Episode Recaps

This page contains recaps of each episode and contains spoilers for the show. Read at your own risk!

Most episodes are in the form of voicemails left on an answering machine.

## Season 1:

#### Episode 0: The Arrangement

This episode is the trailer for the show and explains the basic premise of the plot. A man introduces himself as Agent Eric Rockford, and tells the unknown receiver of the call that he received their message (which was some form of threat). Agent Rockford goes on to state that he's willing to cooperate with the unknown party - by reporting the details of his cases and allowing the unknown party to make decisions regarding them. He references his "organization" vaguely, and implies that the cases he's assigned are something more than ordinary criminal investigations.

### Case 1

The first case arc revolves around Agent Rockford's search for Felix Grant, a young man who works at an antique mall and has been reported missing.

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#### Episode 1: The Disappearance of Felix Grant

Number of voicemails: 2

This episode begins with Agent Rockford informing the unknown party that he's received his first case since he began being blackmailed. The case is a missing persons investigation. A young man named Felix Grant has been reported missing by his boss, Diane Kowalczyk, after failing to report to his job at an antique shop two days in a row. Rockford explains that police found his car full of pig blood outside of his house, the inside of which was empty and completely painted with tar. He explains that he's heading out to the area to investigate.

In a second voicemail, Rockford states that he received another call from the police - and that they found a pile of dead pigs with "things carved into the skin" out in the woods near Felix's house. He tells the unknown party that he's driving to the area and offers four possible starting points for the investigation: Meeting Diane Kowalczyk at the antique mall, checking in at the police station, visiting Felix Grants house, or looking around the woods where the dead pigs were found.

#### Episode 2: The Black Room

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll following the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to Felix Grant's house to investigate. The episode begins with Rockford driving up to the house, and finding Felix's car out front - the interior still covered in pig blood. After not finding any useful evidence, he enters the empty tar-covered house. Drawn by the sound of flies under the floor, he discovers a trap door that leads into a hidden room under the property. Inside the hidden room, he finds a clawfoot tube on top of a symbol painted in blood, surrounded by a circle of pigs strung up on hooks. He identifies it with a fair degree of certainty as a ritual space dedicated to summoning some sort of entity. Shortly after finding a small, water-logged book in the tub, Rockford hears a car door slam outside and disconnects the call.

In a second voice message, Rockford explains that a police car had arrived and the officers were harassing him for "interfering with their crime scene." They also informed him that there were two instances of pigs being stolen from a local meat processing plant, and that a group of teenagers claimed they were paid to dump the other pigs out in the woods. He speculates that maybe Felix isn't a kidnapping victim, but could be involved in some sort of demonic activity - suggesting that the pigs in the woods may be a false trail. He leaves the unknown recipient of the voicemails three options for proceeding: visiting the antique mall owner to see if she recognizes the book, interviewing the teenagers at the police station, or exploring the woods where the other pigs were found.

#### Episode 3: Sugar Glider

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll following the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to the antique mall where Felix Grant worked. The episode begins with Rockford parking out front of the shop. Upon entering, he's unable to find the owner, Diane Kowalchuk, but does come across a sugar glider in a cage next to the front desk. He looks around the shop for books similar to the one found in the ritual space underneath Felix's house, but doesn't find anything relevant. After looking around, the lights shut off unexpectedly and Rockford sees the sugar glider out of it's cage. He follows it thinking he accidentally let it out, and it leads him into the break room where he finds Felix's locker. He opens it to see the sugar glider be absorbed into tar covering the inside, and finds a collection of books about demonology, and what appears to be a copy of the water-damaged book found in the previous episode. Rockford is interrupted by an appearance from the shop owner (an uncredited appearance from co-creator Danielle Lutz). Rockford ends the call right before naming the organization he works for.

In a second voicemail, Rockford relays that the shop owner said the locker was empty, that she doesn't know how the books got inside, and that the sugar glider was still safe and well in its cage. She told him that Felix's behavior changed after meeting someone named Lincoln Willow - a book collector that had sold books about the occult to Felix recently. He points out that the behavioral shift described is consistent with someone involved in attempts at demonic summoning, and expresses the belief that Lincoln is heavily involved somehow. Rockford goes on to explain that the small book is filled with cryptic symbols, with the exception of a small note inside that read: "Submerged at the feet of a circle of giants, The King of the West will rise." He speculates that the ritual space underneath Felix's house was intended to reflect this - the pigs representing the circle of giants - but it wasn't close enough for the ritual to succeed. Before offering suggestions of where to go next, he relays news from the police that two of the teenagers were hospitalized after vomiting tar, and that one remaining at the station won't talk anymore except for whispering to themselves. He offers the following next steps as options before disconnecting the call: interview the teenager at the police station, explore the woods where the pigs were found, or track down Lincoln Willow.

#### Episode 4: The Inkwell and The Abacus

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll following the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to Lincoln Willow's house. The episode begins with Rockford driving to the house and telling the unknown recipient of the call what he dug up on them via social media. He explains that their accounts have been quiet for a couple years, and that he couldn't find any current info on them. He arrives at the house, and after no one answers the door, he enters through an open window. Inside, he discovers a brass inkwell and abacus with a wooden base, and black spectral roots burrowing into the desk they're sitting on. He speculates that it may be the origin of everything going on around Felix's disappearance and the ritual. He explains that he needs to call in his organization's Artifact unit to deal with it, and that it would be dangerous to touch.

Rockford continues searching the house and finds a book in Lincoln's bedroom. He's about to explain the significance of it when he's interrupted by Adelia, Lincoln's partner (played by Jordan Kearns, aka The Lady Dame). She teases Rockford about breaking in, and answers his questions about Lincoln and Felix with increasing hostility. She tells him that he and others will end up dead if he interferes with the ritual, and the call is disconnected.

In a second voicemail, Rockford says that Adelia's exposure to the Artifact has completely taken over her mind, and that he called Rosa (the lead Artifact specialist) to have a team sent in. He goes on to say that the book he found was a guide to local hiking trails, and that a bookmarked trail has a sculpture installation of giant women surrounding a pond. He expresses the belief that the ritual will take place there. He also states that he believes they're trying to summon the demon Paimon - based on finding the name "The King of the West' in the occult books, and Paimon's description in those books matching an engraving on the inkwell. Rockford tells the person receiving the voicemail that he thinks he should go to sculpture immediately, but admits that interviewing the teenager or searching the woods could still be useful before hanging up.

#### Episode 5: Inferno

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll following the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to the woods where the dead pigs were found. The episode begins with Rockford expressing anger with the unknown party giving him orders, for ignoring his advice on where he should go next. He explains he's been wandering in the woods for a large amount of time without finding anything and theorizes about why pigs would be dumped out in the forest. He expresses frustration with the teenagers that were responsible, but hopes that they recover from whatever is affecting them. After some time walking, he notices that he is walking in circles somehow and discovers the pile of dead pigs directly behind him when he turns around. No matter where he turns after that, he finds the pigs in front of him and begins to panic. The symbols carved in their skin begin to change in front of his eyes - into the phrase "We have no patience of children," which Adelia said in the previous episode. The call is disconnected after Rockford is seemingly knocked out by someone or something.

In a second voicemail, Rockford reveals that he woke up in the ritual space under Felix's house, and that the house is burning. He explains that he's trapped and that he called 911, but doesn't know if they'll get there in time. He says if he makes it out somehow, he's going directly to the sculpture installation to try and stop the ritual. He asks the unknown person receiving the call to do him a favor if he dies in the fire: to tell someone named Damien that he's sorry. He goes on to say that if he hadn't broken protocol in January, none of this would be happening and that he wouldn't have needed to abandon Damien. Rockford also says to leave Damien out of his blackmail agreement with the unknown party, saying that he was never part of the original agreement. Before disconnecting the call, Rockford reveals that the name of the person receiving the voicemails is Clearfield. It's unclear if it's a codename of some kind, or their surname.

#### Episode 6: A Circle of Giants

Number of voicemails: 3

There was no audience poll leading into the final episode of Case 1. In the beginning of the episode, Rockford reveals that he was found in time by paramedics, and commandeered the ambulance to get to the trail where the sculpture installation is as soon as possible. He tells Clearfield to forget about talking to Damien and describes himself as selfish for making the request. It's raining heavily as Rockford makes his way down the trail toward the sculpture. The disembodied voice of Lincoln Willow taunts him as he makes his way down the trail, and he pushes on to find Lincoln levitating about a whirlpool in the pond - chanting to summon Paimon. Before Rockford is able to do anything, the pond erupts in a column of water, and the demon inhabits Lincoln's body. Paimon mocks Rockford's efforts to stop the ritual before the rain intensifies and the call is disconnected.

In a second voicemail, Rockford lashes out at Clearfield for not sending him to where the ritual was held immediately, calling it "one of the biggest disasters in the organization's history" and saying that the teenagers involved all died as well. He goes on to say that the Artifact team secured the abacus, and also discovered that the bodies of Lincoln and Adelia were found buried on the property. He explains that Paimon must have been able to touch the world in some capacity to use their likenesses to manipulate events. Rockford ends the call saying that he'll call Clearfield when they get another case, and says they "haven’t seen the last of Paimon."

A third voicemail is left from an unknown caller, who lectures Clearfield that they should be prioritizing gaining Agent Rockford's trust - and cautions against pushing him too far. She goes on to thank Clearfield, saying that Rockford's failure to prevent Paimon's summoning has allowed her to convince "the Board" to move forward early on some sort of project. They state that they're working to intercept the demon, and tells Clearfield that she expects a report on Rockford's next case within a week before hanging up.

### Case 2

The second case arc revolves around Agent Rockford investigating a woman's claims that she was murdered, yet woke up unharmed the following day.
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#### Episode 1: Uncertain Death

Number of voicemails: 1

This episode begins Rockford informing Clearfield that he has a new case, and that he doesn't have any updates on finding the escaped demon from Case 1. He explains that the new case came from a tip line that The Organization set up, masquerading as an FBI tip line. Rockford plays a recording of a message left on the line from a person named Natalie.

Natalie is anxious and hesitant to say exactly what happened at first, but explains that she vividly recalls being attacked and strangled outside of a goth club called Bauhaus - yet woke up in her bed unharmed the next day. She mentions that her last memory before waking was seeing the open trunk of a car waiting for her body. She also mentions that another woman, who works at the local library, was at the police station reporting a similar incident outside her work. Natalie ends the message by saying that she's leaving town, and will leave a key outside her house if someone wants to get in to look around.

Rockford continues, explaining that he found someone else in the area who posted a similar experience on an online forum. He contacted them and got the address of the warehouse where the attack took place and their name, Peter. He gives Clearfield the following options of where to start investigating: the warehouse where Peter was attacked, Natalie's home, the library, or the goth club.

#### Episode 2: Red Velvet Lines

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to the goth club where Natalie was attacked, Bauhaus. The first voicemail begins the Rockford parking and walking down the street to the club. He mentions that the board out front says a band is playing that night, and that he met Damien at a similar club in 1995. He enters and approaches the bartender, Lex, who Natalie mentioned in her message on the tip line. Lex is upset at the news that Natalie was attacked and points out a man in the bar who they say was asking about Natalie the night of the attack. They also mention that Natalie was flirting with a girl named Dahlia all night. The man sees Lex and Rockford looking at him and starts to run as the band begins playing. Rockford pursues him into the back room and out into the alley, but the man drives off in a white car before Rockford can reach him.

After hanging up to catch his breath and look around, Rockford leaves a second message to explain what he's found in the alley outside the club. He explains that he found blood where Natalie said she was attacked, and that his car was exactly where she described it. He describes the man and his car, and says that he tipped the police off to look for him but is determined to catch him first. He gives Clearfield the following options for where to go next: Natalie's house, the library, the warehouse, or to meet with Dahlia.

#### Episode 3: The Mind's Influence

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to the library to find the other victim Natalie mentioned. Rockford begins the first voicemail by saying that he dug around online and thinks he found the name of the woman, Andrea. He also mentions that he's been in contact with Rosa about the potential of there being an Artifact involved, but it's too early to tell. Entering the library, he mentions that the smell of books reminds him of his father, then finds Andrea at the front desk.

Andrea is skeptical of Rockford, but eventually describes her attack. When given the description of the man that got away from Rockford, she recognizes him as a regular patron of the library, and identifies him as Peter Albright. She gives him Peter's address and the name and author of a book he returned the day prior - "Willpower: A Treatise on the Mind’s Influence Over Reality” by Ingrid Frost. Rockford hangs up while he looks for the book.

In the second message, Rockford describes some of the content of the book (describing it as a mix of a self-help book and radical manifesto) and notes that Peter appears to have filled the margins with notes and repeatedly scrawled the words "stay dead" at the end of the book. He receives an email from the Peter who he had contacted online asking if he's visited the warehouse yet and Rockford is sure it's a trap. He gives Clearfield the following options for where to go next: Natalie's house, to meet with Dahlia, Peter's house, or to spring the trap at the warehouse.

#### Episode 4: Milk and Wine

Number of voicemails: 1

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to meet with Dahlia. The voicemail begins with Rockford walking down the street toward Dahlia's apartment, explaining that he set up a meeting with her and warned her about Peter. He says that he talked with Rosa, and that she doesn't believe that the book from the previous episode is an Artifact, but that the author Ingrid Frost has been under investigation for a few years.

Rockford arrives at the apartment to find that its been broken into and trashed on the inside. The back door is open and he follows the stairs down to the basement area, where Dahlia is unharmed and locked inside the basement. She explains that Peter showed up saying there was a delivery for her, but she recognized him from Rockford's description of him and hid in the basement. She tells Rockford that he broke in, screamed and shouted as he trashed the apartment and tried to break through the basement door. Rockford has her pack bags to be taken to a hotel outside of town for her safety. Before hanging up, Rockford gives Clearfield the following options for where to go next: Natalie's house, Peter's house, or the warehouse.

#### Episode 5: An Honest Tale

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to the warehouse where he believes Peter has set a trap. The first voicemail starts with Rockford sitting in the car outside the warehouse, giving an update that Dahlia is safe in the hotel and that he was able to confirm Natalie is still safe with family out of town. He makes his way into the warehouse and finds that it's empty except for a table with an old tape recorder on it. The tape contains a message from Peter.

Peter tells a story about killing for the first time. He says that he killed a friend, put her in his trunk, and spent hours deciding what to do with the body. When he opened the trunk, his victim was alive again as if it had never happened. He says he's tried killing her in a variety of ways over two months, but he's compelled to put the body in the trunk, and she keeps coming back to life. Peter says he's been trying to kill others to see if they stay dead, but the same thing keeps happening. He tells Rockford that the first victim has been killed again and is sitting in his car trunk. He says that if Rockford believes him, he'll leave the body until morning - but if he thinks he's lying, he might be able to save her. Rockford leaves for Peter's house immediately.

In the second message, Rockford arrives at Peter's house and enters through the front door. The clocks in the house, Peter's stereo, and screaming can be heard playing in reverse. Rockford rushes into the garage where all the sound stops, and sees Peter's car with the keys laying on the closed trunk. He asks Clearfield to decide if he should trust Peter and wait, or open it and get the victim to a hospital immediately.

#### Episode 6: The Morning After

Number of voicemails: 3

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to wait until morning before opening Peter's trunk. The voicemail begins with Rockford waiting, and talking about why he decided to join The Organization, and questioning if he's done enough to help people. He explains that he had gone back into the house to look around, and that the basement was filled with murder weapons, blood, and a cage. Rockford opens the trunk and the person inside is alive, if unconscious. The garage door opens and Peter enters, taunting Rockford. Rockford restrains him while Peter tries to goad Rockford into killing him, which Rockford ignores before hanging up.

The second voicemail begins with Rockford telling Clearfield that the house and car have been contained, and that Peter is being escorted to a high-security facility. He is giving an update about each of the victims when he's interrupted by Rosa, asking him to help with the scene.

The third voicemail is from the unknown caller heard at the end of Case 1. She congratulates Clearfield for gaining more trust with Rockford, and for helping with the success of something called Operation Snowfall. They go on to say that the helicopter taking Peter to The Organization's facility was re-directed to the unknown group's facility instead. She explains that thanks to Clearfield's reports, they were able to contact Peter before Rockford caught him and convince him to join their organization.

### Case 3

The third case arc revolves around Agent Rockford's search for a missing agent, Agent Todd Dunkleman, and an urban explorer named Faith, who both went missing in an old mining town named Hope Valley.
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#### Episode 1: Hope Valley

Number of voicemails: 1

The voicemail begins with Rockford telling Clearfield that he found out about Peter escaping, and that he knows Clearfield was involved somehow. He gives Clearfield an ultimatum that if any more information that he gives Clearfield ends up in a missing person or Artifact, he'll turn himself in and bring Clearfield down somehow.

Rockford goes on to say that an agent, Agent Dunkleman, is missing after going to investigate a case and that Rockford is on his way to find him. Dunkleman was looking for a missing urban explorer named Faith, who had called 911 saying that she was being followed and that the population of the town she was in weren't themselves. Rockford explains that he helped recruit Dunkleman and that it's a personal case for him.

He describes the town as a classic ghost town, formerly a prosperous silver mining town, with a reputation for the few remaining residents being hostile toward outsiders. He tells a story about travelers being harassed by residents on multiple occasions, and goes on to speculate where Dunkleman and Faith may be. He says the 911 call from Faith came from outside the town in the forest near the mines, that the former town hall is a hot spot for urban explorers, that there's only one gas station that both Faith and Dunkleman may have stopped at, and that there's a mining museum where Dunkleman may have stopped for more information about the mines. Rockford asks Clearfield to choose between those options as he arrives in the town, called Hope Valley.

#### Episode 2: A Guided Tour

Number of voicemails: 1

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to the Hope Valley Mining Museum. The voicemail begins with Rockford driving to the museum in heavy fog and almost hitting a person standing in the middle of the road. After driving around the person, who doesn't move and just stares at Rockford, he arrives at the museum to look for a map of the mines. The museum is open, but there's no one inside. As he enters, an automated tour guide recording plays as he moves from area to area.

He finds out that the tunnels are extensive, and potentially filled with hazardous materials (primarily mercury) from when the mines were active. Eventually he finds and takes pictures of a map, and sneaks into the employee area to look for security camera footage. He finds it and grabs the USB drive from the CCTV unit as he gives the following options for next steps: go into the mines, visit the gas station, or visit the abandoned town hall building.

As Rockford is giving the options, he looks up and sees a group of people in the lobby on the CCTV screen, all staring directly at the camera.

#### Episode 3: On The Run

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to the gas station. The first voicemail begins with Rockford explaining that he escaped out a back door of the museum and is parked near the gas station. Before going in, he scrubs through the CCTV footage he recovered on the USB drive and finds that Agent Dunkleman visited the museum three days prior. He notices that as Dunkleman enters the exhibit area, a shadowy figure emerges from the front desk and follows him in. As Rockford approaches the gas station, he finds three recently deceased people with shotgun wounds in the parking lot. When he attempts to enter the gas station, a trap is triggered and a shotgun fires and Rockford drops his phone.

In the second voice message, Rockford explains that he was only grazed and should be okay. He describes the inside as being full of traps and carefully makes his way around behind the counter. There is a note left behind by the owner explaining that the town isn't populated by real people anymore, that he left behind the traps to kill whoever they are, and that they're getting out of town before they "steal my face." Rockford speculates that the town may be dealing with an infestation of humanoid creatures and says he's going to take blood samples from the corpses outside. Rockford gives Clearfield the following options for where to go next: the mines or the abandoned town hall.

#### Episode 4: Canary

Number of voicemails: 1

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to the abandoned town hall. The voicemail begins with Rockford explaining that he doesn't think the bodies outside the gas station were human based on how acidic their blood is. He says it was eating through the pavement where they were laying. Rockford moves on to the town hall, enters the fenced-off property through a hole in the fence, and gets into the building through a side door with a broken lock. He tells Clearfield that the two most popular spots in the building for urban explorers are the record archive on the first floor and the second floor hallways that overlook a collapsed area.

Rockford comes to the records room and finds that someone has cleared off a desk and left a newspaper out. The paper has an article about the mines being shut down after the miners started becoming aggressive and not behaving like themselves. Rockford finds a backpack under the desk that he identifies as Dunkleman's. There's a walkie talkie inside that Rockford uses and makes contact with Faith. Faith is in significant distress and asks Rockford to help them. They say they keep getting chased and followed by something and that they entered the mines through a collapsed part of the floor in the records room that lets into the tunnels below the town. The signal cuts out and Rockford gives Clearfield two options for continuing on: enter the mines to go after Faith, or search the rest of the town hall to see if there are more traces of Dunkleman.

#### Episode 5: A Journey in the Dark

Number of voicemails: 1

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford into the mines. The voicemail begins with Rockford walking through the tunnels, identifying where on the tunnel map he is and telling Clearfield that he hasn't been able to contact Faith again. He tries again and gets a signal for a brief moment where Faith says they're "so far down" and Rockford makes the decision to use an old mining elevator to get deeper into the mine faster. The elevator breaks and slides down the shaft before screeching to a halt, and Rockford no longer knows where he is on the map.

Rockford attempts to contact Faith again and hears the other walkie talkie echoing from down a narrow tunnel. He tries to squeeze through but gets trapped, and when he hears Faith call to him asks them to help pull him through. It becomes clear that Faith's body has been inhabited by some other creature, saying that a new litter is about to hatch and that they need human bodies. Rockford begs for Clearfield to get the town and mines bombed somehow as he's dragged off by the creature.

#### Episode 6: Reflections

Number of voicemails: 2

There was no audience poll leading into this episode. The first voicemail begins with Rockford sitting in an oily, web-like pod and telling Clearfield that the creature put him under with some sort of poison. He works up the strength to get up and investigate, and sees that someone is in another pod next to him. The other person turns out to be Agent Dunkleman, who has been in the pod for days and says that the creatures keep coming back to put him back to sleep whenever he wakes. As they hear the creatures returning, Dunkleman asks Rockford if the creatures took away the lighter that Damien had given him, suggesting he may be able to burn a hole in the pods. The message ends as the creatures arrive.

In the second voicemail, Rockford wakes up to find that Dunkleman is gone, and describes how the creatures inject the poison. He explains that he was able to burn the pod away and follows a path deeper into the mind, where he thinks the creatures took Dunkleman. He comes to a huge cavern with a large pool of mercury in the center, with eggs dotting the surface and more pods lining the shores of the pool. He describes creatures approaching the pool, drinking from it, and regurgitating mercury over the pods. He tells Clearfield that he doesn't have much strength left, and leaves the decision to him to either go after Todd or try to get out without him.

#### Episode 7: Leaving Hope

Number of voicemails: 3

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to have Agent Rockford attempt to rescue Agent Dunkleman. The first voicemail begins with Rockford telling Clearfield that the poison is starting to wear off, and that he's made a torch that he hopes may frighten the creatures. He explains his plan to search the pods by the pool of mercury, and is able to find him and free him from one of them. He carries Dunkleman toward an exit he was able to find on the map, but finds that the tunnel has collapsed as he hears creatures approaching. He's forced to crawl through a narrow opening, having a panic attack as he recalls getting stuck earlier. He's able to squeeze through, pulling Dunkleman through after, and throws the torch into the opening to buy time as he attempts to carry Dunkleman out of the mines.

The second voicemail is from the unknown caller heard at the ends of Cases 1 and 2. She is livid, asking Clearfield why he chose to keep Rockford in the mines longer and revealing to the audience that Clearfield hasn't had another message from Rockford in over a day. She scolds Clearfield and gives him vague details about the next steps in a project that will involve Rockford if he's still alive.

The third voicemail is from Rockford as he drives away from Hope Valley with Dunkleman sleeping in the back seat. He explains how they escaped and tells Clearfield that he's arranged for the town to be destroyed, and that The Organization will cover it up somehow. Dunkleman wakes up and has a brief conversation with Rockford before falling asleep. The last thing Dunkleman says has a slight vocal effect that matches the effect heard on Faith's voice when they're revealed to be on of the creatures.

### Case 4

The fourth case arc revolves around Agent Rockford's investigation of an attack on The Organization, seemingly from within.
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#### Episode 1: January

Number of voicemails: 2

The first voicemail begins with Rockford telling Clearfield that Agent Dunkleman was one of the creatures, and escaped. Rockford says that he overpowered him at a truck stop and ran off into the woods, and that he couldn't bring himself to shoot him. He's explaining that the Director hasn't assigned him a new case yet to let him rest when he's interrupted by the Director calling.

The second voicemail begins with Rockford explaining that The Organization headquarters has been bombed, and that Assistant Director Thomson was seen on security footage entering the vault and stealing Artifacts. He goes on to say that Rosa is there figuring out what was stolen, and expresses the belief that Thomson going rogue doesn't make any sense. Rockford receives word of the Artifacts that were stolen and panics over one of them being a locket, which he calls "the one thing in the world I wanted to stay hidden forever." He reveals that two more Artifacts were stolen: a music box allegedly used by the exorcist Candido Amantini to trap demons, and Lizzie Borden's axe - which can be used to kill and never face legal justice for the crime.

Rockford says his assignment is to track down Thomson and the Artifacts, and offers the following options of where to start: Thomson's office at headquarters, Thomson's house, or a drop spot that Rockford has seen her use in the past.

#### Episode 2: The Rosewood Columbarium

Number of voicemails: 1

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to investigate Assistant Director Thomson's drop spot. The first voicemail begins with Rockford driving to the Rosewood Memorial Cemetery, where Thomson uses an urn in the columbarium as one of her drop spots. He reveals that he only knows about it because of a case they worked together before her promotion, when an intern with lycanthropy murdered 27 people at the pentagon.

Rockford arrives and recognizes Thomson's signal that something is there to be picked up, and enters the cemetery cautiously, noting that the gates were open at night and that someone may have been there already. While walking through the cemetery, he talks about the stolen locket being tied to Damien, and revealing that it may be responsible for his death.

Rockford enters the columbarium and finds bloody footsteps leading away from the body of the cemetery's caretaker, lying in the basement after having an urn smashed over his head. He finds an envelope with a ring inside that he thinks is an Artifact that stole Thomson's soul, based on it's similarity to the stolen locket. He believes that it was a trap for Thomson, which succeeded, and that Thomson's soulless body was used to carry out the bombing. He gives Clearfield the following options of where to go next: bring the ring to Rosa for analysis, go to Thomson's office at headquarters, or go to Thomson's house.

#### Episode 3: The Mother's Relic

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to visit Rosa. The first voicemail begins with Rockford arriving, and being greeted by an angry Rosa. Rockford shows her the ring and explains his theory, and Rosa scolds him for handling an Artifact without proper containment measures being taken. She says that he's partially right, and that the ring and the locket (now identified as Mother Teresa's locket) are similar, but not the same. She reveals that the locket absorbs sickness or injury from a person, and slowly eliminates it over ten years, but notes that the sickness can return if the locket is opened again too soon.

Rosa explains that the ring is the kind of thing used by conmen posing as mystical healers. She goes on to say that Artifacts like it don't heal anyone, they strip a person's soul and replace it with a false soul that forces the body to persist for a short time. She agrees with Rockford that Thomson is just a puppet, and that she won't last long. When Rockford asks how to reverse it, Rosa thinks that breaking the ring's stone in close proximity to Thomson's body may return her soul. Their conversation is interrupting by both of their phones ringing.

The second voicemail begins with Rockford telling Clearfield that chaos has broken out. He explains that a second explosion went off at headquarters, that demonic activity linked to Paimon has been reported over a major city, and that Peter Albright has been identified running around another city and murdering people in the open with an axe. Rockford is livid and convinced that Clearfield is involved. He pleads with him to tell him where he can make the biggest impact: by tracking down Thomson and the locket, attempting to stop Paimon, or attempting to stop Peter.

#### Episode 4: Amantini's Lullaby

Number of voicemails: 2

In the poll from the previous episode, the audience elected to send Agent Rockford to the city where demonic activity was reported. The first voicemail begins with Paimon's voice echoing, calling for people to gather under a swirling vortex in the sky. Rockford describes the city as being in chaos, with people evacuating, fires from lightning, and more people flocking to the center of the city. He talks about regretting how the first case with Paimon turned out, and questions how much Clearfield really knows - speculating that Clearfield may not be willingly involved in his blackmail.

Rockford arrives at a crowd of people gathered around an unknown person, who is chanting at Paimon that they're unwelcome - claiming to be acting in the name of The Figurehead. Rockford is unable to get through the crowd as the person reveals they have Amantini's music box, and they use it to seal Paimon inside. Rockford attempts to reach them and get the music box, but the crowd is convinced by the unknown person that Rockford is a liar and they close in around him.

The second voicemail is a short period of distant crowd noise and sirens.

#### Episode 5: Evening Update

This episode is comprised of two non-voicemail scenes.

The first scene is framed as a news broadcast from CFPC Pennsylvania broadcaster Allen Walsh. Walsh reports the incident with Paimon as a massive storm centered over Pittsburgh, though acknowledges that some residents are claiming they heard a voice echoing through the city. He explains that a new religious group called Orion's Path has emerged from the chaos, and that many people are turning to them for guidance, especially online. Walsh goes on to say that police are still looking for a spree killer responsible for 17 deaths in Erie, PA - who has been identified officially as Peter Albright. The news segment ends with news that an unnamed government official was found dead in her home in Jamestown, NY.

The second scene is framed as a podcast episode of The Underground Edge, hosted by Kennedy Rose. Rose begins by disparaging the official news reports about a storm and claiming that the true events were demonic in nature. They go on to introduce a guest on the show, The Acolyte, who she identifies as a high-level member of Orion's Path who was present for the event. The Acolyte tells the story of how they used Amantini's music box to capture the demon, in the name of The Figurehead. They go on to reveal that The Organization exists, and that their goal is to hide the truth from the world about the existence of paranormal events. Rose mentions that an agent from The Organization was present for the demonic event, and The Acolyte says that their supporters dealt with him easily. The Acolyte ends by inviting the listeners to join Orion's Path and Rose echoes the sentiment.

#### Episode 6: Shadow Play

This episode is comprised of two non-voicemail scenes and one after-credits voicemail.

The first scene begins with Clearfield sitting outdoors somewhere attempting to call Rockford. The call goes to voicemail and Clearfield pleads for Rockford to call him back. He claims that they're also acting under duress, and that they didn't know what Orion's Path was planning, but he might still be able to help Rockford - acting as Rockford's man on the inside to help take the group down. They tell Rockford that Damien is safe, and that the Figurehead is who is giving him orders. Clearfield goes on to speculate that The Figurehead was part of the Artifact team before The Organization's split, due to her advanced knowledge of Artifacts, but doesn't know her true identity. They continue to plea for a partnership before hanging up.

The second scene begins with Damien listening to music and making tea when he's interrupted by a phone call from Julie, an employee at a local record store - calling to let him know that a record he wanted to buy for Rockford was in stock. Damien explains that he and Rockford separated, and Julie comforts him and invites him to come to the store and talk. Their conversation is interrupted by someone at Damien's door, and he goes to answer. He finds an unmarked envelope on the doormat with nothing but a piece of paper with a phone number written on it inside. He calls the number and gets an automated notice that Rockford's voicemail box is full as the credits roll.

After the credits, another voicemail to Clearfield from The Figurehead plays. They explain that all of their plans were a success and congratulating Clearfield for his work. She continues to say that Peter is back in the safety of their facilities and laying low until the news cycle dies down. The Figurehead tells Clearfield to continue trying to get Rockford back under control, but says that if he can't, they don't need him as much now and are fine with killing him. She ends the call with an update on Operation Snowfall, stating that "the Frost woman" is going to make a public appearance and that the Orion's Path cover will allow them to expose Frost's work to more readers.