Muted

**Muted** is the third episode of Season 4 and the fifty-first episode of *Teen Wolf*.

## Synopsis

Scott's position on the lacrosse team is threatened. Meanwhile, Stilinski investigates a murder.

## Plot

A high school student, Sean Walcott, searches for his cat, only to find it unharmed but covered in blood under his bed. Suddenly, he hears screaming and walks out to the hall to find a professional assassin known as The Mute has killed his parents and brother with a tomahawk. He instructs Sean to defend himself against him with a shard of glass, but instead, Sean jumps out the window and runs toward the hospital. The next morning, Derek and Peter meet with Braeden, who Derek hires to track down Kate to retrieve their stolen bearer bonds and learn the reason why Derek's Werewolf eyes are gold now instead of their usual blue.

At school, Stiles and Scott discuss the theft at lacrosse practice, where they see a new freshman, Liam, excelling on the field. Kira learns her parents are planning to move the family back to New York, a decision against which Kira strongly protests. Stiles and Lydia help Malia to improve her math skills. Scott's mom and Sheriff Stilinski learns of Sean's attack and decide to keep the kids out of it because they believed the case didn't have any supernatural elements. When Coach Finstock states that the team is having a "rebuilding" season, Scott and Stiles struggle to maintain their positions, while Liam continues to dominate the field. Scott, concerned about losing the captainship to Liam, accidentally plays too hard during two-against-ones and causes Liam to sprain his ankle. Meanwhile, Coach discovers that Kira has a talent for lacrosse herself and recruits her for the team.

After practice, Scott and Kira reaffirm their relationship, before he leaves with Liam for the hospital. Deputy Parrish and Lydia investigate Sean's house, where they find a hidden meat locker full of frozen human corpses. Sean, identified as a Wendigo, kills and devours one of the cops protecting him and proceeds to attack Scott's mom, but Scott arrives and saves her. Sean takes Liam hostage, and Scott tracks them to the roof. Liam breaks free and falls over the edge, but clings to the edge of the roof. Scott is restrained by Sean, and is forced to bite Liam's arm to keep him from falling. The Mute kills Sean and lets Scott live, only for the True Alpha to face the reality that Scott's bite may have turned Liam into his very first Beta Werewolf.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Tyler Posey as Scott McCall
* Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinski
* Tyler Hoechlin as Derek Hale
* Holland Roden as Lydia Martin
* Shelley Hennig as Malia Tate
* Arden Cho as Kira Yukimura

### Supporting Cast

* Melissa Ponzio as Melissa McCall
* Linden Ashby as Sheriff Stilinski
* Ian Bohen as Peter Hale
* Orny Adams as Coach Bobby Finstock
* Meagan Tandy as Braeden
* Tamlyn Tomita as Noshiko Yukimura
* Glenn McCuen as Sean Walcott
* Joseph Gatt as The Mute
* Dylan Sprayberry as Liam Dunbar
* Mason Dye as Garrett
* Todd Williams as Dr. Geyer
* Tom T. Choi as Ken Yukimura
* Ryan Kelley as Deputy Jordan Parrish
* Rahnuma Panthaky as Ms. Fleming

## Continuity

* This episode marks the first of the long string of Deadpool murders with the deaths of Christina, David, Michael, and Sean Walcott at the hands of The Mute, though it will not be revealed that they are related to the Deadpool until *The Benefactor*.
* This episode marks the first appearance of Liam Dunbar, Garrett, the Walcott Family (including Sean Walcott), The Mute, and Dr. Geyer.
* It is also revealed that Liam was expelled from Devenford Prep, which is why he now attends Beacon Hills High School. This expulsion will continue to affect Liam throughout the season.
* Scott and Kira officially begin their romantic relationship in this episode.
	+ They also kiss for the first time since *De-Void* in this episode.
* Also, the start of a romantic relationship between Derek and Braeden begins in this episode.
* The Wendigo supernatural species makes its first appearance in the series.
* The Nogitsune is mentioned by Kira in this episode. He was last seen in *The Divine Move*.
* Scott is forced to bite Liam to keep him from falling off the ledge of the roof of Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital, making Liam the first human that Scott has bitten since becoming an Alpha in *Lunar Ellipse*.
* Stiles references Scott improving his grades so he can rejoin the lacrosse team after Coach Finstock told him to do so in Season 2's *Master Plan*.
* Chris Argent was mentioned by Scott and Stiles. He was last seen in *The Divine Move*.
* Stiles references the bills that are piling up at his house due to his hospital and Eichen House stay. He was hospitalized in *Silverfinger* and *Riddled*, and he was admitted to Eichen House in *Echo House*.
* Derek is revealed to be very concerned about his newly-golden Werewolf eyes and hires Braeden to find Kate so he can figure out what she did to him. His eyes were first shown to have turned gold in *117*.
* Lydia goes into a Banshee fugue state that draws her to the Walcott's house, where she and Deputy Parrish find the game locker full of dead bodies. The last time Lydia had a fugue state like this was in *117*, when she was drawn to the gas station where Kate had killed one of its employees.
	+ It is also revealed that Lydia has unconsciously written a computer code in her math notes, much like how she unconsciously drew the Nemeton in *Unleashed*, *Currents*, and *The Girl Who Knew Too Much*, though the exact nature of the code will not be revealed until *The Benefactor*.
* Malia explains her highlighter system for her school notes, which is almost identical to Stiles' method of color-coding the yarn on his clue board in *Galvanize*.

## Trivia

* Kira becomes the first female student to join the Beacon Hills High School boys lacrosse team.
* Derek hires Braeden to track down Kate for him because he is concerned about his Werewolf eyes turning yellow again. To do this, he had to pay her more money than Araya and Severo Calavera, who originally hired her to find Kate and bring her back to them.
* Noshiko and Ken Yukimura reveal that they plan to move back to New York now that Noshiko's mission of dealing with the Nogitsune is over. However, Kira cuts up the "For Sale" sign outside their home, which causes no one to come to the open house to find a buyer, leading them to end up staying in Beacon Hills.
	+ It is also revealed that Ken was previously a professor at Columbia University, an Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York.

## Body Count

* Christina Walcott - hacked to death; killed by The Mute
* David Walcott - hacked to death; killed by The Mute
* Michael Walcott - hacked to death; killed by The Mute
* Sean Walcott - stabbed in the back; killed by The Mute

## Locations

* Walcott House
	+ Front Porch
	+ Sean's Bedroom
	+ Bathroom
	+ Foyer
	+ Meat Locker
* Derek's Loft
* Beacon Hills High School
	+ Lacrosse Field
	+ Locker Room
	+ Ms. Fleming's Classroom
	+ Coach Finstock's Classroom
* Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital
	+ Reception Area
	+ Emergency Room
	+ Morgue
	+ Sean's Room
	+ Liam's Room
	+ Roof
* Yukimura House
	+ Foyer
	+ Kira's Bedroom
* The Mute's Lair
* Beacon County Sheriff's Station
	+ Bullpen
* Stilinski House
	+ Stiles' Bedroom

## Soundtrack

* "Dibby Dibby Sound" by DJ Fresh vs. Jay ft. Ms. Dynamite
	+ Liam demonstrates his abnormally good lacrosse skills at early-morning practice
* "Ruby (Original Mix)" by Deniz Koyu
	+ Kira and Malia talk about Kira's relationship with Scott while they watch lacrosse tryouts
* "No Defense Remix" by NOONE
	+ Scott and Stiles watch in awe and horror as Liam dominates everyone at lacrosse tryouts
* "Stargate" by Savant
	+ Scott and Stiles both perform disastrously at lacrosse tryouts
* "Work" by Jetfire
	+ Scott and Stiles team up against Liam and inadvertently cause him to sprain his ankle
* "Stakes" by Vancouver Sleep Clinic
	+ Scott and Kira passionately kiss in the hallway after tryouts
* "I Could Love You More" by The Miracals
	+ Malia and Stiles study together and kiss in Stiles' room

## Gallery

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