Healer, philosopher, mother! Fadzai and Sandile clock in an emergency shift with the night nurse of Teen Wolf, Melissa McCall.

Single parent of the show's lead, Scott McCall, Melissa balances her parenting duties with her demanding job as an emergency room nurse at Beacon Hills General. While unaware of the supernatural, she is a guiding force for Scott in matters of life, romance, and coming of age, as well a fracture point of safety when it comes to his enemies. When she's finally drawn into the masquerade, despite an initial negative reaction, she quickly becomes an aid to Scott and his pack, and a surrogate mother figure for a number of wayward teens living the werewolf life.

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Introducing the Bestiary Pages! A series of episodes that chronicles the supernatural (and mundane) lore of the Teen Wolf world, much like the archaic tome of the Argent family themselves.

In the first entry of the series, your hosts bring you all there is to know about the titular supernatural creatures: Werewolves. Existing somewhere between shapeshifters and literal wizards, Sandile and Fadzai will hash out the convoluted details so you don't have to!

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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.

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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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Your hosts band together for The Secret Circle! This week, Sandile and Fadzai cover:

Episode 17, "Curse": After what happened between Cassie and Adam, Blackwell says a curse has arisen. They go to visit Jane. Faye goes to go visit Lee and is suspicious of Eva.

Episode 18, "Sacrifice": An old acquaintance of Jake's shows up with a message for Blackwell; Cassie learns what Eben is planning; Diana worries that her secret is putting a wall between her and Grant; Faye and Melissa make a deal with Adam.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of ephebophilia, familial abandonment, mass murder, mental manipulation, racism, and religious bigotry.

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Your hosts dive deeper into The Secret Circle! This week, Fadzai and Sandile cover:

Episode 15, "Return": Cassie's father returns, but she and Adam fear his reason for it. Callum, to his delight, discovers Melissa is a witch and confronts Lee about his unclean reasons for associating with Faye.

Episode 16, "Lucky": While the school conducts a casino night fundraiser, John's search for sway raises suspicions, and a love triangle turns deadly.

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Your hosts dive further into The Secret Circle! This week, Fadzai and Sandile cover:

Episode 13, "Medallion": The desperate woman Cassie encountered in Jake's memories shows up at Cassie's door, to warn of approaching witch hunters.

Episode 14, "Valentine": Cassie finds herself stalked by witch ghosts as two parties vie for Blackwell's medallion. Melissa takes Devil's Spirit too far at an anti-Valentine's Day slumber party.

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Your hosts brace themselves during The Secret Circle! This week, Sandile and Fadzai cover:

Episode 11, "Fire/Ice": With Lee's help, Faye finally regains her solo magic but at a terrible price. Finding out where Cassie's father used to live stuns the circle.

Episode 12, "Witness": Jake returns for a trip down memory lane with Cassie - his memories - to see what events took place during a famously tragic town fire.

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Your hosts hit a turning point with The Secret Circle! This week, Sandile and Fadzai cover:

Episode 9, "Balcoin": As Jake continues to gather intel on the Circle, Isaac fears it's time to remove him from the group before an attachment to Cassie forms. Meanwhile, Charles' spell addles Jane's brain.

Episode 10, "Darkness": As Dawn chafes at having Charles in charge, and Faye turns to voodoo to regain individual power, Diana's visiting grandmother takes a keen and potentially lethal interest in Cassie.

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Your hosts delve deeper into The Secret Circle! This week, Fadzai and Sandile cover:

Episode 7, "Masked": With Jane's permission while she's away, Cassie throws a Halloween party, unaware of encroaching witch hunters targeting her circle for elimination.

Episode 8, "Beneath": Looking for Old Henry and Jane, the kids wind up overnighting at Henry's cabin, trapped by a storm, raging hormones, and uneasy questions. Faye experiences unwelcome visions.

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Your hosts return to The Secret Circle! This week, Fadzai and Sandile cover:

Episode 5, "Slither": It's a fight to the finish when the demon Abaddon possesses one of the witch kids to free more of its kind into the world.

Episode 6, "Wake": In the wake of Nick's death, leading up to his wake, Cassie wakes to the fact he'd a brother named Jake - a tall, handsome dude with a troublesome past, whom many but she pray his presence won't last.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of child murder, demonic possession, drowning, and grief and loss.

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Your hosts continue with The Secret Circle! This week, Sandile and Fadzai cover:

Episode 3, "Loner": Just as the kids find themselves individually powerless, along comes a lone man, knowledgeable, upset and aiming to end their witchcraft by killing one of them, and he doesn't care who.

Episode 4, "Heather": Finding her late mother's best friend magically locked in a catatonic state, Cassie enlists help from another witch to break it, only to find there was a good reason for it.

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Your hosts kick off their rewatch of The Secret Circle! This week, Sandile and Fadzai cover:

Episode 1, "Pilot": The death of Cassie's mom (no accident) forces teenage Cass to move in with her grandmother, where young witches await her to complete their coven and unlock their full power.

Episode 2, "Bound": There's peer and other pressure aplenty to get Cassie to bind the Circle, all except from Faye who doesn't favor the idea of her reckless whims being controlled. Grandpa Henry pays a call to investigate a complaint of misused magic.

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It's the first MID SEASON, where Sandile and Fadzai do an episodic rewatch of a cancelled one-season show in the genre of supernatural drama series! Take a detour to Chance Harbour as they revisit "The Secret Circle", a CW hopeful from the creators of "The Vampire Diaries" that didn't quite stick the landing.

Join your hosts for this brief introduction before jumping into the first official episode!

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