Hello there.
Since I restarted this channel last year, I get a lot of questions about Teen Wolf canon
and behind the scenes stuff on the regular.
Some of those questions I’ve already addressed in videos that I put out back when hardly
anyone was watching the channel.
So, I figured I would collect some of those earlier recordings on things like how the
basic Teen Wolf timeline worked, how Beacon Hills got its name and some other behind the scenes things.
In other words, for y’all who have been subscribed for a while, this is mostly going to be stuff you’ve
heard before, but I’m sure it’s all new to somebody.
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One of the most confusing things for fans seems to be the Teen Wolf Timeline.
It still confuses me when I try to explain it but here’s an earlier attempt I made
where I think I made it pretty simple.
The entire run of Teen Wolf lasted less than three years in Beacon Hills Time.
It starts in January of Year 1 with Scott and Stiles returning for a new semester at
school and ends in the Autumn of Year 3 with a new school year just started.
I know it seems longer but it’s not.
The gap between Season 1 and Season 2 was just three days and while they did space out
the rest a bit more, it all fits between the midpoint of Scott’s Sophomore year and the
Autumn after his Senior year.
I’ve linked to the official Teen Wolf timeline in the description for those who still have doubts.
It’s really not funny that I had to do all that math myself.
Normally, when I have a question like that, I’d just ask Jeff Davis.
But we all know that a cohesive timeline was never a priority for him so…
One thing I did get to ask him directly in one of our interviews was how he came up with
the name for the town in Teen Wolf.
Beacon Hills, California is one of the best-known fictional towns in the United States, but
how did it get its name?
We learned in Season 3 that Beacon Hills is home to a very powerful supernatural object
known as the Nemeton.
It's a Druid ceremonial site that is, according to Doctor Deaton, at the root of much of the
creature activity in the town.
Deaton: It will draw them here like a beacon.
Oh – I see what you did there.
Beacon Hills is a beacon for the supernatural.
Very clever Jeff Davis, so you thought of that when you were first working on the pilot?
Jeff: I did not.
Yeah.
That sort of developed.
I picked the name Beacon Hills because the original name of the town in the original
Teen Wolf movie, Michael J. Fox movie, was Beacon Town and it didn’t sort of roll off
the tongue as nicely as I liked it so I added Hills, yeah.”
Also of note, Beacon Town is in Nebraska and does not, as far as I know, have a magical
magnetic tree stump.
Also, if you noticed in that video of the old Teen Wolf movie trailer, they were obviously
driving around in southern California so, yeah, not really very Nebraska-like when you
see palm trees and recognizable street signs in South Pasadena.
I mean, our Teen Wolf was set in northern California but they at least used terrain
and locations that kinda matched even when they were in Atlanta for Seasons one and two.
Speaking of filming in Georgia, one of the problems with moving the production to Los
Angeles for Season 3 was what to do with the Atlanta actors who were still on the show.
Folks like Melissa Ponzio and Linden Ashby were already living bi-coastal, but the
actors who played Lydia’s dad and Adrian Harris were solidly based in the south.
In universe the change meant Lydia’s parents split up and her mother, Linden Ashby’s
wife Susan Walters, took a bigger role.
But, for Adam Fristoe, the guy who played Adrian Harris, it meant the end.
Adrian Harris was that teacher at Beacon Hills High School.
He was not a nice guy so when he ended up tied to a tree in the Season 3 episode Unleashed,
the sympathy from the Teen Wolf fandom wasn’t flowing in his direction.
It appeared that Adrian Harris died that night but the question wasn’t immediately resolved
on the show leading to some confusion.
One of our subscribers, Erik, wanted some clarification.
What happened to the teacher Harris?
Of course, it seemed that he was killed by Jennifer, but his body was never recovered.
It is something that simply stuck with me.
The chemistry teacher didn’t appear on screen very much but he certainly made an impression.
He inadvertently ended up at the center of two of the show’s biggest mysteries.
It was Harris who taught Kate Argent how to get away with arson before she set fire to
the Hale House and his car kept showing up at the scenes of Kanima attacks in Season two.
He was also mean to Stiles, doted on Jackson and gave Isaac detention in a small space
which was very upsetting to watch.
I don’t think many people liked Harris but even his haters had to be a little surprised
when, while begging for his life, he admitted to helping the Darach kill people.
Harris: I did what you asked.
I did everything.
Dude, that is rotten.
And while the final moments of the episode showed the rope tighten and Harris’ neck
flop we never saw the dead body like we did with the other sacrifices.
And, as fans will do, Erik came up a theory.
I remember that Chris Argent had a map of the sites people were sacrificed and that
he may have found Harris and hidden his corpse to avoid further panic and investigation from
the police.
Another possibility is of course that Jennifer got rid of the body, although it’s odd that
she left most of her 12 victims to be found.
It turns out they did address Harris’ fate on screen, but it was more than six months
later and you’re forgiven if you missed it.
It was barely a blink of a shot in Season 3 episode 13.
Did you catch it?
No?
Here it is again.
Too fast?
Here you go.
There’s our teacher of the year Harris on the Sheriff’s death calendar listed with
the other Darach victims.
While it’s not definitive, it suggests his body was found and the case is now part of
the recent supernatural crime spree the sheriff has to cover up.
This last one I included in this collection only because it still pisses me off that someone
would ask such a silly question.
The show gave us a simple and elegant explanation that Jeff wove into the very fabric of the
Teen Wolf universe.
I saw someone complaining on the Teen Wolf Reddit the other day.
A complaint?
On Reddit?
What?
That’s a shocker I know.
But this one caught my eye because it’s a question the show answered over and over again
Why do Allison, her dad and other hunters use bow and arrow when they already own all the guns?
There’s one main reason given back in Season 2 when Allison’s dad had her kidnapped and
tied to a chair.
Boy that sounds really bad when you say it out loud.
How about this, there’s one main reason given back in Season 2 when Allison was going
through her hunter initiation in the episode Ice Pick.
Chris: Do you know why we use arrows?
Allison: They can’t heal until it’s taken out.
And that goes beyond just werewolves.
In Season 3, we saw a young Chris Argent shoot an Oni in the face with a silver bullet, but
since there is nothing but smoke behind the mask, the bullet just passed right through.
Allison managed to destroy an Oni by sticking a silver arrow into its physical form.
And while we lost her in that battle, her efforts led her father and Isaac to a way
they could destroy Void Stiles’ minions.
There’s also the fact that arrows are silent but deadly, can be delivered precisely to
maim or kill depending on your target, and you just look incredibly cool carrying a crossbow.
But the number one reason why Allison used a bow and arrow is because she was really,
really good at using a bow and arrow.
Thanks for watching and remember to do all the YouTube things. Like the video, let
me know any lingering questions you have about the show and, if you want to, subscribe to
the channel.
I’ll see you next time we go back to beacon hills.