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It has been a routine Saturday.

No special events.

A rest.

I am working my way through the fifth season of Teen Wolf and finished another two episodes today.

I am still a fan.

I think what I like about the show is that it simply assumes belief in all the stuff and entities presented and expects that we will too.

I am totally into it and believe all of it while it is happening.

I think this requires a considerable skill in producing across the board.

Everyone assumes that what is going on is completely normal. Of course, this patina of normality is what makes the proceedings scary.

Taylor Posey who plays the Teen Wolf is almost boringly adolescent. Naive and reasonably smart as a kid. But when he becomes the wolf something happens and he is not necessarily superior, he is also learning his powers, but he is competent in a way that he is not as a teen.

All of the cast is satisfying to me. I have not found one member who is out of synch or on a different wavelength.

I also like that while there is some fear going on there is not any terror or hysterics. The people of Beacon Hill, where all this is taking place, are sober citizens who do their duty. Or at least get out of the way.

One surprising outcome of the series is that the one normal guy who is the teen werewolf's friend, Stiles, has become the star of the show. He is the spring that provides the motion and momentum. There are others, some of the adults, who give support, but Stiles is the key to it all. He knows everything the wolves know and is their secret holder. Pivotal.

Dylan Obrien plays this role and while still a bit of the "soubrette", the one who has the comic asides and provides relief from the tension, he is also a/the hero. A neat combination which has to be hard to carry off.

Everything about the show is satisfying and, for awhile, makes it easy to suspend disbelief. I even get scared and hold on to the side of my chair.

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