This week we met some “featured freshman extras.” Their introduction was so odd, that I actively wondered why were spending time with these people. That question was answered when one of them, Violet, decapitates a werewolf innocently delivering beer to Lydia’s accidental lake house party (more on that shortly). Whyfore the inexplicable were-murder? Because “the benefactor” paid top dollar for her services. Kids today, I tell ya! The striking differences between Liam’s transition and Malia’s was really well done. Plus, the emotional growth that Stiles and Scott showed while dealing with both weres was really moving. Gold stars, y’all. They grow up so fast. While all this was happening, Lydia accidentally falls into a Stanley Kubrick film. Seriously, the sound work and the colors? Paging, The Shining. Awesome doesn’t cover it. Damn, this show is pretty. As the party rages downstairs, Lydia loses her party-throwing crown by making like Phil Spector meets Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind. She locks herself away in a soundproof room using a vinyl-recorded cipher (provided via some ghost-faces in a wall, of course) to figure out how to save the day. She manages to decode what turns out to be a hit list for every supernatural entity in Beacon Hills. The show’s balance this week was impeccable. We spent most of our time with our primary protagonists without losing our secondary ensemble members. To wit, both Sheriff Stiles and Peter Hale had the filet mignon of character moments. Sheriff Stiles decides in a subtle but important moment to bring Deputy Baby in on the case. Peter quit moping for just long enough to murder the no-mouthed wendigo killer, showing that his true colors remain unchanged. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing.
