Spin-off! Your hosts talk Obsession (2026) and Teen Wolf's Michael Johnston, Get Out (2017)'s narrative "twist", and X-Men:First Class (2011) and the strangeness of adaptation. Also: Kilgrave of Jessica Jones infamy, Harry Potter and Religious Objection, and Legally Blonde: The Musical.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of coercion, homophobia, mental manipulation, pedophilia, racism, religious trauma, sexism, and sexual abuse and assault (and potentially some slur usage? Still 50/50 on that).

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(00:00:05) - Obsession (2026), Jessica Jones's Kilgrave, and Michael Johnston from Teen Wolf

(00:11:31) - MTV, and the Jackass movies

(00:12:31) - Harry Potter and religious objection

(00:15:07) - Get Out (2017)'s narrative "twist"

(00:16:53) - X-Men: First Class and the strangeness of adaptation

(00:18:32) - Legally Blonde: The Musical

(00:20:00) - The exploits of one illustrious Gage Golightly

(00:21:19) - America, heterosexuality, and pedophilia

(00:25:14) - Actor Gideon Emery's ties to South Africa

Blue blood, blue eyes, can't miss! Sandile and Fadzai make the rest of the world the problem with the prince of Beacon Hills, Jackson Whittemore.

High school rival to Scott McCall in the early seasons of Teen Wolf, Jackson enjoys a level of popularity due to his role as an athlete, and becomes antagonistic when Scott starts to pull that spotlight away from him. His suspicion over Scott's strange new behaviour leads him into the world of werewolves and the supernatural, one he is desperate to access as a way to return to his glory status, though he gets far more than he bargained for.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of child abuse, classism, emotional abuse, ephebophilia, fatphobia, grooming, homophobia, mental illness and related stigma, pedophilia, racism, and religious bigotry.

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Alpha, Beta, Omega! Fadzai and Sandile run a mile with the born wolf and prodigal son, Derek Hale.

A tritagonist of the early seasons of Teen Wolf, Derek appears in the show as the first other werewolf encountered by Scott McCall. Initially thought to be the one that turned him, Derek becomes a reluctant mentor to Scott after revealing the actual culprit is an Alpha that killed his sister, whom he needs Scott's help tracking down. Derek moves through various stages over his time in the show, at times an antagonist, but ultimately evolving into a reliable support figure in the supernatural goings-on of the main cast.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of arson, child abuse, emotional abuse, ephebophilia, fatphobia, grooming, mental illness and related stigma, pedophilia, racism, and religious bigotry.

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Draw, aim, fire! Sandile and Fadzai begin the Teen Wolf season by discussing the huntress herself, the Allison Argent.

The deuteragonist of the series (at least during her time on the show), Allison arrives in Beacon Hills to begin her junior year, and quickly becomes a love interest for the lead, Scott McCall. Over time, though, she learns the truth about werewolves and the supernatural goings-on in town, as well as secrets about her family - the Argents - and their position as hunters of the supernatural. Her physical prowess, common sense intelligence, and her capacity for empathy, make her a key and memorable part of the show, even beyond her untimely death.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of arson, emotional abuse, grooming, mental illness and related stigma, racism, and religious bigotry.

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Sandile and Fadzai prepare to return to Beacon Hills as they discuss the subject of the second season of the podcast - Teen Wolf. A bit of a chaotic entry for supernatural drama of its era, the show ran on MTV from 2011-2017, and developed a niche but strong following that remains well after its conclusion.

Join your hosts for this brief introduction before jumping into the first official episode, and the first of many characters that made the show so iconic.

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Spin-off! Your hosts unsurprisingly went on a lot of tangents during the Mid Season, and they have been compiled here for your listening pleasure.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of antisemitism, homophobia, incest, and racism.

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(00:00:05) - Fanon, Stranger Things, Game of Thrones

(00:01:53) - Moon Knight, adaptation, and ethnic erasure

(00:06:05) - Everyone and their mother is in Oppenheimer

(00:07:27) - Bring it On to teen drama pipeline

(00:11:50) - Literary fraud in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

(00:13:29) - Cassandra Clare vs Stephanie Meyer

(00:20:16) - One Tree Hill drama

(00:21:20) - Heathers: The Musical, Riverdale, Recess

(00:25:00) - Charmed, Angel, and the Powers that Be

(00:26:00) - Crystal skulls, Indiana Jones, and cultural malignment

(00:27:32) - Winx Club and underwhelming spellcraft

(00:28:38) - Mulan 2 and Disney sequels

(00:29:42) - Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter

(00:30:59) - Ashley Tisdale mum group drama

(00:32:54) - Sandile's dentist troubles

(00:34:51) - Sandile's traffic fine troubles

(00:35:52) - Fadzai's password trauma

(00:36:52) - POPI Act for who?

Your hosts welcome the end for The Secret Circle! This week, Fadzai and Sandile cover:

Episode 21, "Prom": Blackwell asks Cassie to use her dark magic to find a crystal hidden at the school; Faye asks Jake to prom even though he stood her up two years ago; Dawn tries to stop Blackwell.

Episode 22, "Family": Jake, Melissa and Adam try to save Faye from the witch hunters; Blackwell tells Cassie and Diana that they must use their dark magic to unleash the crystal skull; Dawn and Charles discover a new way to get their power back.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of ephebophilia, familial abandonment, grief and loss, incest, mass murder, mental illness and related stigma, pedophilia, racism, and religious bigotry.

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Your hosts boot and rally for The Secret Circle! This week, Sandile and Fadzai cover:

Episode 19, "Crystal": Everyone in the circle start looking for the remaining crystals. Meanwhile, Jane and Charles form an alliance against a common enemy and Cassie discovers another secret about her father.

Episode 20, "Traitor": When a crystal is magically stolen from the abandoned house, the Circle decides it was the traitor witch working with Eben, and call for a meeting with Isaac to see if they can get him to change sides.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of ephebophilia, familial abandonment, grief and loss, mass murder, mental illness and related stigma, racism, and religious bigotry.

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