2.8 Raving. Actions have consequences. When you’ve got a lizard monster running around killing people, there are going to be repercussions. When you’ve got the son of the sheriff stealing police equipment, kidnapping the son of a powerful attorney, and generally breaking every law imaginable in the pursuit of the greater good and health of the community… well, you’ve still got someone breaking a whole lot of laws, and that has to be dealt with. In this case, Sheriff Stilinski (Linden Ashby) appears to be suffering as a result of his son’s antics, and the kanima keeps on killing. Still, before Stiles Sr. loses his job, he and Stiles show off their smarts in a scene in which the Stiles clan researches the kanima’s killing pattern to search for clues. The victims have all been 24-year-olds, Class of 2006. And, curiously enough, they all have the same teacher: Mr. Harris (Adam Fristoe) the creepy chemistry teacher. Is that a red herring? That remains to be seen. Interestingly, we get Argent’s first name this week; Gerard calls him Chris, which I think might be the first time we’ve heard his actual first name on the show. Thus far he’s been Mr. Argent or Argent or some variation of that, but apparently his name is Chris, and while he has one great face-off with Derek and Boyd, this week is the Eaddy Mays show. Mrs. Argent stole the show this week, displaying some clever cruelty and oddly funny comments on how weed was smoked in her day versus how weed is smoked these days. It’s interesting to see that character go from just the woman who looks really creepy as she spies on her daughter to having some more definition. Granted, she’s still obviously a danger to Scott (given the way she treats him this week), but apparently she also used to party, so she can’t be all bad. As one of the more underused characters, it’s fun to see her get more face time and not just threaten sexual violence to Scott via pencil sharpener. Her first major stunt scene in the show – a brilliant fight with Derek – was a whole lot of fun. Quick, but hard-hitting and well shot by Russell Mulcahy, who knows how to play in light and shadows, even if those shadows are strobes. To the credit of the crew of Teen Wolf, the show seems to know where it’s going when it introduces potential solutions to its various problems: who was the alpha, who is the kanima, who is controlling the kanima. The show is great at creating suspects, and giving them just enough rope before pulling them back in from suspicion, leaving only the culprit. We are going into the ninth episode of the show, and I have no idea who the puppet master for the kanima is, I only know who it is not. There’s a list of suspects, a speculative reason behind the controlling, but nothing solid yet. Personally, I can’t wait for answers. Read our review of last week’s episode, Restraint, here. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
