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Incident Elements:·     scopophobia ·     body horror (eyes)·     graphic violence ·     SFX: Screaming, squishingTranscripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

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Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall  Directed by Alexander J NewallWritten by Jonathan SimsScript Edited with additional material by 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, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance) Shahan Hamza as Samama KhalidSasha Sienna as Georgie BarkerBillie Hindle as Alice DyerLydia Nicholas as Melanie KingREDACTED UNTIL PUBLIC (I see you, sneaky Archivists)

Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann DaviesSound Designer – Tessa VroomMastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

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

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Comments

Tea-Moth11

Love seeing redacted VAs

RedDedZombie

2.5 mins in and I’m getting ‘I am the doorway’ vibes

IgnaceRose

A hostile workplace? In Magnus? Nahhhh everyone loves working together here! 😈

itufischl

WE LOVE A HOSTILE WORKPLACE

Anthony&

*vibrates* GROSS BODY HORROR NATION RISE UPPPPP

Not!Jon

Shaking, spasming, screaming, screeching. I'm lost for words but I'm so excited for next time we see Sam. Spoilers ***** . . . Basira! My beloved.

Junebug

AHHH THIS ONE WAS SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!! RAHHHHHHHHHH

RedDedZombie

Curiouser and curiouser… loving the story and all the reveals, superb work everyone!

Rainstroll

Holy shit!! ”What? No, no, shut up.” Hahah, that’s hilarious! (So this is where the changed titled went instead…)

Alec

spoilers. . . . . . . . . . so we finally learn why Sam was kicked out...plus Eyes 👀 on the arm. interesting. with alchemy and going from universe to universe, does that mean every avatar/external changes based on the ones they travel through because fear is slightly different in every world? Fascinating. I'm glad primeline Alice didn't bite the bullet. It's so sad that she's also like Jon and Martin..."have yourself an apocalypse, it worked wonders for us". Also really interesting that the skeleton peeled itself off the wall...it's like, the fear of something turns anything real.

Alec

also I know it would be a nightmare to produce (lmao) but I really could listen to hour long audio dramas of this show. I really think y'all hit it out of the park with this one, even though it is still a horror anthology series

Avari

listening to poor Sam scream was probably the worst thing in recent memory (REALLY incredible work)

Reynard Du Maurier

«I already lost you, it’s your turn» no. Fuck no.

kimberlyavoid (edited)

Comment edits

2026-09-05 23:00 Ahhhhhhh! Spoilers below. . . . Wait if it’s just Georgie, Melanie and Basira who dealt with the archivist, does that mean Rosie died since the finale?!
2025-07-08 16:10

Emma Penberthy

Basira calling Jon a friend I feel ILLLLL

Inka

I want to shake everyone by the shoulders, give Sam a TAPE or something. Anything. I'm BEGGING YOU. Jon's being dangled around like a carrot and I actually might sprain something trying to reach it and then sling it at Sammy at 70 mph

Lord-LemonHead

Sam's statement here contradicts what he told Celia about his law job in MAGP13 on several counts: 1. Sam told Celia he was with the law firm for years. Here, he says he was there for a little over 7 months. (6 months before the Halloween incident, another month until the skeleton in the closet, and then another week before he was let go) 2. Sam told Celia he had a breakdown during a presentation. No such event is mentioned here. 3. Sam told Celia he was unemployed for six months before getting hired at the OIAR. This simply isn't possible with the timeline in this statement, since we know Sam started at the OIAR in January 2024 and this statement shows he was let go in late November or early December of an unspecified year. If it was 2022, then Sam would have been unemployed for a year, and if it was 2023, then Sam would have been unemployed for just a month. The only way it could work is if he was let go in 2022 and got some other job he's never mentioned before in between then and the OIAR, which he would have had to leave in June or July of 2023. The only explanation I can think of is that Sam lied to Celia about everything. That or it's just plot holes.

Lord-LemonHead

Hope this doesn't come across as overly critical or mean. I actually loved this episode as always, I just found the timeline issues when adding the episode details to my spreadsheet and my brain is overthinking it.

Erica

"Can I get some explanation of who this Jon is?" Don't worry, Sam, we got 200 episodes that'll cover that for you

Junebug

RISING UP!!!!!!! LOVE A YUCKY BODY MOMENT!!

Aaron Irvin

It's pretty clear when he says throughout he'd never spoken about any of this before that he'd lied to Celia about the circumstances, and he's being compelled to tell the truth here.

Aaron Irvin

TMP universe, exposure to fears creates change, alterations, deviations from the existing norms and balance, hence the reverse Philosopher stone in the OIAR logo. So avatars undergo change and alterations, becoming something else, not just embodiments of fears but not human anymore. Hence why Sam's exposure leads to his alteration.

Rad Lad Robin

Yea like, she of all people. Puts even more dimension to her character

Valerie Kaplan

Or else they just don’t count her as having dealt with him in the same way. Like, yeah, she knew him a BIT, but not on the same level.

Valerie Kaplan

Spectacular performance from Shahan there! 👏

Rainy The Day (Taylor)

Spoilies :) . . . . . . Basiraaaaaa ;u; god I'm so happy she's back. Also Shahan's acting when getting the eye removed genuinely gave me a visceral reaction. Well done!

Bizzyboo08

I’m not usually a fan of Tuesdays but now that I have TMP on Tuesdays again it’s so much better ❤️❤️❤️ this was a fantastic episode!

MarlaBothBothIsGood

BASIRA BASIRA REFERING TO JON AS A FRIEND BASIRA BREAKING WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE HUNT BASIRA MUSING ABOUT THE OTHER-HER BASIRA IN GENERAL I want to hug Sam so soso badly

Moony

«Anyone else clock when it turned into a statement?» Yes, YES! Now looking at the transcript, by the third paragraph I went "oooh no, it's a statement"

Sara Cafiero

The only problem with that theory is that the lie glitch would have caught it when he talked to celia, but nothing of what sam says in that scene triggers a glitch, so maybe it was a mistake? Idk

Trisidael

SAME! There has to be a recording left of Jon somewhere! Let Sam hear Jon’s voice, so he can make the connection to FR3-D1, please!!! 😭🙏

charles

holy hell

Artur Król

Another easy explanation - he worked at another firm afterward.

Grace 'Gengar' Soria

I was cringing so hard when Sam had the eye removed (⁠ᗒ⁠ᗩ⁠ᗕ⁠) Ugh, the acting was insane! And Alice will be Alice no matter the universe, I love her so much. I dunno, I feel like her and Melanie would be either good friends or eternal enemies lol

Grace 'Gengar' Soria

I'm pretty sure there's a strange sound that marked the start of the statement. Sam's voice even goes more... formal. I only clocked the exact moment while listening for the second time.

Quinn Anderson

"Anyone else clock when it turned into a statement?" Had me cackling, it caught me so off guard

Schiwalker

YOU EYED THE BOY, ANOTHER BOY, YOU MENACES

Erica

It was exactly what I was thinking, though!

mari

The way the worlds are colliding omggggg

Gareth Green

Still want to hear Alice binge the old Archives and agonize over whether Jon and Martin will end up together!

Gareth Green

Have we heard the lie glitch in the Archiverse AT ALL?

mercury on the moon

wow, fantastic performance shahan and SFX team, that was deeply uncomfortable to listen to

TaigaTon

hearing sam get de-eyed has the same effect on me as hearing leon kennedy walk in resident evil while hurt.

Sara Cafiero

No because it’s just the tape recording there, no computers or cameras

Anastasia Desert

Ahhh I hoped so hard Sam would recognize Jon's full name! Celia did mention it after all. But alas!

Aster’s Spiralling Again

The amount of times I squealed with impish delight at the references made to Magnus Archives events in this episode HAS to be in the fifties, maybe more XD

Alec

also I find it ironic that the one episode that confirms a hostile workplace is the one statement that is in the past and not the present

Armitage

hm...Albrecht von Closen grew eyes. though I had also just been thinking that Universe 2 has a pervasively stronger tendency toward body horror

Armitage

most Basira train of thought. man I missed her

Armitage

wait what there's a lie glitch, like when

ShinyPenUnlimited

I don’t think it’s 100% accurate, but people have noticed when people say things (especially Celia) that aren’t true, there’s an audible glitchy noise. It happens when people aren’t lying too though I’m pretty sure so I’m kinda skeptical.

ShinyPenUnlimited

Hostile work environment was taken as an episode title in RQG

Trisidael

The original 200 Magnus Archives recordings were all a part of the Web’s plan to hop dimensions, so when the Fears and Jon/Martin were pulled through the rift, it was my understanding that all those tapes went with them. So, they probably don’t have as many recordings as they once did, unfortunately. ☹️ However, I believe there HAS to still be at least one recording left with either Jon and/or Martin’s voices on it, that Sam can hopefully stumble across. Martin used to record his poetry on tape, so maybe they still have that! Sam just needs SOMETHING to connect their voices with FR3-D1! Please! 🙏

Inka

Yeah I knoww that's exactly what I'm thinking, there's got to be something left 😭 It's not as if the 200 tapes were the only recordings they ever made in their life and I don't think we were ever told that all the proof of the mens existence was wiped away. Like surely there's something left! It doesn't even have to be anything significant. Agh 😫