This week’s episode was
nowhere near as good as last week. The whole episode was a little all
over the place but ignoring the confusing timeline and disappointing
follow through are some of the best character moments of the season.
It also saw some of the best performances of the season, the whole
cast blew it out of the park.
Stiles, Allison and Isaac
search for the missing parents, Scott comes to terms with his
decision to join Deucalion and Derek pays a terrible price to save
his sister Cora. Along the way Stiles and Lydia share an intimate
moment, Peter continues his manipulation of Derek and Scott finds out
about the flirtation between Allison and Isaac. The episode ends with
Scott, Stiles and Allison making performing a dangerous ritual in
order to save their parents. There is also a rather well done plot
twist.
This episode suffered
many of the same problems of early episodes; the timeline was
confusing, the reasoning unsatisfactory and it failed to follow
through on a number of the events of the previous episode. Last week,
Scott’s decision to join the Alpha pack had seemed disastrous but
this week there seemed to be very few consequences. Scott was able to
save Ms Morrell, find out vital information and then leave the moment
that his friends called for help. It was hardly the dire situation it
was painted to be.
On the other side the
search for the parents was beautifully done – with the exception of
Chris Argent purposely getting himself caught without a plan for
escape. Watching Stiles and Allison break down at the loss of their
only parent was heartbreaking and Sheriff Stilinski’s emotional
speech about his wife’s death was quite the tearjerker. At the same
time Derek’s storyline still lacks emotional resonance because his
sister Cora is little more than a two-dimensional plot device.
The best moment of the
episode involved an astonishing realistic depiction of a panic attack
followed by a sweet kiss between Stiles and Lydia. The scene was
played beautifully by Dylan O’Brien and Holland Roden with just the
right amount of hope without pushing it too far. Surprisingly, while
the moment had a hint of hope for something more it was more about
cementing the friendship that has been building all season rather
than romance. It was refreshing.
Realistically, at this
stage there is no way that Teen Wolf can tie up all the loose
ends left by this season. All I want out of the final is an exciting
adventure focusing on the key friendships that have been the best
part of this hit and miss of a season. If I get that, then I will
probably be convinced to follow this show through into the next
adventure.
Review by Yvonne
Popplewell
More of Yvonne’s work
can be found at her
blog.
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