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's treatment of the Animorphs

*The future of the podcast!