Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4753851-20140909163244/@comment-5285305-20140909165109

To me, that doesn't seem to be the case with Seasons 1 & 2. The ending of Season 1 clearly meant they knew Season 2 was going to happen with the "I'm the Alpha now" line from Derek. Then the ending of Season 2 revealed the Alpha Pack which made me think "There's going to be five of those things from Season 1? Hell yeah!" But thats when they started to slip due to a few reasons:

- The writers had to write 24 episodes but were used to the 12 episode arc formula. So they decided to create a single arc with the Alpha Pack, but then needed another story for the second half.

- A few key characters in the story left the show: Colton Haynes, and Gage Golightly. This caused a few changes in the story. Jackson was supposed to have a connection to one of the members of the alpha pack and the death of his real parents, and Erica was pretty much replaced with Cora (who left after the arc was over wtf).

- Despite the California Tax Credit recieved, the show still had some CGI constraints. Because of this, their Big Bads weren't as great. In my opinion they went too big too early with the Alpha Pack and Stiles being possessed stories. Alpha Pack and ESPECIALLY Stiles being the villain should've been left to the last two seasons of the show. The alphas turned out to be just regular-makeup-narewolves with key qualities & fighting styles, and the after effects of Stiles trying to kill his friends are just nonexistent as if nothing happened.

Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy the show very much. It just took a different direction than I would have hoped.