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' 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!