Anchors

**Anchors** is the thirteenth episode of Season 3, the premiere of Season 3B, and the thirty-seventh episode of *Teen Wolf*.

## Synopsis

Several weeks after the events of *Lunar Ellipse*, Scott, Allison, and Stiles experience worrisome side-effects of the surrogate sacrifice ritual. Scott gets to know new student Kira, and Sheriff Stilinski tries to close an eight-year-old cold case.\*

(\* Note: MTV did not release an official synopsis for this episode, so this summary was written by Wiki contributors)

## Plot

As a result of their temporary deaths and resurrections, Scott, Stiles, and Allison are now experiencing vivid hallucinations. Allison is haunted by visions of Kate, her dead aunt; Stiles has terrible nightmares and is unable to read even when awake; and Scott has begun to see his shadow as that of a Werewolf in full-Alpha form. Scott befriends a new student named Kira Yukimura, whose father has become the new history teacher at Beacon Hills High School. Overhearing a discussion involving the recent psychological problems that Scott, Stiles and Allison have been having, Kira identifies the condition as a spiritual state known as Bardo, the final stage of which supposedly ends in the death of the person afflicted. Scott and Stiles search a crime scene of the reopened case for clues, finding a coyote whose eyes glow blue. Scott believes the coyote is one of the family members presumed dead, a girl named Malia.

## 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

* Melissa Ponzio as Melissa McCall
* Linden Ashby as Sheriff Stilinski
* Daniel Sharman as Isaac Lahey
* Ian Bohen as Peter Hale
* Orny Adams as Coach Bobby Finstock
* Seth Gilliam as Dr. Alan Deaton
* Arden Cho as Kira Yukimura
* Todd Stashwick as Henry Tate
* Matthew Del Negro as Rafael McCall
* Jill Wagner as Kate Argent
* Tom T. Choi as Ken Yukimura

### Guest Cast

* Naomi Coai as Nurse (uncredited)
* Craig Henngingsen as Oni (uncredited)
* Sonny Saito as Shigeki (uncredited)
* Kristy Staky as Sign Language Student (uncredited)
* Michael Sweat as Snake Man (uncredited)

## Continuity

* Scott, Stiles, and Allison experience side-effects from the surrogate sacrifice ritual they performed in *Lunar Ellipse*.
	+ Scott cannot control his Werewolf transformation, which he has not shown difficulty with since *Shape Shifted*.
	+ Stiles is having nightmares, sleep paralysis, and acute alexia that is preventing him from being able to read properly, as well as an inability to tell dreams from reality.
	+ Allison is suffering from severe tremors in her hands that prevent her from aiming her weapons properly and worrisome nightmares and hallucinations about her aunt Kate.
* Kate Argent appears in hallucinations and dream sequences. She was last seen in Season 1's *Code Breaker*.
* This episode introduces new student Kira Yukimura and her father, Ken Yukimura, who is the new history teacher.
* This episode also introduces both a new supernatural species, the Werecoyote, as well as a Werecoyote character, Malia Tate, for the first time. Malia's human father, Henry Tate, is introduced as well.
* It is revealed that Peter and Derek were captured by yet-unidentified Hunters some time in the three or so weeks between the events of *Lunar Ellipse* and this episode.
	+ It will be revealed in *Letharia Vulpina* that their captors are a Hunter family by the name of Calavera, and in *The Dark Moon*, it is revealed that they are based in Mexico.
* Claudia Stilinski was mentioned by Sheriff Stilinski and Stiles in this episode. She was last mentioned in *Alpha Pact*.
* It is revealed that Rafael McCall has been sent to Beacon Hills to gather evidence in an FBI case intended to impeach Sheriff Stilinski in this episode. This tension between Rafael and Sheriff will continue throughout Season 3B. Rafael was first sent to Beacon Hills to investigate the large number of unsolved cases in *Alpha Pact*.
* This episode introduces the concept of Bardo, a metaphysical plane of existence in the afterlife that is intended to lead to Enlightenment in Buddhism. This concept will come into play throughout Season 3B.
* Scott and Isaac reference Isaac's growing relationship with Allison, which began in *Unleashed*.
	+ Additionally, Isaac is shown to still be living at the McCall House, where he has lived since Derek kicked him out in *Unleashed*.

## Trivia

* The title is a reference to Scott McCall and his difficulty controlling his Werewolf transformation, which is believed to be due to both his recent ascension to the rank of True Alpha as well as his recent death and resurrection, which has caused a darkness around his heart and an open door in his mind. Since his previous anchor was Allison Argent, with whom he is no longer in a relationship, his mother Melissa McCall tells him to "be his own anchor."
	+ It is also possibly a nod to the fact that Scott, Stiles, and Allison will all be forced to find their own "anchor" in order to shut the doors in their mind in the next episode.
* According to Stiles, he and the Sheriff leave flowers at Claudia Stilinski's grave, and the flowers were stolen the most recent time they did so.

## Locations

* Stilinski House
	+ Stiles' bedroom
* Beacon Hills High School
	+ Mr. Yukimura's classroom
	+ Parking Lot
	+ Art Classroom
	+ Coach Finstock's classroom
	+ Outdoor Cafeteria
* Beacon Hills Preserve
	+ Nemeton
* McCall House
	+ Scott's bedroom
	+ Kitchen
* Argent Apartment
	+ Foyer
	+ Allison's bedroom
* Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital
	+ Morgue
* Beacon County Sheriff's Station
	+ Sheriff's office
* Beacon Hills Animal Clinic
	+ Exam Room
	+ Parking Lot
* Tate Ranch
	+ Kitchen
	+ Malia's bedroom
* Calavera Compound
	+ Cellar

## Soundtrack

* "Don't Wake Me" by Robots Don't Sleep
	+ Stiles tells Scott about his nightmares and sleep paralysis the previous night, not realizing that he was still dreaming
* "Please and Thank You" by Wildcat! Wildcat!
	+ Stiles visits his dad at the station and asks him about all of the boxes of case files in his office
* "Ghost" by Sir Sly
	+ Lydia takes Allison into the woods to practice her archery in hopes of helping her get over her shaking hands
* "Departed" by William Arcane
	+ Allison and Isaac are making out and talking about Scott in Allison's dream

## Gallery

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