Iulya

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## Iulya

Cover image for Season 3, Episode 12: Iulya, showing the swing set in Scarcroft Green

### Writer

Jonathan Thornton

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

*Iulya* is the twelfth episode of the third season of QIA.

## Summary

The team must ensure a young girl dies in order to maintain the timeline. Meanwhile, Iulya faces a personal crisis.

## Blurb

"You’re to quit the QIA, and to come back with us. Back home, to Romania, where you belong." - Alexandru Dalca

Agent Iulya Dalca enjoys her job, and all the more for her growing attachment to fellow agent Ethan Taylor. So when her father, in the light of the QIA having become public knowledge, demands that she give it all up, she finds herself torn in two different directions. Meanwhile, the team are sent to 1981 where racial prejudice is rife, on a mission filled with tragedy and hard decisions. Nobody ever said this job was easy...

## Synopsis

Iulya's father shows up, demanding that she quit her job and return to Romania. Reluctantly, she agrees.

A new infraction proves to be a challenging one - the team must ensure that an eight-year-old girl dies as history had her, in order to save her teenage brother from being murdered by a racist mob.

Iulya and Ethan are accosted by an angry mob belonging to a religious group calling themselves The Linearists, who are in direct opposition to the QIA.

DCI John Turner takes on the 'Plague Doctor' case, concerning the murder of Alicia Karalis, and begins interviewing the team members, where he reveals to Iulya and Ethan that Max Georghiades, whom they recently spoke to, has been killed. Turner begins to form suspicions, and the situation is not helped by an old friend's appeal on behalf of the QIA.

Ethan appeals to Iulya's father on her behalf, but only makes the situation worse. Meanwhile Zoey receives a strange email.

During the mission, the team successfully restore the timeline, but Ethan is taken captive by the quantum terrorist. However, he is saved thanks to some ingenuity from Iulya. With renewed confidence and with support from Ethan and her brother, she tells her father she is not quitting and will remain in London. Iulya and Ethan then kiss, beginning their romantic relationship.

Zoey opens the mysterious email and learns that the Plague Doctor is in fact Sarah.

## Credits

### Starring

Sarah Cunnington

Tasneem Hafiz

Ethan Taylor

Tom Burt

Iulya Dalca

Carlos Sánchez

Zoey Hallett

### Also Starring

Enora Gallou

Anna Vogel

### Guest Stars

Cameron Campbell

Michael Wilson

John Turner

Alexandru Dalca

Ana-Maria Dalca

Florin Dalca

and Rupa Shaw

## Jumps

12th June 1981, York *(Sarah Cunnington, Tasneem Hafiz, Ethan Taylor, Tom Burt, Iulya Dalca, Carlos Sánchez, Zoey Hallett)*

## Trivia

Michael Wilson and John Turner both make their debut in this episode, which also features uncredited appearances by Ben Scallon and Will Bradley (as Ryan Mitchell).

## Availability

Episode 12 is available for purchase on Amazon. It will also be included in the Season Three, Part II box set.