A group of rag-tag outcasts come together to save the world from a world-wide conspiracy involving evil henchmen, space aliens, and supernatural forces coordinated by a megalomaniac overlord. I think. And, um, mirrors and the number 23.

It all starts with the hippies, of course. Their minds bent by hallucinogenic drugs, they come to realize that they can see things that other people can't. This doesn't mean that they're seeing anything that's actually there (they're not) but it leads them to stumble into a web of intricate plots to change the destiny of humankindness, using the massive dynamics of psychotropic subliminal video engineering, and pollen.

After a series of loud and tousled bangs or "explosions" (the largest of which is averted through the ingenious use of two dimes) they manage to acquire the ear of a sympathetic sheriff of a lonely town on the outskirts of Texas. Unfortunately, the sheriff wants his ear back, which leads to a series of fugitive-style chase scenes. The true meaning of the Ear is a mystery.

The chase eventually leads them to Scotland, where the Scoobs wander into an art fair. There they discover a number of esoteric paintings which point the way to a mysterious obelisk in Oregon known as the Cooper Temple. It purportedly contains large sums of tattered cash, ostensibly dropped from an airplane decades ago. This is where they encounter their first space alien, known as Chion Anthus. It's friendliness or intent is ambiguously unknown, since obviously no one speaks its language.

Before they can reveal their amazing discovery to the world, the Temple is swallowed by an earthquake, the result of shifting plate tectonics.

Well, that's about all I've got for the first episode.

A group of rag-tag outcasts come together to save the world from a world-wide conspiracy involving evil henchmen, space aliens, and supernatural forces coordinated by a megalomaniac overlord. I think. And, um, mirrors and the number 23.

It all starts with the hippies, of course. Their minds bent by hallucinogenic drugs, they come to realize that they can see things that other people can't. This doesn't mean that they're seeing anything that's actually there (they're not) but it leads them to stumble into a web of intricate plots to change the destiny of humankindness, using the massive dynamics of psychotropic subliminal video engineering, and pollen.

After a series of loud and tousled bangs or "explosions" (the largest of which is averted through the ingenious use of two dimes) they manage to acquire the ear of a sympathetic sheriff of a lonely town on the outskirts of Texas. Unfortunately, the sheriff wants his ear back, which leads to a series of fugitive-style chase scenes. The true meaning of the Ear is a mystery.

The chase eventually leads them to Scotland, where the Scoobs wander into an art fair. There they discover a number of esoteric paintings which point the way to a mysterious obelisk in Oregon known as the Cooper Temple. It purportedly contains large sums of tattered cash, ostensibly dropped from an airplane decades ago. This is where they encounter their first space alien, known as Chion Anthus. It's friendliness or intent is ambiguously unknown, since obviously no one speaks its language.

Before they can reveal their amazing discovery to the world, the Temple is swallowed by an earthquake, the result of shifting plate tectonics.

Well, that's about all I've got for the first episode.

You forgot the Ear was only a Clone that the sheriff had co-erced from a pig farmer who had way too many mice in his barn. The silk purse of course holds the secret code to decipher the language. :biggrin:

I would also like to speculate that the leader of this conspiracy will turn out to be a Lunar Tick that lives on the dark side of the Moon. Since the Lunar Tick is an insect it can never be trusted. Lunar Ticks are known to feed on human brains. It appears to have happened to a business associate of mine.

I would also like to speculate that the leader of this conspiracy will turn out to be a Lunar Tick that lives on the dark side of the Moon. Since the Lunar Tick is an insect it can never be trusted. Lunar Ticks are known to feed on human brains. It appears to have happened to a business associate of mine.

I'm sorry to hear that, if your friend spoke the secret language, igpay atinlay, then maybe LT could have shown mercy and only fed upon the waves. Does this now mean that you are the 'brains' of the business?

Out of the giant crack in the earth emerges an enormous wart hog. Is it a reincarnation of Chion Anthus, somehow hideously transformed by the kilns of hell? One thing we do know is that it's wearing the most god-awful hat. A purple velvet flap comes down on one side of it and stands up on the other, the rest of it green and cushiony, if said cushion had all its stuffing taken out. The Fringers are repulsed, run back to their van, and head to the nearest gas station to hose off.

It turns out that the Lunar Tick has spawned, and the razorback is the host. Thousands of lunar tick larvae swarm out of the temple, and realizing they're on the wrong planet they approach the government to ask for asylum. Sadly, their intentions are grossly misunderstood, and they are all put to sleep (though the instructions on the gas equipment suggest they'll reawaken in 200 years, to keep the franchise going.) Using a high-tech mirror which tunes into other mirrors around the globe, the Scoobs learn of the tick fate and breathe a sigh of relief. Yes, that's exactly what that was.

Traveling to Denver to explore a flying saucer sighting (it turns out to be simply bad architecture) things start to get weird for our intrepid sextet...

Truman Capote called and he wants his God-awful hat back. The mirrors also reflect a very mysterious island and it's inhabitants, people who believe that rubbing their temples will put them into a deeper state of depression. Popular belief is the wart-hogs and LT are co- conspirators in a take-over starting in Denver. The brain-eaters have already begun in L.A. and are now implanting themselves into the very life thread of airports, airplanes and passengers everywhere. The Scoobs seem to skirt the issue because their previous encounters have made them afraid, very afraid, they seem content just to play golf and knit plaid, at the same time. If we are to believe the rumors then real people will turn into characters in books, movies and reality shows. We must stop them NOW!!

That's silly. Why would Truman want Flannery's hat? It's not his show.

Still, it does explain why airfare has skyrocketed in flight, and why the Scoobs ( maybe we should be calling them Froobs?) are reluctant to get anywhere near an airport, not to mention that losing their minds to the LT robbers has compromised holding down a steady job, hence cutting into their income opportunities and creating hard times. This will also be a likely explanation for the cheap props they use to scout out ghosts, interdimensional beings, traumatized war veterans, and the mysterious Karkus twins who keep putting trout on their pet unicorn before venturing into and out of labyrinths populated with mostly harmless statues.

Of course, in keeping with Fringe science, there will be prophetic, even apocalyptic visions. Astrid has a dream, of a forest of trees planted on the plain, and lofty and rugged mountains surrounding it. Over it rises a vine, and from underneath a peaceful fountain flows. The fountain stream reaches the forest and becomes great waves, which sink the forest, rooting it out, and encircling the mountains. The high forest and mountains made low, all that's left is one cedar, which is then approached by the vine. It become a snake and seems ready to speak, but Astrid wakes up in a cold sweat in the middle of a cold dark night, and decides to cut off her Rapunzel-like hair. Without a mirror handy, you'd think she'd never even owned a hairbrush.

A group of rag-tag outcasts ...

It all starts with the hippies, of course. Their minds bent by hallucinogenic drugs, they come to realize that they can see things that other people can't. ...

After a series of loud and tousled bangs or "explosions" (the largest of which is averted through the ingenious use of two dimes) ...

The chase eventually leads them to Scotland...

Before they can reveal their amazing discovery to the world, the Temple is swallowed by an earthquake, the result of shifting plate tectonics.

Well, that's about all I've got for the first episode.

Rag-tag outcasts? Why wasn't I invited? :eek2:
I knew the hippies would save the world! :biggrin:
Ooohh! I love things that go boom! ;)
I could have told you that! There are deep secrets hidden in them, um, hills!
Which will turn out to be just a hallucination and they will find they never left Scotland.

Can't wait! Once again Jane, I think you are on the right track!