Season 1

Episode 1 - Nora Taylor's Big Surprise
During the introduction, Cindy prefaced the stream by changing up Edgewood to be a suburban neighborhood (changing from plasticbox builds to Honeywell homes (edited further to her style)). Cindy also noted the change in the map to Channelwood from MTS as she stated her terrain was overwhelming in size. While traveling around the hood, Cindy advised that all businesses will be on community lots (in the event of marriage between two home businesses owners).

Let's Play: Nora (32 sim days) bought Nora's Boots and Pants and increased Nora's creativity to 5. Nora opened shop (hours: 9-15:00) and sold a couple pairs of boots to Christina as well as a few other patrons. Once it was time to leave, Nora kept blowing the whistle and would not leave the lot. After trial and error (and several sim hours), we discovered it was a warlock NPC by the name of Rudolph. Cindy proceeded to remove his "presence" via SimBlender (Teleport > Clear Off). Cindy and the chat blamed Anthony as he showed up right before closing and is always an unlucky sim.

The following day, Nora went to the grocery store and met Anna, the grocer, and ran into Brian Shelley again, with whom she has chemistry. Nora didn't end up buying groceries, but Nora kept her want to go on a date. After arriving home, Nora invited Brian over for a home date and almost immediately ACR took control and had them Try For Baby. At this point they have 100 STR + crush / 30 LTR (fluctuating between 1-2 bolts).

Later on in the date, Nora showed signs of pregnancy and started to have pains and contractions. A pop up identified she was experiencing the effects of a miscarriage. Luckily, it was a warning only, and she continued to work on her hunger and energy needs to put her baby as a top priority. Nora returned to the clothing boutique once she got the first bump to make connections and more money. Later in the day, Nora earned Rank 1 and chose Notable Reputation as her first perk.

Closer to the birth, Nora invited Dr. Jason Hickey and Brian to her home. At 19:18, Nora's son, Rudolph Shelley, was born. Rudy is the first birth in Edgewood.

Episode 2 - Tragedy Strikes The Baker Household
Trigger Warning: miscarriage

Cindy started the stream giving a small tour of Leslie's home. With Leslie's locked want being to have a child, Cindy noted there were three empty rooms that would work as the nursery/child's room.

Leslie Baker (33 sim days) started her round working on her relationships, taking Monday off from Leslie's Love Muffins. With two bolts with Franklin (20 STR/ 5 LTR), she invited him over to get to know him better but Franklin declined, unfortunately. So, Leslie tried to ring up Bruno Hammond to which he replied an ecstatic "Yes!". ACR of course took control of the situation with trying to preform a couch woohoo. Cindy intervened on the couch woohoo since they were not even on a date. Leslie sent Bruno away and tried to invite Franklin over again to which he accepted.

Leslie greeted Franklin with a hug and Franklin offered a backrub. Again, ACR tried to intervene, but this time the stairs blocked the interaction. Later on in the day, Leslie and Franklin shared their first kiss and several other romantic interactions. Before Leslie could finish making dinner, Franklin decided to leave (due to hunger and eyeballing the pork chops on the way out). By the end of the day, Leslie and Franklin had a crush on each other and there were enough leftovers for tomorrow evening.

The following day, Leslie got ready and went to the bakery to bake in preparation for opening day. The day did not start out great, per se. The store was opened immediately, unfortunately, as there was no open/closed sign, Leslie baked her first pie and tried to eat it, and later Leslie did eat a piece of pie (for taste-testing). Around noon, Leslie opened the store and sold out her pies. The day got worse for Leslie when Melanie bought one of the OMSPs and right before closing decided to take a sponge bath in the public restroom. By the end of the day, Leslie made approximately 300 simoleons and met many others of the Edgewood community.

On Wednesday, Leslie invited Franklin over again to build on their relationship even more. ACR put a spell over them and they tried for baby. Franklin fell in love soon after and after many interactions Leslie fell in love and rolled the want to become engaged. By that afternoon, Leslie and Franklin were engaged and preparing for a backyard wedding. Leslie invited her patrons over and celebrated their recent nuptials. Cindy spent some time setting up the garden for Franklin to start his farm.

Leslie and Franklin tried for the third time to have a baby Thursday morning, and succeeded! Leslie headed out to the bakery to make a few simoleons while Franklin starts working on his garden so it can be settled before the baby arrives. After the first trimester, Leslie went on maternity leave as her needs were put as priority.

[TW] By Friday evening, Leslie got up from bed and began to have cramps. Although her needs were reasonable, she had a spontaneous miscarriage. Leslie took a bath and received a romantic hug from Franklin. It was determined that Leslie would be a high risk pregnancy. Dr. Hickey was called in for a house call to start fertility treatments (super fertility trait), $1000 per sim (total: $2000).

Episode 3 - Can the Meanest Sim in Town Make Friends?


Cindy started the stream by giving an introduction to Catherine (30), who is the resident animal caretaker and sole proprietor of Paws n Claws. (Cindy also let the chat know in the 10+ years she's played the game, she has never bred the cats and dogs).

Cats: Miso, Chomps

Dogs: Maggie, Josie

Cindy gave an overview of Catherine's house, noting the bedroom on the top floor would be for her preemptive family (or pets' stuff). Cindy noted that she would perhaps need another dog to breed big dogs and/or little dogs, making a total of 5 adult animals. Of course, from the initial meet and greet, Catherine was known as the "mean sim", having an enemy relationship with Ravi Singh. She doesn't like anyone, according to her relationships panel.

Catherine purchased Paws & Claws and travelled there to start setting up. After a brief overview of the pet shop, Catherine opened up the business and had issues and negative reputation with almost everyone, including Royce Wheeler at the end of the day. While waiting for Catherine to return, focus was put on the pets to make them friendly with each other.

The following day, Catherine hired Paige Castillo to clean the house. By 8:30 AM, Paige finished cleaning, charging Catherine $100 for the two hours' work. Midmorning, Catherine stopped by the clothing store and started to pick on Dr. Hickey and ended up hating him. After her fit with Dr. Hickey, she stopped by the bakery and bought a piece of pie from Leslie Baker.

While waiting for Catherine to return, the cats were playing nicely together (in hopes of a relationship that would result in kittens!). Soon after Catherine arrived, Maggie and Miso got into a fight. With a mile long chore list, Catherine got to work bathing Maggie, fed the animals, and called Kai for a chat.

Wednesday morning, Catherine saw Bruno passing by and went out to greet him, then finding that they have two bolts together. They immediately had a negative reaction to each other (due to Catherine's bad reputation). Catherine tried her best, but Bruno remained positive but uninterested. Catherine realized that she was going to be late for work, so she hopped in the shower and headed over to the shop to restock and open for the day. The business fluctuated between 1 and 0 Rank for the majority of the day as Catherine's least favored patrons showed up as well with a deficit due to restocking. On top of it all, Kai - with 0 patience - threw his bags to the floor and stormed off. Turns out, he was going to buy the fish tank! Later that night, Catherine and Chomps became chummy enough that Chomps and Miso could try for kittens.

Thursday afternoon, Catherine invited Bruno over for a date and, like clockwork, ACR stepped in with the Try for Baby (unsuccessfully). After a bit of relationship building, they had their first kiss and makeout.After their dream date, Catherine went about her nightly ritual of bathing the animals, filling the food bowls, and making dinner. While making dinner, Catherine received a bouquet of flowers and Kai called for a quick gossip about her date. After the call, Bruno dropped off a telescope! As a knowledge sim, this was the perfect gift for Catherine.

Episode 4 - Anna's House Party Gone Wrong (or very right)!
Cindy started the stream with an introduction regarding the finalization of the grocery store and moving Anna Speziale out and into her own townhouse since she was currently sharing a lot with Erin Driscoll and Melanie Lehrer. Anna moved into a townhouse (built by Vimpse, customized to Edgewood by Kooli-sims on tumblr). Cindy took us on a tour of Anna's new home.

With only 47 simoleons on hand, Anna (27 sim days) claims the title of poorest sim in Edgewood. She is rich in friendship though with a strong relationship with Paige Castillo and Nora Taylor. A brisk walk lead Anna to Edgemart supermarket of which Cindy hosted a small tour. About 9AM on Monday, Anna opened Edgemart and patrons immediately flooded in and immediately ran to the laundry detergent. After a long day (9-21:00), Anna cleaned up the spoiled food and then went home.

Anna arrived home and grabbed a piece of pie that she had picked up earlier at Leslie's Love Muffins. The next morning, Anna took the day off from work to build on her new relationship with Dr. Hickey, whom she had met earlier at the supermarket. Before she called him, she decided to throw a house party. She called Brian, Paige, and Nora (friends) including Erin, Melanie, and the love interest, Dr. Hickey. Like with all the women in Edgewood, Brian led Anna upstairs to the bedroom for an ACR - Try for Baby. Then, in a surprise event, Nora and Dr. Hickey started flirting and developed a crush on each other. At this time, hopes of Dr. Hickey and Anna together went down the drain. Soon after his woohoo with Anna, Brian immediately gave Nora a romantic hug. Nora, Dr. Hickey, Brian and Nora all had a weird romantic back and forth with each other that left Cindy and the chat completely baffled.

By the next morning, Anna started showing symptoms of pregnancy and the supermarket remained closed. Anna started the pregnancy with difficult symptoms and once her comfort was up again, she gave a call to Dr. Hickey to hopefully continue on the road to friends. While hanging out on the couch, Anna completed the first trimester. Dr. Hickey led the conversation in babies, toys, and woohoo. After awhile, it was time for Anna to get dinner and go to bed. Anna invited over Dr. Hickey on Thursday morning and they were friends upon greeting. Baby bump #2 arrived and Dr. Hickey and Anna were becoming more and more smitten. They spent the rest of the day chatting and lightly flirting.

Throughout the morning on Friday, Anna took care of her needs before inviting Dr. Hickey over in preparation of the birth of her first child. Brian miraculously showed up for the birth as well, but before he could be greeted she went into labor. And at 3:38 PM on Friday, Heath Shelley was born (first roll was #REF! and chat's choice was Helbo, but Cindy declined both). Anna promptly paid Dr. Hickey 500 simoleons and cuddled Heath. Dr. Hickey helped Anna with gardening by filling in the holes and trimming the bushes. While Anna was taking care of her needs, Dr. Hickey played with Heath and continued walking around the house laughing at all the paintings. Saturday morning, winter had not set in yet. Anna took the opportunity to call over Brian for a bit of woohoo. The worst of it all, Brian and Anna tried for another baby. Anna completely friend zoned Dr. Hickey with her terrible ACR behavior! What about Dr. Hickey??

Episode 5 - Post Cards From The Edge
Cindy started the stream by giving a tour of the post office, Llama Express. Currently, the only way for Erin Driscoll (resident mail carrier) to earn money is to sell post cards, so Cindy enacted a government salary via the tax treasury.

Looking at Erin's inventory, she already couldn't decide if she wanted a cat or a dog since she had bought toys for both. She also had a case of pudding and laundry detergent. The first third of the stream was taking time to decorate Erin's townhome as she was moved out of her previous Plasticbox home.

Erin, an avid yogi, spent her first day in Edgewood at the new and improved Llama Express. Franklin, Royce, and Christina were the first to show up. Christina did her due diligence by Anthony and checked out the backroom of the post office. Dr. Hickey then popped by and "farted hearts" all over Erin. The post office closed early (4PM) and Erin returned home to have a quick, late lunch before working on skills in lieu of meeting anyone new. During dinner, Franklin called Erin. They carried on for about an hour or so as it seemed that Franklin desperately wanted to be her friend (and vice versa).

The following morning, Erin got dressed and headed off to work via carpool. Upon arriving home, Erin wanted to invite someone over so Erin called up Royce. They became very personal very quickly as Erin brushed her teeth while Royce was sitting on the toilet. To get over the awkwardness, Erin made dinner (italian subs) and discussed hobbies and memories. Royce gave her a friendly hug and they tossed the football at 9:45PM on Tuesday. Royce broke through the friend zone by serenading her. After a quick soak in the tub, Royce caressed her and said goodbye.

Royce was invited over after Erin's shift on Wednesday and they played catch in the front hard. Finally, they officially became friends and developed a crush on each other. Here comes ACR with the Casual Sit followed by TRY FOR BABY. Erin met up with Catherine on Thursday evening and tossed the football, making them best friends. Thursday night, Erin got her first bump and by Friday morning it was a fight to keep her needs up, helped solely by pumpkin bread. Catherine stopped by to toss the football again, but soon it was pumpkin bread and nap time for Erin.

On Saturday, Erin's needs were constantly maintained that she had time to work on her Charisma skill. Franklin stopped by and they soon became best friends and played a game of catch. Franklin joined Erin for lunch and while Franklin cleaned up the kitchen, Erin took a quick bath. By the afternoon, Leslie showed up and found Franklin and Erin in the bathroom playing red hands... Franklin was already being weird fawning over Erin in front of his wife and left shortly after Erin laid down for a nap. At quarter to midnight, Erin called Royce and Dr. Hickey to assist in the birth. At 12:17 AM on a snowy night, Ivory Wheeler was born (with no scalp). While Erin argued with Dr. Hickey about payment, Royce fed Ivory. Before Royce left, they had a quick TRY FOR BABY woohoo on the couch! This was later changed to a risky woohoo.

'' - It was this episode when "Unmarried TFB Enabled" was officially announced as disabled on the ACR global settings. - ''

Episode 6 - Mayor Athena's Bad Luck with Love
Starting with a tour of the City Hall that doubled as the jail (this was later separated into its own building in Episode 10). Athena lives in The Green Tea Mansion, nestled in a cozy corner of Edgewood and facing the ocean.

Reviewing her relationships panel, Athena has 3 bolts with Brian and Royce, both of whom already have children in the hood. Athena was off to work and returned home around 6PM. Athena had a lot of wants to buy items initially and rolled the want for a date.

On Monday evening, Athena went on a date with Brian Shelley. They were having a dream date when they rolled the want to casually woohoo. Before the end of the date, Athena was already thinking about the next man to go out with on a date. Brian and Athena became best friends by the end of the date (courtesy of 3 woohoos in a single date). At 4AM, Athena said goodbye to Brian and grabbed a bite to eat and took a nap before work. (Pregante?? no)

Athena, being a painter in her spare time, knows beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Whenever she looks into a mirror, she sees a monstrosity - her nose. Throughout her life, her nose has been the topic of conversation amongst strangers. Her plan for the next season would be to undergo plastic surgery to reconstruct her nose a la Dr. Hickey's medical office.

Wednesday morning, Athena stopped by the grocery store and ended up buying a ton of groceries (almost 600 simoleons). She had a short conversation with Kai, but no sparks so Athena went back home. While Athena drove to work, Paige Castillo was hired as the cleaning service to come over and tidy up. As soon as Paige left and Athena returned home, she paid the time owed (100 simoleons) and then called Kai for a date. He immediately declined and hang up on her. Athena immediately thought it was her nose and called SimCity to send a matchmaker. She then called Kai back and asked him for a chat, being that she couldn't handle a "no" from anyone. As they became friends after chatting, Athena wanted to try again to flirt with Kai. She invited him over and her charm seemed to work, however she couldn't land a kiss as there was no chemistry. Nothing was going right with Kai, so she said goodbye and got ready for bed. Athena cried over the rejected kisses from Kai.

Thursday morning, Athena flew off to work. By the time she got back, Athena was ready to grant her want of a date and well, well, well if it wasn't Brian walking by, thinking about kissing. Athena greeted Brian with a smooch and held his hands before leading him to the bed for an afternoon delight. After a quick post-woohoo makeout, Athena sent Brian away. During dinner, Athena received a call from Ravi, a sim with whom Athena wants to become friends. Athena quickly said goodbye to Ravi so she could invite Kai over only to find out he is completely gay. Athena must have felt some relief being turned down solely because of preference for gender (and not her nose). Athena quickly apologized to Kai and asked to be his friend going forward.

Athena wanted to meet someone new. Since she has Fridays off, she made a plan to walk around downtown Edgewood to meet her constituents. Athena made a stop at Leslie's Love Muffins and saw Leslie Baker (of course), Paige Castillo, and new romantic prospect, Gabriel Rochester.Athena fell head over heels for Gabriel and promptly smooth talked him with a single rose and charming flirt. Gabriel was playing hard to get and declined her flirt. Athena was not interested in giving up and while Gabriel just wanted to buy some pie, Athena gave him another single rose.

''- Apparently, Gabriel's circuits were crossed at some point because Gabriel was now gay. Somehow, 6 out of the 10 male sims were gay. In order for the neighborhood to progress (to avoid Brianwood), Cindy made an executive decision to make Gabriel bisexual. It was determined that the issue happened when the percentages were changed during hood creation -''

Athena took a leap of faith and asked Gabriel out on a date in the bakery. They had their first kiss and developed a crush on each other. A slow dance among the sweet treats was enough to make Athena and Gabriel want more and more. Athena asked Gabriel back to her place (in the meantime, Gabriel nabbed a cake for free). Almost immediately, Athena and Gabriel had their first woohoo. Athena ended her round single, childfree, and richer than before.

The last portion of the stream was spent creating Melba Love, Edgewood's premier matchmaker.

Episode 7 - Melanie's Substitute Teacher (Grim Did WHAT in the Toilet!?)
In the beginning of this episode, Melanie moved into her own house and started furnishing it with cozy blue decor, making her house a home. Later, Melanie visited Leslie’s Love Muffins. While there, she purchased a delicious pie and also met Brian Shelley for the first time since the initial “Welcome Event”. Melanie speaks with Brian for a while but for the most part avoids his charms, so far their relationship is purely friendly. Once Melanie returns home, she enjoys the pie she purchases and contemplates throwing a house party to get to know her neighbors. She decides which neighbors she’d like to see: Diana, Brian, Dr. Hickey, Bruno

Episode 8 - There's a FIRE BURNING in Kai's Heart
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Episode 9 - Gabriel the Exterminator Dates EVERYONE IN TOWN
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Episode 10 - Ravi's No-Chemistry Non-ACR Love Affair
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