Lie Ability

**Lie Ability** is the sixteenth episode of Season 5 and the seventy-sixth episode of the series.

## Synopsis

Trapped in Eichen House with Theo and his Chimera Pack, Scott must try to rescue Lydia before it's too late.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Tyler Posey as Scott McCall
* Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinski
* Holland Roden as Lydia Martin
* Shelley Hennig as Malia Tate
* Arden Cho as Kira Yukimura
* Dylan Sprayberry as Liam Dunbar

### Supporting Cast

* Seth Gilliam as Dr. Alan Deaton
* Ryan Kelley as Deputy Jordan Parrish
* Cody Christian as Theo Raeken
* Khylin Rhambo as Mason Hewitt
* Susan Walters as Natalie Martin
* Gideon Emery as Deucalion
* Kelsey Chow as Tracy Stewart
* Steven Brand as Dr. Gabriel Valack
* Victoria Moroles as Hayden Romero
* Michael Johnston as Corey
* Maya Eshet as Meredith Walker
* Henry Zaga as Josh Diaz
* Mandy Levin as Nurse Cross

## Continuity

* Meredith Walker appears in this episode. She was last seen in Season 4's *Monstrous*.
* Meredith reveals to Scott McCall that the Banshee (Lydia) and the Hellhound (Parrish) are connected. This was first implied to be true in *Creatures of the Night* when Lydia's Banshee spirit came to Parrish after he was seriously injured by Belasko.
* Gabriel Valack is killed in this episode, marking the first time Lydia has ever taken a life after her scream blows off half his skull. Ironically, in *The Last Chimera*, when Schrader called Lydia a "pretty little thing," Valack replies, "That pretty little thing could shatter your skull with her voice if someone decided to teach her how," which ended up being the cause of his own death.
* Nurse Cross's death is confirmed in this episode. She was killed by Gabriel Valack in *Amplification*.
* Liam and Hayden reference Scott's death and subsequent resurrection in *Status Asthmaticus*, along with Hayden's own death and resurrection in the same episode.
	+ Liam also asks Hayden to join the McCall Pack, though she will not initially accept this offer until *A Credible Threat*, and will not officially join the pack until the end of *Apotheosis*.
* Kira referenced her time with the Skinwalkers in Shiprock, which occurred in *Damnatio Memoriae* and *Codominance*.
	+ She also gets overpowered from the telluric currents in Eichen House just like in *A Novel Approach*.
* Scott uses the Alpha memory-sharing ritual on Meredith Walker in this episode at her request in order for him to see Lydia through the Banshees' telepathic connection. This ritual was last used by Scott on Corey in *Ouroboros*.
	+ Meredith also uses general telepathy with Scott for the first time by telepathically telling him to save Lydia after he removed the claws from her neck. She was last shown using telepathy in the flashbacks in Season 4's *Monstrous*.
* Theo and Stiles reference the death of Theo's sister, which was first mentioned *Strange Frequencies*.
* Valack's Dread Doctor mask made another appearance in this episode after first being introduced in *Amplification*.
	+ Additionally, Valack goes into more detail about his history with the Dread Doctors, which was first implied in *A Novel Approach*.
* Valack reveals that the Beast was first a human killer in the 1700s, foreshadowing the explanation into the Beast's original past that will come in *Maid of Gévaudan*.
	+ It is also implied that when the Beast remembers who it is, the teenage Chimera being used as its vessel will be gone for good, which will be explored more in *A Credible Threat* and *Maid of Gévaudan*.
* Deaton uses Mistletoe to fill the trephination hole Valack drilled in Lydia's head. Mistletoe was first mentioned to be a supernatural cure in Season 3A's *The Overlooked*.

## Trivia

* The title refers to a comment Deucalion made to Hayden Romero-- "You want to help Liam? Worry less about being a liability and more about your ability to lie."
* The McCall Pack manages to get Lydia out of Eichen House.
* It is discovered in this episode that Hellhounds are immune to many common weaknesses in supernatural creatures, such as Kanima venom and electricity. Parrish even manages to break through the Mountain Ash in Eichen by using his Hellhound fire to burn it out of the walls.
* Members of the McCall pack (and their allies) and the Chimera Pack team up in this episode:
	+ Malia and Josh work together to help save Corey and Kira by using their pain absorption and electricity absorption powers, respectively.
	+ Stiles and Theo work together to find Lydia and save her from Valack.
	+ Mason and Hayden work together to end the lockdown at Eichen House so everyone can escape.

## Body Count

* Gabriel Valack - shattered skull; killed by Lydia Martin

## Locations

* Eichen House
	+ Closed Unit
		- Lydia's room
		- Meredith's room
	+ Basement
	+ Morgue
	+ Front Entrance
	+ Men's showers
	+ Transformer Shed
* Liam's house
	+ Liam's bedroom
* Underground Sewers
* Dread Doctors Operating Theater
* Beacon Hills Animal Clinic
	+ Exam Room

## Soundtrack

* "Bloodsport" by Raleigh Ritchie
	+ In flashback, Liam and Hayden have sex in Liam's bedroom before discussing their current situations with Theo, Scott, and the Beast.
* "Find My Way Back" by Eric Arjes
	+ Stiles finds Lydia after her scream kills Valack, and the pack rallies around her to get her out of Eichen
* "To The Wonder" by Aqualung & Kina Grannis
	+ Lydia awakens after her scream shattered all the windows at the clinic, and Natalie arrives in time for Lydia to tell her that Stiles saved her.

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