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Am I liking this show now? Either I haven’t seen tons of horror clichés in this episode, or this was the first real good one, which actually shook up the stories. A lot of stuff happened. Thanks to this episode being the second to last in the season and the writers’ ability to make shit happen, before we go into the season finale. So, Lydia (Holland Roden) is wounded, Scott’s (Tyler Posey) secret is revealed, and Jackson (Colton Haynes) is an ass for telling on Scott.

Okay, the first half of the episode wasn’t really interesting at all, but as soon as the formal dance was starting, it got a whole lot interesting. Beginning with the couplings between Jackson and Allison (Crystal Reed), as well as Lydia and Stiles (Dylan O’Brien), and having Chris (JR Bourne) and Kate (Jill Wagner) hunting down the second beta on their very own terms. Kate wants to catch the beta with Allison’s help, and Chris wouldn’t even know anything without Jackson. So, the last act had quite a couple of surprises: Lydia bit by Peter (Ian Bohen) (which can only mean she is gonna turn – nice story for the second season), and Allison and Chris know about Scott, which could be the turning point as well. Now, something must happen in the season finale already to end the fight between Chris and Scott, and turn it against the alphas, maybe even start a complete different mythology. I’m totally intrigued at this point.

Furthermore, I had the feeling this episode was more of a comedy than the season so far. I loved that Scott used his werewolf mode to get Jackson to take Allison to the formal, and I loved the awkward moment between the couples on the parking lot. Even more, I loved the “gay dance” between Scott and Danny (Keahu Kahuanui), and how it brought Coach Bobby (Orny Adams) in a little bit of a rage. Yes, I was missing the comedy angle from this show, and it can’t just be Stiles, who is the funny element. I somehow find it very nice of the writers to develop the comedy part a bit, now that Scott is completely into all the mysteries, knows what’s going on, has a little crush on Lydia, and doesn’t have time much to make jokes. So, it’s good when the writers deliver comedy without him delivering them.

Another first-timer (I think): the mother/son talk between Melissa (Melissa Ponzio) and Scott. Finally there’s a sense of a family here, something I wasn’t really noticing before. I wouldn’t mind when the writers develop here as well. It wouldn’t hurt to make Scott care about his mother and vice versa. 7/10

Awkward date becomes even more awkward

A werewolf becomes a vampire - did we have something like this before in television?

What a surprise, but I didn’t like that episode very much. After the revelations int he last episode, the writers went back in being slow storytellers, who wait for more to happen until the season finale. Like Derek’s uncle Peter (Ian Bohen), who has decided to play a psycho game, instead of just turning everybody in Scott’s life and make him one of the pack in the extra speedy way.

That’s why I don’t like him as the antagonist of the show at the moment. He’s just too lame, thinks he’s the uber-cool villain, who can do everything, because he is in fact the villain, but secretly the writers don’t really know how to depict him as the villain. With it, the conflict between him and Scott (Tyler Posey) in this episode was kinda lame too. I liked that he got Melissa (Melissa Ponzio) into the situation and threatens to turn her, but it didn’t bring any thrill into the episode, because it was obvious that nothing will happen. In this case, the writers really wait for the season finale, because everything else would be a total downer in terns of TV writing. In addition, I don’t understand why Derek (Tyler Hoechlin) stands against Scott now. What happened in last episode’s fight between the two that Derek is backstabbing Scott now and even wanting to get past him (a.k.a killing him) to get to Jackson (Colton Haynes). What I don’t understand as well for a couple of episodes now is Derek’s interest in Jackson. Would be nice for a couple of answers.

Furthermore, I didn’t like Jackson in this episode. After he finally got something to do with his character in the last episode, he is annoying me here, since he’s always talking about wanting to become one of them, because Scott is not able to see the beauty behind those powers. I kinda wonder though why he wants to have those powers, after he was supposed to be the cool Lacrosse captain in the beginning of the series. Doesn’t he have any friends or girls he can talk or hook up with? I mean, he is a stud, and the writers never stop to mention that he’s a stud, so where are all the girls wanting to fuck him? Anyway, I hope that Jackson becomes more of an interesting character during the next two episodes, since he has gotten himself in the fight between Scott and Derek, as well as the werewolves and the hunters. Something should happen, or the good thing coming out of his character in the last episode was just a lame fling.

And Allison (Crystal Reed)? Well, she becomes a hunter more and more. Nice that she knows about the secrets of the Argents now, but I kinda doubt it will develop her. Instead the writers will continue to get her back together with Scott, and she will have to wait to learn about his secrets. But it really would be cool, when Kate (Jill Wagner) goes behind Chris’ back and tells Allison everything about the werewolves, and eventually comes into a conflict with Chris, who didn’t want to get his daughter into the midst of those animals just yet. 5.5/10

Allison is ready for some kill action

Naked were-Derek is ready for some chaos

Interesting episode with some nice revelations. And I was thinking the writers were holding on to it until the season finale. But now it seems to be a good choice that they finish the first season with a lot more than they could have without revealing the alpha first.

Well, when Derek (Tyler Hoechlin) and Stiles (Dylan O’Brien) were finding out that the message sent to Allison came from Melissa’s computer in the hospital, I was thinking about last episode’s review, and how right I could have been. And how awesome it could have been, when she would have been the alpha (like I said, it would bring out much from the story, if she would be the alpha). But then again, that it would be Derek’s uncle Peter (Ian Bohen) was predictable. He was on my very long short list of suspects, and even the internet world was talking about him being the alpha. At the end, it seems to be logical that he is the common enemy for the beta wolves. The revelation was just a bit lame. Here Stiles stands in front of him and the psycho nurse, Derek knocks out the psycho nurse, and the rest of the episode is all about the fight between Derek and Peter. By the way: Have the writers ever explained how Derek survived the attack in front of the school three episodes ago? Back then I thought he would be dead (after all he was bleeding from his mouth like the fisherman just stabbed him to death), but two episodes later (and here) he seemed pretty fit, as if nothing has happened. Maybe an explanation would be nice, though I can rhyme myself something together (Peter didn’t want to kill his nephew and just wounded him to scare off the teenagers into the school building).

Scott’s (Tyler Posey) story was good, especially after the writers finally connected him with Jackson (Colton Haynes). Finally Jackson knows, and finally he has a reason to be in this show. Even more, I totally love that Chris (JR Bourne) and Kate (Jill Wagner) now think that Jackson is the second alpha. Though it’s a cliché that they try everything to not let the Argents know about Scott, it is definitely more thrilling to see Jackson in the middle of everything, despite him not being a werewolf and just having nightmares. Furthermore, Jackson finally developed somewhat to an antagonist for Scott. I loved his threats, and I loved how he closed himself to Allison, hoping that Scott does what he wants, after Jackson proved his almighty in this case.

The funny scene of the episode was the “gay-laden” scene in Stiles’ room – hilarious. The most idiotic one was with Melissa (Melissa Ponzio), who let Jackson on her computer, just because he was a “good friend” of Scott’s. Isn’t it against the policy of her hospital to let patrons use the computer? Sometimes the writers make it themselves way too easy, and it’s annoying… 7/10

Torture scene in a PG rated show: where's the PTC?

Action scene in the hospital: buckle up

Interesting episode. I don’t know why, but it had something I really liked, though the style of the series is more and more ridiculous. How it tries to be suspenseful with those horror scenes, and yet still tries to bring in the drama scenes with the completely wrong score, is just horrendous.

‘Twas another night of full moon, and this time it’s the first time I’m believing that Scott’s mom (Melissa Ponzio) might be the alpha. Just because it could be kick-ass, and just because she never seems to be “there”, when the alpha action happens. And just because I was actually thinking the alpha is a woman, when it transformed back to a human. And just because since Scott (Tyler Posey) learned that he could become normal again, when he kills the alpha, it would be a superb story, when he has to make a decision whether to kill his mother, or accept his being as a werewolf. That’s story gold for a couple of episodes. Other than that, the writers should finally reveal the identity of the alpha, because it is getting old. The blurring moment, when the alpha was transforming was just laughable, because predictable.

Well, Stiles (Dylan O’Brien) has a crush on Lydia (Holland Roden). Not really an exciting storyline, even after Scott made out with her. When that kiss came, I wanted to destroy my screen, because that scene screamed story rape to me. Of course Scott makes out with another girl, after he was dumped, and of course it’s the only story available for the other girl in the cast. At least the writers made something out of it, when it comes to Stiles, and made him have a revenge. The scene with Scott handcuffed to the heater and Stiles playing the cool guy was great. As was Scott’s plea that it was all just the full moon’s fault. But hopefully the writers aren’t really focusing on coupling up Stiles with Lydia, because that would just be … to teensoap-ish. Same goes with the continuous flirtations between Jackson (Colton Haynes) and Allison (Crystal Reed). I wondered why they weren’t making out, since the writers were able to let Scott and Lydia lock lips. Maybe it’s a story for the season finale, so that the writers have some heartbreaking stuff here. Or the writers build on a real conflict between Jackson, the upcoming werewolf (or whatever – is something happening here, or are we still waiting for the season finale?), and Scott, the werewolf with a heart. But hey, it’s MTV, I don’t really believe in that happening.

The rest was so-so. I’ve had the feeling that the meeting between the hunters was the first one we have seen in this show, and I like that Allison finally started to ask questions about her father. Now she doesn’t trust both guys of her life: the ex and the father. And since both Chris (JR Bourne) and Kate (Jill Wagner) seem to believe that either Stiles or Scott are the beta, there could be something in store between Allison and her father. 6/10

Evil Mrs. Argent offers cookies to all the bad guys

Were-Scott gets some water from his BFF

Ahem… You probably expect for me to give some praise for this episode, but I can’t. Even though it seems to be the best episode of the series, especially with abandoning all the ongoing storylines right now and make this episode somewhat a bottle show and a horror thriller in high school, the setup was horrible. Dozens of mistakes, which showed me that the producers don’t take the series seriously. And all the clichéd horror moments made this episode even more annoying and terrible. So how can I take this show seriously at this stage?

At the end I don’t know how to rate this episode. It should be obvious by now that TEEN WOLF won’t be the super-strong series with an awesome storytelling and moderate looking visual effects. Instead it will be a series, which has tuned its score a bit too loud in most of the scenes, and can’t manage to bring some atmosphere into the plot. Yes, I know all of that, and I know it happened in the previous episodes as well. But this one was just … uargh. During the first ten minutes, Scott (Tyler Posey) and Stiles (Dylan O’Brien) were making the dumbest mistakes in TV history, and I barely could buy into the situation. They really think they could lock the door with the hedge clippers (which were coming from where exactly)? Stiles really had the flashlight shining through the door, instead of through the door window? Stiles even had the flashlights on, when he was in the locker? Both Stiles and Scott couldn’t have told the janitor just the fact that there is a killer in the high school, instead of “give us two seconds to explain”? Am I supposed to believe that a superior alpha werewolf is slower in running through the high school halls than scared-shitless teenagers? Especially, when the director decided to cut back and forth to show that the teens run incredibly “fast” and the alpha is jumprunning in incredibly “slow” speed. The door mysteriously shuts behind Allison (Crystal Reed), after she entered the school, and no one is scared or notices it, because the first act ends right there? And that was just the first ten minutes. I could continue, but I don’t want to waste your time. I know that TEEN WOLF never wanted to be logical, but this episode killed my patience with the show.

The writing was horrendous tool. Just take Jackson (Colton Haynes) for example, in minute 11: “The hood of that piece of crap jeep looks crappier than usual.” Oh my god, my toenails were rolling themselves in. Or in minute 14, when Lydia (Holland Roden) comes right out of the washroom (like 15 seconds after she went in), having expected for Jackson to look for Scott and Allison and asking “Did you find them?” Or in minute 17, when all the teens were barricading the door, but nobody listened to Stiles, who wanted to mention that the classroom they are in is a deadly trap. All of this crap, before the half mark was reached. Am I nitpicking? Am I not appreciating the show? Was I secretly hating this show, but wasn’t ballsy enough to tell myself the truth until now? I really don’t know what was up or why the episode gave me the creeps. Maybe even I think of it too much as a writer, which is why this episode was so terrible.

At least not all of it was terrible. Thankfully the episode wasn’t waiting until the end to bring Scott and Stiles together with Allison, Lydia and Jackson. Thankfully there was even a reason behind the alpha’s attacks, though I don’t think that Scott came to it in the middle of staring into emptiness and suddenly “developing” this idea in his head. Thankfully there was at least some mystery left, about what this show wants to become. Yeah, I kinda like the reasons of the alpha, and that Scott is between his new werewolf pack and his old real-human/friends pack and has to decide. It’s kinda clever actually. But then the end of the episode was there, which killed me even more than the answer of the question why the police suddenly came to the school (so, Stiles’ father [Linden Ashby] just knew there was trouble in school, because Stiles left a message with “call me right now, we’re at the school”?): Allison breaks up with Scott. Umm, why exactly? Just because she doesn’t trust him? Just because she realized he lied this night? Can’t she ask what really happened in the school or why “Derek” was after them? Can’t she start to talk with Scott about it? Of course the answers to those questions seem to be “No”, which is why she takes the next step and breaks up with him. Yeah, totally logical. Oh wait, TEEN WOLF doesn’t want to be logical. Am I still nitpicking here?

To have at least a couple more positive words: The idea of having such a thrill ride episode wasn’t bad at all, and making it play out in the high school building during the night hours was good. It could have been a real horror episode, with suspense and all, maybe even jumpscares. But you know now what I think of this episode. Sorry for the harsh words, but that’s how I think about those 40 minutes. Not that they were a waste of time, but I question if the producers actually knew what they were doing, or if they had knowledge about the genre. 3/10

There's a mysterious figure at the end of the long dark hall

Scott-wolf is coming to get you!

Well, the episode was solid. Again, I appreciate the writers going into the story and make TEEN WOLF a mystery show, but there are still those horrendous clichés and the now building red herrings. But hey, we’re in the middle of the season, and it really looks like the writers are finally getting into “it”.

So, there’s the whole training story between Scott (Tyler Posey) and Derek (Tyler Hoechlin). After six episodes, the writers finally went into it, but I still don’t think it’s good enough for the show. Especially since it was Stiles (Dylan O’Brien), who decided to train Scott, controlling his anger and his transformation. At the end, it was all Stiles, even though he doesn’t know anything about werewolves, while the one, who should train Scott, because he knows werewolves, is just sitting there, doing nothing, caring about his own business. Or saving his own life. The scene in the parking garage was over the top though. Derek wants Scott to stay away from Allison, Scott says he’s staying away from Allison, and one smashcut later, the two lovebirds are about to make a sex video with a Lykke Li song playing through the scene.

I don’t really know what to think of Stiles’ training lesson with Scott though. In the middle of the lacrosse field, Stiles is smashing balls into Scott, and both of them didn’t think that somebody, who might see them, might think that scenery being super awkward? Did the writers actually think about that scene, or was it really just there for Jackson (Colton Haynes) to see, and for him to get into the story? With it, the SFX of Scott’s heart rates on the phone reminded me too much of medical dramas in TV – the producers could have found another SFX for the tones coming from the phone. Especially during the class room scene – did nobody notice the phone going off heavily in the class room? One plothole after another…

And there we are: Jackson is getting more awkward. Now he’s spitting out a werewolf hand in his daydreams? I seriously don’t know what the writers are up to here. Are they planning to make Jackson a werewolf, but wait for the season finale, because it is “more fitting” for the story? Is Jackson just having nightmares, but the writers wait for the answer until the season finale, because it is “much fitting” to have some suspense throughout the season? What the hell is going on here, and why aren’t there any answers?

I liked that Allison (Crystal Reed) is part of the mythology now. Finally she is starting to ask questions, and finally she is becoming the Lois Lane of TEEN WOLF, and I really would wish for her to learn soon, what the whole deal with those “mountain lions” is, maybe even that Scott is one of them. Does anybody still remember THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and how fast Elena learned about the vampires? I’d wish for the same to happen here. But hey, at least Allison is starting to become serious. I just don’t like that Allison and Jackson connected in the episode. Of course it had to happen some time. Ugly storyline still ugly – hopefully the writers don’t overdo this one.

So, and what’s with all the red herrings? Mr. Harris (Adam Fristoe), Derek’s uncle (Ian Bohen), the veterinarian (Seth Gilliam) – three suspects, and probably more than just one alpha (as I was reading through IMDb and all the theories). I’m about to believe we haven’t seen the alpha yet, and these three characters are just plain boring red herrings. The episode was basically saved by its monstrous and really good cliffhanger. If the writers really are able to kill off one of its major characters now, they have back my respect. But if not, I will hate this show forever and ever. 6.5/10

The werewolf did not agree with Jackson

Plus one to sixty-nine

It seems like the series is becoming better, when it comes to storytelling. Even though this wasn’t the most perfect episode of the series so far, the writers finally start to develop a feel for the show. It is getting darker, there are more threats, there’s an enemy coming up, and the characters are finally developed to a stage, where they have reasons to be in the show.

Still, the first three quarters of the episode were lame, had great flaws, and wasted time until the great last act came to show what TEEN WOLF really can be about. I didn’t care about Allison’s (Crystal Reed) birthday or how she spent her birthday with Scott (Tyler Posey); I didn’t care that the episode just teased a possible hook-up between Stiles (Dylan O’Brien) and Lydia (Holland Roden), despite the whole thing looking like the Seth/Summer syndrome; and I basically didn’t care that everybody is looking for the alpha, but no one knows who the alpha is. I have the feeling somebody’s lying big time. In addition to having the feeling that either the new creepy teacher or Scott’s veterinarian doctor are the alpha. At least they are on my suspect list very high now. Like I said, the only really good part about the episode was the parent-teacher conference, and the cuts to what the kids are really doing nowadays. And I even liked that the conference talks were kinda funny too. Finally somebody makes fun of Stiles’ name, and even more, finally Jackson (Colton Haynes) is somehow involved in the story, even though I don’t really buy that he has an obsession over all the events, and even though I shockingly rolled my eyes, when it was mentioned that he’s adopted. Suddenly there is a minor C arc building in the show, and I don’t want it to be the search for Jackson’s birth parents. No way I’m gonna live through that. But who knows, maybe Jackson’s birth parents are the alpha, and that’s why he was given up for adoption in the first place… I would rather experience this twist than one of my two people on the suspects list being the alpha, because it’s neat, and somewhat unexpected. And it would show that the writers actually planned the story ahead.

So, Derek (Tyler Hoechlin) is still in a couple of conflicts. First I hate how Derek doesn’t even teach Scott, and second I hated that Kate (Jill Wagner) was electrifying Derek, even though she learned he is not a killer, on the look for the alpha, and maybe even the good guy here. Though that scene kinda established that both Kate and Chris (JR Bourne) really are the bad guys, who are hunting animals. But what I really hated about the Kate/Derek scene was the overdramatization of it all. Kate learns that Derek doesn’t know anything about the alpha, but wants revenge anyway. All of it tanked into a dramatic score, which absolutely didn’t fit with the information dump. And count me in on those people, who thought that Derek running through the woods naked was a bit too much TWILIGHT. I rolled with my eyes and almost puked out my strawberries I was eating while watching. TEEN WOLF doesn’t need those flashy scenes, the writers and producers should work on the drama of the show, instead giving me naked bodies.

Some final words for the ending: Not really a great one. I liked the little panic when the wolf or mountain lion came, but somehow the whole suspense of the show puffed away, when Scott was practically doing nothing, and when the sheriff was out cold after being hit by a car. 6.5/10

Lydia is clearly bored out of her mind

A Twilight fan is running through the woods

Can you imagine? A series on MTV, rated PG, but showing blood, and a scene where a teenager almost hacks off the arm of a human werewolf. The Parents Television Council is going to have a field day with this episode, especially since both PTC and MTV are so not friends with each other. Despite that, the episode was actually entertaining. It moved forward the story, it introduced a new character, and it asks question, whether which werewolf is more dangerous, if ever. In addition to the question who the alpha is – a character we have seen already?

Okay, thinking about it, this was another episode, which was so not unique in its story and not surprising. Only one moment was really cool, because I wanted to know how Scott (Tyler Posey) comes out of this situation, but he literally was saved by a condom. Yes, ladies and germs, the scene with Kate (Jill Wagner) asking what Scott has taken from her bag was interesting and thrilling as hell – I really wanted the situation to go overboard and deliver something real good, but then Allison (Crystal Reed) came with a condom and saved Scott. Oh my Gawd, that was a really lame twist, and the writers missed a hell of an opportunity to make the story suspenseful. Other than that, finally Scott steps forward and takes matters into his own hands, even though he was forced to do it. But in the previous three episodes I never had the feeling he wanted to do something against something, and this time he is doing something. Though I don’t believe that he was doing it to save Derek’s (Tyler Hoechlin) life. Yeah, I kinda wonder why Scott was so interested in Derek’s life, even though he proved not to be the one who bit Scott and the fact that mystery surrounds him. Like: Did the writers forgot Derek’s sister?

The big problem about this story was the “magic bullet” though. It seems ridiculous and not thought through, when the element in the bullet, which eventually kills Derek, heals him at the end – within only five seconds! That was a laughable piece of entertainment, and I wonder how everybody would think this is getting through to the audience. Was there nobody thinking about at least some mythology about the Verveine? Or how werewolves can save themselves from a magic bullet with mysterious blue dust and stuff? Har har.

Kate is an interesting little character, as long as she stays right in front of all the clichés. The series could do with a kick-ass female character besides Allison though, and it wouldn’t hurt when Scott gets another antagonist besides the alpha, Allison’s father (JR Bourne), who has finally gotten a name, and Kate (and maybe Derek). This is why TEEN WOLF got a bit interesting, since the new antagonist (who will probably turn out to be a friend at some point in the series) adds some new thrill as well. I just didn’t really like how she treated Scott during the dinner. Somehow she wanted to be the cool aunt, somehow the writers wanted her to be the Lorelai Gilmore for Allison, but it didn’t really work for me. Too forced, too loose, sometimes even too annoying.

And the writers really have to change the way of writing Stiles (Dylan O’Brien). He is annoying as hell now, and he doesn’t work as the comic relief in the show. Either he is becoming the character involved in all the werewolf situations, or he is going to be the first one who dies because of it. But I can’t live through his comedy bits, because the writers chose to make him the funny guy. It doesn’t fit with the tone of the show. 6/10

This scene was PG rated

This scene was PG rated

I’m getting a problem with this show. Mainly because of its inability to find an own tone, to be unique, to be surprising. After three episodes, TEEN WOLF is still knee-deep in the box of clichés, and way too far into being an MTV series. If the network wants to reinvent itself, it needs to start not to tell the storylines of the scripted shows with the help of the soundtrack, because the moments look fake.

Let’s take the fight between werewolf-Derek (Tyler Hoechlin) and werewolf-Scott (Tyler Posey) for example and let’s compare it with THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. The vampire show has learned not to destroy the suspenseful moments with a soundtrack, which does not suit the scene. What does TEEN WOLF? Having a somewhat medal-ish song running throughout the scene, where the two werewolves are bashing into each other. A truly suspenseful moment, which was ruined with its soundtrack. Something the TEEN WOLF producers have to learn, and I really hope they were into the series in a learning-by-doing process, or the whole first season becomes like this.

The episode was actually alright. The writers took some time for the characters and never went overboard with the mythology. I just would have wished for the group date to be more awkward for both Scott and Jackson (Colton Haynes). It’s okay when Jackson reveals that he thinks something mysterious might be up with Scott, but I would have thought they hated the date, because it was a group thing – the whole talk in school during lunch was basically about nothing, because Scott proved to be good in bowling and Jackson proved to be an ass like he always is.

Other than that I’m glad that the story arc of the episode was able to get us some answers. I was a bit surprised that Derek is not the one who bit Scott, and that his character finally has a meaning in the show. The whole Alpha/Beta wolf classification was lame though, but I like the fact that some wolves still behave in packs. That doesn’t just mean there are many wolves out there in the series’ mythology, but it puts a complete different spin to the genre, which could be refreshing, as long as the writers do use the new mythology, and not waste it for some Alpha vs Beta thing. Are there Gamma wolves too, if I can ask? 6/10

Part date, part bowl schooling, part something else

There's action in this MTV series too, you know...

It doesn’t really look good for TEEN WOLF in my summer schedule. Though the episode wasn’t a total mess, it was somehow awkward, compared to its pilot, and especially compared to other teen-mysteries on television. This episode managed to be somewhat different from its pilot, and copies even more from its genre contenders than ever before. And that means something – I just don’t know if that means the writers don’t have any own ideas, or if this show was safely produced with digging out all the clichés from other TV shows.

It already begins with the fact that this episode was purely a twin to “Friday Night Bites” from THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. It’s a monster’s first game in sports (football versus lacrosse), and all the troubles lying ahead for both Stefan in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and Scott (Tyler Posey) in TEEN WOLF are pretty much the same. It’s where I was really thinking about turning off my laptop, just to not see the same over and over. Then I remembered: I watch too many television shows, and all the stories repeat over and over. And maybe there’s still hope left for TEEN WOLF. There’s just the question, if I should let hope alive for the rest of the season.

The problems I’ve had: While the pilot was mostly free of any humor, this episode was forced to be funny. Stiles (Dylan O’Brien) was most notably the character, who had to suffer under this not-so-great writing, and the writers didn’t really bring Scott into the whole mix of being funny. As id the episode told us that Stiles is the funny sidekick, not one of the other characters. And especially not Scott. The next problem: The relationship between Allison (Crystal Reed) and Scott feels pressured as well. I can’t buy her affection for him, and I can’t buy that she has the hots for him, after he pretty much delivered one awkward moment after another. Maybe Allison digs guys like Scott, but how should I know, when Allison doesn’t get any type of characterizations over the first two episodes? The third problem: The rivalry between Scott and his lacrosse team mates. As if somebody in the production team said “We have to make the lacrosse team hate Scott’s guts”. The thing is just: There was no reason. Why is the team hating Scott, even though he seems to be the best player on the field? Why is he still being hated, after he scored three points in the last minute? And why didn’t Scott try his werewolf stunts earlier in the game to get recognition? Why had it to be the last seconds of the game. From a writer’s point of view, there’s no mistake in making the life of your main hero difficult, but you must have reason to do it, otherwise the whole show gets illogical and inconsistent.

But there were a few good moments, which saved the episode: like the mythology, which seems thought about and actually mysterious. I just don’t like how the writers want to keep Derek (Tyler Hoechlin) mysterious in letting him look like a creep and show him as a potential antagonist, even though he said something about “being brothers” to Scott in the pilot (that’s what I mean with inconsistencies – it brings the whole show down, when the writers don’t look for it). The revelation of the dead werewolf girl being Derek’s sister was neat, in addition to the question, if there are various werewolf types out there.

Short things even shorter: weaker than the pilot, more mistakes in the script than before, but TEEN WOLF remains a somewhat likable show. I want this show to work, I want the buddy friendship between Stiles and Scott to be funny, I want the love romance between Scott and Allison to work. But the writers do shit about it at the moment… 4.5/10

Creepy Derek has a creepy look

Did nobody tell Stiles to not phone while driving?