One night, while out in the woods investigating half a body found by the Beacon Hills sheriff’s department (because they are so smart), Scott McCall and Stile Stilinski end up in a ton of trouble. Scott is bitten by a werewolf and launched them both into a preternatural world of drama.
Sure being a werewolf is very beneficial. (Apparently Beacon Hills doesn’t go for the more mundane sport craze of basketball. They are all in for lacrosse.) Scott makes the lacrosse team, makes new friends (Jackson and Lydia–if you can call anyone Jackson’s friend), and gets the girl.
Too bad the girl’s family is made up of werewolf hunters. Probably the same ones who killed the girl in the woods (because she was a werewolf too, and apparently cutting werewolves in half is the Argent family m.o.) and definitely the ones who burned down the home of the only other werewolf in town, moody and sexy Derek Hale.
And then there’s the matter of just who bit Scott in the first place, if it wasn’t Derek, and it wasn’t his sister (the body in the woods.)
Teen Wolf is…actually pretty good. I expected a high school melodrama with shapeshifters and instead got the hybrid child of Buffy and Supernatural. The bromance is strong, and amusing. Stiles is a far more interesting character than Scott, but the balance allows Scott to actually be good at being a werewolf and an underestimated good guy. Stiles is the flashy, insecure one. Scott is the dedicated, loyal, do whatever it takes to make the good guys victorious and people safe one.
Scott’s romance with Allison might seem like the stuff of teen dreams, but in the end it surpasses Edward and Bella, and even Buffy and Angel to become a serious motivator, not just for plot, but for real character growth.
And the best covert surprise is Lydia, the popular hot girl, who is absolutely not a cliche. Instead, she is blisteringly intelligent and way more capable than her male counterpart.
I really do recommend a binge watch of this one.
Contains: violence, language, sexual content