Episode 16 - The Italians

**“***You'll be sleeping with the fishes.***”**
— **Tony Di Pasqua****, Season 2, Episode 16**

## 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

Alvina Wright calls the answerphone, telling The Interviewer that she had problems moving a replacement corpse and complaining that they need to get an assistant.

Cole and Haines complain about the ongoing issue of the office's coffee, and that they must take it black because Nancy is on leave. Haines bets the next case will be interesting, no matter who it is.

In The Amelia Project's office, The Interviewer is interviewing someone who is clearly putting on a deep posh accent, and a 'woman' with an exaggerated high pitched voice. They are clearly Joey and Salvatore in poor disguises and are both being shady about why they are there. Alvina (who is busy) is asked to remove the 'couple' since they're boring. The two leave the office when Alvina threatens to use pepper-spray.

Cole and Haines are disappointed at how boring the tape was. Cole leaves to find some milk, as well as photocopy (to his distress) a timeline of the tapes that Haines has assembled. Haines continues to listen to the tapes, agreeing to stop if it gets interesting.

Joey and Salvatore enter The Interviewer's office again, this time with heavy Texan accents. They claim they are being hunted by aliens, to The Interviewer's delight. It becomes clear they are making their story up to simply be as interesting as possible. They are shooed out again.

Cole returns from fighting with the photocopier. Haines leaves to speak with management while Cole continues with the tape.

The Interviewer is complaining about the intercom Alvina installed. Joey and Salvatore burst in, and The Interviewer expresses annoyance that this time they are Italian gangsters. Joey and Salvatore insist that Tony Di Pasqua is on their tail, to The Interviewers disbelief. They explain that they have had an escalating feud with Tony Di Pasqua since Kindergarten when he stole Salvatore's firetruck. Now, he has threatened their lives and they need to disappear. The Interviewer still doesn't believe them until Tony bursts into the office with a machine gun. Tony argues with Joey and Salvatore about the firetruck, and meanwhile The Interviewer taps an SOS via the intercom. They are saved by Alvina shooting Tony, having gotten The Interviewer's message.

After Joey and Salvatore offer to remove the body for them, Alvina realises they should hire them as assistants, and, after he tries the cocoa Salvatore made, The Interviewer also agrees. In return, they will fake their deaths, and they will have a safe haven. They decide that Kozlowski won't give them any plastic surgery as they look more intimidating without it. Salvatore will be shot by Tony and be found washed up in Dover, while Joey will be caught in a shootout in Paris.

When Haines returns, and find there was a shootout, he demands that Cole rewinds the tape.

### Epilogue

Joey and Salvatore are called into the office and asked to escort Elizabeth Barlow out, before The Interviewer decides that she actually is Amelia material.

### Notable Events

* This episode is the story of how Joey and Salvatore joined The Amelia Project.
* The episode has a joke that "we've had cult leaders, AIs, time travellers... I reckon next up it'll be the Loch Ness monster", which actually happens in Episode 18 - Niseag.
* The episode features a mention of 'upstairs', which is referring to Amelia.

## Quotes

**“***Ah. He’s got his fingers in his ears. I’m sorry gentlemen, but that means he’s made up his mind.***”**
— **Alvina Wright**

## Cast and Characters

* The Interviewer played by Alan Burgon
* Alvina Wright played by Julia C. Thorne
* Answerphone voiced by Julia Morizawa
* Joey played by Gianluca Iumiento
* Salvatore played by Ravdeep Singh Bajwa
* Christopher Haines played by Benjamin Noble
* Henry Cole played by Torgny G. Aanderaa
* Tony Di Pasqua played by Stan Morris (Credited as Stanley Kuschick)

## Credits

This episode was written by Øystein U. Brager with Story Editing by Philip Thorne. It was directed by Philip Thorne and Øystein U. Brager. Music and Sound Design by Fredrik Baden with Øyvind Brojå as the Violinist. It featured Alan Burgon as The Interviewer, Julia C. Thorne as Alvina Wright, Gianluca Iumiento as Joey, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa as Salvatore, Benjamin Noble as Agent Haines, Torgny G. Aanderaa as Agent Cole, Stanley Kuschick as Tony di Pasqua and Julia Morizawa on the Answerphone. The episode was produced by Imploding Fictions, it was recorded at TonGeber Studio in Vienna, and Nitro Studio in Oslo, and engineered by Gabriel Geber. All graphic design for the Amelia Project is by Anders N. Pedersen.

## Notes

* The epilogue features audio from Episode 3 - Elizabeth Barlow.
* The cover art for the episode features a handgun as the L, similar to the R in the logo of the HBO show *The Sopranos*.