Echelon

(This article is about the episode titled "Echelon". For the article about the organisation, see: The Echelon)
Echelon is the twenty-third episode of the second season of QIA.
== Summary ==
Erik investigates his superiors - the mysterious Echelon.
== Blurb ==
"You’re the only one who can get in and out of CERN without being detected." - Erik Draper
While the rest of the team investigate a quantum infraction in 1970s Syria that could turn the Cold War into actual conflict, Draper has a secret mission for Sarah that will bring her face-to-face with a chapter of her past she’d rather forget. Meanwhile, flashbacks reveal Draper’s involvement with the mysterious Echelon.
== Synopsis ==
Erik, Anna and Enora conspire with Sarah on a secret mission to help expose the corruption within the QIA.
In flashbacks, Erik faces a myriad of mysteries over the course of a decade, including a mysterious blonde intruder who is an adult yet only seventeen, the sudden appearance of a monstrous cybernetic creature, and his complicated relationships with Sophie King and Jarrad Foley.
=== Bletchley, 1943 ===
Charles decodes a dangerous new message.
== Credits ==
=== Starring ===
Sarah Cunnington
Tasneem Hafiz
Ethan Taylor
Tom Burt
Enora Gallou
Rupa Shaw
=== Also Starring ===
Erik Draper
Anna Vogel
=== Special Guest Star ===
Brent Hall
=== Guest Stars ===
Emil Salastas 
Elaine Hall 
Sophie King 
Michael Ridley 
Marie Guillory 
Jonas Gessner 
Marjorie MacFarland
 with Georges Bouchan
 and Jarrad Foley 
== Jumps ==
17th December 1973, Syria (Tasneem Hafiz, Tom Burt, Ethan Taylor, Rupa Shaw, Enora Gallou)
10th December 2019, Geneva (Sarah Cunnington, Anna Vogel)
11th December 2019, Geneva (Sarah Cunnington, Anna Vogel)
== Trivia ==
This episode serves as a sequel, continuation and prequal to the Season One episode "Geneva".
Echelon features uncredited appearances by Pierre Tolbert, Chris Darby, Lénárd Farkas, Ashna Gupta, Ida Trent and Charles Staniforth.
== Availability ==
Episode 23 can be purchased on Amazon. It is also included in the Season Two, Part III box set.
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