The Magnus Protocol 27 - Driven
Added 2024-08-20 15:00:11 +0000 UTCCAT3RB5535-18021845-10052024
Kidnapping (carraige) -/- consumption [letter]
Incident Elements:
Kidnapping
Uncanny
Graphic Violence
Manslaughter
Employer Abuse
Mentions of: Sex
SFX: misophonia (kiss)
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Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall
Directed by Alexander J Newall
Written by Jonathan Sims
Script 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)
Sarah Lambie as Lena Kelley
Anusia Battersby as Gwendolyn Bouchard
Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid
Tim Fearon as Augustus
Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer
Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley
Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese
Sound Designer – Meg McKellar
Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella
Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)
Art by April Sumner
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Comments
Trevor Herbert MP! I yelped and then cackled!
Khes
2024-09-02 11:42:34 +0000 UTCI immediately thought anglerfish
Shannon Mann
2024-08-31 02:19:28 +0000 UTCthe universe's biggest joke yet was reincarnating Trevor Herbert into the MP
loregano
2024-08-28 22:50:08 +0000 UTCOh yeah the timing of it was absolutely brutal lol
NedTheJellyBean
2024-08-26 18:47:50 +0000 UTCThis is one of my favorites! Isn't it hilariously fitting that Jonah Magnus' case comes with a warning for "employer abuse"? Most alternates seem to be living their best lives, but Trevor wins the AU game. The rest can go home (if they can). Also, I grinned at how we get warnings for "mentions of: sex" and "misophonia (kiss)". I'm here to support the ace agenda.
Gabi (Tao)
2024-08-25 23:15:06 +0000 UTCI screamed JONAH at a tone only dogs could HEAR Amazing episode
MarlaBothBothIsGood
2024-08-25 19:58:42 +0000 UTCVery Gertrude of him
Reynard Du Maurier
2024-08-24 09:01:50 +0000 UTCTruly this was haunty and eerie as shit..in the best way. I stg yalls writing is amazing XD I feel like I'm losing my dang mind...back to the red strings ig 😔✌🏻
Mini Moka
2024-08-23 22:43:31 +0000 UTCgotta say the reveal of this case being jonah’s hit me like a truck
Ace
2024-08-23 09:29:20 +0000 UTCThe Magnus Institute: Proudly feeding interns to monsters since 1845.
KitCat3
2024-08-22 20:04:13 +0000 UTCYeah, that’s the only explanation I can think of, that the ending scene at Celia’s was somehow taking place on a different day, but it’s still odd.
Trisidael
2024-08-21 23:56:40 +0000 UTCHmmm i don’t remember one in that ep but it’s been a hot minute since I’ve listened to it… i need to be ready for a good cry when i go back to that one lol
jewelliffer
2024-08-21 22:29:01 +0000 UTCI thought the same thing! I saw someone theorize it could be Isaac Newton. Maybe he learned to body hop like Jonah or Maxwell Rainer?
DJ Badillo
2024-08-21 21:42:42 +0000 UTC“I’m openly trans on the internet” I’m dead lmao
Betty
2024-08-21 18:26:47 +0000 UTCTHIS WAS A LOT
NedTheJellyBean
2024-08-21 17:24:42 +0000 UTCThere's one in Archives 200, unless that's not what you meant?
NedTheJellyBean
2024-08-21 17:24:12 +0000 UTCYeah I meant the canon dates for the episodes not the release schedule! I guess the ending of ep 26 could have happened much later than the rest of the episode? So, that could have been just before this and it’s just split between episodes for tension
Rainstroll
2024-08-21 16:59:02 +0000 UTCIn the original TMA universe, the Institute started in Edinburgh, and then was moved to London, to be where the Milbank Prison panopticon was. But yes, to OP, in the original universe, Trevor was originally from Manchester! That’s a fun detail! 😄
Trisidael
2024-08-21 15:27:22 +0000 UTCI think they’re referring to the dates stated in the podcast itself, rather than the podcast episodes being released a week apart. The last episode, in the podcast, took place on May 2nd, and this one took place on May 10th, so that is an interesting time gap. I’m wondering if it was intentional, or if it was an error of some sort in the episode dates. 🤔
Trisidael
2024-08-21 15:13:32 +0000 UTChe ran into a vampire, but maybe in this universe it transformed him and now like all MPs, he's a vampire xD
blackblackberry
2024-08-21 14:47:34 +0000 UTCEdinburgh I think it was actually? but MAG160 is indeed when he mentions moving to London after his first failed Crown
turquoiseCobalt
2024-08-21 13:50:21 +0000 UTCThe Institute in the original universe was also originally in Manchester. Elias mentions moving it to London in MAG160 IIRC.
AJ Fernández
2024-08-21 13:32:26 +0000 UTCFake Taxi
VAL
2024-08-21 11:58:09 +0000 UTCIf you are not from the UK that makes sense, or maybe it’s a Northern thing… “growler” is slang for vagina where I live.
Persi parkinson
2024-08-21 10:13:42 +0000 UTCHmmmm… I don’t know that I do.
Gareth Green
2024-08-21 09:38:32 +0000 UTCEpisodes don’t necessarily take place in real time.
Gareth Green
2024-08-21 09:37:29 +0000 UTCThe second I heard the "used my name for the institute" bit I got giddy. Loved this episode and can't wait for the next one, so many little hints and great character interactions! Also, Trevor is a minister?!😂
Enya
2024-08-21 07:42:19 +0000 UTCOMG!!! I didn’t realize that!
Gareth Green
2024-08-21 04:14:46 +0000 UTCIt was kind of obvious from the beginning.
Gareth Green
2024-08-21 04:14:23 +0000 UTCWho is N?
Dina Lindemann
2024-08-21 04:09:48 +0000 UTCTrevor mention…. He’s the OIAR MP? This universes Magnus Institute was in MANCHESTER? Where TREVOR CAME FROM?? Am I connecting dots here????
turquoiseCobalt
2024-08-21 01:26:46 +0000 UTCHeres the post where Alex confirmed it: https://www.tumblr.com/rqbossman/751892378383761408/thoughts-on-the-trans-alice-mtf-and-sam-ftm?source=share
Quinn Anderson
2024-08-21 01:26:04 +0000 UTCWhats the blog name? I’ve stumbled across jonny but havent found anyone else!
jewelliffer
2024-08-21 01:15:40 +0000 UTCHOW DID I MISS IT AHSHSGAHDJD thank you lol
jewelliffer
2024-08-21 01:13:56 +0000 UTCThe Best Magnus Protocol episode yet. A giant payoff of Easter eggs, mythology building, crucial plot points, and forward driving action all contained inside a sinister transport springing from the depths of a Jonathan Sims' nightmare.
Jimmy Mac
2024-08-21 00:24:45 +0000 UTCWILD (also i thought the carriage guy might be breekon but it sounds more like an anglerfish equivalent)
R4infall
2024-08-20 23:43:03 +0000 UTCy'all I straight up HOOTED with delight like Tigger when I heard Trevor Herbert's name, sorry Alice but I am HYPED for the minister's visit!
Wondersmith
2024-08-20 23:33:25 +0000 UTCAnyone else notice that in the last episode Sam stays the night at Celia’s and they probably had sex but now in this episode both of them are acting like they had sex for the first time just yesterday (yesternight?) even though these two eps are a full week apart?
Rainstroll
2024-08-20 23:21:15 +0000 UTCWAS THAT JONAH MAGNUS??? Also TREVER HERBERT MENTION!!! AND ALSO HILLTOP???
Zoëjo
2024-08-20 22:53:05 +0000 UTCJONNY AND ALEX!! I am so INVESTED!!! First you eat up my life and all of my free time to get caught up in everything, and now you guys have been AMPING IT UP for protocol! It hurts me! It hurts me to need to wait a week!
Jacki Dreher
2024-08-20 22:36:23 +0000 UTCThe craziest thing about this show so far is TREVOR HERBERT IS AN MP???? BOOOIIII OUR FAVORITE SCAMP IS MOVING UP IN THE WORLD
Audrey R
2024-08-20 22:34:40 +0000 UTCThis episode really felt like a season finale so hard I’m worried what Jonny and Alex have planned for the next ones.
Kim Void.
2024-08-20 21:19:09 +0000 UTCI know we already had confirmation from Alex on tumblr about Alice being trans but I am so goddamn happy that we get an in-universe confirmation
Quinn Anderson
2024-08-20 21:16:41 +0000 UTCAssuming the ages of the characters stay the same I hope not (although for a British politician it'll be accurate)
Quinn Anderson
2024-08-20 21:15:50 +0000 UTCi was literally thinking of michael shelley during the part when the guy got fed to the carriage!! the poor magnus institute employees can’t catch a break
Sam
2024-08-20 21:07:14 +0000 UTCTREVOR HERBERT WHAAAAAAT
Valerie Kaplan
2024-08-20 20:45:59 +0000 UTCWe ate GOOD this week.
Gareth Green
2024-08-20 20:28:53 +0000 UTCSoooooo… We have explicit confirmations of alchemy, Alice’s trans status, a statement from this universe’s JONAH BLOODY MAGNUS that clearly features a FEAR Power with an eerie resemblance to The Stranger, plans to visit Hilltop Road, AND Trevor is an MP and Minister! (I hope Julia is his trophy wife.)
Gareth Green
2024-08-20 20:28:31 +0000 UTCOooo I was actually thinking of the charity shop at hilltop, but on relisten that one's not the right name. (A People's Trust, there.) I forgot about the doppelgänger episodes with the casual, potential Jon/Martin mentions! That's the outreach center. Just checked that episode's DPHW, it was in November 1997, so the timing sounds right.
Gremlyn
2024-08-20 20:11:42 +0000 UTCFor the record the episode was fantastic but you so knew what you were doing with that line!
Persi parkinson
2024-08-20 19:53:53 +0000 UTCEnter the growler? Really? 😂
Persi parkinson
2024-08-20 19:49:49 +0000 UTCHe actually said “alchemical”!
Gareth Green
2024-08-20 19:46:18 +0000 UTCI wonder if he never ran into a vampire and that set him on a totally different path.
BuriedInTheArchives
2024-08-20 19:20:39 +0000 UTCThere was one at the end of last week’s
Metin Coker
2024-08-20 19:14:52 +0000 UTCIt was, that was the episode where she mentioned going to Oxford, which is also where the Magnus outreach center in the statement was located Implying she's been teleporting to old Magnus Institute properties Also probably why she's interested in going to that one first
non-euclidian weasel
2024-08-20 18:55:05 +0000 UTCI blurted out "F*** off, Alice!" then had to rewind to be sure I heard her right
Ryan Anderson
2024-08-20 18:49:04 +0000 UTCI really appreciate that as listeners we recognize a lot more names than Celia, her information is so much more limited by her apocalypse induced memory loss (original name and not remembering giving martin a statement) I am curious if she's looked for Melanie yet...
non-euclidian weasel
2024-08-20 18:44:32 +0000 UTCWait wait wait is this rusty quills first actual kiss on audio??? Has alex finally caved to the foley team?
jewelliffer
2024-08-20 18:34:42 +0000 UTChoooly shit. have loved the show so far but this one is my favorite hands down
ckseldon
2024-08-20 18:32:23 +0000 UTCAh, J’adore Jonny’s writing style so much, this episode reminds me of listening to the Magnus Archives for the first time. Love Love Love!!
RedDedZombie
2024-08-20 18:31:15 +0000 UTC😂❤️
charliethevalkyrie
2024-08-20 18:04:06 +0000 UTCI loved that too!
charliethevalkyrie
2024-08-20 18:02:46 +0000 UTCI think it was Celia -- that was the one about the worse-doppleganger-who-was-actually-a-better-person, right?
Erica
2024-08-20 18:02:37 +0000 UTCfor anyone wondering more specifically, cowley road is only a few streets away from… you know which
mercury on the moon
2024-08-20 17:52:31 +0000 UTCalso, Trevor Herbert? Fr? I was expecting people’s theories about it being Elias or someone else we know but not him lol.
Cassie Seyer
2024-08-20 17:51:36 +0000 UTCokay so far only Jonah Magnus and Helen have retained their personalities between universes, which is very interesting indeed
Cassie Seyer
2024-08-20 17:50:30 +0000 UTChilltop center 👀👀👀
Kayla Martin
2024-08-20 17:39:44 +0000 UTCI'm actually a bit shaky rn. We're getting hit with a "statement" from THE Jonah Magnus in earlier institute years; then with Hilltop; then with Trevor Herbert MP; THEN with Celia being peculiar about The Archivist!! I'm going nuts. (correct me if i am wrong, english is not my native language)
charliethevalkyrie
2024-08-20 17:34:56 +0000 UTC“STATUS AS FOUNDER” 👀👀👀
Kayla Martin
2024-08-20 17:31:53 +0000 UTCI guess Jonah Magnus is a horrible bastard in every reality. Amazing episode. Can't wait for the next one
Gabe Neil
2024-08-20 17:29:58 +0000 UTCAUGH
AgentWGD
2024-08-20 17:28:20 +0000 UTCI'm sorry, the MP is WHO?!?🤣 I nearly lost it at work! Also, is this the Hilltop Outreach Center that triggered the last *Response*?! Which one of them was it heard that case? I was hoping for some in character recognition...
Gremlyn
2024-08-20 17:18:15 +0000 UTCI'm not usually for politicians, but I wish him well
blackblackberry
2024-08-20 17:02:23 +0000 UTCYes I noticed that. Looking forward to seeing how that plays out
Tor Walker
2024-08-20 17:00:21 +0000 UTCThe Extinction episode in season 5 has an umbrella as a.... well, not character exactly. But it's basically a useless umbrella in a pile of rubbish. Given that this episode is definitely more Flesh than Extinction it's likely not intentional, but the parallel struck me as weirdly appropriate.
Tor Walker
2024-08-20 16:59:25 +0000 UTCTrevor Herbert MP??? Excuse Me?
blackblackberry
2024-08-20 16:24:42 +0000 UTCthis ones giving “he trusted her, and she fed him to me”
SentientBogOrb
2024-08-20 16:22:49 +0000 UTCExcuse me, I’ll just keep screeching for the rest of the day.
Reynard Du Maurier
2024-08-20 16:19:52 +0000 UTCHonestly I cannot form coherent thoughts when these come out. Aaaaahhhh!!!
Nawal Fisher
2024-08-20 16:19:34 +0000 UTCI think the audio glitched when she said that 😅 I'm worried about her
Erica
2024-08-20 16:18:13 +0000 UTCI am so angry rn lmao
Erica
2024-08-20 16:17:04 +0000 UTCI have been inappropriately laughing for 5 minutes imagining Jon, Martin and Jonah trapped together in the computer being hostile roommates 😂😂😂😂🥹
iceriel
2024-08-20 16:16:32 +0000 UTCoh this casement was EXQUISITE
Milena
2024-08-20 16:15:55 +0000 UTCOh no. Not the Anglerfish.
Reynard Du Maurier
2024-08-20 16:15:28 +0000 UTCI may be missing something… reference to what??
Katherine McDermott (She-They)
2024-08-20 16:14:45 +0000 UTCI think you lost something 😂😂😂😂😂
iceriel
2024-08-20 16:14:17 +0000 UTCI'm at work listening and I have to contain my glee. The statement from Jonah and Hilltop road. I'm here for it.
Misty Martin
2024-08-20 15:59:58 +0000 UTCthe parallels between the anglerfish and the coachman, luring prey in by disguising itself as a “person” but still physically connected to the thing that kills the prey i am SO pumped about this episode!!
SentientBogOrb
2024-08-20 15:55:20 +0000 UTCI think they realize they are being watched, they will try to find him. If for nothing else, to understand the surveillance. But since Lena is the only one who knows where he is, they will have to get Gwen to spy. So I’m so ready for next week
Joshua manson
2024-08-20 15:52:39 +0000 UTCWith all of Alice's threats about the MP and Parliament, Gwen's immediate use of blackmail, and Celia and Sam's willingness to act like noir detectives, I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to break him out
Erica
2024-08-20 15:51:03 +0000 UTCDid no one else catch the name "Trevor Herbert"?!? 👁️👄👁️
Danneth Sanguis
2024-08-20 15:50:03 +0000 UTCGwen just casually destroying haunted information. She might survive after all.
James Rule
2024-08-20 15:49:07 +0000 UTCAnyone reminded of SCP-2068 when they listened to the case in this one? Maybe they share a common ancestor lol
Metin Coker
2024-08-20 15:48:50 +0000 UTCIm so stupid i just realised trevor herbert MP was our vamp hunter. Good for him!
Metin Coker
2024-08-20 15:46:39 +0000 UTCpersonally i hope they have to break him out of prison to assist them at some point
Anthony
2024-08-20 15:45:06 +0000 UTCCLOSE ENOUGH, WELCOME BACK 105 HILLTOP ROAD
Metin Coker
2024-08-20 15:44:11 +0000 UTC12/10 Augustus never fails me, Sam Jones never fails me, my ears are SO happy. Oh man that case was tasty… and the bickering between Gwen and Alice is so exquisite, ugh, best of all worlds with this episode, such good character interactions!!!! And more lore!!!! And SORRY *WHO* DID YOU SAY WAS THE MP???? Hell yes I can’t wait, cameo ahead I assume! :D I have soooo many thoughts about Celia… can’t wait for the inevitable Scooby gang episode now that they’re all in on this together…. aaaaaaah! three more weeks!!!!!!!!!!
Anthony
2024-08-20 15:43:55 +0000 UTCThe joy this ep brought me!!!!
Lisette
2024-08-20 15:43:46 +0000 UTCI wonder if he's still aligned with the Hunt (or a TMAGP equivalent), especially considering the inclusion of Lady Mowbray earlier
Erica
2024-08-20 15:43:12 +0000 UTCJONAH MY BELOVED
Mournful Night
2024-08-20 15:42:32 +0000 UTCI'm sorry WHO is the mp???? amazing XD
Aiden Parziani
2024-08-20 15:41:42 +0000 UTCSam n Celia haunting me one more ep! Yay!
_C4L4M1TY_
2024-08-20 15:39:26 +0000 UTCThe umbrella in a pile of junk was a nice touch, intentional reference or not. Magnus will be Magnus it seems, regardless of universe. And Hilltop Road is back!! Bring on Annabelle.
Tor Walker
2024-08-20 15:37:53 +0000 UTCOH WE ARE BEING *FED* JONAH STATEMENT (I screamed) TREVOR BLOODY HERBERT
Lucy
2024-08-20 15:37:09 +0000 UTCOMG it needs to be next week now! Let’s remember the tape winding when they went to the actual Magnus Institute and now they are going to the place where Martin was held above a pit into nothingness! Also the fact Cassandra was the one behind basically everything about the archiving along with Elias. So if anything they’ll probably run into whatever she became! Please please RQ give us some bloody happenings. With the “Archivist” released and the way Celia was quietly disturbed by it, there has got to be some big bang 💥 next week. Also poor Colin, you know that man is either dead or so doomed I will be surprised if he pops up with sanity around anyone, again.
Joshua manson
2024-08-20 15:36:54 +0000 UTCSomeone please tell Tim Fearon he's a legend
Violet
2024-08-20 15:36:23 +0000 UTC"Do you ever receive weird emails?" "I'm openly trans on the internet!" Oh, Alice, you're a goddamn treasure XD
Grace 'Gengar' Soria
2024-08-20 15:35:31 +0000 UTCBRUV??????
Violet
2024-08-20 15:35:15 +0000 UTCalice my beloved <3333 BUT ALSO THE AMOUNT OF STUFF WE GOT THIS EPISODE? Oh I’m shaking in my boots
Michaela
2024-08-20 15:33:44 +0000 UTCgod
esmeeeeeeee
2024-08-20 15:33:39 +0000 UTCTREVOR HERBERT MENTION??????
SentientBogOrb
2024-08-20 15:33:11 +0000 UTC"I believe his final lines were cursing me specifically" YEAH I AM TOO
Erica
2024-08-20 15:32:52 +0000 UTCMOTHERFUDGER
Erica
2024-08-20 15:31:16 +0000 UTCJonah Magnus hunting a thing that eats people???! Hill top road mention!
Honey Coffee
2024-08-20 15:30:46 +0000 UTCTREVOR????????
mora!
2024-08-20 15:29:38 +0000 UTCi think carriage is misspelled… just wanted to point it out before the ep is released to the public lol. so excited to listen 👁️👁️
frankie horrorboy
2024-08-20 15:28:05 +0000 UTCAlways a delight to hear Alice and Gwen bickering. Plus, kudos to make Alice actually says she's trans <3
Sugar-Brown
2024-08-20 15:25:49 +0000 UTCWHAT, THIS EP IS INSANE OG JONAH STATEMENT? HOMELESS NO MORE? HILLTOP?! Also, just adore the coach. Super creepy.
BuriedInTheArchives
2024-08-20 15:25:48 +0000 UTCI’M SORRY, WHOOOOO IS THE MINISTER?!!!! 😃 That is not a name I expected to see again! Good for him! 😄
Trisidael
2024-08-20 15:25:27 +0000 UTCIf this is a statement from Jonah I'm going to lose it
Erica
2024-08-20 15:21:58 +0000 UTCOh my BOY, IS BACK! DING-DONG DADDY J IS HERE!
Possumcat
2024-08-20 15:21:20 +0000 UTCflesh coach!!
SentientBogOrb
2024-08-20 15:19:03 +0000 UTCI saw carriage in the case designation and went, "haha I bet this is gonna be a Grandpa Augustus one," and then almost immediately saw Tim Fearon's name in the cast list
Erica
2024-08-20 15:18:03 +0000 UTC“IF I COULD NOT SEE THEN I COULD NOT BE SEEN” HOLY SHIT
SentientBogOrb
2024-08-20 15:15:08 +0000 UTCistg if augustus says “eye” one more time
SentientBogOrb
2024-08-20 15:12:32 +0000 UTCsam is GLOWING lmao
SentientBogOrb
2024-08-20 15:08:54 +0000 UTCbut also, hell yeah sam and celia get itttt
SentientBogOrb
2024-08-20 15:02:19 +0000 UTCBWEEEEEE BWAAAAAAAUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEE *jonny sounds* HRRRRRRRRMMMMM MOOOOOO MEEEEEEE
Nico Vettese
2024-08-20 15:01:46 +0000 UTCMENTIONS OF WHAT?? NOT ON MY CHRISTIAN HORROR PODCAST
SentientBogOrb
2024-08-20 15:00:50 +0000 UTC
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