6.1: Cat's Cradle

Round 6, Team 1: Pepe Silvia.

Transcript here.

3032, Earth. After fifteen years, Dane ‘Smiley’ Valencia is back at his hometown in the middle of the desert to collect an inheritance, but the murder of his childhood best friend is all the welcoming he finds. As he tries to find the culprit, he learns everyone in town has changed —the desert and his past won’t be kind.

Content Warnings: Murder, mentions of violence related to the murder, mentions of death, cults, mentions of alcohol, guns, threats, mentions of bombs.

This episode was written by David Orión Pena and edited by Nikko Goldstein. It was directed by John Glasfeld, with dialogue editing and sound design by Kathryn Stanley and music composition by Ras Sethu. The transcript was arranged by Charlie Caruso-Neal. The production of his episode was coordinated by Molly Alexander. Dane “Smiley” Valencia was voiced by JJ Jensen. Anika “Rider” Gaur was voiced by Ras Sethu. Harper “Jester” de la Cruz was voiced by Maddie Girouard. Sawyer “Mercy/The Infamous” Kanagawa was voiced by Charlie Caruso-Neal. Riley “Hollow” Lee was voiced by Marnie Warner. Sam “Dawn” Douglas was voiced by Ari Delyne. Mikhail “The Kid” Gray was voiced by Sivan Raz.

This team took 25.5 hours for production.