On Faith

"On Faith" is the Season 3 Very Special Holiday Episode of Shadow Unit, with production number 3x00. It was written by Sarah Monette and originally aired on December 24 (Christmas Eve), 2009.

Basic Statistics
Location: Virginia, Texas

Point of View Characters: Stephen Reyes, Solomon Todd, Karl Demmer, Marmaduke Stone

Timeline: August 22 - December 3, 1964; August 22 - December 23, 1995

Unsub: Clemson McCain

Major backstory revealed: The capture of Clemson McCain by Agents Demmer and Stone, and the origins of Idlewood.

Easter Eggs
No playlist was posted at airtime.
 * "Spite"

Pre-Air-Date Speculation
When initially announced, precisely which holiday "On Faith" is the Very Special Holiday Episode for was not disclosed.

According to Sarah Monette's LiveJournal, the first line of "On Faith" will be:
 * Marmaduke Stone is waiting for the phone to ring.

Elizabeth Bear let "slip" that "On Faith" will feature Solomon Todd as a much younger man:
 * Oh, that'd be Hugo at about the Age that Sol will be in "On Faith."


 * ...oooopsie.


 * *g*

Elizabeth Bear later mentioned (when she put the teasers for the season 2 finale "Not Alone" in her LJ) that "On Faith"
 * will be awesome but ... won't help with your season-ender cliffhanger at all, I'm afraid.....