Rupa

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## Rupa

Cover image for Season 2, Episode 2: Rupa, showing the bell at the Art Deco Imperial Hotel in Prague.

### Writer

Jonathan Thornton

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

*Rupa* is the second episode of the second season of QIA.

## Summary

A defector from the Reclaimers contacts the team to ask for extraction from Prague.

## Blurb

"You’re a distinguished Detective, but that’s nothing compared to what you could do.*"* - Kate Lewis

Six weeks ago, Rupa Kalsi was a Detective Chief Inspector with the Metropolitan Police. Now she is an Agent with the QIA. When the team head to Prague to take into custody a Reclaimer defector, Rupa is determined to prove she still has something to offer. Meanwhile Sarah is left reeling from her recent discovery…

## Synopsis

The team are briefed on Hank Ortiz, a Reclaimer defector, and the mission to meet him in Prague and bring him in. They travel to Prague and meet Ortiz, but it turns out to be a Reclaimer ambush; in the ensuing firefight, Ortiz is killed but a different Reclaimer, teenager Tereza Porizkova, is captured instead.

Hall orders Miranda Davenport to kill Jarrad Foley in 2011, on the night he was due to be killed anyway. However, she fails in her mission after she is seduced by Ethan Taylor and misses her opportunity.

Sarah deals with her new situation, and later receives a message from Jarrad Foley specifying an opportunity for them to meet.

Flashbacks show how Rupa came to join the QIA and begin her manhunt for Sarah Cunnington.

### Bletchley, 1943

The gentleman receives his first batch of papers to work on.

## Credits

### Starring

Sarah Cunnington

Tasneem Hafiz

Tom Burt

Enora Gallou

Rupa Kalsi

Denny Franklin

and Ethan Taylor

### Also Starring

Brent Hall

Mike Duncan

### Guest Stars

Miranda Davenport

Hank Ortiz

Talia Stewart

Greg Hoskins

Kevin Powell

Damien Shaw

## Jumps

Birmingham, 10th December 2011 *(Miranda Davenport and Ethan Taylor, separately)*

## Trivia

"Rupa" marks the first appearances of Damien Shaw (although he was briefly seen in "Misdirection"), Hank Ortiz, Tereza Porizkova, Sachin Gosrani and Thomas May (the latter three being uncredited and May remaining unnamed as yet), as well as the death of Ortiz. Andy Burnett, a vetrinarian in 2022, and the unnamed gentleman at Bletchley Park also appear, both uncredited.

In this episode, the first of the second season to feature Mike Duncan, he is upgraded to Also Starring (as opposed to guest star status during Season One).

In Rupa's flashbacks, she is referred to as "Kalsi" while, as in the previous episode, her present-day scenes refer to her by her first name. The flashbacks pick up moments after the events of "Reclamation".

## Availability

Episode 2 can be purchased on Amazon. It will also be included in the Season Two, Part I box set.