Blitzkrieg

**Blitzkrieg**  is the eighth episode of Season 6 and the eighty-eighth episode of *Teen Wolf*.

## Synopsis

Scott, Lydia and Malia decide to storm the rift and rescue Stiles; Liam, Hayden, and Mason make a deal with Theo to learn Garrett Douglas' plan.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Tyler Posey as Scott McCall
* Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinski (credit only)
* Holland Roden as Lydia Martin
* Shelley Hennig as Malia Tate
* Dylan Sprayberry as Liam Dunbar
* Linden Ashby as Noah Stilinski
* Melissa Ponzio as Melissa McCall
* JR Bourne as Chris Argent

### Supporting Cast

* Ian Bohen as Peter Hale
* Ryan Kelley as Jordan Parrish
* Khylin Rhambo as Mason Hewitt
* Victoria Moroles as Hayden Romero
* Cody Christian as Theo Raeken
* Joey Honsa as Claudia Stilinski
* Pete Ploszek as Garrett Douglas
* Anthony Lapenna as Young Stiles
* Edin Gali as Berend

## Continuity

* Stiles Stilinski is mentioned in this episode. He was last seen in *Radio Silence*.
* Corey Bryant was mentioned in this episode. He was last seen in *Heartless*.
* The Dread Doctors were mentioned in this episode. They were last seen in Season 5B's *The Beast of Beacon Hills* and *Apotheosis*.
* Flashbacks in this episode show Garrett Douglas's time in the Nazi German military during World War II. It was first revealed that he was a Nazi and an Alpha in *The Beast of Beacon Hills*, when Theo Raeken explained the story of the Dread Doctors' experiment, *Der Soldat*, to Scott McCall and Liam Dunbar.
* It is revealed that Scott intends to give Stiles Stilinski the Bite in order to allow him to survive traveling through a rift from the Phantom Train Station back to the real world. This is the fourth time it has been hinted that Stiles should get the Bite.
	+ The first was in Season 1's *Code Breaker*, when Peter Hale offered to give him the Bite in exchange for his help in finding Derek Hale and Scott.
	+ The second time was in Season 3's *Riddled*, when Scott implied that he would give Stiles the Bite to cure him of his frontotemporal dementia if it came to it.
	+ The third time was in Season 3's *Echo House* and *De-Void*, when Scott, Alan Deaton, and Lydia Martin debated whether or not to try to give Stiles the Bite to expel the Nogitsune from his body.
* It is implied that the Ghost Riders have taken everyone in Beacon Hills except Scott McCall, Malia Tate, Lydia Martin, Liam Dunbar, Noah Stilinski, and Theo Raeken. The Ghost Riders first started taking Beacon Hills citizens in *Memory Lost*.
* It is confirmed that Garrett ate the Ghost Rider's pineal gland so he could use its whip to erase people from reality. He ate the pineal gland and stole the whip in *Heartless*.
* Liam Dunbar broke Kira Yukimura's sword as part of a deal with Theo Raeken in which he told them everything he knew about Garrett in exchange for losing the only way of sending him back underground. Kira's sword was last broken by Ken Yukimura in Season 5B's *The Sword and the Spirit* to help control her inner Kitsune spirit.
* Theo referenced trying to steal the McCall Pack and attempting to steal Tracy Stewart, Josh Diaz and the Beast of Gevaudan's power in this episode.
	+ Theo attempted to steal the McCall Pack in Season 5A, a plan which culminated in *Status Asthmaticus*.
	+ Theo stole Josh's powers in *The Beast of Beacon Hills*.
	+ Theo stole Tracy's powers in *Apotheosis* and attempted to do the same to the Beast in the same episode.
* Liam Dunbar told Hayden Romero that he loved her for the first time in this episode. They first became a couple in Season 5A's *Ouroboros* and rekindled their romance in Season 5B's *Damnatio Memoriae* after Hayden's resurrection.
	+ Hayden also told Liam she believed in him in this episode. She first said this to him in *Heartless*.
* Noah Stilinski finally uncovered all of Stiles' belongings in his bedroom in this episode. He first found Stiles' room behind plaster in *Ghosted*, and Lydia first revealed that his belongings were hidden through the Ghost Riders' powers in *Heartless*.
* Claudia Stilinski faded away in this episode when Noah realized that he conjured her to fill the void left by Stiles. It was first implied that Sheriff did this in *Ghosted* and revealed that he did so in *Heartless*.
* Peter Hale was captured and erased by the Ghost Riders for a second time in this episode. He was taken for the first time a short time after the events of Season 5B's *Lie Ability*.
* The Ghost Riders refused to shoot Lydia and allowed her to pass them with Liam unharmed in this episode. This was first seen to happen with Lenore in the flashbacks in *Ghosted* and is implied to be due to the fact that they are Banshees, a species associated with the Irish battle goddess The Morrígan.
* It is revealed that Stiles' first name (and, by extension, his maternal grandfather's name) is Mieczyslaw. It was first revealed that his name began with an "M" in Season 5's *Ouroboros*.
	+ Because his name is so difficult to pronounce, Stiles, as a child, could only say "mischief," leading Claudia to use it as a nickname for him. This explains why the message Lydia wrote using automatic writing was composed of "STILES" spelled out with dozens of the word "mischief" in small print in *Superposition*.
* Sheriff Stilinski referenced the fact that the characters are in the position that they're in because Stiles convinced Scott to sneak out with him to find Laura Hale's dead body. This occurred in Season 1's *Wolf Moon*.

## Trivia

* The episode title refers to war tactic used by Nazi Germany's military during World War II called *blitzkrieg*, which is German for "lightning war." It is characterized by short, powerful, strategic strikes against the opposing force that disconnect them from their resources.
* It is revealed that Garrett Douglas is a Löwenmensch, a shapeshifter who is a natural hybrid of a wolf and a lion. It is also revealed that he was in the *Anenherbe* division of the Nazi Party during World War II, a division dedicated to finding a way to use the occult to win the war. This is why Garrett is obsessed with the Wild Hunt, though the Nazi Party was just a means to an end.
* It is confirmed that those in the Wild Hunt are dead, indicating that their captives could eventually die prior to becoming Ghost Riders themselves.
* The relic left behind by Corey Bryant is his cell phone, which is full of photos of himself and Mason.
* According to Lydia Martin, the rifts to the Phantom Train Station are "remarkably similar" to an Einstein-Rosen bridge.
* It was revealed that a Ghost Rider or someone with a Ghost Rider's power, like Garrett, can enslave a Hellhound to his will by saying "*Steigen Höllenhund,*" which translates to "Rise, Hellhound."
	+ It was also revealed that a Hellhound can open a rift so that a person can pass through without being burned.
* It is confirmed that being able to remember everything a person knows about an erased loved one can open up a rift to the Phantom Train Station when the Sheriff remembered Stiles and briefly opened a rift in Stiles' bedroom.

## Body Count

* Chris Argent - erased from existence by Garrett Douglas
* Melissa McCall - erased from existence by Garrett Douglas
* Mason Hewitt - erased from existence by the Ghost Riders
* Hayden Romero - erased from existence by the Ghost Riders
* Peter Hale - erased from existence by the Ghost Riders
* Berend - slit throat; killed by Garrett Douglas (in flashback)
* Grenadier Abel - burned to death from being forced to make contact with a rift; killed by Garrett Douglas (indirectly) (in flashback)
* Countless Nazi soldiers in Garrett's *Kampfgruppe* - erased from existence by the Ghost Riders (in flashback)

## Locations

* Nazi Germany
	+ Military Base
	+ Rühr Valley
	+ Dread Doctors' German Laboratory
* Beacon Hills, California, USA
	+ Stilinski House
		- Stiles' Bedroom
	+ Beacon County Sheriff's Station
		- Bullpen
		- Holding Cells
	+ Beacon Hills Preserve
		- Transformer Shed
	+ Underground Tunnels
	+ Argent Bunker
	+ McCall House
		- Kitchen

## Soundtrack

* "Looking Too Closely" by Fink
	+ Sheriff Stilinski starts to remember Stiles as his belongings start to reappear in his bedroom, causing him to mark them in order with red string and push-pins
* "Winter Wind" by Run River Run
	+ Mason and Hayden are in Hayden's car, where Mason looks through photos of himself and Corey on Corey's phone and vows to get him back
* "The Last One I Made" by Pim Stones
	+ Sheriff realizes that Claudia isn't real and sacrifices her conjured self in exchange for his memories of Stiles
* "If I Go, I'm Goin'" by Gregory Alan Isakov
	+ Sheriff tells Scott, Lydia, Malia, and Liam about Stiles, and the pack vows to get Stiles and everyone else back by remembering everything about them

## Gallery

*Teen Wolf Wiki* has 55 images related to ***Blitzkrieg***.

## References

1. ↑ Teen Wolf Episode Guide - Season 6 - 5th January 2017