Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-34924658-20150613213625/@comment-5237598-20150623111654

While some parallels can be drawn between the seaons and on a simplified larger scale you might be right, I must say I cannot fully agree.

In season 1 the main antagonist always was the new alpha terrorizing beacon hills. While Kate (and the rest of the Argent clan) always posed a threat, they were never the main problem. If you recall, in season 1 Scott's main goal is to become human again, he wants to get rid of his "wolf side", which supposedly can be achieved by killing the alpha who bit you. Kate was a "sideplot". To me the Argents were a way to complicate Scott's love story with Allison.

In season 2 the only villain we knew at the beginning was the Kanima's master... Gerard revealed himself far later... He basically took Matt's place. Before he killed him he was far less of a threat (eventhough he should never be underestimated). Gerard needed the Kanima.

In season 3 the main Antagonists are also the biggest rivals... And Scott was always part of Deucalions plans. Deucalion saw Scott as a potential threat (why he knew Scott would become a true alpha is still a mistery to me though) and wanted to either have him as an ally or destroy him. Scott was never a real target to Jennifer, he just stood in the way at some point.

Season 4 Peter and Kate again hahaha, joining forces eventhough they hate each other hahaha... Well Peter's masterplan included Kate taking the fall for everything (and he probably had in mind that she would get killed somewhere in the process).

While there is always a hidden Villain in every season, to say that every season is build up the same way seems a little far fetched to me.

One thing that seems necessary to me is to hold the villain's identity hidden as long as possible, in order to have more suspense. Almost every show does it (Arrow, The Flash, Agents of Shield, Elementary.............). Imagine if you knew the villains identity straight away, would you still watch the show? It would be really boring (in my opinion).

In conclusion: yes the seasons have the same build up (in a larger sense) as does every other tv show in order to be interesting but the story arcs vary strongly.