Chris and Gerard

Chris reluctantly cured Gerard and allied with him to fight the Beast of Gevaudan
When Gerard joined Tamora Monroe in creating the Hunter Army, Chris reaffirmed his relationship with the McCall Pack and fought on their side
Chris did not intervene when Kate killed Gerard

**The familial relationship between the Hunters Gerard Argent and Chris Argent.**

Argent and Gerard's relationship has seemingly always been a complicated one, due in part to the rigidity that comes with being in a centuries-old family of supernatural creature Hunters. Gerard trained Argent in armed and unarmed combat and the use of weapons from a very young age, and though Gerard has only ever followed the Code when it benefited him, Argent still managed to grow up with a reverence for the Code that caused him to follow it to the letter.

Argent and Gerard were separated for some time until the supposed death of Gerard's youngest daughter and Argent's sister, Kate Argent, at the hands of then-Alpha Werewolf Peter Hale at the end of Season 1. The two were then reunited at the beginning of Season 2, when Gerard and more members of the Argent Hunter family came to Beacon Hills to attend Kate's funeral and to begin their fight against the growing supernatural population in the two. Gerard, hell-bent on getting revenge against Derek and the others for their role in Kate's death, enacted a zero-tolerance policy against the supernatural in complete defiance of the Hunter Code, which stated that they could only kill *adult* supernatural creatures, and only with solid proof that they have spilled innocent blood. Argent initially went along with Gerard's harsh way of thinking out of grief for his sister Kate, but began questioning his father's tactics when he insisted that his wife Victoria commit suicide after she was inadvertently bitten by Derek Hale during a scuffle.

However, when Gerard began corrupting Argent and Victoria's daughter Allison and teaching her to hunt all supernatural creatures indiscriminately and took control over the newly turned Kanima Jackson Whittemore to act as his weapon of vengeance, Argent, now seeing his father clearly, completely turned on Gerard and ended up aligning himself with the Hale Pack and their allies in the final battle. This led to Scott McCall, a newly turned Beta Werewolf, tricking Gerard into consuming pills filled with Mountain Ash before Gerard forced the Alpha Derek Hale to give him the Bite to cure his cancer; as a result, Gerard's body began rejecting the Bite, and he began expelling black blood from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

This illness persisted throughout Season 3, and even though Argent managed to find the yellow wolfsbane plant that could cure Gerard in Season 4, he kept this a secret until Season 5B, when Argent reluctantly gave it to his father in exchange for his help and knowledge in fighting against the recently-resurrected Beast of Gevaudan. However, Argent, knowing that his father would be more concerned with making the Argent name famous again rather than saving lives, went into the plan not trusting Gerard whatsoever, and all the while secretly conspired with Scott McCall and his pack to ensure that Gerard's plans would not succeed; he even went so far as to shoot Gerard in the arm to prevent him from harming Scott and his Beta, Liam Dunbar.

After the defeat of the Beast, Gerard began biding his time, ignoring the reign of terror caused by the Ghost Riders in Beacon Hills (even after his own son was captured and held in the Phantom Train Station), all the while fantasizing about ending the supernatural community once and for all. During this time, he took an interest in a guidance counselor at the high school, Tamora Monroe, whose recent near-death-experience regarding the Beast had caused her to begin to start learning the skills necessary to be a Hunter. When the Anuk-ite, an ancient and powerful shapeshifter, escaped the Wild Hunt, it began influencing and exacerbating the existing fear of the supernatural in the Beacon Hills citizens, giving Gerard and Monroe the perfect reason to enact their plans to create a Hunter army. Argent, appalled by the fact that the two wanted a genocide against supernatural creatures, was further pushed away by his father and only became more devoted to the McCall Pack's mission to protect the innocent, regardless of species.

After dozens of innocent supernaturals were killed by the Hunter army and the Anuk-ite was defeated by Scott, Argent had one last conversation with Gerard, where he drove home the fact that Gerard had waged this war based a claim that Scott had destroyed their family, when, in reality, both of his children, himself and the resurrected Werejaguar Kate, were standing right in front of him. Argent then walked away, allowing Kate to kill their father without interference, though his death seemed to trouble him slightly.

## Early History

At some point in the mid-20th century, Gerard Argent presumably married an unknown woman. They then had a son, Christopher Argent, who was born in 1970. *("Silverfinger")* Gerard raised the young Argent in the Hunter lifestyle from birth, forcing Argent to go through the initiation that all new Hunters must go through, which involves being captured and tied to a chair, leaving the neophyte Hunter with only a small weapon such as a pocketknife or broken arrow to cut themselves free while the experienced Hunters time them. According to Argent, he was able to free himself in seconds by forcefully kicking himself backwards, breaking the chair into pieces in order to more easily escape. *("De-Void")*

In 1983, Gerard and his wife had a second child, Kate Argent. According to Kate, she and Argent fought often as children, and she believed he always made her out to be the "bad guy." *("Omega")* When Kate was a teenager, Argent witnessed her lose control and slaughter an innocent Werewolf and did nothing to stop it. As an adult, Argent would later tell Malia Tate that, though Kate made many excuses as to why it was necessary to kill the innocent, Argent knew that it was beyond justification, and he believes to this day that if he had been brave enough to stand up to her and prevent her from murdering the Werewolf, then she may not be the monster she is today. *("Relics")*

When Argent turned eighteen in 1988, he forged several silver bullets as a testament to the Hunter Code, stamping each of them with the Argent *fleur-de-lis*. Gerard then sent Argent on his first mission, which was to go to Japan for an arms deal as part of the Argent Family's cover as licensed firearms dealers and private security consultants. However, Gerard purposely withheld the fact that the buyers were from the Yakuza, also known as the Japanese mob, as he wanted to see if Argent had the intelligence and cunning necessary to adapt and survive in the face of danger. It was this mission that led Argent to have his first experience with Oni, who had appeared at the arms deal to slay the Void Kitsune possessing the Kumicho. *("Silverfinger")*

In the early 2000s, Argent and Gerard went on a hunt together in the Beacon Hills Preserve, where they were tracking a Beta Werewolf from Ennis' original pack who had killed two of their fellow Hunters. After the Beta was incapacitated by being shot through the neck with an arrow, Argent ordered the Beta be locked up per the Hunter Code, not knowing that Gerard would later go behind his back and torture and kill the young wolf by ripping out his claws and cutting him in half. A short time afterward, Argent and Gerard discovered the Nemeton and the root cellar beneath it, with Argent explaining what he knew about the tree and the Druids. *("Currents")*

Gerard met Argent's daughter when she was around three years old and then did not see her again until she was seventeen and living in Beacon Hills with her parents. *("Omega")*

## Throughout *Teen Wolf*

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3
* Season 5
* Season 6

In *Code Breaker*, Gerard Argent was briefly mentioned by Chris Argent and Victoria Argent in a conversation about the final battle involving Argent, his sister Kate Argent, his daughter Allison Argent, Allison's then-boyfriend and Beta Werewolf Scott McCall (with help from Allison and Scott's human friends Stiles Stilinski and Jackson Whittemore) against then-Alpha Werewolf Peter Hale.

Although they agreed their plan—that Kate be publicly blamed for the Hale House Fire *and* all of Peter's murders—was the easiest way to protect everyone involved, it was clear that it did not sit well with them. The conversation turned to Scott and what they planned to do with him. Argent remarked that he wasn't the one who Scott needed to worry about anymore, indicating that Gerard would soon be arriving in Beacon Hills.

In *Omega*, Argent had just arrived at Beacon Hills Cemetery with his wife Victoria and daughter Allison, where they were surprised and dismayed to find an enormous crowd of journalists and photographers behind a press barrier due to Kate's notoriety as the town's mass murderer. When Argent muttered that he knew this was a bad idea, Victoria irritably reminded him that it wasn't *her* idea, leading Argent to confess, "I tried telling him... but he insisted on making a point of it." Victoria, still annoyed, retorted that if it was Gerard's insistence that got them there, then he could deal with it himself when he arrived. Allison, not knowing who they were talking about, asked her parents who was coming, but Victoria ignored her and simply instructed her to sit down in front of the burial ground.

A few moments later, Gerard arrived with two of his Hunter companions, and as he was heading toward Kate's soon-to-be grave site, he noticed a young photographer (Allison's classmate Matt Daehler) jump the press barrier so he could get better photos of Allison. Thinking he was getting involved in his family's business, Gerard snatched the camera, removed the memory card, and broke it before handing it back to the young man.

Now joining the rest of his family, Gerard greeted his son Argent with a curt "Christopher," with Argent greeting him in return with "Gerard" before Victoria offered her condolences. Seeing Allison, Gerard smiled and asked her if she remembered him, and when she shyly shook her head in the negatory, Gerard replied, "Considering I haven't seen you since you were three, I don't suppose I can assume you'd call me "Grandpa." So, if it's comfortable, call me Gerard for the time being." He then gave her a wry smile and winked before adding that he would prefer "Grandpa."

Late that night, Scott McCall (who was using his Werewolf senses to try to track down Lydia Martin, who they mistakenly believed was turning into a Werewolf herself after being bitten by former-Alpha Peter Hale in *Formality*), stumbled upon a homeless Omega wolf in the Beacon Hills Preserve. When he ran from Scott, he got caught in one of Argent and Gerard's traps and was hoisted into the air by his ankle. Scott was certain that he could save the lone wolf, but Derek Hale appeared at the last moment and pulled him out of sight just before Argent, Gerard, and their fellow Hunters arrived to question their prey.

Argent wasted no time demanding to know who the homeless Werewolf was and what he was doing in Beacon Hills, and when the wolf stammered that he wasn't doing anything, correctly guessed that the wolf was not from the area. When Argent aggressively yelled at the wolf, he admitted that he came looking for the Alpha after he heard that he was in town before continuing on, "Look, I didn't do anything. I didn't hurt anyone. No one living. He wasn't alive in the ambulance. He wasn't, I swear."

Argent began to look sympathetic to the wolf's plight, but Gerard dramatically declared to everyone in attendance that they had found a "rare sight"—an Omega Werewolf, also known as the "lone wolf" who could have been put in this position due to three reasons: he may have been kicked out of his own pack, or he could be the lone survivor of a pack that was hunted down and/or murdered, or he could be alone by his own choice, the latter of which Gerard made clear was not a wise decision. Gerard reiterated that lone wolves rarely survive on their own and proves his statement by bisecting the Omega's body with his broadsword, killing him and ensuring he would not be able to heal.

Derek and Scott, still watching from afar, were horrified, though Derek was not surprised by what he saw. When Scott asked what they were doing, Derek informed him that the Argents were declaring war. Meanwhile, Argent reminded his father that they had a Hunter Code, which was just broken when they killed a Werewolf with no proof he spilled human blood. However, Gerard simply retorted, "Not when they murder my daughter. No Code-- not anymore. From now on, these *things* are just bodies waiting to be cut in half. Are you listening? Because I don't care if they're wounded and weak... or seemingly harmless, begging for their life with the promise that they will never, ever, hurt anyone... or some desperate, lost soul with no idea what they're getting into." He looked Argent in the eyes and added, "We find them. We kill them. We kill them *all*" before flinging the tip of his sword into the ground.

In *Shape Shifted*,

In *Ice Pick*,

In *Abomination*,

In *Venomous*,

In *Frenemy*,

In *Restraint*,

In *Raving*,

In *Party Guessed*,

In *Fury*,

In *Battlefield*,

In *Master Plan*,

In *Motel California*,

In *Currents*,

In *Visionary*,

In *Damnatio Memoriae*,

In *The Sword and the Spirit*,

In *A Credible Threat*,

In *Maid of Gévaudan*,

In *The Beast of Beacon Hills*,

In *Apotheosis*,

In *Raw Talent*,

In *After Images*,

In *Face-to-Faceless*,

In *Pressure Test*,

In *Triggers*,

In *Werewolves of London*,

In *Genotype*,

In *Broken Glass*,

In *The Wolves of War*,
## Trivia

* Argent and Gerard were the second father-son relationship explored on the show after Stiles and Noah Stilinski.
	+ Other father-son relationships that followed Argent and Gerard include Scott and Rafael and Liam and Dr. Geyer.
* Argent and Gerard have opposing views on the Hunter Code: Argent has lived by both versions (the original, "We hunt those who hunt us," and Allison's version, "We protect those who cannot protect themselves"), whereas Gerard only followed the original Code, and even then, only when it suited him.
* Argent is notable for not calling Gerard "Dad" like Kate does; instead, he refers to his father as "Gerard."