The Perils Of Freelancing

**“***How many other physically immortal people do you know? Quickly. One, two, three, four; list ‘em off for me.***”**
— **Dr. Edison Tucker****, The Perils of Freelancing**

### Writer

Newton Schottelkotte
Oystein Brager

## Episode Guide

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### Transcript

*TAP Transcript*
*WTSF Transcript*

## 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.*
The episode opens in Dr. Ed Tucker's lab in Jerusalem, Oregon. She's experimenting on some slime mold she found nearly six months ago when she first moved to the town. Lucy, her amputee housemate, enters as she's talking to the mold and dryly teases her. After some back ad forth, Ed tells Lucy she's figured out how to do the "fuck-y" thing with her eyes on command and demonstrates something seemingly demonic with them. Lucy is taken aback and leaves to get her laundry while Ed gets a call from Alvina Wright telling her to check her email for a job they have for her. Ed loads up a screen reader and listens to the email in which they want Ed to have a heart attack for the death faking of Louisa Graves of "Andy Werewolf-hol's Factory of Screams" after a series of OSHA strikes has shut down the attraction and she needs out of paying out all the severance packages. However, Ed is not happy once she sees the pay for the job.

Ed enters The Holy Grill, a local diner run by Mama Gabe, looking for The Interviewer who is meeting her there to discuss their payment arrangements. Ed lashes out but The Interviewer deflects with polite conversation. They discuss things like Ed teaching her lizard, William Shakespeare, to roll over and how The Amelia Project replaced Joey with a rat one time who was subsequently eaten by Joey when he found out, allegedly raw.

Ed then remembers the reason for the conversation - she's displeased with only getting $150,000 for the heart attack, claiming she was paid more for being buried in cement and heart attacks are harder. She then proceeds to use her unique physiology and how she is an eco-friendly option as a bargaining chip.

The Interviewer the reminisces about how they first met - Ed was run over by a Range Rover outside and In-N-Out. He then offered herba milkshake to do it again, to which Salvatore shot her in the face, ruining her favorite jacket.

The two them get sidetracked onto The Interviewer trying to discern the nature of her immortality. This culminates in Ed making a threat using her demonic eye trick while being vague about what she is...which has no effect on The Interviewer. Ed then alludes that her power is Satanic in nature and The Interviewer agrees to negotiate her pay. The two toast to compromises.

### *The Amelia Project* Ending

*This ending was used for the episode's drop on the "The Amelia Project" feed.*
The Interviewer returns to the Amelia offices and when asked how things went by Alvina, dances around the results of the negotiations with Ed. He informs her that she wanted $200,000 for the job but he agreed to $300,000. Alvina then erupts at him for his terrible negotiation skills.

### *Where the Stars Fell* Ending

*This ending was used for the episode's drop on the "Where the Stars Fell" feed.*
Ed returns home and notices Lucy has made a fire, to which she praises her for not burning down the house. Lucy asks her about her day and Ed tells her she was doing some freelance work and made $300,000. Lucy then needs assurance that Ed did not kill the pope.

## Notable Events

* Dr. Edison Tucker is revealed to have been working for The Amelia Project for a long time, using her immortality to assist them in faking deaths.

## Quotes

**“***I live in Britain. There is no de-humidifier in the world that can do anything about this damp.***”**
— **Alvina Wright****, The Perils of Freelancing**

**“***You know, a few years ago Joey got a nasty concussion, so we brought in a very large rat to be his replacement. Wonderful help around the office, and an excellent cook. Truly left us too soon.***”**
— **The Interviewer****, The Perils of Freelancing**

**“***Alright you two. Coffee for Ed, and cocoa for [CENSOR NOISE].***”**
— **Mama Gabe****, The Periles of Freelancing**

**“***Edison. I know you said it was a joke, but you said the same thing about the flaming elephant toothpaste. Did you actually kill the Pope?* **”**
— **Lucille Kinsington****, The Perils of Freelancing**

## Cast and Characters

* Dr. Edison Tucker played by Newton Schottelkotte
* Lucille Kensington played by Madelyn Harvieux
* Mama Gabe played by Kiera Gill
* The Interviewer played by Alan Burgon
* Alvina Wright played by Julia C. Thorne

## Credits

The Perils Of Freelancing was a crossover special between The Amelia Project and Where The Stars Fell. It was written and designed by Newton Schottelkotte with additional writing by Oystein Ulsberg Brager and additional editing and sound design by Adam Raymonda and Philip Thorne. It featured Newton Schottelkotte as Dr. Edison Tucker, Madelyn Harvieux as Lucille Kensington, Kiera Gill as Mama Gabe, Alan Burgon as the Interviewer and Julia C. Thorne as Alvina. The Amelia Theme is composed by Fredrik Baden, the Where The Stars Fell theme is composed by Tyler Petty and Newton Schottelkotte.

## Notes

* This episode takes place one week after the events of episode 12 of *Where the Stars Fell* and likely before episode 13.
* The episode implies that Ed has been working for The Amelia Project for much longer than her time in Jerusalem, OR.
* We learn that Alvina's email is alvina.wright.tap@gmail.com.
* Mama Gabe produces a censor noise when saying The Interviewer's name. This is audible to both him and Ed, to which the latter asks how she did that with her mouth. This seems to be a reference to the Scott Pilgrim comics and movie as there is a scene were Juile Powers calls Scott "BLEEP Pilgrim" which prompts a similar inquiry from Scott.

## Gallery

The Amelia Project/Where the Stars Fell logo designed by Anders Pedersen