The Hale Family: The Fire That Changed It All
Attention to all
fans of the hit TV show: Teen Wolf.
If you are not caught up on the show up to season 4, you should just stop
reading now. You find out about a few characters and different plots from
seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4 and it is completely tainted with spoilers. If you
decide to continue reading… You were warned.
I have no shame in saying that I personally believe Teen Wolf is the greatest, most
creative, fact filled, heart-stopping TV show to ever grace the screen and
Monday night lineup of MTV, or more likely, any other channel. One of the main
reasons I find myself magnetized to my television during the hour of greatness
is the beautiful and infamous Derek Hale. Derek Hale is the mysterious bad boy
of the show who is brooding and always appearing out of nowhere wearing a scowl
on his face. No one quite knows why he is always so angry until about half way
through season 1.
Derek Hale is a natural born
werewolf who came from a long line and strong family of wolves. During the
first season, we get to go to the hospital and meet Derek’s uncle, Peter Hale.
Peter has one side of his body completely burned and he is paralyzed. He has
been unable to move, speak, or do anything for himself (even make a motion to
show he is alive) for about six years. It is revealed by Derek later on that
his family was burned to death in fire caused by a huntress and her team of
cronies. Little do we know that the huntress who burned his family alive was
actually Derek’s ex-girlfriend. Derek had been at school with his older sister,
Laura, during the fire; which is why they were believed to be the only
survivors of the fire. (Side note: I did the math on this! Derek was about
22-25 season 2. Kate was late 20’s- early 30’s. She was at least 5 years older
than him. He had a relationship with her when he was only 16 years old. She was
at least 20 years old! That is illegal! She should have gone to jail! On top of
burning down a house and killing a family.. but.. still- Ew!)
Throughout the next few seasons, the
fire is mentioned a few times and more details are given about the fire. I am
not sure if they will go further into the Hale family or not later on in the
seasons. They truly only base most of the back stories and flash backs around
Derek and give strange, random tidbits about his mother, Talia. The Hales were
a very large family and we know nothing about them other than that they were
werewolves. In season 2, Sheriff Stilinski is looking through the Hale fire
case file and we get to see a quick glimpse of the police report. It states in
the report that 11 people died in the fire… WHO ARE THESE 11 PEOPLE!? We have
Talia, Cora (A sister that we didn’t know existed until she returned, alive, in
season 3), I am unsure of whether or not Peter was included in the death toll
of the house but, for argument’s sake, let’s just throw him in as one of the
bodies. That accounts for about 3/11 of the people in the house…
Now, let’s think logically. Laura was
the oldest living Hale child, unless there was some Hale child that had
graduated high school and was home for some reason, because Laura became alpha
once her mother died. There were no other kids at school because they wouldn’t
have been home for the fire. The likelihood that there was a child younger than
grade school besides Cora is unlikely, but could account for maybe one or two
children. We never figure out who Derek’s dad is. Peter was never said to be
married or have a child besides Malia (Again, we don’t meet her until about
season 4.) But, when we watch the flash backs of the fire, there are children
in the house, in the basement. They are reaching through the gates to get out.
Some of them were still human. WHOSE CHILDREN WERE THEY IF THEY WEREN’T TALIA’S
AND THEY WEREN’T PETER’S?! AND WHO ARE THESE 8 OTHER MYSTERY PEOPLE IN THE
HOUSE DURING THE FIRE!?
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