Raving (2×08)
The show is at it’s best when it gets to have a fun, centered set piece that’s given moments of genuine joy or real consequences. This is the episode that takes place at an underground rave, allowing the show to indulge in it’s love for musical moments, as well as have all of the characters interact who may not normally. Isaac, Erica, and Stiles are forced to try and trap Jackson, Allison is stuck in a date with the sketchy Matt, and Scott is trapped by Allison’s mother, who tries to poison him before he is rescued by Derek. There’s plenty of humor, but the show is at its best in “Raving” in its more serious moments. Stiles must use mountain ash to trap Jackson inside the club, needing sheer force of will to finish the job, something made difficult by having learned earlier that he’s cost his father his job. Allison’s mother is a bit over the top, but her revealing that she’s been bitten by presumably Derek is a fantastic sucker punch of a moment. It’s an episode that continues the steady rise of tension.
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