Empire!
Additional episodes:
“The Cleansing Protocols”
Planet of the Apes – “damn dirty –”
“A Walk in the Park” [Barefoot in the Park]
“Andie in Wonderland”
[Painting Churches]
[Hamlet]
In one episode, Andronicus is distraught and questions his heavenly mission. He begs for guidance from above. An angel of the LORD is dispatched to allay the Emperor’s fears, but is intercepted by the now fully demonic Rivera
the return of the mysterious Greywolf
“Dock of the Bay”
"The Emperor's New Robe"
Featured Characters:
Emperor Andronicus
Royal Seamstress Lindsay
Conman #1 Roscoe
Conman #2 Cletus
Conman #3 Boss Hog
Synopsis: A gang of conmen attempts to dupe the Emperor into purchasing invisible clothing and then stealing it. The "cloaked cloak" is removed in secret by the conmen and no one notices. Royal Seamstress Lindsay is instrumental in the defeat of the conmen, which she chases out of town on her wheeled death machine (scooter).
Opening credits: Music
slowly begins amid blackness. Lightning
flashes in intervals show the “Empire!” forming. One last brilliant flash and the words melt into the clouds.
Additional bursts of lightning show the terrible, dark Veranda forming as
it enters our dimension. The music
intensifies ominously. Wide angle
shot as the Veranda sits in the center of the sky, and the entire horizon is lit
ablaze with evil. Minions of
darkness, demons, warrior zombies, and such begin to amass and advance on Buies
Creek. Music swells as view shifts
to lightning striking the Raptolier, an amazing battle sword, sunk into the
earth. Cut to a velociraptor
lifting its head to the sky and emitting a battle cry.
Shot swivels to show packs of raptors swiftly moving to join the upcoming
melee. High in the sky, flocks of
pteradons soar towards the uninvited villains.
Cut back to the Raptolier, which is glowing with power.
The Emperor enters the shot and bravely takes hold of the handle,
removing the sword from the rock. He
raises the sword into the air as shot pans out to include the brave warriors of
the Empire. They brandish
their various weapons and/or supernatural powers and charge at the advancing
hordes of the Veranda Society. . .
. The words “Empire! The
Television Series” fill the screen.
Episode 1: “No Smoking”
Featured Characters:
Chief Armorer Dossey
Music Jedi Master Obi-Ran Whitley
Darth Provost
Dr. Hammond
Wilhelm Schleicher
The Heno
Synopsis: Episode opens where last season’s “DD-Day” left off. The Emperor is forced to leave the Creek to manage his school bus factory in another realm. The Dossey joins forces with Obi-Ran Whitley and the duo battles the forces of the Dark Side. The Empire reigns victorious and the malevolent Veranda Society is dealt a crushing blow with the apparent death of Wilhelm Schleicher. The Dossey is given the Imperial Medal of Valor for his work.
Memorable lines: “Perhaps, but not today.”
Episode 2: “Temple of the Dossai”
Featured Characters:
Emperor Andronicus
Chief Armorer Dossey / Dossey-Rah
Assassin Rockel 2.0
Female Emperor Clone Andie II
Synopsis: The Raptolier begins behaving strangely. The Dossey informs the Emperor that this can mean only one thing: the Temple of the Dossai is about to appear. Dossey explains that the Temple is the positive balance to the evil Veranda. Once the Veranda is banished, the Loyal Order of the Dossai are able to enter our dimension, he explains. The Raptolier was created by the Dossai and brought to this dimension long ago and hidden from the evil Veranda Society. The Temple does indeed appear as predicted, in fact, right where the Imperial Armory stood. Andie II is put to a test by the Dossai, which she passes, and is summarily presented with the Velocidagger, a smaller version of the Raptolier. The Temple remains in our dimension and serves as the armory for the Empire. Dossey reassumes command of the Loyal Order and is given the title Dossey-Rah.
Memorable lines: “That isn’t a choice I would make.”
Episode 3: [Paul Green One-Act Play Festival]
Featured Characters:
Emperor Andronicus
Synopsis:
Episode 4: “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” [The Apple Tree]
Featured Characters:
Reptilian Forces Supervisor Anderson
Eve
Adam
The LORD
Synopsis: The Emperor hires brilliant engineer ____ _______. His first invention for the glory of the Empire is a time displacement field generator, or as most know it a time machine. No sooner is construction completed than Reptilian Forces Supervisor Anderson commandeers the device for his own purposes. He travels back in time to destroy mankind, whom he blames for most of his problems, in hopes of intervening before mankind can actually cause the problems. He arrives in the Garden of Eden and sees the perfect opportunity. Anderson convinces the first woman, Eve, to partake of the forbidden fruit. Returning to normal time, Anderson realizes he has unwittingly fulfilled his destiny and set in motion the fall of mankind, the very action which led to all his current difficulties with life. The time machine is taken away from him and Anderson is sent to his room to think about what he has done (introducing sin to the world and dooming numerous human souls to hell).
Memorable line: “You will not ssssurely die.”
Episode 5: “Red Nose’s Revenge”
Featured Characters:
Emperor Andronicus
Red Nose the Pirate
Synopsis: The band of pirates who were defeated in an episode last season, return for revenge as promised. The kidnap the Emperor and escape to the town of bath. In hot pursuit, the forces of the Empire arrive and a battle amid the Intercoastal Waterway ensues.
Episode 6: “NCTC Expedition”
Featured Characters:
Emperor Andronicus
Chief Armorer Dossey
Assassin Rockel 2.0
Synopsis: Dossey, Rockel, and Andronicus load up the War Wagon for an Imperial recruiting mission. A minor stumbling block presents itself in the form of a Dr. Pepper shortage. A Short Stop run averts disaster and the mission continues.
HAMLET
PAINTING CHURCHES
Episode 7: “Proud Mary” [Antigone]
Featured Characters:
Emperor Andronicus
General Honeycutt
Chief Armorer Dossey
Synopsis: General Honeycutt leads a rebellion against the Emperor and is summarily destroyed. This leads to an uprising by Honeycutt’s supporters which in turn results in a brief civil disruption in the Imperial capital. The Empire is forced to separate the wheat from the chafe, eliminating all those who dare to challenge the divine right of the Emperor.
Episode 8: “The Veranda” [The Tempest]
Featured Characters:
The Heno
Security Chief LeTrent
Synopsis: An Imperial space chariot is accidentally lost in a trans-dimensional disturbance and crash lands on the mystical Veranda. The survivors must battle the evil wizard Heno and seal the dimensional cross-gates to keep the dark Veranda from entering Buies Creek ever again. Unfortunately, some of the minions are stranded in the Veranda dimension for life, bravely sacrificing their sanity for the Empire.
Episode 9: “Church of the Living Arc”
Featured Characters:
Alice Cates
Elizabeth Ann Rivera
Kelly Wulff
Emperor Andronicus
The Angel of Death
Synsopsis: The Triumvirate is at it again, this time declaring the Emperor as ungodly and therefore unfit to rule. The Emperor launches a counteroffensive, pointing out the shady past of the Joans of Arc. Conflict ensues. The argument is finally settled when the Joans of Arc are consumed by holy fire raining down upon them from the heavens.