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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Healer, philosopher, mother! Fadzai and Sandile clock in an emergency shift with the night nurse of Teen Wolf, Melissa McCall.

Single parent of the show's lead, Scott McCall, Melissa balances her parenting duties with her demanding job as an emergency room nurse at Beacon Hills General. While unaware of the supernatural, she is a guiding force for Scott in matters of life, romance, and coming of age, as well a fracture point of safety when it comes to his enemies. When she's finally drawn into the masquerade, despite an initial negative reaction, she quickly becomes an aid to Scott and his pack, and a surrogate mother figure for a number of wayward teens living the werewolf life.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of alcoholism, child endangerment, mass murder, racism, and sexism.

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Introducing the Bestiary Pages! A series of episodes that chronicles the supernatural (and mundane) lore of the Teen Wolf world, much like the archaic tome of the Argent family themselves.

In the first entry of the series, your hosts bring you all there is to know about the titular supernatural creatures: Werewolves. Existing somewhere between shapeshifters and literal wizards, Sandile and Fadzai will hash out the convoluted details so you don't have to!

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Spin-off! Your hosts talk Obsession (2026) and Teen Wolf's Michael Johnston, Get Out (2017)'s narrative "twist", and X-Men:First Class (2011) and the strangeness of adaptation. Also: Kilgrave of Jessica Jones infamy, Harry Potter and Religious Objection, and Legally Blonde: The Musical.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of coercion, homophobia, mental manipulation, pedophilia, racism, religious trauma, sexism, and sexual abuse and assault (and potentially some slur usage? Still 50/50 on that).

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(00:00:05) - Obsession (2026), Jessica Jones's Kilgrave, and Michael Johnston from Teen Wolf

(00:11:31) - MTV, and the Jackass movies

(00:12:31) - Harry Potter and religious objection

(00:15:07) - Get Out (2017)'s narrative "twist"

(00:16:53) - X-Men: First Class and the strangeness of adaptation

(00:18:32) - Legally Blonde: The Musical

(00:20:00) - The exploits of one illustrious Gage Golightly

(00:21:19) - America, heterosexuality, and pedophilia

(00:25:14) - Actor Gideon Emery's ties to South Africa

Blue blood, blue eyes, can't miss! Sandile and Fadzai make the rest of the world the problem with the prince of Beacon Hills, Jackson Whittemore.

High school rival to Scott McCall in the early seasons of Teen Wolf, Jackson enjoys a level of popularity due to his role as an athlete, and becomes antagonistic when Scott starts to pull that spotlight away from him. His suspicion over Scott's strange new behaviour leads him into the world of werewolves and the supernatural, one he is desperate to access as a way to return to his glory status, though he gets far more than he bargained for.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of child abuse, classism, emotional abuse, ephebophilia, fatphobia, grooming, homophobia, mental illness and related stigma, pedophilia, racism, and religious bigotry.

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Alpha, Beta, Omega! Fadzai and Sandile run a mile with the born wolf and prodigal son, Derek Hale.

A tritagonist of the early seasons of Teen Wolf, Derek appears in the show as the first other werewolf encountered by Scott McCall. Initially thought to be the one that turned him, Derek becomes a reluctant mentor to Scott after revealing the actual culprit is an Alpha that killed his sister, whom he needs Scott's help tracking down. Derek moves through various stages over his time in the show, at times an antagonist, but ultimately evolving into a reliable support figure in the supernatural goings-on of the main cast.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of arson, child abuse, emotional abuse, ephebophilia, fatphobia, grooming, mental illness and related stigma, pedophilia, racism, and religious bigotry.

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