User blog comment:Alexa12/The Finale Sucked./@comment-206.211.150.253-20120816171808/@comment-206.211.150.253-20120816184426

I recalled after I posted this that the "kill the alpha who bit you and turn back to normal" theory in season 1 was not proven fact, it was a theory Scott was hoping to at least have a chance to try. We don't actually know if it would have worked or not though, if Derek was wrong or not, since Scott didn't get the chance to try. It seems to be a common thing in the werewolf mythos and I can't recall any instance in which a film/ tv show etc has shown it to actually work, so odds are Derek was wrong about it (he's definitely not a werewolf expert, he's simply the most experienced in the group) ... but we don't know that for sure. Unless this was attempted on this particular show and proved Derek was wrong? I don't recall it ever absolutely being disproven but perhaps I missed something?