More Bad Than Good

**More Bad Than Good** is the fourteenth episode of Season 3 and the thirty-eighth episode of *Teen Wolf*.

## Synopsis

Scott and his friends race to figure out how to catch the Werecoyote before it's hunted down, while Derek and Peter are broken out of captivity by an unlikely ally.

## Plot

Scott and his friends attempt to track down the Werecoyote Malia Tate with the intention of changing her back to her human form before her father inadvertently kills her, believing her to be the coyote who killed his wife and daughters. Isaac accidentally steps on a coyote trap and gets his ankle caught in it, while Stiles saves Lydia, who made the same mistake as Isaac, from another trap. Allison uses a tranquilizer dart to sedate Malia's father before he can shoot her. Scott tracks down Malia and embraces his Alpha powers in order to transform Malia back into a human with an Alpha roar, which also gives Isaac the strength to break the trap on his leg. Sheriff Stilinski then reunites Malia with her father. just as Stiles discovers that he has regained the ability to read. Meanwhile, Peter and Derek are freed from their captors by an unlikely ally, Braeden, who reveals that she was hired to free them by Deucalion. At the Nemeton, someone releases a swarm of fireflies that morph into three mysterious figures.

## 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

* Linden Ashby as Sheriff Stilinski
* Daniel Sharman as Isaac Lahey
* Ian Bohen as Peter Hale
* Seth Gilliam as Dr. Alan Deaton
* Arden Cho as Kira Yukimura
* Charlie Carver as Ethan
* Max Carver as Aiden
* Meagan Tandy as Braeden
* Shelley Hennig as Malia Tate
* Todd Stashwick as Henry Tate
* Matthew Del Negro as Rafael McCall
* Jill Wagner as Kate Argent
* Tom T. Choi as Ken Yukimura
* Ivo Nandi as Severo Calavera
* Ivonne Coll as Araya Calavera

## Continuity

* It is confirmed that Malia Tate is a Werecoyote in this episode. She was first seen in coyote form in *Anchors*, and also marks the first-ever appearance of a Werecoyote in the series.
* Scott, Stiles, and Allison manage to finally overcome the side-effects of their deaths and resurrection in the surrogate sacrifice ritual they performed in *Alpha Pact*.
	+ Scott, who was unable control his Werewolf transformation out of fear that he would become a monster like Peter Hale or Deucalion, was able to finally shift into Werewolf form so that he could use his Alpha Roar to force Malia to shift back into a human so her father couldn't shoot her. Afterward, his lycanthropy becomes under control once again.
	+ Stiles, who was suffering from acute alexia that prevented him from being able to read, managed to disarm a steel-jawed trap attached to a pressure plate that Lydia stepped on to prevent her from getting hurt even without this issue. Afterward, Stiles found that he was able to read again, and no longer had any other negative side-effects related to the ritual.
	+ Allison, who was dealing with hallucinations, shaky hands, and an inability to hit her targets with her weapons, was able to focus on the new Hunter's Code of her family ("Nous protégeons ceux qui ne peuvent pas se protége eux-mêmes," or "We protect those who cannot protect themselves") and was able to successfully hit Henry Tate with a tranquilizer dart. This episode marked the end of her hallucinations.
* The Oni demons make their first appearance at the end of the episode when they come out of the Nemeton in the form of fireflies and manifest themselves out of the shadows. However, they will not be seen in their fully-cloaked and masked form until *Galvanize*.
* Stiles has a panic attack in this episode. The last time he was seen having a panic attack was in *Alpha Pact*, after learning that Chris Argent had been captured by Jennifer Blake and completed the "guardian" sacrifice trio that included his father and Melissa McCall.
* Braeden appeared in this episode. She was last seen in *Tattoo*.
* Ethan and Aiden appeared in this episode. They were last seen in *Lunar Ellipse*.
	+ It is also revealed that they can no longer merge together to form "Volton Wolf," as Jennifer breaking the neck of their merged form in *Lunar Ellipse* essentially killed that part of them.
* Kate Argent appeared in this episode in one of Allison's hallucinations. She was last seen in hallucinations in *Anchors*, and was last seen alive in *Code Breaker*.
* Deucalion was mentioned by Braeden in this episode. He was last seen in *Lunar Ellipse*.
* Araya and Severo Calavera made their first appearance in this episode as members of the Calavera Hunter Family.
* This episode marks the first appearance of La Loba, a person that the Calaveras will continue to look for throughout the rest of Season 3B. However, her identity will not be revealed until *The Divine Move*, though Derek will mistakenly believe that they are after Cora until that point.
* It is revealed that Derek speaks fluent Spanish in this episode (along with other languages, according to Araya), which will come up again in Season 4's *117*.
* Kira references Bardo again when she gives Scott more research on the concept, which she first brought up to the McCall Pack in *Anchors*.
* It is confirmed by Ken Yukimura in this episode that Kira has a crush on Scott, which begins the friendship between the two that will eventually grow into a romantic relationship.
* Scott references the time that Peter Alpha-roared and forced him to transform in Season 1's *Night School*, and the time that Deucalion did the same to him in the distillery in *Lunar Ellipse*.
	+ Ethan and Aiden ultimately teach Scott to Alpha-roar as well, which he will utilize frequently from now on.
* Allison has a hallucination of Kate that involves her performing surgery on her while she's awake and aware before transforming with claws and fangs and eating her organs. This could possibly have been a premonition of sorts as to Kate's resurrection and reappearance as a Werejaguar in *The Divine Move*.

## Trivia

* The title refers to Lydia's earlier question of whether trying to get Malia to shift back into a human was causing her more harm than good.

## Locations

* Calavera Compound
	+ Basement
	+ Living Room
* Beacon Hills Preserve
	+ Coyote Den
	+ Look-Out Point
	+ Nemeton
* Beacon Hills High School
	+ Mr. Yukimura's Classroom
	+ Locker Room
* Argent Apartment
	+ Chris' Office
* Beacon Hills Animal Clinic
	+ Exam Room
* Derek's Loft
* Tate Ranch
	+ Kitchen/Dining Room
* Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital
	+ Morgue
* Beacon County Sheriff's Department
	+ Bullpen
	+ Sheriff's Office

## Soundtrack

* "Alpha" by Monarrk
	+ Scott, Lydia, and Stiles find the twins at Derek's loft, and the twins start to fight Scott to help him learn to roar
* "The Return of the Girl" by Dino Meneghin
	+ Scott Alpha roars Malia back into her human form.

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