Author: TJ Provost

OMG, her boyfriend is so lucky. She is going to kick ass in the zombie apocalypse.

Episode  11 – Alpha Pact

Summary:

If you haven’t already watched the first two seasons its time now. Season three is just kicking off. Go watch Season 1 & Season 2. They are well worth watching again.

Episode 11 kicks off with Stiles slapping the shit out of Derek to wake him up. Everything has fallen apart. Derek, Isaac, and the Argents get away before the police show up, but Isaac is pissed at Derek for failing as an alpha.

Stiles is sad and despondent, but Mr. Argent pulls him out of it. He needs both Stiles and Allison if they are going to find Melissa and the Sheriff.

Mr. Argent leads Allison and Isaac back to the bank vault only to pull a double cross on them. He handcuffs Allison and shocks Isaac just in time to offer himself to Ms. Blake.  What the hell? Mr. Argent sets it up for Isaac and Allison to hug each other in despair. Come on, you belong to Scott!!!

The loss of Mr. Argent pushes Stiles over the edge, which leads to Lydia forcing Stiles to hold his breath. Stiles tells Lydia that she is smart, but he really wants to kiss her again. In the process she tells him that if she were smart, she’d be sending him to the guidance counselor. This triggers a run to the office (not sure why) and Stiles gets the kick to look at Lydia’s notebook full of drawings and realize the tree isn’t a tree after all.

Out in the woods the Alpha pack is hunting Ms. Morell, presumably because she knows where Ms. Blake is. They chase her down, and after Deucalion puts his spear cane into her Scott gets to her before the other wolves can rip her to pieces. But I’m not sure why, since she didn’t know where his mom was.

The vet has a potential solution though. If Scott and the others are willing to take their parent’s places as sacrifices and die, Dr. Deaton should be able to bring them back.  They will find Ms. Blake, but they will also give her power, and give the tree back its life, and in the process pull other bad things from the supernatural world to the town.

Stiles, Scott, and Allison all agree to “die” temporarily so that they can replace the sacrifices of their parents?

OMG, can they just make this season less confusing?

Things I loved about this episode…

• Stiles – “Can you ask the questions without the usual level of stupid?”
• Watching the Argent’s unpacking their arsenal. Yay guns.
• Stiles finally gets to kiss Lydia.
• Stiles talking to the FBI guy. Only Stiles can talk in circles so well.
• Ms. Morell throwing a perfect circle of wolfsbane around her when the alpha pack runs her down.
• Holy f*ck, Scott’s dad is the FBI agent!!!

Things that I didn’t like about this episode…

• Mr. Argent letting himself be taken. What if Mrs. Blake had slaughtered Isaac and Allison before taking him away? And how did Mr. Argent know she wasn’t going to just kill them all once he had the threesome?
• Poor Stiles having a panic attack.
• Allison goes into a tank of ice cold water in a nighty and no high beams?

My son just turned twelve and we went to Target, which is apparently the only place you can get this pistol. I love the fact that it is like a double action pistol, you pull back the hammer and fire.  It totally rocks.

I think the answer is…..not a chance.

We once were the world leader in hopes and dreams because with hard work you could make something of yourself.

The United States now has 1/3 of the ability of lower earning workers to move up compared to other industrial nations.

What is causing this? Workers are no longer an asset, they are a cost to be cut.

Why? Because we automatically label anyone working at a fast food restaurant as lazy or un-ambitious, while holding them down, limiting their ability to move up.

These people aren’t lazy moochers. They are our brothers and sisters, and they deserve more respect. Raise the taxes on the super rich, stop letting Walmart pay their workers with food stamp benefits (they pay just below the line so their staff can get benefits).

Write your congressmen, speak to your representatives. Reduce the tax breaks for the super rich and big oil.  Allow student loans to be declared in a bankruptcy. Help the middle class!

When the zombies start shambling about you hope this guy is your neighbor.

It’s the end of the world, zombies are shambling about the streets, but you are at a friends house in a strange city. You can readily get to the local pharmacy, what to grab?

• Regular SOAP – Basic hygiene is still very important and this should be your first action for small cuts and abrasions.  Harsher cleaners (Iodine, Alcohol) slow how quickly wounds heal.
• Self Adhesive Bandages – Get the multiple size packs so you can cover a range of small wounds.
• Gauze and Tape – For the large cuts.  Get the cloth tape, it is stronger, and the individually wrapped 4×4 gauze packs.
• Iodine – to sterilize water and the obvious antiseptic uses. Clean water will shortly became a major issue.
• Antiobiotics – Grab some Amoxicillin. Its a good wide spectrum antibiotic for post apocalypse infections.
• Ibuprofen – low grade painkillers, the point is to keep my mind clear, not get high.
• Chewable Multivitamin – They are easy to digest and don’t put the stress on the kidneys that some highly concentrated solid tablets will. Will help you fight off malnutrition when the food gets scarce.
• Zip-Lock Baggies & Black Sharpie Marker – Put everything in bags to reduce its packaging dimensions and weight.
• Tweezers – Splinters are a bitch.
• Power bars – good source of short term fuel to keep you walking/running until you can get someplace safe.
• Bottled water – this is the tough one. Take a liter, but water is heavy and will slow down your march.  But not enough and you rapidly loose effectiveness.  If you think you can easily resupply, just take a little.  If you are in the high desert, this might be the number one item to take though.

Don’t carry so much you can’t walk.  Your primary goal should be to take enough to keep you alive until you can get to someplace safer.

Disclaimer – Remember this is advice for the apocalypse. Its only okay to grab some from the pharmacy when everyone is a zombie.  (The lawyers make us say it.)