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Teen Wolf continued today.

I am in the third and final disc of the first season.

There are two more episodes today and things are rushing towards an obvious climax.

Obvious only in the sense that most of these series have an ending at whatever season as they do not know if they will return.

How is that for a flimsy rationale? A rationale to cover the anxiety of what is happening in the series. Totally outside the plot, I seek comfort in knowing it will all work out. Somehow.

This is a superbly crafted work with a hurtling speed forward and not a second wasted on superfluous narrative.

I think that this is very very hard to do without seeding confusion and discontent in the viewer's mind.

It is a complicated business this werewolf thing. There is the Alpha. We did not know who he was among the various suspects until today.

He needs to form a pack. Teen wolf Scott (Tyler Posey) is a "recruit" in that he is not a born member of the species. He is being recruited by his frenemy Matt (another Tyler, this one Hoechlin) whose loyalty has to be to the pack. Matt is a born not a born again.

The best friend Stiles (Dylan Obrien who is great) is a superbly designed aid to Scott who is trying to protect himself from packdom but it is clear that it is a losing battle.

Matt needs his help to combat the "hunters" who are dedicated to wiping out all wolves.

Scott is in the middle of the deal because, well, it goes on all around him, the battle.

All of this has worked its way through the ten episodes I have seen and now, it is payoff time. Join or else.

There are more members. I won't go into it. But, as it turns out a lot of people have been turned already or are turning. One is the handsome and irksome dick/jock Jackson (Colton Haynes) (photo) He is about to get his fangs whether he wants them or not.

There are no spoilers here. What are sometimes shocking events should be savored and saved for your own pleasure.

The film is quite sly about its homoerotic tinges. It clearly wants the wide audience it deserves and knows that "we" are watching.

This is nice to see. There is a young, out, handsome gay man on the team and he is, actually, Jackson's sidekick which makes Colton Haines a suspect as well. There are, hard to believe but true, gay jock/dicks who are also good looking enough to get away with it.

There are lots of shirts off scenes and only Stiles is immune from what must be the daily required workouts to keep up the side's hunkness.

This is not, of course, why I am watching this but I must admit it was what got me started. A rep as the most gay of the new series. Deserved.

Labels: films, television