Episode 8 - Luke Dougal

**“***He opened the bottomless pit, and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke.***”**
— **Luke Dougal****, Season 1, Episode 8**

The Amelia Project is a secret agency that helps its clients by faking their deaths and setting them up with a brand new identity! This episode’s client comes straight from hell…

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## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
### Main Story

Luke Dougal approaches the office, with Joey and Salvatore excitedly walking with him and asking for his autograph. The Interviewer doesn't know who he is, but he turns out to be the designer of the theme park Hell, which is the most dangerous theme park in history. The idea of the park is that people who's lives are sterile can experience real danger, without *actually* being in danger.

However, Luke was betrayed by Cody North who was the practical organiser for the park. Cody secretly got Luke to sign away his rights to the park, since Luke never checks the paperwork that he signs. When Luke disagreed with Cody's proposal to hire other people to design attractions, he fired him. In retaliation, Luke snuck back into the park and made the attractions exponentially more dangerous, which cause the park to have bad press. To mitigate this Cody plans to open up the park for free tomorrow.

Luke wants The Amelia Project to help him fake Cody killing him at the event so he has him on his conscience. The Interviewer says that they will need to make it be a snap decision, where he is motivated to kill him in a single moment. The proposed solution is that they get Luke back into the park and lure him to the control tower where he can see Luke on the ride Handcart to Hell on a collision course with other riders. In order to save the park, Cody will have to divert him and kill him in the process. Luke will be saved by an ejector seat.

For the return, Luke wants to remain in Hell and haunt Cody as a ghost. The Interviewer agrees to this under the conditions that only come out at night, and keep his visitations brief and mysterious. Luke signs away his rights to a normal life.

The payment for Amelia's services is Luke being a consultant and aiding with complex design for cases.

### Epilogue

Joey and Salvatore buy ice-cream in Hell and immediately throw up when they try it.

In a second epilogue, we hear Cody North being summoned to the control tower in a hurry, presumably as part of the plan to fake Luke's death.

### Hell's Features

* Novelty ice-cream flavours (prawn cocktail, pickled onion, and mushy peas) with an accompanying vomit bag
* Chamber of Executions
* Freak Show
* No-Sleep-Hot(h)el
* To Hell in a Handcart
* Blood Manor
* Dodgems of Death
* Diner of Death
* Piranha Panierery

## Quotes

**“***They want the adrenaline rush and a freaky story to tell their mates over a beer, not the funeral costs.***”**
— **Cody North**

## Cast and Characters

* The Interviewer played by Alan Burgon
* Answerphone voiced by Julia Morizawa
* Luke Dougal played by Michael Smulik
* Joey played by Gianluca Iumiento
* Salvatore played by Ravdeep Singh Bajwa
* Cashier played by Pete Lutz
* Cameo by Sarah Golding

## Credits

This episode features Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Michael Smulik as Luke, Gianluca Iumiento as Joey, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa as Salvatore, additional voices by Pete Lutz and Sarah Golding, and Julia Morizawa on the answer phone. Written and edited by Philip Thorne, directed by Alan Burgon, music and sound design by Fredrik Baden. Recorded at Tongeber Studios with the assistance of Gabriel Geber.