Scott McCall

Scott McCall is the primary protagonist of the TV show Teen Wolf.

Biography
Scott attends Beacon Hills High School in Northern California, where he plays lacrosse. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother who works as a nurse at the local hospital. Scott used to live with his dad and had to take the bus to school.

Season 1
In Wolf Moon, Scott is shown at home brushing his teeth. He hears a noise, and comes out with a baseball bat. He is alarmed by an intruder but laughs when he sees it's Stiles. Stiles informs the police are searching for half of a missing body. The two decide to go to the Beacon Hill reserve to search for the body. While searching for a dead body, he is attacked and bitten by what he believes to be some type of wolf. Scott survives the attack then comes out to the road and almost gets hit by a car. The bite 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. His best friend Stiles quickly ascertains that Scott has been bitten by a werewolf and is now cursed with lycanthropy. While in class, Scott discovers he has new abilities, like super hearing. Soon, new student, Allison Argent, the new girl in Beacon Hills, enrolls in Scott's class. He heard her need for a pen, and turned around to giver her one. There is an immediate attraction between the two of them. He then realizes he heard her need for a pen with his super hearing ability. Later, Scott uses his powers to eavesdrop on Allison's conversation with Lydia and Jackson. When they mention a party, Allison claims she cannot go due to family night. He then decides to try out his new powers on the lacrosse team. Scott finds his new found abilities to be a boon on the lacrosse field where he had previously been a regular benchwarmer. He discovers with his abilities that he is amazingly good and no one can score on him. He and Stiles talk again. Stiles jokes about him being a werewolf but then tells him that a full moon is coming up. The two try to retrace their steps of where they saw the dead body. The dead body is no longer there. They are confronted by Derek Hale. Scott doesn't remember who he is, but Stiles tells him his story, about his family being wiped out in a fire. Scott then goes to his after-school job at the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic where he is an assistant to the Veterinarian. There's a bang on the door, and Scott sees it is Allison. She tells him about a hurt dog she found that won't let her get close to him. Scott seems to hypnotize him with his werewolf powers, and the dog calms down and lets Scott pet him and care for him. Scott braces the dogs leg, while talking to Allison. Scott, bolstered by his newfound confidence instantly and successfully asks her out, he goes home to go to bed, only to wake up in the forest. He has another run in with the wolf who bit him but then runs off and lands in a neighbor's swimming pool. His sudden improvement in lacrosse is noticed by the team captain Jackson Whittemore who believes Scott is somehow enhancing his performance with steroids. He confronts Scott in the locker room before their scrimmage. Scott denies his accusations. Scott has a great lacrosse scrimmage. Coach Finstock tells him he made first line much to Allison's enjoyment. Stiles now takes the werewolf thing seriously and warns Scott about the blood lust werewolves have on a full moon. He tells him to cancel his date with Allison, but Scott isn't having it. He and Allison have a good time, but then Scott has to bail when he sense the werewolf transformation is taking place. He goes back home. Stiles comes to visit him. Scott thinks Derek is the one responsible for all of this, and the dead body in the woods. Scott has his transformation and finds Derek. The two are about to fight, but their quarrel is soon interrupted by a group of werewolf hunters after them. Derek helps out Scott, and the two escape. Scott meets Allison the next day toapologize and meets her dad, Chris, who turns out to be one of the werewolf hunters.

Second Chance at First Line begins with the preceding events at the end of Wolf Moon. Scott worries a lot about Allison’s father being a hunter and is distracted during practice with the lacrosse team. Because he does badly that day, he gets angry and senses the werewolf inside him. Stiles gets him off the field before disaster strikes. In locker room, Scott transforms into the wolf and almost kills Stiles. Back at his house, Derek confronts Scott about turning into a werewolf. He tells him like Stiles that he is better off sitting out the big lacrosse game coming up. Despite Scott's best efforts, Coach Finstock won't allow Scott to miss the game. If he does, however, he will be removed from first line. Stiles and Scott go to Derek's property after Scott's reveals that he smelled blood. They dig up the body but then learn it's actually the body of a dead werewolf. Stiles spots some wolfsbane growing alongside the grave. When he tries to pull it up he finds it is attached to a long rope laid out around the grave in a spiral pattern. When he finishes removing the rope the pattern glows and the body in the grave reverts into a human girl. Derek gets arrested for murder. Scott and Stiles drive off, but Scott is sickened by the wolfsbane rope that Stiles has stuffed into his backpack. He throws the backpack into the woods but returns to the jeep to find Scott gone. Scott is at Allisons. As he watches her from her rooftop, Scott turns into a werewolf but then falls off and gets hit by Allison's dad, Chris, who is driving a truck. He changes back in to a human before Chris can see him as a werewolf. Scott plays in the lacrosse game and uses his powers to win the game. He, however, runs off the field as he feels another transformation coming on. Allison chases him to the boys locker room. Scott looks like he's ready to attack her but he manages to hold back. By the time she finds him, Scott is fine and explains to her he just felt lightheaded. Scott tells her how she makes him nervous and how he just wants a second chance. She tells him he already has it, she's just waiting for him to take it. The two share their first kiss. Stiles then talks to Scott about the game and about the dead body they found. The dead body is actually Derek's sister, and since police found evidence of that an animal killed her, Derek has been released from jail.

Although he presumed that Derek Hale was the one that bit him. It was revealed at the end of Pack Mentality that Derek didn't bite him but a werewolf known as the Alpha bit him. Which makes Scott a beta werewolf. From that point Scott has been 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 Alpha Werewolf who is apparently responsible for Scott’s transformation and as such holds some sort of mental power over him. The Alpha has been shown to compel Scott to transform and it can even mentally force Scott to join him as he hunts as was seen early in.

In Wolf's Bane, Derek is on the run from the cops and hunters due to Scott's false confession in Night School , that, he is behind all of the people getting killed. Scott, who is driving Derek's car, pulls up in time for them to get away. Derek mentions a note he took from Scott's chemistry teacher Mr. Harris with a strange symbol on it. Scott says he recognizes the symbol from Allison's necklace. The next day while Jackson is examined by a doctor he finds out that the scratches on his neck are infected from Aconitum (Wolfsbane). He soon realizes what Scott is and confronts him. Although Jackson doesn't directly state as a fact he knows Scott is a werewolf, he does imply that he knows and tells Scott he's going to help him get the bite or Allison will find out. Jackson follows up his previous threats by trying to get in to Scott's mind. During lunch, he talks to Scott from far away, knowing that Scott can hear what he's saying. He says he will make Scott's life miserable and ruin any chance he has left with Allison by taking her away for himself. Jackson carries forth his plan as we see him flirting with Allison during swimming practice. He also invites her to the lacrosse game. At the lacrosse game, Jackson and Scott discuss their situation. This time, Jackson isn't as smug as before. Scott tells him that only an Alpha can change him. He also tells him that there are others, and also hunters who will kill them. Jackson realizes that the Argents are the hunters because their name translates to "silver" in French. He realizes they will kill them if they find out what they are. Back at the lacrosse game. Scott overhears the Argents talking about the scar on Jackson's neck. Kate asks Chris if the werewolf curse could be transferred via a scratch. He tells her it could if the wound is deep enough. The episode ends with Scott standing on the lacrosse field with the poosibility that Jackson may expose him as a werewolf.

Co-Captain begins with the lacrosse teams celebrating another victory. As Scott searches for Stiles, he bumps into Allison. She tells him how well he did and how hard she cheered for him. As Allison walks away Jackson offers Scott a deal. He'll help Scott get Allison back as long as Scott helps him get the bite in 72 hours. In the locker room, Danny tells Scott he accepts his apology from elbowing him in Lunatic. Scott says he didn’t apologize, but he did pass to Danny for the entire game. When the team leaves, the lights go out and Scott finds Derek, joined by his uncle Peter. Scott realizes that Peter Hale is the Alpha Werewolf and the one who bit him. Peter and Derek try to convince him to join their Wolf Pack. Scott isn't interested. He doesn't want to kill his friends. Peter says he 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. Soon, Scott realizes he has to look out for Jackson, who, is driving his car in an abandon parking lot when he begins to have problems.Chris Argent drives up and offers to help. He really suspects Jackson is the second beta and gets a closer look at the scratches on his neck. Scott and Stiles pull up, and offer Jackson a ride to get help. Chris takes a device he’d planted in Jackson’s car and leaves, claiming to have fixed Jackson's problem. Jackson tells Scott to make him a wolf. Scott tries telling him how hard out there it truly is for a werewolf, with Jackson claiming he can handle it. Jackson says that just because Scott has a hard time with his werewolf abilities doesn’t mean that he won’t know how to handle it. He claims that Scott has all the power in the world, but doesn't know how to use it. Later, in the woods, Allison hears a noise nd gives her bow to Lydia for safekeeping while she investigates. She accidentally uses a stun gun on Scott, who gives her back her necklace, claiming he found it at school. She hugs Scott, then walks away. In his room, Scott gets a call informing him he will need to get an extension on his paper if he wants to pass the class. Allison visits Scott, and begins to tell him the suspicions she has about her family. They’re interrupted by Scott’s mother, Melissa, who is going on a date. Needing more time to prepare, she has Scott head down to the door for her, but before he even turns the knob his wolf senses act up. Peter Hale is at the door, taking Scott's mom out on a date. On their date, Melissa notices that Peter has missed the turn for the restaurant. In an effort to save his mother, Scott has Stiles rear end her car. Peter tells Scott he is truly impressed by Scott’s cunning method, and reveals Derek's plans to kill Jackson. Jackson realizes that Derek is going to murder him and begs for his life. Derek explains that there’s a reason no one is there to protect him. Scott appears to save Jackson, and reveals his full werewolf form to him. Before they can face off, however, wolfsbane bullets riddle the house and hit Scott. Derek helps him escape, and then opens the door to a blazing white light. In the woods Scott passes out and awakens to find his boss, the vet tending to his wounds.

In Formality, Scott is first seen recovering from his gun shot wound in the Vet's office. Peter comes to get Scott so he can help him find Derek but Scott's boss protects him. Although Peter makes it clear he can get to people more vulnerable who can give him what he wants. Scott immedately knows Peter is going after Allison. Scott searches desperately for his phone. Stiles thinks Scott should let Derek go but Scott is determined to save him. Outside, he hears his mom leave a voicemail for Peter before breaking down into tears. Stiles says Scott can’t save everyone and Scott looks concerned. Later, Allison is tossing and turning in bed. Scott is protecting her from the roof. He’s fighting off his exhaustion but finally his eyes close and he falls off the roof. In the locker room, Coach Finstock is telling Scott that he can’t go to the formal because he’s failing three classes.Scott then tries to convince Jackson to take Allison to the formal by stressing how much danger she’ll be in without someone looking out for her. Jackson doesn't relent and wals away. Scott uses his wolf powers to persuasuade and intimidate Jackson, who nervously ask Allison to go to the foral with him.

Despite his best attempts Scott couldn't keep an encounter between Peter and Allison from happening. While shopping for a dress for the formal Peter helps Allison pick out a dress due to his unique perspective on skin tone. Allison is clearly creeped out by Peter's interference but she is saved from any harm due to her car being towed. Although that was just a tactic by Scott to get Allison away from Peter. While this is going on Kate is still holding Derek captive and asking for info on the alpha and the second beta. Kate realizes that her and Derek's own history is repeating itself. A handsome werewolf falls in love with a beautiful werewolf hunter. Scott is in love with Allison. Therefore, Scott not Jackson is the second beta. Scott makes the decision to sneak in to the formal. At Scott’s house, his mom is mending his pants and telling him to be truthful with Allison. In this she means tell Allison how he really feels about her. “Women like words,” she advises. At the dance, things are going awkwardly. Jackson is pre-gaming even before they walk in the doors and Lydia is trying not to get down over Jackson’s treatment. In the dance, Scott skulks around when he notices both Peter and Coach Finstock. At the dance, Scott is finally busted when Coach catches him and chases him through the dance. Bumping into Danny, Scott pulls him into a dance just as Coach finally catches up to him. “What the hell are you doing?” he asks in shock. But now everyone is looking at him and to not appear homophobic he backpedals and lets Scott stay at the dance. As Scott scurries away, he bumps into Allison and soon they’re slow dancing. Allison tries to back away from telling Scott more about her family. Just as Scott is about tell her the truth about himself the music goes from a slow to a fast song. Allison looks disappointed. Scott lifts her head and gently touches her face before he kisses her. Allison asks him, why did he do that? Scott tells her because he loves her. Allison is taken aback then passionately kisses him.

Scott and Allison are tumbling out of the dance and towards the school buses. This looks just like the scene that occurred in Scott’s dream in Pack Mentality, when the bus driver got killed. While Scott realizes that history could be about to repeat itself this déjà vu is clearly no match for his hormones. Allison runs into the bus and kisses the window. Just at that moment Allison’s father, Chris, pulls up, shining his headlights at Scott. On the other side of Scott is another car and 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 exposing himself to Allison.

In Code Breaker, Chris and Allison discover that Scott is the other Beta when he changes in front of them. Shocked and terrified he runs into the woods and cries out in anger and despair. Then Scott locates Derek to help him kill Peter, by showing him that he meant to kill Laura and that it was no accident. Before they can begin, however, Allison and Kate Argent show up and attack them. Scott tries to explain to Allison that he was protecting her, but she does not want to listen. Only when Kate tries to kill him, does she finally change her mind. Ironically, he is rescued by Chris who was informed by Stiles that Kate broke the Hunter's code. Peter shows up during the conflict and slits Kate's throat and is about to kill Allison. Scott and Derek save her and fight him, but are no match for him. Then Stiles and Jackson show up with molotov cocktails, and help Scott defeat Peter. When the battle is over, Allison accepts who he is. Despite Scott being in werewolf form, Allison kisses him, turning him back into a teenager. When asked why she did that, her answer is that she loves him. Before Scott can kill Peter to be cured though, Derek does it and becomes an Alpha. Stiles and Scott return to the hospital to find that Lydia in is not a werewolf because her wound isn’t healing leaving the question of what she is. Later Chris is seen talking to his wife about what to do next, and lets out that he isn't the only one Scott has to worry about. At the end, Scott is last seen kissing Allison on her roof, showing she doesn't care he's a werewolf.

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.

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.

Relationships
Scott has a strong relationship with his mother, Melissa, who has raised her son on her own. His mother and father are divorced. His father's absence has not been explained on the show.

Scott's best friend is Stiles 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. It has been implied that Scott and Stiles' relationship is not only as best friends but brothers.

Derek Hale, began the season as a beta werewolf, but inherited the alpha status after he killed his uncle, Peter Hale. Although it has never been said it appears that Derek does genuinely care about what happens to Scott. He served as Scott's mentor as well as a periodic rival throughout season 1.

Scott is in love with Allison Argent, the daughter of Chris Argent, a werewolf hunter. They began dating early in Season 1. They had an immediate attraction with eachother beginning in Wolf Moon. Their bond grew stronger by the end of Magic Bullet. Although she ended the relationship in Night School due to trust issues. Allison avoided any contact with him in Lunatic and asked him she needed time and not to talk to her in Wolf's Bane. Allison began to soften toward Scott in Co-Captain. They reconciled at the end of Formality until she saw him shift in to a werewolf. As of Code Breaker they were back together.

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 and his girlfriend, Lydia's, growing friendship with Allison. Jackson is suspicious of Scott’s sudden improvement on the field and has been investigating the change throughout Season 1. In Heart Monitor he begins to use Allison to get closer to Scott to find out his secret. He eventually finds out Scott is a werewolf in Wolf's Bane. He, then, blackmails Scott in to giving him a way to get the bite or he will expose what Scott is to Allison and her family,

Lydia Martin is Allison's friend and as such spent a lot of time with Scott while he and Alison were dating. 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.