After weeks without a name, the new monster terrorizing the denizens of Beacon Hills finally received an official moniker on last night’s Teen Wolf. However, a quick search on Google turned up not one iota of information about the beast, so we have an original monster on our hands, which harkens back to the days of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its endless supply of new demons to terrorize Sunnydale. But before I get into a Buffy/Joss Whedon fit, let’s stay focused and discuss what Teen Wolf laid out in front of us last night.
Kenema, the Abomination
Like I said in my preview of tonight’s episode, the Argents had no clue of the new monster’s identity, despite Stiles and Allen the Vet’s theories on the hunters having a bestiary of sorts (side note: the bestiality/bestiary running gag was hilarious!). With that said, the search for Gerard’s bestiary became sort of fruitless once the Hunters didn’t have a clue about what The Vet was telling them. If they did, then they should have easily deduced what the hell they were dealing with and planned to take it out as needed. With that said, at the end of the day I could care less about the logic of how that particular plot point was handled, because it introduced the concept of a Teen Wolf bestiary and that is all that matters. Moving on…
While the Kenema was running around and slicing people, we learned that the beast paralyzes its victims with a slimy substance from its hands/claws, kills at will, is a shape-shifter, is (strangely) scared of water and seemingly knows our boy Stilenski, a fact that easily became the most creepy thing about the creature by far. Then Derek adds more intrigue to the beast by revealing not only its name, but that it is an abomination in the werewolf mythos and doesn’t even know its own identity. With that knowledge, two things come to mind: 1) there goes my theory about the Chemistry Teacher being the beast and 2) Lydia and Jackson have become the prime suspects, especially with their personal weird behavior as of late. More on that in another post.
We also learned that Gerard is not as dumb as Scott and Allison thought and knows exactly that Scott is one with the Wolf Pack of Beacon Hills on occasion. And like any true villain, Gerard is going to have a bit of ‘fun’ with Scott, which might entail using Scott as a ‘search dog’ to sniff out other werewolves. Plus, did anyone else flinch when Michael Logan flipped his crazy switch on tonight? The man is clearly owning the role of Gerard and trumps Ian Bohan’s Peter Hale/Alpha villain in abundance. Here’s hoping he doesn’t become too much of a softy later on down the line.
Finally, we’ve come to Derek’s pack, who are proving to be too much of a handful for our 
new fearless leader. As predicted, these three will be a problem of sorts, especially with their newfound power driving them to make dumbass decisions. I’m sure Derek informed the trio about Gerard being an Argent/werewolf hunter, yet Boyd still shows his ass on the lacrosse field despite Gerard having a front row seat to the festivities. If Gerard knew about Scott, then who is to say he didn’t pick up on Boyd’s yellow eyes and the steam coming from his head? Maybe Derek should reconsider this whole recruitment process…
Small Tidbits
– Like I said above, Jackson and Lydia became prime suspects in the Kenema monster mystery after their storylines revealed some new tidbits about each of them, most notably Jackson. After finding out that the tape Jackson made of himself is missing two hours of footage, we deduced that something did happen to the wannabe Alpha male during the full moon. Now the question is not only what happened in those two hours, but who edited the tape to include a time loop to hide Jackson’s whereabouts?
– Lydia met with a guidance counselor played by Bianca Lawson (Pretty Little Liars, The Vampire Diaries, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer) in her first adult role in like forever. She will be on for a few more episodes, so maybe she will have some connection to one of the million mysteries on the show further down the road. However, I’m glad that she’s not playing 16 again. I’m just saying. As for Lydia herself, what is up with the self-mutilation?
– Speaking of that scene, what’s the deal with the weird dude Lydia spoke with outside the guidance counselor’s office? I need to know his relevancy, because we have enough red herrings on Teen Wolf as it is…
– And finally… who or what is The Vet?!?! We got a name (Allen) and we know that not only do the Hunters know who he is, but Gerard of all people know about Allen the Vet’s escapades. Is he an ex-hunter? A witch of sorts? A werewolf sympathiser? This is one mystery that needs to be solved yesterday.
– Stiles and Derek should just get their own web series, because when these two are paired together in a scene they completely own it. Plus, isn’t it cool that despite all the hell Derek has put him through, Stiles stills comes to the rescue for the guy? Simply amazing.
What were your thoughts on last night’s Teen Wolf?
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