Yeah, the writers definitely got too ambitious with season four, which was their mistake. I can see why they didn't want to pull it over to 5A, though, because both the Benefactor and Kate plotlines were complementary; they both dealt with the fallout of Allison's death. 5A, obviously, is dealing with different issues.

Dude, Scott dealing with the reality that his friends can die at any moment and anyone he loves will be in immediate danger was his entire arc last season. His status quo changed so much that he started to think it might be "justifiable and necessary" to kill in order to protect them. That is a huge change for his…

I think the 12 episode run had something to do with it, because the main problem to me was that the episodes were dense as hell, like they'd crammed 30 pounds of plot into a 10 pound bag. It very much felt like it was originally outlined to be split into half seasons, with the Benefactor comprising 4A and 4B being…

Chris is tracking down Kate with the Calaveras. It hasn't been addressed yet, but Derek is probably tracking down the Desert Wolf with Braeden. Peter Hale is a enemy, not an ally, who's probably still locked up somewhere in Eichen House.

Most of Malia's plot last season was about her struggles in school. How is that addressing it "a season too late"?

He did feel guilty after the nogitsune thing. It didn't get a major plotline or anything but he discussed it with Malia in the episode where she was chained in the basement during the full moon. He said the worst thing about it was that he remembered everything, and he remembered enjoying it.

Hi, welcome to Teen Wolf. It's been on for five seasons (to be honest, six), so if you're surprised at its strong anti-killing stance you must not have been paying attention. Also, if you haven't noticed that part of the reason Stiles is so cut up about it is because he wasn't just defending himself, he actively…

Scott's definition of innocence isn't necessarily that of whatever mystical forces control the eye colors. Also it's entirely possible that Theo's powers are Dread Doctor-derived and therefore don't follow the usual rules, just like Tracy with the mountain ash.

I took the fake parents as confirmation that Stiles' theory was correct and Theo isn't actually Theo. I'm pretty sure his visit to the spot where Theo's sister died was just a con to convince Stiles rather than a legitimate emotional connection.

As for the secret keeping that's epidemic this season, I also believe a lot of it would typically be out of character, but I also believe the responsibility for, or at least proximity of, deaths this season has been unusually close. While multiple members of Scott's pack have been at least partially complicit or close…

What? Teen Wolf has some insane continuity. It regularly plants an idea in one season that doesn't pay off until a season or two later. Its timeline is entirely nonsensical, but it doesn't forget character arc stuff like the impact of Stiles' mother's death, which has come up basically every season, or Scott's asthma.…

I'm pretty sure the additional backstory in this episode giving a personal reason why Stiles would be really sensitive about being thought of as a killer was there to explain further why he doesn't want to tell anyone about Donovan. Actually, I think its format was more straight-forward than the others specifically…

There's a difference between real skinny and "how are you not constantly falling over from the weight of your massive out of proportion breasts?" skinny. Like Lara Croft's back must hurt all the time.

I understand that Wyatt indeed thought that this was offensive, and he may well be correct. On the other hand I think it can be problematic when a single person becomes the arbiter of a whole demographic.

Dude, it is not inconsistent or out of character for someone who was theoretically okay with killing to be upset and guilty when they actually kill someone. Does it "barely track" that soldiers get PTSD? Does it "barely track" that Internet Tough Guys would probably be pretty upset about killing in real life no matter…

I kind of do disagree, just because I think the gap in wisdom and experience does get less exaggerated as people age. Teen to mid-twenties is a huge time of development, not just socially and emotionally but in terms of actual brain development. And the gap between high school and the adult career world is rightfully…

You're correct. Not seeing the show through the lens of "everything that happens must be engineered to either appease me or spit in my face" means that I don't see the grave insult in one character reacting to another character's initials.

Accounting for your existence would be why I said "most" and not "all." You might also be offended, but most of those who share your offense are straight women.

I don't know if I agree that they're pandering to Sterek fans. I mean, for one thing, I actually agree with Sterek shippers that they were probably deliberately kept apart for most of a couple of seasons because the production crew knew even including them in a scene together would result in a twitter bomb of Sterek…

I'm aware that Sterek had some gay fanboys, but it's disingenuous as hell to act as though they're the majority and as though this is something that affected "the gay community" and not "the fannish community." There's certainly some crossover, because there are some queer shippers, but the concerns of shippers are…