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Harlow Bay · Day 03 · 3:17 AM

Dead Air

An interactive survival series

Every night at 3:17, every speaker in the city plays the same broadcast, and the dead stop to listen. Tonight, it said your name. You are Riley Hart, and the comments chose every move.

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Seven episodes.
Your choices.

Each episode ended on a vote, and the most-voted comment decided what happened next. Watch them in order, about 10 minutes in all.

The audience's pathA→A→C→A→A→A→THE END
Spoilers for season 1

The roads
not taken

Yellow is what the comments chose. Tap any other answer to see where the story would have gone instead.

After episode01 · 3:17

Someone is opening Theo's door. What does Riley do?

What happened · ARiley makes it home but is chased and loses the water. Marcus is left alone in the pharmacy.

The road not taken · BThe safest-looking option was the worst: a whole night beside a man who was quietly turning, while Theo faced the door alone.

The road not taken · CRiley keys the transmit button and the voice answers early, with real information about the bridge. But every Hollow on the block hears the signal.

After episode02 · RUN

Lena has car keys and a question about Theo's fever. What does Riley do?

What happened · AThe engine wakes the whole garage. They get out with a cracked windshield and drive straight into the military roadblock at Harlow Bridge.

The road not taken · BSafe for now, but Lena would have watched Theo's fever all night, and at 3:17 the broadcast would have read a new name: hers.

The road not taken · CA trap the audience could see coming. Marcus had already turned, and the pharmacy radio was still on, with a message meant for Riley.

After episode03 · THE BRIDGE

If they scan Theo, they will take him. What does Riley do?

The road not taken · ATheo would have been put in a quarantine tent on the bridge, and Riley would have had to choose between leaving and staying with him.

The road not taken · BA veterinary fever reducer gets him through at 99.8°F, but the soldier keeps Lena's ID, and the drug has a price later.

What happened · CThey break through under fire. The car is wrecked on the far side, Lena is hit, and now they are fugitives.

After episode04 · FLOOR IT

Lena is shot, the car is dead, and a truck is coming. What does Riley do?

What happened · AThey limp up the hill toward the red light. Lena's blood leaves a trail, and at dawn they reach a fenced relay station where someone has been expecting them.

The road not taken · BRiley and Theo make the treeline fast. The soldiers find Lena, and Theo never quite forgives his sister.

The road not taken · CAll three are taken. Lena gets surgery, Theo is separated into quarantine, and Riley is held as a detainee.

After episode05 · KESTREL HILL

The voice wants only Theo, and the soldiers are ten minutes away. What does Riley do?

What happened · AThe voice is furious but treats Lena, and the truth comes out in the radio room as the trucks reach the gate.

The road not taken · BThe soldiers reach the fence first, and Riley hears the truth over the intercom with a rifle at her back.

The road not taken · CThe voice follows them into the woods with a handheld radio, and his broadcast is the only thing holding the dead back.

After episode06 · WREN

The last choice. This vote decides the ending.

What happened · AThe ending you chose: hidden under the tower all day, then four minutes at 3:17 to walk through the frozen valley while Wren stays behind to send the signal.

The road not taken · BThe unplayed ending: Theo goes with the army and Riley goes with him. At 3:17 it's Theo's voice on the broadcast, reading names of survivors to be rescued, not hunted.

The road not taken · CThe unplayed ending: at 3:17 there is only silence, true dead air. The army is blind, the dead are free, and Riley and Theo vanish into the dark.

Episode 07 · 3:17 AM · Day 04

Walk. Don't run.

Wren stayed behind to press the button. Same time tomorrow, Harlow Bay. Whether he's okay was left open on purpose.

Interactive · turn your sound on

Tune in to
the broadcast

Number-station tones and a countdown, on every radio, phone and PA in Harlow Bay. Switch the radio on and turn the dial. Some frequencies are still carrying something.

Radio off
Press the power button.
889296100104108
Survival guide

Rules of the
Hollows

What Riley learned the hard way between 3:17 and dawn. Everything you need to make it to the bridge.

01

They hunt by sound

Not by sight. Light alone doesn't draw them. A dropped bottle does.

02

At 3:17, they freeze

While the broadcast plays, every Hollow stops and turns its head toward the nearest speaker.

03

When it ends, they move

All at once, toward the last loud sound. Make sure that isn't you.

04

Some of them listen

A few still react during the broadcast. A blink. A pupil that finds you. Nobody knows why.

Bitten 0 – 24 h

Fever, grey veins spreading from the wound, light hurts.

Turning 24 – 48 h

The veins reach the neck. The voice goes flat. Sudden stillness.

Hollow 48 h +

Clouded white eyes. Silent, until they hear you.

Who's left

The survivors

Everyone is drawn in code, so faces, colours and clothes stay the same in every shot. Riley's coat never changes colour. Theo's beanie stays on.

Riley Hart

22 · EMT trainee · you

Calm hands, panicky head. The mustard-yellow raincoat you can spot from a block away. Wants one thing: keep Theo alive.

Theo Hart

9 · Riley's brother

Red beanie, green hoodie, a notebook full of radio frequencies. The fever started on day two. The man on the radio said you'd come back.

Marcus Okafor

50s · building super, Apt 1A

Steady, practical, fatherly. Knew the pharmacy was still sealed. Didn't tell anyone about the bite on his left forearm.

Lena Ruiz

Apt 7C · vet nurse

Found Theo when the seventh floor fell. Has car keys, a full tank, and a habit of asking the question nobody wants asked.

Sgt. Elias Wren

U.S. Army Signal Corps

The voice on the radio. Left alone at Kestrel Hill to keep the 3:17 signal running, every night, for a city he can only hear.

The Broadcast

3:17 – 3:21 AM · every speaker

Number-station tones and a countdown, on every radio, phone and PA. Sometimes a flat voice reads names and addresses.

Stills

Frozen frames

Ep 01 · Hollis St · 3:17 AM
Ep 01 · Hollis St · 3:17 AM
Ep 05 · Kestrel woods · dawn
Ep 05 · Kestrel woods · dawn
Ep 06 · He's immune
Ep 06 · He's immune
Ep 07 · Kestrel Valley
Ep 07 · Kestrel Valley
Ep 07 · Walk. Don't run.
Ep 07 · Walk. Don't run.
S2 · Easton Yard
S2 · Easton Yard
S2 · Theo hears it
S2 · Theo hears it
S2 · CH 1 · Unknown voice
S2 · CH 1 · Unknown voice
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Season 2

Dead AirNo Signal

The signal kept the dead still. It was also teaching them. Now it's gone, and they know your name.

Day 12. Easton Rail Yard, a camp of about thirty survivors living in boxcars, forty kilometres east along the rail line. Riley is the camp medic. Lena walks with a crutch. Theo carries Wren's radio and logs every broadcast. Every night since the bridge, Wren has signed off the same way: "Same time tomorrow, Harlow Bay." On Day 12, he doesn't.

5 episodesDay 12Easton Rail YardYou decide every step
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One vote per person on each question. Results update live. Season 2's story votes still happen in the TikTok comments.

Season 2

Was Wren right to switch it off?

The signal froze the dead every night. It was also teaching them. On Day 12, Wren pulled the plug.

Season 1

Which vote would you change?

If you could go back to one choice, which would it be?

Stay on the frequency

Follow the signal

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