| “ | I mean… it was a pretty thought, wasn’t it? That the past could really leap back into your arms. Have your love back. Have your brother back. | ” |
—Juno Steel
Juno Steel and the Time Gone By (Part 2) is the eighteenth episode of the second season of The Penumbra Podcast. It was released April 10, 2018.
Overview[]
People bury a great deal beneath these Martian sands: bodies and secrets and even entire cities. But some things refuse to stay buried long – like the past. Those we thought lost, hoped lost, but never gone for good.
Buddy Aurinko is learning that lesson the hard way. Her buried past has a face and a name, and though all Buddy wants is to forget, her past does not seem content to be forgotten.
Trigger Warnings[]
- Sudden loud noises
- Depictions of xenophobia and classism
- Slavery and forced incarceration
- Gunfire and explosions
- Alcohol use
- Violence and threats of vioence
- Death and mortality
- Claustrophobic and dark spaces
- Blood and gore
- Depictions of extreme illness (both physical and mental)
Episode Summary[]
Cast and Crew[]
Cast[]
Starring
- Joshua Ilon as Juno Steel
- Alexander Stravinski as The Man in the Brown Jacket
- Sarah Gazdowicz as Buddy Aurinko
- Chloé Cunha as Vespa
- William Schuller as Rasbach
Crew[]
- Kevin Vibert, Co-creator, Lead writer, Recording engineer
- Sophie Kaner, Co-creator, Director, Sound designer
- Noah Simes, Production manager
- Alice Chuang, Designer and financial manager
- Grahame Turner, Script editor
- Ryan Vibert, Composer and performer of original music
- Promotional art by Mikaela Buckley
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- This episode arc contains several references to the classic film Casablanca (1942), as both the film and these episodes seem to revolve around similar premises.
- Both Casablanca and this episode arc feature two former lovers, with one looking to rekindle their romance and save them. However, in Casablanca, Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) decides to let Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) leave with her husband, while in "Time Gone By," Buddy and Vespa reunite and decide to try again.
- Both have a love story with a political underpinning of people being trapped in a desperate situation.
- Similarities can be drawn between Rick Blaine and Buddy Aurinko—both own establishments in which illicit activities occasionally take place, and both have been waiting for their lovers in a remote location for years.
- The title "Juno Steel and the Time Gone By" seems to be a reference to the song "As Time Goes By," which is played throughout Casablanca.
- The initials of Semi-Automatic Music Machine are S.A.M.M., which is a reference to Sam, the piano player.