EPISODE 7 by Cécile Saint-Paul 
posted June 24, 2009
next episode: July 8, 2009
Bob bursts into Dana's office, takes the doll, and runs. Louis pursues him, snatches the doll, and gets in a cab. Bob and Dan pursue, but Louis's cab evades them. He finds a hotel and goes to sleep. There's a knock at the door, and it is kicked open. Enter Bill and Ada, she smoking a cigarette, he pointing a gun at Louis. Bill demands the doll. Louis doesn't budge. Ada approaches the bed and takes the doll. She looks at Louis, then at Bill, goes back to Bill, kisses him on the mouth, snatches his pistol, and points it at him, saying he can go now. Bill resists, and she strikes him with the butt of the pistol, which draws blood. Bill flees, and Ada locks the door. Louis tries to grab the doll, and as they fight over it, it falls and breaks.
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EPISODE 6 by Adam Molho 
posted June 10, 2009
next episode: June 24, 2009
Pumped on cocaine, Bob, Dan, and Louis consult Zelda's list and decide to visit Dana, her shrink. A few blocks from her building, they see her walking her dog. Louis steps out of the car, goes up to her, and shows her Zelda's letter. Dana says she's worried; Zelda has stopped seeing her and won't return her calls. Louis points to Dan and Bob on the list and asks her if she knows them. She says Dan is a violent psychotic; Bob is madly in love with Zelda, and has proposed several times. She then takes Louis to her office, saying she has something to show him. It is a little clay ball that came in the mail, a gift from Zelda. Louis studies it, and it slips from his hands, falls on the floor, and breaks. Among the broken pieces, there is a little baby doll.
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EPISODE 5 by Peter Aguero 
posted May 27, 2009
next episode: June 10, 2009
Louis and Didi scurry into the apartment. There are no adults present. Didi puts the wig on her doll and smiles. She begins to play, ignoring Louis, who settles into the couch, head still clouded, trying to make sense of his situation. He drifts off, dreaming of Hannah’s slim fingers.
Louis snaps awake, the apartment is dark, and Didi is asleep on his lap. There’s scratching at the window. It’s Bob and Dan, who lift the window, wild-eyed and grinning. Louis motions for them to be quiet, gesturing to Didi. They comply and sit on the floor. Louis carries Didi to an adjacent room with a daybed.
On his way back, he steps on Didi’s doll. The head shatters. He sees that Bob and Dan have laid out some cocaine on the table. Louis leans over with a tortured look on his face.
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EPISODE 4 by Yahav Michael 
posted May 13, 2009
next episode: May 27, 2009
Enter Han, who makes Louis a special tea to relieve his headache. Louis drinks and feels instantly weak. Han laughs wickedly.
Enter Jen. She sits beside Louis, who is fascinated by her long luscious locks. Han gives her a cup of tea. Trying to prevent this, Louis grabs Jen by her hair, which is a wig, and comes right off. She runs out. In his fuzziness, Louis thinks it is Zelda. He jumps up and follows her, shoving Han aside and knocking down his teapot, which breaks. Han cries bloody murder.
Jen has disappeared, and Louis is in a dark tenement hallway, holding her wig. He hears police sirens, neighbors screaming, pursuing. He runs, and finds a little girl in a doorway, Didi, who says she needs that wig because her doll is bald. Louis promises her the wig if she'll let him hide in her apartment. She agrees.
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EPISODE 3 by Ian Monk 
posted April 29, 2009
Dan and Louis burst into Hannah's apartment to find Bob and his goons, who ask them at gun point what they are doing there.
They explain that they are looking for Zelda, who has apparently vanished. Bob then says that he too is looking for her, and assumed that they must have had something to do with her disappearance. Dan, Bob, and the boys then decide to go snort some coke.
Louis is left alone with Hannah, and despite an obvious attraction they avoid any explicit sexual contact, though think about it profoundly, holding hands so hard that Louis breaks her right index fingernail. She yells out in agony, and into the room bursts Finn, who assumes that she is being attacked and knocks Louis out.
When he comes to, he is no longer in Hannah's apartment, but tied up in an unfamiliar lounge. The door then opens.
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EPISODE 2 by Rania Salem 
posted April 15
Dan points his gun at Louis. Then he turns the gun on himself, crying that Zelda's gift, which Louis just broke, was dearer to him than life itself.
Louis snatches the gun, accidentally pulling the trigger. The bullet shatters a potted plant on a windowsill across the street, and a white powder scatters into the air. A man appears in that window: Bob. Dan grabs Louis and they duck. Bob, Dan explains, is Zelda's drug dealer; if she's dead, Bob may be behind it. Dan's cell phone rings; it is Bob. Dan takes the call and listens, alarmed. He hangs up, grabs Louis, and they scramble down the fire escape.
They run for it, Bob pursuing. Eventually they lose him and end up in the Hassidic section of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They seek refuge with Dan's sister Hannah--but who is waiting for them there, with his goons? Bob.
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EPISODE 1 by Lee Berman 
posted April 1, 2009
Louis receives a cryptic suicide note from his estranged sister Zelda. It includes a list of people she wants him to inform, in person, of her death.
He speeds to Zelda's apartment in the East Village. She's not there. He asks a neighbor, Eva, if she has seen his sister lately. Eva refuses to offer any information.
He calls on the first person on Zelda's list: Dan, an ultra-Orthodox Jew. Dan claims he and Zelda were romantically involved, till she ditched him for no reason; he hasn't heard from her in over a year.
Louis unintentionally breaks a crystal figurine, a gift from Zelda. He then informs Dan that Zelda is dead; bluffing, he adds that Dan is implicated. Dan denies this. Louis shows him Zelda's list. Dan studies it, and warns him that these are dangerous people. Louis then notices that Dan is carrying a gun.
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