Episode 19: "It's okay"

In this episode:

  • Jenny, Ted, Gray, and guest host Claire closely read The Departure, discussing premise rejection and what we owe to each other

  • Why is this one so good, you guys??

  • The toll that war is taking on Cassie and the Animorphs

  • Cassie’s moral instincts and the imperative to change

  • Plot holes and earned happy endings

  • Yeerk empathy, society, and gender

  • Ableism in character, metaphor and worldbuilding

  • Parasite morality, predator morality, android morality, and humanism