Quick Take: Teen Wolf

On first glance Teen Wolf reminded me a lot of Smallville. You have a young man learning to control his powers. You have the beautiful young girl who the main character lusts after and they even threw in the early makings of a potential love triangle with the popular girl. You have the older friend who you're not sure you can trust but need them to provide information and guidence. You even have the best friend who knows the secret and can help protect the main characterThe major difference is where Smallville had a lot of history to follow and could not step to far away from that history, Teen Wolf can grow into it's own show with no expectations set. It can easily ignore the great 80's movie of the same name.

The pilot set the story nicely and did enough to make me want to watch more. It's not always easy to establish characters and story but Teen Wolf did a nice job. The pilot had a nice pace and didn't try to throw too much at you but did set up a lot of potentially interesting stories for the rest of the season. 

The acting on the show was ok for a young cast. I did like that most of the actors looked like they truly belonged in high school. Their was moments that the main character reminded me of Keanu Reeves with his delivery and mannerisms but he was likable which is what is needed for a main character. It's always the secondary characters that people cling to and I am not sure that Teen Wolf. Smallville had Chloe. Everwood had Bright. Dawson's Creek had Pacey and the list goes on. I'm not totally sold on the character of Stiles yet but it was a good start and the character definitely has room to grow. The main love interest was a mixed bag as well.She had chemistry with the main actor and the twist at the end gave the story plenty of places to go from here. And watching the previews for the rest of the season shows that the story can go in interesting directions.

The dialogue was well down for the most part. There was a lot of funny moments. My favorite exchange was after the main actor suddenly became good at Lacross and the team's star confronted him.

Jackson: "Where did you get your juice?"
Scott: "My mom gets all the groceries,"

The show has a lot of potential to be a good tv show. I hope it continues to deliver.