THIRST S1E18: The Man Behind Me

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Can't Tear My Eyes From You, Chapter 18: The Man Behind Me.

The living contestants finally get the chance to grieve. Anouk remembers her childhood.

Cast:

Marge Dunn as Raine Randolph

Josephine Moshiri Elwood as Valentina Ride

Joshua Ilon as "Dennis Cruz"

Tooky Kavanagh as The Algorithm

Quinn McKenzie as Capote Whittaker

Jamie McGonagill as Ms. Vasquez

Melody Perera as Anouk Kalhara

Stefano Perti as Dennis Lang

Brandon M. Reeves as the Lots and Lots of Guns Announcer

Stewart Evan Smith as Taylor Kelley

Alexander Stravinski as The Host

(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)

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On staff at the Penumbra:

Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Operations

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer

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

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TRIGGER WARNINGS:

-Death

-References to torture and assault

-Sexism, racism, xenophobia, transphobia, homophobia

-Situations evoking grooming and sexual assault

-Gaslighting and manipulation

-Sudden loud noises

-Mentions of gun violence and death

-Gore and body horror

-Self-harm

-Stalking

-Child death (referenced, not shown)

-Child abuse

-Social ostracization

-Financial abuse

-Mass death and suicide

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