CONTENT WARNING/TIMESTAMPS: In this episode, we discuss the show's depiction of a rapist and some of the events surrounding that. We don't go into any detail about any of the assaults, but we do spend some time both recapping those parts of the episode and discussing the implications of the show dealing with such subject matter. If you want to skip any of that, here are the specific moments in the episode:

28:06 - 33:45 - Recapping the part of the episode in which Athena is trying to track down a rapist + questioning his victims, also discussing the show's tonal problems in depicting these things

56:56 - 1:04:58 - Discussing the implications/coding of Athena's beating at the hands of a rapist

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Today we discuss the penultimate episode of season 3, POWERLESS. You already know characters are going to say the name/theme of the episode over and over again.

Check out our latest Patreon bonus episode where we [gasp] pitch our personal versions of 9-1-1 season 9! Jane took the teachers' pet 'canon-compliant' route, while Ryan took the rebellious, Riverdale-meets-Watchmen-meets-Welcome-to-Night-Vale-meets-horrors-comprehensible-only-to-Ryan-himself route. It's a fun one! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-9-137791016?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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