Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24732895-20150630102249/@comment-5285305-20150630155229

I have mixed feelings about the premiere, along with my expectatons for the rest of the season. I'm still not liking this super-special-mega-awesome-true-alpha Scott McCall plot device. When the new creature stuck his claws into Scott, I was actually hoping it would take Scott's alpha spark, making him actually learn how to fight throughout the season in order to get it back. Instead, he got another ass kicking and a "look how special my powers are" moment. Also, Kira. Once again, she just seems like a normal teen who waves her sword around for a couple of seconds and gets knocked to the side instead of using her actual abilities. Then the last scene in the episode that literally shows us what to expect felt like a cheap ploy to get people to watch the rest of the season, as if they don't believe in their own ability to create a smart and cohesive story, and keep the attention of their audience.

As for the rest of the season, I just hope we don't get a "creature of the week" type deal that we got with the assassins last time; making the doctors just a plot device that takes a new creature out of the oven every other week to fill up screentime.

With that said, there were a few things I did enjoy. I liked the concept of a villain who walks around and takes the abilities of the heroes, and the makeup created for him. Despite Kira's inability to actually use her sword, the crazy utility belt she whipped out was hilarious. All of the scenes involving the characters in high school are always great. And finally, the scene when the characters sign their initials at the school. Right when I got to that part, I was able to predict what everyone will do, because I know them so well at this point in the story.

The writers need to understand that we watch this show not for the sub-par fight scenes involving a growl and a punch every couple seconds, or the unexpected reveals of villains that are there for the sake of being unexpected. We watch this show for the characters. And we want to see events really affect these characters in the long run, otherwise its just plot for the sake of plot to fill up screen time. None of the fight scenes really help the characters - they never improve. Stiles is never again affected from when he was a homicidal maniac - we've only gotten a snarky line in early Season 4. And the supernatural powers that these characters have are never fully fleshed out or explored in creative ways (except for Lydia) - it just feels like they make things up as they go so it fits the plot instead of the other way around. For example, in the 3A finale Jennifer clearly says that Peter will be able to take Scott's power and become an Alpha again. Fast forward two season arcs, and now suddenly thats not true, because Scott has to stay an Alpha. So what, a Druid who is supposed to be an expert in all things supernatural suddenly is wrong about one of the most important details?

Anywyas, we'll see how the rest of the season goes. Honestly, considering this will be a 20-episode arc, I'm hoping itll be a little slower paced so we have more character driven moments and time to explain things - something they've had trouble doing due to the 12 episode constraint. Hopefully the writers take their time.