Scott McCall

Scott McCall is the primary protagonist of the TV show Teen Wolf and is played by Tyler Posey. He appears in all 12 episodes of the first season, as well as the 6 online episodes of Teen Wolf: Search for a Cure.

Biography
Scott attends Beacon Hills High School in Beacon Hills, California, where he plays lacrosse. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother, Melissa, who works as a nurse at the Beacon Hills Hospital.

Scott has an after school job at the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic as an assistant to the Veterinarian (Dr. Deaton).

While wandering in the woods in January 2011 he was bitten by Alpha werewolf Peter Hale and cursed with lycanthropy. Before Scott was bitten he was an outcast at school and a bench warmer for the lacrosse team. He had asthma and was required to use an inhaler.

He is now Co-Captain of the Beacon Hills High School Lacrosse team with Jackson Whittemore. According to the coach Bobby Finstock, he is the best player on the lacrosse team.

Scott believes his new life as a werewolf is more of a curse than a gift. He occasionally becomes frustrated when his werewolf instincts get in the way of his normal life.

Season 1
Scott and his best friend, Stiles go to the Beacon Hills reserve to search for half of a dead body. While searching for the dead body, he is attacked and bitten by what he believes to be some type of wolf. Scott survives the attack with a bite which heals within one day. Shortly after the attack, he begins to notice his improved senses of smell and hearing. He becomes stronger, faster, and more agile. He successfully makes first line on the lacrosse team with the help of his new abilities.

While in class, Scott meets new student, Allison Argent. They are instantly attracted to each other and immediately, begin a relationship. The relationship quickly becomes complicated when Scott finds out Allison’s dad, Chris, is a Werewolf Hunter.

Scott presumed that Derek Hale was the one that bit him. It was revealed at the end of Pack Mentality that Derek did not bite him but a werewolf known as the Alpha did. Which makes Scott a Beta Werewolf.



Throughout the season, Scott struggles to balance his life, protect the people he loves and control his transformations as well as trying to figure out how he came to be bitten, why he was bitten and by whom. He is being aided in this search by Stiles and fellow werewolf Derek Hale. They are searching for the Alpha who is apparently responsible for the mysterious murders in Beacon Hills. The Alpha holds some sort of mental power over Scott. He has been shown to compel Scott to transform and it can even mentally force Scott to join him as he hunts.

Stiles and Derek Hale were the only people who knew of Scott's condition. Until Wolf's Bane, when Jackson found out that Scott is a werewolf. Jackson threatened to expose Scott to Allison and her family if Scott did not help him get the "bite".

Scott learns in Co-Captain that Peter Hale is the Alpha and the one who bit him. Peter tries to convince him to join his Wolf Pack, while Scott is not interested. Peter wants Scott to see his side of things and digs his claws into Scott’s neck, enabling Scott to see Peter’s memories. Afterwards he attempts to protect the people around him from Peter.

In Formality, Scott cannot attend the formal because of academic probation. Scott uses his wolf powers to persuade and intimidate Jackson to take Allison to the formal with him to protect her. Scott sneaks in to the formal anyway. Eventually, Scott and Allison dance together. He wants to tell Allison the truth, but is interrupted. He kisses her and she asks, why did he do that? Scott admits that he loves her and they embrace with another kiss. Allison takes Scott outside to be alone. She runs into the bus and kisses the window. Just at that moment Allison’s father, and another hunter corner Scott with their cars. They both drive towards him at the same time. Allison screams in the bus and then gasps, because Scott has jumped between the two cars. This causes Scott to shift in front of Allison.

In Code Breaker, Scott finds Derek. He reveals that Peter intended to kill Laura to become the Alpha. Derek agrees to help kill Peter. However, Allison and Kate show up and attack them. Despite a plea from Allison, Kate tries to kill Scott. Scott is saved by Chris, who was informed by Stiles that Kate broke the Hunter’s code. Scott and Derek fight Peter. Scott gets help from Stiles and Jackson, who show up with Molotov cocktails that burn Peter alive. After Peter is incapacitated, Allison approaches Scott. Despite Scott being in werewolf form, Allison kisses him, When asked why she did that, her answer is because she loves him. Before Scott can get the cure by killing Peter, Derek cuts Peter's throat and becomes the new Alpha. In the end, Chris tells his wife that Scott has more to worry about than just the hunters, while Scott and Allison embrace lovingly on her rooftop.

Skills
After being bitten by the Alpha, Scott has developed several superhuman abilities including an enhanced sense of smell, rapid healing, agility and strength. He possesses all the physical and psychological characteristics of a Beta Werewolf. He's also displayed the ability to controll a canine through a telepathic link. Scott has shown himself to be strong enough to break out of a deep freezer wrapped in thick chains, and in the season two premiere he easily defeated an omega werewolf in a short fight, showing a fighting prowess he had lacked in the previous season.

Through working with Derek and Stiles he has learned that his transformations are triggered by strong emotions and an increased heart rate, yet they can be reversed by intense pain. While the transformations still seem mostly involuntary, he showed some control in Magic Bullet growing claws on purpose in order to reach the wolfsbane tipped bullet that had fallen into a floor grate. As well as doing a fully voluntary transformation in Co-Captain in order to protect Jackson from Derek. In Formality, Scott transformed effortlessly, again. This time to intimidate Jackson to go to the formal with Allison in order to protect her from Peter.

Relationships

 * Melissa McCall
 * Scott has a strong relationship with his mother, Melissa, who has raised her son on her own. She is always at work at the hospital and worries that she doesn't give Scott enough time or attention. She is comforting to Scott and argues with his chemistry teacher Adrian Harris in The Tell, that neither Scott nor she feel the need of a male figure in the house. His mother and father are divorced. His father's absence has not been explained on the show.


 * Stiles Stilinski
 * Scott's best friend is Stiles Stilinski, who is also the product of a single-parent household. Stiles has attempted to help Scott investigate his new condition and guide him through the changes and difficulties of being a werewolf. In Heart Monitor, Stiles attached a heart monitor to Scott to help him control his animal side by pelting him with lacrosse balls. Their friendship was tested in Lunatic when Scott behaved differently due to side effects of the upcoming full moon and his break up with Allison. However, through the changes, they maintain a strong friendship.


 * Derek Hale
 * Derek Hale served as Scott's mentor as well as a periodic rival throughout Season 1. Although it has never been said it appears that Derek does genuinely care about what happens to Scott and vice versa. Examples of this was when Derek told Scott to run while he fought the hunters, and Scott showing obvious distress and disbelief when it appeared that the Alpha had killed Derek. He began the season as a Beta Werewolf, but inherited the Alpha status after he killed his uncle, Peter Hale.


 * Allison Argent
 * Scott is in love with Allison Argent, the daughter of Chris Argent, a Werewolf Hunter. They had an immediate attraction with each other and began dating early in Season 1. Despite their strong feelings, Allison ended the relationship in Night School due to trust issues. Allison avoided any contact with him in Lunatic. Scott told Allison he loved her in Formality. Despite the fact Allison knew Scott was a werewolf, she admitted her love for him in Code Breaker. In season two Chris Argent has forbidden them from being together, forcing then to sneak around in secrect to see each other.


 * Jackson Whittemore
 * Jackson Whittemore is Scott's lacrosse teammate and rival. He has become more involved in Scott’s life due to his increased role on the lacrosse team. Jackson is suspicious of Scott’s sudden improvement on the field and has been investigating the change. He eventually finds out Scott is a werewolf in Wolf's Bane. He unintentionally and forcefully exposed Scott’s secret to Allison’s dad and another hunter when he went in to the woods, hoping for an encounter with The Alpha in Formality.


 * Lydia Martin
 * Lydia Martin is Allison's friend and as such spent a lot of time with Scott while he and Alison were dating. She took more of an interest in Scott when he became the star and best player of the lacrosse team. During Lunatic, she seduced and kissed Scott. These actions came after her boyfriend, Jackson, began to show obvious interest in Allison. It has been speculated that what happened to Lydia at the end of Formality is going to be crucial to Scott in the future.

Weaknesses
Like all werewolves, Scott is weakened by wolfsbane. He discovers in Heart Monitor that Allison is like an anchor when it comes to controlling his heart rate, which keeps him from losing his temper and controlling his shifts.

Quotes

 * "I thought you were a predator!"

- Scott to Stiles in Wolf Moon


 * "My mom does all the grocery shopping."

- Scott to Jackson in Wolf Moon


 * "What’s going on with me? You really wanna know? Well, so would I. Cause I can see, hear, and smell things that I shouldn’t be able to see, hear and smell. I can do things that should be impossible, I’m sleep walking three miles into the middle of the woods, and I’m pretty much convinced that I’m totally out of my freaking mind"

- Scott to Jackson in Wolf Moon


 * "I’m already starting to feel an urge to kill, Stiles."

- Scott to Stiles in Wolf Moon


 * "If they're holding me back from being a psychotic nut job like you, I'm okay with that."

- Scott to Peter in Co-Captain


 * "When they come after you, I won't be able to protect you. I can't protect anyone."

- Scott to Jackson in Co-Captain


 * "Sorry. I just like hearing you laugh, and I love your smile"

- Scott to Allison in Formality


 * "Because I love you."

- Scott to Allison in Formality


 * "You sure this is a good idea?"

- Scott asks Allison in Formality


 * "No, don't say, 'too easy.' People say, 'too easy' and bad things happen."

- Scott to Derek in Code Breaker