It does seem they are trying to re-brand Stiles/Lydia as Stiles/Malia. I'm not a fan of love triangles, but IMHO Teen Wolf has far from abandoned Stydia.

"Muted" really is a great way to describe this episode. I agree completely with your assessment and your B grade. This episode had a similar feel to the previous two, in that the showrunners are trying to get this third plot thread with the Mute off the ground after introducing the Kate Argent/de-aged Derek plot in…

No reasons were ever given for any of those questions. For me, those plotholes got overshadowed by the fact that the Eichen House episode was an appalling portrayal of psychiatric care. That entire episode was full of plotholes, though, and while I've accepted that it needed to exist for the sake of the overall…

Although Isaac never lived up to his potential in the storyline and never had his tragic backstory touched on again, the show always fell back on him for funny one-liners and sad dramatic moments. So I think he was at least good for those, too. I once heard someone describe Isaac as a bipolar teen whose personality…

Haha, I agree with you on all those points. I try not to nitpick for the most part, because TW is infamous for its poor writing, but the Malia thing especially rubs me the wrong way because of how it unnecessarily demeans her character. Malia's already coming out of the gate on this show with a handicap because of how…

Yes, you are correct about all of that. But I think intentional is not quite the word I would use describe it. To me, it's an unintended effect of the fact that the writers have not handled Malia's development as a feral girl correctly. To me, what they truly want is to depict something sweet and innocent and funny…

I don't really remember anything about Scott in the scene other than that there was focus on the fact that he was getting texted by Lydia. Forgive me if I misunderstood your response, but are you saying part of the point of the scene was to shame Scott for not knowing the answer either?

Lol, yeah, I'm with you there. If they're going to go with the stupid premise, then at least play up the stupid. Derek and Peter trying to write their resumes would be hilarious! What the hell even goes on Derek's resume? And isn't Peter still officially deceased?

For what it's worth, I agree with you to a certain extent. Malia's characterization flip-flops because the writers can't decide how wild she is. They want her to be wild enough to be an interesting character that causes humor and drama, but they don't want her to be so wild that she can't be in a sexual relationship…

I'm pretty sure Stiles has a subconscious attraction to people who could completely crush him, whether physically (as with Malia) or mentally (as with Lydia). So him being "the little spoon" is not surprising to me. Their relationship does come off to me as a little bit codependent though.

So so so glad to see this review!! Overall, I think this episode was better than the previous episode. I agreed with you on the grade you issued previously, but a C- for this one seems a bit harsh. I'd give it a C+, because it wasn't incredibly terrible. It does feel like the show is trying to rebuild after the loss…

You might be right, but I don't think that's a detail that should be left for the viewer to extrapolate. The writers dropped the ball on this one, but that's par for the course with Teen Wolf.

It is nifty, but it isn't really that secure or practical if Mama Hale lets her adolescent son have access to the entire family fortune. That's why I said I'm hoping the Hale family has some other source of income. It's not practical to keep your entire fortune in bonds in a secret crypt under a high school (except…

I actually don't know how werewolves age, as the show has never been very clear on that particular facet of their development. Also, I'm not sure what that has to do with my question?

OK, this may be a dumb question, but why the heck were the Hale family's bonds not kept in a more secure location? $117 million? Seriously? Those aren't bonds your granny gives you that you keep in a dusty drawer. It seems pathetically convenient to the plot that they're stored in a place where baby Derek can just let…

Considering the downward trajectory of the show's writing, I'm presuming most of TW this season will be a desert (in keeping with this season's theme) of BS with an occasional shirtless Tyler Hoechlin to serve as a distracting oasis. I miss the days when Teen Wolf subliminally subverted tropes with its writing while…

Oh man, this was a really refreshing read. Please please please keep reviewing this show! One of the writers for the Daily Dot used to do really thoughtful critiques of the show, but she quit after the first half of the third season, and I was so bummed. Most of the reviews I read about TW are fluff pieces, and there…