Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25550807-20141017215202/@comment-4887996-20141028012443

Season 5 is supposed to be a 24 episode two-parter, right? My hopes:

Episode 1 starts off as close to present time as possible (maybe the end of Scott/Lydia/Stiles' senior year), with Beacon Hills in chaos because of either a new villain or Deucalion returning. But it's different this time around, because they are ready for the fight.

Therefore, the first half of Season 5 is a giant flashback to the summer, three months after Season 4 (so June-August of 2012 or 2014, depending on if they retcon the time). Scott has decided to take time off to face his ghosts-namely Allison- and develop his True Alpha abilities, so he takes Malia and Liam and they spend the summer in training with a new mentor, who for some reason thinks that the fate of the supernatural world depends on them protecting Beacon Hills. This might alllow for Isaac, Ethan, and even Jackson to appear, if they're training too.

Meanwhile, most of the season focuses on Stiles, Derek, and Lydia. Derek and Lydia discover more about their powers, while Stiles plays detective role about why Beacon Hills is so important. There's lots of interaction between the three, because they are all amazing and deserve to be leads and deserve to be friends. ALSO LYDIA AND STILES AND KIRA ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL WITH DANNY. They're the four  who seem the smartest, grade-wise, so it would make sense for them to want to make up all their random absences and want to be eligible for university. Parrish finds out what he is, and Sheriff Stilinksi/Mama McCall get independent development without constantly worrying about their kids. That way, the first half of S5 develops the characters, ties up plot holes and gives us more information, while also preparing us for major action. No important deaths, besides Scott's new mentor and new friends, maybe.

By the mid-season finale, we have (almost) returned to where Episode 1 started. The true threat is revealed as trying to destroy all of Beacon Hills, the keystone of supernatural existence, and everyone fights them. Like, epic fights. Meanwhile, Scott/Stiles/Lydia/Kira/Danny graduate by the actual finale. Major character deaths have to happen, obviously, so I hope it's anyone but the core four (Scott-Stiles-Derek-Lydia). Peter will either die a hero or finally leave the show as a villain, and the series could potentially end there.