[Locke]

Teen Wolf S03E10.

On the one hand, this episode felt insanely cheap as it all took place in a single location, a location that was given an in story reason to have no extras at all, and to be largely made up of very small spaces. On the other hand, they clearly used all the money they had left over from the sets, in the action, and although still not toku levels of action, this was forty minutes of all out brawls, with minimum amounts of cut aways or use of slow motion to stand in for actual fighting. It was very enjoyable. Allison and her Dad fighting side by side is especially badass, although why he is using guns is as beyond me as why Allison chooses to only use those flash arrows and doesn't just use proper ones. The Alpha's may be too strong for them, but they can at least try.

With the amount of power the Darach has, it's kind of confusing as to why she wants to be protected by Derek and the gang, especially so as she has seen Derek and the gang regularly beaten by the Alphas and almost killed. Hell right now, she is probably the strongest thing in this show.

I love how careful this show is, with its continuity. The whole flashback part of this season is quite confusing in where exactly in time it takes place, as it doesn't all add up properly, but the show still does a pretty damn job in holding everything together. The emissaries may well have been made up in the last moment, but them never being mentioned, is rewritten as them being 'forgotten' and that is a driving part of the Darach's motivations.

The same can be said for Stiles, in a show filled with badass teen archers and grown men with the power to throw you through the wall, you would think a comic relief human sidekick would be worse than a splinter in the eye ball. In reality the show uses him fantastically, his own knowledge of just how useless he is is actual used for the sake of a constant plot point and character arc pusher. His battle with his own irrelevancy makes him one of the most engaging, and loveable characters in the whole series and also makes him a fantastic window into the world for the audience who really can't relate to anyone else, as everyone in this show has their badass turned up to eleven at all times.

Dat twist with the Guardians as well!