Episode 10

Meanwhile in Rabat…
The monkey-spy struggles against the make-shift cords tying him to the chair. Rentwich takes Gordnauld aside.
Rentwich: “You’re a good man Gordnauld. Too good to be witness to what comes next.”
Gordnauld: “You don’t mean-?”
Rentwich: “A lot of things happened during The War, Gordnauld. War-like things. Things that change a man. Change a man into something different. Sometimes a thing has to be done. And sometimes a man must do a thing that has to be done.”
Gordnauld: “But the monkey can’t tell us anything.”
Rentwich: “Can’t he? Go Rentwich. And don’t come back before 9. There’s a Dean Martin impersonator playing the hotel bar.”

Episode 9

Levillia enters the hospital elevator. Just as the door is almost closed a hand reaches in and stops it. The doors reopen to reveal…
Levillia: “It can’t be! You’re….”
????: “Dead?”
The masked figure steps inside the elevator and the doors slide shut behind him. Or her.

Episode 8

Europa: “I said take me to Washington! I need to get to the Senate before Basingstoke passes his Orphans for Oil bill!”
Ex Air Force Colonel Jack Schmeistingsneifer, the most talented of the Fortuna’s team of personal pilots, tries to reason with the passionate girl.
Jack: “No can do Ms. Fortuna. It would take hours to get from Daisingdale to D.C.”
Europa: “Even in the FX2?”
Jack: “The FX-!? How did you know about… No Ms. Fortuna. It’s only a prototype. It’s too dangerous.”
Europa: “If you don’t fly me, I’ll fly myself!”
Jack tries to reason, but can’t get past one persistant thought – “Am I falling in love with Europa?”

Episode 7

Meanwhile, in Rabat…
Rentwich pours himself a scotch.
Rentwich: “You can’t trust the girl Gordnauld. She could be part of a ruse.”
The monkey-spy hiding behind the curtains leans forward to pick up Gordnauld’s whispered response on his Sony ICD-B500 Digital Dictaphone.
Rentwich: “You asked her to marry you!?”
Rentwich shouts and hurls his glass across the room. It shatters not far from the monkey-spy, who whimpers and slaps his free paw to his mouth.
Rentwich and Gordnauld both turn towards the noise.

Episode 6

Levillia Montsaintclaire Fortuna Basingstoke steps into the quiet private room where her ex-husband Stockton Fortuna lies comatose.
Levillia: “Look at you Stock, you damned fool! You and those damnable Golden Platypus Club cronies and your idiotic games. Sooner or later you had to end up like this… And here I am like a silly schoolgirl, running to see you when fall.”
She takes a step closer.
Levillia: “If I weren’t still madly in love with you Stockon Fortuna, I’d smother you right now!”
She kisses Stockon passionately, then pulls away, slaps him across the face, and storms out of the room.
Alone once again, Stockon opens a single eye and allows himself an almost imperceptible grin

Episode 5

Meanwhile, in Rabat…
Gordnauld storms into the lavish hotel room, with Rentwich close behind.
Rentwich: “Don’t deny it Gordnauld! It was so obvious today in the negotiations: there’s a love connection between you and Adabi’s assistant!”
Gordnauld paces up to the curtains, and stops just short of opening them.
Gordnauld: “You’re right Rentwich. I fell for Amineh the moment I saw her. That’s the real reason I wanted to leave Morocco. I didn’t want to compromise the negotiations.”
Rentwich looks solemn. Unbeknownst to either of the two men, a monkey-spy sweats nervously on the other side of the curtains, clutching a Sony ICD-B500 Digital Dictaphone in his paw.

Episode 4

At the hospital…
Levillia: “So Europa, how is college?”
Europa: “I dropped out, Mother! So that I could organize protests against Senator Basingstoke’s Orphans for Oil bill.”
Levillia: “Oh, my husband’s bill will pass don’t you worry your pretty little head about that. Especially now that I suggested he move the vote forward to today.”
Europa: “But you knew I’d be in the hospital with Daddy!”
Levillia smiles. Europa, shocked and hurt, runs for the exit.

Episode 3

Meanwhile, in Rabat (the incense-scented capital of Morocco)…
Gordnauld: “Dammit Rentwich! You’re my father’s closest and most trusted advisor. Can’t you complete the negotiations with the Moroccans while I return to Daisingdale to see my comatosed father?”
Rentwich: “It’s true Gordnauld, that your father and I have known each other since The War, but the Moroccans respect family above all else and only you can represent your father here. Besides, I think something else is troubling you…”
Gordnauld averts his gaze, tellingly.

Episode 2

As Stockon battles for his life, his daughter Europa paces nervously outside his room. A woman approaches.
Levillia: “Hello Europa.”
Europa: “Mother!”
Indeed, it is none other than Levillia Montsaintclaire Fortuna Basingstoke, Stockon’s ex-wife and Europa’s estranged mother!

Episode 1

The famed billionaire industrialist Stockton “The Bold” Fortuna lies comatose in a hospital bed, following a tragic polo accident. Water or regular? Only Stockton’s compatriots in the exclusive Golden Platypus Club know the true nature of their Wednesday afternoon activities.