| “ | Isaac: "They're leaving tonight during the game." Scott: "So, why are you telling me?" Isaac: "I'm not telling you-- I'm asking you. I'm asking for your advice." Scott: "From me? Why?" Isaac: "Because I trust you." Scott: "Why?" Isaac: "Because you always seem to want to do the right thing." Scott: "I usually have no idea what I'm doing. Actually, I always have no idea what I'm doing." |
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The relationship between Beta Werewolf Isaac Lahey and True Alpha Werewolf Scott McCall.
Isaac and Scott's relationship had a turbulent beginning, due to the fact that Isaac was a part of Derek's pack shortly after Derek became an Alpha, and Scott disagreed with Derek's plans to turn more teenagers into Werewolves. Their first interaction was in Season 2's Shape Shifted at lacrosse tryouts, where Scott sensed that there was another Werewolf in the locker room with them and decided to leave his position of goalie to try to literally sniff them out. He eventually figured out that the other wolf was Isaac, but before he could question him further, he was arrested by Sheriff Stilinski as a suspect in the murder of Mr. Lahey.
After that, Scott had several standoffs with Isaac and the rest of the Hale Pack until the threat of the Kanima forced them to work together to protect the town. It wasn't until Scott informed Isaac that he didn't want him to get hurt that Isaac realized that Scott had the potential to be a genuinely good friend. ("Raving")
From there, Isaac trusted Scott and his instincts with regards to dealing with supernatural threats, and his allegiance slowly started to shift from Derek to Scott, particularly when Derek's attempts to resist the Alpha Pack resulted in their own packmates getting hurt (Cora Hale) ("The Girl Who Knew Too Much") or killed (Erica Reyes and Vernon Boyd) ("Chaos Rising"), ("Currents"). Isaac formally joined the McCall Pack after Derek gave up his Alpha spark to save his sister Cora (leading to the dissolution of the Hale Pack) and Scott finally ascended to True Alpha status. ("Alpha Pact"), ("Lunar Ellipse")
From there, the two became very close friends, with Isaac even moving into the McCall House when Derek kicked him out of the loft. ("Unleashed") Their friendship experienced a little tension when Isaac began developing feelings for Allison Argent, Scott's ex-girlfriend, which hit extra hard due to the darkness Scott was plagued with following the surrogate sacrifice ritual. ("Anchors") However, when Scott began dating Kira Yukimura, he ultimately gave Allison and Isaac his blessing to be together. ("Illuminated")
The two, accompanied with the rest of the pack, fought against the Nogitsune and the Oni he had stolen, but when Allison was killed by one of the Oni, Isaac became so distraught that he left Beacon Hills and went to France with Allison's father Chris Argent ("The Divine Move"); though Argent ultimately returned several months later, Isaac remains in Europe as far as anyone else is aware. ("The Benefactor")
Isaac and Scott's relationship is most commonly referred to as "Scisaac" by fans.
Throughout Teen Wolf[]
In Shape Shifted, Scott was with Stiles in the boys locker room at school when he suddenly sensed another Werewolf in the room with them due to the upcoming full moon heightening his powers. However, when Scott was unable to identify who it was, Stiles came up with a plan that involved Scott getting as close to every one of the team members as he could to try to sniff out who the new Werewolf was. This plan quickly became awkward due to Scott playing goalie, forcing him to leave his post in the goal in order to get close to any of his teammates.
Despite the difficulty of the plan, it ultimately worked when Scott tackled Isaac and discovered he was the new Werewolf, which was confirmed when Scott saw his eyes glow gold. Unfortunately, before Scott could process this or ask any questions, Isaac was confronted by Sheriff Stilinski and two deputies, forcing Isaac to beg Scott not to tell anyone before he was arrested on suspicion of killing his father, Mr. Lahey, the previous evening.
Scott and Stiles watched as Isaac was led away from school, and Scott used his superhuman sense of hearing to eavesdrop on the Stilinski's conversation. When it became clear he was a suspect, Stiles worried that Isaac could be held in a cell at the jail for twenty-four hours, which would occur during that night's full moon.
Worried that Isaac would expose them and/or hurt someone due to it being his first full moon as a Werewolf, they immediately rushed to follow after Isaac in hopes of getting him out of jail. Before they could do so, however, Derek Hale appeared in his Camaro and ordered Scott to get in, advising him that the Lahey House contained enough evidence to convince the police that Isaac had a strong motive for murdering his father, even despite the fact that he wasn't actually the killer.
Derek and Scott then went to Isaac's house to get rid of any evidence that would incriminate Isaac, where Scott asked him who really did kill Mr. Lahey. When Derek admitted that he didn't know yet, Scott questioned him on how he knew it wasn't Isaac, causing Derek to argue that he trusted his senses, particularly when they were working in a combination, before giving him a pointed look. Scott, realizing Derek saw him on the field earlier in the day sniffing his teammates, blushed in embarrassment, and Derek grimly confirmed that it looked as bad as it sounded.
The two made their way down into the basement, which is where Derek believed what would be used as the motive was located. He instructed Scott to follow his senses, and the young Beta was drawn to the nearby deep freezer, where the scent of emotion was strongest. When Scott asked what had happened there, Derek would only answer, "The kind of thing that leaves an impression." Scott then opened the freezer to find that the inside was covered in bloody scratch marks, implying that Isaac was locked inside of it regularly as punishment.
Scott realized that this was why Isaac agreed to the bite—because he wanted the power to defend himself against his father, a suspicion that Derek confirmed to be true. When Scott asked if Isaac even knew about the threat of the Argent Hunters, Derek assured him that he did and that Isaac still wanted it, leading Scott to call him an "idiot."
Derek then turned the conversation back on Scott by reminding him that he was the "idiot dating Argent's daughter" and once again making his case for Scott joining the Hale Pack—by doing so, he would be gaining a support system of other Werewolves, a teacher who can help him learn to control his powers (including his senses), even on a full moon, and he would be less vulnerable to Hunters than he was as an Omega.
Scott, however, would not give up being with Allison, though it made it clear that while he was not going to join his pack, he did want to help him break Isaac out of jail. Derek, confused, questioned him on why he wanted to, wondering if it was because he was a Werewolf like them, but Scott corrected him by saying, "Because he's innocent."
Unfortunately, the full moon's effects became too much for Scott, who enlisted Stiles to help Derek while Allison helped lock him up, though Allison did assist the others by shooting a Hunter in the leg to slow him down. They were ultimately able to get Isaac out of jail, though he was a fugitive from the law and had to stay in the Railway Depot with Derek to avoid arrest.
In Ice Pick, Scott was in gym class with Stiles, Allison, Lydia, and Erica Reyes, among others, when Coach Finstock announced that if anyone saw Isaac Lahey, they needed to immediately tell the principal, one of the teachers, or himself. Scott and Stiles shared a serious look as Scott asked about Isaac, but Stiles stated that he was Derek's problem, now.
While they were changing out of their gym clothes after class, Scott tried to back out of his double date with himself and Allison and Stiles and Lydia, citing Isaac's disappearance, Allison's grandfather (the vicious Hunter currently leading the Argent Family) and the new, unidentified creature running around as reasons why it was a bad idea. However, Stiles insisted that they do it anyway, as he wanted to have a relationship with Lydia similar to the one Scott had with Allison.
The next day at school, they saw that Erica had undergone a complete transformation, and when they caught her being picked up from school by Derek in his Camaro, they realized that she, too, had gotten the bite, just like Isaac. Scott knew that Derek needed at least three Betas to have a basic pack, and since Erica and Isaac only made two, he immediately went to Erica to demand who Derek's next recruit would be. However, Erica, arguing that they wouldn't need a third if Scott would just join them, wouldn't tell him who Derek was eyeing to complete his pack.
Scott and Stiles eventually figured out that it was a loner from school named Vernon Boyd, and Scott rushed to the Beacon Hills Ice Rink, where he worked, to try to convince him to reject Derek's offer. When Boyd wouldn't speak with him, Scott urgently asked him if Derek had explained everything to him—not just being out of control on the full moon, but the Hunters and the reptilian shapeshifter as well, and when Boyd insisted that he had, Scott was shocked that this wasn't enough for him to say no.
At a loss for words, Scott stated that, whatever it was that Boyd wanted, there were better ways to get it, and Boyd admitted that he just didn't want to sit alone at lunch every day. When Scott retorted, "If you're looking for friends, you can do a lot better than Derek," Derek appeared behind them with Isaac and Erica at his sides and feigned offense before pointing out that it was only fair for Scott to at least get a consensus if he was going to review him.
After Erica informed them that her life had been "transformative" since she had met Derek, Isaac was asked how his life was post-bite, leading Isaac to reply, "Well, I'm a little bummed about being a fugitive... but, other than that, I'm great." Erica and Isaac then got into position to battle, and Scott stated that this wasn't going to be a fair fight; Derek, thinking he was talking about himself, urged him to go home if he felt that way, but Scott insisted that he was talking about it being fair for them before he transformed and easily bested them both in a fight, as he had more experience and control over his powers than they did.
Scott then slid Isaac and Erica's unconscious bodies back toward Derek, where they landed at his feet, though Derek then took it upon himself to fight Scott one-on-one and easily defeated the young Omega. Afterward, Boyd revealed that he had already accepted the bite before Scott even arrived, and when Scott insisted that he didn't want to be like Derek, Isaac, and Erica, Boyd confessed that Scott was right—he wanted to be like Scott.
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In Venomous,
In Restraint,
In Raving,
In Party Guessed,
In Battlefield,
In Master Plan,
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In Tattoo,
In Chaos Rising,
In Fireflies,
In Unleashed,
In Frayed,
In Motel California,
In Currents,
In The Girl Who Knew Too Much,
In The Overlooked,
In Alpha Pact,
In Lunar Ellipse,
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In Anchors,
In Galvanize,
In Illuminated,
In Riddled,
In Letharia Vulpina,
In Echo House,
In De-Void,
In Insatiable,
In The Divine Move,Trivia[]
- Isaac was the first Beta Werewolf to join Scott's pack, as the first two members (Stiles Stilinski and Allison Argent) are both human.
- Over time, Isaac has proven to be very loyal to Scott, to the point that he will use physical violence to defend his honor and put himself in harm's way in order to defend him.
- Both Scott and Isaac have had romantic relationships with Allison Argent.
- This has proven to be a touchy subject for the two but still managed to remain friendly towards each other.
- Due to their respective relationships with Allison, both young men were devastated by her death.
- Both Scott and Isaac are allies with Derek Hale, Alan Deaton, Stiles Stilinski, and Chris Argent.
- Both have estranged relationships with their abusive fathers.
- Before Scott was truly an Alpha, he was shown to have some kind of supernatural authority over Isaac, as his roar allowed him to shift Isaac back to human after he had a claustrophobia-induced panic attack in Unleashed. This was demonstrated again in Frayed, when Scott shouted at Isaac to stop attacking Ethan.
- They lived together for a period of time after Scott discovered Isaac was homeless. Melissa McCall acted as a guardian and foster parent to Isaac, and both Scott and Melissa considered Isaac to be family when he was hospitalized after being electrocuted in Letharia Vulpina.
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