EPISODE 25 - TATIANA GURKOVSKY
PHILIP
Here we are, season 3 of The Amelia Project. And we pick up with the dice roll. Are MI5 agents Cole and Haines outside the offices as Alvina fears, or is the Interviewer right and are they just bluffing? Will the Amelia team decide to stand their ground, or flee? All that will be answered in today’s episode. This season premiere is dedicated to our wonderful patron Eric Da’ Maj, thank you so much for all you’ve done for us during the lockdown, Eric. It really means the world. Now, sit back, and enjoy.
PROLOGUE
ROLLING DICE. IT STOPS.
AMELIA
Oh.
ALVINA
Oh.
INTERVIEWER
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
AMELIA
A four.
INTERVIEWER
Very good, that's that settled.
ALVINA
What?
AMELIA
I guess it is.
ALVINA
No! We have to either call them back or -
INTERVIEWER
You can't stand losing can you Alvina?
ALVINA
This isn't a game! This is serious!
INTERVIEWER
I told you Alvina, they don't know where we are!
ALVINA
Even if they don't, it's just a matter of time before they -
AMELIA
Stop it. Both of you. He's right.
ALVINA
What?!
AMELIA
We said we'd let the dice decide.
ALVINA
But-
AMELIA
It's settled. Not a word about any this to Joey, Salvatore or Kozlowski. We don't want to rattle them.
ALVINA
Seriously? Business as usual?
AMELIA
Business as usual.
THE INTERVIEWER GETS UP.
AMELIA
Where are you going?
INTERVIEWER
Popping out. Did I tell you that the corner shop has finally stocked up on Maltesers!
AMELIA
You've got a client in five minutes.
INTERVIEWER
Oh! Yes! Yes, of course! Right, so… Mr... Mrs... Miss... Lady...
ALVINA
Typical.
INTERVIEWER
It’s a sir! Sir, isn’t it? Cardinal!
ALVINA
He doesn't have a clue.
INTERVIEWER
Too much background information clutters the brain. I like to be surprised.
ALVINA
Grrrrrrrrrrrr!
ALVINA LEAVES.
AMELIA
I hope you're right about this.
INTERVIEWER
I am. Trust me.
AMELIA
Your client is TATIANA Gurkovsky. She'll be with you in five minutes. Good luck.
AMELIA LEAVES.
CUT TO COLE AND HAINES IN A PARKED CAR.
COLE
(Humming)
HAINES
Shush.
COLE
How long?
HAINES
Ten minutes.
COLE
I don't think they'll call.
HAINES
Then they're in for a nasty surprise!
COLE AND HAINES CHUCKLE. CRACKLE OF THE POLICE RADIO.
COMMANDER
(OVER THE RADIO)
Status update?
HAINES
(INTO THE RADIO)
Still nothing. Ten minutes. Then we move.
HAINES
Cole? You're shaking! Are you scared?
COLE
Excited. Feels like we've been waiting for this for ever!
HAINES
Well, just ten minutes to go.
COLE
Ten minutes to go!
THEME TUNE
TITLES
The Amelia Project. Created by Philip Thorne and Oystein Brager. With music and sound design by Fredrik Baden. Episode 25, Tatiana Gurkovsky.
THE INTERVIEW
INTERVIEWER
(INTO THE INTERCOM)
Joey and Salvatore! I’m ready for the next client, please!
WE HEAR JOEY, SALVATORE AND THE CLIENT COMING DOWN THE CORRIDOR. JANGLING OF CHAINS.
A KNOCK.
INTERVIEWER
Come in.
DOOR OPENS. LOUD JANGLING.
INTERVIEWER
Ah! Mrs... um... Gurkovsky?
TATIANA
Privjet. I'd shake your hand, but as you can see my arms are chained behind my back.
INTERVIEWER
I'm so sorry Mrs Gurkovsky. Joey! Salvatore! Release her immediately!
JOEY
But-
INTERVIEWER
This is ridiculous! We ask you to blindfold clients when you bring them here, not chain them up and parade them in front me like Marley's ghost! I'm so so sorry Tatiana. Can I call you Tatiana? Can I offer you some cocoa to make up for this?
TATIANA
Don't worry. I let them chain me up.
INTERVIEWER
You did?
TATIANA
Mhm.
SALVATORE
We used twelve metres of chain from the Barlow disappearance and fifteen padlocks!
JOEY AND SALVATORE LAUGH.
INTERVIEWER
But why on earth would you let them chain you up?
TATIANA
You don't know who I am do you?
INTERVIEWER
Of course I do. You're Tatiana Gurkovsky.
TATIANA
Exactly!
JANGLE AND CLANK OF CHAINS AND PADLOCKS FALLING TO THE FLOOR.
JOEY, SALVATOR AND THE INTERVIEWER GASP.
SALVATORE
Ah! Wow, Joey!
TATIANA
Now I can shake your hand.
INTERVIEWER
How...?
JOEY
(CLAPPING) Brava!
INTERVIEWER
But… How… You're... an escapologist?
TATIANA
The best.
INTERVIEWER
Well! It's an honor to meet you! Oh, this calls for two cups of our finest cocoa! Joey, Salvatore, go make yourselves useful!
SALVATORE
Cocoa coming boss.
JOEY AND SALVATORE SHUFFLE OUT.
INTERVIEWER
Goody goody gumdrops. The cocoa will blow your mind. Please take a seat. I'm eager to hear your story.
TATIANA
Is it safe in here?
INTERVIEWER
Don't worry. In here you're safer than a bubble wrapped turtle in a bank vault.
CUT TO COLE AND HAINES IN THE CAR.
HAINES
Ten minutes are up.
COLE
No call.
HAINES
(SIGHS) Pity. I wanted to do this without fuss. Press always complicate things.
COLE
(GRUNTS IN AGREEMENT)
HAINES
Oh well. Their choice.
COMMANDER
(OVER RADIO) Status update?
COLE
Hang on, hang on, hang on!
HAINES
What?
COLE
If it's just you and me, we can still keep this low profile!
COMMANDER
(OVER RADIO) Status update?
HAINES
What?
COLE
We go alone. Do this quietly.
HAINES
Um... But...
COMMANDER
(OVER RADIO) Hello? Status update?
HAINES
Change of plan. Stay put. Cole and I will enter the building alone. I'll signal if we need backup. You got that?
COMMANDER
If you say so, sir.
HAINES
Shit. I hope this is right.
COLE
What are you worried about? (CHUCKLES) Alvina and her pepper spray?
HAINES
There's also Joey and Salvatore.
COLE
Nathaniel took them out with one punch.
HAINES
Yes. Nathaniel.
COLE
Oy! What's that supposed to mean? I go to the gym twice a week.
HAINES
No you don't!
COLE
Anyway. It's one o clock. Joey and Salvatore are probably having their siesta.
HAINES
Okay, let's do this!
COLE
Let's do this!
COLE AND HAINES GET OUT OF THE CAR.
CUT TO AMELIA OFFICE.
INTERVIEWER
Oh, I just love magic!
TATIANA
Escapology isn't magic.
INTERVIEWER
Your escape back then looked pretty magical!
TATIANA
Escapology relies on technical skills. Lock picking. Contortion. Critical thinking.
INTERVIEWER
Will you teach me?
TATIANA
Maybe.
INTERVIEWER
Ooh, you must know Aleksandr Morozov!
TATIANA
I've heard of him.
INTERVIEWER
Heard of him?! Good God, the man's a legend! Nothing he can't escape from! A nuclear bunker! A runaway train! A coffin buried in concrete! A-
TATIANA
Alright. Alright. I get it.
INTERVIEWER
What's wrong? Did I-? Oh! Oh, you're jealous aren't you!
TATIANA
Don't be silly.
INTERVIEWER
You're jealous that I know Morozov but I didn't know you!
TATIANA
I'm very big in Russia.
INTERVIEWER
I'm sure you are.
TATIANA
Bigger than Aleksandr Morozov.
INTERVIEWER
Really?
TATIANA
Really.
INTERVIEWER
Well I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the wider world finds out then.
TATIANA
The world finds out tomorrow.
INTERVIEWER
Ooh! What happens tomorrow?
TATIANA
I escape from a straight jacket while dangling upside down from a burning rope hanging over a tank of piranhas. It will be broadcast live on Russia 1.
INTERVIEWER
Nah, that’s impressive! And you think that will get international attention?
TATIANA
If it goes wrong, then yes.
INTERVIEWER
If it goes… Oh, I see...
TATIANA
Now let me explain…
INTERVIEWER
Please do.
TATIANA
The flames work their way down the rope towards my legs, I struggle to remove the straight jacket, I remove one arm -
INTERVIEWER
Yes.
TATIANA
- the flames catch my trousers and set me on fire.
INTERVIEWER
Oh!
TATIANA
I wriggle in mid air, frantically trying to release the other arm.
INTERVIEWER
Yes!
TATIANA
The rope burns through -
INTERVIEWER
Oh no!
TATIANA
- sending me hurtling towards the fish tank, a giant splash, the water extinguishes the burning straight jacket, but now the piranhas come at me. The water turns red.
INTERVIEWER
Ah, bravo!
TATIANA
Who will people talk about after that? Aleksandr Morozov or Tatiana Gurkovsky?
(SHE LAUGHS)
CUT TO COLE AND HAINES. THEY TIPTOE DOWN THE CORRIDOR.
HAINES
(WHISPERS) Why is it so dark?
COLE
(WHISPERS) It's just like in my dream...
HAINES
(WHISPERS) What?
COLE
(WHISPERS) The office, I think it's that door over there.
HAINES
(WHISPERS) Okay... Let's check...
THEY TIPTOE FURTHER DOWN THE CORRIDIOR. A LOUD CRUNCH. COLE AND HAINES JUMP.
COLE
(WHISPERS) It's okay. It’s OK. I just stepped on a... on a Malteser.
HAINES
(WHISPERS) Christ! I was about to call backup!
SIGHS OF RELIEF.
COLE
(WHISPERS) That door there. That's his office. I know it.
CUT TO THE AMELIA OFFICE.
TATIANA
Can you arrange my death for me?
INTERVIEWER
Let’s see… It takes place tomorrow you say?
TATIANA
At seven thirty Moscow Standard Time.
INTERVIEWER
Hmmm... Seven thirty… Mhmmm…
TATIANA
You know, they say you're the best in the business.
INTERVIEWER
Oh, stop! No, yes, we are actually the best in the business. We've helped clients escape from speeding vehicles, cannons, coffins and plummeting jets.
TATIANA
No?
INTERVIEWER
Yes.
TATIANA
So you can get me out of the piranha tank?
CUT TO COLE AND HAINES.
HAINES
I'll knock. Ready?
COLE
No, hang on. Yes. Ready.
CUT TO THE AMELIA OFFICE.
INTERVIEWER
At Amelia we like to do the impossible!
TATIANA
Ah.
A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
INTERVIEWER
Come in.
CUT TO COLE AND HAINES BURSTING THROUGH THE DOOR.
HAINES
Hands above your heads!
THEY STOP DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS.
HAINES
What the fuck?
COLE
What's happened here?
HAINES
Ah! They've escaped!
COLE
Impossible!
CUT TO THE AMELIA OFFICE.
DOOR OPENS.
SALVATORE
Two cocoas!
INTERVIEWER
Ah. Just what we need. Thank you Salvatore.
THE INTERVIEWER AND TATIANA DRINK. TATIANA COUGHS.
INTERVIEWER
How is it?
TATIANA
(MUMBLES IN RUSSIAN)
INTERVIEWER
I beg your pardon?
TATIANA
I said it's extraordinary. Mmm! Yummy!
INTERVIEWER
Ah yes, that's the correct answer. You know something, I am going to hell help you! And in return, you’re going to teach me how to escape from those chains.
TATIANA
It's a deal!
INTERVIEWER
Yes!
CUT TO COLE AND HAINES.
HAINES
Look at all those boxes...
COLE
Are there more tapes?
HAINES
Ah, empty. Fuck fuck fuck.
COLE
They’ve, they’ve - they've grabbed everything and left!
HAINES
How can this be?!
COLE
They might still have left something useful among all this mess.
THEY SCRAMBLE THROUGH BOXES.
COLE
That’s nothing, that’s empty.
HAINES
That’s empty as well.
COLE
Fuck! More Maltesers, what the hell! I can’t believe they got away!
HAINES
Cole!
COLE
What?
HAINES
Cole! Shut up!
COLE
Excuse me?
HAINES
Listen!
DISTANT FOOTSTEPS.
COLE
You think they're still here?
HAINES
(WHISPERS) Take up positions.
COLE
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
THE FOOTSTEPS COME CLOSER AND CLOSER. HAINES COCKS HIS GUN. THE DOOR OPENS.
HAINES
Hands up!
COLE
Hands up!
TWO PEOPLE ENTER. HAINES AND COLE IS TACKLED TO THE GROUND.
HAINES
(YELPS IN PAIN)
COLE
(YELPS IN PAIN)
JACKIE
(AMERICAN ACCENT)
You okay Mia?
MIA
(AMERICAN ACCENT)
Yup. Got this one in a headlock.
JACKIE
(TO COLE) Give me your gun!
COLE
No!
JACKIE
You don't want another kick in the jelly beans do you?
COLE
Here you go!
HAINES
Excuse me? I'm having trouble breathing can you just-
MIA TIGHTENS HER GRIP
MIA
That better for you sweetie?
HAINES GASPS AND SPLUTTERS.
JACKIE
Who's in charge here?
HAINES
(GASPING) That would be me.
JACKIE
(UNIMPRESSED) You? Really? Huh. Let him go Mia.
MIA RELEASES HER GRIP AND HAINES TUMBLES TO THE FLOOR. HE GASPS FOR AIR.
JACKIE
Jackie Williams and Mia Fox. CIA.
COLE
What?!
MIA
That's right honeysuckle. Game's up.
HAINES
Christopher Haines and Henry Cole. MI5.
MIA
What?!
JACKIE
Are you bullshitting us?
COLE
I was about to ask you the same question.
HAINES
Show us your badges!
JACKIE
Show us yours!
COLE
Show yours first!
HAINES
Let's all show our badges on three right? One. Two. Three.
THEY ALL WHIP OUT THEIR BADGES.
MIA
Well this is awkward.
HAINES
Why didn't you tell us about this?! We're supposed to cooperate!!
JACKIE
Why didn't we tell you? Why didn't you tell us?!
COLE
You conniving, underhand, backstabbing yanks! Cooperate when it suits, and when it doesn't, just kick us in the balls, right?
JACKIE
Um, excuse me? You never shared with us that you were onto Amelia!
MIA
It's no wonder this country is such a mess when they put men like you in charge! You really think we want to trust you with our secrets?
HAINES
What's that supposed to mean?
JACKIE
(IMITATING COLE) "Ouch! My nuts!"
MIA
You're such softies!
COLE
This is about Welby! I bet it is! You wanted to sneak in here and get those plans for yourself!
HAINES
Cole! Shhhh!
COLE
What?
MIA
You think we don't know about Anthony Welby? Cute.
JACKIE
Over there. Looks like a thermos of...
(UNSCREWS LID AND SNIFFS)
Yup. Cocoa. Why don't we all have a cup and talk this through. We've obviously got some catching up to do.
CUT TO INTERVIEWER AND TATIANA.
INTERVIEWER
We have to determine at which point the switch takes place.
TATIANA
The switch?
INTERVIEWER
Yes. Switching the real you with the replacement corpse that will be eaten by the piranhas.
TATIANA
I see...
INTERVIEWER
How high up will you be?
TATIANA
I'll be hanging from a sixty meter crane.
INTERVIEWER
Great! Your face won't be recognizable to the crowds. That means the replacement corpse can be in the straight jacket right from the beginning.
TATIANA
It can't just hang there like a dead weight. It has to look like I'm genuinely trying to escape. I have to wriggle and kick.
INTERVIEWER
Kozlowski has always wanted to experiment with remote controlled corpses. Looks like this is the perfect case for it.
TATIANA
No.
INTERVIEWER
No?
TATIANA
It won't work.
INTERVIEWER
Why not?
TATIANA
I told you the stunt is for live television. There will be cameras pointing at my face. Close ups. They need to capture my sweat and screams. It has to be me. The real me.
INTERVIEWER
Well roast my rump and call me a chump. I'll need some more cocoa to jog the imagination. This is most certainly a three cup case.
HE POURS MORE COCOA.
CUT TO THE AGENTS.
COLE, HAINES, JACKIE AND MIA DRINKING COCOA.
MIA
Wow!
COLE
Gosh!
HAINES
Golly!
JACKIE
Holey moley!
MIA
So that's what all the fuss was about. Huh. I finally understand.
JACKIE
How did you find this place?
HAINES
Ah. Yes. A few months ago we sent two spies to Amelia. Tara and Lily. They were sent on a wild goose chase across the country and picked up in a blacked out van, but we gave them tracking devices. They were brought here, to Battersea.
MIA
Where else have you looked?
HAINES
Sorry?
MIA
How many of the other locations?
HAINES
Um...
MIA
Jesus! The Amalia Project is in your own backyard and you don't even know how they operate?
COLE
Are you saying... This isn't the only...?
MIA
We know of five offices. There's this place, some rooms above The Rising Phoenix Pub in Hampstead, a converted barn in Cumbria, an abandoned chapel in North Yorkshire and a cottage on the Isle of Wight.
- AD BREAK -
CUT TO THE AMELIA OFFICE.
TATIANA
Any solutions yet?
INTERVIEWER
I'm thinking. Ah! Can you swim?
TATIANA
Yes.
INTERVIEWER
How deep is the aquarium?
TATIANA
Six meters.
INTERVIEWER
Are you allergic to ginger?
TATIANA
Excuse me?
INTERVIEWER
(IMPATIENTLY) Just answer my questions. Are you allergic to ginger?
TATIANA
No.
INTERVIEWER
How long can you hold your breath under water?
TATIANA
Two minutes.
INTERVIEWER
Excellent. Can you handle power tools?
TATIANA
I... I think so.
INTERVIEWER
Good. Do you suffer from claustrophobia?
TATIANA
No.
INTERVIEWER
Good! Good! Can you wiggle your left ear?
TATIANA
No.
INTERVIEWER
No?
TATIANA
No.
INTERVIEWER
Oh. Well, that won't work then.
TATIANA
What was the idea?
INTERVIEWER
Never mind. There's always plan B!
TATIANA
What's plan B?
INTERVIEWER
We'll position you so that you miss the aquarium by just a few centimeters. Joey and Salvatore will be behind the aquarium with a crash mat. We'll install a tank of compressed air at the bottom of the aquarium, with the replacement corpse inside. Once you fall, we'll activate the trigger to punctuate the tank of air. There will be a tremendous splash and the corpse will be released. The piranhas will take care of the rest.
TATIANA
Wonderful!
INTERVIEWER
I know! Now, have you thought about what you'd like to do next? The world's your oyster.
TATIANA
Yes. I will be the world's leading expert on Tatiana Gurkovsky.
INTERVIEWER
Don't you want to move on? Tatiana Gurkovsky will be dead.
TATIANA
Yes, Tatiana Gurkovsky will be dead, but her reputation won't be. The end of Tatiana Gurkovsky the woman is just the beginning of Tatiana Gurkovsky the legend!
INTERVIEWER
Oh.
TATIANA
I'll write a glowing obituary.
INTERVIEWER
You'll write your own obituary?
TATIANA
Mm! I wouldn't want to leave it to anyone else. Who has a better knowledge of Tatiana Gurkovsky than ‘moi’? A week or two after my death I'll also publish a biography...
INTERVIEWER
Writing a biography will take more than a few weeks!
TATIANA
I have already written it. One more proof read and it's good to go. I'm also on draft three of the screenplay. I expect Hollywood will be asking for the movie rights before I'm buried!
INTERVIEWER
You'll be eaten by piranhas. Not much to bury. Hah!
TATIANA
The hours immediately after my death will be crucial for molding my image. I want to be remembered in the right way. I've shot a documentary about me featuring all my greatest stunts. I'll upload that to YouTube.
INTERVIEWER
I’ve got to hand it to you, you do seem to have it all planned out...
TATIANA
After my death, there will only be one Russian escapologist on everyone's lips: Tatiana Gurkovsky! I will go down in the pantheon of great escapologists who died for their art!
INTERVIEWER
The Russian Houdini!
THEY BOTH LAUGH.
CUT TO THE AGENTS.
HAINES
So you're saying... They haven't escaped, they're just somewhere else?
COLE
But then why is this place such a dump? Looks to me like someone left in a hurry.
HAINES
Have you checked out the other places? The barn in Cumbria? The cottage on the Isle of Wight?
MIA
Yes. This was the last place on the list.
HAINES
What did you find at the other places?
MIA
Found them in the same state as here. Empty filing cabinets. Papers everywhere.
COLE
So they have escaped?
JACKIE
Not necessarily.
COLE
But if they were at none of the five locations...
JACKIE
Those are the five locations we know about. There may be more. In fact, I'd say the fact that they weren't in any of these locations proves that there are.
COLE
Right.
HAINES
And why do all these places look like they've been ransacked?
JACKIE
Because someone else got there first.
HAINES
What do you mean? Who? Who got there first?
MIA
I'm guessing the Russians.
COLE
What?!
HAINES
So now the Russians know about Amelia too?!
MIA
That's how we know. We were listening in on the Iranians who were listening in on the Russians while they were talking about Anthony Welbey. That led us to Amelia.
HAINES
Fuck.
JACKIE
We moved as fast as we could, but they've overtaken us every step of the way. Every place we turn up, they've gotten there first.
COLE
You think they know about Amelia’s other locations?
MIA
Well, they've collected info from five different offices, so I'd say there's a very good chance, yes.
CUT TO INTERVIEWER AND TATIANA.
INTERVIEWER
And now it’s time for you to uphold your part of the bargain!
TATIANA
You want me to teach you how to escape from chains?
INTERVIEWER
Yes! Chain me up!
TATIANA
It's an art. It takes practice.
INTERVIEWER
Oh, I’ll be a dedicated student! Oh, oh, come on, you promised!
TATIANA
Okay! Put your arms behind your back.
TATIANA PICKS UP THE CHAINS AND STARTS CHAINING UP THE INTERVIEWER.
INTERVIEWER
Oooh! This is so exciting! I can't wait to show Alvina this. I'll tell her I got myself chained up by mistake and she'll give me that despairing look, like I'm a toddler who's got stuck in the toilet seat, and then I'll go: Tadaaa! and her mind will be blown!
TATIANA
I'll attach one padlock here and another... here. Not too tight?
INTERVIEWER
No, don't worry. Still got a bit of wiggle room! Ouch! That, um, that is a little tight.
TATIANA
Press the intercom.
INTERVIEWER
Excuse me?
TATIANA
Darling, you're going to press the intercom and tell those two Italians that you need some fresh air. You're popping out to get some chocolate.
INTERVIEWER
Uh, ah, uh…
TATIANA
Do you feel that?
INTERVIEWER
What's that?
TATIANA
That's a gun. Any funny business and I'll use it. Now press the intercom.
INTERVIEWER
But my hands are chained behind my back…
TATIANA
I said press the intercom!
INTERVIEWER
Uh, ah, uh…
TATIANA
Just do it! Press!
TATIANA SMACKS THE INTERVIEWER’S FACE ONTO THE BUTTON.
INTERVIEWER
(INTO THE INTERCOM) Joey, Salvatore! I need to get the office out of my lungs for a bit. I'm just popping to the corner shop for a... KitKat. Back in a jiffy!
TATIANA
Good boy! Where's your coat?
INTERVIEWER
Over in that wardrobe.
TATIANA GRABS THE COAT AND DRAPES IT OVER THE INTERVIEWER.
TATIANA
There you go.
INTERVIEWER
What do you want?
TATIANA
We're going outside.
INTERVIEWER
Where are we going?
TATIANA
No more questions.
INTERVIEWER
Who sent you here?
TATIANA
Let's get going.
INTERVIEWER
What’s your real name?
TATIANA
Move!
THEME TUNE.
PHILIP
We hope you enjoyed this first episode of season three. The story continues next week. If you can’t wait that long, consider becoming a patron. Today we’re releasing a bonus episode exclusive to five dollar patrons. It delves into the story of CIA agents Jackie Williams and Mia Fox. To listen to that and get access to all past and future bonus content, go to patreon.com/ameliapodcast, that’s patreon.com/ameliapodcast. Stay tuned for the epilogue, but first, the credits.
This episode was written and edited by Philip Thorne. It was directed by Oystein Brager and Philip Thorne with music and sound design by Fredrik Baden. The episode featured Alan Burgon as the Interviewer, Amrita Acharia as Tatiana Gurkovsky, Julia Morizawa as Amelia, Julia C. Thorne as Alvina, Benjamin Noble as agent Haines, Torgny G. Aanderaa as agent Cole, Oystein Brager as the head of the firearms unit, Gianluca Iumiento as Joey, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa as Salvatore, Jordan Cobb as Jackie as Mia Fox, Amir Mirzai as Bijan and Merlin Mohseni as Jamshid. The episode was recorded at the Bridge Writing Studio in London, Spike City Studios and LSI Lydproduksjon in Oslo, Tongeber Studios in Vienna and Loudoun County Public Library in Virginia USA and engineered by Billy Haliday, Gabriel Geber and Robert Rustad Amundsen and Steinar Borgen. The Amelia Project is produced by Imploding Fictions with graphic design by Anders Pedersen. Thank you so so much to all our patrons who keep this show alive and a special thank you to Angel Acevedo, Jem Fidyk, Eric Da’ Maj, Sophie Levezow, Sophia Anderson and Katharina Sindelar. And now, the epilogue.
EPILOGUE
HAINES
What do we do next?
COLE
Well, I guess we have to update Northcott and-
HAINES
No!
MIA
Shhh!
COLE
What?
MIA
Can you hear that?
FOOTSTEPS.
JACKIE
Shit. Let's hide.
TWO PEOPLE ENTER.
BIJAN
(SHOUTING IN FARSI)
JAMSHID
(SHOUTING IN FARSI)
MIA AND JACKIE
(SIGH)
COLE
You must be joking.
BIJAN
(SPEAKING IN FARSI)
HAINES
Come in, come in! Everybody else has, why not you…
BIJAN
(SPEAKING IN FARSI, ANNOYED.)
HAINES
Yep. You're too late mate.
BIJAN
(IN FARSI, CONFUSED.)
COLE
MI5.
MIA
CIA.
BIJAN
(SWEAR IN FARSI)
HAINES
Make yourselves at home. Put your feet up. Cocoa?
END OF EPISODE.
