Dennis Cruz

Uh, Anouk?

Anouk?

I'm so sorry, everybody.

Just one second.

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This episode of Thirst, Chapter 1, Icebreaker, was performed by Joshua Elon as Dennis Cruz, Melody Pereira as Anouk Kalhara, Marge Dunn as Rain Randolph, Stefano Berti as Dennis Lang, Amanda Egbu as Georgia Whitaker, Quinn McKenzie as Capote Whitaker, Mark Pierre as Sergeant Murdoch, Eleanor Cho-Fellerhoff as Holiday Murdoch, and Alexander Stravinsky as the host.