We start at the clinic, where Scott is playing a voicemail from a flip phone A FLIP PHONE!
that they got off the faceless body in the woods.
(Reminder: Its first face is Aaron.)
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But we can assume it wont be good.
Reinventing the catchphrase fromHeroes, Scott dramatically declares: Stop the Anuk-Ite.
Or you know, save the cheerleader, save the world.
Liam starts to call the number back before Scott shuts that plan down.
Listening to the voicemail again, Liam figures out who it is: Ms. Finch, his biology teacher.
And that means Liam is going back to school!
He sets off one of Argents high-pitched things their official name and then puts wolfsbane on the chalkboard eraser.
And yet all Ms. Finch does is sneeze.
Because she didnt react to wolfsbane or Argents high-pitched thing.
How is that possible?!
the werewolf who was shot by the deputy a few episodes ago.
Yep, shes the Anuk-Ites other face.
Lydia can then, hopefully, communicate with Halwyn.
Lydia wakes up and announces that Halywn isnt dead and that she knows how to save him.
so its no big deal.
Theyre going to use the magnet from the MRI to pull the bullet from his brain.
And if the faces merge, you cant look at it.
Halwyns final words are: It will kill you with a look.
(So its like the supernatural version ofCoach Taylor?)
Many people were hit, but they all lived.
I need to see it.
And watching Malia and Lydia cry as Halwyn dies?
It didnt make me emotional.
Ive heard this guy say maybe five sentences on this show.
I feel nothing for him.
And I just dont.
But maybe its me?
Thankfully, Lydia gets to the school in time to pull Liam away before he can catch a glance.
So, how do they fight something they cant look at?
Deucalion, thats how.
Gerard will weaken Scott McCall with poison if the Anuk-Ite will kill him.
And then Gerard will proceed to drive every last one of their kind from Beacon Hills.
Although, if hes talking about supernatural beings, wouldnt that include the Anuk-Ite?
That being said, the next hour was better, in my opinion, so lets get to it.
The second episode starts with Argent hopping into a police car in the middle of the night in Brazil.
He was impossibly fast and had teeth as sharp as razors.
After taking out roughly 10 guys or so, Derek learns that Gerard is the one after him.
And he wants Derek specifically.
Now, Argent has to find him first.
Its their turn to be hunted, she shouts to cheers from her army.
She then welcomes them to the armory as they each choose their weapon of choice.
Help yourselves she tells them, as if its a buffet (of automatic weapons).
But when Ethan asks Nolan, Where is Jackson?
Lydia sits up in bed and says the same thing.
And now she needs to know why.
Only, when she shows up at Scotts house, she doesnt find Scott.
She finds Peter, whos apparently looking for Malia.
Neither one of them can be reached due to the fact that several cell towers are down.
It seems Monroe is cutting them off from the outside…and one another.
Do you ever see anything remotely optimistic?
Theyre training with Deucalion in the hopes that he can teach them how to fight blind in one day.
That said, the way it ends is great.
But well get back to that.
In Brazil, Argent catches up with Derek, and I am already loving this so much.
Their banter is perfection, and I have missed Derek more than I even realized.
But before he can get to the vault, Kate shows up!!!
Yeah, yeah, Kate.
Weve heard it all before.
While Derek goes after her, he tells Argent to get back to Beacon Hills and warn Scott.
And in doing so, he just helped the bad guys.
This is an operation, and theyre coming for everyone.
That brings us back to Scott, who finally takes down Deucalion just as Lydia and Peter show up.
Scott and company then face down a large number of automatic weapons as the episode ends.
Overall, this hour had more going for it than the first (including a great soundtrack).
And shooting (and potentially killing?)
Remember when Deucalion was the big bad wolf everyone feared?!
Well, this army just took him down, so everyone should be afraid.
I just hope the finale keeps that tension and gives us the kind of payoff we deserve.
