Hey youtubers it's Charlie and this week on Teen Wolf they paid off the young Derek plot
and teased the Benefactor, the main villain of season 4.
There were a few funny moments, but the Kate Were-Jaguar story turned out to be something
way sneakier.
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I was really glad they resolved the big mystery of young derek in episode 1, but because the
real story was something totally different we need to spend most of our time talking
about that.
So what I'm going to do is Top 5 Moments, then a quick breakdown of the new character
they introduced and what he's going to be doing this season and then an overall review
of the episode.
Careful for spoilers if you haven't seen the episode yet, but here we go.
Number 5 - Malia Meets Peter
So in case you missed it last season, Malia is Peter's biological daughter, her mother
was Mrs Tate, married to Mr Tate.
Her mother had an affair with Peter, but she was raised as Mr Tate's daughter.
Everyone thought she died, but then during season 3 she appeared after living as a coyote
for years.
Cut to now where she's completely failing at history class in the most adorable way
possible.
Her meeting Peter was huge, Peter knew exactly who she was but she doesn't know he's her
father.
Remember earlier in the episode Scott told Stiles that telling the truth was always the
best way to go.
Them not telling Malia about Peter will probably bite them in the ass later this season, literally.
Malia would totally bite someone.
I also caught some Peter vibes coming off Malia, she's got a lot of his rage and impulsiveness.
Peter is a little more subtle just having the benefit of years of experience but I can
totally see his subconscious presence in her.
Not like when he was controlling Lydia, but shades of him behind her eyes.
I wonder if that means there's a high likelihood she'll betray the pack for Peter when she
learns the truth.
I think Stiles is her anchor, so if she were ever forced to choose I think the outcome
would depend on where their relationship is and what he does to win her back.
Doesn't it kind of seem like anyone associated with the Hale family gets tied up in a betrayal
plot sooner or later.
Even Derek who was BFFs with Scott during season 3 had been an antagonist before that.
Definitely a high probability of Malia flip flopping sides back and forth this year.
Number 4 - Kate Wants To Control Her Shifting
It was a little confusing, Kate was being manipulated just like she was manipulating
Young Derek.
She really did want the Triskelion so she could control her shifting.
And Yes, I do think she'll listen to Peter's advice and figure it out on her own eventually.
It's been a while since I've seen the triskelion symbol too so whenever Peter called it out
I actually thought of the Triskelion on Marvel's Agents of SHIELD.
It's a giant base that doubles as prison for supervillains in the Marvel Universe.
The Hale Family's Triskelion means a bunch of different things, usually each time it
shows up like in season 1, season 2 and season 3.
It's a metaphor for something different.
In greek and celtic mythology it represents the stages of life, like birth, life, death
and the stages of the moon.
New, half and Full.
In this episode I think for Derek and Kate it represents Past, Present and Future because
of their previous relationship and Derek's physical transformation.
But for Peter and Malia I think it represented Mother, Father, Daughter.
It's all about progression, family and relationships.
Which is what a lot of this episode teased.
Number 3 - Lydia's Powers Start To Manifest More
So Lydia spacing out into Banshee mode and finding the murder scene is going to keep
happening until she learns to control her powers.
Just like Kate is trying to learn to control her shifts.
I like to think they're on the same path, learning to control their demon powers, even
though Kate is a were jaguar I'm just going to think of her as a demon.
A really nasty one.
I like that they used the cell phone pictures for comedy.
It wouldn't be Lydia if they didn't try to make if funny.
I feel like her comedic powers exist in a direct relationship with her proximity to
Stiles.
The closer they drift together, the funnier she gets.
I can't imagine how sticky that bathroom was after they filmed that scene.
In some of the trailers we saw scenes of Lydia investigating murders, this goes into the
idea of the Benefactor and the Deadpool List which I'll explain in a second.
But there's going to be a lot of serial killings going on.
For Lydia it will be like moth to flame.
So until she learns to control her power, in each new episode she's going to space out
and just show up at random dead bodies.
I like that they used a bathroom for this first big kill.
I kind of thought it was a callback to the bathroom in episode 1, the one Kate refused
to kill
Number 2 - Young Derek Transformers Back to Regular Derek
This was another logic jump the show was asking you to make, but remember he was transforming
back while he was going apeshit on the berserkers.
Who knew young derek was so good at krav maga and parkour?
This was all happening while Peter was explaining how to use anger to control the shift.
It made me think that young Derek just tapped into his primal rage and that's what caused
him to revert back to normal.
The only issue I had with this was they didn't do a great job of explaining the mechanics
of young Derek.
Like what kind of a spell did Kate use to make his body and mind revert to a younger
state and if a young Derek could transform into old Derek using raw emotion, how come
Old Derek can't do the same thing in reverse.
Feel free to write your theory about the time travel magic in the comments.
But I think Stiles dad making the silly timey wimey explanation was a note to us the viewers
from the writers saying, don't poke too many holes in this.
And my Number 1 Moment - The Benefactor Appears and Reveals The True Plan
It's a bit of a deus ex machina, but that person at the end is The Benefactor.
He's the main villain this season and the one who used Kate to get to the Bearer Bonds.
All kinds of questions here but I have a few theories about why he took the money.
Creator Jeff Davis was talking about the idea of the Deadpool list in season 4.
A kill list of all the supernatural creatures living in Beacon Hills.
The Benefactor is behind it or will be behind it and I think he's going to use those Bearer
Bonds to finance the kills.
He has to pay out when someone kills a name on the list.
So presumably, a hunter could make a shit load of money by killing a bunch of werewolves,
kanima or anything else living in the area.
Joseph Gatt is the actor listed as playing the Benefactor.
In case you didn't see it, he played a warg on Game of Thrones Season 4.
You can't tell from this picture, but he's super huge.
Like as big as one of the berserkers.
It's unclear why the Benefactor character wants all the supernatural creatures dead,
but we can eliminate some familiar faces from being responsible, like Peter.
It's seemed like he genuinely flipped out when his money was stolen.
But wouldn't it be crazy if this was like Usual Suspects and he was the Verbal Kint,
the Kevin Spacey character that secretly turns out to be Kaiser Sose.
I don't think that's what's going on, but I like the idea that Peter is the Loki of
the series, always the trickster.
You can never trust your eyes or ears when he's around.
He's always working some long con to regain his alpha status.
Remember, his eyes still glow blue, not Alpha Red.
So let me know what your favorite moment was and why do you think the Benefactor wants
to kill all supernatural creatures in Beacon Hills.
And will it cause a mega alliance to form.
There's a lot more than just werewolves living there.
Here's a couple important things that didn't make it into my top 5, but that are important.
The pairings.
I liked the way they mixed and matched characters from last episode.
Last week it was Kira and Malia, this week we saw Kira go off with Lydia.
I really like the way pairing people brings unexpected energy.
Like when Malia went off with Scott and Peter had what was probably the funniest line in
the episode "We're not exactly a brain trust of geniuses here".
You wouldn't get that if they always paired Scott with Stiles because Stiles is the genius.
I'm really looking forward to more Malia Peter scenes, we still need to see Stiles and Kira
get some moments and Malia and Lydia, actually I take it all back, Malia and Lydia is who
I want to see together next.
They can go all Scooby Doo on one of Lydia's murder scenes.
The Kira Scott relationship is probably going to take the longest to get anywhere but I
think it will.
Malia and Stiles are definitely a thing and Stiles and Lydia are like the sexless old
couple that just crack jokes.
Or like buddy cops that have an unconsummated relationship.
Stiles and Lydia would make for a great True Detective Season 2
And Malia is now my new favorite character.
She's got all of the right qualities to kick butt while getting herself into hilarious
situations and stay adorable while she's making a mess of things.
Like history class.
She's like a puppy.
You can't get mad at a puppy.
Scott is still on the path to becoming a leader even though he's a true alpha.
That whole history speech about great leaders failing greatly was foreshadowing for him.
It's not a spoiler since Jeff Davis explained the new character Liam.
But he's going to be Scott's beta.
I don't know how or why Scott will turn him, but remember what the Calvares said.
If he ever turned a person they'd come for him too.
So eventually they'll show up, for better or worse.
Hopefully they'll help with Kate while they're around.
Overall I thought the episode was a solid B plus, it did an okay job of resolving the
Derek plot even if the explanation defied logic.
And it did a good job of setting up the interpack dynamics and plots going forward.
Detective Banshee, Failed Leader made stronger by the experience and the romantic 'ships.
We still need to meet the new freshman lacrosse players which I think is in episode 3.
But in the meantime, I'll try to get a bonus video out next Monday, be sure to subscribe
to get it.
I think I'll either make it about the lore of the Triskelion or feel free to suggest
some other aspect of Teen Wolf lore.
Right now click here for my episode 1 review and click here for my personal Q&A I did during
VidCon.
I answer all kinds of weird questions about myself you guys asked me.
It was fun.
Thanks for watching, see you guys tomorrow.
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