I-98

is

a syndicated television series spanning one decade, 2040 - 2049

Chronicles from The Bakken

Starring Samuel "Oilman" Goshwin & Liam Nikolai Gjorkstad

with occasional appearances by Archie McCool

initial funding from Apple Prairie Broadcasting  

and 

matching grant money from The Legacy Fund, 

and 

continuing support from viewers like you.

 

Update: after eight episodes, I-98 was abruptly taken off the air.  A combination of financial and legal challenges were cited at the time the series went off the air. 

Following the Trump election in 2016, the writers thought a one-time special of I-98 might be order. 

Cold open: Liam and Sam are sitting inside a Carl's Jr restaurant at the intersection of I-298 and I-98 waiting for their Tesla to finish charging. It's Christmas Eve, December 24, 2046.

"Wow, how long has it been? It's seem like it's been years since we were last in Rugby." 

"Yes. That's because it has been years since we've been here. Speaking of which, how long have we been here? It seems like it takes longer and longer to charge the car."

Sam was frustrated but didn't let it show. It was true: the Tesla Model 35S took longer to charge ever since engineers re-wrote the software to slow down the charging to prevent the Teslas from exploding during a "fast charge." 

 

"The good news," Sam said, thinking out loud, "is that with 650-mile range and GE-Tesla charging stations everywhere, things are a lot better, even if the "safe charge" now takes two hours."

Liam looked out the window. Traffic was as heavy as ever on the east-to-west side of I-98, as "the people from the east," as they were called, continued to head west. Most Minnesotans had simply moved to the west side of the river but families from Michigan and Wisconsin were not skittish about driving farther into the interior.