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610: The Queen's Game Bot

August 28, 2026 · 54 min

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A chess grand master’s daughter has been kidnapped by a rogue AI…and special Agent Chet Phillips is missing.

Written by
John Dowgin

Directed by
J. Michael DeAngelis

Starring
Chris Klaniecki as Skip Granger
Nazli Sarpkaya as Mackenzie McGrath and Mini-McGrath
Dave Stanger as Bowden Montcrief
Paige Klaniecki as Gloria Kovak
Faith Dowgin as Section Chief Zelda Anders
with Kirk White as Chet Phillips
and Katerina McGrath as The Mission Voice

Also Starring
Ashley Banks as Athena O’Brien
Jill Ivey as Astrid
Bob Killion as Gunnstein Hedquist and Security Guy

Guest Starring
John Dowgin as the Bad Mime
Pete Barry as Kyle
Eric Perry as Whitmire
Dave Serfass as A.L.P.H.A
Alicia Harabin as Karolina Omarev
Rebecca Serfass as Bambi and Kandi
J. Michael DeAngelis as Bryce
Pete Barry as Kristatos O’Brien
David S. Dear as Terry Millionaire

Music by Pete Barry
Sound editing and mixing by John Dowgin

A complete transcript of this episode is available here.

Created and Produced by
Pete Barry & J. Michael DeAngelis & John Dowgin
Associate producer: Paige Klaniecki

For a complete list of credits, please see the episode's web page.

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