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mapped out the characters and plot lines. They then teamed up with four other authors in order to produce the story. The first season was written in batches of four episodes, and each group of episodes was reviewed for consistency. Each episode was read, reviewed, and edited by the authorial team. Unlike some Serial Box productions, each episode builds on the previous ones and advances the overall plot. Though episodes are not designed to stand alone, the team wanted each episode to feel like its own small story, in the style of a television episode.
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Sokolov, who is also a host. Gabe allows Tanya to escape rather than shooting her. When Dom's flight path deviates from its planned course, Gabe realizes that Dom is a Flame agent who now has
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Aleksander "Sasha" Komyetski, head of the KGB office in Prague and Flame
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