The Wolves of War

“	Scott: "Okay, Alec... the people that are hunting you? They've got a leader. Her name is Monroe, and she's got a lot of followers." Alec: "Like what, hundreds?" Scott: "Thousands-- all over the world." Alec: "So what are we doing here?" Scott: "We're meeting up with some people who can help us. Some of them are always with us... others come when we need them. But tonight, we need everyone we can get." Alec: "Are they all... different?" Scott: "Some of them are. Some can do things you'd never believe. And others might only be human, but they make up for it by being really smart, or really good in a fight." Alec: "Who are they?" Scott: "My friends... My pack. And you can be with us if you want... But you're going to have to fight."	”
	— Scott McCall and Alec

The Wolves of War is the twentieth episode of Season 6 and the one-hundredth and final episode of Teen Wolf.

Synopsis[]

Gerard initiates his final attack on the supernaturals of Beacon Hills.

Plot[]

“	They ran that night. Gerard put guns in people's hands, but a lot less than he thought were willing to use them. More people know our secret now... but more of them are on our side. [...] They weren't afraid of us anymore. Now we have allies who used to be enemies. We have protectors. We have friends willing to fight for us. The rest of us have been looking for others... Like you.	”
	— Scott McCall to Alec during the final montage

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Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Supporting Cast[]

Special Guest Stars[]

Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinski/Void Stiles
Tyler Hoechlin as Derek Hale
Colton Haynes as Jackson Whittemore
Charlie Carver as Ethan

Continuity[]

Stiles Stilinski appeared in this episode. He was last seen in Said the Spider to the Fly.
Melissa McCall appeared in this episode. She was last seen in Werewolves of London.
Rafael McCall appeared in this episode. He was last seen in Triggers.
Jackson Whittemore appeared in this episode. He was last seen in Werewolves of London.
Void Stiles and the Nogitsune appeared in Scott McCall's hallucinations in this episode. They were both last seen in Season 3B's The Divine Move.
Jennifer Blake appeared in Derek Hale's hallucinations in this episode. She was last seen in Season 3A's Lunar Ellipse.
Bobby Finstock appeared in this episode. He was last seen in Face-to-Faceless.
Allison Argent was referenced several times in this episode. She was last seen in the present in Season 3B's Insatiable, last seen in archive footage in Season 5's Apotheosis, and last mentioned in Season 6B's Raw Talent.
Scott references the fact that Chris Argent previously hunted him before switching sides in a conversation with Alec. Argent hunted Scott and others like him in Season 1 and Season 2, before then becoming a pack ally from Season 3 onward.
- Scott first mentioned this situation in Season 6's Raw Talent.
Stiles gives Lydia a hard time about the fact that no one told him about what was going on in Beacon Hills in his absence, which was exactly what Scott, Malia and Lydia predicted would happen in Said the Spider to the Fly.
Deucalion dies in this episode after succumbing to the gunshot wounds he sustained in Broken Glass.
Derek Hale informs Scott that he came back to Beacon Hills for him. Derek first implied that this was the case in Broken Glass, when he told Argent that if he came back, it wouldn't be for the town.
It is finally revealed what came of the fact that Derek Hale was one of the fugitives the FBI was looking for in North Carolina during the first day of Stiles' internship in Said the Spider to the Fly-- Derek was blamed for the deaths of the twelve Werewolves in Brazil, and Stiles talked his way into assisting with the field operation to catch Derek dead or alive after learning about his plans to get information by infiltrating a meeting of Hunters in the woods. This ultimately ended with Stiles being shot in the toe and Derek being forced to carry him to safety.
- It is also revealed that Derek had been in South America since he left Beacon Hills in Season 4's Smoke and Mirrors.
Melissa uses the taser-wand to take out a Hunter during the assault on the hospital. She was given this taser by her son, Scott, who showed her how to use it in Said the Spider to the Fly.
- This is also a parallel to Season 3A's The Overlooked, when she unexpectedly incapacitated the merged Ethan and Aiden with a pair of defibrillator paddles before they could harm Scott.
Jackson Whittemore is confirmed to still have access to some of his Kanima powers, including his reptilian eyes, his Kanima Venom, and his prehensile tail, though he admitted that it took him great effort to trigger these features and that he can no longer fully-shift into his reptile form. He described his power to switch from his Werewolf features (glowing blue eyes, fangs, claws, etc) to his Kanima features as driving a car with a tiptronic transmission, allowing him to shift from automatic to manual and back again.
- It was first implied that Jackson was still part-Kanima in Werewolves of London, when Ethan informed the Hunters that purple wolfsbane doesn't work on him for this reason.
- Jackson also referenced his Porsche, which he used to drive and brag about a great deal in Season 1 and Season 2. It was last referenced in Season 2's Venomous, when Danny Mahealani called dibs on the Porsche in the event that Jackson killed himself by trying to lift too much weight in the weight room.
Jackson and Lydia reunited in this episode. They were last seen together in Season 2's Master Plan.
- Lydia also implied that she knew all along that Jackson was gay or bi when she learned that he is in a relationship with Ethan.
- Jackson also learns about Lydia's supernatural status as a Banshee in this episode after she uses her Banshee Scream to knock out all of the Hunters in Gerard's Armory so she could rescue him. Lydia was first revealed to be a Banshee in Season 3A's The Girl Who Knew Too Much after demonstrating symptoms throughout Season 2 and the first part of Season 3.
It is revealed that the four hospital patients who were implied to be shapeshifters and who were seemingly hooked up to purple wolfsbane IV drips were actually Hunters hiding in plain sight with guns underneath their bed sheets. Nolan showed Liam Dunbar the patients in this secret wing in Broken Glass, after which Gabe revealed that Monroe knew that Nolan would switch sides and that she used that knowledge to lure Liam, Corey Bryant, and Mason Hewitt into a trap at the hospital.
Theo Raeken saved Liam from Hunters by pulling him into an elevator. This is a parallel to Season 6A's Memory Found, when Theo and Liam acted as decoys to keep the Ghost Riders away from Scott, Malia and Lydia so they could bring back their lost memories of Stiles.
- This parallel is further expanded when Theo and Liam insist that neither is willing to die for the other, but that they have no problem fighting with each other, which also occurred in the aforementioned episode.
It is revealed that Gerard used the yellow wolfsbane stolen from Derek Hale to make two wolfsbane bullets, one of which he gave to Tamora Monroe to use against Scott, and the other which he kept for himself to use on Kate Argent. Kate stole the yellow wolfsbane from Derek in Broken Glass, which was when she announced her plan to use it in a bullet to kill Scott.
Though yellow wolfsbane is allegedly fatal to shapeshifters, Derek was able to save Scott's life after Monroe shot him by burning the wolfsbane out of the gunshot wound on his shoulder. This method of curing wolfsbane poisoning has been used by Derek on several occasions: in Season 1's Magic Bullet, Derek used the ashes from burned Nordic Blue Monkshood wolfsbane as a poultice for the gunshot wound on his forearm, curing his poisoning; in Season 3B's The Divine Move, he used a lighter to burn the purple wolfsbane from Ethan and Aiden's many gunshot wounds; and, in Season 4's The Benefactor, Derek used a blow-torch to burn the wolfsbane out of the wound on Peter Hale's chest, which was caused from the coated tomahawk wielded by The Mute.
Gerard informed his daughter, Kate, that he couldn't trust her with the last remaining bullet of yellow wolfsbane and reminded her that, though she was his daughter and an Argent, she was still "one of them" (i.e. a Werejaguar shapeshifter). This is exactly what Chris Argent and Derek Hale warned her would happen in Broken Glass.
Scott seems to have become proficient in using echolocation, thermoception, equilibrioception, and proprioception, particularly after he stabbed his eyes to prevent himself from seeing the Anuk-ite. Scott (along with Malia) were taught how to use their senses in conjunction with these concepts by Deucalion in Broken Glass.
This episode demonstrated the redemption of a number of characters:
- Nolan redeemed himself by joining the McCall Pack's army, fighting alongside Melissa McCall, Corey Bryant, and Mason Hewitt against the Hunters taking over the hospital. He first switched sides in Broken Glass after the sight of Ethan's blood on his hands convinced him that he was in the wrong and didn't have the heart to kill innocent supernatural creatures.
- Peter Hale redeemed himself by fighting alongside the McCall Pack and their allies, incapacitating and neutralizing the Hunter army through non-lethal means. This led Scott to refer to Peter as a member of the pack at the end of the episode. Peter's redemption first began in Season 6A's Radio Silence, when he risked his life for his daughter Malia, and did so several more times for Malia and his former Beta Scott thereafter in the fight against the Ghost Riders.
- Theo Raeken redeemed himself by fighting alongside the McCall Pack and their allies, specifically by fighting as Liam's partner against the Hunters who had taken over the hospital. He was also shown taking the pain of one of the teenage Hunters, Gabe, who had been caught in the crossfire when a Hunter tried to shoot Liam. Theo began redeeming himself in Season 6A's Memory Found.
Gerard growled "Mountain Ash" in this episode upon learning that Scott planned to have Stiles use it to trap the Anuk-ite. This is a parallel to Season 2's Master Plan, when Gerard yelled "MOUNTAIN ASH!" upon learning that Scott had swapped out his cancer medications with pills full of it.
Stiles was shown making a Mountain Ash barrier for the second time in this episode when he surrounded the Anuk-ite with it. Stiles last used Mountain Ash in Season 2's Raving to create a barrier around the warehouse where the rave was taking place so the Kanima would be unable to escape. In both instances, Stiles was able to use his own force of will and intention to form the barrier as he needed, just like a Druid such as Alan Deaton, Marin Morrell, or Jennifer Blake.
Theo Raeken was shown to successfully take the pain of the dying Gabe in his final moments, marking the first time that Theo has ever used this power for a positive reason. He first used this power in Season 5B's The Beast of Beacon Hills and Apotheosis, when he stole the pain, life, and powers of Josh Diaz and Tracy Stewart, respectively. He then attempted to use this power to take Mason Hewitt's pain after being hurt in a battle with Aaron, but was unable to do so; according to Mason, this is because one needs to care in order to take pain, and Theo had no experience in using this power for good instead of for personal gain through Power Stealing.
Chris Argent and Melissa McCall are shown to have finally begun a romantic relationship at the end of the episode. Their friendship began to develop into a romance starting in Season 6A's Relics and continued until their first kiss in Riders on the Storm and throughout Season 6B.

Cultural References[]

Gerard Argent (and later, Derek Hale) quote William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. The play was believed to have been written in 1599, and it was one of a number of plays Shakespeare wrote about historical Roman events. The play is set in 44 BC and shows Brutus and Cassius involved in a conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar in order to ensure he does not become dictator of Rome. The event and the play about it are interesting because while Brutus and Cassius (and their co-conspirators) were trying to preserve the Roman way of life, they ultimately set off a civil war that destroyed the republic entirely.
- This could be a parallel to the current storyline involving Gerard Argent, Tamora Monroe, and the Hunter army against the supernatural creatures of the world; Gerard and Monroe, like Brutus and Cassius, sought to prevent supernatural creatures from using their powers to take over the world, but in the end, they only served to prove to many in the human community that supernaturals were protectors who were not to be feared.
Stiles Stilinski refers to Derek Hale as an "unsub" in his case with the FBI (which is a truncated version of "unknown subject" or "unidentified subject"), a term most often used in American crime procedurals such as Criminal Minds, which, coincidentally, was originally created by Teen Wolf showrunner Jeff Davis.

Trivia[]

The Wolves of War is the final episode of the series.
This episode ran for roughly fifty minutes, ten minutes longer than the typical Teen Wolf episode.
The episode title is a reference to Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, specifically Act 3, Scene 1, which Gerard Argent recites and Derek Hale finishes:
"Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war."
It is revealed that while ordinary Humans are killed upon seeing the Anuk-ite's face and turning into stone, shapeshifters, due to their enhanced healing and heightened durability, take longer to die from the process and thus can be saved so long as the Anuk-ite is defeated before it is too late.
The greatest fears of many of the McCall Pack members and allies are revealed in this episode as a result of the Anuk-ite's influence.
- Stiles Stilinski reveals that his greatest fear is becoming blind, and acknowledged that the fact that they needed to fight the Anuk-ite blind was a "situation of unfortunate overlap."
- Peter Hale's greatest fear was something happening to his daughter Malia Tate, which ultimately led to him being temporarily petrified into stone as a result of looking at the Anuk-ite when it used her voice.
- Jackson Whittemore's greatest fear seemed to be something happening to Ethan, as it was his concern for where he was and his current status that caused him to open his eyes and be temporarily petrified into stone by the Anuk-ite.
- Derek Hale's greatest fear was being manipulated through love, specifically by being manipulated by Jennifer Blake, his former girlfriend who appeared to him in a hallucination and who ultimately tricked him into opening his eyes and being temporarily petrified into stone. It could also be that Derek feared her coming back to life a second time, since he was indirectly involved in giving the Nemeton the power to keep her alive the first time.
- Scott McCall's greatest fear was that he would failed the people he loved and/or be the reason behind their deaths, a fear which originated from witnessing his first love, Allison Argent, die in his arms, which he continues to blame himself for to this day. As a result, he hallucinated that Void Stiles and the Nogitsune were telling him that everyone was dead before Derek Hale, Malia Tate, and Lydia Martin tried to fight him and bait him into opening his eyes. Finally, he hallucinated that he was attacked by a Berserker, an Oni, a Dread Doctor, and a Ghost Rider, and was able to avoid being petrified into stone by stabbing his eyes with his claws so there would be no way to trick him into looking at the Anuk-ite; as a result, Scott was no longer afraid of the Anuk-ite, keeping it from becoming more powerful.
The hallucination of Void Stiles implied that looking at the Anuk-ite will drive a person to insanity prior to being petrified into stone, though none of the shapeshifters who were temporarily frozen remarked on this side-effect.
- It is also implied by the hallucination of the Nogitsune that if Scott opened his eyes, he would see Allison again, though this, too, was never confirmed to be true or false.
Scott McCall ultimately figured out that since the Anuk-ite made one of his halves a shapeshifter, he was thereby bound by the metaphysical rules of being a shapeshifter, which includes their vulnerabilities. As a result, he, with help from Stiles Stilinski, were able to trap him using Mountain Ash stolen from Gerard's Armory, causing it to be unable to continue petrifying the pack members and allies and also causing its power to rebound on itself, freezing it into stone.
Coach Finstock, in a surprising twist, saved the day by beating up a Hunter with a lacrosse stick and preventing Jackson and Ethan from being harmed by it. It is unknown if he knows anything about the supernatural, but it appeared that he at least knew about the current situation with the Hunters, as he cheerfully informed them that the battle was now over.
Alan Deaton was seen showing Mason and Corey his office at the clinic, which is full of vials full of various substances, a variety of plants, and books, suggesting that he may be teaching Mason how to be a Druid.
It is revealed that Monroe has continued recruiting for her Hunter army in Gerard's absence, which has now become global.

Body Count[]

Deucalion - gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen; killed by Hunters
2 Hunters - petrified into stone; killed by the Anuk-ite
Gabe - gunshot wounds to the chest; killed by Hunters
Anuk-ite - petrified into stone by his own powers; killed by Stiles Stilinski (after being weakened by Scott McCall)
Gerard Argent - mauled to death; killed by Kate Argent

Locations[]

Gatlin, Tennessee
- Moonlit Palm Motor Lodge
- Abandoned Warehouse
- Backroad
North Carolina
- Abandoned Warehouse
Beacon Hills, California
- Shipyard
- Gerard's Armory
  - Jackson's Cell
  - Hallway
  - Trophy Room
  - Ethan's Cell
  - Storage Room
- Eichen House
  - Supernatural Ward
    - Halwyn's Cell
- Beacon County Sheriff's Station
  - Holding Cell
- Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital
  - Secret Wing
  - Patient Room/Restroom
  - Morgue
  - Elevator
  - Reception Area
- Route 115
- Beacon Hills Animal Clinic
  - Exam Room
  - Deaton's Office
- Beacon Hills High School
  - Courtyard
  - Entrance Hall
  - Science Laboratory
  - Library
  - Boys Locker Room
- Underground Tunnels
- McCall House
  - Foyer
- Warehouse District
London, England
- Jackson and Ethan's Apartment

Soundtrack[]

"Up 'N Away" by Emmi
- Stiles and Derek explain to Scott, Malia, and Lydia as to why they returned to Beacon Hills and formulate their plan of attack against the Anuk-ite and the Hunters.
"Hiding" by Vök
- Mason and Corey tell each other that they love each other and vow that they will not be dying that night. Corey then uses his powers to make them invisible before heading out to fight the Hunters in the hospital.
"Game On" by Siberia
- Sheriff Stilinski appears at Eichen House and efficiently beats three Hunters, including Deputy Ferrell, in close-quarters combat before rescuing Parrish from the Hellhound cell.
"Find Me" by Sigma ft Birdy
- Malia and the rest of the pack find Scott in the library, where he is still bleeding from his eyes and unable to focus enough to heal. Lydia advises Malia to kiss him, and after she does, his eyes heal.
"Not Gonna Break Me" by Jamie N Commons
- End montage: Monroe goes on the run. Parrish and the rest of the Sheriff's deputies pack up all of the weaponry in the armory as evidence while the Sheriff and Rafael watch. Scott offers Alec a place in the McCall Pack, and the two walk off into the sunset with the rest of the pack members