Great Episode Challenge for October 2018

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The Unified Northern Casualty and Liability Exchange proudly presents The Great Episode Challenge.

This monthly challenge includes two prompts drawn from a single episode, allowing you to explore unresolved scenes, unanswered questions, and uncertain motivations.

And now for tonight's program.

In New York City, on a street in the East Forties, there’s an ordinary tailor shop. Or is it ordinary?

Episode: The Waverly Ring Affair (S2E18)




Prompt 1: Napoleon and Illya discover Thrush have a man in UNCLE (again), a “bona-fide, first-class, grade-A mess” which paralyzes the organization. The double-agent turns out to be Carla Drosten of Security and Personnel, recruited into UNCLE right out of high school. So the questions arise…When and why did Carla join Thrush? What is the fallout of her treachery within the agency? What happens to the trainees and agents that she cleared for duty?

Prompt 2: George Dennell, head of Section IV, takes to the field and helps avert Thrush’s Project Windfall, the takeover of UNCLE HQ. According to the GD Appreciation Society (President: Me, always accepting new members), George shows loyalty, bravery, initiative, resourcefulness, and coolness under pressure. Sadly, he only appeared in this one episode. The questions…What other “tight spots” might George helped Illya and Napoleon out of? Does he recover from the heartbreak of discovering his would-be girlfriend is a Thrush agent?

Inquiring minds want to know.

For the challenge, write a story inspired by one of the prompts. If you have already written a story that addresses any of these questions, please repost it.

Section VII is a Gen & Gen-mature site. Stories that are Het, long-term romance & AU can be posted in the Map Room. All other genres post in UNCLE du Jour.

Posting Dates: Thursday, October 25th through Wednesday, October 31st

Word Count: 500 minimum, no maximum

Subject Header: The Great Episode Challenge, the title, and the date

Tags: episode_challenge, gen or gen_mature

Please include the episode title and the prompt at the top of your post.