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CAT13RBC3536-20062018-18042024Transformation (dysmorphic) -/-doppleganger (infection)

Incident Elements:

·       Dysmorphia

·       Infection

·       Trypophobia

·       Body Horror/Modification

·       Environmental Horror

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Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall  Directed by Alexander J NewallWritten by Harlan Guthrie, for more of his work visit https://www.malevolent.ca/ Script Edited with additional material by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, TaylProduced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance) Sarah Lambie as Lena KelleyShahan Hamza as Samama KhalidLowri Ann Davies as Celia RipleyBillie Hindle as Alice DyerAnusia Battersby as Gwendolyn BouchardJonathan Sims as Chester

Dialogue Editor – Nico VetteseSound Designer – Meg McKellarMastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson) Art by April Sumner  

 

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evievile

LETS GOOOOOOOOO

SentientBogOrb

it’s 8am where i am so i was too busy morning brooding to see the notification this is so exciting!!

Reynard Du Maurier

👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

Reynard Du Maurier

That’s what I was thinking too, but can’t complain.

esmeeeeeeee

oh my god this is getting soooo good AAH

esmeeeeeeee

im feeling a lot for sure

NedTheJellyBean

Me: "has your eyes", like, in a baby way or a... Malevolent way-

Mon221B

Great job, everyone! Harlan knocks it out of the park as expected.

Possumcat

OH YES MORE TMA PEOPLES!

Mon221B

These name drops are giving me life!

logan

im tweaking out

SentientBogOrb

YESSS THE GIRLS ARE FIGURING THINGS OUT AKSJAJDJSSJSN

Not!Kei

WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL IS GOING ON???

BuriedInTheArchives

DEVASTATED. MORE NAME DROPS? FORUMS TO BECOME AVATARS? AHHHHHH

Alice’s Bass

Guys what the fuck. Speak the name Alesis out loud. I already headcannoned alice being trans since her VA is also trans. Alesis Newman.

MuddyHippy

Early and delightfully horrflifying! 'Oh Gwen, we're really in it now' Alice, probably.

Fae

I am not normal about the names that they discussed (don’t wanna spoil)

Zoëjo

SPOILERS!! . . IM SORRY ARE WE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW THEY MENTIONED BASIRA AND HELEN???? Regardless, this episode was so goooooood!! Poor Gwen though :(

Cyanmoon1

Feeling so very many things, few of them articulable

HemiDemi

I am not well

Lisette

I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY

Violet

that glitch after "arsey" PFFT

SentientBogOrb

“i know how many eyes a regular human is supposed to have” brO i got CHILLS

ara

SPOILERS . . . 🔥🔥🔥🔥 GWENALICE ALLIANCE 🔥🔥🔥

grace

🤯

James Rule

Ok. That's a lot to process.

enbyte

At work having to try and act normal after this. Failing miserably

Gareth Green

So this is DEFINITELY Archives Celia.

Amy Beck

Way to go Harlan! That must have been fun to write.

Ace

suddenly everything is happening and i’m losing my mind at every drop, what do you mean i need to mourn my boys (again)

Kim Void.

It’s been so long since we had a season not series finale that I forget how insane it gets towards the end and I’m so excited.

Ellie, the Queer Theologian

Brilliant episode! Excited to see where it goes. I also love how the “lie-glitch” is used here - both for showing that Celia knows more than she lets on, as well as for calling Gwen out. Small suggestion though: would you be so kind as to add self-harm to the trigger warnings of this episode? I’m aware Alesis only cuts herself for the purposes of growing her new self, but the way it’s described is very reminiscent of SH. Thank you!

Gareth Green

Alice being trans is a given.

jddbgh

Spoilers . . . . . . . . . . HELEN‼️‼️

Beatrice

THEY NEVER EVEN MET 😭

Alice’s Bass

Oh heh i thought so too but i mostly specified to get my point across aaa hehehe

Alice’s Bass

Theyre together now at least..maybe? :(

Kahnah

Okay there is so much mentions of water now, what does it mean?

Gremlyn

My thoughts exactly 😆

Mournful Night

When John spoke about using his ability to ‘see’ into the minds of others, he described it like water leaking through a door in his mind. Too much, and he drowned…

Somenerdwhowrites

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! TOO MANY EYES AND HOLDING A TAPE RECORDER??? IT THAT OUR ARCHIVIST?? HOLY SHIT???

Mice and Moonbeams

Such a good episode Harlan nailed it! I am so excited that Gwen is letting someone in finally and it's even better that it's Alice lol

Tiffany

Can you explain this to me? What glitch?

Violet

the lying glitch, about 21:26

Mice and Moonbeams

Ok but but these thems are not here which means our boys can be and they CAN be together! So like silver lining hopefully

Bethan Murphy

'they never even met.' JOHNNY WHEN I CATCH YOU.

Fox 'n Fish Studio

The hype is real! So many theories rolling around in my head!

Blue Tangerine

I had to write another comment bc my phone went crazy. I loved this episode and I really like the direction towards body horror you are taking. I also loved the description of whatever creature is helping Gwen. The presence of the tape recorder makes me think of Jon, of course, but I'm open to anything you will throw at us since, at the moment, I can't imagine why he specifically would help her. There can be a million of reasons. I have so many theories... but I will stop rambling now. Great episode! I will spent all week thinking about it eheh

_C4L4M1TY_

SPOILERS!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BASIRA?!?!?!? HELEN?!?!? DYHARD ALIANCE?!?!? WHY SO MANY THINGS AT ONCE IM EXPLODING ×??@&@?#&@*#&@*

Blue Tangerine

guys, I think Jon and Martin are literally caught in the Web

Kahnah

oh I didn't think of that! Fascinating

Urania

Are the last timestamps wrong? Should they be 03-10-18 instead of 03-01-18?

Page Chase

Listening on my lunch break omg yes.

ThenForgotten

Ahhh such a good episode!!! Plus released on my birthday which was nice!!!

astro

HARLAN !!! :0

Voltz

HARLAN YOU KILLED THIS EPISODE!!! /pos

mercury on the moon

great episode, as usual, but i would have appreciated a self harm warning in the notes!

NedTheJellyBean

Commenting again 'cause I've been thinking... the feeling of slow, aching dread over teaholding feels reminiscent of when NotThem took Sasha, and I didn't know she was dead for nearly a full season. She was my favorite character, and I wanted her to be alive and okay. But, by the time we found out she wasn't, I'd been in it for so long that I was almost relieved, if only because I finally knew what happened, that I could mourn her, and that I didn't need to any longer.

Aaron Irvin

Next we'll find out this universe doesn't have fluffy cows either

MarlaBothBothIsGood

BASIRA HELEN BASIRA AND AMAZING STATEMENT HELEN BASIRA AND HELEEEEEN JMART DOOMED HARLAN ALEX JONNY I AM IN YOUR WALLS

Gareth Green

Is it Eye-aligned or Web-aligned?

Gareth Green

So SamxCelia and GwenxAlice are both trying to solve things in parallel. Note: Alice suddenly stopped trying to shoot any interest down. Also, Alice’s name is CLEARLY a REFERENCE!

Gareth Green

We’re in the last third of the season, that’s why!

_C4L4M1TY_

Yeah and idk how to process that u_u...

Mini Moka

God..this is so good, and seeing gwen be taken seriously (': I'm finally hearing the lie glitch omfg..the writing is BRILLIANT! Then Sam and celia going on little adventures omfg

charles

i already owed my life to harlan guthrie but now i would actively do anything for him holy fucking shit

candy

imogen harris i want you back in my ears STAT

Malt!

Christ, that was horrifying

LenoraMorte

WAITER, WAITER MORE DYHARD PLEASE☝️☝️🔔🔔🛎🛎

Grace 'Gengar' Soria

Oh, my poor Celia, so you're just trying to find someone to help you. See if anyone else have ties to the institute in this universe... meanwhile these people here just fucking growing homunculi our of their own bodies, holy fuck.

AK

i screamed at like everything after the case but i also loooveeed this case. internet forum posts might just be my favourite format. last episode was so good too!! exploding with excitement!!!

Athena

Her name is Newman, NEW MAN

Heather MacKenzie

First, I am loving this new Gwen/Alice partnership that's finally growing here. Still not sure if Sam is the main character anymore. Also, what are you guys doing to me?? My heart would be broken if Jon and Martin never met in this universe.

Carleigh Warsing

Anusia how can you ask us that right now🥹

Trisidael

Happy birthday! 😊

Page Chase

Plot twist: it will somehow be I.M.O.G.E.N from Stellar Firma as a new computer voice.

Page Chase

Or in an Elias Bouchard has Jonah Magnus's eyes kind of way...?

Honey Coffee

Hypothesis: You can only enter another universe if your counterpart is dead. Jon and Martin died 20 years ago around the time the institute blew up? Convenient. I'm sure the ghosts in the computer also have a "difficult immigration status" 😂

Kate McKiernan

IF TMP!JMart have the same birth year as TMA!JMart (big if) that would put them at 17 when they died. Pretty young, particularly for a “heart thing.” But as Honey Coffee pointed out, does line up with when TMI burned.

Kate McKiernan

I emailed them asking them to flag it for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt, but SH is also a good call.

Kate McKiernan

Breathing easier after last week’s out, honestly. We’ll see if they come back, but this was the perfect amount of our boys. Loving the advancement of the Response plot, particularly Lena’s (glitch-less, I believe) take on it.

NedTheJellyBean

Oh that's so much worse. Worse for the Jonah of this scenario!

Leah Watson

Harlan Freaking Guthrie!

Gremlyn

Curious, are the dates from the final post and 'locked by moderator' intentionally set weird, or am I reading them incorrectly? It looks like they're in January '18 though the rest of the case is in June through September '18...

Gremlyn

I'm intrigued by this theory, but your point stands; perhaps whether your counterpoint in a universe is alive or not is the deciding factor in whether you arrive there looking weathered and aged, or looking totally normal? I'm thinking of the cases in Saved Copy and in Breaking Ground, and also assuming that Celia *doesn't* look aged and withered...

Gremlyn

Okay I'm not the only one who noticed! Though I assumed it was the year that was off 😅 October makes a lot more sense than January, considering how fast things were happening!

Urania

I read the transcript again and actually I think it should stay in the same month. So the message is sent like 5 minutes later, like she notices she messed up immediately after

Ransack0894

Interesting that Celia was looking into Helen. The Distortion was already destroyed when we “met” Celia properly in TMA, but I vaguely recall a conversation about Helen at some point in London…? Did Celia think Helen could be an ally, or does she just know Helen as an important figure? I’ll have to re-listen to those episodes keeping an ear out for that.

Violet

Omg I'm so sorry I've just realised that's not what you meant!! There's a little audio distortion like a static noise when a character lies, you can hear it at 17.32 with Celia — it's quite hard to catch at times 😅 hope that's a better explanation, sorry again about the confusion!!

SqueakyBoo

Celia I am going to shake you of your secrets! Please! For the love of god!

Chloe

I’m guessing that error is a fully transformed archivist (could either be Jon or the archivist from TMPs universe ) I’m extra sure after Gwen’s comment about the eyes

Trisidael

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that was weird! I’m not sure if it’s an error, or if it’s intentional time weirdness. 🤔

Trisidael

I doubt Celia has good memories of Helen, considering she tried to eat Celia at one point (mentioned in episode 190 by Melanie). 😅 However, I’m guessing Celia is just trying to find any/all names of people from the TMA universe, to see if their counterparts from this world can help in any way. Or maybe to see if there are any other plane-hoppers like her? (Maybe she didn’t find out that Helen was killed?) I’m still not sure what Celia’s ultimate goal is, yet, so it’s hard to discern her motives at the moment. But I imagine she at least wants help with her sleep teleporting issue.

anveysha_rk

jaw left HANGING OPEN typa episode holyshit i loved it so much im so damn excited

Rav

Barely hanging in there

Rav

Too many eyes? I am betting on Web, my son is betting on Eye. Can’t wait for us to both be somehow incredibly right and wrong at the same time!

Merlin3434

soooooo, this has gotta be a former archivist that went full monster mode, right?

Elliot

This is the second episode to present something as “yourself but wrong” (like the thing that tried to crawl out of that guys skull last episode)…I wonder if these are our Jon and Martin but they turned out…wrong? Either through transitioning universes or whatever they’ve experienced since then

Jacki Dreher

WAAAA! All of the drops in this episode made me flail and scream in my car!!

Gareth Green

Eyes makes it obvious, I think.

Rav

Spiders are also known for having quite a lot of eyes, and the tapes all belonged to the Mother.

Cosmic.Codex

Written by Harlan?!?!?! Yooooooo omg that's so exciting

Alex

You can’t do this to me

Miss.Katonic

So excited for this one! Harlan I love you! Malevolent is my absolute favorite!

Rurrie

Lena does NOT want Sam reactivating the Response department 👀

HorizonBurgerTheater

How is this my ump-teenth time listening to this podcast and I ONLY just caught that Harlan wrote this episode?!?! Wtf?!?! ....someone slap me 😭