Teen Wolf: Shape Shifted

"Shape Shifted" is the second episode of season two of of the American teen horror/drama Teen Wolf and the fourteenth episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by series creator Russell Mulcahy and written by Andrew Cochran. It first aired on MTV on Monday, June 4th, 2012. In this episode, one of Derek's young progeny, a boy named Isaac, suffers intense abuse at the hands of his father. When the boy's father turns up maliciously mauled to death, Isaac is Sheriff Stilinski's prime suspect. When Scott realizes that Isaac will be in custody during the rise of the full moon, he knows that he has to get him out before he changes. Derek finds Scott and brings him to Isaac's home to show him where his father had been locking him up inside of a refrigerator. Meanwhile, the Argent family seems to have found new leadership under the tutelage of grandfather Gerard Argent. Gerard and Victoria torture the Beacon Hills High School principal into quitting, thus enabling Gerard to take his place as the new principal. Jackson Whittemore is excited by the prospect of experiencing his first true change into a werewolf and decides to video tape his transformation with unexpected results. As everyone else frantically tries to solve the mystery of Isaac's father's murder, Scott and the crew learn that there are other creatures of the night out there besides just werewolves.

Notes & Trivia

 * Teen Wolf was created by Jeff Davis based on concepts developed by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman.


 * " Shape Shifted" redirects to this page.


 * This episode is rated TV-14.


 * Screenwriter Andy Cochran is credited as Andrew Cochran in this episode.


 * This is the second chapter of a two-part season premiere episode. This episode aired one night after "Omega"


 * First appearance of the kanima. The identity of the kanima is revealed in "Venomous".