MAJOR Spoilers for the Teen Wolf series finale ahead
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Now that the Teen Wolf season 6 and series finale has aired, we break down the ending to Scott McCall's (Tyler Posey) story as an alpha werewolf in Beacon Hills. The series, created by Jeff Davis (Criminal Minds), debuted on MTV in 2011 and introduced Scott McCall, a sophomore in high school who is bitten by an alpha and turned into a werewolf. Along with his friends Stiles Stilinski (Dylan O'Brien), Lydia Martin (Holland Roden), and Allison Argent (Crystal Reed), Scott acclimated to life as a werewolf and eventually evolved into an alpha himself, leading a pack of all kinds of supernatural creatures in Beacon Hills.
Over six seasons Teen Wolf has undergone a great many cast changes, between additions and departures of series regulars and recurring stars. Scott and his friends have also faced a number of supernatural and human villains over the years, like the Ghost Riders of the Wild Hunt, the Durach, the Nogitsune, and more recently the hunters led by Gerard Argent (Michael Hogan) and Tamora Monroe (Sibongile Mlambo), whose anger and fear have been exacerbated by the Anuk-Ite. In the Teen Wolf series finale, Scott is joined by friends and allies - including Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin), Jackson Whittemore (Colton Haynes), and Ethan (Charlie Carver) - in a final fight against Gerard and the Anuk-Ite.
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In the Teen Wolf series finale, 'The Wolves of War', Scott and his friends race to figure out a way to destroy the Anuk-Ite because they believe it will undermine Monroe's army. Since the Anuk-Ite is heightening the fear and anger of everyone in Beacon Hills, it's driving humans to hate supernatural creatures (i.e. anything that's "other") and they've joined up with Monroe. So, in order to smartly fight the all-out war started by Gerard and Monroe, Scott looks to eliminate their major advantage, that being the Anuk-Ite. Meanwhile, Scott's allies work to take the weapons away from those Gerard armed. But how exactly does Scott defeat a supernatural creature that is essentially fear itself?
Scott's Final Battle Against the Anuk-Ite
Despite tracking the Anuk-Ite down to Beacon Hills High School along with a whole host of his allies - including Malia, Derek, Peter, Jackson, and Ethan - Scott is left to fight the creature by himself after each one of his friends falls victim to their worst fears. Derek's fear is, of course, a callback to Jennifer Blake/the Durach from season 3A. Similarly, the Anuk-Ite takes the form of a number of previous Teen Wolf villains in order to terrorize Scott. The most heart-wrenching, and the first form the Anuk-Ite takes for Scott, is that of Stiles when he was possessed by the Nogitsune, a reference to the main antagonist of season 3B. Other forms the Anuk-Ite takes for Scott is of the bandaged Nogitsune, the Berserkers from season 4, and the Dread Doctors from season 5.
After his brief training session with Deucalion (Gideon Emery) in the previous episode, Scott knew it was only a matter of time before he accidentally opened his eyes. To prevent that from happening, Scott gouges his eyes out. He also declares he isn't afraid of the Anuk-Ite. Both actions presumably enable Scott to fight the creature without fear of being turned to stone. However, while Scott is now able to fight the Anuk-Ite, he's still unable to defeat the supernatural creature, who had previously only been trapped by those who beat it before. In true Teen Wolf fashion, the answer to how Scott can possibly defeat an unbeatable creature comes at the last moment as a sort of hail mary. While Scott fights the Anuk-Ite in the high school library, Chris Argent (JR Bourne) is confronting Gerard and leads the human villain to the realization that Scott presumably came to off screen.
Since the Anuk-Ite became a shapeshifter creature when its two sides joined in the previous episode, it follows the same rules of nature as any other supernatural creature. As Scott explains to the Anuk-Ite, supernatural creatures "have lines we can't cross." The Anuk-Ite's weakness is Mountain Ash - the substance that has been a key part of Teen Wolf's mythology since the show's early days. In fact, Gerard's moment of realization is no doubt a callback to the season 2 finale, in which Scott poisoned him with Mountain Ash and Gerard exclaimed (in a hilariously over the top fashion), "Mountain ash!"
In the library, Stiles bursts into the library and doses the Anuk-Ite with enough Mountain Ash that it turns to stone and shatters. As a result, those who had been turned to stone by the Anuk-Ite are freed and are able to fight off Monroe's soldiers.
After the Anuk-It is defeated, Scott is unable to heal himself and is in danger of losing his eyesight permanently. However, Malia kisses Scott at the urging of Lydia, and he's able to trigger his healing - in another callback to a previous episode. Teen Wolf creator Jeff Davis explained this moment in a post-mortem interview with TVLine:
Scott says, œI'm trying, I can't focus. Lydia knows that Scott needs to calm his heartbeat, let the adrenaline go and focus on healing. The moment she was able to calm someone was with a kiss; she's remembering the kiss that stopped Stiles' panic attack the first time they kissed. That's all Malia's doing, helping him focus.
Of course, that's not where Scott McCall's story ends.
Scott's Next Mission
The Teen Wolf series finale doesn't pick up where the previous week's episode left off. Instead, it features a sequence of Scott and Argent gearing up at sunset and chasing after a young werewolf who's on the run from some hunters. In a voiceover, Scott tells the story of a young kid on the run from hunters, which is revealed to be what he's telling the young werewolf, Alec, after rescuing him. Once Scott is done, Alec asks, "Your story, how does it end?" And the episode then jumps back to where the previous episode ended, Monroe's attack on Scott that ends up killing Deucalion.
Of course, the sequence is actually a flash forward to Scott's life after defeating the Anuk-Ite and, presumably, leaving Beacon Hills. In another voiceover, Scott explains that Beacon Hills returns to a new normal, one in which more humans know about the existence of supernatural creatures, but aren't afraid of them - this is showcased with former enemies Liam (Dylan Sprayberry) and Nolan (Froy Gutierrez) agreeing to become co-captains of the lacrosse team. Scott's mother Melissa McCall (Melissa Ponzio) is happily in a relationship with Argent, while Sheriff Stilinski is reinstated with Deputy Jordan Parrish (Ryan Kelley) likely back at his right hand. As for Gerard, Argent left him in a room with the feral Kate Argent/Werejaguar (Jill Wagner) and it's unlikely he made it out alive.
The final scenes of the Teen Wolf series finale jump back to Scott and Alec. Scott explains to Alec that he and his allies are looking for others like them, supernatural creatures who need help and who are willing to fight against Monroe. Although Scott won the battle for Beacon Hills, the war is far from over and Monroe still has thousands of followers willing to hunt supernatural creatures down until they're all exterminated. Scott brings Alec to meet up with his friends: Derek, Stiles, Lydia, Malia, and Liam. When Alec asks who they are, Scott says, "My friends, my pack. And you can be with us if you want but you're gonna have to fight."
Scott's Legacy
While the final sequence of the Teen Wolf finale works as a capstone for the series by uniting Scott and his closest allies once more, it also sets up the war that they will continue fight for, presumably, a very long time. It's the perfect ending to Scott's McCall's journey on Teen Wolf as a teenage werewolf, and sets Scott on the next leg of his journey. Teen Wolf followed Scott from the point in time when he was bitten and turned into a werewolf to his becoming a True Alpha and finally concludes with him taking on a much bigger leading role - that of, essentially, a general. Considering Scott has always aimed to save as many lives as possible, and always protected those who are weaker than him or in need of help, his new mission honors the character while allowing fans and viewers to have hope that he continues to be the hero and alpha he's become over the last six seasons.
Taking this sequence a step further though, the Teen Wolf series finale also has far-reaching effects in the show's universe. As evidenced by the return of Derek, Jackson, and Ethan, Monroe and Gerard's war against supernatural creatures spread across the world. Considering Scott and his friends only defeated Monroe in Beacon Hills, and turned the tide by destroying the Anuk-Ite, there were still plenty of people who joined her cause out of hatred or fear not born from the Anuk-Ite. That seemingly means all the hunters outside of Beacon Hills who were working on Monroe's orders may still be loyal to her cause.
So, Scott's war against Monroe is still a very real and widespread problem, which could work as a decent premise to the Teen Wolf spinoff that was reported to be in development at MTV. Described as an anthology series, the Teen Wolf spinoff could feasibly continue to document the war between the supernatural creatures and the hunters - that was, after all, the main conflict of the show in its first season. With tensions between werewolves and hunters at an all time high, and different packs likely spread out all around the world, the Teen Wolf spinoff could deal with the continuing war.
Of course, the future of the Teen Wolf franchise and universe remains to be seen. For now, MTV's Teen Wolf has come to an end after six seasons with a finale that reunited many of the show's most key players since the beginning. Scott took a trip down villain memory in his fight against the Anuk-Ite, but eventually won the day. As a result, Scott will continue to be the true alpha of a pack of all types of supernatural creatures and human allies as he fights to win the war against the hunters.