THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES #56 - Children of the Night

MAG056 - Case #0100710-B - Trevor Herbert
Continued statement regarding their latter years as a ‘vampire hunter’.
The Magnus Archives resumes the tale of a Mancunian transient whose work keeping the streets safe led to a number of encounters, both fateful and unfortunate.
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[@theprideling]

The way Jon breaks down laughing after Martin's confession because a) the RELIEF and also b) well shit that explains SO MUCH

[@stranger666karma7]

OH SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SO INCOMPETENT?

[@halcyonclaire7179]

im a big fan of the fact that the big bad in this episode is just like 1,000,000 spiders in a trenchcoat

[@samtigerlilly1003]

They were cold! Mean man stabbed them and they mcfricken NOPED

[@debbiebishop86]

I wonder if they knew the ghost spider from Arachnophobia in S1.

[@halcyonclaire7179]

How do you know ghost spider isn’t the captain of the spider trench coat?

[@swiftfeathers7028]

They were just cold!!!

[@user-gz2hy2wu5g]

The magnus archives likes bugs way too much I mean I love bugs too but like bro

[@matteocasali202]

Martin:"I lied on my CV" *Tense music stops* Jon: "...Wha-?"

[@princesssparrow4530]

*record scratch*

[@margaretbruhn4376]

@@princesssparrow4530 Jon.exe has stopped working

[@debbiebishop86]

i'm concerned for jon he seems like he's an ill-phrased sentence away from snapping

[@rosemarycat5]

Martin sends him an email the signed "from" instead of "sincerely" and Jon takes this as proof that he killed Gertrude

[@frogonthebikeheh]

@Emma Spaeth Angey club

[@hrani]

Jon needs a nap. Maybe a hug. Glad to know he's still capable of smiling. Also yaaaay more Martin

[@frogonthebikeheh]

Let's give Martin some love 💖💖💖

[@daringromanVA]

More Martin more Martin more Martin :D

[@mrs.han_whitethorn]

Jon being happy Martin is only lying about his credentials is both very hilarious and very very sad,,, Jon please take a vacation

[@michie2222]

And lots of therapy

[@gav1049]

19:10

[@maggiem6209]

Jon, PLEASE take a vacation. Go be with loved ones. You're right to be alert but we're worried.

[@pokechu5273]

Hahaha yes please for your health, take a vacation, Jon

[@zinganeatsr4011]

Ah yes, time for New Zealand

[@aesynthi6884]

almost jumped out of my skin when jon yelled yikes. nice relief that martin was only lying about his credentials tho

[@macabrecitrus2127]

Imagine getting yelled at by your crush :((

[@frogonthebikeheh]

Poor Martin, his soul it too pure to be lying about something else, let's give him some love💖💖💖

[@FirebaII0]

@@frogonthebikehehdate

[@frogonthebikeheh]

@@FirebaII0 😏

[@mjamin9124]

i would've fucking broken down right there if my boss was slamming things around and roaring at me like that

[@benri222]

I want a whole book series about Trevor Herbert the heroin addicted vampire hunter.

[@L.clayton.]

Same.

[@sallysmith7555]

That would be amazing

[@screaminggecko7660]

I would love that

[@mosseater29]

Same

[@Ra_the_Sun_god]

Yes

[@fridaysantos738]

Oh I really like trevor's vampires stories. He is like the most realistic vampire hunter I ever hear

[@OneRingToRuleThemAll]

You say this like you have first hand experience with what vampire hunting is like.

[@Thisone109]

I think we need to deal with this one he knows too much 😑

[@gretablackwell495]

_i’m starting to think the sound of unexpected yelling is a fear of mine_

[@fluffsnake]

I think he slammed the paper on the desk too or smth XD

[@MultiPerla16]

I think mad people yelling is a fear of mine, I replayed that scene knowing what was gonna happen and still I jumped with it

[@TheNitpickChick]

I absolutely cannot deal with loud confrontations, so that is a whole ass mood. 😓

[@mjamin9124]

i know it is for me

[@ocean7889]

Me too lmao

[@skeletorg]

scariest part of this series so far is jon yelling. a swarm of maggots closing in on our main characters? scary. jon yelling at resident sweetboy martin? chilling. be nice jon! >:( be nice to our sweetboy martin

[@skullptures142]

Like when he slammed the table I jumped how is that the first time I've jumped the whole time listening to this??

[@L.clayton.]

Seriously though, he started just screaming at Martin and I was seriously imagining the poor bean on the verge of tears

[@mozarteanchaos]

martin is just trying to be Nice but jon is going ApeShitt

[@tearez13]

@@skullptures142 Same, I started shaking!

[@victory_snow8220]

Bro same. I been creeped out yes, but hearing him yell at Martin cought me off guard and I had to take a second to compose myself.

[@nanahuatli2144]

Jon growing increasingly violent and paranoid is the most frightening part of this season and I'm dreading where this is going. At least he seemed to take Martin's explanation well. I hope this is a turning point but I'm afraid to hope.

[@f_mva]

it seems he's dropped a lot of his suspicion toward martin? at least im hoping so

[@ash.g1310]

Someone get jon therapy, my guy is loosing his marbles. His marbles are in the fucking stratosphere

[@ragnarokminstrel]

@@ash.g1310 I'm sure he just set his marbles down somewhere. They'll probably turn up- though now that I think about it... did he ever really _have_ marbles to begin with? ... Can't seem to recall... [Statement Ends]

[@clayxros576]

If anything I'm glad that Martin didn't take Jon's outburst as unreasonable or a threat. To me his thought process read as "Aight....you've been through hell and nearly worse. I at least owe you the truth." "AND THAT IS?" "I'm a high school dropout and lied on my application." "......so you're still here and actively checking on me because you're loyal happy to have a job and trying to help. Martin I think this is the first time I've felt happy in years."

[@words4679]

A woman brimming with wasp larvae, a man with an affinity for ants and now a hollow shell of a woman consisting of spiders... welp that's a trend if I've ever seen one.

[@tearez13]

The fact that the file on the ants was right before this one... Gertrude Robinson did a far better job as Archivist than we give her credit for.

[@zannabianca7706]

I don't know if its part of that, but also the nurse that had flies inside of her on "Taken ill" there also was the strange oil or yellow liquid

[@clayxros576]

The spiders seem to be more benign, and if the webs in the hidden corridors are anything to go by, are more than happy to attack the flesh hives. The fact they just ran when their suit was cut open also implies they aren't so much parasites as much as....a very organized colony.

[@justlittleoldme4589]

The man doesnt seem to really be related to ants per say , they were attracted by the strange , oily , sickly interior of the house , same with flies in the retirement home , he seems to be more of an .. agent of disease ?

[@Badficwriter]

I never thought of Jane as being particularly wasp-y..the worms seemed their own thing. But it reminds me of a Spiderman story where a mystic hybrid giant wasp woman named Shathra was introduced. She was like a Tarantula Hawk, needing a giant spider to breed her larvae in. Spiderman finds a primal spider god temple, suckers her in a trap there, and millions of spiders eat her. The primal spider is depicted as all the scary aspects of spiders, whereas Spiderman is what a human child would portray a spider as. There was also an afterlife spider spirit, which was motherly. Its neat that the relationship is the same here.

[@Companion92]

I'm so relieved, that Jon believed Martin.

[@BoredxISxI]

Martin continues to be an adorable little bean

[@yeetusdeletus84]

Nooooo! He's a complex and well written character! Calling him "smol bean" would not do his character justice!

[@zealotoftheorchard9853]

@@yeetusdeletus84 little bean doesnt mean you can be a complex bean too

[@fitzroy426]

please do not infantalize him he is like 30-

[@joyc.e.7511]

@@fitzroy426 I thought he was at most in his mid-twenties until he said he was 29 lmao. You're right though, he's a grown man. With a very sweet voice and kind personality...I'm so scared he's gonna end up dead or worse in future seasons

[@fitzroy426]

@@joyc.e.7511 Yeah!! I love Martin sm and he is so sweet but that is definitely not his only personality trait like some people seem to think :( And yeah. Late season Martin :)))

[@meraki3904]

Love how Jon completely accepts the spiderwoman because "I'm not that lucky"

[@TheCrystalStyx]

Damn. I legit jumped when Jon yelled!

[@anactualbird6801]

Me too it scared me

[@winterwolf211]

MARTIN!

[@_mel_9953]

*MAHTIN!*

[@daringromanVA]

*M A R T I N.*

[@NerveUnderscore]

Me too, mate. Me too

[@emilyneff3168]

O shit he didnt say "end recording" he mad

[@comet8956]

oh martin

[@ironbarsjack7977]

Mood

[@bridgetb.7965]

i'm never gonna get over the confrontation at the end of this episodes, i keep coming back to it, there's so much to digest in it. jon has been on a bit of a roller coaster when it comes to martin this season. he was the first person jon voiced any suspicions about, but the extent of his investigation was going through the things he left in document storage, reading his poetry and fishing his unfinished letter out of the bin. he's stalked tim's house and dug into his work history, he's uncovered elias' bad grades in uni and his pothead phase, but he didn't do the basic research to find out if martin's 'masters in parapsychology' actually existed. i don't think he wanted to. he kept the jar of ashes martin gave him, thinking it was fake but appreciating the placebo. last episode he found out that no, martin really did persuade a member of the ecdc to let him have human remains that should probably be considered a major biohazard, because he knew it would make jon feel safer. perceiving martin's misremembered or incomplete recollection of trever herbert's incident as a lie makes jon snap so quickly because martin's care being false is the nightmare scenario. jonny sims is such a fantastic voice actor, when jon learns the truth the relief in his voice is so palpable, you can hear his smile before martin points it out. and martin. how long has martin been waiting for this shoe to drop? basically his entire adult life, apparently. he's 29 in 2016, and he was working for the institute in 2010 when trever made his statement, when he would have been 23. there's nothing to suggest that he was new to the institute at the time. he's probably always kept people in his workplace at a cheery arms-length to avoid slipping up about his age and his qualifications, and between that and his life outside of work being focused on caring for his mum, it's so easy to see how he could end up without any close friends to check up on him when he 'gets sick' for 14 days. living this lie must have been so isolating. he was able to spend months living in the archives seemingly without much change to his routine. when martin confronted jon about his skepticism at the end of season 1, jon responded by confessing his fears. i think that moment of vulnerability, their brief heart to heart, was enough to make martin want to care for jon. unfortunate then that that's when jon starts his descent into paranoia, jeopardizing his recovery from the prentiss attack by trying to come back to work early, trying to hide suspicious injuries and obviously lying about them, destroying his relationships with his co-workers with his mistrust. he kept caring for jon even though he must have dreaded him eventually finding out about his secret. he probably thought the reason jon was so angry when he called him in was because he'd found out. obviously it must have hurt to learn that jon suspected him of murder, and seeing him so angry and scared clearly rattled him, but i think this was also a relief for him. he was able to come clean, and instead of it ending his career and destroying what trust there was between he and jon, it was treated as the best news he could have given him. basically what this rambly wall of text amounts to is: i love these two disasters, and now i'm just thinking about how when martin snapped at jon, jon revealed a truth that made martin understand him better, and when jon snapped at martin, martin revealed a truth that made jon understand him better, and how this kind of parallel is exactly my shit.

[@a.b.6689]

Comments like yours are the reason I love this fandom

[@-S.L.]

Thank you so much for sharing your observations in this comment!

[@lovingiseasy-4342]

Bless you for this, I love this analysis!! 💖

[@Idran]

This was such a great post I love it

[@NerveUnderscore]

I love this long comments, this is why I spent 20 minutes more before going to the next episode

[@jaydenstewart419]

I.....so here's the thing. I've believed Martin was fine this whole time and Jon was simply spiralling. I distinctly remember yelling into the open air at one point when Jon first started being suspicious of Martin that he just needed to trust him! So....why, now that he's provided an actual explanation, do I suddenly feel so uneasy about it?

[@a.b.6689]

Martin do be kinda sus tho

[@-S.L.]

oh no. now I'm wondering if I should be worrying, too. maybe your spidey senses picked up on something (literally NO pun on the spider woman intended).

[@NerveUnderscore]

My gods, your comment has a like from Rusty fucking Quill. WHAT THIS MEANS?! NOW I'M SUSPICIOUS. FUCK

[@Nizati]

Because what he was Truly hiding was his feels for our basket case archivist XD XD

[@bmann0843]

I love how Jon smiled when he found out Martin hadn't lied about anything major or harmful, he wants to trust the bean and I ship it

[@pianoguy222]

"I... Lied on my CV." "Wot."

[@alerixv]

Jonathan's done playing games lol

[@jadynnkotch1833]

yeah, jon definitely needs some therapy. and a nap. and a hug. also it's nice to see that everyone in the comments is jumping on jon for yelling at martin. we know, like, nothing about him and we're all ready to jump on jon for raising his voice xD

[@tearez13]

_"we're all ready to jump on jon for raising his voice"_ Yup, sounds abt. right

[@chiaramangold7758]

Every time Jon yells my fight or flight response kicks in

[@djoctobeat5204]

Mine too 😭 why does my favorite character yell so much

[@BrainsArt]

Jon's little "wot" at the end there had me in hysterics XD

[@lostcryptid1212]

Paranormal things? Cool. Creepy entity interactions? Nice. Jon yelling at Martin and not even at the listener? I'm on the verge of tears because of fear. And that, ladies, gentlemen, nonbinary folk and other creatures, is on ☆ childhood trauma! ☆

[@NerveUnderscore]

.... shit.

[@bunnysenpai7471]

Yayy same♡

[@ashworldstudios859]

If you thought the actual episode was scary, just wait until the supplemental afterward. Jesus, this man is at the absolute end of his rope-

[@clayxros576]

And then he gets GOOD news

[@thelivingparadox6626]

just wait for the rest of the podcast!

[@ashworldstudios859]

@@thelivingparadox6626 thanks for reminding me that I've been in this fandom for almost a year now jesus christ-

[@thelivingparadox6626]

@@ashworldstudios859 i've been here for about seven months! :D

[@darkpixiecosplay5908]

My favorite part of all this is the fact that Martin is 29 years old, the same age as I am and all I can think is "hey he is a worse situation then me and dealing with it alright, maybe I can too"

[@biancamlf288]

Timestamps on loud noises/yelling. 19:09 Start of confrontation. 20:05 Start of yelling (ie when I considering it yelling and not just a raised voice). 20:19 Hand slams down/shouting name. (Loudest.) The top comment is about unexpected yelling and considering there are no cw and I hate yelling, I'm leaving this for my future self and hopefully others.

[@artemisasteria700]

Thank u!

[@dark-harvet4897]

I never pinpointed why Jon yelling at Martin scared me so badly, but after multiple unfinished relistens to this podcast, I've come to the conclusion that it's because he is horrified. This is a man breaking down and spiraling into damn near insanity because not only did he just experience extreme trauma, but the archivist before him was killed. Of course he's lashing out and spiraling into paranoia, and of course he's grasping at straws. He's *horrified.*

[@samlueke2855]

god it is SO weird to hear alex go from smol bean martin to terrifying gm (but we respect his craft) back to martin again

[@a.b.6689]

What's a GM? Grandmaster?

[@samlueke2855]

@@a.b.6689 HSJDHDJHDH it stands for game master, like in tabletop roleplaying games :D Rusty Quill has another podcast called Rusty Quill Gaming that’s for running TTRPG campaigns, and quite a few cast members of TMA were in the previous campaign

[@a.b.6689]

@@samlueke2855 almost suspected Martin was a grandmother

[@rgb9650]

Jon, sweety, we all know youre pretty, go take your nap

[@ashnesslinguistics3570]

this describes the scene where he yells at Martin perfectly

[@allenl5960]

John: Reads a note/letter by Martin that says he's lying about something Very suspicious! Martin is clearly sinister! Must not trust! Oh no, another inconsistency with what Martin told me? What even plot could this be?!? Also John: Hears Martin explain himself What a misunderstanding! Martin is completely trustworthy! Clearly he cannot be lying at all! John really needs a break before he goes off the deep end for good or makes a serious mistake....

[@b-blythe6763]

On one hand, the spiders sound very similar to the Flesh Hive. Jane Prentiss even says spiders have their own kind of music, or something to that affect, in her statement. On the other hand, in Arachnophobia and I think the episode where Jon explores the tunnels its stated the spiders are eating the worms. Jon broke open the tunnels initially trying to kill a spider, which forced the Flesh Hive to launch its attack prematurely and is probably why the staff were able to survive. Feels weird asking this, but were the spiders angling for Jane Prentiss' death?

[@TheNitpickChick]

👀

[@ryanmoran8787]

Jon mentioned last episode that it appears as if the hive "doesn't play well with others." Between the spiders and Sasha's first meeting with Michael, it would appear as though the hive is pretty unpopular among the many eldritch abominations we see

[@BeepYoutube]

I think Jon yelling at Martin is this first time this show has genuinely scared me. Like I've been creeped the FUCK out and very unsettled quite frequently but that was...something else.

[@klltsun_2576]

Aw Jon, I'm glad he believed Martin. Hopefully he realized that there's at least one person in the archives that he can trust.

[@tearez13]

Of all the scary sh*t in this podcast, Jon yelling is the thing that scares everyone the most... Makes sense

[@TransilvanianHunger1334]

I really like Trevor, glad he is still alive. We even saw him with a woman in the nursing home episode I think. I hope there is more with him in it.

[@tastychunks]

Seen the rest of the show?

[@TransilvanianHunger1334]

@@tastychunks watched till around episode 120-130 yeah

[@winterwolf211]

Feeling bad about the homeless spiders now.

[@natachabi]

yeah man they dont like the cold :(

[@GoliathPyroson]

Jon’s shout scared the heck outta me!

[@loveroofreemusic]

am i the only one surprised martin is 29 ?!?!?!? like i thought he was so much younger

[@giuliam7737]

Yeah I imagined he being like 22 tops And he also says that he is ONLY 29 wich means they thought he was even older

[@ilexdiapason]

all these characters are late 20s to 30s

[@bluberrystar7486]

When Jon repeated after Martin about firing him, it sounded like firing him is the least he would do to Martin.

[@takeoats]

Ow

[@boop7354]

dude i dont even have *that* much trauma associated with yelling but every goddamn time someone raises their voice in my vicinity i start to cry. even if its a recording of someone voice acting, if they sound genuinely accusatory and upset i break down lmao

[@a.b.6689]

" *that* much of a trauma" whatever happened, I am sorry...

[@-S.L.]

Honestly even having something like that happen to you once or twice can be traumatic enough to make it a triggering thing to reexperience.

[@moonlight_scribe]

Love the parallel of the vampire hunter relating the time his suspicions were wrong and Jon being wrong about Martin. Interesting also that we then get a web and spider lady and there is currently a web table issue with a woman that Jon is missing.

[@rosefoxwell-morgan4316]

I like to imagine that all the bug colonies are just like rival gangs or distant relatives that hate each other. The worm don't get on with the ants, and the spiders kill the worms

[@awarlockunkindlyborn1353]

This is exactly how I think of them 😂 don't forget fly gang. They were shacked up in Bertrand Miller's corpse in Taken Ill.

[@rem4197]

I can only imagine just how elated and relieved Jon must've felt to know that a lie on his CV was all Martin was lying about. Nothing to do with Jane Prentiss or Gertrude Robinson just... a lie on his resume to help support him and his mother

[@drago1514]

Don't be rude, Jon :(

[@alexandracommarmond]

when i say i JUMPED when jon yelled, I can't imagine how Martin felt oh god it was terrifyinnnng

[@tearez13]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure my heart stopped then.

[@clayxros576]

I think Martin reacted less than us considering how his voice was suddenly resolved rather than upset.

[@MugetsuFused]

Jesus jon

[@Ella-gj7vr]

Seriously though, Jon screaming at Martin is soooo concerning and scary. I legitimately still feel frightened

[@anactualbird6801]

Jon, sir, you are going insane calm tf down

[@samtigerlilly1003]

DON'T BE MEAN TO MARTIN! D=

[@howeboutthis]

Fuckn' Martin!! Damn, you got me questioning everything about what you could be laying about and it just about SCHOOL!!!! MY GOD!! I thought you were working with Michael or something like that!!

[@alessiapalma8823]

But I like Michael D: he’s nice

[@Sheena000]

@@alessiapalma8823 I like him/it too. I want to be his/it’s friend. Seems like he/it could use more opportunity to talk about themselves. The pointy hands are a little concerning tho

[@zealotoftheorchard9853]

@@Sheena000 Micheal: Hi jon just here to pick up this woman Jon: **Gets violent** Micheal: Sheeeshhh ok

[@purplecatloverrandompizza]

It's kind of weird to not hear Jon just deny everything because he's not hiding it anymore I always expect him to be skeptical but then he agrees and im just like "what- oh right okay."

[@-S.L.]

Yeah I think he switched to being afraid of not believing something that might turn to be true.

[@aleahnelson6039]

*murder, supernatural creatures, gore, everything creepy thing to ever exist* me: " I love this podcast" *Jon yells at Martin* me: jumps a foot in the air and has to focus on not crying

[@sandymcneish7820]

Oh nice I really enjoyed the other vampire one.

[@launch_queen]

o he mad

[@waffleartz8581]

Jon yelling randomly is the scariest thing in this entore series

[@Gooberpotomous]

I was so sure that Martin was not okay last season, and when it came to be that he was unhurt, I was overjoyed. If something happens to him...

[@mackenziedillon295]

Geez! Poor Martin.

[@Ella-gj7vr]

Ok but I think considering this is a horror podcast I am far more scared of Jon yelling than I should be

[@Miztli3]

Aight, Jon srsly needs to like chill

[@CytheriaXylia]

Awe poor Martin. I know Jon is not in a good mental state right now but I really do hope he apologizes properly, Martin sounded a few seconds away from crying honestly

[@KemonoPriestessHazuki]

The supplemental part brought me to tear up a little...

[@kimberlyalexandrae1]

I hope Jon gets his act together somewhere down the line. I mean, you can't 100% blame him for acting like this after all he's been through, and I love him. But if he acted like this with anyone else, they could have him reported for harassment & I'm sure they would considering he's already been reported before for stalking Tim, etc. It could get him fired or worse and I think we all know this podcast would be nothing without him. I worry for these fictional characters, lol.

[@kristianescamilla4665]

Leave Jon alone, he's doing the best he can lol

[@esoopthederp7672]

To be honest, a supernatural being showed up, and in between stabbing him, told him to his face people were lying to him.

[@ginnmannn]

this really feels like something martin should of been more upset about i understand why he wasnt but god the fact jon just doesnt even say sorry guy needs to treat the people who care about him better

[@byunbaekhyun4010]

Right??? No one's talking about it either? There are some comments clearly saying they were uncomfortable listening to jon, but won't necessarily try to say anything against him hahahah You can be mad at your fave characters and still like them. Relistening to the series comes with the unexpected caveat of remembering why i had the hardest fucking time, liking jon. He was such an asshole to martin. He never says sorry afterwards. And the entire office KNOWS that no one else gets treated as badly as martin.

[@Badficwriter]

@@byunbaekhyun4010 Er people are usually fired for lying as much as Martin did. Of course a boss isn't going to apologize. Also Martin did shoddy work, not even a smidge of evidence for Trevor. If it were a term paper, he'd flunk. No wonder Jon had a poor opinion of Martin at the beginning. Y'all must be employed by family, nobody gets a pass in real work environments.

[@nrpbrown]

Jon owes us an apology for yelling at Martin, darnit

[@lanipolonium]

After everything creepy we've heard on this show and yet nothing scarier than a man raising his voice 🙃

[@pyrosianheir]

Martin and Jon both need a hug, a week off, and a mug of something warm and calming. Not sure who needs it more, but... yeah....

[@racoon_in_ankhmorpork]

I hope this means he lets himself trust Martin, so he can be less alone in his pursuit of the truth about Gertrude. It would be really good for him to confide in someone, have someone help him… maybe he could get more sleep knowing that at least Martin can be trusted. I really don’t think this will happen, knowing Jon, but one can always hope…

[@fauxclaws]

jons acting is just insane, I could see his body language and expressions through his voice

[@manhuntre]

Jon's screaming accusation at martin so far has been the most scared i've been in this series. not to say that the other episodes haven't been scaring me(and they very much have been), but i'm most concerned about not seeing martin cry. T-T

[@grinstrashcan]

Ugh, the whole Dupont situation is just... now I feel sad :(

[@-S.L.]

Yeah same. :( It's awful.

[@lablabs2613]

Yeah that’s such a tragic death, and the fact that he could have been left alive but his SCREAM of pain is what killed him? Surreal

[@Iquey]

I gotta feel for Martin. I'm only 29 also. Only? 🤣

[@TenjoTengeCT]

Every time he said 'the hunt' i had Bloodborne flashbacks

[@CyberneticHamster108]

So it wasn't just me

[@chukyuniqul]

Top that with him claiming to get more powerful when "on the hunt" and I'm beginning to suspect he's not all human. Maybe something similar to that thing that hunted the two hunters a few episodes back?

[@f_mva]

a hoontah must hoont...

[@namaschu9418]

From all the things so far, John's sudden scream got me the most. It kinda got me out of nowhere 🥺

[@Dee-jp7ek]

I dunno how to feel about the fact that I consider Martin a precious cinnamon roll who I must protect but he's a few years older than me

[@Baseball_Louie6320]

Dang.... gotta say I love the voice acting for Jon whenever he freaks out. Amazing emotions being portrayed right there!

[@malaizze]

“The Hunt became an addiction of its own” it sure did Trevor. It sure did. :)

[@thelivingparadox6626]

ah yes, the episode i come back to so i can remind myself that i do, in fact, get scared from people yelling

[@michaelrobinson996]

Like how he casually mentioned saving the funeral lady

[@phoneguy8369]

Jon!! Stop it you'll scare him :(

[@TheNinjapainter]

I feel like people are sleeping on " the only proof for this spider person is that im too unlucky for it to be a lie"

[@charmii4475]

jon sounded so happy im gonna cry

[@midnights2631]

Jon sounded so relieved hearing Martin only lied about his credentials, this man meeds a vacation.

[@a_jae_doe]

Suddenly all the times Jon shit talked Martin's work makes so much sense. I used to wonder if Martin ever listened to the tapes being like "he hates me😭 why won't senpai notice me" now I'm thinking he probably thought "shit he's onto me"😂

[@thestarprince]

Martin: I lied on my CV John: A😃 ok then

[@flynland7366]

-Woman without Backpack or anything/ knowing desires? -webs - arachnophobia connected

[@theartistswings9810]

Somehow "im only 29" made meburst out laughing

[@f_mva]

that's kinda the age i was imagining for him?? how old was he pretending to be?! (and how old is jon, now that im thinking about it)

[@theartistswings9810]

@@f_mva Jon seems early 30s. Martin definitely acts 29 but the way he said it was so funny XD

[@SarcasticHumor17]

spiders in a human husk. creeping crawling, wait till dusk. homeless shelter, in they creep. time to get some human sleep. Angry man with a knife wants to end they're very life. cuts a hole in their shell. scuttle out and run like hell.

[@-S.L.]

Love this! :D

[@loki1456]

This is amazing 👏

[@julisantillan6379]

I was just straight up running throughout that last part. God, Jon must be really scary when he screams.

[@reduxches]

I feel so bad for Martin. Jon slamming his hand on the tabel made me jump

[@radoha7538]

19:10 start of supplemental

[@hamnahmashood9094]

Jon is scary when he starts yelling oh man

[@lucindagomez7878]

Bruh were fans just so enamored with this dude the writers decided to revive him from the dead so we could get more of him??

[@Idran]

Nah, this was legit always the plan They hinted that he wasn't actually dead when he popped up in the nursing home episode

[@ZeroOhClock]

All these stories so far: I sleep Angry people start yelling: loss of appetite, shaken up, need to take a break

[@yaramorad2297]

The NERVE to yell at martin!! He needs to apologize this instance.