EPISODE 1313 / 08.16.26

Jason Fisher lies on the kitchen floor, his ears ringing and his breath coming in short, ragged gasps. He looks down at his hands. What he notices first is the shaking. A moment later, he notices the pain.

He winces as he tries to flex his fingers. His palms and fingers are red and raw, the skin burning with a deep, vicious heat. He reaches instinctively toward his neck and immediately pulls his hand away. That hurts, too. Even worse.

He looks back at the stove. That great flash of fire is gone, but the stove’s burner is still lit, a small blue flame flickering around it. Smoke hangs in the air. Something near the counter is smoldering.

From our 20th anniversary in 2017:

Restauranteur Bill Fisher and his wife, Paula, raised four children in the scenic Northwest town of King’s Bay, Washington. Those children — Tim, Molly, Sarah, and Jason — grew up to have lives full of intrigue, passion, danger, heartbreak, and more. Since October 1997, Footprints has been telling the uninterrupted story of the Fisher family and their friends and foes… a story told in the vein of television’s great daytime dramas… a story with no end.