Maid of Gévaudan

**Maid of Gévaudan** is the eighteenth episode of Season 5 and the seventy-eighth episode of the series.

## Synopsis

Hoping to align with a familiar ally, the Argents reveal a key clue to the mystery of the The Beast of Gevaudan. Meanwhile, Scott tries to take on the Beast himself.

## 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 (credit only)
* Dylan Sprayberry as Liam Dunbar

### Supporting Cast

* JR Bourne as Chris Argent
* Ryan Kelley as Deputy Jordan Parrish
* Khylin Rhambo as Mason Hewitt
* Victoria Moroles as Hayden Romero
* Michael Johnston as Corey
* Meagan Tandy as Braeden
* Michael Hogan as Gerard Argent
* Gilles Marini as Sebastien Valet
* Lachlan Buchanan as Henri Argent
* Daniel Bonjour as Marcel
* Lili Bordán as Colette
* Neil Napier as Rene
* Patrick Gorman as Tolbert
* Crystal Reed as Marie-Jeanne Valet
* Charles Fathy as Bernard
* Claire Bryétt Andrew as Sydney
* Nathan Coenen as British Soldier

## Continuity

* This episode expands on the history between the Argent Family and The Beast of Gevaudan, which was first revealed in Season 1's *Heart Monitor*.
* Lydia Martin referenced Allison Argent in this episode. Allison was last seen in flashbacks in *A Credible Threat*, and last seen alive in *Insatiable*.
* This is the third time in the series that the eighth episode of the season has been a flashback episode, after *Visionary* (Season 3A) and *The Fox and the Wolf* (Season 3B).
* It was revealed that Sebastien Valet was the original Beast of Gévaudan, whose name had been stricken from history by his sister Marie-Jeanne Valet, who decided *damnatio memoriae* was the punishment he deserved after the atrocities he committed.
	+ It was first revealed that the Beast had been resurrected in *Damnatio Memoriae*.
	+ It was first suggested that the original Beast had been punished with *damnatio memoriae* in *Codominance*.
* It was also revealed that Sebastien became the Beast by drinking rainwater from the pawprint of a wolf, which was first implied to turn humans into Werewolves in *The Divine Move* during a conversation between Stiles and Derek Hale.
* Gerard Argent and Chris Argent suggested that Lydia Martin may be their best hope in beating the Beast, rather than the Hellhound Jordan Parrish, explaining that legend had it that the only known effective way to defeat the Beast was a simple spear in the hands of a young woman. Gerard first explained this legend in *The Sword and the Spirit*.
* It was revealed that Hayden Romero, like real Werewolves, can take pain from injured beings, and demonstrated this by kissing Liam Dunbar to take his pain after being seriously wounded by the Beast. This was a parallel to Liam taking Hayden's pain in the same manner in *Ouroboros*.
* It was revealed that Mason Hewitt was the last Chimera and the vessel for the newly-resurrected Beast when Scott McCall and Liam Dunbar found his shoes in his trunk with Jordan Parrish's blood on it. It was first implied they would find the Beast by finding his bloody shoes in *A Credible Threat*.
* According to Chris Argent, Banshees are not so much supernatural creatures as they are humans who can access the supernatural and allow it to work through them to achieve their supernatural powers and abilities. This was first implied to be the case in Season 4's *Time of Death*, when Lydia was able to handle and use Mountain Ash.

## Trivia

* This episode features Crystal Reed, the actress who played Allison Argent until she was killed off in Season 3. She will be playing Allison's ancestor Marie-Jeanne Valet.
* This episode will feature flashbacks to the Argent family in France in the 1700s, as well as flashbacks from the Seven Years' War in Canada, where Sebastien Valet and Marcel fought against the British. The specific years shown in this episode are the Seven Years' War in Canada in 1760, Gévaudan in 1764, and then again in France in 1767 after Marie-Jeanne finally caught up with Sebastien.
* The title of this episode refers to the Argents' ancestor, Marie-Jeanne Valet, the woman who murdered The Beast of Gevaudan.

## Body Count

* Emile - mauled to death, killed by The Beast of Gevaudan/Sebastien Valet
* Dozens of other citizens of Gevaudan - mauled to death; killed by The Beast of Gevaudan/Sebastien Valet
* Sebastien Valet - impaled by steel pike; killed by Marie-Jeanne Valet

## Locations

* Canada
	+ Forest
	+ Colette's cabin
* Gévaudan, France
	+ French Tavern
	+ Marcel's cellar
	+ Forest
	+ Henri's cottage
* Beacon Hills, California
	+ Argent Apartment
		- Basement Armory
	+ Beacon Hills High School
		- Mrs. Finch's classroom
		- Library
		- Parking Lot
	+ Beacon County Sheriff's Station
		- Sheriff's office

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