5. BRETT

The star athlete from Liam’s old school who looks like he could’ve very easily walked out of a Ralph Lauren campaign is not exactly what he seems. First and foremost, he’s gorgeous. Just ask Mason who spent the better part of two minutes literally salivating over him. And with that beauty comes a snotty little attitude that befits the fate that befalls him. From the moment he steps off of the bus the air of pretentiousness that he carries around is enough to choke everyone around him. Is anyone else having Jackson flashbacks?

Anyway, his arrogance doesn’t seem to be unfounded because in addition to his physical beauty, he is able to really make a splash on the lacrosse field. But the plot twist there is the fact that he is actually a werewolf too! I’m beginning to think that lacrosse is a the national pastime for werewolves. But I digress. While Brett has a rage boner for seeking revenge against Liam on behalf of their coach, he ends up on the wrong end of Garrett’s Wolfsbane tipped lacrosse stick. This renders him completely paralyzed from the waist down.

Ultimately poetic justice is served when Violet attempts to violently separate his head from his shoulders. Talk about karma coming back to bite you in the ass. Just like that another potential hottie nearly gets shown the door. But hey, it wouldn’t have been so bad. All dogs go to Heaven, right?

4. MALIA TATE

You’ve really got to give it to Malia. She is really improving with each and every week. Just think of where she started. The girl who wanted to leave Lydia for dead with the Calaveras is most certainly still there, but she is at least picking up on social cues a lot better now. You can tell that she’s actual trying to get better and assimilate into society. Can’t fault her for that. But that’s not why she makes the list. Miss Tate has earned a spot on the list because she was pretty instrumental in cracking the second part of the code. 

While she irritated Lydia for most of the episode she actually came through in the end. In the midst of her obnoxious questions, she actually likens the numbers Meredith spouted off to algebra, which was the push that Lydia needed to crack the code. Congrats Malia, you’ve earned this. 

3. MEREDITH / LYDIA - #TEAMBANSHEE

Remember last week when I said that Lydia wasn’t a utility player? Well, now we’ve got Meredith. Utility payer, extraordinaire. This poor girl shambles around showing up at just the right times to pass on just the right amount of information to push the pack in the right direction. She is the actual banshee embodiment of the “Phone a Friend” option on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. This time is no different. Once Deputy Parrish picks her up off the street the information literally has to be winged from her body.

Maybe because she was having issues focusing on the task at hand... Which no one could blame her for considering her present company. Deputy Parrish is quite the distraction. Nevertheless she gets the job done in the most dissatisfactory way possible, according to Lydia anyway. Ultimately, she stays true to her nature and gives Lydia the number combination she needs to figure out the next part of the code.

Unfortunately for a very stressed out Lydia, the numbers don’t seem to add up to her right away. After sitting in a nearly empty room listening to a soundless record player for a few days, it’s totally understandable that her brain might be a little fried. But never fear, she handles her struggle with grace and ferocity because of it she ends up cracking the code after a big assist from Malia.

2. SCOTT MCCALL

Watching Scott always seems like a humanizing experience. While he is the only True Alpha around Beacon Hills these days, he seems to spend a lot of time confused. Sometimes it’s annoying, but other times like this week it is endearing. It’s very clear that he’s trying to do the best he can and is often very hard on himself, which you can see during his conversation with Derek after they attempted to further traumatize little Liam.

He seems slightly re-energized once Derek assures him that he is doing a good job as Alpha. It was such a sweet moment that there was probably not a dry eye in the house. It’s also worth mentioning that the idea of Derek as Scott’s Alpha mentor really makes a lot of sense. Because he gets to show Scott how to not make the same mistakes that he made as an Alpha. You know, like not letting everyone get killed?

This episode Scott also shows that he is not just the pacifist werewolf that people make him out to be. Because he surely didn’t have any qualms about taking Violet down when she tried to come at him with her heated fiber wire. He finally let those werewolf instincts take over and separated himself from the jaws of death. Go Scott! Now let’s see if you can channel this level of awesome into some other aspects of your life. Like actually making goals in lacrosse games.

1. VIOLET & GARRETT

Look at this golden couple nearly stealing the top spot. We recently learned that these two are not exactly who they claim to be. But this week we get to see them in full force. Garrett stabs a young girl at point blank range, Violet beheads yet another werewolf, and do we even need to talk about them turning a chemistry classroom into a pseudo-weapons lab? These two are devious at its very finest and it is interesting to see where they go now that they’ve been found out by the pack.

Neither party seems to be very concerned about Scott and the others. Violet is even bold enough to try and take Scott on one on one. Big mistake girl. Now here’s to wondering if Scott killed her or simply incapacitated her. Scott’s not the murdering type, but is self defense really murder?