Alpha Pact

**Alpha Pact** is the eleventh episode of Season 3 and the thirty-fifth episode of *Teen Wolf*.

## Synopsis

With the threat growing far more personal and time running out on innocent lives, Scott is forced to make a difficult choice in order to save both friends and family while, at the same time, Derek and Peter try to figure out how to save Cora's life.

## Plot

After escaping the Alphas, Derek and Peter try to find a way to save Cora, while Allison, Isaac, and Stiles discover that Jennifer has named Chris Argent as her last sacrifice. Sacrificing himself with the hope of being able to free Melissa and Sheriff once he's captured, Chris hands himself over to Jennifer. The group discover that Jennifer is holding her victims in the root cellar under the Nemeton. Scott and the Alpha pack hunt down Ms. Morrell, and when she reveals to them that Deucalion killed Ennis and not Derek, Deucalion injures her with the blade in his cane. Peter tells Derek that as an Alpha, he can heal one of his own, even at the brink of death. Choosing family over power, Derek heals Cora, losing his Alpha powers in the process.

Stiles and Deaton find Scott and convince him that they need to perform a surrogate sacrifice ritual in which they will temporarily die in place of their parents in order to figure out where they're being held captive by Jennifer. However, this ritual has risks, including giving the Nemeton power again and turning it back into a beacon that will draw supernatural creatures to Beacon Hills like a magnet, as well as creating a permanent darkness around the trio's hearts that will remain for the rest of their lives. Despite these risks, Scott, Allison, and Stiles agree to perform the ritual, and are drowned in tubs of ice water and mistletoe by Deaton, Isaac, and Lydia, respectively.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Tyler Posey as Scott McCall
* Crystal Reed as Allison Argent
* Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinski
* Tyler Hoechlin as Derek Hale
* Holland Roden as Lydia Martin

### Supporting Cast

* JR Bourne as Chris Argent
* Melissa Ponzio as Melissa McCall
* Linden Ashby as Sheriff Stilinski
* Daniel Sharman as Isaac Lahey
* Ian Bohen as Peter Hale
* Seth Gilliam as Alan Deaton
* Bianca Lawson as Marin Morrell
* Gideon Emery as Deucalion
* Felisha Terrell as Kali
* Charlie Carver as Ethan
* Max Carver as Aiden
* Adelaide Kane as Cora Hale
* Haley Webb as Jennifer Blake
* Matthew Del Negro as Rafael McCall
* Susan Walters as Natalie Martin

## Continuity

* This episode marks the first appearance of Rafael McCall, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scott's mysteriously-absent father. He was first mentioned by Melissa in *The Tell*.
* Stiles is shown having a panic attack for the first time in this episode. He first referenced having a history of panic attacks in Season 1's *Lunatic*.
* Stiles and Lydia kiss for the first time in this episode when Lydia tries to help stop his panic attack. Stiles first admitted to having feelings for Lydia in *Wolf Moon*.
* It was revealed that the tree Lydia has been drawing in a Banshee fugue state all season is the Nemeton. She was first shown drawing this tree in *Unleashed*.
	+ It is also confirmed that Lydia's drawings are why Jennifer tried to kill her for potentially being in on her plans in *The Girl Who Knew Too Much*.
* Deucalion remarks on the unseasonal appearance of fireflies in Beacon Hills and suggested it was due to Jennifer's manipulation of the telluric currents. Chris Argent first made this observation about the fireflies in *Fireflies*.
* Ms. Morrell reveals to the rest of the Alpha Pack that it was Deucalion who killed Ennis, not Derek. Deucalion killed Ennis in *Frayed*.
* Derek gives up his Alpha power in order to heal Cora of her mistletoe poisoning. Jennifer poisoned Cora at some point in *The Girl Who Knew Too Much*, and he first gained his Alpha power in *Code Breaker*.
* Scott, Stiles, and Allison perform a surrogate sacrifice ritual so they could find their parents and the Nemeton. This ritual involved them to be drowned in an ice bath full of Mistletoe and then resurrected.
	+ Melissa McCall was captured by Jennifer in *The Overlooked*.
	+ Sheriff Stilinski was captured by Jennifer in *The Girl Who Knew Too Much*.
* Danielle returns in this episode. She was last seen in *Chaos Rising*.
	+ She references the death of her and Stiles' friend Heather, who was also killed in *Chaos Rising* by Jennifer Blake as one of the three virgin sacrifices.
* Isaac references the fact that this episode was the first time Peter had seen the Argents since Peter killed Kate, which occurred in Season 1's *Code Breaker.*
* Rafael McCall implies that Sheriff Stilinski dealt with a drinking problem in the past. This was first hinted in Season 1's *Wolf's Bane*.
* Isaac references the fact that Derek slept with Jennifer, which occurred in *Motel California*.
* Isaac defects from the Hale Pack after losing absolute faith in Derek and Peter implied that Isaac was shifting his allegiance to the McCall Pack. Isaac was bitten by Derek and joined his pack in Omega.
	+ While arguing with Derek, Isaac reminds him of the deaths of their packmates Vernon Boyd and Erica Reyes.
	+ Boyd was accidentally killed by Derek while forced by Kali, Ethan and Aiden in Currents.
	+ Erica was killed by Kali while in the Alpha Pack's captivity at some point between Master Plan and Tattoo. Her body was last seen in Fireflies and she was last seen in flashbacks in Currents.
* Jennifer reveals that the myth that silver can be used to kill Werewolves was actually started because of the Argents-- "It's not the metal silver that kills Werewolves, but the *family*." The fact that "Argent" is French for "silver" was pointed out by Jackson Whittemore in *Co-Captain*.

## Trivia

* The title is a play on words regarding the Alpha Pack, and Scott's agreement to work with them to find Melissa and Sheriff Stilinski.
* In the surrogate sacrifice ritual, Scott, Allison, and Stiles performed, they each used a sort of totem belonging to their respective parents to make a connection with them.
	+ Scott used a watch Rafael gave to Melissa as a gift after she graduated from nursing school, which she claimed was the only thing from her marriage that ever worked.
	+ Stiles uses his dad's Sheriff's badge, which was crushed by Jennifer in *The Girl Who Knew Too Much*.
	+ Allison uses a silver bullet with the Argent *fleur-de-lis* stamped on it, which her father made as a rite of passage when he officially graduated from Hunter training.
* Scott, Stiles, and Allison also had to use emotional tethers to keep them bound to the living world. Scott's tether was Deaton, Stiles tether was Lydia, and Allison's tether was Isaac.

## Body Count

* Scott McCall - drowning; killed by himself/Alan Deaton\*
* Allison Argent - drowning; killed by herself/Isaac Lahey\*
* Stiles Stilinski - drowning; killed by himself/Lydia Martin\*

(\* = all three are later resurrected in *Lunar Ellipse*)

## Locations

* Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital
	+ Elevator
	+ Emergency Room
	+ Parking Lot
* Derek's loft
* Argent Apartment
	+ Chris' Office
* Martin House
	+ Lydia's Bedroom
* First National Bank
	+ Bank Vault
* Beacon Hills Preserve
	+ Nemeton
* Beacon Hills High School
	+ Locker Room
	+ Guidance Office
* Beacon Hills Animal Clinic
	+ Exam Room
* McCall House
	+ Scott's Bedroom

## Soundtrack

* "Genius" by DJ Brownie vs Paul Grogan
	+ The Argents break out all of their weaponry in anticipation of tracking Jennifer while Stiles watches. Isaac then joins them.
* "Broken" by S. Carey
	+ Natalie offers to cover up Lydia's bruises with makeup, but Lydia says she has nothing to hide
* "The Start of Time" by Gabrielle Aplin
	+ Lydia attempts to calm Stiles down from a panic attack and ends up kissing him

## Gallery

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