User blog comment:Paul.rea/Teen Wolf News 031715/@comment-25595918-20150318140335/@comment-25595918-20150318192002

He did not say "I am not part of the show" he did not say "I am not under contract to do any episodes"

He said:

"I can’t even say a number." > the number has not been determined

"I can’t say that Derek’s coming back. I can’t say he’s not coming back. Both would be incomplete statements I guess." > I can't say either way, either because I was told not to say or because it is currently undetermied. He specifically says that he can't say he isn't coming back, so saying that he isn't coming back is false.

"you’ll have to wait and see what happens. ... I don’t know yet. We’ll have to wait and see. Jeff and I did have a really good meeting so we’ll see. Everything depends on so many variables that I can’t say yes and I can’t say no."

This whole thing is a non-answer where he repeats numerous times that we'll have to wait and see. We don't know that he hasn't been in any of the episodes so far and we don't know what agreements they already have in place. The are specifically not giving us any information and they don't have to.

We do know that Derek's wolf has been seen on set and it is reasonable to say that Hoechlin could be in some of those same scenes. Keep in mind that they do not shoot in order and could film scenes with Hoechlin in batches and have scenes without him shoot the rest of the time.