Better Villains
My contempt for the character Peter Hale was turned into became apparent to anyone reading my past recaps. He went from a truly ominous threat in season one, and an entertaining one, to dead weight in season two and three with “sassy” as his only characterizing word, to a nuisance of a villain in season four. His storyline was a redundant one and offered little excitement, and Ian Bohen exceeded himself in ham acting.
The reasons some of the stronger villains—Nogitsune Stiles, Grandpa Argent, and season one Peter Hale—worked was because they either provided an emotional connection to the characters (Stiles), moved pieces into place that made it so the stakes were raised (Argent manipulating Alison’s grief over the loss of her mother) or were just fun to root against (Peter a la season one). Villains such as the Alpha Pack and just about anyone in season four fail to leave much of an impact because they’re essentially a narrative hurdle with little characterization.
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