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Teen Wolf News 082217

Exclusive: The Final Five Episode Titles
Teen Wolf News has exclusively learned the titles for the final five episodes of Teen Wolf.

Triggers
We already have a network synopsis for Triggers. “Liam and Theo attempt to draw the Hunters away from Beacon Hills.” We also know that longtime writer and co-executive producer Eric Wallace directed. We’ll have more behind the scenes stuff from Eric’s time in the big chair next week in advance of this episode airing on September 3.

Werewolves of London
Episode 617 shares the same name as a song by Warren Zevon from 1978.

Jeff Davis tells me the song Werewolves of London is where he got the episode title, but this could also be a reference to John Landis' 1981 film An American Werewolf in London which was last mentioned on the show at the beginning of Season 3 after Jackson Whittemore moved to London.


 * Check out this video featuring scenes from the movie with the Warren Zevon song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8krv2CYAYFw

Davis told us earlier about Colton Haynes and Charlie Carver’s return to the show, “Their story begins in London. The way they return to Beacon Hills is really fun.”

All these things combined lead many folks (myself included) to speculate that we’ll be seeing some old friends when Werewolves of London airs on September 10.

Genotype
I’ve no clue what they’re trying to tell us with this one. The title of Episode 618 is a scientific term that describes the inherited genetics of any living organism. The Genotype is its original nature before external influences in the organism's environment change it. Of course, our current Big Bad (Anuk-Ite) doesn’t have DNA so … MTV chose to run Episode 618 as part of a double feature with Episode 619 on September 17.

Broken Glass
Another title that will probably not make sense until it airs, Broken Glass could be a reference to many things. However, it is most likely a reference to Kristallnacht because what’s happening currently in Beacon Hills bears more than a passing resemblance to Europe in the 1930s.
 * According to the US Holocaust Museum, “Kristallnacht, literally, "Night of Crystal," is often referred to as the "Night of Broken Glass." The name refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938. This wave of violence took place throughout Germany, annexed Austria, and in areas of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops.”

Broken Glass is the second half of the two-hour Teen Wolf block on September 17.

The Wolves of War
Episode 620, The Wolves of War, is the show's 100th episode overall and the final episode in the series.

The title is a play on a quote from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in which Mark Anthony says "Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war".

<p class="MsoNormal">The original meaning is open to interpretation. The character may use "dogs" to mean real animals trained for warfare or the weapons and machines of war or the soldiers and Roman citizens that Mark Anthony hopes to incite to violence. All those interpretations seem to be relevant to the final confrontation between Scott's Pack and the hunters.

<p class="MsoNormal">As always, Teen Wolf Wikia will have full recaps, promo video, soundtracks, and photo galleries posted for each episode thanks to our amazing and dedicated Wikians. I’m looking at you Killer Kev, Talia571, and fellow admin Dry63!

Anuk-Ite: Teen Wolf’s New Big Bad
<p class="MsoNormal">Something has been causing fear-based freakouts all over Beacon Hills. First, it came for the wolves. Then it came for the rats. Now, it has come for us. We’ve seen it in the form of burrowing spiders and a faceless bloody lump of a humanoid shaped nothing, but what is this thing really? <p class="MsoNormal">Jeff Davis and the rest of the Teen Wolf writers turned to Native American folklore once again to bring us what may be the ultimate big bad.

Original American Folklore
The idea of Anuk-Ite or Two-Face is pervasive across many early American cultures.
 * According to native-languages.org, “Two-Face is a malevolent humanoid monster of the Plains Indian tribes. In some tribes, Two-Faces are described as ogres, but most often the Two-Face resembles a human except for having a second face on the back side of his or her head. If people make eye contact with this second face, they will either be struck dead or paralyzed with fear until the Two-Face returns to murder them.”

<p class="MsoNormal">One legend of Anuk-Ite as Man-eating Ogre - http://www.native-languages.org/omahastory.htm

Anuk-Ite: Teen Wolf Version
<p class="MsoNormal">As we’ve come to expect, Teen Wolf writers put their spin on every creature. This time they’ve kept Anuk-Ite’s paralyzing fear and hyped it up to suicidal levels. They’ve also split the creature in two. <p class="MsoNormal">Officially, here’s how Deaton explicated it for us this week -
 * <p class="MsoNormal">“It is an ancient shape-shifter, a creature of disharmony. It can turn neighbor against neighbor sowing the seeds of discord and hate. It doesn’t need fangs. It doesn’t need claws. It uses something far more sinister. When paranoia turns to anger, anger turns to violence; entire communities tear themselves apart. The creature feeds off the fear and grows more powerful.”

<p class="MsoNormal">He goes on to say Anuk-Ite is also sometimes called Double Face. One face is beautiful, and the other is hideous. Deaton says two faces could mean two creatures, and we’re led to believe that once those two halves combine, Anuk-Ite becomes even more powerful and deadly (Behind the scenes we’re hearing people literally turn to stone).

Face-to-Faceless/Pressure Test: Best Bits
<p class="MsoNormal">There’s WAY TOO MUCH Teen Wolf this week to do a proper review. Writing two OVERLY DETAILED recaps of Face-to-Faceless and Pressure Test just about killed me, so here is just a smattering of your best bits.
 * Linden Ashby Directing – I’m not really surprised that Ashby is a great director. He’s a veteran of movie and TV sets and knows how things work. I was surprised by some of his choices. Giving Coach the low-angle hero shot was genius, and it instantly resonated with fans. The visceral close-ups on Liam’s face during the fights (also the “punching the camera” shots) were very effective. I would hate it if he quit acting, but Ashby should pursue directing as well.
 * Coach Finstock as Hero – Wow. Who saw that coming? After Mrs. Finch proved to be a chickensh*t and didn’t save Liam, I thought all was lost. The Coach intervention was a wonderful surprise, a cheer-out-loud moment, and such a great tribute to the character. Casting agents take note - Orny Adams has range y’all!
 * Andrew Matarazzo’s Gabe - I HATE HIM SO MUCH! Usually, that’s a bad thing, in this case, it’s the sign of a very talented actor embodying a villain. Little known fact, Matarazzo was up for the part of one of the Menendez brothers in that new Law and Order series. I bet those producers are kicking themselves now because Matarazzo does evil right!
 * Nolan and Tamora Monroe – both Froy Gutierrez and Sibongile Mlambo are still KILLING IT. The fact that we’re getting a lot of hate-based vandalism on their Wikia pages bears witness to the fact that fans love to HATE THEM, which is an awesome thing when you’re the villain.
 * Liam’s growth arc - Our young Beta is progressing nicely. He knew to check the camera feed after Nolan was locked up and stopped the Wolfsbane attack. He was also able to put aside his own feelings of guilt over Brett and Lori to see Jiang and Tierney as the cold-blooded revenge killers that they were.
 * The guest stars are ballin' this season - Kudos specifically to Brandon Soo Hoo and Ellery Sprayberry as the aforementioned cold-blooded killers and Lucy Loken as the “I’m just minding my own business, and you shot an arrow into my tire” werewolf gal Quinn.
 * Theo is so over everything - Cody Christian’s smirk deserves its own series. He seriously got a lot of amazing laugh-out-loud moments, but my favorites were his taunting of creepy orderly dude from Eichen and hand-in-the-air “good to know” after Liam’s epic “working on my anger” line.

<p class="MsoNormal">There’s more great stuff in the two hours, but I’d be writing for days to get it all in, and I already feel like I’ve been writing for days because I have – literally - been writing for days. I need a week off.

American Assassin First Viewer Reviews
<p class="MsoNormal">American Assassin hits theaters worldwide in four weeks, but some lucky folks have already seen Dylan O’Brien and Michael Keaton take on Taylor Kitsch in the explosion-filled revenge flick based on the Vince Flynn novel of the same name. <p class="MsoNormal">Several audiences already saw early screenings over the past couple of weeks, and a handful of those folks have posted their thoughts on the film

<p class="MsoNormal">Because, no matter what I say, I will be accused of either over-hyping the movie or preaching doom and gloom – I present the following links to the early screening reviews I found without further comment.
 * This guy claims to have seen the movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWd5cMszqug
 * The folks on this Reddit Thread also claim to have seen the movie - https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/6u1k49/saw_an_advanced_screening_of_american_assassin/#bottom-comments
 * These folk are apparently frequent movie goers who sound off on this one specific site. There is absolutely no proof that any of them actually saw the movie - https://letterboxd.com/film/american-assassin/reviews/

<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t think reviews have all that much to do with movie attendance. It’s usually the type of movie offered, the perceived quality of said movie, and the mood of the majority of moviegoers at any given moment that determines box office success.

AA May Benefit From The MP Effect
<p class="MsoNormal">One weird thing could make a difference for American Assassin though. A lot of those new MoviePass.com membership cards will be arriving about the same time this flick hits theaters. If you’ve not heard, MoviePass allows you to see a new movie every day in most theaters for less than $10 a month. It is literally Netflix for movie theaters.

<p class="MsoNormal">Those MoviePass cards will be landing in member’s mailboxes in the next couple of weeks meaning, for the hundreds of thousands that have signed up, the decision to see American Assassin won’t be a financial one. They'll literally see the film without paying, and they’ll actually be incentivized to see more movies to get the full value of the card.

<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve yet to see the promised MoviePass effect in action, but the company’s CEO expects it will boost overall ticket sales. I’ll put it this way, I just signed up for MoviePass and will be seeing at least two movies every weekend whereas, right now, I might pay for one in-theater movie (that I'm not reviewing) each month.

<p class="MsoNormal">While we wait for the release, Apple has a special behind the scenes featurette for you to check out right now! - http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/american-assassin/