From a Spark to a Flame

**From a Spark to a Flame** is the first episode of the first season of the Paramount+ original supernatural drama, *Wolf Pack*. It aired on January 26, 2023.

## Synopsis

A raging wildfire lures out a murderous werewolf. A bus full of teens are injured. A father goes missing. A hard-nosed investigator looks for the arsonist.

## Plot

Garrett is driving down the road during the early morning when he discovers a raging wildfire in the mountains.

Meanwhile, on the freeway, Everett speaks with his psychiatrist over the phone whilst seated on the school bus currently halted in the road. Everett wants to take another Ativan, but Dr. Weiland advises him against it and assures Everett that he's doing everything right despite is overwhelming anxiety. Unfortunately, Dr. Weiland is forced to cut their session short as his building is being evacuated. Now turning his attention to the fire, Everett asks Connor why the bus stopped, but no one knows. Joining the other students on the bus, Everett looks out to the roaring fire in the distance. He notices drivers abandoning their cars, causing his anxiety to flare and his hand to tremor, which doesn't go unnoticed by Blake, who, unlike the rest of the bus, does not have a phone and therefore does not receive the school-wide text announcing that classes have been canceled and that schools are being shut down. As for why Blake doesn't have a phone, she claims it's a personal preference, along with not having a computer or email.

Austin reveals that they're evacuating Altadena and Eagle Rock, the former being Blake's home. Blake asks to borrow Phoebe's phone to send a message to her brother, but after not having spoken to one another in over a year, Phoebe turns Blake away. Fearful that the fire will soon reach the road, Austin demands for the bus driver to let them out and even begins to record her should she continue to refuse. However, Blake takes his phone and throws it out the window, forcing Austin to get off the bus to retrieve his phone, at which point, he and the other students on board observe as wildlife comes running out of the fire towards the road, causing panic and chaos among the students and commuters.

After helping Connor off the bus, Everett watches as many are attacked and trampled in their attempt to escape the area. Austin comes running towards him and tells Everett that something is out there, just before being pulled away. While attempting to escape the pandemonium, Everett spots a large beast. Meanwhile, Blake frantically tries to escape death herself, saving Everett in the process as he is nearly killed by a speeding car. After helping him to his feet, she tells him to run as she herself takes off in the opposite direction, though not before Everett takes notice of not only her bite mark, but his own as well, both having seemingly been attacked by the same creature.

Blake makes her way home, where she is startled by the neighbor's dog Diesel before being scolded by her father for not carrying a phone or being home to help with her brother, who points out the blood on Blake's shirt. With the shelters filling up fast, Roberto tells Blake to hurry up. So, she heads to her room, where she takes notice of her acne scars and the bite mark on the left side of her lower back.

Everett arrives at the already overwhelmed hospital, where the lobby is filled with victims such as himself. He spots both Connor and Austin before being approached by Nurse Hughes, who asks what animal bit him, to which Everett replies that it was a wolf.

When Blake returns to the car, she discovers that Danny is missing. She finds him down the block, where he directs her attention to the nearby woods, where she sees the eyes of a large beast glaring back at her through the smoke.

Everett has a dream in which a wounded bighorn sheep lays in the hospital bed next to him. Even more unsettling, a large, clawed hand emerges from the ram's stomach towards Everett, who then awakens from his sleep in a hospital bed, where the doctor informs him that all things considered, he's pretty lucky to have survived with nothing more than a bite. Nurse Hughes asks about his friends and if anyone else made it to the hospital from the Highway, but Everett tells her that everybody ran, though he is concerned about Blake. The nurse assures him that everything is fine and that she called his parents, which upsets Everett. Suddenly, the phone begins to ring. With no one else around, he answers. On the other end is a person who doesn't identify themselves but tells Everett to leave before it finds him. It's going to come after him because he was bitten. It has to find him before the next full moon and kill him. Everett's parents then arrive, and his mother asks what he was thinking, but before he can reply, his arm begins to ache and flare up with dark veins before collapsing to the ground.

Blake is stuck in traffic with her father and brother. She suggests they get a motel, but Roberto can't afford to, he exclaims, which upsets Danny, who Blake calms by passing him his fidget cube. She tells him that she can help pay for a motel, directing him to one nearby that's only $40 a night. When he questions how she knows, Blake replies that she used her fake ID to get her and Danny a room one night when Roberto and her mom were fighting for six hours and didn't even notice they were gone. And he still didn't notice after she left, and he got drunk. As Roberto drives them to the motel, Blake passes out in the passenger seat and has a dream of her and Everett biting into each other with large fangs.

When Everett awakens, his mother sarcastically remarks that he should've waited for the emergency responders, in reference to the minor scratch on his right shoulder. Everett insists that it's not a minor scratch and removes the bandage, however, neither Kendra nor David see anything. While Everett's wound has completely healed, his shoulder is still inflamed and pulsing, though only he can see it. Everett then recalls that Blake was bitten and that he received a call before he passed out. However, hours have passed, and the sun since gone down, meaning that it will be coming for him.

Blake checks into the motel with her father and brother, where Danny immediately turns on the TV to the news while Roberto makes a call to figure out his next move, especially if the wildfires reach their house. However, he is put on hold. Unsure what to do next, Roberto suggests taking Blake and Danny to their mom's, but Blake refuses, not that her mom would answer her dad's calls anyhow. Danny looks over to Blake and notices that her acne is gone. He touches her face and says "skin" but she encourages him to use complete sentences. When Danny continues to touch her face, Blake goes into the bathroom, where she discovers for herself that her acne scars have healed. She then feels a sharp pain in her lower back, where she was bitten. Blake lifts her shirt to discover that while the bite is gone, her skin is also inflamed with dark veins. She falls to the ground in agony, and when she looks up, she hallucinates a TV where the mirror just was. Playing on the TV is Everett in the hospital bed, and he appears to look back at her. Panicked, Blake leaves the motel, but not before her father admits to being a poor parent. Everything's falling apart, and he's simply looking for a little bit of help. He's well aware that Blake can take her of herself and Danny, much better than he ever could.

Harlan is partying at a dance club, where he makes eyes with the DJ before receiving another text message from Luna, telling him that their father is still missing. Harlan is then approached by the DJ, who leads him into the back. Meanwhile, Luna arrives at the club in search of her brother, who she finds him hooking up with Asher in the back. She fears that their father may be in trouble, but Harlan isn't as concerned, reminding her that he's a veteran park ranger. She reminds him that he's their father, to which Harlan replies not their real father, a sentiment that he instantly regrets. When Harlan refuses to help find him, Luna decides to do so herself, noting that her sense of smell is better tonight, which intrigues Harlan, who reveals that like her sense of smell, his hearing is turned up to 10. It's never been this good, not even on a full moon, which isn't for another two nights. Luna then gets a message alerting her that their father's truck has been found, but that he's missing.

Investigator Ramsey and Officer Jang arrive at the hospital as part of a joint task force investigating the wildfires. They're looking for anyone that was injured on the freeway, especially the kids on the school bus. Nurse Hughes reveals that Everett came in a few hours ago. Meanwhile, as David and Kendra discuss why LAFD would want to speak with Everett, he is sneaking out the back and searching up Blake's house. Unbeknownst to Everett, Blake is also headed home, running down the road at unnatural speeds. She approaches her neighbor's yard, where for the first time, Diesel does not bark at her. In fact, he embraces her. Blake then heads home, where she discovers that her house has burned.

Harlan and Luna arrive at the site where their father's truck was discovered. They're greeted by Ranger Prisha, who suspects that the truck got caught in the stampede that ran through the freeway earlier in the day. Whether or not Garrett was in the truck is unclear. She then directs them to the truck, where the driver's side and back door have been clawed by a beast of immeasurable size.

Blake cautiously approaches her house, where she runs into Everett, who explains that he was simply looking for her to talk about her bite.

This is the worst fire in 18 years, Luna tells Harlan. Just like the fire when Garrett found them in wolf form hidden underneath a knocked down tree. Luna wonders if this time he found someone else, possibly their real father. Harlan seems eager, but Luna doesn't want someone who abandoned them 18 years ago. Harlan reminds Luna that she's the one who's been constantly talking about her desire for a pack and how no one understands them. Assuming he did come back, Luna suspects that he'll be coming for them.

Everett and Blake enter the charred remains of her house. Everett extends her condolences, but Blake claims that she's fine. It's her bother who she's concerned with. He has ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, but as long as he sticks to his rituals, he tends to be high functioning. Any time he walks into a room, he has to turn the TV on to make sure it works, and it has to be playing the news. If it's not, he becomes anxious and begins screaming and crying, even hitting himself. Everett then reveals that someone called the hospital and told him to leave because the beast that bit him would return to kill him before the next full moon, however, Blake is skeptical. To prove his claims, Everett removes his shirt and bandage, revealing the pulsating veins underneath, which only he and Blake can see. He looks into the mirror and notices that he now has abs. It's as if he's put on 10 pounds of muscle in the last two hours, then pointing out that Blake no longer has acne scars. Startled by disembodied growls, Everett and Blake turn around to see the werewolf that bit them. It attacks but is briefly distracted by Diesel, who comes to their defense, allowing the two of them a chance to escape. However, the end of the hall is barricaded by rubble and wooden boards, which Everett punches through with great force, much to his own surprise.

Harlan and Luna make their way through the woods, where the fire is too overwhelming for their senses. Harlan assures Luna that their dad can survive a wildfire, but it's not the fire that concerns her.

Meanwhile, Garrett attempts to make his way to safety, but with fire all around him, he begins to lose hope. In case he doesn't make it out, he pulls out his recorder to leave a final massage for Harlan and Luna. He tells them that he loves them. He specifically tells Luna that she will find her pack despite how lonely she currently feels. And as for Harlan, Garrett knows that all they do is argue now, and he's sorry he couldn't fix that, but he wants Harlan to remember when things were good between them. All the books they read together and how he took a ten-year-old Harlan to every horror movie he's ever seen. Even though Harlan may not see him as his real father, he loves him nonetheless. Garrett then talks himself back up and continues to search for a way out.

Everett and Blake have run as far as they can before stopping to catch their breath. Blake becomes frantic, leading Everett to suspect that she's having an anxiety attack. He encourages her to try a yoga breathing technique to calm her, which works, but now she realizes that she has to get back to her father and brother. Everett tries to convince her against doing so, claiming that the beast would only follow her. Blake insists it was merely an animal, but Everett reminds her they were bitten and says that they both know what that means, but Blake leaves nonetheless. After she does, Everett gets a call from Investigator Ramsey with the LAFD. She knows that he's shaken up and needs his help figuring out who's responsible for the death of several people. She has confirmed that the fire was caused by arson, and she's certain the arsonist is a teenager. In fact, it's quite possible the culprit was on the bus with him, watching the fire from the windows.

Then, Everett and Blake are both overcome by a growl followed by a high-pitched tone that triggers a response in the two of them, causing their eyes to roll into the back of their heads. Harlan and Luna find themselves in a similar situation before all four begin running towards the same destination, towards each other. As the four of them come face-to-face at a clearing, their eyes glow yellow. Harlan is reluctant to tell them anything, but with all four of them together under the moon, Luna explains that they're werewolves.

## Cast

* Bella Shepard as Blake Navarro
* Chloe Rose Robertson as Luna Briggs
* Tyler Lawrence Gray as Harlan Briggs
* Rodrigo Santoro as Garrett Briggs
* Sarah Michelle Gellar as Kristin Ramsey
* Amy Pietz as Kendra Lang
* Rio Mangini as Austin Kirk
* Sean Philip Glasgow as Connor Ryan
* Lanny Joon as Officer Jang
* Hollie Bahar as Ranger Prisha
* Kenny Alfonso as Dr. Salgado

Co-starring* Bailey Stender as Phoebe
* Stella Smith as Tia
* Nevada Jose as Danny Navarro
* John L. Adams as David Lang
* Jake Mateo as DJ Asher
* Bria Brimmer as Nurse Hughes
* Olivia D. Dawson as Bus Driver
* Holly Firfer as News Anchor

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