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