Teen Wolf: Bad Wolf Rising

Teen Wolf: Bad Wolf RisingHoly. Hell!

Tonight’s Teen Wolf went psycho as Scott lost his damn mind after his breakup with Allison left him reeling. Too bad there was a full moon around the corner to accentuate said “reeling,” which resulted in Scott becoming a leering lunatic hellbent on ripping anything that lands in his path to shreds. Meanwhile, Jackson pretty much makes his move on Allison and the Argents geared up for war after getting a tip from a close source.

Bad Ass Scott

We knew that the breakup would seriously affect Scott, but our expectations were pretty low on just how much the guy would react to being severed from Allison/his anchor. The upcoming full moon increased his stress levels and he was a mess when it came to being focused and even caring about what was going on around him, which tends to happen to anyone after an emotional breakup even without being a werewolf. In Scott’s case however, he chose being a First Class punk as his way of dealing and it was oh so good…

While most of what Scott endured included heightened panic attacks and delusions, the man also went as far as making out with Lydia of all people after he trying to ask her where Allison’s mind was at concerning him and doing a favor for Stiles by trying to see if Lydia had any feelings for his sidekick. That was a pretty wild scene and it also insinuated the second time Scott has hurt Stiles since werewolves have become a nuisance in their friendship. I wonder if this was the last straw for Stiles or if he will give Scott another (final) shot before throwing the deuces on the whole wolf situation. The Lydia thing was seriously a low brow thing for ScottTeen Wolf: Bad Wolf Rising to do to Stiles, but wait till it gets back to Allison… Need I say more?

While it’s easy to place blame on the full moon for Scott’s actions, I have to also throw in the possibility of the Alpha pulling Scott’s strings from a safe distance as a factor as well. The mental messages on the test and the images of Jackson and Allison making out were enough for Scott to snap and attack Allison and Jackson without a second thought. Our Teen Wolf reached that point tonight and would’ve succeeded in his task if it wasn’t for the return of Derek “Freaking” Hale! Did anyone else yelp in joy when Derek came to the rescue again? Scott better have a damn good explanation for implicating Derek in coming after him and the others in the school, because the guy just might get tired of bailing his ass out of situations only to get kicked in the face for his services.

Let’s just say that Scott needs to work on his social skills a bit more nowadays…

One thing is for sure, Tyler Posey looked as if he had fun playing psychotic Scott, which worked well for us, because we ate up every creepy stare, every bad ass move, and every throat-cutting piece of dialogue he threw at us tonight. The man owns this role now and it shows in abundance.

Jackson’s On The Move

While Scott was losing his damn mind, Jackson was playing Rico Suave by putting the moves on Allison and not even caring if Lydia knew about it or not. Although, he did look a bit miffed to find out he wasn’t the one who disrupted Lydia’s carefully applied lipstick, yet he’s wiping food off Allison’s lip in the most seductive way possible. Hypocrite much?

Teen Wolf: Bad Wolf RisingBack to the issue at hand, Jackson seems as if he genuinely cares about Allison, but what if it’s all a ruse to piss Scott off? Or what if he’s being controlled by the Alpha into unconsciously pursuing Allison in order to slowly drive Scott to go insane and kill both of them? Both are plausible and both could possibly be what’s happening to our jock with a huge chip on his shoulder.

Then there is Jackson’s obsession of finding out what Scott’s issue it. He got another clue tonight in the form of Scott’s nail being embedded in the roof of his car, but was it just me or did anyone else think that was sort of lame for Jackson to still have Scott’s glove in his drawer after all this time? Plus, becoming a co-captain on the lacrosse team with Scott will only enhance Jackson’s role as the Teen Wolf’s stalker. Territorial much?

The Argents Are Locked and Loaded…

The Hunters were ready to take down Derek Hale after his name was attached to the school incident, which became personal due to Allison’s involvement. Two things that I did not expect: 1) I didn’t expect the Argents to zero in on Stiles as being the werewolf, unless they are planning on using Stiles as bait to lure Scott to their clutches. 2) I also didn’t expect Mrs. Argent to go Ellen Ripley on our asses when she made it clear what her husband and Kate’s orders were if they found Derek. Forget Kate, this Argent female is not one to mess with it seems.

I knew Allison would be the one to let slip about what happened at school on last week’s episode, but I was pretty surprised at howTeen Wolf: Bad Wolf Rising long she held all that in. Given that her folks are pretty over protective, it would seem as if that information would’ve left her lips four days before it actually did. I don’t know, but it just seemed a bit… off.

The Alpha Is…

One last surprise of the episode was the almost reveal of the Alpha as he morphed into his human form. This told us two things: 1) it’s not a black male, which eliminates Scott’s boss, and 2) it’s not female, which debunks the Scott’s mother or one of the Argent women theories. However there is one suggestion flowing in my mind that could still keep those theories in play: could another Alpha be arriving in town?

While it could be frowned upon to introduce a new Alpha into the plot, I think this season’s end game will be Scott and Derek killing the wrong Alpha. I don’t exactly know if that will be the case, but it would be a good ruse if Derek’s “you must kill your maker” theory rings true.

Random Thoughts

– Lydia finally acted on her attraction to Scott, which I’m sure everyone thought was coming, but it still seems all kinds of wrong to me.

– Did anyone else catch the shout-out to the original Teen Wolf movie when Scott demands for the thug to return the vodka bottle? If you didn’t, then you should YouTube Michael J. Fox getting pissed as he tries to buy a kegger in the original 1985 movie.

– Stiles’s family life was revealed a little bit more tonight and is it me or is Stiles just as mysterious as the other characters on the show? How about some Teen Wolf webisodes centered around him only?

– So the word “lunatic” was formed from the concept of a full moon? Makes perfect sense to me…

We have four episodes of Teen Wolf left to go, people! It’s going to be one long year until season two. What are your theories so far?

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