And oddly, Stiles being absent from the episode makes him the focal point of just about everything.

Because as the Ghost Riders will soon learn, you cannot erase Stiles from Beacon Hills.

He is too important.

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Only, Liams back shot is nearly perfect.

If Coach had it his way, theyd be out wreaking havoc like normal teens.

Thankfully, Cory makes himself invisible and even the Riders cant see him.

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Cory tries to warn Mason to stay away, but his curiosity gets the best of him.

Mason enters the library to find the Ghost Riders choking out a student … until said student disappears.

By the time Liam and Scott arrive, neither Cory nor Mason remember that the Ghost Riders took someone.

All they know is that they were there, and then they left.

In other words, typical teenage things.

Liam, however, isnt nearly as convincing.

SHE EVEN HEARS HIS VOICE.

Why was he in the woods?

And how did he get there?

For Malia, she knows someone helped chain her up and wanted her to stay human.

And then theres Lydia, who was so sure she was supposed to meet someone this morning.

As Lydia puts it, Whoever it is, I think I loved him.

left behind by the Ghost Riders latest victim.

In this reality, Stiles mother is alive.

However, zoom out, and all those words form one big one: Stiles.

Then, Lydia asks the million dollar question, What the hell is a Stiles?

(How many of you were hoping shed write out his real name?!)

Episode Grade: B+