Teen Wolf (2011–2017): Season 3, Episode 8 - Visionary - full transcript
Scott, Stiles, Isaac, Cora and Allison finally get stunning answers told in two sessions by Gerard Argent and Peter Hale, about the part of (dark) druids as guiding 'emissaries' -like Deaton for Scott- in the rise of 'lycanthropy' (werewolves) in the age of the Ancient gods and alpha-perversion viz. about the traumatic first love of Derek causing his dark side. Both narrators however give things their own twist, but Scott, coming to terms with his special powers, senses the lies.
Previously on "Teen Wolf"...
You don't know me.
You don't know anything
about me.
That was Derek Hale.
His family...
they all burned to death
in a fire, like, ten years ago.
Is this is your house?
Was.
[cries out]
- Who are they?
- Hunters...
The kind who've been
hunting us for centuries.
We kill them all.
It's our sign
for a vendetta, for revenge.
Someone is going
to die tonight.
[gasping]
No.
Everyone around me
gets hurt.
[panting, grunting]
[mechanical whirring]
[whirring continues]
[grunting]
You're a Hale, aren't you?
[gasps]
[snarls]
Is this the one?
Killed two of ours.
Find the others.
Bring them back alive.
Alive.
We go by the code.
[breathing heavily]
They were there
for two days,
waiting, hiding.
That's what we're taught to do
when the hunters find us...
Hide and heal.
Okay, so is two days
standard, then,
or are we thinking Derek's on,
like, some extended getaway?
Why do you care?
Why do I care?
Let's see...
Because over
the last few weeks,
my best friend's tried
to kill himself.
His boss nearly got
ritually sacrificed.
A girl that I've known
since I was three
was ritually sacrificed.
Boyd was killed by alphas.
I...
do you want me to keep going?
'Cause I can, all right?
For, like, an hour.
You think Derek
can do anything about that?
Well, since he's the one
everyone seems to be after,
it's more like he should
do something about it, yeah.
I don't know.
There's something different
about him now.
He wasn't like this
when we knew him.
What was he like?
A lot like Scott, actually.
A lot like most teenagers...
Unbearably romantic,
profoundly narcissistic,
tolerable really only
to other teenagers.
And so what happened?
What changed him?
Well, the same thing that
changes a lot of young men...
You're telling me some girl
broke his little heart?
That's why Derek is
the way he is?
Do you remember Derek
before he was an alpha
had blue eyes?
Do you know why some wolves
have blue eyes?
I just always thought
it was, like, a genetic thing.
If you want to know
what changed Derek,
you need to know what changed
the color of his eyes.
[inhales deeply]
Mm.
Did you bring him?
Oh.
Oh, come in, Scott,
and give an old man
a little something for his pain.
You don't have to do this.
If you want me to talk,
this is how
it's going to happen.
If I do this, you have
to tell us everything you know.
Everything.
[growls]
[inhales sharply, groans]
[grunting]
Ah.
♪ Teen Wolf: "Visionary" ♪
Season 3 Episode 8
Original Airdate July 22, 2013
♪
[metronome ticking]
[playing cello]
♪
[basketball bouncing]
[playing resumes,
bouncing continues]
[indistinct shouting
in the distance]
- Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
- What are you gonna do?
Hey, do you guys mind?
I'm trying to practice.
[laughter]
How do you know we're not
trying to practice here too?
Yeah, well, see, I was
practicing in the music room,
and I'm pretty sure
basketball practice
takes place in the gym.
Well, I'm pretty sure
basketball practice
takes place anywhere
you got a basketball.
[laughter]
See?
Wait. Hold on.
Hold on.
If you can get the ball
from me...
Maybe I'll stop.
Come on.
It'll be easy.
Oops.
Sorry about that.
Whatever.
Hey, what's your name?
I'm trying to practice,
if you didn't notice.
Okay.
I'll just
leave you alone, then...
After you tell me
your name.
All right,
I'll tell you my name
if you can play one instrument
in this room.
- One?
- Just one.
Any of 'em?
[triangle chimes]
My name's Paige.
Now please go,
so I can practice.
- My name's...
- I know who you are.
They found a third body?
Another doctor,
right after Scott found Deaton.
Right after?
Almost like it was expected
he'd survive.
What's that supposed
to mean?
How do you know
your dark druid
isn't your wise
veterinarian himself?
Maybe he knew
you'd find him.
Maybe he planned it
that way.
He would never
let anyone innocent die.
Don't be so sure.
You'd be surprised
how far some people would go
to get rid of someone
like Deucalion.
Or someone like you?
[chuckles]
I don't go easily,
though, do I?
You know, Scott, you've made me
something of a celebrity here.
I'm a medical mystery.
The cancer is now
virtually undetectable,
but the doctors have no clue
why my body keeps
producing and ejecting
this bizarre black fluid.
I did
what you wanted me to do.
Tell us how to beat him.
You can't.
I've tried.
Then this is
a complete waste of time.
He doesn't know anything.
Sorry you did this.
Let's go.
Wait.
I can tell you one thing.
Deucalion
may have lost his eyes,
but he's not always blind.
Okay, so if Derek
was a sophomore back then,
how old was he?
How old were you?
How old are you now?
Not as young
as we could have been,
but not as old
as you might think.
Okay, that was
frustratingly vague.
How old are you?
- I'm 17.
- See, that's an answer.
That's how we answer people.
Well, 17 how you'd measure
in years.
All right,
I'm just gonna drop it.
What happened to Derek
and the cello girl?
What do you think happened?
They were teenagers.
One minute, it's,
"I hate you, don't talk to me."
The next, it's frantic groping
in any dark corner
they could manage
to find themselves alone
for five minutes.
[laughs]
Their favorite dark corner
was an abandoned distillery
outside of Beacon Hills.
All right, hold up.
How do you know all this?
You just said
that they were alone.
Back then,
I wasn't just Derek's uncle.
I was his best friend,
his closest confidante.
That's how I know.
What?
Why do you like me?
What's that supposed
to mean?
Why do you like me?
Why do you think
I like you?
Honestly, I think,
at first,
you liked me
because I didn't like you.
So now you're worried
that now that I know
you like me
that I'm gonna stop
liking you?
Not worried.
Just wondering when.
What if I never stop
liking you?
[distant soft banging]
What?
Did you hear something?
What's wrong?
Something happened here.
What do you mean?
I caught a scent.
It's blood.
[distant creaking]
All right, now I definitely
heard something.
Derek, I don't hear
anything.
We have to go. Come on.
Let's go.
[dramatic music]
♪
There.
You see it?
They dragged him here,
an arrow in his throat,
and they hung him
and cut him in half.
They killed one of ours.
One of yours.
Why should I care
about one of your pack?
'Cause the hunters
don't discern packs,
especially the Argents.
But they do discern motive.
Ennis, why did they kill him?
Because your young, naïve beta
killed one of them.
Marco.
He killed a hunter,
didn't he?
Accidentally.
They were all there...
Ennis, Kali, Deucalion...
Each with their own packs,
before they'd killed them all
and decided to form
their little all-star team.
But they didn't
all live here, did they?
No, but there was
an exceptionally powerful alpha
who did live here.
She had a capacity
to shape-shift
that was rare
among her kind.
That made her
something of a leader,
the kind of person
that they would go to
for advice and guidance...
[distant howling]
Talia Hale.
It's his right.
We're not the only people
to adhere to rituals
thousands of years old.
Which is no excuse
for not evolving.
They ripped his claws
right out of his fingers.
How is that evolving?
Useless debate.
I'm done with it.
Ennis, don't.
Don't make us part
of a historical cliché.
With two such powers,
it never ends
at an eye for an eye.
A skirmish becomes a war.
A murder becomes a massacre.
And we end up
no better than our enemies.
[shouting]
Our mark for vendetta.
Man, you guys really
take that revenge thing
to, like, a whole new level,
don't you?
It's not just revenge.
Losing a member of your pack
isn't like losing family.
It's like you lose a limb.
They wouldn't even let him
see the body.
[distant sirens wailing]
Somebody called for a...
Whoa.
I want his body.
It belongs to me...
both halves.
First off...
You need to step back.
I'm just a deputy.
I do what I'm told.
And right now
they're telling me
there's a young man who was shot
in the throat with an arrow
and literally cut in half.
This is
a homicide investigation.
Second, no matter
how close you were...
You're not related.
He was family to me.
I don't get it.
What does this have to do
with Derek?
Everything.
It's never just
a single moment.
It's a confluence
of events.
Personally, I looked
at Ennis' circumstances,
I saw a profound loss.
Derek saw
something different.
He saw opportunity.
Opportunity?
To do what?
To always be with her.
[classical music playing
on cello]
♪
What are you staring at?
I'm not staring.
I'm listening.
Am I distracting you?
No.
I've got laser-like focus.
You sure about that?
I hate you.
No, you don't.
You love me.
Hate you.
You love me.
The thing was,
he had this constant fear.
He was obsessing over it,
thinking about it
all night, all day,
always on his mind.
- Why does she eat alone?
- What are you doing here?
I'm looking out
for my favorite nephew,
making sure no one has
a crossbow aimed at your throat.
I could get you banned
from school grounds.
No one would ban me
from anywhere.
I'm too good-looking.
Doesn't she have
any friends?
A few, but she likes
to study during lunch.
And I kind of just don't think
she likes my friends.
No one should like
your friends.
They're a bunch
of hormonal half-wits.
But that one over there...
she's perfect for you.
And perfect combinations
are rare
in an imperfect world.
It would worry me too,
though.
I'd probably be thinking
about it all the time.
Thinking about what?
Her finding out.
You've thought
that through, right?
You know it always happens.
One minute, you're in
this blissful teen romance,
and next, she sees fangs,
glowing eyes, claws.
She doesn't have
to find out.
But they always do...
Especially when
they're perfect for you.
There's really only one way
to make sure
you'll always be together.
Turn her.
I kept telling him
not to do it.
Every day
the more he thought about it,
the more convinced
he became.
You know teenagers.
I bet he even blames me.
He's probably convinced himself
the whole thing was my idea.
I have the perfect idea.
Go away.
Laura told you about the packs
being here, right?
There are more alphas than
I've ever seen in one place.
Your mother
would never do it.
And these packs
won't be here much longer.
The time to do it is now.
One little bite,
and she never gets sick again.
She stays younger,
more beautiful.
Think how she'll be able
to protect herself.
Derek...
The bite is a gift.
What is that?
A Celtic five fold knot...
it's a druid symbol.
The air's different in here.
Do you feel it?
I think I know
what this place is.
- Is that blood?
- Sacrificial blood.
We're in a Nemeton.
It's a sacred meeting place.
Ancient Celtic druids
would usually choose
a large, older tree
in a grove.
It would represent
the center of the world.
There was a belief that
cutting or harming the tree
in any way would cause
serious problems
for the surrounding villages.
What sort of problems?
Fires, plagues, strife...
Death and destruction
of all kinds.
How does he know all about
Celtic symbols and druids?
Know thy enemy, Allison.
The older wolves had
a relationship with the druids.
They called them emissaries.
Like my boss, Deaton.
Do you know the myth
of Lycaon?
I know it's where we get
the word "lycanthropy."
According to myth,
some Greek citizens believed
they owed their lives
more to Prometheus
than to the gods of Olympus.
And some followers
even took names
to honor the titans
instead of the gods.
Like Deucalion.
The son of Prometheus.
Lycaon didn't just refuse
to honor the gods.
He challenged them.
He invited Zeus
to a banquet
and then tried to serve him
the flesh of a human being.
Angered, Zeus blew the place
apart with lightning bolts
and then punished
Lycaon and his sons
by turning them
into wolves.
The part
that's lesser known is
how Lycaon
sought out the druids
to help turn him back
to human.
Why druids?
The belief was
that the ancient druids
knew how to shape-shift.
They couldn't make Lycaon
and his sons human again,
but they did teach them
how to shift back and forth.
And so the druids became
important advisers
to the packs.
They keep us connected
to humanity.
But they're a secret
even in the pack.
Sometimes only the alpha knows
who the emissary is.
Derek and I had no idea
about Deaton.
Or his sister, Morrell.
She's an emissary too?
For the alpha pack.
Our guidance counselor?
Why the hell don't you people
tell me any of this stuff, huh?
I shared some really intimate
details with her.
And did she give you
good advice?
- Actually, yeah.
- That's what they do.
That's what Deaton
used to do for Talia.
While I admire
your willingness
to extend an olive branch,
I have to tell you,
it might not be welcome.
And I'm not sure that
Gerard is the one to accept it.
It's true. The Argents have
a matriarchal leadership.
Actually, I was speaking
about the fact
that he's
a complete psychopath.
The man cuts people in half
with a broadsword.
Do the two of you really have
so little faith in people?
You think Gerard isn't worried
about the deaths
on his own side?
Do you know the story
of the scorpion and the frog?
I have a feeling
I'm about to hear it.
When the scorpion
asked the frog
to carry him across the river,
the frog said,
"how do I know
you won't sting me?"
The scorpion replied,
"why would I do that?
Then we'd both drown."
Halfway across the river,
the scorpion stung the frog.
When the frog asked him
why he did it,
since now
they would both die,
the scorpion replied...
"it's my nature."
Your faith in humanity
may not matter
if you underestimate
Gerard's nature.
Make sure you meet him
on neutral ground.
And do not walk
in there alone.
I'm an alpha.
I never walk alone.
Derek?
[door opening and closing]
Derek, is that you?
[growling]
Ennis?
Why would you choose him?
Why not?
Ennis needed a new member
for his pack.
Paige was young and strong.
Doing a favor
for Derek meant
Ennis would be in good
with Talia.
Back then, everybody wanted
to be in good with her.
[Paige breathing heavily,
whimpering in the distance]
[Ennis snarling]
He doesn't remember
it was Ennis, does he?
If he does,
he keeps it to himself.
[Paige crying in the distance]
[Ennis growling]
So then what happened?
Did he turn her?
Almost.
[snarling]
He came at Ennis.
A 15year-old boy
against a giant.
[both yelling]
[gasping]
[groans]
[growls]
There was no reason
for him to fight.
[whimpering]
She'd already been bitten.
I wasn't really surprised
when Deaton came
to arrange a meeting
with Deucalion.
As William Blake said,
"Any sinister person
who means to be your enemy
always start by trying
to become your friend."
How do you know he wasn't
going there to make peace?
Because I'm not an idiot.
Do you know the Sanskrit fable
of the scorpion and the turtle?
Yeah, the scorpion
asks the turtle
for a ride
across the river.
And when the scorpion
stings the turtle,
dooming them both,
what does he say
to explain his behavior?
"It's my nature."
I know a werewolf's nature.
I knew exactly
what was coming...
A trap.
I think it's quite fitting
that we are meeting
in a distillery.
You know, the process
of distillation
is the separating
of two substances
by pushing them into
their different volatile states.
Volatile is exactly the state
I was hoping to avoid.
Ooh.
Then this is going to come
as quite a big disappointment.
[all coughing]
What have you done?
They attacked you?
It was an ambush.
One of the earliest weapons
used by man
was the spiked mace.
I've made one of my own.
I'd love
to get your opinion on it.
Your own people...
They wanted peace too.
Look what you did to them.
So did she turn?
She should have.
Most of the time,
the bite takes.
Most of the time.
When you offered it to me,
you said,
"if it doesn't kill you."
If.
[dramatic classical music]
♪
What's happening to her?
He knew the answer, though.
It didn't matter
that she was young and strong.
Some people
just aren't made for this.
But she fought.
She struggled desperately,
trying to survive.
[panting, coughing]
Don't.
Don't do this.
I had a vision,
a vision of peace.
A little shortsighted...
Wouldn't you say?
[screaming]
[gasping]
[whimpering]
I'm sorry.
I knew.
What do you mean?
Right after
I told you my name,
I think I knew.
I've seen things
in this town before,
things no one
really could explain.
And then there's the way
that you talk...
How you say things,
like how you'd catch a scent.
And I know
you can hear things,
things that no one else
can hear.
I knew.
And you still liked me?
I loved you.
[crying out softly]
Stay.
[groaning]
I'm gonna die...
Aren't I?
Ow.
[crying]
I can't.
I can't take it anymore.
Derek, I can't.
Derek...
Please.
Please.
[crying]
I'm sorry.
[screams]
[gasps]
[screaming]
I'm sorry.
[gasping]
I remember taking her body
from his arms,
to the woods, to a place where
I knew that it would be found...
Another in a long line
of Beacon Hills animal attacks.
And what about Derek?
Taking an innocent life
takes...
Something from you as well,
a bit of your soul...
Darkening it,
dimming the once brilliant,
golden yellow
to a cold, steel blue...
Like mine.
I'm sorry.
The eyes
will heal physically, but...
Your sight...
[screams]
Leave me alone.
Marco, I said...
Leave me alone.
You are alone.
[growling]
He sees as a wolf?
He's not always blind.
Maybe we can use it
against him.
Scott.
[both groaning]
Oh, I think about you
sometimes, Scott.
I do.
I wonder, what if I'd done
things differently?
Getting the bite
to cure my cancer.
And I wonder
when it became my nature
to believe most things
couldn't be asked for
but had to be taken.
I don't believe you.
The whole time that you
were telling your story,
I was listening
to your heartbeat.
It never went up.
It never went down.
It was steady
the whole time.
Because I was telling
the truth.
Or because
you're a really good liar.
If you lied
and it gets people hurt...
I'll be back
to take away
more than your pain.
[sad classical music]
What?
What's this...
what's this look on your face?
What look?
The kind of look
that makes me want to punch you.
Oh, my god.
You are so Derek's sister.
I forgot.
Well, what is with the look?
I just don't believe him.
All right,
in Ms. Blake's class,
we're reading
Heart of Darkness,
and it's in first person, right?
Narrated by Marlow.
The thing is that he's...
He's an unreliable narrator.
You know the details
of it have changed,
you know, just because
of his perspective.
Well, then we heard the story
from Peter's perspective.
Right, and I don't think
we got the whole story.
So, what, are...
are you just gonna ask Derek
about the girl
he fell in love with
and then killed?
If I have to...
Yeah.
Derek.
I did something...
Something terrible.
I know.
[sniffling]
My eyes...
They're different.
Different,
but still beautiful...
Just like the rest of you.
[classical music on cello]
♪
You don't know me.
You don't know anything
about me.
That was Derek Hale.
His family...
they all burned to death
in a fire, like, ten years ago.
Is this is your house?
Was.
[cries out]
- Who are they?
- Hunters...
The kind who've been
hunting us for centuries.
We kill them all.
It's our sign
for a vendetta, for revenge.
Someone is going
to die tonight.
[gasping]
No.
Everyone around me
gets hurt.
[panting, grunting]
[mechanical whirring]
[whirring continues]
[grunting]
You're a Hale, aren't you?
[gasps]
[snarls]
Is this the one?
Killed two of ours.
Find the others.
Bring them back alive.
Alive.
We go by the code.
[breathing heavily]
They were there
for two days,
waiting, hiding.
That's what we're taught to do
when the hunters find us...
Hide and heal.
Okay, so is two days
standard, then,
or are we thinking Derek's on,
like, some extended getaway?
Why do you care?
Why do I care?
Let's see...
Because over
the last few weeks,
my best friend's tried
to kill himself.
His boss nearly got
ritually sacrificed.
A girl that I've known
since I was three
was ritually sacrificed.
Boyd was killed by alphas.
I...
do you want me to keep going?
'Cause I can, all right?
For, like, an hour.
You think Derek
can do anything about that?
Well, since he's the one
everyone seems to be after,
it's more like he should
do something about it, yeah.
I don't know.
There's something different
about him now.
He wasn't like this
when we knew him.
What was he like?
A lot like Scott, actually.
A lot like most teenagers...
Unbearably romantic,
profoundly narcissistic,
tolerable really only
to other teenagers.
And so what happened?
What changed him?
Well, the same thing that
changes a lot of young men...
You're telling me some girl
broke his little heart?
That's why Derek is
the way he is?
Do you remember Derek
before he was an alpha
had blue eyes?
Do you know why some wolves
have blue eyes?
I just always thought
it was, like, a genetic thing.
If you want to know
what changed Derek,
you need to know what changed
the color of his eyes.
[inhales deeply]
Mm.
Did you bring him?
Oh.
Oh, come in, Scott,
and give an old man
a little something for his pain.
You don't have to do this.
If you want me to talk,
this is how
it's going to happen.
If I do this, you have
to tell us everything you know.
Everything.
[growls]
[inhales sharply, groans]
[grunting]
Ah.
♪ Teen Wolf: "Visionary" ♪
Season 3 Episode 8
Original Airdate July 22, 2013
♪
[metronome ticking]
[playing cello]
♪
[basketball bouncing]
[playing resumes,
bouncing continues]
[indistinct shouting
in the distance]
- Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
- What are you gonna do?
Hey, do you guys mind?
I'm trying to practice.
[laughter]
How do you know we're not
trying to practice here too?
Yeah, well, see, I was
practicing in the music room,
and I'm pretty sure
basketball practice
takes place in the gym.
Well, I'm pretty sure
basketball practice
takes place anywhere
you got a basketball.
[laughter]
See?
Wait. Hold on.
Hold on.
If you can get the ball
from me...
Maybe I'll stop.
Come on.
It'll be easy.
Oops.
Sorry about that.
Whatever.
Hey, what's your name?
I'm trying to practice,
if you didn't notice.
Okay.
I'll just
leave you alone, then...
After you tell me
your name.
All right,
I'll tell you my name
if you can play one instrument
in this room.
- One?
- Just one.
Any of 'em?
[triangle chimes]
My name's Paige.
Now please go,
so I can practice.
- My name's...
- I know who you are.
They found a third body?
Another doctor,
right after Scott found Deaton.
Right after?
Almost like it was expected
he'd survive.
What's that supposed
to mean?
How do you know
your dark druid
isn't your wise
veterinarian himself?
Maybe he knew
you'd find him.
Maybe he planned it
that way.
He would never
let anyone innocent die.
Don't be so sure.
You'd be surprised
how far some people would go
to get rid of someone
like Deucalion.
Or someone like you?
[chuckles]
I don't go easily,
though, do I?
You know, Scott, you've made me
something of a celebrity here.
I'm a medical mystery.
The cancer is now
virtually undetectable,
but the doctors have no clue
why my body keeps
producing and ejecting
this bizarre black fluid.
I did
what you wanted me to do.
Tell us how to beat him.
You can't.
I've tried.
Then this is
a complete waste of time.
He doesn't know anything.
Sorry you did this.
Let's go.
Wait.
I can tell you one thing.
Deucalion
may have lost his eyes,
but he's not always blind.
Okay, so if Derek
was a sophomore back then,
how old was he?
How old were you?
How old are you now?
Not as young
as we could have been,
but not as old
as you might think.
Okay, that was
frustratingly vague.
How old are you?
- I'm 17.
- See, that's an answer.
That's how we answer people.
Well, 17 how you'd measure
in years.
All right,
I'm just gonna drop it.
What happened to Derek
and the cello girl?
What do you think happened?
They were teenagers.
One minute, it's,
"I hate you, don't talk to me."
The next, it's frantic groping
in any dark corner
they could manage
to find themselves alone
for five minutes.
[laughs]
Their favorite dark corner
was an abandoned distillery
outside of Beacon Hills.
All right, hold up.
How do you know all this?
You just said
that they were alone.
Back then,
I wasn't just Derek's uncle.
I was his best friend,
his closest confidante.
That's how I know.
What?
Why do you like me?
What's that supposed
to mean?
Why do you like me?
Why do you think
I like you?
Honestly, I think,
at first,
you liked me
because I didn't like you.
So now you're worried
that now that I know
you like me
that I'm gonna stop
liking you?
Not worried.
Just wondering when.
What if I never stop
liking you?
[distant soft banging]
What?
Did you hear something?
What's wrong?
Something happened here.
What do you mean?
I caught a scent.
It's blood.
[distant creaking]
All right, now I definitely
heard something.
Derek, I don't hear
anything.
We have to go. Come on.
Let's go.
[dramatic music]
♪
There.
You see it?
They dragged him here,
an arrow in his throat,
and they hung him
and cut him in half.
They killed one of ours.
One of yours.
Why should I care
about one of your pack?
'Cause the hunters
don't discern packs,
especially the Argents.
But they do discern motive.
Ennis, why did they kill him?
Because your young, naïve beta
killed one of them.
Marco.
He killed a hunter,
didn't he?
Accidentally.
They were all there...
Ennis, Kali, Deucalion...
Each with their own packs,
before they'd killed them all
and decided to form
their little all-star team.
But they didn't
all live here, did they?
No, but there was
an exceptionally powerful alpha
who did live here.
She had a capacity
to shape-shift
that was rare
among her kind.
That made her
something of a leader,
the kind of person
that they would go to
for advice and guidance...
[distant howling]
Talia Hale.
It's his right.
We're not the only people
to adhere to rituals
thousands of years old.
Which is no excuse
for not evolving.
They ripped his claws
right out of his fingers.
How is that evolving?
Useless debate.
I'm done with it.
Ennis, don't.
Don't make us part
of a historical cliché.
With two such powers,
it never ends
at an eye for an eye.
A skirmish becomes a war.
A murder becomes a massacre.
And we end up
no better than our enemies.
[shouting]
Our mark for vendetta.
Man, you guys really
take that revenge thing
to, like, a whole new level,
don't you?
It's not just revenge.
Losing a member of your pack
isn't like losing family.
It's like you lose a limb.
They wouldn't even let him
see the body.
[distant sirens wailing]
Somebody called for a...
Whoa.
I want his body.
It belongs to me...
both halves.
First off...
You need to step back.
I'm just a deputy.
I do what I'm told.
And right now
they're telling me
there's a young man who was shot
in the throat with an arrow
and literally cut in half.
This is
a homicide investigation.
Second, no matter
how close you were...
You're not related.
He was family to me.
I don't get it.
What does this have to do
with Derek?
Everything.
It's never just
a single moment.
It's a confluence
of events.
Personally, I looked
at Ennis' circumstances,
I saw a profound loss.
Derek saw
something different.
He saw opportunity.
Opportunity?
To do what?
To always be with her.
[classical music playing
on cello]
♪
What are you staring at?
I'm not staring.
I'm listening.
Am I distracting you?
No.
I've got laser-like focus.
You sure about that?
I hate you.
No, you don't.
You love me.
Hate you.
You love me.
The thing was,
he had this constant fear.
He was obsessing over it,
thinking about it
all night, all day,
always on his mind.
- Why does she eat alone?
- What are you doing here?
I'm looking out
for my favorite nephew,
making sure no one has
a crossbow aimed at your throat.
I could get you banned
from school grounds.
No one would ban me
from anywhere.
I'm too good-looking.
Doesn't she have
any friends?
A few, but she likes
to study during lunch.
And I kind of just don't think
she likes my friends.
No one should like
your friends.
They're a bunch
of hormonal half-wits.
But that one over there...
she's perfect for you.
And perfect combinations
are rare
in an imperfect world.
It would worry me too,
though.
I'd probably be thinking
about it all the time.
Thinking about what?
Her finding out.
You've thought
that through, right?
You know it always happens.
One minute, you're in
this blissful teen romance,
and next, she sees fangs,
glowing eyes, claws.
She doesn't have
to find out.
But they always do...
Especially when
they're perfect for you.
There's really only one way
to make sure
you'll always be together.
Turn her.
I kept telling him
not to do it.
Every day
the more he thought about it,
the more convinced
he became.
You know teenagers.
I bet he even blames me.
He's probably convinced himself
the whole thing was my idea.
I have the perfect idea.
Go away.
Laura told you about the packs
being here, right?
There are more alphas than
I've ever seen in one place.
Your mother
would never do it.
And these packs
won't be here much longer.
The time to do it is now.
One little bite,
and she never gets sick again.
She stays younger,
more beautiful.
Think how she'll be able
to protect herself.
Derek...
The bite is a gift.
What is that?
A Celtic five fold knot...
it's a druid symbol.
The air's different in here.
Do you feel it?
I think I know
what this place is.
- Is that blood?
- Sacrificial blood.
We're in a Nemeton.
It's a sacred meeting place.
Ancient Celtic druids
would usually choose
a large, older tree
in a grove.
It would represent
the center of the world.
There was a belief that
cutting or harming the tree
in any way would cause
serious problems
for the surrounding villages.
What sort of problems?
Fires, plagues, strife...
Death and destruction
of all kinds.
How does he know all about
Celtic symbols and druids?
Know thy enemy, Allison.
The older wolves had
a relationship with the druids.
They called them emissaries.
Like my boss, Deaton.
Do you know the myth
of Lycaon?
I know it's where we get
the word "lycanthropy."
According to myth,
some Greek citizens believed
they owed their lives
more to Prometheus
than to the gods of Olympus.
And some followers
even took names
to honor the titans
instead of the gods.
Like Deucalion.
The son of Prometheus.
Lycaon didn't just refuse
to honor the gods.
He challenged them.
He invited Zeus
to a banquet
and then tried to serve him
the flesh of a human being.
Angered, Zeus blew the place
apart with lightning bolts
and then punished
Lycaon and his sons
by turning them
into wolves.
The part
that's lesser known is
how Lycaon
sought out the druids
to help turn him back
to human.
Why druids?
The belief was
that the ancient druids
knew how to shape-shift.
They couldn't make Lycaon
and his sons human again,
but they did teach them
how to shift back and forth.
And so the druids became
important advisers
to the packs.
They keep us connected
to humanity.
But they're a secret
even in the pack.
Sometimes only the alpha knows
who the emissary is.
Derek and I had no idea
about Deaton.
Or his sister, Morrell.
She's an emissary too?
For the alpha pack.
Our guidance counselor?
Why the hell don't you people
tell me any of this stuff, huh?
I shared some really intimate
details with her.
And did she give you
good advice?
- Actually, yeah.
- That's what they do.
That's what Deaton
used to do for Talia.
While I admire
your willingness
to extend an olive branch,
I have to tell you,
it might not be welcome.
And I'm not sure that
Gerard is the one to accept it.
It's true. The Argents have
a matriarchal leadership.
Actually, I was speaking
about the fact
that he's
a complete psychopath.
The man cuts people in half
with a broadsword.
Do the two of you really have
so little faith in people?
You think Gerard isn't worried
about the deaths
on his own side?
Do you know the story
of the scorpion and the frog?
I have a feeling
I'm about to hear it.
When the scorpion
asked the frog
to carry him across the river,
the frog said,
"how do I know
you won't sting me?"
The scorpion replied,
"why would I do that?
Then we'd both drown."
Halfway across the river,
the scorpion stung the frog.
When the frog asked him
why he did it,
since now
they would both die,
the scorpion replied...
"it's my nature."
Your faith in humanity
may not matter
if you underestimate
Gerard's nature.
Make sure you meet him
on neutral ground.
And do not walk
in there alone.
I'm an alpha.
I never walk alone.
Derek?
[door opening and closing]
Derek, is that you?
[growling]
Ennis?
Why would you choose him?
Why not?
Ennis needed a new member
for his pack.
Paige was young and strong.
Doing a favor
for Derek meant
Ennis would be in good
with Talia.
Back then, everybody wanted
to be in good with her.
[Paige breathing heavily,
whimpering in the distance]
[Ennis snarling]
He doesn't remember
it was Ennis, does he?
If he does,
he keeps it to himself.
[Paige crying in the distance]
[Ennis growling]
So then what happened?
Did he turn her?
Almost.
[snarling]
He came at Ennis.
A 15year-old boy
against a giant.
[both yelling]
[gasping]
[groans]
[growls]
There was no reason
for him to fight.
[whimpering]
She'd already been bitten.
I wasn't really surprised
when Deaton came
to arrange a meeting
with Deucalion.
As William Blake said,
"Any sinister person
who means to be your enemy
always start by trying
to become your friend."
How do you know he wasn't
going there to make peace?
Because I'm not an idiot.
Do you know the Sanskrit fable
of the scorpion and the turtle?
Yeah, the scorpion
asks the turtle
for a ride
across the river.
And when the scorpion
stings the turtle,
dooming them both,
what does he say
to explain his behavior?
"It's my nature."
I know a werewolf's nature.
I knew exactly
what was coming...
A trap.
I think it's quite fitting
that we are meeting
in a distillery.
You know, the process
of distillation
is the separating
of two substances
by pushing them into
their different volatile states.
Volatile is exactly the state
I was hoping to avoid.
Ooh.
Then this is going to come
as quite a big disappointment.
[all coughing]
What have you done?
They attacked you?
It was an ambush.
One of the earliest weapons
used by man
was the spiked mace.
I've made one of my own.
I'd love
to get your opinion on it.
Your own people...
They wanted peace too.
Look what you did to them.
So did she turn?
She should have.
Most of the time,
the bite takes.
Most of the time.
When you offered it to me,
you said,
"if it doesn't kill you."
If.
[dramatic classical music]
♪
What's happening to her?
He knew the answer, though.
It didn't matter
that she was young and strong.
Some people
just aren't made for this.
But she fought.
She struggled desperately,
trying to survive.
[panting, coughing]
Don't.
Don't do this.
I had a vision,
a vision of peace.
A little shortsighted...
Wouldn't you say?
[screaming]
[gasping]
[whimpering]
I'm sorry.
I knew.
What do you mean?
Right after
I told you my name,
I think I knew.
I've seen things
in this town before,
things no one
really could explain.
And then there's the way
that you talk...
How you say things,
like how you'd catch a scent.
And I know
you can hear things,
things that no one else
can hear.
I knew.
And you still liked me?
I loved you.
[crying out softly]
Stay.
[groaning]
I'm gonna die...
Aren't I?
Ow.
[crying]
I can't.
I can't take it anymore.
Derek, I can't.
Derek...
Please.
Please.
[crying]
I'm sorry.
[screams]
[gasps]
[screaming]
I'm sorry.
[gasping]
I remember taking her body
from his arms,
to the woods, to a place where
I knew that it would be found...
Another in a long line
of Beacon Hills animal attacks.
And what about Derek?
Taking an innocent life
takes...
Something from you as well,
a bit of your soul...
Darkening it,
dimming the once brilliant,
golden yellow
to a cold, steel blue...
Like mine.
I'm sorry.
The eyes
will heal physically, but...
Your sight...
[screams]
Leave me alone.
Marco, I said...
Leave me alone.
You are alone.
[growling]
He sees as a wolf?
He's not always blind.
Maybe we can use it
against him.
Scott.
[both groaning]
Oh, I think about you
sometimes, Scott.
I do.
I wonder, what if I'd done
things differently?
Getting the bite
to cure my cancer.
And I wonder
when it became my nature
to believe most things
couldn't be asked for
but had to be taken.
I don't believe you.
The whole time that you
were telling your story,
I was listening
to your heartbeat.
It never went up.
It never went down.
It was steady
the whole time.
Because I was telling
the truth.
Or because
you're a really good liar.
If you lied
and it gets people hurt...
I'll be back
to take away
more than your pain.
[sad classical music]
What?
What's this...
what's this look on your face?
What look?
The kind of look
that makes me want to punch you.
Oh, my god.
You are so Derek's sister.
I forgot.
Well, what is with the look?
I just don't believe him.
All right,
in Ms. Blake's class,
we're reading
Heart of Darkness,
and it's in first person, right?
Narrated by Marlow.
The thing is that he's...
He's an unreliable narrator.
You know the details
of it have changed,
you know, just because
of his perspective.
Well, then we heard the story
from Peter's perspective.
Right, and I don't think
we got the whole story.
So, what, are...
are you just gonna ask Derek
about the girl
he fell in love with
and then killed?
If I have to...
Yeah.
Derek.
I did something...
Something terrible.
I know.
[sniffling]
My eyes...
They're different.
Different,
but still beautiful...
Just like the rest of you.
[classical music on cello]
♪