The Notary is a recurring character on TNT's Snowpiercer. She is portrayed by Ellie Harvie.
History[edit | edit source]
Background[edit | edit source]
The Notary seems to hold a unique power and status within the train, as any official action taken by a member of the Crew requires forms bearing Wilford Industries logo to be signed and notarized, as seen when Dr. Klimpt was ordered to release Nikki Genêt from The Drawers. Among various clerical duties, she is most certainly responsible for the Removal Request for Andre Layton, and Apprenticeship Offers. She is also in charge of writing down the minutes of any Tribunal occurring onboard.
She might work at the Archive, where all passengers files seem to be kept.
Throughout The Series[edit | edit source]
Season 1[edit | edit source]
In Prepare to Brace, she has seen taking notes and giving speeches when Pike, Z-Wreck and Strong Boy was put in The Drawers. Later in the episode Silva told Bess Till and Andre Layton that they need to inform The Notary to be able to get in the Cattle Car.
In Justice Never Boarded, the Notary was noting selected juries for LJ's case. Later she would sit beside LJ, observing the tribunal.
In The Train Demanded Blood, the Notary oversees the executions of the captured revolutionaries. However, when Melanie Cavill's turn comes, she suddenly calls for a delay due to the next person not being on her list. The Notary nervously taps her finger, suggesting that she may have been in on Jinju Seong's plan to rescue Melanie and was buying her and Javier De La Torre time.
Season 2[edit | edit source]
In A Single Trade, Roche states that he'll take the names on Wilford's guest list to the Notary who will have records of them if they were ticketed passengers on Snowpiercer.
Season 3[edit | edit source]
In The First Blow, after Andre Layton decides to put going to the Horn of Africa to a vote, Ruth Wardell states that she'll inform the Notary. The Notary later oversees the vote in the Night Car.
Personality[edit | edit source]
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Appearances[edit | edit source]
| Appearance | EP1 | EP2 | EP3 | EP4 | EP5 | EP6 | EP7 | EP8 | EP9 | EP10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | M | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Season 2 | M | ✔ | ||||||||
| Season 3 | ✔ | |||||||||
| Season 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Appeared | Did Not Appeared | H = Hallucinations | ||||||||
| V = Voiced | M = Mentioned | F = Flashback | ||||||||
Memorable Quotes[edit | edit source]
| “ | Um, they take a while to recover, and I really need the Notary present. | ” |
| — Klimpt mentioning The Notary when Melanie ask him to pull Nikki out of the Drawers in First, the Weather Changed. | ||
| “ | Unticketed passengers, Mr. Wilford has found you guilty of insurrection, murder, and disturbing the order of the train. As stowaways you have no right to trial of the established appeals process. It is only by the largest and mercy of Our Engine Eternal that you have been allowed to live thus far. So by the authority of Wilford Industries, you are hereby sentenced to indefinite suspension in the drawers. May God have mercy on your spark. | ” |
| — The Notary puts Pike, Strong Boy and Z-Wreck in the Drawers in Prepare to Brace. | ||
| “ | Jinju Seong, as Surety for this Upgrade Applicant, you accept liability for her conduct during her probationary period, understood? [...] On behalf of Wilford Industries, I hereby grant you, Bess Francis Till, access to Second Class and all the entitlements therein. | ” |
| — The Notary upgrades Bess Till to Second Class in Justice Never Boarded. | ||
| “ | Walter "The Papermaker" Flemming, you have been found guilty of treason and are hereby sentenced to death by Lung of Ice. | ” |
| — The Notary at Walter Flemming's execution | ||
| “ | This women's not on my list. I can't continue without ID'ing her. We'll have to go to Archives and get this sorted. Put her down. | ” |
| — The Notary possibly helping Melanie to escape | ||
- Ruth: "What is all of this?"
- Doctor Pelton: "Patients’ records. Took them right out of my clinic."
- Ruth: "These are not passenger files, these are medical records."
- Doctor Pelton: "Supposed to be confidential."
- The Notary: "He wants them divided by age. Children, adolescents, 18 to 39. The rest, elderly."
- Ruth: "Elderly? Dear me."
- ― Ruth learned about Wilford's census.
