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A list of top Teen Wolf episodes and "Riddled" is named number one 

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A list of top Teen Wolf episodes and "Riddled" is named number one 

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This episode is a fan favorite for many, as well as the whole of this season for the entire series

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, with technically 5 seasons-but actually 6 and almost 7 with 5B-is starting to have had a good, long run. And since we're gearing up for the upcoming winter season, how best to while away the time than reflect upon the best moments the show has delivered so far? Drop your (seasonal, lacrosse-jumper- themed) knitting and join the fun! Here are the 10 best Teen Wolf episodes so far.

10. 1×09 - "Wolf's Bane"

If I reveal it took me a couple of times to get into Teen Wolf, does that get me kicked out of the club? By episode four (on my third try...) I was ready to admit I was going to watch any and all episodes this show had. Episode 9, with its "IT NO FIT" scene, finally cemented the fact that not only was I in for the long term, I was in in. A casual fan no longer, I gave in and became the "I will get up at 3am to watch an hour-long panel of these dorks hugging each other and talking about bipedal lizard men, change my phone background to the cast + puppies, quote episodes by memory" type of fan. SO. This was a Very Important Episode.

9. 2×09 - "Party-guessed"

If Lydia's birthday party involving a set of heartbreaking hallucinations wasn't enough...

This episode also features Peter coming back to life, and Victoria Argent killing herself.

So. You know, just your run-of-the-mill Teen Wolf goodness.

8. 5×02 - "Parasomnia"

It's a testament to the writing on the show when it can take a character that wasn't introduced in the best way in a previous season, and make him a highlight and genuine delight to see on screen in the next. Yes, I am talking about our resident baby werewolf, Liam "I fell in a hole" Dunbar. This episode also has this Stiles/Scott scene, making it instantly unforgettable.

7. 5×01 - "Creatures of the Night"

The only reason this episode isn't at the very top of the list is because Teen Wolf gifted us with stellar episodes that weren't premieres and therefore packed more of an emotional punch. This one, however, is almost perfect. It's sweet, funny, tense all at the same time, it has fights and touching moments crisscrossing throughout, new characters and old melding seamlessly... I can't praise it enough.

6., 5., 4., and 3. - Pick your 3B episodes

Listen, I could have written this list with season 3B only (minus 3×21), it's that good. I didn't, because while I would very much enjoy an All About Stiles post (which may still happen), I do try not to behave like a child and spread the joy.

In "Illuminated" Isaac wants to paint all the bodies.

Speaking of making out, "Echo House" marked the beginning of Stiles and Malia and confirmed Malia as the best new character in 3B.

Hurry up your make-out sessions, children! "(De)-Void" Stiles is on the loose.

And then the unthinkable happened in "Insatiable" ...

RIP Allison Argent, you're still saving the day in our hearts.

2. 3×11 - "The Overlooked"

We'll be taking a short break from 3B to reminisce about this gem of an episode. What's not to love? Stiles is crying (as am I), the parents are all in danger, Jennifer reveals her true (scary as hell) self, Derek is beyond pissed off and Scott (briefly) goes over to the dark side. Bonus sassy Isaac and Peter and a haunting song that covers the entire end of the episode and BAM, it only gets better on every re-watch!

Oh, Der-bear. He sure knows how to pick them, doesn't he?

1. 3×18 - "Riddled"

Believe me, I don't even want to talk about this episode. It is the episode That Shall Not Be Named, where nothing awful happens and no one is left sobbing but also terrified by the end. Nope. Stellar acting, heart-breaking scenes, pivotal storylines, it has it all.

So while I try and recover from the traumatic experience that is recalling what happened in "Riddled," what is everyone else's favorite episode?
Hopefully 5B will bring on some new ones, check back on January 5th, 2016 and find out! (Featured Image credit: MTV)

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with technically 5 seasons-but actually 6 and almost 7 with 5B-is starting to have had a good, long run. And since we're gearing up for the upcoming winter season, how best to while away the time than reflect upon the best moments the show has delivered so far?

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Synopsis: More supernatural drama unfolds in Season 3 of this remake of Michael J. Fox's 1985 cult classic. Scott (Tyler Posey) and Derek (Tyler Hoechlin) seek help from an unlikely ally, while a secret about werewolves is uncovered. Later, Allison (Crystal Reed) becomes suspicious of someone close to her.

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Werewolf

Werewolves are a supernatural species of shape-shifter and are the primary protagonists within the Universe.

Appearance

They usually appear in human form and can shift to varying degrees into a bipedal wolf-like creature with increased body hair, fangs, and glowing eyes.

While most of the werewolves on the show remain in the "nearly human" form; Laura Hale, her mother, Talia Hale, and Derek Hale could look like a regular wolf when transformed. Peter Hale took on a monstrous giant wolf-like form.

The Alpha Twins could merge into one large creature but, while larger than normal, it retained a mostly human appearance.

Heightened Senses: Werewolves can smell, see and hear far better than humans.

Accelerated Healing: Werewolves heal quickly from most injuries.

Enhanced Agility: Werewolves can jump, run, climb and react faster than humans.

Enhanced Strength: Werewolves are much stronger than humans.

Pain Transference: Werewolves can absorb and alleviate pain from other people/creatures and can "heal" in some cases.

Memory Transference: Werewolves can transfer (give or take) memories by inserting claws into the nape of an individual's neck. This ability can establish mind-to-mind communication and, with practice, allow for memory manipulation or erasure.

NOTE: The above abilities are common to all three types of werewolves. Even in human form they appear to possess all of these abilities although there is evidence that the abilities are not always active and must be "turned on" to work. Healing, for instance, can be delayed by choice as long as the werewolf is conscious.

Unique Abilities

Some werewolves have shown the ability to sense illness and, in one case, the onset of an epileptic seizure. This seems to be due to a combination of their "Heightened Senses" working in concert on a subconscious level.

Some werewolves have so much mastery over their body that they can inhibit their scent. Making them undetectable to other werewolves.

Perks and Quirks

Becoming a werewolf can heal scars and cure chronic illnesses like asthma, epilepsy or even cancer.

Camera flashes and some video recording devices cause werewolves eyes to glow making them nearly impossible to photograph. They can apparently learn to control this effect.

In the dark, werewolf eyes seem to react to light like a regular canine with eyeshine. This is first seen in The Tell

Werewolves cannot become intoxicated by drinking alcohol. It is believed this is due to their enhanced healing ability.

Smelling chemosignals allows werewolves to know what someone is feeling.

Werewolves can control their healing ability to some degree, while they are conscious.

While not defined on the show, it is apparent that some werewolves have a somewhat altered aging process. Creator Jeff Davis explains that the writers, "always thought that werewolves would age more slowly if you are a born werewolf. They also learn more control of their bodies." This seems to confirm that the lack of visible aging is linked to the mastery of their bodies mentioned in the "Unique Abilities" section above.

Examples -

Weaknesses

Major Weaknesses

The effects of Wolfsbane vary depending on the type, amount and delivery method. It can cause hallucinations, weaken, render unconscious or kill werewolves.

Mountain Ash

When used properly, Mountain Ash can form an impenetrable barrier to keep supernatural creatures in or out. It can also, according to Dr. Deaton, modify their behavior - keeping them from "causing trouble".

Scott describes being surrounded by Mountain Ash at Eichen House as "like being sedated."

Lunar Eclipse

Werewolves are powerless during a total lunar eclipse.

Much like with humans, Mistletoe poisons werewolves and can lead to death if untreated.

Minor Weaknesses

Inexperienced werewolves are at the mercy of the full moon. Under its sway, they lose control and their homicidal tendencies increase. This can be controlled by force of will, but bitten werewolves have a more difficult time with remaining in control.

Hecatolite can block the effects of the moon and disrupt the natural cycle of transformation.

Bites, scratches and other wounds inflicted by an Alpha will not heal as quickly as other injuries.

Intense pain or steady application of low amperage electricity can keep werewolves weak and in human form.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The weaknesses mentioned here are unique to werewolves. Other methods of death such as being cut in half or having one's skull crushed would also be fatal to humans and are therefore not specific "werewolf weaknesses". Fire is also mentioned often by fans as a "special weakness" for werewolves but, according to what we've seen on the show, fire harms werewolves significantly less than it does humans. For werewolves, even the worst burns will eventually heal.

Types of Werewolves

There are three known types of werewolves in the Teen Wolf mythology.

An Omega is the "lone wolf"; existing without a pack and an Alpha. They have all the werewolf abilities mentioned above but are considered weaker than other types because they are not part of a pack. Werewolves can become Omegas by choice or be forced out of a pack by the Alpha or by circumstance. NOTE: The term "omega of the pack" has been used in reference to the lowest ranking member/members of a pack. This does not indicate a drop in actual werewolf status but is instead used as an insult.

Betas are members of a pack and, because of this association, they are considered stronger than Omegas. They do not seem to have any special abilities beyond those mentioned above. NOTE: Both Betas and Omegas will show various skill levels based on experience, therefore, a direct comparison of power levels is difficult.

An Alpha is the leader of a pack of werewolves. It is the strongest, most powerful and so far the most lethal variety of Werewolf.

Becoming an Alpha

A Beta or Omega can become an Alpha by killing an Alpha.

A Beta or Omega can become an Alpha through strength of character or force of will alone. These are called "True Alphas" and are very rare.

A True Alpha's status can only be taken by a Beta of his making.

Special Abilities

An Alpha's bite can transform a human into a werewolf. The bite usually only has two outcomes - transformation or death although there are exceptions (See Lydia Martin and Kanima).
It appears a scratch from an Alpha, if it goes deep enough, can sometimes be transformative. (See Kate Argent).

Alphas have limited telepathy and mental control over the betas that they create and some other Shapeshifters (See Werecoyote).

Bites, scratches and other wounds inflicted by an Alpha will not heal as quickly as other injuries.

Alphas can heal the extremely ill with their pain transference ability but they give up part of the "spark" that makes them an Alpha. This can result in a loss of Alpha status.

Alphas can, by killing their betas, become stronger. (See Alpha Pack)

Beast of Gevaudan

The Beast of Gevaudan is unlike any other werewolf seen on the show. It is larger than even Peter Hale's monstrous form from Season 1 and, instead of shapeshifting, the Beast creates a body composed of what appears to be black smoke or shadows around itself.

These differences stem from two potential sources -

Sebastien Valet became a werewolf after drinking rainwater from the paw print of a wolf. While this piece of werewolf lore has been mentioned on the show before, this is the only example of it working.

According to Teen Wolf Creator Jeff Davis, his form and transformation come from how evil he already was when he became a werewolf.

The beast does not fit into any of the previously known categories of werewolf and was extremely powerful without the benefit of a pack or Alpha status.

An Alpha's eyes glow red.

Yellow is the most common eye color among Betas.

Some Beta's have blue eyes as an indication that they have taken an innocent life. Jeff Davis says the root cause of this change comes from within the werewolf (or werecoyote). "It's a darkening of the heart. Think of it more as spiritual."

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Werewolves are social creatures and mostly operate within packs.

Main Article: Teen Wolf Pack

Known Werewolves

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Let me quickly emphasize that there was a lot to love about this week's emotionally draining episode of Teen Wolf. There were a number of stellar character moments, truly haunting imagery and even a bit of missing resolution.

As thrilling as these were as singular moments, they didn't ever quite fit to create a cohesive episodic storyline.

The problem I'm facing-as ridiculous as it may seem-is that I'm having trouble caring about the shortcomings due to the overwhelming strengths. However, to aid in my credentials I need to put down the fan sensibility and don a critic's cap.

There were some undeniable problems-and they began pretty quickly.

The premise of the episode centers on figuring out what's happening to Stiles. To begin with he calls Scott saying that he's lost somewhere. He believes he sleep walked to an abandoned basement and can't move because he's managed to injure his leg in an animal trap. He tells Scott that there's someone in the basement with him.

It turns out, in an unsettling sequence that Stiles had been sleeping the entire time. He had found his way into the coyote den from a few episodes ago and had battled with himself in his head.

Next they have to figure out if Stiles is afflicted with the same disease that resulted in his mother's death.

Jeez Teen Wolf you're not really a sack of happy feelings and fun this week are you?

During his medical examination Scott and Derek discover that Stiles is in fact being possessed but has been grappling with himself and trying to continuously ward off the evil to not do any damage to his loved ones.

They may have figured this out all too late however when we watch Stiles have a confrontation with his shadow, his riddle, the possessor who has taken over Stiles body to go and wreak some havoc.

Our last discovery of the episode is finding out that Kira's mother is working with the Oni and threatening the dark spirit that she will take it down no matter who its chosen host is.

This is a lot of information to process so let's take a step back and focus on the negatives for a moment.

The directing style was over the top in a distracting manner. Take the first scene of the episode as a panicked Stiles calls Scott to ask for his help. We didn't need the rapid, revolving aerial shots to enhance the dramatics, the acting and the situation was already stressful.

Allison was hardly in it. I would typically be okay with a characters absence depending on the episode and what the storyline called for but Allison not showing up for half of the episode when everyone else was taking part in the Stiles rescue party was suspect. Allison has only really been allowed scenes with Isaac and her father this season and Crystal Reed has been given hardly anything to really bite into. It's curious and a little infuriating to see just how noticeably she's being shuffled to sidelines, nearly seeming like a glorified extra. Which is a shame considering she's one of the more capable actresses on the show.

Which lends itself to my next point...

Kira is Allison 2.0. There is no denying at this point. I still enjoy Kira and Scott's relationship because there's a sweet innocence to them. What I don't like is how it seems like an excuse for Allison's lack of storyline. Kira's mother is from a long line of hunters of evil forces? Does that seem at all familiar to anyone else?

It all seemed jumbled together. The episode obviously had a lot of ideas but rather than string them together effortlessly Jeff Davis and co. instead seemed to throw out anything and everything and see what stuck.

Luckily the episode had a fine performer doing the heavy lifting of the episode and some moments of character poignancy that left many audience members moved, even a little unsettled.

Dylan O'Brien has turned into a very strong actor-especially with the experience, or lack thereof, that he has under his belt. He had to be angry, in pain, apathetic, scared and then take a 180 and be possessed and removed all in one episode and he portrayed all of these emotions in a carefully constructed manner, allowing the viewers to know exactly what the character was feeling. This episode is a vehicle to allow him to stretch his acting muscles and really show us what it is that he can do.

It's interesting to note the actor's apparent comfort in comedy when it seems he's the most natural in drama. In his more attention getting comedic moments we're able to tell when he's acting. Every beat he hit in this week's episode felt authentic.

The next moment of significance is a brief one, barely two minutes, between Scott and Stiles where Scott implies that he'd give his best friend the bite if it meant saving him and offer him a moment of solace when he's at his most vulnerable. It's rare to see male friendship tackled in such a tender and intimate way and knowing the characters backstory allows their scene to reach an emotional peak of the episode.

Scott has another strong scene with Derek where Derek confides in Scott that he thinks the town needs someone like Scott to protect it. It's the most low key we've seen the character and allows for Tyler Hoechlin and Tyler Posey to reach a subtlety in their performances.

Soon after all hell breaks look as the dark spirit takes over Stiles and we're set up for the next episode.

The episode never quite gained its footing but the strength of the character work was enough to satisfy fans of the show.
7/10

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Let me quickly emphasize that there was a lot to love about this week's emotionally draining episode of Teen Wolf. There were a number of stellar character moments, truly haunting imagery and even a bit of missing resolution. As thrilling as these were as singular moments, they didn't ever quite fit to create a cohesive episodic storyline.

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Stiles is Teen Wolf's Ringo. In Help!, when it's made clear that Leo McKern is going to take a scimitar to whoever is wearing his cult's sacrificial ring, there's not much suspense as to which of the Fab Four is going to get that ring stuck on his finger. More to the point, Stiles is this show's Willow Rosenberg. He is-sorry, dude-its sacrificial virgin, the one to whom bad things are likely to happen, because when Stiles is hurting, it's supposed to hit the audience right where we live. This episode jumps in at the deep end where Stiles abuse is concerned, and may spend too much time getting way comfortable there. It begins with Scott receiving an urgent phone call from Stiles, who says that he's in a cold dark place and he's pinned to the ground and it's all heavy and it hurts and stuff. Scott is trying to process this when Isaac barges in, asking, "What's wrong with Stiles?" Dude, what show have you been watching? What's right with Stiles?

Stiles is in the basement of the mental hospital where the shrapnel bomber-How's the search for that guy going, anyway? Did they catch him during commercials and I missed the whole thing?-had been locked up. He is injured, and lapsing into hypothermia, and also engaged in a series of Socratic dialogues with a bandaged-up, razor-toothed creature that talks like Bane and looks like the Flukeman. The creature, like so many mysterious, know-it-all visitors in the annals of pulp fiction who are prone to talk a person's ear off when they could be helping to lift that heavy object off his leg, is fond of riddles; just to ascertain that he, Stiles, and the audience are all on the same page regarding what riddles are, he asks Stiles, "When is a door not a door?" I already had plenty of respect for Dylan O'Brien as an actor, but I will always be a little in awe of him after seeing him keep a straight face while giving an intense, anguished, Von Sydow-style read of the answer: "When it's a- jarrrrrr!!"

Lydia, meanwhile, is checking out Stiles' bedroom-which, as the studly twin with her is only happy to point out, is filled with tokens of Stiles' love for Lydia, just in case you thought any mercy was going to be extended to the poor boy tonight-and while strumming the network of red string he's set up as some kind of homemade holographic study database of the latest series of paranormal events to infect the town, she divines that he is at the mental hospital. But is he, really, literally, at the mental hospital? The Flukemummy teasingly points out to Stiles that the object on his leg keeps shifting from leg to the next. It's Scott's father, earning his keep for the first time ever on this show, who figures it out: Even as Stiles is sending out calls for help and trying to alert people to his location by means both technological and psychic, he's actually asleep. Stick with me on this, says Scott's dad: I once heard about a guy who, while sleepwalking, went into the kitchen and made himself a full breakfast. And I know about this other guy, he says, who, while asleep, mowed his lawn naked. That's Scott's mom's cue to remind her ex that she once caught him, while sleepwalking, pissing in the closet. By this point, I was starting to think that any of these three scenarios would have made for a more entertaining episode.

Things don't really start popping until the closing moments, but the closing moments do make for a grand finale. Stiles' new imaginary friend has been hounding him with the puzzler, "Everyone has it, but no one can lose it." I just assumed the answer was student debt, but then Stiles figures out that it's one's shadow, and the creature unwraps his bindings to reveal that he is-Stiles himself! Big whoop, I know. The killer part isn't the predictable reveal so much as the way O'Brien sells the transformation into a dark entity that the show has been heavily promising for weeks now. His body language and the set of his jaw really do turn into those of a different being, and the effect is complete when elevator doors open, revealing the fearsome, creature-crushing demons who were giving everyone shit last week, and Stiles basically tells them to go piss up a rope. Thus do we enter into Stiles' Dark Willow period, and O'Brien looks up to the challenge of making it a thing. If the writers don't let him down, what's left of this season could be a wild ride.

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Stiles is Teen Wolf's Ringo. In Help!, when it's made clear that Leo McKern is going to take a scimitar to whoever is wearing his cult's sacrificial ring, there's not much suspense as to which of the Fab Four is going to get that ring stuck on his finger.

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Banshee

Info

Human women with the ability to access the supernatural in order to predict the deaths of others

Power

Death sense and connection, clairaudience, powerful Banshee wail, etc

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You want the truth, Lydia? It's not the scream that gives you power. All the scream does is drown out the noise, allowing you to hear what you really need to.

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In , Banshees are special human women who have the supernatural power to sense and predict when someone is about to die. As a result, they are considered harbingers of death and are often referred to as the "Wailing Women" due to the fact that they unconsciously scream to announce when someone has died, usually those killed by supernatural forces, though their scream can also be used for other purposes.

These women predict death through premonitions, which can be auditory, visual, or both, depending on the power level of the Banshee in question. When a Banshee has a premonition, the sounds and sights they perceive indicate various factors that will either lead to or directly cause the death of someone in their vicinity, which are usually people harmed by the supernatural or someone the Banshee knows. However, these premonitions are not always literal and can require a certain amount of interpretation. Additionally, since the future is always in flux, a death that a Banshee has predicted may not come to pass if the events or cause of the death can be averted using the knowledge gained from the Banshee's premonition. This can be a very useful power for Banshees who are members of a pack, such as Lydia Martin, as it gives them a team of people to help them prevent the foretold deaths.

Known Banshees in the series include Lydia Martin, Lorraine Martin, and Meredith Walker, though it has been implied that there have been other Banshees in Beacon Hills as well, such as the one Sheriff Stilinski met several years prior to the start of the series who predicted the death of his wife, Claudia Stilinski. Another Banshee, Lenore, has been revealed to live in the "ghost town' of Canaan, a town whose entire population were captured by the Ghost Riders of the Wild Hunt in the mid-late 1980s; the trauma of watching her fellow citizens be taken caused her to unleash her powers in the form of a Banshee aura, permeating the town and giving her unprecedented levels of control over everything in its borders, to the point where she even created a ghostly manifestation of her dead son through whom she can use her powers.

However, Lydia has been referred to as an exceptionally powerful Banshee, and as such, she is the one whose powers have been explored the most in the series. Her Banshee nature was triggered after she was bitten by then- Alpha Werewolf Peter Hale in the Season 1 episode , which activated her supernatural powers; it has been implied that these powers would not have manifested until after she turned eighteen, if at all, had she not been bitten. Once Lydia recovered from the attack, she began going into fugue states during which she would walk or drive to the location of a recently-deceased body, such as the Darach sacrifices and Deadpool murder victims she found in Season 3 and Season 4, respectively. This can also extend to the locations where a person who is about to die may be as well, as she was unconsciously drawn to Derek Hale's loft during the Deadpool so she could wail for his impending death, though it ultimately did not permanently come to pass.

In Season 3, Lydia was finally identified as a Banshee by Jennifer Blake, who seemed very shocked by this discovery. Because Lydia now knows what she is, she has had an easier time learning to understand and interpret the premonitions she receives, especially after she met fellow Banshee Meredith Walker, who has helped her learn to use aspects of her powers that she did not know she had, such as the ability to use her voice as a weapon. As she has learned more about her powers, she has become more powerful as well, with her premonitions evolving from being purely auditory to both auditory and visual. She has also gained a slight degree of control over her fugue states, where she can remain at least somewhat consciously aware of what she's doing as she follows her instincts to where the body is, whereas in the past, she would simply go into a full trance, find a body, and then become aware of where she was while having no idea why or how she got there.

Banshee Physiology

Banshees are human in appearance, and, unlike most supernatural creatures, they do not possess the power to shapeshift. They also do not have superhuman physical attributes such as super strength or accelerated healing, which gives them the same form of mortality as a regular human as well. Chris Argent has implied that this is because Banshees are not actually true supernatural creatures who are controlled by the moon or other mystical forces such as Werewolves and Hellhounds; instead, they are humans with access to the supernatural, allowing the aforementioned mystical forces to flow through them so the Banshee can utilize the powers these forces create.

This could be why each Banshee introduced in the series has not had exactly the same power set; while some powers (such as the ability to sense and experience premonitions of a person's death; clairaudience, the power to hear things beyond human perception; the ability to utilize a Banshee wail, and a connection to other harbingers of death) appear to be common among most or all Banshees, other powers (such as divination, true telepathy, supernatural intuition, psychokinesis, and astral premonitions) are unique to certain individuals, suggesting that each Banshee uses the supernatural forces flowing through her in different ways.

While Banshees have been said to have highly enhanced senses of hearing, this trait is not like the enhanced hearing of supernatural shapeshifters such as werewolves or Werecoyotes, whose sense of hearing are tied to their physical enhancements and allows them to simply hear from farther distances and at lower volumes like their canine counterparts. Banshees, while seemingly possessing more sensitive senses of hearing than a normal human, do not have a shapeshifter's level of healing; rather, they have the ability of clairaudience, with their ears seemingly tuned to supernatural frequencies, allowing their powers to convert those frequencies into auditory premonitions to help them predict deaths on a level of the universe that no other creature can hear.

Banshees are immune to most supernatural phenomena, possibly as a result of not being truly supernatural but still utilizing its forces. For example, Banshees can handle Mountain Ash like any other human, Druid, or Chimera, and it cannot be used to trap them or block them entry from an area as it would shapeshifters. Additionally, Banshees are immune to the Bite of an Alpha Werewolf and will not be transformed into a Werewolf if they are bitten, though they can have a negative reaction to the bite that is similar to a powerful allergic reaction caused by their body rejecting the mystical side effects; for example, Lydia experienced these side effects after she was bitten by Peter Hale, which required hospitalization for an entire weekend. Banshees will also not be paralyzed if they are exposed to the venom of a Kanima.

The Banshee trait is known to be inherited by the females of a bloodline; in the case of Lydia Martin, she is believed to have gained her Banshee nature from her paternal grandmother Lorraine Martin. It has been implied that their supernatural powers will be activated upon reaching adulthood in most Banshees, though extremely traumatic events can trigger these nascent abilities at an earlier age. For example, Lydia being viciously attacked by an Alpha Werewolf triggered her Banshee heritage and caused her to activate her powers at age sixteen, and Meredith Walker also seemed to have gained her powers while she was still in high school, suggesting that she, too, experienced a traumatic event that triggered her abilities earlier than normal, though this has yet to be explicitly confirmed.

Powers and Abilities

Banshees on the series have demonstrated a wide range of powers, which seems to suggest that, while some powers are common among Banshees, they still each use the supernatural energy that flows through them in different ways, causing them to have unique power sets. However, many of these powers can also be taught by one Banshee to another, suggesting that there is potential for a Banshee to have every power. The powers Banshees have demonstrated thus far in the series include the following:

Death Sense: As harbingers of death, Banshees can sense when someone has died or is about to die. This is usually accompanied by a trance-like state that draws the Banshee to the location of someone who has recently died or who is near-death, though, with experience and training, the Banshee can learn to remain somewhat conscious during this event. For example, almost immediately after her powers were activated, Lydia Martin walked naked from the hospital to the Hale House ruins where Peter Hale had been killed and buried, during her first Banshee fugue state, and was in the woods for nearly two whole days wandering around in a trance with little memory of what she was doing. However, in later months, Lydia has been able to consciously direct the people she is with toward a body without going into a full trance. This power has only been demonstrated by Lydia, but it is implied to be a power that all Banshees possess as harbingers of death.

Clairaudience The ears of a Banshee are naturally tuned to levels of the universe that only they can hear. This gives them an ability to discern details of a person's death (or impending death) through the sounds they can perceive which no one else can. These sounds can include voices (such as whispering or screaming), gunshots, electricity, buzzing, growling, fighting, etc. This power is possessed by Lydia Martin, Meredith Walker, Lorraine Martin, and Lenore.
Enhanced Hearing: While Banshees do not have a sense of hearing that is as heightened as a Werewolf or other shapeshifter, which is said to be 100 times more powerful than that of a human, Banshees do seem to possess hearing that is slightly more powerful than their human counterparts, which is evidenced by the fact that Banshees such as Lydia Martin and Meredith Walker have shown sensitivity to certain loud noises and an ability to hear normal sounds that the average human have difficulty picking up.

Premonitions: Banshees possess the power to experience premonitions that allow them to sense a person's death, which usually allow them to discern how a person dies, where they die, and/or what will cause the death in the first place. This power is most often used as an extension of their power of clairaudience, as the supernatural phenomena that they can sense with their enhanced hearing can take the form of auditory premonitions of an impending death; for example, Lydia was able to foresee Scott McCall's impending death after she had an auditory premonition involving wolves growling and fighting each other and heard Scott telling Liam Dunbar that he couldn't let Liam kill him; in another instance, she predicted the shoot-out at the McCall House after she heard gunshots, cracking glass, and shell casings hitting the floor over the course of a day. She has also received clues as to others who are in immediate danger that may or may not involve their death, such as when she heard crackling electricity all day before William Barrow captured Kira Yukimura and forced her to activate her Kitsune Foxfire/electrokinesis. However, as a Banshee's powers grow, their premonitions evolve from being purely auditory to often being visual as well, making it easier for them to interpret what their premonition is trying to tell them. This power is possessed by Lydia Martin, Meredith Walker, Lorraine Martin, and Lenore. Lydia's premonitions are not always literal and can often be up for interpretation, especially given the fact that the premonitions do not typically include every single detail of a person's death. For example, Lydia's premonition of the Desert Wolf killing Malia Tate showed Malia hiding in her former coyote den in the Beacon Hills Preserve as the Desert Wolf approached her, while in reality, the the battle between the Malia and Corinne actually happened at Fort Jewett Army Base.
Astral Premonitions: In some cases, a Banshee's power of premonition can advance to the point where they can astral project themselves into their visual premonitions, allowing them to pause and examine the details of the vision as well as interact within it. This aspect of the power has only been used so far by Lydia Martin; the first time she used it, her powers had been amplified through trephination, and she was able to astral project herself into a memory of the death of Theo Raeken's sister eight years earlier. Though the effects of her trephination were reversed by Alan Deaton, her powers have evolved naturally to this point once again; recently, Lydia touched a mirror and astral projected herself into the memory of a fellow Banshee, Lenore,

which occurred in Canaan in 1987, when the Wild Hunt captured everyone in the town of Canaan except for Lenore herself; she was even able to physically touch Lenore and affect her with her Banshee wail, further demonstrating the difference between an astral premonition and a regular premonition.

Divination: Banshees are often mistaken for and compared to psychics, due in part to their ability to use various forms of divination as a tool to gain information about the death and danger they are foretelling. This power is possessed by Lydia Martin, Meredith Walker, and, unsuccessfully, by Lorraine Martin when she desperately tried to figure out how she predicted her wife Maddy's death. There are a wide variety of means through which a Banshee can use divination, many of which also involve the use of their other powers, such as clairaudience. The forms of divination used by Banshees on the series include:

Sound Divination: Using their power of clairaudience, some Banshees can divine for information by using sound vibrations to trigger their ability to perceive supernatural energy. Lydia frequently uses this ability while trying to gain information on current or upcoming supernatural events, such as: when she was trying to locate Stiles Stilinski and plucked on strings of yarn on his crime board in order to figure out that he was dreaming about Eichen House; when she was trying to learn Derek's current status by dropping a handful of the bullet casings found in Derek's loft onto a metal table, which caused her to hear Derek Hale's screams and figure out that the Calavera Family of Hunters were responsible for the shooting; and when she used the blank record in the record player at the Martin Lake House's soundproof study to divine the first code-word to the Deadpool by listening to the record's vibrations and the whispers that emanated from them. Meredith Walker has also used this ability to learn more about the Nogitsune's plans by listening to the vibrations from the piano strings she was plucking at Beacon Hills High School.

Psychometry: Some Banshees have the ability to discern information about a person's death by making physical contact with a person or with an object belonging to the person in question. Lydia is the only Banshee shown to successfully use this power; she first attempted psychometry by holding onto Alan Deaton's keys to the animal clinic in hopes of learning where he was being held hostage, and has since used it successfully to: help determine who had captured Derek Hale by touching the Calavera Family's bullet casings; trigger a premonition of Liam's future fight with Scott by touching a table in the library that the two would ultimately smash in the fight; and experience an astral premonition of Lenore's memory of April 8, 1987 just by touching a mirror in the girls locker room at school. The absence of any kind of divination can also give a Banshee some idea of what is going on, such as when Lydia was able to determine that the Turners were not dead due to the fact that she was unable to divine anything from touching their car's steering wheel.

Automatic Writing: Some Banshees are able to gain information by going into a trance-like state and freely writing or typing without conscious thought or awareness. Lydia is the only Banshee shown to successfully use this power. She used it for the first time when she unconsciously drew the Nemeton while zoned out in class as a hint to her conscious self that the Darach's ritual involved the Nemeton's power. She also used it to tell her conscious self that two of the three Philosopher sacrifices had been completed by drawing a five-fold knot in chalk on the blackboard and writing "2" inside one of the knots. During the Deadpool, Lydia unconsciously wrote the Deadpool computer code in her math notes, which, when one of the cipher keys ("ALLISON") was learned by Lydia through Sound Divination, unlocked the first portion of the list; she would later use automatic writing to discover the third and final cipher key by going into a mild trance and typing "DEREK" into the password box. She consciously used automatic writing to determine who was missing from her memories (as well as Scott McCall and Malia Tate's memories) when she wrote "STILES" in large letters, with each letter formed from the word "MISCHIEF," which she scrawled in tiny writing hundreds of times, and did the same to figure out that Nolan would eventually try to expose Corey Bryant as a pseudo-supernatural Chimera to the rest of the school by writing "sixty-eight" in a variety of languages and codes while in a trance.

Harbinger Connection: All Banshees possess an almost psychic or telepathic connection to each other and to Hellhounds, who are also harbingers of death, which they can use to communicate with one another, regardless of how far away they are. However, this is an advanced Banshee power that needs to be consciously activated to use it; it is easier to utilize this ability if the harbingers in question already have an established relationship, such as being friends or allies.

Banshee Connection: The harbinger connection has been frequently used by Meredith Walker and Lydia Martin in order to communicate with each other when they can't be physically in the same place. For example, Meredith used it to locate Lydia when she was captured by the Nogitsune, and they both used it to hang out in each other's minds while they were both trapped in their own catatonic states in Eichen House; this power allowed Meredith to teach Lydia how to use her voice as a weapon so she could attempt to escape the facility and save her friends. Lydia also somehow found a connection to Lenore, even from a considerable distance away, as it allowed Lydia to have an astral premonition of one of Lenore's memories.

Hellhound Connection: At least some Banshees appear to have a similar connection with Hellhounds, who are also harbingers of death and who share some of the powers that Banshees have, such premonitions and being drawn to recently-deceased bodies. This has been demonstrated by Lydia and a Hellhound named Jordan Parrish, who share both a supernatural and a romantic connection that allows them to locate each other in emergency situations, along with being able to communicate important messages to each other regarding an impending death; for example, Lydia unconsciously appeared in Parrish's mind after he had been attacked by Belasko and urged him to hold on until help arrived, and she did the same thing after she had become catatonic to warn him of her current status and the fact that Noah Stilinski was near death as well. Lydia was also shown to have a strong connection to another Hellhound, Halwyn, even when the latter was functionally dead after his vessel was shot in the head with a silver-coated bullet by Tamora Monroe; while Lydia was unconscious on two separate occasions, Halwyn sent Lydia premonitions to help her understand his history and what had happened to him, along with information regarding the current threat of the Anuk-ite.

Banshee Scream: A Banshee's most important and valuable power is their voice, which they can use to achieve various effects when wailing or screaming. This is a power that all Banshees possess, though some of the specific aspects and applications of this power often need to be consciously learned before the Banshee can use them effectively.

Death Announcement: When a Banshee has either received a premonition that indicates that someone has died or will die shortly, or when they have just come out of a fugue state to find that they have located a recently-deceased body, a Banshee will scream at the top of her voice, both as a sort of lament for the dead as well as an alert to others that a death has occurred. This is almost always an unconscious or instinctual reaction to death and not something that the Banshee can actively control.

Premonition Enhancement: A Banshee's scream can also be used to enhance their power of Clairaudience and auditory premonitions by clearing out ambient noises from their ears so that they can focus only on the auditory aspects of the premonition they are receiving. For example, when Lydia was trying to figure out where William Barrow took Kira Yukimura, she felt so overwhelmed by all the noise she was hearing that she inadvertently screamed; afterward, all of the other noises had been drowned out, leaving only the buzzing of electricity in the premonition she was receiving and causing her to realize that Barrow had taken her to an electric substation.

Concussive Scream: The most powerful use of a Banshee's scream or wail is as an offensive weapon, though this, too, is an advanced Banshee power that often (but not always) requires experience and training to use. When a Banshee's wail is given both focus and direction, it can produce so much power and force that it can shatter bulletproof glass, overload electronics, shatter skulls and eardrums, and even create concussive blasts strong enough to throw grown men across a room. Meredith used this ability to throw Lydia down a hallway to demonstrate the strength of the power and how important it was for Lydia to learn how to use it herself. After being trained by Meredith, Lydia used this ability during her first attempt to break out of Eichen House, causing light bulbs to explode from inside Eichen House all the way to Fort Jewett, before using this power several more times during her attempted escape to defend herself against the guards, forcefully throwing them backward against walls to knock them out; she also used this power to defend herself against Sebastien Valet, minimizing the injuries she received in the process. Lenore, a Banshee living in the "ghost town" of Canaan, was able to use this power without training to disorient Scott McCall and Malia Tate and to throw Lydia backward across the room. This power can be focused further by the Banshee channeling their scream through their hands to push people and other objects backward. While her abilities were amplified by trephination, Lydia's concussive scream was powerful enough to fatally shatter Gabriel Valack's skull, though it is unknown if she retains her scream at this powerful of a level now that the effects of the trephination have been reversed. However, Banshee does not need to emit a full scream for their voice to affect their environment; simply speaking in a highly emotional state, regardless of the volume and pitch, can cause objects to shake and disorient people around them, especially if said Banshee is powerful or experienced enough. Lydia was able to use this aspect to turn the resurrected Sebastien Valet back into Mason Hewitt, whom his spirit was possessing at the time, and Lenore used it to shake all of the furniture and objects in her house when she had an emotional outburst.

Supernatural Immunity: Since Banshees are humans who access the supernatural rather than fully supernatural creatures who are ruled by mystical forces, Banshees are immune to the effects of many supernatural phenomena. A bite from an Alpha Werewolf will neither kill them nor turn them, provided the wounds from the bite aren't fatal; this was demonstrated when Peter Hale bit Lydia in Season 1, which did nothing but activate her latent Banshee abilities. Likewise, Kanima venom will not paralyze Banshees or otherwise have an effect on them whatsoever, as evidenced when Lydia unknowingly ate a piece of rock candy covered in Jackson Whittemore's venom and suffered no negative consequences from the exposure. Also, Banshees can wield rowan wood and mountain ash like any normal human and are unaffected by barriers made of it, which would weaken and trap any other truly supernatural creature. Interestingly enough, Lydia was shown to be immune to the effects of Lenore's Banshee aura, though she was still affected by the concussive blast created by her scream.

: It appears that at least some Banshees possess a form of telepathy, which has been demonstrated by Meredith Walker on two occasions. The first was when she was hospitalized several years prior to the start of the series and was put in the same room as Peter Hale, who was still comatose after being gravely burned in the Hale House Fire. Since werewolves remain conscious even when in comas due to their enhanced healing abilities, he was unable to do anything but think about how angry he was about the fire, and his thoughts somehow found the same "wavelength" as Meredith's, allowing her to hear every single thought running through his head as though he was talking right into her ear. She demonstrated telepathy again right after Scott McCall had ceased performing the Alpha memory-manipulation ritual on her, as she had requested he do so in order for Scott to see how much pain Lydia was in through their shared harbinger connection. After Scott removed the claws from her neck and broke their connection, Meredith telepathically whispered, "Save her," to him in his mind, suggesting that she can telepathically communicate with others who are not Banshees.

Banshee Aura: It appears that some Banshees possess the ability to imbue their environment with an aura that allows them to have unprecedented control over it as well as giving them the power to affect other non-Banshees through it. This power has only been demonstrated by Lenore, a Banshee who has lived in the ghost town of Canaan since 1987. It is possible that the immense grief Lenore felt as a result of her son Caleb's death was compounded by the trauma of watching every one of her town's citizens being captured by the Wild Hunt while also being spared by them caused her to have such a powerful mental breakdown that her Banshee power was unleashed upon Canaan, causing everything within its borders to be infused with her supernatural energy. This seemed to have only become stronger as a result of Lenore being alone for three decades and not fully processing that so much time had passed. Despite her thirty years of solitude, Lenore had a great level of control over the aura, which she could use in a variety of ways.

Hallucination Induction: One aspect of a Banshee aura is the ability to cause non-Banshees (even shapeshifters such as Werewolves and Werecoyotes) to have extremely vivid visual and auditory hallucinations. This was demonstrated upon Lydia, Scott McCall and Malia Tate's arrival to Canaan; soon after, Scott and Malia started having vivid and horrific hallucinations-- Scott envisioned his mother, Melissa McCall, with a bite taken out of her skull like the other victims of Garrett Douglas in Beacon Hills, while Malia envisioned her adoptive mother Evelyn and her adoptive younger sister Kylie laying dead on the ground while Theo Raeken appeared and shot her in the stomach. It is possible that the hallucinations forced upon Scott and Malia were premonitions of sorts, since Theo was released from his underground prison that same day, and Melissa has been helping Chris Argent investigate the deaths of victims who died of the same injuries she was shown to have.

Apparition Projection: Another aspect of the Banshee aura is the ability to create apparitions. Lenore unconsciously used this power to create a ghostly manifestation of her dead son, Caleb, who had drowned in the mid-late 1980s; Caleb appeared both as a young boy in good health and a drowned boy with blue lips. Caleb seemed to exist as a result of the Lenore's Banshee aura, as there are several moments when Caleb speaks where his voice is undercut with Lenore's voice. The apparition of Caleb had a connection to Lenore, allowing her to use her powers to manipulate the Banshee aura through him; he also seemed to have some degree of sentience, as he possessed his own memories of his life and could sense what his mother wanted or felt. It can be argued that Lenore's Banshee power had been operating on a subconscious level and that Caleb was a projection of Lenore's overwhelming desire to see her son again, allowing this projection to manipulate the Banshee Aura and force this effect on Scott and Malia. It should be noted that while Lenore believes that the Ghost Riders brought her son back at the cost of the rest of the townspeople they captured, but there is no proof to support that, making it more likely that her power created Caleb without her knowledge, since she seemingly had no idea that she was even a Banshee until Lydia identified her as one.

Psychokinesis: Through her Banshee aura, Lenore was able to manipulate the objects in her environment through sheer force of will. This was demonstrated when she caused all of the doors in her home to slam shut on their own, locking Scott, Malia, and Lydia inside. It should be noted that Lenore also caused the front door and the window glass to become so strong that Scott and Malia could not break through it; it is unknown if this was the result of a density-manipulation aspect of the power, or if she could nullify the supernatural powers of other beings. Lenore was also able to turn on a carousel from quite a distance away and cause the lights to flicker, suggesting that this power also included the ability to manipulate electricity.

Supernatural Sensitivity: Banshees, as conduits of supernatural forces, can sense, seek out, and identify its energy, though how they are able to do this varies among individuals. For example, Meredith is able to sense the supernatural identities of the creatures in her vicinity, as she was able to identify every single supernatural creature in Beacon Hills and put them on the Deadpool. Lydia, on the other hand, is extremely sensitive to supernatural energy; when at the Glen Capri Motel and Camp Oak Creek, both locations where hundreds of people have died violent deaths, Lydia was overwhelmed by the whispers and screams of the dead. Similarly, Lydia was able to feel the Banshee aura that Lenore had created within Canaan while still remaining immune to its effects.

Weaknesses

Banshees are still physically human, and as a result, they share the same weakness of mortality, making them vulnerable to injury, illness, and death just as any other human. Because they possess enhanced senses of hearing, they can also be harmed by extremely loud or high-pitched noises; this was evidenced when Meredith was seriously injured after listening to the "Banshee record" with headphones at Lorraine Martin's lake house, and when Meredith's Banshee-wailed so loudly that she caused Lydia's ear to bleed, despite the fact that she was with the regular human Stiles Stilinski, who was not injured by the scream. Banshees are also susceptible to the psychological turmoil as a result of the trauma involved with constantly being surrounded by death, whether it is having premonitions of a death or stumbling upon the body of someone who has been brutally murdered. Since the supernatural world is still a secret to the majority of humans, Banshees are typically mistaken for being mentally ill, since they can see and hear things that very few people can and often behave strangely as a result of the passive aspects of their powers; this puts them at risk of being institutionalized by family members, as Lorraine Martin, Meredith Walker and, briefly, Lydia Martin have all spent time in Eichen House.

Known Banshees

Lydia was just an average teenage girl who reigned as Queen Bee of Beacon Hills High School until she was viciously attacked and bitten by Peter Hale in Season 1's penultimate episode . After this attack, she was hospitalized due to the severity of her wounds and puzzled all of her healthcare providers when her body began to violently fight against the effects of the bite. However, once she fought through the process, her Banshee nature, inherited from her paternal grandmother, was activated, and she began experiencing the effects of her new powers almost immediately. She had a visual premonition of Peter's burned arm reaching through the bathtub drain before fleeing the hospital, still naked from her shower, and entered a fugue state that drew her to the Hale House ruins where Peter was buried under the floorboards of the house.

She struggled to figure out what was happening to her throughout Season 2 and most of Season 3, when she officially joined the McCall Pack and helped them protect the town. She became even more frustrated by not knowing what she was when she began actively wailing for the dead, continued to be unconsciously drawn to the recently killed victims of Jennifer Blake, and had various premonitions she couldn't understand. However, when Jennifer, who was revealed to be the Darach who was violently sacrificing various humans to give herself more power, attempted to kill Lydia for knowing too much about her plans, Lydia wailed, both out of fear and as an alarm that she was about to die, causing Jennifer, who was shocked by this development, to reveal what Lydia truly was-- a Banshee, also known as the Wailing Woman. She was ultimately saved from being killed by Sheriff Stilinski and Scott McCall, and continued to try to learn more about her supernatural identity and how to control her powers.

In Season 4, since she was able to predict the deaths of Beacon Hills citizens, particularly if they were caused by the supernatural, she was put on the Deadpool hit-list for $20 million, the second-highest value aside from her Alpha, Scott, who was valued at $25 million. This was presumably due to the fact that she could predict when the people on the Deadpool would be killed and was protected by a powerful and unique pack. Her abilities allowed her to both unlock all three parts of the hit-list, but also figure out that the Benefactor was her friend and fellow Banshee, Meredith Walker, who was acting on orders she received from Peter Hale while they were hospitalized years earlier.

In Season 5, Lydia's powers continued to develop and evolve, giving her a connection with a Hellhound, Jordan Parrish, and making her a target of Theo Raeken, who sought to add her to his new pack, and Gabriel Valack, who sought to use her abilities to finally defeat the Dread Doctors once and for all. She was able to survive the trephination procedure on her that amplified her abilities to unstable limits, and was taught by Meredith to use her Banshee scream as an offensive weapons, making her even more powerful. It was this power that also allowed the McCall Pack to defeat the Beast of Gevaudan and save her friend Mason Hewitt from being consumed by it.

Meredith was introduced in the series in Season 3B when Stiles Stilinski checked himself into Eichen House, where she was a fellow patient. He overheard her talking on the phone, where she was referencing the supernatural, but did not realize that she was also a Banshee until later in the season. When she sensed that her fellow Banshee, Lydia Martin, had been captured by the Nogitsune, Meredith broke out of Eichen House to help the McCall Pack find her.

Meredith's connection to Lydia continued throughout Season 4, when she broke out of Eichen House again upon sensing that Lydia needed her help to crack the second portion of the Deadpool hit-list code. However, when she was too anxious to help them figure out the third part of the list, it became clear that she was associated with the Benefactor in some way. Despite this, the McCall Pack didn't realize that Meredith was the Benefactor until after Jordan Parrish was forced to kill the orderly, Brunski, to keep him from killing Stiles and Lydia. She later revealed that she got the idea from Peter Hale while they were hospitalized together and she telepathically overheard his plans to start a Deadpool in order to raze the supernatural community of Beacon Hills and start over by creating shapeshifters himself. Meredith later admitted that too many innocent people had died because of supernaturals like herself, and that it was when she heard Lydia Banshee-wail for Allison Argent's death that she decided it was the right time to start the Deadpool.

She made up for her past mistakes in Season 5, when she not only helped Lydia learn how to use her scream as an offensive weapon in order to break out of Eichen House and save her friends, but also allowed Scott McCall to perform the Alpha memory-manipulation ritual on her so that she could show him how badly Lydia was suffering through their Banshee connection and also give him instructions on how to save her life. She remains in a near-catatonic state to this day, only able to actively communicate with others using her Banshee abilities.

Lorraine was the paternal grandmother of Lydia Martin and the person from whom she inherited her Banshee heritage. She gained her Banshee abilities later in life, which first manifested as auditory premonitions of an impending thunderstorm that got so loud she was forced to wail in order to drown out the noise. However, since it was a clear and sunny day, she ignored the premonition, which she ultimately felt was a mistake when she returned home to find that her wife, Maddy, had drowned while boating on the lake at the Martin Lake House.

Realizing that she had predicted Maddy's death, Lorraine became determined to figure out what she was and how her powers worked, turning her focus to pseudoscientific theories and scientists, seeking out help from psychics and mediums, and searching for other people with similar powers. It was during this search that she found Meredith Walker at Eichen House and decided to bring her to the lake house, where she had recently converted the study into a sound-proofed room with a special record player that produced vibrations that a Banshee could use to divine information. It was during this visit that Meredith was seriously injured as a result of listening to the record with headphones at a loud volume, causing her hospitalization where she would meet Peter Hale and learn about the Deadpool.

Lorraine was also a computer programmer and wrote a special code that was ultimately hijacked by Meredith and an Eichen House orderly, Brunski, to create the Deadpool hit-list. Shortly before Lorraine's death in the early 2000s, she had a Banshee premonition that manifested as her unconsciously writing a computer code on a scrap of paper that contained the names of a dozen people who had been killed by Brunski, an "Angel of Death" who was killing those of his patients who he believed needed their suffering to be relieved through death. Included on the list was Lorraine herself, who was ultimately killed by Brunski after he realized she had figured out what he had been doing. She also seemed to have predicted that her granddaughter, Lydia, would become a Banshee and would get into trouble with the Deadpool, and left her a jar of Mountain Ash inside the lake house's boat house, which was made of rowan wood and thus could serve as a protected hide-out from supernatural threats.

Lenore is a powerful Banshee who lives in the ghost town of Canaan. Her powers seemingly became active during or prior to the mid-late 1980s, as the fact that she stated "This isn't real!" when the Ghost Riders began capturing her fellow citizens indicates that she had been having premonitions for some time. In 1976, she had a son named Caleb, who ultimately drowned to death in 1985 under unknown circumstances. In 1987, she was witness to the horrors of the Wild Hunt when the Ghost Riders appeared at the Canaan Day celebration on April 8th, taking every citizen of the town except for her, presumably due to her Banshee nature.

The trauma of this event and the subsequent mental breakdown seems to have caused her to scream so loudly that she imbued the town with her supernatural energy, giving her control over everything within the towns borders. She unknowingly created a ghostly apparition of her son in the process, which was the only being to keep her company over the twenty-six years; she was so absorbed in life with her seemingly-resurrected son that she let dust cover the mirrors and lost track of time, not realizing that nearly three decades had passed until Scott McCall, Malia Tate, and Lydia Martin visited Canaan under the instruction of their friend Stiles Stilinski, who, like the townspeople of Canaan, had been taken captive by the Ghost Riders and was erased from existence. Despite all that her powers had created, Lenore was unaware of her Banshee heritage until Lydia informed her of it, and though she was originally intent to make Scott, Malia and Lydia stay with her and Caleb forever, Lydia managed to beg Lenore to let them go, reminding her that their own hometown was facing a similar fate and that Lydia would be left alone with no equivalent to Caleb to keep her company. However, when Lydia invited Lenore to leave Canaan with them, she insisted that she couldn't leave Caleb, implying that his apparition would be unable to leave the town.

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Scott and Stiles

Current Status

Best Friends, Brothers-in-Arms

Intimacy Level

Care deeply about each other
See and treat each other like brothers
Best Friends
Packmates
Protective of one another
Both are willing to risk their lives and die for the other.

Ship Name

Sciles, Skittles, McStilinski

The relationship between True Alpha Werewolf Scott McCall and Human Stiles Stilinski

Scott and Stiles' close, unwavering friendship is known to be the main relationship in the entire Teen Wolf series, and though the two have gone through rough patches in the time they've been friends, they always come through it in the end with their bond even stronger than ever. They have been best friends at least since early childhood, and have been said to be inseparable by their respective parents, teachers, and mutual friends alike.

After Scott was bitten and turned into a Werewolf by Peter Hale in Season 1's , Stiles became his closest confidante and was the main factor in helping Scott retain his humanity as he learned how to control his lycanthropy, along with help from Scott's then-girlfriend Allison Argent. In time, Scott and Stiles formed a two-person pack that would ultimately become the foundation for the McCall Pack, which grew to include nearly a dozen people, both supernatural and human, who have come and gone throughout the seasons. The two worked as a pair, with Stiles as the "brains" and Scott as the "brawn" in order to solve and deal with supernatural threats such as Peter's reign as Alpha, the Kanima, the Darach, and the Alpha Pack, gaining help from their friends Allison, Lydia Martin, Derek Hale, and Isaac Lahey, among many others. While under the influence of wolfsbane poisoning, it was Stiles who convinced Scott not to kill himself by setting himself on fire due to his belief that the constant death and harm caused to those around him was directly caused by his existence.

Throughout the second half of Season 3, Scott did everything in his power to save Stiles from his possession by the Nogitsune, and no matter how many people told him that the only way to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians was to kill Stiles, Scott refused to believe that Stiles couldn't be saved and ultimately found a way to free him from his possession. Scott and Stiles continued to protect and defend each other through other supernatural threats throughout the following seasons. Although their friendship was briefly broken due to the manipulations of Theo Raeken, it didn't take long before Scott and Stiles were working together again, eventually reconciling and teaming up once again to reunite the McCall Pack. Since Scott, Stiles, and the rest of the pack defeated the Beast of Gevaudan, the Dread Doctors, and Theo, Scott and Stiles' relationship is stronger than ever.

In Season 6, Stiles was abducted by the Ghost Riders of the Wild Hunt and was subsequently erased from existence, but even despite the fact that Stiles was removed from the memories of his loved ones, Scott, along with Lydia Martin and Malia Tate, quickly figured out that something was wrong based on the gaps in their memories. Scott then dedicated himself to figuring out who Stiles was, going so far as to nearly freeze to death in an attempt to trigger his repressed memories in hopes that by doing so, he could open a rift and bring Stiles back. The combined efforts of Scott, Malia, and Lydia eventually did just that, and Stiles played a major role in helping the pack defeat Garrett Douglas and the Ghost Riders. Afterward, when Scott, Stiles, Lydia, and Malia all graduated from high school, Scott and Stiles reminded each other that they both loved and needed one another despite the fact that they were going to colleges on opposite sides of the country.

In Season 6B, Scott (as well as the other main members of the McCall Pack, Lydia and Malia) have continued on with their lives while missing Stiles, who has been doing an internship with the FBI in Quantico, Virginia. Shortly after Stiles left, a creature known as the Anuk Ite, an ancient and powerful shapeshifter who was locked up by the Wild Hunt and was subsequently released when the pack brought Stiles and the other captives of the Ghost Riders back to Beacon Hills, arrived in town, causing Scott, Malia and Lydia to postpone their college plans; by doing so, they went against what Stiles wanted for them, which was for them to leave Beacon Hills and get on with their lives. Ever since this point, Scott has struggled with whether or not to bring Stiles back into the fold, acknowledging that they need his help (as well as the fact that he would be mad if he knew what they were trying to do without them) but not wanting to tear him away from an opportunity that Stiles has clearly been thrilled to be taking.

Scott and Stiles are also known as Sciles (and are less commonly known as Skittles or McStilinski) by fans

Early History

It is unknown when exactly Scott and Stiles met, but they have known each other at least since the third grade, judging by comments made by Sheriff Stilinski, Melissa McCall, and Scott and Stiles themselves. According to Scott, the small scar on his cheek is from when he and Stiles were playing lacrosse in the McCall House when they were kids, during which time Scott dove to catch a ball Stiles threw toward him, landed on the glass coffee table, and shattered it, cutting his face and forcing him to get three stitches. They also apparently used to skateboard in the tunnels under the water treatment plant until Sheriff Stilinski caught them and forbade them from going back, suggesting that Scott and Stiles have been troublemakers from a young age.

Scott and Stiles' relationship is one of the longest-lasting friendships on the series, as they have known each other since they were children.

Jackson Whittemore once called Scott and Stiles "Tweedledumb" and "Tweedledumber."

Stiles gave Scott his Jeep as a goodbye present before the two left for their respective colleges, with Scott attending the University of California-Davis and Stiles attending George Washington University in Washington D.C.

Scott and Stiles have "passed the baton" (or, in this case, Stiles' aluminum baseball bat) to Liam and Mason, who are effectively filling their places in the McCall Pack while the former two are in college.

Both, Stiles and Scott have dated pack mate Malia Tate.
Though Stiles and Malia were only together in season 4 and 5A, Scott and Malia have been together for Season 6B and the time jump.

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The relationship between True Alpha Werewolf Scott McCall and Human Stiles Stilinski Scott and Stiles' close, unwavering friendship is known to be the main relationship in the entire Teen Wolf series, and though the two have gone through rough patches in the time they've been friends, they always come through it in the end with their bond even stronger than ever.

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The second half of the third season of MTV's smash success series premieres tonight, and rather than face tonight's otherwise bleak TV landscape, you should tune in. Or at least record it so you can watch it after you catch up on what you've already missed. Because Teen Wolf, despite its silly title and prominence in the current teen canon, is actually a show that you don't have to be ashamed of watching. Here are five reasons why.

1. The writing is clever, and self-aware. Sure, too much winking irony can be annoying, but Teen Wolf manages to strike a canny balance between dishing out the earnest horror and romance that its ardent teen fanbase so desperately wants and tossing a few juicy scraps to the adults who happen to be watching. Whether there in secret shame or having a wine-soaked, unabashed viewing party, Teen Wolf never forgets to welcome its relatively elderly fans. You might still feel embarrassed about watching it-I mean, it's called Teen Wolf for Christ's sake-but it's at least nice to know that the people making the show are adults too.

2. It's genuinely scary! Teen Wolf isn't going to plague you with nightmares or have you religiously checking behind shower curtains or taking a sharp object to bed with you every night, but in the moment, it can be a jumpy, chilling piece of TV entertainment. It doesn't traffic in the nihilistic gross-outs of American Horror Story, though. Instead it features good old-fashioned creature-feature scares, all done with increasing elegance (yes, elegance) and without relying too much on hokey computer effects.

3. The kids are good actors. Most of them, anyway! I don't want to single out any weak spots, because that would be mean, but I will say that Dylan O'Brien, Crystal Reed, and Holland Roden in particular have done a nice job of shading their characters (the writing helps, of course) while keeping things mostly light and airy. O'Brien in particular has pulled a rather marvelous move we'll call the Adam Brody-meaning he's made his version of Seth Cohen, sarcastic-cute stringbean Stiles, the accidental hero of the show, overshadowing the series's hunky lead. The entire cast's dynamic has deepened over the past two and a half seasons, and oftentimes they banter and bicker like some of the better ensembles on TV.

4. The show often "goes there." Sorry to borrow one of Degrassi: The Next Generation's marketing slogans, but it's true. Teen Wolf doesn't shy away from stuff that many other firmly teen-oriented shows might find taboo. The sex is sexy (whether it's gay or straight) and the gore is gory. The stakes on Teen Wolf are higher than anything on a show called Teen Wolf have any business being.

5. The locker room. Come on. You're not above it, we're not above it, no one's above it. We all know why a large portion of the audience watches this show, or at least why they initially started watching it, and that's fine. Nothing wrong with that! For unapologetically catering to the female (and gay male) gaze when most horror goes the other direction, Teen Wolf deserves praise. Plus the actors are definitely all older than the characters they play. So, y'know, you're not going to get in trouble. And if it won't get you in trouble, there's no reason to be ashamed.

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Why You Shouldn't Be Ashamed of Watching MTV's 'Teen Wolf'

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3.18 Riddled
When you get an unexpected phone call in the middle of the night, it's rarely good news. When that phone call is from Stiles, the best friend and erratic voice of the audience on MTV's Teen Wolf, then you're definitely in trouble. As it turns out, Stiles is in a bit of a pickle, or rather, a basement with some sort of bear trap on his foot, and it's up to Scott and the usual gang of teenagers to help find and rescue Stiles before his dad finds out and gets too worried.

It seems weird to be so full of praise for Dylan O'Brien, but of all the young actors on the show, he's the one that remains the most impressive, week in and week out. This week is no exception to that, as Stile once again carries the bulk of the episode despite not being seen for much of it. Stiles has been sleepwalking again, or so he thinks, and has found himself trapped in a dank, cold basement with some sort of metal trap around his leg, thereby putting him at the mercy of the elements and a bandage-wrapped stranger with crazy metal teeth and a penchant for speaking in zen koans and goofy riddles. However, it wasn't Stiles that caught my eye this week, but Evil Stiles.

Dylan O'Brien pulls off a very difficult physical transition between scared teenage Stiles and the Stiles that is possessed by an evil Japanese demon. It was interesting last week, but much more impressive in this episode. Evil Stiles walks differently, holds his jaw differently, makes different expressions, looks much more confident and dare I say dangerous, and it's really an impressive bit of physical work from the young actor. Even his line delivery is different than it is as Stiles. It's some impressive stuff, and proof again that O'Brien is the best actor on the show, and one of the best young actors on television right now.

Christian Taylor, who wrote tonight's script, assembled something pretty good and made use of some of the show's more forgotten characters. Namely, Lydia and Derek, both of whom have been getting the shorter end of the stick thus far in season 3B. To have Derek making a return as a mentor is a good idea, since he clearly knows a lot about the crazy stuff that's going on and he makes a good wing man for Scott. As for Lydia, well, she's probably the character that's changed the most since the first season (unless you count turning evil as character growth), and tonight is the first night in a long time when she's seemed to really have trouble getting a handle on her powers. He even manages to make Agent McCall show some redeeming qualities this week, which is pretty tough to pull off since he's the least cool father ever.

As usual, the Stilinski family drama makes the biggest impression. Tim Andrew does some good work this week, particularly in the scenes involve Stiles and company in the hospital. The staging of the MRI scene is just brilliant, and the reaction shots of Melissa and Sheriff Stilinski were absolutely crushing (and that hug between Scott and Stiles!). Andrew also does a great job with the kogitsune, or whatever the leech mummy spectre in Stiles' mind turns out to be. The creature is shot in such a way that it emphasises its most disturbing feature, its teeth, and not the fact that it's just a guy with some bandages on his face and a mild speech impediment from having giant pointy teeth.

That's one of the most impressive aspects of Teen Wolf. It's consistently entertaining no matter who is behind the camera, who is manning the keyboard, and who is in front of the camera. It's clever and creative enough to make its blend of CGI and practical effects work to its advantage, and even having a basic cable budget doesn't seem to be slowing down the shows ability to create scares, tension, and atmosphere.

It seems there's no line too crazy for Jeff Davis to cross; the more lines he crosses, the better the show seems to get. Japanese werefoxes and internment camps? Why not? Japanese demons with fireflies for souls? Sure, let's do it! Make Stiles evil? Of course! Teen Wolf's fans are a remarkably resilient bunch.
Read Ron's review of the previous episode, Silverfinger, here. US Correspondent Ron Hogan thinks that if Teen Wolf lost Stiles, it would never recover. There would be a feelsplosion that would level Tumblr like the Death Star leveld Alderaan. Find more by Ron daily at Shaktronics and PopFi.
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Teen Wolf season 3 episode 18 review: Riddled

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This review contains spoilers. 3.18 Riddled When you get an unexpected phone call in the middle of the night, it's rarely good news. When that phone call is from Stiles, the best friend and erratic voice of the audience on MTV's Teen Wolf, then you're definitely in trouble.

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Nogitsune 野狐

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article only concerns the Nogitsune character seen in Season 3 of Teen Wolf. It is not designed to be comprehensive coverage of the Japanese myth or the real world concept of the Nogitsune.

The Nogitsune is the primary antagonist for the final 12 episodes of Teen Wolf Season 3.

Described as a "dark kitsune," the Nogitsune possesses the body of an individual for no other purpose than to create chaos on which it then feeds. While the creature can be summoned, it is dangerous. Once it is present, it cannot be controlled.

The role of the Nogitsune was shared between Dylan O'Brien (Nogitsune/Stiles) and Aaron Hendry who portrayed the creature in its bandaged and bomber-jacketed original form.

The Nogitsune was first summoned by a Kitsune named Noshiko Yukimura in 1943 in an attempt to gain her revenge on the soldiers at the Oak Creek Internment Camp during WWII. Instead of inhabiting her, as she had prayed, it inhabited the bandage wrapped dead body of her lover, Corporal Rhys.

He proceeds to kill everyone at the prison camp and Eichen House, the hospital where Rhys died.

He is finally stopped by Noshiko and a female werewolf named Satomi in the tunnels beneath the camp. Upon his "death" a fly flew out of the host body and was captured by Noshiko.

She later placed it in a jar and buried it beneath the Nemeton.

It is released from the Nemeton in Beacon Hills due to the events of Season 3(a). The Darach's actions and the surrogate sacrifice performed by Scott McCall, Stiles Stilinski, and Allison Argent frees the spirit from the stump where it had been buried since 1943.

Using the doorway that the sacrifice left open in Stiles' mind, the Nogitsune possesses him.

Dr. Deaton uses Wolf Lichen to temporally stop the Nogitsune, but it eventually takes over Stiles again,

After Stiles is freed from the possession, the Nogistune takes Stiles' form.

The Nogitsune is defeated and its body destroyed. The spirit attempts to flee in the form of a fly, but is captured inside a box made from the wood of the Nemeton.

The Anuk-Ite uses this form along with Void Stiles to frighten Scott to open his eyes with no success. (The Wolves of War)

The Nogitsune is overly fond of riddles. Riddling at Stiles throughout his attempts to possess his body.

This seems to stem from the fact that one of the first soldiers he killed in 1943 was also fond of riddles and had been spouting a steady stream of them just before the Nogitsune killed him.

Examples of riddles the Nogitsune had asked Stiles in episode 18 season 3B.

- What is bigger the more you take away? A hole.

- What gets wetter the more it dries ? A towel.

- When is a door not a door ? When it's ajar.

- Everyone has it, but no one can lose it... What is it? A shadow.

The Nogitsune seen in Beacon Hills in 1943 and 2011 seems to have a number of heretofore unseen supernatural abilities.

Mass Hallucinations

The Nogitsune was able to give Scott, Stiles, Lydia and Kira the same hallucination of being in a snowy garden when they were actually still outside the school.

Emotional Vampirism

Nogitsune/Stiles absorbs and feeds on negative emotions caused by pain, chaos, and strife. He did this directly through physical contact with Scott. The nogitsune also seems to draw them from chaotic events around him.

Possession

The fox spirit can possess its primary host and, through the use of flies that come from within the host body, possess others.

This ability seems to work on dead bodies as well since Corporal Rhys was apparently dead when the spirit took him.

Instantaneous Transport

EDITOR'S NOTE: In the first instance, it is unclear if this is an actual ability or simply a dramatic device employed by the writers. The second time it happened he was with the Oni so it is unclear if he did the transporting.

Nogitsune/Stiles seemed to be able to move quickly from location to location disappearing from Derek's loft and showing up at Eichen House moments later.

Nogitsune/Stiles along with the Oni were able to instantaneously transport from the tunnels below Oak Creek to the surface.

Enhanced Abilities

Nogitsune/Stiles employed strength and fighting skills on par with the other supernatural creatures on the show.

The Other Nogitsune

A Young Chris Argent confronted another Nogitsune while doing an arms deal on behalf of his family's business. ( Read More...)

This is not the same spirit that possessed Stiles later in Beacon Hills.

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The Nogitsune is the primary antagonist for the final 12 episodes of Teen Wolf Season 3. Described as a "dark kitsune," the Nogitsune possesses the body of an individual for no other purpose than to create chaos on which it then feeds. While the creature can be summoned, it is dangerous.

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