Ep 10. Co-Captain
- TV14
- August 1, 2011
- 42 min
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8.1 (1,535)
In Teen Wolf season 1 episode 10, titled "Co-Captain," Scott and Stiles attend the high school lacrosse banquet where Scott is awarded Co-Captain alongside Jackson. However, tensions between the two arise when Jackson blames Scott for the team's losses. Meanwhile, Derek and Peter hatch a plan to steal the unique powers of an Alpha werewolf to become the strongest in the pack. They recruit Scott's classmate, Lydia, who possesses the rare ability to hear werewolf frequencies, to track down the Alpha's location.
As Lydia leads Derek and Peter to the Alpha, Scott and Jackson have a confrontation on the lacrosse field that quickly turns violent. Scott's newfound wolf superpowers give him the upper hand, but Jackson refuses to back down. Just as things escalate, the Alpha werewolf arrives, interrupting the fight.
The Alpha is later revealed to be a man named Peter Hale, who is also Derek's uncle. Peter was thought to be dead, but he had actually faked his own death to regain his powers and exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
The episode ends with Scott and Stiles discovering a surprising connection between Peter and Scott's deceased father, leading them to question if there is more to Scott's werewolf transformation than they initially thought.
"Co-Captain" is a pivotal episode in Teen Wolf season 1, as it sets up the overarching plotline of the Hale family's vengeance and reveals the true identities of some of the show's central characters. The lacrosse banquet serves as a backdrop for both important character development and intense action sequences, making this episode a fan-favorite.