Episode 55 - Patience

**“***Are those... antlers?***”**
— **Henry Cole****, Season 4, Episode 55**

Episode artwork by Anders Pedersen

## 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.*

Cole and Haines continue to follow Mia, Jackie, and Kozlowski into a forested area in the countryside. The Americans suddenly stop after hitting a deer that ran out in front of them. They get out to check the car and deer, with Jackie visibly shaken. Kozlowski suggests they "observe the moment" and hold a small service for the deer. He begins to tell a story.
The story is about a married man who one day finds a letter in the mail addressed to his wife from his attorney about having her husbands last will and testament read to her and that she needed to decide what to do with the estate. His wife is surprised by this. He tries calling the attorney by his reception is bad and cannot get through. He decides to go golfing but his membership card doesn't work. He gets home and finds flowers from relatives were delivered giving their condolences about his passing. And when they go to see the attorney, the receptionist only speaks to the wife as if the man wasn't there at all with the same happening in the meeting with the attorney.
Similar things keep happening, such as a bill for a funeral and his work shows him as having passed as well. And his wife begins to talk to him less and less until one day he finds his wife booking a vacation just for her. When pressed about it, she doesn't respond at all. Once his wife leaves, the man realizes he's a ghost and has been for a while.
The man decides to take his newfound freedom for a spin and steals a sports car from a dealer. But, as it turns out, he was not actually dead, which became apparent when the police arrested him. The justice system had trouble prosecuting a man confirmed dead, but he was tried, found guilty, and given a hefty prison sentence. When he got out, his wife was nowhere to be found, his house was sold, and he hit a dead end tracing her.
Kozlowski reveals that he met Steffi Fuchs, the man's wife, and helped fake her husband's death against his will after he had subjected her to years of manipulation, gas-lighting and psychological abuse. And while The Amelia Project doesn't normally do involuntary deaths, they made an exception for her. The moral, Kozlowski says, of the story is that death is not about loss but rather rejuvenation.
At this point, Kozlowski takes the vial from around his neck and pours the last few drops into the deer's mouth. Miraculously, the deer revives and runs off into the forest. With the American agents dumbfounded, he reiterates his musings on Patience. He informs them that he cannot make more since his labs have all been raided, though. After this display, the agents are a lot more willing to see what Kozlowski has to tell them in Scotland.
In the epilogue, Cole and Haines weakly try to convince themselves that what they just saw was just a trick. Cole then forces Haines to switch driving with him. But they can't get out because the Americans would hear the car doors. Thus awkward climbing over each other to switch seats ensues.

## Notable Events

* Alvina's phone died before just before the MI5 agents could get into her emails.
* Death as a concept continues to shake Jackie's nerves even more.
* Kozlowski reveals the contents of the vial around his neck is capable of a miraculous level of rejuvenation and that he cannot currently make any more since his labs were all raided.
	+ Mia calls back to him adding this substance to the cocoa at The Amelia Project.

## Quotes

**“***I will take you to remote locations, to the edge of your imaginations... Are you willing? Are you brave? There is a life beyond the grave. I'll be your guide and you will see, the world is full of mystery.***”**
— **Pitor Kozlowski**

## Cast and Characters

* Henry Cole played by Torgny G. Aandera
* Christopher Haines played by Benjamin Noble
* Jackie Williams played by Jordan Cobb
* Mia Fox played by Erin King
* Piotr Kozlowski played by Hemi Yeroham
* Steffi Fuchs, a former The Amelia Project client, and her husband are mentioned

## Credits

This episode was written by Oystein Ulsberg Brager with story and audio editing by Philip Thorne, directed by Philip Thorne and Oystein Ulsberg Brager, designed by Adam Raymonda, with music by Fredrik Baden and engineering by Dominic Hargreaves.

It featured Torgny G. Aandera as Cole, Benjamin Noble as Haines, Jordan Cobb as Jackie, Erin King as Mia and Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski.

Graphic design by Anders Pedersen and production assistance by Maty Parzival.

## Notes

* Cole mentions the A65, a major road in England.
	+ Per Wikipedia: "It runs north west from Leeds in West Yorkshire via Kirkstall, Horsforth, Yeadon, Guiseley, Ilkley and Skipton, west of Settle, Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale before terminating at Kendal in Cumbria."
	+ Mia mentions seeing signs for Killinghall, Gargrave and Endmoor before turning off the road. While Endmoor and Gargrave are along A65, Killinghall is not. However, a sign directing them there via A59 is possible.
	+ Given the locations mentioned, it is likely this episode takes place somewhere in the vicinity of Yorkshire Dales National Park.
	+ In Episode 53 - Pretzel, all the agents were in Dover. Assuming non-stop driving, that translates to roughly six hours in-universe between episodes.
* The deer hit by the American agents in the beginning of the episode is a red deer.