| “ | Quinn: "I saw flashing lights... a police car... I-I saw a badge, a gun... and then they shot me. They shot me in the head. And that's all I remember." Stilinski: "There are a couple holes in her story..." Lydia: Maybe because there's a hole in her head." |
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— Quinn reporting her assault by a police officer to Noah Stilinski and Lydia Martin in Pressure Test
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Quinn is a minor character in the second half of Season 6 in Teen Wolf. She was first introduced as yet another supernatural (specifically a Beta Werewolf) targeted by Gerard Argent and Tamora Monroe's Hunter army who survived an attack by one of its members, who happened to be a Sheriff's deputy. It was soon revealed that Quinn's identity was actually stolen by half of the Anuk-ite, leaving her true body nothing but a flayed corpse with only her pack tattoo branded on the muscle of her arm to identify her. It was also revealed that she was the daughter of Beacon Hills High School's science teacher, Mrs. Finch, and both were members of a pack of animalistic and brutal Werewolves known as The Primal.
Throughout Teen Wolf[]
Season 6B[]
In Face-to-Faceless, Quinn was driving late at night when she seemingly got a flat tire and pulled over to check it out. She was then almost immediately surrounded by three or four large men who play nice at first and ask her if everything is okay. Quinn, feeling uneasy around these strangers, assured them that she was fine and declined their offer for help, informing them that she knew how to change a tire.
Just then, one of the other men point out that it looked less like a flat tire and more like a blowout before the first man, Abel, remarked "Hope you've got a spare." Quinn, now completely certain that something wasn't right, once again assured them that she appreciated the concern but that she could take care of herself.
Undeterred, Abel bent over to get a better look at the tire in question and stated that he thought he knew what the cause of her problem was before pulling a crossbow bolt out of the tire and holding it up, asking her if she had ever seen anything like it before in a voice with a hint of a threat in it, making it clear that this was a set-up and that they were members of Monroe's Army. When Quinn remained silent, Abel repeated himself in a cold, hard tone of voice-- "Maybe you didn't hear me... I asked you, 'Have you ever seen one of these before?'"
Quinn, knowing now that a fight is inevitable due to the Hunters showing their hand, retorted, "Yeah... As a matter of fact, I have" before immediately beginning to fight against them, revealing her claws, fangs, and gold Beta Werewolf eyes in the process; despite her slim build, she was able to easily overpower all of the men using her superhuman flexibility, agility and speed.
Suddenly, the sound of a police siren was heard, and Quinn instantly returned to her human form as a cruiser approached her. Believing that the driver, Deputy Vargas, was there to help her, Quinn wasted no time voicing her gratitude for coming to her aid. However, it was soon revealed that Vargas was actually in the Hunter army as well when she anxiously pulled out her sidearm, aimed it at Quinn, and pulled the trigger; though the gunshot was off-camera, it was soon revealed that Quinn had been shot in the head by the rogue deputy.
That night, a weakened and bloodied Quinn somehow got into the McCall House, where she waited until Scott McCall, Lydia Martin, and Malia Tate returned to the house following the standoff between the three of them and Monroe's Hunter Army, led by Tamora Monroe and Gerard Argent. Upon their return, Quinn immediately jumped to her feet from the kitchen table and stumbled toward them, identifying Scott by name as soon as she saw him, suggesting that she was told that she should go to him if she was in trouble. Scott caught her before she could fall onto the floor and helped her to sit down again as he assessed the situation.
Scott went on to identify Quinn as a fellow Werewolf, leading Malia to ask her who attacked her while gesturing to the bloody wound on the side of Quinn's head near her hairline. Malia assumed it was a Hunter, but Quinn corrected her and stated the attacker was a deputy. Lydia immediately realized that this must mean her attacker was both a member of Monroe's Army and a deputy at the Beacon County Sheriff's Station, and from there, Scott added that this meant that the Hunters had recruited almost everyone in Beacon Hills.
In Pressure Test, that same night, the McCall Pack brought Quinn to the Beacon County Sheriff's Station to report everything they had learned to Sheriff Stilinski, from the failed peace summit with Monroe's Army and the attempted murder of Quinn by two separate bands of Hunter soldiers, as well as reminding them all that their problems were further exacerbated by the Anuk-ite's presence in Beacon Hills, inducing extreme fear and terror among the masses.
Stilinski, after talking to Scott and Liam, went to go question Quinn on what happened to her, making a point of asking her if she was absolutely sure that it was a deputy who shot her. Quinn described what few memories she had of the experience—she saw flashing lights, a police cruiser, a badge, and a police handgun just before being shot in the head. Stilinski, not wanting to believe there was corruption among his staff, pointed out that there were some holes in her story, but Malia pointed out that since there was a hole in her head, that it wasn't beyond disbelief that her memories of the attack were fuzzy, though she quickly apologized for the bad joke when everyone looked at her in exasperation.
To make matters worse, Stilinski had just arrested two newly-Omega Werewolves, Jiang and Tierney (who were formerly members of Satomi Ito's now-defunct pack and were now orphaned due to the Hunters killing their Alpha and the rest of their fellow Betas) with the murder of a man who turned out to be one of Tamora Monroe's Hunters. As a result of the outrage toward these two wolves for the death of one of their own, Monroe's Army eventually surrounded the Sheriff's station before the pack could figure out a way to sneak the Omegas to a safer location.
Stilinski instructed them all to stay away from the windows and put their weapons away so he could go talk with them, leaving the rest of the pack and Quinn to try to come up with a new plan. In an interesting twist, the Anuk-ite seemed to be present during the discussion, as its fear-inducing power was affecting many of them in different ways. Scott believed in Stilinski and wanted to wait to see what he could accomplish on his own. Malia, absolutely terrified, insisted that they could let Stilinski talk to them while also finding a way out of there. Liam was worried about how to get Jiang and Tierney out with them, leading Malia to hysterically claim it was Stilinski's job to protect them, though Scott argued it was their job to keep them alive, earning disagreement from Theo Raeken.
When Liam asked if he could just kill Theo, Malia once again anxiously told them to leave him so the rest of them could get out of there. Quinn jumped into the conversation and reminded them that they were trapped—all the windows and doors were covered by armed Hunters—which meant they were all going to die in there, leading Theo to suggest that they kill her instead. When Malia screamed at him to shut up, Scott realized something wasn't right and took her hand before noting that she was tremulous, though Malia lied and stated she was fine.
Finally, Lydia, in an unusual change in attitude, pointed out that there were only a dozen Hunters out there and that she was sure they could all take them, and Liam continued to argue that they couldn't leave Jiang and Tierney behind due to their status as the last of Satomi's Pack. Ultimately, after listening to all of the arguments, Scott decided they would find a way out of there, but that they would take Jiang and Tierney with them.
The pack and their allies were in position to fight their way out as Stilinski was returning to the building, but before they could launch their attack, the Sheriff stopped them and ordered them not to shoot the first shot, since they were given until midnight to turn over Jiang and Tierney. Off to the side, Jordan Parrish and Stilinski discussed the pros and cons of calling for back-up—on the one side, doing so would likely expose Scott and the rest of the teens as supernatural creatures, but even if they did see Werewolves, they would have difficulty determining who was a "good guy" and who was a "bad guy." Stilinski then brought up Quinn's earlier point, which was that if she was right about being shot by a deputy, they may not know whose side everyone is on either.
In the bullpen, Quinn remarked that she still didn't have service on her cell phone, and Lydia explained that it was because Monroe's Army was blocking all of their cellular devices to prevent them from calling for help. When Quinn asked if the radio would work, Lydia tried it before sighing and stating that it was only static, leading Quinn to wonder how hard it was to jam a police radio. Lydia conceded that it would be pretty difficult unless they were already on the police force, and the two women realized that once again, one of the deputies was working for Monroe's Army.;
At the end of the long standoff between the two groups, they eventually came to a compromise with help from Special Agent Rafael McCall of the FBI, Scott's father who acted as a mediator. They agreed to the deal where the McCall Pack would hand over Jiang and Tierney to the federal authorities to serve a human punishment for their murder charges, and the rest of the pack and their allies, Theo and Quinn, would be able to walk free from the station without threat against their life as long as they left the state of California and never came back. It can be presumed that after Quinn was able to leave the station, she returned to the rest of the Primal Pack at their lair to lay low.
In Werewolves of London, it was discovered that Quinn was murdered by the Anuk-Ite, though this is not confirmed until Genotype. It strips her of her DNA and face. Killing her and grieving her mother Mrs. Finch
In Genotype, the creature adopting Quinn's body arrives at the school, looking for its other half. Once she kissed Aaron, the two start to fight. The creature looses to Aaron, and Quinn dies.
Personality[]
From the little bit of Quinn's personality that was shown on-screen, she seemed to be a very intelligent and independent person who could take care of herself and was excellent at reading people and their intentions, quickly figuring out that the men who were offering to help her change her tire were actually Hunters trying to kill her. She also seemed to be pragmatic, maybe to the point of pessimism, much like Stiles Stilinski, as she was certain that there was no way that she and the McCall Pack and their allies would get out of the Sheriff's station alive with Monroe's Army surrounding them.
She also was apparently very proud of her Werewolf heritage, as her mother, Mrs. Finch, implied that Quinn returned to the Primal after Mrs. Finch spent years trying to get her to embrace her human side and repress the wolf within her. She was dedicated enough to get her pack's symbol burned into her arm as a tattoo.
Physical Appearance[]
Quinn was a slim young woman with long limbs, pale white skin, freckles, and dark brown hair and eyes. She seemed to wear simple, casual clothing such as jeans and t-shirts with boots or sneakers and little jewelry or makeup. She had the Primal's pack symbol, the Horned God, burned into the skin and muscle of her right deltoid.
Powers and Abilities[]
Quinn had the usual powers and abilities of a Beta-level Werewolf, albeit with highly advanced combat skills that allowed her to utilize her superhuman speed and agility to defeat three or four men who were much larger than her at once. She also appeared to be incredibly durable with a much more efficient healing factor, as she was able to survive a gunshot wound to the head, something none of the other supernatural creatures have been seen to recover from without assistance of some kind.
However, it is unknown when exactly Quinn was taken over by the Anuk-ite, just that it was sometime during the second half of Season 6; as a result, it's possible that she was actually half of the Anuk-ite the entire time she was on-screen, simply searching from her other half. During this time, the half of the Anuk-ite completely took on her appearance and DNA, leaving her original body a flayed corpse left at the Primal's lair. While the Anuk-ite was taking on Quinn's appearance, she had the usual powers of an Anuk-ite, but without the petrifying vision that it could only access after its two halves merged.
