Season One - Complete

"Welcome, Loyal Polices…to Our Fair City. The following audio record comprises Season One of the glorious True Histories of the HartLife Corporation in its entirety. We hope you enjoy this remastered and reissued version. To read more about this new edition of Season One, click here. To hear the original recordings of Season One, start here."

Synopsis
Nathan lies injured in the snow outside the Tower, clutching a book. Jack hauls him inside and sets Nathan's broken leg. The book is a nursing textbook Nathan was hired to get on Lucky Strike's orders. In Jack's hideout he further sees to Nathan's wounds.

In the city Neal interrupts Alison at work. He shows Alison the Containment Tube he found in the putrescible waste fields. Neal wants to sell the tube to make a better live for himself and Alison, while Alison is initially worried that the Company would try to get the tube back at any cost. She changes her mind and decides to help Neal sell the tube, as he is out of his depth.

Sandy and Clay are assigned a patch job in a residence. Clay comments that they've been sent on unusually many patch jobs recently Sandy says that, according to Ol' Silty, AntPeople are responsible for the holes. She also says that Peat shared hearing weird noises in the expansion tunnels and that Shaft 17 keeps collapsing for no reason. Clay doesn't believe in the existence of AntPeople. After arriving at the residence they're almost shot by Chamberlain, who's investigating an attack on the residence. The inhabitants seem to have been killed or taken. There's a hole in the wall, eight feet in diameter, and the words "There is only one Queen" written on the wall. Clay finds a rock that looks like an antenna in the hole.

Still that same night, Nathan tries to sneak back home unnoticed, Elizabeth catches him however. The next day Elizabeth interrogates Nathan about his whereabouts and urges Nathan to find a job soon. Elizabeth doesn't like that Nathan gets himself into danger and acts against the company.

Nathan makes his way to Al's Bar. While on the train he meets Neal, who asks him if Nathan is one of the people he's supposed to meet. Nathan denies and makes some derogatory remarks about Neal's smell. Neal threatens him with his shovel Betsey. At the next station Andrew and some members of the Science Fair enter. Andrew is asking to be made a member of the Fair again, even tho he has failed the entrance exam multiple times already; he gets rejected again. Neal asks the Dean to appraise the Containment Tube. The Dean says that it's a class-five containment tube, which is used for deadly, infectious diseases. The Science Fair leaves, unable to help Neal. Nathan claims to know what's inside the tube, as he has seen the tube before when he was stealing the book. As it belonged to a biologist working on genetic engineering, Nathan believes the tube to contain advanced, genetically-engineered tissue. Nathan knows who would be interested in buying the tube back, and agrees to meet with Neal the following night in Al's Bar. Andrew, who was still there the entire time, is thrown out of the moving train by Neal for knowing too much. On the ground Andrew is found by Herbert West.

In Davenport's office Chamberlain is tasked with retrieving the Containment Tube. The Containment Tube was smuggled out of the lab by flushing it out into the putrescible waste fields. Davenport suspects Neal of having found the Tube, as he has not reported for work. The real target however is the person who flushed the Tube. Chamberlain should tail Neal until the target shows themselves and then dispose of them. As Neal teamed up with Nathan, Davenport brings in Elizabeth to help track them down. Elizabeth is reluctant to help at first, but eventually agrees to keep Nathan safe from Chamberlain.

Elizabeth and Chamberlain start their search in Al's Bar. Shortly afterwards Neal and Nathan arrive. Nathan reveals to Neal that he's managed to secure a meeting with Dr. Caligari, whose lab the Tube is from. Neal mentions he's left the Tube with someone he trusts. After they leave, Chamberlain and Elizabeth make their way to Alison's place, where Chamberlain believes Neal to have left the Tube.

Meanwhile Andrew and Alison meet in another corner of Al's Bar. Andrew, now working for Dr. West, is there to buy the Containment Tube from Alison. They exchange the Tube and money. The second part of Alison's compensation was that she and Neal would be erased from all corporate records. As Neal has been tagged as "person of interest" he can't be erased however. Alison is frustrated that Neal didn't keep a low profile, but still takes the deal.

Neal and Nathan meet Dr. Caligari in an unfinished tunnel. Caligari wants to assess the Tube for damage before buying it back, so they agree on meeting again at another location with Tube. Since Caligari was aware of who they were and that the Tube was at Alison's, Neal becomes worried for her safety rushes off.

Chamberlain and Elizabeth arrive at Alison's place and start looking for the Containment Tube. They find a note saying "Al's nine" and realize that Alison has the Tube with her and that they must have just missed her at Al's Bar. Since Alison has too much of a head start, Elizabeth suggests using her surveillance station in the Tower to track her on the cameras. They both leave.

Neal and Nathan arrive at Alison's now ransacked looking place. Neal is worried for Alison, while Nathan worries about the Tube not being there. Neal thinks "They who do things" took Alison and the Tube. Nathan notices a camera outside the place and suggests going to his mother's StreetSafe office to check the footage and find out what happened. Nathan wants to wait until morning, but Neal wants to go right away. They make their way into the Tower and break into Elizabeth's office. When trying to see the footage, Nathan notices that the footage of the entire Sector has been deleted. He wants to inform Caligari that someone high-ranking is after the Tube. That's when he notices that Chamberlain was with them in the office the entire time. Chamberlain tries to shoot them, but Neal manages to block the bullets with his shovel and disarm Chamberlain. When Elizabeth enters the office, Chamberlain uses the distraction to free himself and throw Betsey out of the window. Neal leaps after his shovel. Elizabeth wants to take Nathan home, as she believes his involvement is done. Chamberlain however wants to take him in for questioning, since Nathan mentioned knowing Dr. Caligari, who's supposed to be dead. Elizabeth refuses to let Chamberlain take her son, and he shoots her. Chamberlain takes Nathan with him.

Sandy and Clay enter the office for a cleanup. They see the dead body of Elizabeth. Sandy says they should inform someone soon. Ol' Silty told her and Peat about people who steal bodies and perform experiments on them to bring them back as Woken dead. Clay laughs it off and says Peat's an idiot for believing this. Sandy says at least Peat was smart enough to ask her out. As they leave they run into Dr. West., who finds Elizabeth's body.

Trivia

 * The songs that play in Al's Bar are Rolling Down to Tunnel Three, a Lightning Rigger working song, and Haul Away Mole, a MolePeople Dirt Shanty, which were later released as a mid-season extra during season 7. During the Narrator's last bit of narration the song I Don't Want To Feel Guilty plays, which was first featured in 3.2 - Fealty/Frailty and released as a mid-season extra later that season.

Cast

 * The Narrator — Ansel Burch
 * Nathan Rourke — Clayton Faits
 * Jack — Mark Soloff
 * Neal Henderson — Sebastian H. Orr
 * Old Lady — Lauren Faits
 * Alison Dalton — Nina O’Keefe
 * Elizabeth Rourke — Tara Schile
 * Andrew Snidge — Frank Sjodin
 * Clay — Tyler Samples
 * Sandy — Abby Doud
 * Peat — Jared Latore
 * MolePerson Overseer — Jeffrey Nils Gardner
 * Vice President Davenport — Ben Aldred
 * Special Agent George Chamberlain — Jim McDoniel
 * Doctor Emily Caligari — Marsha Harman
 * The Professor — Ginneh Jolan
 * The Dean — Jim McDoniel
 * The TA — Mark Soloff
 * Doctor Herbert West — Ryan Schile
 * The Voice of HartLife — Jeffrey Nils Gardner