by Helen Langdon
It’s that time of week again – the double dose of teenage Wolfbloods up in the north east, and continuing on with last week’s theme of Jana asserting her Alpha dominance, this week it was still all about packs, romance and what it means when your role and family is taken away from you.
It’s that time of week again – the double dose of teenage Wolfbloods up in the north east, and continuing on with last week’s theme of Jana asserting her Alpha dominance, this week it was still all about packs, romance and what it means when your role and family is taken away from you.
In “The Dark Ages”, everyone’s preparing for Jana and Ceri’s going away party (where there aren’t any Party Rings – don’t they know it’s not a party without a Ring?). At least, that’s the plan, until Katrina stumbles upon a box of Bernie’s belongings in the attic of the new Kafe, with a load of metal and bone jewellery featuring distinctive wolf motifs. Of course that then triggers Jana’s “if it’s Wolfblood, it’s ours (and by that I mean my pack, obviously, not Wolfblood kind in general)” attack. Then, in “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf”, Jana’s been told that her pack has moved on without her, leading her to push everyone away except Katrina and Kara as she tries to exert her dominance over a new pack.
These episodes get everyone involved, from Mr Jeffries’ excitement over the possibly Saxon find to everyone in the class getting their treasure hunting hats on. And while last week we might have been speculating about Tom and Shannon ending up in a relationship, “The Dark Ages” saw Tom breaking out of the little coterie to date Kay. In a trio where they’re neither the leader nor the clever one, it’s nice to see the two characters get more to do than make up the numbers, or in Tom’s case, try to play peacemaker.
That’s why it’s so disappointing that the relationship only lasts two episodes. Just why is Kay so quick to be jealous of Jana, when she has no problem with supposed ex-girlfriend Shannon? It would have been nice to see the jealousy building over at least one more episode, to see whether or not Kay would have been more suspicious of Jana and Rhydian when remembering the werewolf rumours. The only thing the relationship seems to offer viewers now is the prospect of Tom becoming the focus of a Three K revenge.
That’s why it’s so disappointing that the relationship only lasts two episodes. Just why is Kay so quick to be jealous of Jana, when she has no problem with supposed ex-girlfriend Shannon? It would have been nice to see the jealousy building over at least one more episode, to see whether or not Kay would have been more suspicious of Jana and Rhydian when remembering the werewolf rumours. The only thing the relationship seems to offer viewers now is the prospect of Tom becoming the focus of a Three K revenge.
Even aside from Kay’s relationship with Tom and Katrina’s discovery of Wolfblood artefacts, the Three Ks get a lot more to do in this week’s two episodes, with all three becoming closer to potentially discovering the Wolfblood secret. Kara, spurred on by Jana’s self-esteem boost sessions, plans on applying for work experience at Wolfblood-owned science company Segolia, and Katrina’s dog is being trained by Ceri (which does beg some more questions - how much more training does Tallulah Pallulah actually need now that Ceri’s told her to do everything she’s told? And it’s not really a proper job. Training one dog can’t really earn that much money).
By using the Three Ks as a comparison to the core pack, these episodes continue the theme of defining your pack. Whether that’s Jana trying to adapt to her new role as Alpha without a pack, Kay questioning if her relationship means no longer being part of her friendship group, or Tom and Shannon proving that there’s things human members of a pack can do that Wolfblood members can’t, Wolfblood continues to prove that it’s more about the family you choose than the one you’re born into (seriously, do Tom and Shannon’s parents never worry about where their children are on a school night?).
By using the Three Ks as a comparison to the core pack, these episodes continue the theme of defining your pack. Whether that’s Jana trying to adapt to her new role as Alpha without a pack, Kay questioning if her relationship means no longer being part of her friendship group, or Tom and Shannon proving that there’s things human members of a pack can do that Wolfblood members can’t, Wolfblood continues to prove that it’s more about the family you choose than the one you’re born into (seriously, do Tom and Shannon’s parents never worry about where their children are on a school night?).
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