About this episode
Can't Tear My Eyes From You, Chapter 1: Icebreaker. Hoping to win a grand prize that promises safety and security in frightening times, a young couple prepares to join a reality TV competition. Cast: Marge Dunn as Raine Randolph and Claudia Amanda Egbu as Georgia Whittaker Eleanore Cho Fellerhoff as Holliday Murdock and Lydia Joshua Ilon as Dennis Cruz Quinn McKenzie as Capote Whittaker and Dave Melody Perera as Anouk Kalhara Stefano Perti as Dennis Lang and Bill Marc Pierre as Sergeant Murdock and the “Confess Your Crimes” host Alexander Stravinski as The Host and Marcus (Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.) ------- You can find all of our transcripts here . Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode and include all required SFX attributions. On staff at the Penumbra: Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist Grahame Turner -- Script editing team Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer -------- The triggers below may be relevant to episode 1 of Thirst or to the series as a whole. It is not comprehensive, but we will include a more specific list of triggers with every episode. Please consider these as you decide whether Thirst is right for you: - Climate disaster/climate horror - Apocalyptic scenarios - Sudden loud noises - Violence and threats of violence - Abuse of power - Dictatorship, fascism - Characters speaking in ways that suggest prejudice of most kinds: homophobia, sexism, transphobia, racism, ableism, etc. - Body horror and gore - Violence towards animals - Illness, starvation, malnutrition, dehydration, etc. - Public humiliation - Depictions and descriptions of intense military violence - Coercion and manipulation - Sexual scenarios - Profanity - Unwanted sexual advances - Exploitation of people in need - Isolation and abandonment - Gaslighting/propaganda/organized attempts to misrepresent reality You can find early and ad-free episodes, production scripts, commentary tracks, blooper reels, livestreams with the creators, and much more, at The Penumbra Podcast: SPECIAL EDITION . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.