 pound Aunt Bertha fell on her.  In order to save the family from scandal, Joe-Bob's father covered up the death.

In Rajiv's Coffee House, one of the Mason Brothers enters, orders several Mr. Pibbs, and hints that something may have happened to his brother.  Magnus Advarsson arrives, threatening to sue Rajiv over the teabagging incident.  Soon a Health Inspector arrives to investigate, but finds nothing out of the ordinary, although Detective Smith was hiding in the wall, attempting to discover nefarious deeds.

Later, as the mayor is walking his dog Sparky, the ghost of Suzanne appears, implying he would be haunted until he works out his culpability in her death.

Detective Smith and the EMT meet - he knows who is responsible for teabagging Adverson...the EMT claims he heard Adverson say that "the lawyer would never get his money," thus implicating Mr. Ylung.

• Will Mayor Solomon remember what really happened to Suzanne?
• Will the Mason Brothers be reunited?
• Will the Very Unhappy Neighbor ever reveal his name?
• Will Detective Smith be able to prove Mr. Ylung's guilt?
• Will we discover a connection between the neighbor's hatred of the mayor and the death of Suzanne?
• Will Rajiv switch from Mr. Pibb to Dr. Pepper?

 Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!

Episode 5

Tonight's episode of Solomon's River begins in the backyard of Joe-Bob Solomon, Mayor of Solomon's River.  He is cutting his lawn as his very unhappy neighbor complains about Joe-Bob's dog leaving "packages" on his lawn.  The conversation breaks down as the neighbor moves on to complain about other conditions in town.

At Calivera Industries we find Carla Calivera mulling over the fact that the mayor is trying to close down her factory, ostensibly due to the sidestepping of regulations.  She then moves on to consider what to do about all the bodies in the back room as Angelica, an employee, is dragging more bodies to add to the lot.  Carla is afraid there may be a snitch working for her.

At Rajiv's Coffee House, Mrs. Rajiv is tending the counter as her husband works in the back.  The mayor and Carla meet, exchanging invectives.  Angelica pops her head into the Coffee House to talk with the mayor, sees Carla, turn and leaves, unseen.

Meanwhile, in the Solomon Mines, the Mason brothers are having issues with how they are taking care of bodies for Carla Calivera; one brother complains that he is doing most of the work himself, the other does not deny it.  As they agree that the other brother will take care of the next body, the mayor's very unhappy neighbor arrives, looking for someone to "take care of his neighbor's dog, then...his neighbor!"

• Will Mayor Solomon's dog learn to curb itself?
• Will Carla get caught letting employees die?
• Will Angelica snitch to the mayor?
• Will the Mason Brothers stop arguing?
• Will the mayor and his dog get "taken care of?"

 Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!

Episode 4

Detective Smith's brother Paul has left town, and we find ourselves looking in on Mr. Ylung, the dashing young lawyer, seated with Samantha, Magnus Advarsson's granddaughter, in Solomon General Hospital.  They are having an awkward conversation regarding a pregnancy test; Samantha, however, seems a bit confused about the whole subject.  They cannot resolve the issue before the EMT comes in to inform them that Magnus had checked himself out earlier that morning, much to their surprise.

Later that day, at Rajiv's Coffee House, the EMT is trying to find out from Rajiv whether or not anyone has been asking about the EMT's involvement in Magnus' health crisis.  At that very moment Magnus arrives, looking for a restroom; he doesn't recognize the EMT, nor even fully remember that there was an attempt on his life!  Magnus wanders off, and shortly thereafter a woman arrives, claiming to be Magnus' mistress and asking that they deliver a message to him that she will "be at the motel."

During the conversation, Det. Smith has been busily drilling holes in Rajiv's cafe walls, trying desperately to hear something incriminating in the ongoing conversations. Failing to hear anything useful, she returns to her office and has a mysterious phone conversation, after which she leaves.  The EMT enters soon after looking to speak with her, but she is gone!

At the Notell Motel the mistress is talking with the clerk when Magnus arrives.  She greets him, assuming he is there for their rendezvous, but he doesn't recognize her, and insists he is there to use the bathroom.

• Is Samantha pregnant, or is it really her identical twin sister Cilantro?
• Will Det. Smith ever find anything incriminating in Solomon's River?
• Will Magnus' mistress ever get her groove on?
• Will Magnus find a suitable place to empty his bladder?

 Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!

Episode 3

As our episode begins, we find Magnus Advarsson, heir to the Solomon’s River Mines, collapsed on the floor of Rajiv’s Coffee House, his condition unknown. An EMT arrives, taking Magnus out to the ambulance, only to discover he has been teabagged; two teabags crammed into his throat in an effort to choke him to death!

Det. Smith’s brother Paul arrives in town unexpectedly and tells everyone she is not a detective; she just read a lot of Nancy Drew books as a child.

We find Magnus alive in the hospital as Father Flanigan takes confessions in the church.  The EMT confesses that, for an as yet unknown reason, he in fact lied about Magnus; in fact, the EMT is trying to frame someone else for teabagging Magnus.  Paul also confesses that he is sorry about trying to ruin his sister’s life, only to discover Fr. Flanigan has left the confessional and he is, in fact, talking to his sister, who promptly forgives him as they share a hug through the confessional window.

• Why is the EMT trying to frame someone for the attempted murder of Magnus Advarsson?
• Why is Paul being such a jerk?
• Why did Fr. Flanigan leave the confessional in mid-confession?
• Where is Rajiv?

Find out the answers to these questions and more as we make it all up in, Solomon's River!