When Teen Wolf ended its run after six seasons, there was a sense of closure.
Stiles and Lydia were paired up. Scott was still leader of the Beacon Hills pack and
facing new threats and challenges on the horizon. But there were some lingering questions from the
show that were not answered and that Teen Wolf creator Jeff Davis says he still can’t answer.
Today I’m running down five of these unanswerable in this video and throwing
out some speculation as to how they might be solved based on established Teen Wolf canon.
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Before we get started – these are all questions I put to Teen Wolf creator Jeff Davis
that he chose not to answer or said outright he didn’t know the answer.
Any conclusions in this video are my speculation and should not be considered Teen Wolf canon.
Number one on our list of unanswerable: How does the alpha spark
transfer within families? Is it hereditary? This was a source of speculation right from
the beginning of the series when fans wondered why Laura was the Alpha of the family instead of Derek
and why Peter, once he began to recover, had to kill his niece in order to get the status.
When the fire devastated the Hale pack and scattered the survivors, all we know for a fact is
that Laura ended up with an Alpha spark. We don’t know how and while Jeff shared with me his desire
to tell that story, he never got around to it. We know from Doctor Deaton that the status
can be inherited, but the idea that Laura got it directly from her mother is just speculation.
We know Laura was an Alpha when she died but we don’t know when she got the spark or how.
We do know Peter Hale felt it rightfully belonged to him suggesting there is a
line of succession. But that also just plays into Peter’s overdeveloped sense
of entitlement that he believed he should be in charge. Even while Talia was alive,
Peter thought she was doing a terrible job so that muddies the situation a bit.
Speculation along these lines leads to more questions. Does the oldest abled body werewolf
just inherit it automatically? Is it matriarchal, passing from mother
to daughter, unless someone comes along and interrupts the process?
Is there some battle royale for the spark where all the remaining family betas compete for the Alpha status?
My guess, based on actual canon and what I know about the writers of the show,
is an all-of-the-above approach. Whatever have made for the best episode, they would have
done it which is why it’s still an unanswerable question.
Next up – What happened to Theo’s parents? Thanks
in part to Stiles’ investigation, we know for a fact that these two are not Theo’s real parents.
Theo: There is one way a false signature can be explained. It's not easy to write when you're wearing a cast.
So, after Theo smashed fake daddy’s hand with a hammer, he realized he’d
been caught out in that lie and dropped the pretense that he even had parents.
But we never found out what happened to the fakes or his real parents.
This is an area I wish they had explored more – knowing this type of thing would have,
I think, aided in Theo’s redemption arc in Season 6.
The cynic in me suggests that if Theo could
watch his sister die of exposure, he’d have no trouble offing his parents once he got his
chimera abilities from the Dread Doctors. And unless these two were more athletic than they
appear and could run really, really fast, they too are most likely dead.
Ah Paris, home to the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and at least one
emotionally wounded werewolf named Isaac Lahey. We’ve been told by actors and writers that Isaac
moved to France after Allison’s death. But unlike the other expat characters that returned for the
series finale, Isaac stayed gone. So, what’s he up to now?
We really don’t know but having seen what the writers did with Jackson and Ethan,
my guess is that Isaac would also be involved with the larger werewolf community in some capacity.
While he was always a bit of an Eeyore, always expecting the worst,
Isaac was, at his core, a hero and heroes don’t sit on the sidelines when good people are threatened.
Isaac: Gentlemen, I believe Mr. Katashi is expecting me.
I suspect any of the European hunters that cross Isaac’s path instantly regret it.
I hope you packed a tent because we are going deep into the woods of speculation on our next
unanswerable question.
Who cut down the Nemeton? This is truly unknowable because the writers
didn’t firmly answer the question but here’s my theory based on what we know.
First, we the Nemeton was alive and well in 1943 when Noshiko trapped the Nogitsune there.
Second, destroying a Nemeton sacred space is said to bring on all sorts
of disaster to the surrounding villages. Third, we know that some disaster damaged
Beacon Hills and resulted in the Hales helping to rebuild the town.
“…eventually settling in a small town in Northern California, this family used their
wealth to rebuild the community around them while remaining isolated from it.”
So, at some point post World War II someone cut down the Nemeton and brought
the bad times to Beacon Hills. I believe that someone was a young Gerard Argent.
My headcanon goes something like this: In the 1960s, when Gerard would have been in his
late teens, he was part of a well-known hunter family operating in the Beacon Hills area. We saw
Alexander Argent in Motel California back in 1977. So we know they were there.
We know Gerard is one for overly complicated Wile E. Coyote type plans as witnessed in Seasons 2 and 6.
So, as a younger man it might have crossed his mind that wasting all their blood and treasure hunting werewolves is kinda dumb
if you can just cut down the supernatural beacon that is attracting them to town.
That’s my theory, but mainly I think it was him because Gerard Argent just sucks on all levels
and causes stupid problems wherever he goes.
Finally in this installment, one of the oldest
questions in the Teen Wolf Universe. Why was Jackson underwater at the beginning of Season 2?
Rising out of water can represent a rebirth or a baptism as in the Christian church.
There’s all sorts of subtext one could read into one of the teen wolf hunks with a wet white tee
shirt clinging to his ample musculature rising out of a freezing cold pond.
honestly, I think they did it because it looked cool. They might try to justify it after the
fact with all that aforementioned subtext, but it was just one of those cool iconic
Teen Wolf scenes that remains unexplained. There you go, some unanswerable questions for you.
Thanks for watching. And because I know Teen Wolf fans are never at a loss for strong opinions,
give me your thoughts and let me know where I went wrong down in the comments.