They trapped a Ghost Rider! Then things got a lot weird.

First of all, we get a look at what was probably Theo’s experience when he was delivered to the Skinwalkers. Theo would wake up in a morgue, hear an eerie voice calling out to him and then try to run only to have his heart taken out by his sister then remember the Dread Doctors giving him a heart transplant. This experience was repeated again and again until Theo’s denial changed into acceptance.

What lies behind the wallpaper!

"Ghosted" ended with Sherriff Stilinski peeling back the wallpaper in his home and cringing. We wondered and theorized on what could be behind that door – the train station, Canaan? What we did not expect to be behind that door is Stiles’ room. Not exactly cringe-worthy if you ask me. But you didn’t so moving on.

Claudia Stilinski walked in on her husband in the room and she did not look pleased. She claimed the room must have been sealed off by previous tenants (who lived there over 18 years ago). She also told the Sherriff outright that she wasn’t willing to consider the possibility of a forgotten son. So the Sherriff called someone who was more than willing to discuss the possibility.

Coulda Woulda Shoulda: The plan that could’ve worked

Last time we saw Theo, he was about to be coyote food and he’s still pretty much in the same situation when we see him in Heartless. After the daddy/son quarrel between Liam and Scott about whether or not to use Theo in their plan, Scott agrees that he will “try anything {to get Stiles back}… even Theo". Malia however refuses to go with their plan. She has a better idea.

Team Scott's plan involves a lot of Physics talk – basically they plan to trap a Ghost Rider by using the lightening rod to attract it into the bunker, using Hayden as bait and then trapping it in a cage which neutralizes electricity and surrounding the cage with a ring of mountain ash. The plan worked quite easily – except for the part where Theo nearly lost his arm trying to close the cage against the Rider. The hard part turns out to be the most important – getting the Rider to talk. It turns out the pack did not consider that part at all when Liam addresses the Rider as "Mr. Rider".

But Mason has that covered – Mason who now has the superpower of finding Corey even when he’s in camouflage. Mason somehow figured that during that ridiculous standoff between Parrish and a Rider, the latter was trying to communicate with Parrish. So the teenagers send for the Deputy Sheriff who seems to have nothing better to do than heed the beck and call of a bunch of teenagers. Parrish arrives and actually succeeds in getting words out of the Rider – words that seemed more like a mantra – “We are the Wild Hunt. Those who hunt with us hunt forever”. Does this mean people can opt to hunt with the Wild Hunt?

The twist comes when the Rider somehow gives Parrish a command and the latter starts to turn and attempts to break out the Rider. Theo and Scott have to physically push Parrish out of the room to prevent him from ruining their plan. The latter ends up running into the dark like a dog who just misbehaved and is scared of getting a whooping. It seems like the Riders aren’t scared of Parrish – he’s more like their dog {hound} who they can order to attack or heel or do tricks. Also, when will Team Scott finally realize that no form of good help can come of a creature called “hellhound”?

Mr. Hoptman whatnow?

While Scott and Liam are recovering from touching a hellhound, Theo is left with the Rider and he gets a somewhat expected visitor – Mr. Douglas who Theo called “Hoptman” or something that sounds very close to that. Mr. Douglas (who is now speaking in German accent) threatened to kill Theo if he doesn’t break the circle of mountain ash. When Theo obeys like a good ol’ boy, weirder stuff happens.

  • ·         Firstly, Mr. Douglas and the Rider recognize each other. (What?)
  • ·         Secondly, the Rider is actually scared of Mr. Douglas. (What??)
  • ·         Thirdly, Mr. Douglas overpowered him, bit into his skull (WHAT???) and then ate his penile gland which looked more like a starfish than a pea. (I’m officially out of dramatic “whats” at this point)


Lydia figured it out.

Notice how Lydia has been missing in all this weirdness? Well, she’s still thinking about the dead kid in Canaan. She tells her mother that Lorraine conjured her dead son to fill the void of the entire town going missing. Lydia believes that Sherriff Stilinski is doing the exact same thing with Claudia – using her to fill the void of his missing son. But Mrs Martin isn’t so convinced. She can see Claudia after all.

Sherriff Stilinksi invites Lydia into Stiles’ room and says he’s willing to talk about the possibility of him having a son. Lydia tells the Sherriff her speculation and he says Claudia is “flesh and blood” while Stiles is “speculation” and “conjecture”.
Lydia sees Stiles’ lacrosse jersey lying on a chair and picks it up to inhale it. But where Lydia sees bits and pieces of Stiles lying around, the Sherriff sees an empty room and a “deeply disturbed” girl holding and sniffing the air. Lydia tells him he’s afraid to remember because of what it represents – the fact that he forgot his own son and chose to live with a ghost. Lydia throws him the jersey (which looks like air to the Sheriff) but when the Sherriff catches it, he can actually see. Looks like he believes now.

Peter Hale the Hero

Last time we saw Peter {and our beloved Stiles}, we weren’t so sure if he survived that terrible fire. Turns out he did and hasn’t lost his sarcasm.

Malia visits her father in the hospital and gets the bad news from Melissa – basically he’s still badly burned and may die anytime soon. With Malia’s cajoling, Melissa admits that she has a plan that could possibly end with Peter dead. Malia’s response was “what does he have to lose?”.

We get the answer to the question of why the "nine herbs" which healed Chris Argent in "Ghosted" hasn’t been used till that episode – probably because the Argents didn’t want it to be used to heal psychopath werewolves like Peter Hale – which is exactly what Melissa used it for. After the unbearable pain that comes with forceful healing, Peter is looking as handsome as ever – he even managed to grow back all his hair!

Malia takes him to the spot where they found Peter in the hopes of finding the gate and going through to rescue Stiles, who she described as her “anchor”. While they are there, Peter starts to hear the sounds associated with the arrival of Ghost Riders and tells Malia to run while he waits to give her a chance to escape. Someone is finally stepping into his fatherly shoes - a little late but still. Peter prepares for a fight but to Peter's surprise, the Riders abruptly turn back. Most likely because their kin  was getting eaten by a Nazi alpha werewolf and they were not about to willingly suffer similar fate.

Goodbye Corey.

Mr. Douglas who now has fancy green eyes (instead of the red deemed for an alpha) and a fancy new rope, wastes no time using the rope on a very surprised Corey who promptly disappears. Its starting to look like Mr. Douglas is the true villain of the Final Season.

Questions.

  • Does Mr Douglas steal a person’s power by eating their penile gland?
  • What exactly does he plan to do with Corey and all the others he will no doubt erase?
  • If Claudia wanted to effectively hide the existence of Stiles’ room, why not seal it with an actual wall before fixing wallpaper?
  • Exactly how much of Stiles and Peter do Scott and his team remember?
  • What will Scott do with the gun he managed to get off the Rider?
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