In the season finale, the ladies of the O Line Mysteries learn first hand how the events in our lives shape and twist us.  

As Annie and Tim’s divorce becomes more of a reality Lorna tries to help Annie out by taking her out to blow off some steam at Trivia night in the local pub.  After a fun night of escape for the ladies they return home to a shocking and unthinkable reality that unravels the lives of these two

Lorna’s dad, Quill, is back in town and he’s lookin’ for some lovin’.  But not so fast, Sally is uneasy with his choice of lady friends and sets out to find Quill a “nice lady”, despite Lorna’s even tempered reservations.  But when it looks like Quill is about to make a mistake of a lifetime Sally

Body parts keep floating through the Bay estuary and despite the obvious reasons why a person wouldn’t go looking for the rest of the bodies Lorna and Annie just can’t help themselves.  With the help of an island journalist, Lorna and Annie learn the gruesome truth of human trafficking.

 

All of Ohlone Island is chipping in and volunteering to keep the islands resources afloat.  But as Sally volunteers at the library, Annie and Lorna volunteer for the beach clean-up only to discover it’s being used as a waste disposal front for manufacturing corporations from the mainland.

When Sally finally has her long needed dental work done, Lorna mistakenly drives away with a forbidden bulk of restricted painkillers.  It takes all of Annie’s moral strength to keep Lorna from using them as her retirement fund.  With a frothing band of teenagers and a gang on their trail Annie

During a kayaking trip around the estuary Lorna finds an “old salt” long thought to be a drowned banker done in by his wife.  But how can Annie and Lorna prove his existence and free his incarcerated wife when the D.A. has the case on lock down?

Lorna’s unofficial god-mother, Tessa, is coming to town with a bag of tricks that is going to blow the lid off of how the internet is accessed.  But the big question is can Tessa keep the lid on until her product is complete or will she fall prey to corporate espionage.

 

After Lorna publishes her self help book she wrote while on painkillers for back spasms she begins the long journey into marketing.  Her first stop is on a local talk radio show with a host who tries to get her to cut him in on a marketing “deal”.

Annie gets her first solo marketing campaign with an east bay winery, but she gets more than she bargained for when she begins to suspect someone in the company is trying to set her up as the patsy for their failing wine distribution.  But turning to Lorna to help her track the real culprit proves

Lorna  and Sally visit Sally’s grandmother in a desert retirement village and find the community in a dither about home break in’s happening during their planned activities.  With the thief in her sites, Lorna sets out to  convince a young man caring for his grandfather to seek help from his elders.

A conversation with Beth Hutchens who plays Lorna on The O Line Mysteries.

We will return to our regular scripted show in February 2009.  This show is the first of a two part series about the making of the O Line Mysteries.  This week we touch on the technical side of making a scripted podcast and then answer listeners questions.

Lorna gets caught up in burglary and grand theft when she reluctantly joins the local book club and a rare Jane Austen is stolen from the near bankrupt independent book store.

Getting presents can be like being tickled for Lorna, it’s fun but it can also be torture.  So every year it takes a major slight of hand for Sally to pull off a Christmas surprise.  But this year she has a unwitting accomplice in Annie.

On top of keeping their heads above water in the bad economy, can Annie and Lorna's friendship survive the lying, cheating, and stealing that surrounds the local art gallery's painting class?  

Annie has been drugged, Lorna has lost her cool...a few times, and Detective Keeling could lose his job if Detective Holloway the laziest detective in the west, has his way.  Oh, and there’s a murderer running loose on the island.

It’s “Bailout Sunday” and O Line Mysteries kicks off the holiday season with part 1 of a two part homage to Agatha Christie.  Lorna and Annie volunteer as guides for the island homes tour and get lost in a hot mess that leads to murder.

Lorna agrees to join Sally on her photo club outing only to become witness to a local string of robberies.  When the police department blows off Lorna’s photo evidence she enlists the help of Annie and their new friend, Roberta the cop, to bust up the robbery rash.

Detective Keeling uses Lorna’s natural curiosity to out maneuver a state law agency and an illegal disaster relief team.  

Sally and Lorna invite their friends, Derek and Kevin, to workout at their favorite gym but end up revealing corporate espionage between rival gym’s on the island.

When Lorna’s father comes to visit Sally and Lorna, he uncovers a 75 year old mystery buried under the house.

When Annie confides in Lorna that Annie’s sleepless nights are being caused by the “Amy Winehouse”  ghost, they uncover a decades old unsolved crime.

Lorna and Annie decide to dig up the dirt on a local blowhard hate monger only to learn that sometimes even horrible people can do selfless and heroic acts.  Featuring Nina Greeley, Ty Garafalo, Colin Cahill, Jonathan W. Wind, and Will Connelly.

When Annie finds Lorna a high paying temp. job, Lorna may lose her integrity, credibility with Sally and her tupperware.  Episode stars:  Nina Greeley, Ty Garafalo, Becky Carlisle, Jonathan W.Wind, Will Connelly, Beth Hutchens, Katy Daniel

When Sally finds a new gardening buddy, Lorna lands in the middle of a compost pile filled with drugs, murder, and police indifference.

Lorna goes head to head against a local ice creamery that falsely accuses her of counterfeit.  Not content to clear up the matter, she sets out to close them down. Featuring Nina Greeley, Ty Garafalo, Katy Daniel, Jonathan W. Wind, and Will Connelly.

Lorna and Annie uncover a money making scheme by the docents of a local history museum that cheats the city out of money.