EPISODE 0
ALWAYS WONDERED
Carla, Sue’s mother, suffered from ‘unsure feelings’ since childhood. Her suffering worsens through out her teenage and young adult life. She tries multiple ways to kill herself, even after Sue, her only child, is born. Carla finally ends her life and leaves Sue filled with wondering why.
Original Song:
Always Wondered
EPISODE I
MOM JUMPED
Sue Smith’s mother committed suicide years ago. Sue carries the trauma with her as
she walks the APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN TRAIL. Discovering a tent with a skeleton in it starts her
on a different path. She becomes SMITHEREENS Crime Cleaning Service.
Original Song:
FEAR, PAIN, RAGE
EPISODE II
SOLAR BOOTS
Sue now has a reluctant business partner, Joe Martin. One crime clean-up involves SMITHEREENS to conclude murder and Sue and Joe pursue the answers.
Original Song:
My Life’s Empty
EPISODE III
G.T.H.
Gunshot to the head is the surest way to die. Sue and Joe hate it because of the mess it makes. Later Sue decides for her and Joe to visit Japan’s suicide forest to get a feel for their crime cleaning business.
Original Song:
Aokigahara
EPISODE IV
FENTANYL
Heroin, laced with Fentanyl, death introduces them to Maria, a hotel maid at the site where the death occurred. Joe meets old friend, Tommy, who now makes fun of him.
Original Song:
Heroin Z
EPISODE V
TWIGS HAPPEN
You never know how or when you will die…some early, some late in life. Tommy’s new drug dealer friend, Chix, threatens Sue, Joe, and Maria.
Original Song:
Just a Twig
EPISODE VI
P.T.S.D.
SMITHEREENS is called upon to clean up a totally smashed person in the street, runover with not much of a body left. Cousin Billy Watson, talks about his son’s suicide, who was diagnosed with PTSD.
Original Song:
P.T.S.D.
EPISODE VII
DEAD TURTLE
Sue and Joe visit San Francisco’s bridge which has become a suicide magnet like the forest in Japan. Sue now has a boyfriend, Sergeant Bill Brown. She is obsessed with solving a cyber-bullying case involving a Skype suicide.
Original Song:
Look Up
EPISODE VIII
BLACK LOTUS
Sue and Joe learn about the value of Magic The Gathering cards. In solving the online suicide, cypher-bullying case, Sgt. Bill Brown’s men were wounded. Sue grieves over this. Joe and Maria plan their wedding as Sue plans on leaving for good.
Original Song:
Close to the End
