Episode 54.5: No Demorphing Yet

In this episode:

  • Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss the ending of Animorphs and the series as a whole

  • The ten-second series recap

  • Did Animorphs cause us lasting trauma when we were kids?

  • Our desires for book characters can be very cruel

  • Jake needed to fall apart to teach us that war is bad

  • Applegrant's letter to readers after the ending

  • Does the ending sacrifice character to theme?

  • There really aren't enough Scientologists out there to justify the Yeerks' strategy

  • The Americentrism of the turn of the 21st century

  • The series's fundamental optimism about humanity and the future of Earth

  • Is Jake a bad person?

  • What happened to Ax's revenge fantasy?

  • Ted finally tells Ax he loves him

  • Tobias should become a therapist

  • Jenny accepts the bad parts of Rachel

  • What if a thousand anacondas attacked the pool ship?

  • Gender dynamics in the series' treatment of the Animorphs

  • The future of the podcast!