Maybe it will sound familiar.
There was this kid16, alone and running for his life.
And he couldn’t see them, but he could hear them getting closer.
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They were hunting him.
It started on the night of a full moon.
Something came at him.
And it changed his life.
It changed everything."
As we watch a kid on the run from hunters, Scott and Argent show up to save him.
They then put him in the backseat of Argent’s car, where we learn his name is Alec.
(Well, there’s your first Allison reference of the finale.)
Cue the smirk from Argent.
But Alec, once again stepping in, wants to know how Scott’s story ends.
THANK YOU DUDE, SO DO WE.
Scott:“You came back for Beacon Hills?”
Derek:“No.
I came back for you.”
And cue the adorable man hug.
Man, I’ve missed this.
But the reunion is short-lived when Gerard comes through on Roscoe’s radio.
So with his army positioned everywhere, Scott has to come to him.
It’s time to wage war.
First up, Scott calls Theo to help Liam at the hospital.
Scott:“Yeah, why, what do you fear most?”
Stiles:“Blindness.”
As Stiles puts it, it “seems to be a situation of unfortunate overlap.”
Do I need to say again how much I’ve missed him?
Do they know how to do that?
But they’re going in anyway!
About 20 seconds later, he’s turned to stone.
Also, somehow, seeing Peter has made Scott realize how he can catch the Anuk-Ite?
I don’t know about you all, but I’m confused.
Yep, he still has one.
But by the time he breaks free, his rescue mission is already underway.
When Stiles and Lydia round the corner, they run smack into Jackson, and Lydia is THRILLED.
While Jackson grabs Ethan, Stiles gets Scott something he needs from the armory.
Does anyone else flashback to Derek burning Scott’s tattoo into his arm in this scene?
Of course, when he does that, he turns to stone.
I have to be honest: This bothers me.
Derek is smarter than that!
I love that Stilinski got that moment.
Yep, Gerard shoots his own daughter because he’s the worst.
Thankfully, Argent shows up just in time to tell Gerard that Scott figured out how to save everyone.
Honing in on Scott’s greatest fear, he reminds him that he has failed his friends.
“You failed everyone, especially her…especially Allison.”
And there’s your second heartbreaking Allison reference of the evening.
But really, can we like just get more Void Stiles?!
That might be my favorite return of the finale.
Scott, never opening his eyes, reveals that he knows how to trap the Anuk-Ite.
After gauging out his own eyes with his clawsyep, that was fun to watchScott fights back.
And cut to Gerard once again whispering “mountain ash.”
Just then, Stiles shows up and throws down the mountain ash that he stole from the armory.
Just as Monroe asks for an update over the radio, Liam informs her, “You lost.”
But everything isn’t perfect yet: In the library, Scott’s eyes aren’t healing.
He’s having trouble focusing when Malia comes to his side.
“Malia, kiss him,” she says.
And so Malia does, and it works.
By getting Scott to focus on something other than healing, he’s able to heal.
And after that, a lot fewer people were willing to use weapons.
“They weren’t afraid of us anymore,” Scott says.
“Now we have allies who used to be enemies.
We have friends willing to fight for us.”
And then there’s Jackson and Ethan, who successfully made it home to London.
As Scott tells Alec, “The rest of us have been looking for others, like you.”
Just then, Stiles, Lydia, Malia, Derek, and Liam arrive.
Scott introduces Alec to his pack and invites him to join if he’s willing to fight.
Alec tells Scott that Monroe called him a monster.
And, revisiting the line from season 4, Scott tells Alec, “You’re not a monster.
You’re a werewolf.
The series then ends with Scott and his packwhich now includes Alecwalking toward their next battle.
And with one final smirk from our True Alpha, we say goodbye.
And that’s the end ofTeen Wolf.
I would’ve been happy with either of those as our farewell.
How many are going to die?
How long until they can live a happy life?
It’s not the most uplifting note to leave things on.
Suddenly, defeating the Anuk-Ite is as simple as grabbing some mountain ash?
Where’s the tension?
But as a finale, this one left me wanting more.
