Spin-off! Your hosts talk the "Animorphs" and "Gone" books from the minds of Applegate and Grant, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and copaganda through the years, and "Riverdale" and the meta-narrative dissonance of the teen drama series. Also: villains manipulating protagonists' new allies, the silly fun of masked characters, and the many neverending medical dramas.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of coercion, grooming, homophobia, mental manipulation, pedophilia, racism, religious trauma, sexism, and sexual abuse and assault.

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(00:00:05) - The "Animorphs" book series

(00:05:38) - The "Gone" book series

(00:09:44) - Brooklyn Nine-Nine and copaganda

(00:11:51) - Riverdale and the dissonance of adults playing teens

(00:13:51) - Villains manipulating the allies of the protagonist

(00:20:35) - The silliness of various masked characters

(00:26:26) - The Pitt and various neverending medical dramas

(00:29:17) - Modern Family and the art of the comedic misunderstanding

(00:30:138) - Two South Africans opine on US politics

Fear, face, fight! Fadzai and Sandile go from pillar to post with the bereft beta of the Hale pack, Isaac Lahey.

A Beacon Hills student introduced in the second season of Teen Wolf, Isaac lives under the abusive hand of his single father - that is, until new alpha Derek Hale turns him into a werewolf, and his father is killed in a bizarre attack. Isaac is one of several recruits for Derek's new pack, and enjoys the power and confidence that lycanthropy bring him, but time and trials prove that the life is more trouble than he expected, and that Derek is not the best candidate for a new caretaker. This leads to his progressive adoption by Scott and the McCall pack as an ally, and a more central role for him in the third season of the show.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of abuse, child endangerment, mass murder, racism, ritual sacrifice, serial killing, sexism, suicide, and torture.

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Alphas, Omegas, twins! Sandile and Fadzai double the trouble with Teen Wolf's twin werewolves, Ethan and Aiden Steiner.

Part of the "Alpha Pack", collectively one of the antagonists in Season 3A, the twins are two of five Alpha werewolves who slaughtered their entire packs to gain greater power, and now have designs on Derek Hale (and secretly, Scott McCall) as new recruits. Given the abuse they faced at the hands of their pack, as well as their closeness in age to the show's main characters, Ethan and Aiden are placed in a more sympathetic position - and poised for a turn from their motley pack when they each find love and companionship in Beacon Hills.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of abuse, child endangerment, mass murder, racism, ritual sacrifice, serial killing, sexism, and torture.

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