Tasneem

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## Tasneem

Cover image for Season 3, Episode 4: Tasneem, showing two possible timelines - one in which Zoya Lambert was born, and one in which she was not

### Writer

Jonathan Thornton

*(This article is about the episode titled "Tasneem". For the article about the character, see: Tasneem Hafiz)*

*Tasneem* is the fourth episode of the third season of QIA.

## Summary

After a new infraction threatens to quite literally destroy Hafiz's whole life, she must face the hardest decision of her life.

## Blurb

“You were never pregnant, Hafiz. Zoya was never born.” - Enora Gallou

Hafiz’s world threatens to come crashing down around her when she and the team learn that an infraction has changed all of their lives completely, and that their job requires them to put it right again. But in order to catch the man responsible for abducting children from time, the Captain will have to put her own feelings aside, no matter what the personal cost…

## Synopsis

Sarah speaks to Brent Hall, who claims to want to help her.

The team discuss a new infraction, in which another child has been abducted. However, this one is personal, as the child, Amy Stoker, would have grown up to be a member of their team, and Hafiz would not only have never returned, but would also have never given birth to Zoya.

Flashbacks show how, in the new timeline (in which Amy was never rescued), Hafiz decided to rejoin the QIA.

After wrestling with the decision, Hafiz accepts that they have to preserve the timeline, even at the cost of Zoya never existing. They Jump back to Bristol in 1997, where they successfully apprehend Segun Ali, the man they believe to be Amy's abductor. However, Ali tells them that they are too late, and that a woman had told him to distract them. By this time it is too late - Amy has been taken, and the timeline has been changed. Although they have failed, Hafiz cannot help but be happy, as this means that she now get to keep her life with Zoya.

Ethan, still desperate to find Miranda, has sought help from Hall, but when he arrives at a meeting with Miranda, he is instead met by a man called Anton Gates, who tells Ethan that Miranda is in trouble, and she needs his help.

Anna reveals to Hafiz that she knows who was responsible for paying off Ali - it was Sarah. Hafiz confronts Sarah, who admits to it - even though by doing so she essentially became a collaborator - because, having lost Noah, Sarah could not bear to see Hafiz lose Zoya as well.

Ten-year-old Amy Stoker awakens from her abduction to find herself in a tower of what appears to be a medieval castle.

## Credits

### Starring

Sarah Cunnington

Tasneem Hafiz

Ethan Taylor

Tom Burt

Hayden Kemp

Iulya Dalca

Carlos Sánchez

### Also Starring

Enora Gallou

Anna Vogel

## Jumps

6th May 1997, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol *(Tasneem Hafiz, Tom Burt, Iulya Dalca and Carlos Sánchez; separately Sarah Cunnington)*

## Trivia

This is the second episode to be named after Tasneem Hafiz, the first being the Season One episode "Hafiz".

Zoya Lambert, Anton Gates, Paul Thorne and Amy Stoker (aged 10) all appear uncredited in this episode, as does Patrick Kearney, who appears as a hallucination.

## Availability

Episode 4 is available for purchase on Amazon. It will also be included in the Season Three, Part I box set.