3.2 Chaos Rising I have no doubt that this new twist on werewolves, like most of the others in the show, springs from the mind of writer, executive producer, and creator Jeff Davis. The show isn’t offering a traditional take on werewolves, and that’s a good thing. It’s got a harder edge than, say, Twilight‘s take on werewolves, but it’s not going as far out as to the torment felt by, say, The Wolf Man. Being a werewolf in the Teen Wolf universe can either be awesome or terrible, depending on who you are, how good you are at controlling your lycanthropy, and the situation in which you wolf out. It seems like every week Dylan O’Brien gets the best lines, though this week he’s got a little competition in the form of Peter Hale’s Ian Bohen. He’s become the Stiles of the furry set, in the sense that he shows up and throws around some sarcastic, dry one-liners when he’s not showing off his impressive array of alpha powers by probing Isaac’s mind. Given Derek’s seriousness, and the general seriousness of the idea of two people being trapped in a bank vault for months at a time, it’s nice to have some comic relief from an unexpected source. The show is clever and funny, at least when it’s not surprisingly violent. The key seems to establishing both elements at the same time, and it’s a thing that Mulcahy, Davis, and company have proven they can pull off. I had some reservations about the number of hanging threads at the end of the second season, but so far the show seems like it is doing a good job cutting those threads off (or at least revisiting them). It’s still very early yet, but it looks like it’s going to be another solid season ahead of us. Read Ron’s review of the previous episode, Tattoo, here. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
