Peter: Let me see what you have Martin: a KNIFE! Peter: No!!

"So your advice would be, 'less murder.'" That has always led to my best experiences.

This is kind of cute, the ghost just wanted to watch a play and then it got so excited about the guys monologue it followed him to ask for an autograph, and invited all it's friends so they could watch too.

Martin being polite to a terrifying possibly murderous thing is a big mood

"So, your advice would be 'less murder'?" is the funniest thing-"No, no, it’s a good observation, I thank you for it." "You’re wel…come…" comes very, very close.

I just love to imagine Martin trying to pull out his knife and accidentally pulling out the corkscrew.

"Was he... *woohoooohooooo* ?" God I love Basira

Peter Lukas be like "gimme feedback from your boss so I can think about my own leadership, please" and his conclusion is "less murder = better boss".

For all of his skittishness ("I have a KNIFE!") Martin does adjust pretty quickly to all kinds of things

"Martin, do I scare you?" "yES-" I mean yeah mood.

Martin: DONT COME CLOSER. I HAVE A KNIFE AND IM NOT AFRAID TO STAB MYSELF

Peter: What are you looking for in a boss? Martin: Considerably less murder. Peter: Hmm, never thought of that.✍Less✍murder✍New✍apprentice✍ 😀

why are all the Avatars so freaking amazing and loveable despite everything!!? Like I know, I know, unspeakable crimes, but they're so charismatic.

"jon called. he's an american now." 15:17

18:16 “I have a meeting to get to, and a few things to tell Elias to his face about wasting both our time.” I think another divorce is on the horizon, lads. Also, the idea of Elias sat at his desk grinning like a pumpkin because he’s inflicted social anxiety on people is hilarious. As is Peter’s reaction of “that twink did a murder with his own dainty hands?!” (Not his exact words, but strongly implied)

Honestly I could see Martin making it to the end of all this by virtue of just being too damn polite, earnest, and awkwardly helpful that the entities and monsters just wouldn't bother hurting him.

I was chilling listening to darling Martin worrying about others when the static started to creep into the audio and I visibly tensed up like oH GOD WHAT NOW

It's Peter saying "Do you?" that gets me. like poor Martin is really trying his best to puff up his chest and seem like he can defend himself and Peter's just like "let's not delude ourselves". Also, that SOUND

"...WHAT?" Oh, I love you Martin

Me: *kinda forgetting who Peter was * You're neat Mr. Magic man. Pls dont hurt my favorite character. Basira: He was an old ship captain- Me, out loud and scaring my mother: HE WAS THE FRICKING SHIP CAPTAIN OH GOD-

Peter Lukas, apparating in to act like he miiiight make a better boss than Elias.

I just love Peter Lukas' voice and his chipper demeanor, it's totally different from what I expected based on the Boatswain statement. Also he sounded genuinely excited to meet the office? And upset it turned out to be just Elias' prank?? (Also wtf Elias, get a better sense of humor.) Idk, it's just kind of funny the an avatar of the Lonely is so friendly and charismatic.

"I have a knife!!" Why does Martin remind me of that adorable duck with a knife meme?

Why do i have a feeling that martin is slowly becoming like jon, maybe not a full on avatar but still a servant of sorts, like he was able to recognise peter lucas immediatly kinda like jon just knew that jared was working with gertrude. I mean i know he says that jon left notes but he recognised him immediately. IMMEDIATELY. But also its really sweet that martin's conserned for his colleges.

Not to be dramatic, but I would die for both Basira and Martin.

peter sounds like an actually pretty okay guy, aside from that whole vanishing a guy from the world thing in e100 but, you know, hey

The way martin tries to read statements in sort of jon's manner?? OH MY GOD HE'S TRYING HIS BEST WHILE READING THESE EVEN THOUGH HE DISLIKES IT ..... i love him, sir

So your advice would be "less murder" I am rolling on the floor, and deceased about five minutes ago.

Wow, actor guy sounds like a real charmer huh

19:08 "was he woOoOoOoOoOo" god i love basira

I swear I screamed "No!!" as soon as I heard the static. This podcast is terrifying in a lot of ways but the perspective of Martin getting hurt is what scares me the most ;;

I’m obsessed how immediately and forcefully Martin admits to being scared. Barely even lets Peter finish the sentence

Peter: do i scare you? Martin: haha knife go stab

lmfao martin's "w h a t ? ?" is me throughout this whole thing and he summed it up pretty well ::::)

How quickly Martin said “yes” after Peter asked if he scares him actually makes my heart break 😭

Did anyone notice how well Basira can put information together? You can see that she'd be a really good policewoman if not section 31

"so your suggestion is less murder?" how does this show always manage to be horror and comedy gold at the same exact time I love it. Peter is definitely the most polite demon so far, new favorite

Can we like, don't send Martin into the Lonely? Please? I like Martin, I don't want him to be forever alone. Well, I think that if anything happened to Martin, John would loose his shit.

I can imagine Peter going "hmm. less murder. interesting" and thoughtfully making a little note of it

God, Martin's actor is _so_ good. I genuinely forget that timid little Martin reading the statements that he does, his demeanor _completely_ shifts

The fact that Peter Lukas knows Elias well enough to know he would never get his own hands dirty unless desperate speaks volumes....disturbing volumes

Peter: *A knife? That would be out of character for you Martin.* _Well, he doesn't know about the corkscrew then, does he?_

this is such a creepy and well written episode! I have a soft spot for theater / acting themes in stories :) also I love the way Martin says "I have a knife" lol

the beginning of the martin "knife" blackwood saga

I honestly feel like i'd like this Peter Lukas guy. He sounded very chill

"Do I scare you, Martin--" "YES."

Jon was compelled to read statements and I’m compelled to listen to them.. I’ve binged till here and it’s only been two or three days.

"Elias Bouchard, getting his hands dirty. Well well, must be the end times." PETER YOU DON'T GET TO BE THAT FUNNY!!

martin brandishing a knife martin brandishing a knife martin brandishing a knife

I swear every time Martin has an episode I just comment about how much I love him. The trend continues!

"So, your advice would be less murder" - we all would be better off with less murder

Peter coming in HOT and squishing the static like a mouse.

Martin is too pure for the archives.

oh martin

I think I just realized, this episode, what's kept me invested in the statements. At this point in the series, we've heard so many statements that they all blend together. And we all know what happens in each of them. Someone reads out the account of something horrible that has happened to them, how they just barely got away, and then they go home and either die or are unavailable for follow-up. That's not the interesting part, anymore. The interesting part, is the feeling of dread when they say where it happened to them, or who they'd been talking with, and you just *know* what horrible monster they've just gotten tangled up with. It's like you're hearing someone describe a weird date they had, and when you ask them who it was with they say "Just some guy, I think his name was Charles Manson?"

peter lukas has season 1 tim vibes and i love it so much 😭😭😭😭😭

ok im so charmed by peter that I'm genuinely concerned

''was he . . . _WoOoOoO_ ?'' 😂😂😂😭💀

when martin said "there's one monologue in As You Like It that everyone knows" i said the line with him ahhh, i love shakespeare xD

Okay less murder in this case might Honestly be worse considering what horrifying non lethal things Peter Lukas alone has done to complete strangers.

As a person currently playing Jaques in As You Like It, I vibe with this dramatic little bastard and his love of performing as Jaques, another dramatic little bastard.

"i-i..i have a KNIFE!! Stay back!" oh how i love martin.

Martin saying he has a knife was the funniest thing to me, I have no idea why, I guess its just the idea of threating a terrible thing with just a little knife.

My brain during this episode: * Taylor's swift's SNL monologue song plays * "Theater kids, am i right?" This is a great episode

"whOT?"

I don't know whether to be relieved that Martin didn't find that statement so bad (because the poor boy needs a break), or concerned that it might mean he's getting used to them :/

Where's the tape with melanie being emotionally tortured by elias?

Ok as an actor with severe depression and a love for monologues this hit different

Me a theatre kid listening to this: oh no. Their going to do the thing where they take something you love and make it horrifying aren't they

Is he..? You know.. wooOhOo?

This episode had so many raw lines in the statement, and I really enjoy bits with Peter Lukas

Martin would make such a good boss I'm love him so much

The entity described in the statement is similar to that one creature from the moomins. I believe it was called the groke Edit: Peter is hilarious, I love him

"that would be pretty out of character for you, martin" soooo is the lukas fam all up in 4th wall breaks? is that the entity they serve? is one of the avatars Deadpool?

"I have a KNIFE"

I love Martin

PETER LUCAS IS SO POLITE SDFGHJ I LOVE HIM

I'm going to guess that when Peter Lukas asked "Are you reading statements about me" (or something I don't wanna go back and confirm exactly) that he was talking about the statement Martin was just reading. It seems the Lukas family is tied to something having to do with feelings of isolation. The figures of these masked husks that aren't people that become more and more prominent, being surrounded by an audience that isn't really there. Stuck in a monologue and being the only thing that matters. The only thing that's real. Peter is definitely SOMETHING so I think he might be one of these avatars of The Isolation? or something

Him: There's one line that every English speaker knows... Me: lol jokes on you, unless you're referring to "Romeo oh Romeo" which I can bet you aren't I don't know it, my Shakespeare knowledge is in the negative Him: All the world's a stage Me: ...shit Him: Told you you'd know it ;-)

Ok who said Macbeth?

Man, Basira is really more suited to the Watcher than anybody at the institute huh?

This guy literally seems like he’s Lonely aligned, and The Stranger was trying to poach him

Is he...you know...WoOoOoOoOoO

My theory from this episode and what we know so far: Elias purposely giving Martin to read a statement about he loneliness entity while, at the same time, having one of the Lucas, Peter, to come visit? That's quite playful from Elias and I wasn't expecting that. Basira is good at digging info and connections, and she seems to already have made connections about the Dark and its followers. There are alot of names mentioned from her, but to be honest my memory isn't the greatest to remember if any of those were mentioned in previous statements, but what I do remember is that there was a statement about the witness's girlfriend's roommate who became a member of the Dark's cult and, when the witness followed her, it was in a chapel where the cult was doing a ritual but it was interrupted. So I'm guessing that this is the case Basira is referring to and the names she mentions are related to some of the people involved in that case.

Your advice would be less murder? XD

Martin. Adorable baby Martin. Peter is such a charismatic dude. Let me know when all the Elias' divorce papers have come through. For, y'know. Research purposes. Feeding the Eye an' all.

Jon this whole episode: goddamn I'm tired again Trevor tell me what's going on _statement begins_ Trevor: you mothefucker well you know the bit about my childhood so I guess I'll fast forward to when I met Jules here. It was a dark and stormy night- Julia: it wasn't it was a sunny, dry afternoon at a bookstore

Martin exhibiting his proclivity for knives pretty early on

The writing, characterization and acting is just so top class I can't stand it, bloody "was he all, woooOOoOo" wow 👏💜

I have a KNIFE

I nearly feel asleep to Martin reading the statement. His vpice was just so sooting

The Choir? Did Adonis encountered "the Choir"?

Martin saying 'sans' as 'sons' gave me 10d20 psychic damage

I keep getting ads for tea on episodes where Martin talks and I think it's my boy telling me to have a cuppa to relax.

I've said it once I'll say it again, I love Martin

I could hear my heartbeat in my ear throughout the episode (wearing earphones) and it made me realize how on edge I was x.x

Peter "what have you got there" Martin "a KNIFE" peter "NOO!"

my favorite part of this is the meta-cuteness that Jonny gave Alex the monologue

Is it me or most of Martin statements are about isolation or loneliness (idk the name of the entity)? Hmm don't like it

the peter martin convo was so unexpectedly hilarious 😭