MAG 164 - The Sick Village
Added 2020-04-22 15:00:04 +0000 UTCCase ########-4
Statement of an outbreak.
Audio recording by the Archivist, in situ.
Thanks to this week's Patrons: caroline yepsen, Salsa, Prince Hess, Anne Schindler, gwain, Rebecca McElfish, Piper Cooke, Estrid Nielsen, lairn, Mari, Lucy Bresgal-Waters, steph Leddington, Honeybee, Abigail Trevor, Jenniferr Fleming, Emily Deutsch, annie wold, Charlotte Shih, Dave Palmer, Jam-Jamz, Anna Ivanyos, Kellan B, Sarah S, Gabriella Cigarroa, Ashley DesertWillow' Wilson, Ashura Sumeragi, Kenzie JP, Catherine Evans, Jess Riley, Elodie_L, Anna Walker, Eri Martinez, AJNR, isabella bestfriend, Tracy T, Beaujester Real, Jake Cazden, Vinetabris, Quatermoose, stephanie santos
Edited this week by Annie Fitch, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.
Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall.
Content warnings:
- Plague
- Rot / Putrefaction
- Pandemic
- Quarantine
- Xenophobia / Racism
- Bigotry / Mob justice
- Maggots & flying insects (inc SFX)
- Self-harm
- Human sacrifice
- Immolation
Performances:
- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J. Newall
- "Helen Richardson" - Imogen Harris
Sound effects this week by Anthousai, Daniela-Santos, deleted_user_7146007, saturdaysoundguy, johanwestling, yeopot, digifishmusic, szalonegacie, Benboncan, MarekWojtaszek, Keith Selmes, aruncbose1, EpicWizard, dav0r, theshuggie, youandbiscuitme & previously credited artists via freesound.org.
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Comments
I came here to point out the "who was phone"! XD I wonder if there's certain phrases like that one that have been worked into the script as little easter eggs... I can't think of what it was now, but there's been at least one other instance of me going "wait, was that-?" somewhere in the series!
Pia K R
2025-05-09 13:07:40 +0000 UTCAnd what an extremely unfortunate time for it to have released. The only thing missing were some(edit: many) people in the village refusing to wear masks.
Moth
2024-12-19 06:45:11 +0000 UTCthis one was creepy in how realistic it is. Yayyyy nationalism.
Rurrie
2024-11-11 15:11:01 +0000 UTCDid we ever cannon confirm what the K in Martin K. Blackwood stood for? Seeing as it isn't real?
FyreFlye23
2023-10-15 23:51:49 +0000 UTCThis is the first and only episode of TMA I've ever found genuinely disturbing and *gross* and I loved it so much. It actually made me nauseous, and again, I loved it.
nureyev liker
2020-05-19 20:10:31 +0000 UTCI never find TMA predictable; I love the flip where through the first four seasons Jon is p much "eating" statements (with the fourth season starting to make you wonder how he could even continue ethically to exist if he had to survive on other peoples' pain to do it) and then the fifth season actually got him out of that dilemma! But only by bringing about the apocalypse and filling the whole world with nothing but suffering, such that the fifth season statements are more about the Archivist having far too much suffering to take in and needing to purge himself of it. Also goddamn this episode owned so much haha; apparently nationalism belongs to the Corruption, which makes sense
Alex
2020-04-26 02:46:44 +0000 UTCThis was a really good episode, after the "guidebook" recording, I'd forgotten how much I actually like Helen. Well, as much as one can like a monster.
Heather MacKenzie
2020-04-23 16:13:53 +0000 UTCThis episode made me physically shudder but I also laughed at loud at Martin and "your guidebook." Now I want to know what middle name Martin told Jon. And, of course, Helen so funny in this new world, her going on about the 'adorable couple.' I also just now realized that the voice of Helen is also IMOGEN! This episode is AMAZING.
Rebecca Dupont
2020-04-23 15:21:05 +0000 UTCSuch a good episode! One of my favorites so far!
Marianne weber
2020-04-23 13:39:04 +0000 UTCI think finding out that Martin doesn’t actually have a middle name threw me more than anything else that’s happened so far this season
daethsticks
2020-04-23 13:19:55 +0000 UTCI think it may be worth adding dermatillomania to the self-harm warning. Thanks for your time
heliu
2020-04-23 12:15:20 +0000 UTCThis one hit waaaaay too close. Even before covid this one was hecking prophetic.
Lasgalendil
2020-04-23 11:04:07 +0000 UTCI've added a racism tag to go along with xenophobia.
Rusty Quill
2020-04-23 10:39:10 +0000 UTCWe have done now.
Rusty Quill
2020-04-23 10:34:53 +0000 UTCWe've added a self-harm CW for that bit now.
Rusty Quill
2020-04-23 10:31:56 +0000 UTC"who was phone" :D while Helen gave me bad vibes this time, I do love that she too ships it.
ledgem
2020-04-23 09:40:04 +0000 UTCHelen has Amy Poehler camcorder dancing in Mean Girls energy and I'm so grateful
Kat Veldt
2020-04-23 05:28:14 +0000 UTCIt's kind of terrifying how real this episode got. The xenophobia and sickness. I don't think you guys could have predicted how hard this episode would hit. God, we're on a good run of episodes this season.
Shannon Callahan
2020-04-23 03:51:09 +0000 UTCToo real, Mr. Sims. Too real...!!! Shirley Jackson & Covid woven together, so well done.
Panko
2020-04-22 23:53:13 +0000 UTCWow that was amazing and ROUGH, but my final thought is: MY GOD I LOVE HELEN.
Jordan L. Hawk
2020-04-22 23:10:48 +0000 UTCFirst, just like everyone else, HELEN. She is my FAVE, just like Michael before her, and I have missed here. Second, I really have to admire Jonny more and more each and every episode for just how good his writing is. Especially the way he so seamlessly uses horror and comedy together. It really is stupendous. And I agree with some of the others, he really must be some sort of clairvoyant or avatar from some dark being. This episode is just uncanny.
romi רוֹמִי
2020-04-22 22:52:52 +0000 UTCOh my gods, a tma video game would be AMAZING
romi רוֹמִי
2020-04-22 22:48:05 +0000 UTCThis is such a great episode!!
Adrian Hero
2020-04-22 21:51:38 +0000 UTCIncredible work as always, guys—also, I’ll be Helen’s BFF 👌
ray brantley
2020-04-22 21:33:38 +0000 UTCHoly crap Jonny just wow I'm continually amazed by your writing
Dez
2020-04-22 21:28:02 +0000 UTCHow dare you make me cry every episode from the sheer existence of these gays.
Luci Bean
2020-04-22 20:16:55 +0000 UTCSelf harm is in the cw list now
YamiKakyuu
2020-04-22 19:53:50 +0000 UTCThat was great, horrifying, and hilarious. Loved Helen, loved Jon scandalized over Martin's middle name.
K. C. Millheiser
2020-04-22 19:11:56 +0000 UTCAnd a cigarette in the other hand.
NotAVandyGirl
2020-04-22 18:24:45 +0000 UTCHe’s saving himself for the next fluff competition winner.
NotAVandyGirl
2020-04-22 18:21:09 +0000 UTCThe lack of John Amherst is more than alleviated by the presence of Helen. Imogen is so great!!!!! In this and Stellar Firma. Also agree with the fact that Jonny is indeed an avatar of a dread power or perhaps a clairvoyant because damn did he tell the future when writing this or what?!? Shirley Jackson meets The Corruption.
Gilligan Mungus
2020-04-22 18:12:27 +0000 UTCGuys.. I think we bullied Alex too much and now he wont do the outro anymore D:
therese Amtrup
2020-04-22 17:23:33 +0000 UTCThe little duck noises!
The Octopus Gallery
2020-04-22 16:50:12 +0000 UTCQuick suggestion, could you add a self harm content warning for this episode? It's a great ep!
Rowan Hannigan
2020-04-22 16:30:54 +0000 UTCThe opening story was really chilling, especially in how it showed the range of options for corruption. Plus, Helen was just charming. Her tone and attitude was almost enough to make me forget she's the embodiment of the fear of insanity. I really hope she shows up again.
Mark Sutton
2020-04-22 16:29:09 +0000 UTCYour two was my favorite line in this episode. The delivery was just perfect!
Mark Sutton
2020-04-22 16:26:48 +0000 UTCExcellent ep! In terms of content warnings, maybe add something for self-harm? The scene with Jillian Smith in her home seems like it might warrant it, especially since she uses a razor/blade.
Tess
2020-04-22 16:21:33 +0000 UTCDamn. That was . . . damn. So good, but ouch. (Not a criticism! Just pained admiration.)
E C Marlowe
2020-04-22 16:13:09 +0000 UTCcan't wait for y'all to announce the tma video game where they gotta battle through each of the fears to get to the final boss sitting up in his evil tower.
danny
2020-04-22 16:10:27 +0000 UTCloved this ep! idk if this is really under the umbrella of how much content warnings are meant to cover but would it be possible to specify that the xenophobia is against a (presumably) east asian person just since that sorta hits different rn?
Crystal Wang
2020-04-22 16:09:14 +0000 UTCOh my goodness this episode is so incredibly well written aaaaaaaaaa
Knockoff Airpods
2020-04-22 16:07:42 +0000 UTCFirst: I’ll be Helen’s friend! Second: Wow, the xenophobia part in the plague town was scary close to home, given what’s been happening lately. The fact that it was written before the pandemic started is uncanny. And also convinced me that Jonny is an avatar of some dark power and really triggered the apocalypse at the end of season 4. I knew that chant was too good to be fake!
NotAVandyGirl
2020-04-22 16:06:01 +0000 UTCHelen was absolutely holding a wine glass the entire time
Gladiolus
2020-04-22 15:58:26 +0000 UTCOooof. This was real good and also a bit close to home. I'm glad that it lightened up there at the end, thank you for that. Helen, as always, delightful.
Theora Rice
2020-04-22 15:51:46 +0000 UTCI LOVE HER
Of Winter
2020-04-22 15:50:38 +0000 UTCOk 1 HELEN! 2 "I am not nor have I ever been adorable!" "Okay not true"
YamiKakyuu
2020-04-22 15:49:35 +0000 UTCthis episode was AMAZING im losing my MIND!! also the writing in this one... jonny absolutely killed it on the statement it was probably one of my favourites so far. and the banter!!! amazing!!!!!!!
Elisar Haydar
2020-04-22 15:40:10 +0000 UTCThe speed at which fan theories are being confirmed makes me nervous. Gorgeous writing, and as I'm sure this will all end in flames (perhaps literally), I'm going to enjoy the hell out of shipper Helen embarrassing Jon while I can.
Bresby
2020-04-22 15:38:57 +0000 UTCI need a shower....a scalding shower...and a case of Borax.
JA Baldwin
2020-04-22 15:37:23 +0000 UTCthe visual depictions in this episode were amazing!! i just wish one person in the world would PLEASE tell the archivist that this is NOT his fault!! he's been so, so abused and kept in the dark :(
james evelyn
2020-04-22 15:33:14 +0000 UTCWoooow!!! No words for the village.....(Shudders!!). Such a great episode! Another well written hellscape. And Martin the pragmatist! Building allies!
LainyJP
2020-04-22 15:33:12 +0000 UTCabsolutely stunning episode, i genuinely gasped at several points of the 'guidebook'. also obviously SO THRILLED to hear miss spiral herself, light of our lives
Murdo Homewood
2020-04-22 15:30:52 +0000 UTCdid martin actually ask "who was phone"??? god bless you jonny
belated
2020-04-22 15:30:18 +0000 UTCHELEN MY LOVE
red
2020-04-22 15:28:08 +0000 UTC“Post-Apocalyptic Google”. I die.
Brian Taulbee
2020-04-22 15:28:08 +0000 UTCMe: *sees imogen in the cast list* Helen????
Gladiolus
2020-04-22 15:24:39 +0000 UTCHelen ma'am!
Jackie Jewel
2020-04-22 15:21:17 +0000 UTCsuch a good episode! do you think you could add warnings for the content at 10:33?
feather
2020-04-22 15:17:23 +0000 UTC
