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#1. Sometimes servant leaders focus on the servitude part and forget the leader part. Great leadership isn"t about abdication of power, it about the benevolent application of that power. - Author: Scott Hammerle

#2. We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach (George Karl) wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We"ve improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we"ve improved each game. - Author: Scott Brooks

#7. If you look at any list of great modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, you"ll notice two things about them: 1. They all had editors. 2. They are all dead. Thus we can draw the scientific conclusion that editors are fatal. - Author: Dave Barry

#8. There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment in history or nothing happens. - Author: Coretta Scott King

#11. We have great faith, though yours at present is uncrystallized; we have a terrible honesty that all our sophistry cannot destroy and, above all, a childlike simplicity that keeps us from ever being really malicious. - Author: F Scott Fitzgerald

#13. When our characters show us the full fire of that inner battle, we have the makings of great fiction. For whether the choice is ultimately for honor or dishonor, we will see the consequences and the reader will be instructed without being taught. - Author: James Scott Bell

#15. My grandmother"s house - she ran it just like her grandmother and her great-grandmother. They didn"t have electricity. They had wood stoves that never got cold. - Author: Willard Scott

#16. I had studied Russian in college. I had gotten into it first through literature and then just really found it kind of fascinating; of course, this was during the Cold War. So they were kind of the other great enemy that you grew up hearing about. - Author: Scott Shane

#17. The great thing about "Friday Night Lights," unlike so many other shows and movies, is that it doesn"t take the obvious beats to pull your heartstrings or manipulate you. - Author: Scott Porter

#18. I have a great set of executive producers helping me out. I have a great cast and crew. AMC has been fantastic. I"d say it"s everything I was doing before, just eighteen other jobs. I love it. - Author: Scott M. Gimple

#19. When I first ran for governor, the political class and party leaders opposed me with great vigor, and some even said if I won the primary they would never vote for me. But the voters had other ideas, and they are the only ones who count. - Author: Rick Scott

#20. The left side of my brain is telling me I want to sleep with every woman in the world and the other side of my brain is telling me I met this great girl and if I let that go I"m going to regret it. - Author: Scott Caan

#21. A breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags, twisting them up towards the frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling, and then rippled over the wine-coloured rug, making a shadow on it as wind does on the sea. - Author: F Scott Fitzgerald

#24. My dress, my choice of vehicles, nor my profession would be indicative of the personality I possess. I have a great personality," I said. "Maybe if you pulled that stick out of your ass," she said. - Author: Scott Hildreth

#25. It"s always great to be involved in something that"s not in an in-your-face fashion, but has a message that goes out guised as entertainment. - Author: Scott Bakula

#29. Look at the people who are coming to television Ridley Scott, Ang Lee or Guillermo del Toro - all these great filmmakers - actively put themselves back into TV. That"s because the environment is very encouraging for bold storytelling, storytelling that you"ve never seen before. - Author: Ron Perlman

#30. There"s great wine from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and, of course, California. But there"s nothing like a really great French wine, they"re so well balanced. The better the wine, the less you feel the effects I think. - Author: Ridley Scott

#31. "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, remains the most perfect novel that has ever come out of the United States. Everything in the book moves as it should, in the manner of a piece by Bach or Mozart. - Author: Frank Delaney

#32. The great thing about reading diverse news from the fields of business, health, science, technology, politics, and more is that you automatically see patterns in the world and develop mental hooks upon which you can hang future knowledge. - Author: Scott Adams

#35. What I love about "The Walking Dead" is it"s a human story, which is to me what makes the comic book so good, but once you jump from the pages of the book to the screen, the gore and the zombies have to look great. - Author: Scott Ian

#36. But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress in therapy. - Author: M. Scott Peck

#38. All true wisdom is only to be found far from the dwellings of men, in the great solitudes; and it can only be obtained through suffering. Suffering and privation are the only things that can open the mind of man to that which is hidden from his fellows." That - Author: Doug Scott

#41. I knew from Brianna that being beautiful wasn"t all great. Brianna had changed in middle school. One day we were both seventh graders and the next, she was a supermodel who had a seventh grader for a best friend. - Author: Elizabeth Scott

#42. Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you"ve never seen before, and they"re at a great advantage. - Author: Scott Hamilton

Today is International Women’s Day (or it was when I started writing this), and as such, it gives me a great excuse to write about my favorite organ player, the underrated and underdiscussed Shirley Scott. So, to the music!

It’s not news that I dig Ms. Shirley Scott. I’ve written about her and her albums numerous times over the years, and will continue to do so because she’s like the greatest. But words like ‘great’ are easily thrown around. So while yes, Shirley is great, I’ll also say that I find her work so stimulating and exciting because she has an instantly identifiable, highly original sound, which is a difficult attribute to achieve on any instrument, but especially an electric one and especially an organ. In 1958, when this album was made, Jimmy Smith was the king of the jazz organ. Anyone who wanted to play the organ in a jazz setting had to kiss Smith’s ring, and it was Smith that every organist was compared to. On a scale of 1 to The Incredible Jimmy Smith, how did you rate?

Scott had been playing with Eddie Lockjaw Davis’ group for three years when sat down in Rudy Van Gelder’s living room and recorded this, her debut album as leader. People accustomed to her work in Lockjaw’s combo were probably more than a little shocked at Scott the leader vs Scott the sideman (or sidegirl, to be accurate). Her exuberant, extroverted and exciting pyrotechnical playing with Mr. Davis is distilled into a more tasteful, measured, and smoldering style for her first album on her own. This Jekyll and Hyde playing of Ms. Scott’s perfectly, if unintentionally showcased her talents as an organist who could fit her playing into multiple contexts.

While the entire album is pretty solid, the two tunes I spotlighted above amply display everything that I mentioned above and are textbook examples of what made Scott so different from every other jazz organist in 1958 and beyond. Miles Davis’ “Four” is taken at a jaunty tempo that showcases Scott’s rich chordal statement of the catchy melody while Edgehill’s tasty brushwork nudges things along. Opening to her solo, brushes are exchanged for sticks and Scott gets to work building, until soon enough she swells into a luscious two-fisted chordal fiesta that surely had everyone in the control booth tapping their feet and grinning. “Nothing Ever Changes My Love” has that ‘Spanish tinge’ that Jelly Roll Morton said was the special ingredient in all good jazz. That intro alone, with the Latin beat coupled with the punchy melody had my face like:

Here, again, Scott builds from single-note lines to a roaring climax, employing the organ’s swoops, sighs, and tremolos in the process. It’s a fun, swinging performance to be sure.

The rest of the album contains much of the same flavors, the only misfire being a corny, dated and stereotypical intro to “Cherokee”. Cue tom-toms and all that “Hollywood says this is what ‘primitive’ jungle music sounds like” mess. Hopefully, they played this with tongue firmly in cheek. All in all, this is a strong first album from Ms. Scott and displays how much of an individual she was right at the start.

It’s always fun to see what the folks over at Down Beat Magazine had to say about records when they were initially released. Reading contemporary criticism from 60 years ago is always amusing and revealing. In 1959, John Tynan reviewed Scott’s album, giving a decent amount of ink to her LP. The numerous and inevitable comparisons to Jimmy Smith are here. For instance, at the onset he writes that “[o]ne feels from her playing that she is first an organist, a jazz player second; just as one might say the opposite holds for Jimmy Smith.” He cleans this up a sentence or two later by saying that “[Scott’s] playing is all the more delightful because she seems really to appreciate the rich qualities and tonal values of the organ voice (s).” Another Jimmy Smith reference haunts the review: “She lacks the flexibility of Smith, his quick-fire inventions, flash, and daring.” These are qualities that critics hit Oscar Peterson with, and why does every musician need to express all of these attributes, anyway? Part of what makes Scott so appealing is that she smolders and slow burns, and every good cook knows that you get better food when things cook slowly on low but steady heat instead of cranking the stove to the max.

“But Miss Scott plays with tremendous force and vitality, with powerful emphasis on massed chording, rhythmic shift of balance, and ever-changing tonal colors. In other words, she knows her ax and takes full advantage of the knowledge.” Ok, fair enough. Where we agree 100% is our feelings about that “Cherokee” number: “Cherokee begins on a trite note, with “redskin” tom-toms and so on, but when the trio gets down to business it becomes one of the best in the set.” Other than the insensitive “redskin” bit, these are my thoughts exactly.

He ends his review on an upbeat note, the ghost of Jimmy Smith notwithstanding: “Miss Scott has arrived as a leading organ voice in jazz. If her work still is a league or two behind Jimmy Smith’s, this by no means detracts from her great ability as a jazz organist.” He awards the album 3 and a half stars, which equates to a half-point above ‘good’. Do you agree with his rating? Drop your opinion in the comments!

Esmond Edwards, Prestige’s answer to Blue Note’s Reid Miles and Alfred Lion, could be rather hit or miss when it came to album cover design. In this case, he was on it. This is a beautiful, clean, and minimalist design that uses space and color to great advantage, all capped with a bit of whimsy by altering the exclamation mark. Taking a page out of Blue Note’s book, they feature a nice shot of Scott herself at the organ with an orange tint thrown over it, tying nicely with the orange block beside it. Just perfect and a glorious example of how simple it is to create great album artwork.

“Now there is a new star on the organ. She combines the “modern” with the blues feeling and presents a high, wide and wailing sound on the Hammond. Her name is Shirley Scott.”

Released in 1958, the deep groove is present and accounted for, along with those classic yellow and black labels with the firework on them. Rudy Van Gelder did the engineering and left his literal mark of approval in the vinyl runout. Despite engineering for both Prestige Records and Blue Note Records, I find that RVG’s mastering on Prestige has much more body and punch to them than Blue Note. I feel and can almost see Edgehill’s brushwork, and Scott’s organ is transformed into a living and breathing instrument. My copy is in glorious mono, which is kind of how we hear music at a concert anyhow.

Visiting Arizona last November, I made a beeline to an unassuming record store in Phoenix called Record High. I say unassuming because I passed it the first go-round, and after driving by it three or so times, finally recognized it as a record store. Tucked away in an unlikely part of town, Record High is Phoenix’s great secret. Jazz records galore, great condition, and reasonably priced? I couldn’t believe it. Neither could my wallet. Miles Davis, Brubeck, Cannonball, Lennie Niehaus, even Lars Gullin. It was all there, and then some. When I ran into this record, I internally screamed.

Finding Shirley Scott is always a red-letter day in my opinion, especially when it’s on Prestige. The cover looked immaculate, and the vinyl just as sexy. Needless to say, I grabbed it. Thankfully, Shirley Scott’s records are never expensive, and this copy was only $20. The innkeeper of the store was in, and after chatting with him off and on the entire time I was there, he graciously gave me a discount and his card. So if you’re ever in Phoenix, Arizona and want to grab some jazz records, Record High is the place to go! And when you see the sketchy building on the side of the road, yes, that’s it!

WASHINGTON – Japanese electronics manufacturer Hitachi Displays Ltd., agreed to plead guilty and pay a $31 million fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the sale of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display panels (TFT-LCD) sold to Dell Inc., the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.

A one-count felony charge filed today in U.S. District Court in San Francisco charges Hitachi Displays Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., with participating in a conspiracy to fix the prices of TFT-LCD sold to Dell for use in desktop monitors and notebook computers from April 1, 2001, through March 31, 2004. According to the plea agreement, which is subject to court approval, Hitachi Displays has agreed to cooperate with the Department’s ongoing antitrust investigation.

"Hitachi joins three other multinational companies who have admitted to their involvement in fixing prices for LCD panels sold to U.S. companies and that have already paid criminal fines totaling more than $585 million," said Scott D. Hammond, Acting Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department’s Antitrust Division. "This case should send a strong message to multinational companies operating in the United States that when it comes to enforcing the U.S. antitrust laws we mean business."

Including today’s filing, four companies and seven individuals have been charged in the Department’s ongoing antitrust investigation into the TFT-LCD industry. To date, more than $585 million in criminal fines have been imposed as a result of this investigation, and four individuals have pleaded guilty and have been sentenced to serve jail time.

TFT-LCD panels are used in computer monitors and notebooks, televisions, mobile phones and other electronic devices. In 2006, the worldwide market for TFT-LCD panels was approximately $70 billion. Hitachi Displays Ltd., based in Tokyo, Japan, reported $1.75 billion in total revenue for the fiscal year ending March 2008.

Hitachi Displays is charged with carrying out the conspiracy by: Participating in bilateral meetings, conversations and communications in Japan, Korea and the United States to discuss the prices of TFT-LCD to be sold to Dell;

Agreeing, during those bilateral meetings, conversations and communications, to charge prices of TFT-LCD to be sold to Dell at certain predetermined levels;

This is the fourth plea agreement by a company charged with participating in conspiracies to fix the prices for TFT-LCD. On Dec. 15, 2008, LG Display Co. (LG) pleaded guilty to participating in a worldwide conspiracy to fix the price for TFT-LCD and was sentenced to pay a $400 million criminal fine – the second-largest fine in Antitrust Division history. On Dec. 16, 2008, Sharp Corp. pleaded guilty to participating in three separate conspiracies to fix the prices of TFT-LCD sold to Dell, Apple Computer Inc. and Motorola Inc. and was sentenced to pay a $120 million criminal fine. On Jan. 14, 2009, Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. (Chunghwa) pleaded guilty to participating in the same worldwide conspiracy as LG, and was sentenced to pay a $65 million criminal fine.

Anyone with information concerning illegal conduct in the TFT-LCD industry is urged to call the San Francisco Field Office of the Antitrust Division at 415-436-6660.

In best friend Stiles went into the Beacon Hills Nature Preserve after Stiles heard on the police radio that half of the body of a dead young woman had been found in the woods, and they wanted to find it before the police did. However, when they ran into Sheriff Stilinski and his deputies, they were forced to split up, which allowed Scott, who was distracted by the fact that he had dropped his inhaler onto the forest floor, to be bitten by a large, monstrous Werewolf with glowing red eyes (though it happened so fast that he believed it was a real wolf).

The next day, Scott went to school, only to find he has developed strange side effects such as superhuman senses, strength, and agility. After school, when Scott and Stiles went back to the woods to go retrieve his lost inhaler, Stiles joked that Scott had become a Werewolf before they suddenly ran into Derek Hale, who looked at Scott suspiciously before reminding them that they were on private property, scaring the two teens into leaving in the process, though not before Derek tossed Scott his lost inhaler.

Even more concerning was the fact that his wound had completely healed by the time he made it to work at the animal clinic that evening. Right as he was closing up, the new girl at school, Allison Argent, arrived in tears after she had hit a dog with her car. Scott was able to unconsciously quiet the scared animal with his newly-gained powers, and even got the courage to ask her out as his date to Lydia Martin"s party after the lacrosse scrimmage, which Allison accepted.

Scott was ecstatic about his date plans, but Stiles, who had done some research into the strange symptoms and side effects Scott seemed to be exhibiting, realized that Scott had truly been turned into a Werewolf and wasted no time in summoning his best friend to his bedroom so that he could share this revelation.

However, Scott, unhappy that Stiles was ruining his good mood, lost control of his new lycanthropy due to the impending full moon and almost attacked Stiles, causing him to leave in embarrassment and shame with a short apology; what he did not notice was that he had left three claw gashes in the leather of his desk chair from anger. Sure enough, that night at the party, the full moon appeared overhead and caused Scott so much pain and fear that he abandoned Allison at the party and ran home, where he quickly began to transform into a Werewolf.

Scott, believing Derek had something to do with it, managed to inform Stiles about his suspicion before he fully changed, but when Stiles told him that Derek had taken Allison home, Scott jumped out the window to save her. He followed Allison"s scent into the woods with his new senses, where he eventually found Derek with Allison"s jacket, which he had used to lure Scott there.

Before Scott could argue any further, he was blinded by flash-bang arrows and subsequently hit with a real arrow that went through his arm and pinned him to a tree. A trio of male Hunters appeared, forcing Derek to incapacitate them long enough to free Scott and flee with him. Once they made it to safety, Scott blamed Derek for turning him into a Werewolf, which Derek did not deny-- he simply explained that the Bite was a gift, and that they were brothers now because of their shared lycanthropy.

The next morning, Stiles picked Scott up at the preserve and drove him home, during which time he promised Scott that he"d help him get through his new condition. However, when Scott arrived to school on Monday, he had an awkward run-in with Allison during which he admitted that he had no excuse for what happened Friday night, though she did not seem very upset about it; on the contrary, she gave him a second chance without much argument.

Just then, Allison waved to a man behind them who Scott recognized as the leader of the Hunters who shot him during the full moon. Allison explained that he is her father, Chris Argent, and Scott began to panic.

In Lydia Martin insisted that he stay on the team, since her popularity depended on her dating the captain of the star-lacrosse team, whereas Derek argued that Scott had to quit because if he shifted on the field, he would risk exposing the entire Werewolf community, which would result in Derek killing Scott in retribution.

Derek"s aggressive behavior caused Scott to become suspicious about his involvement in the murder of the bisected woman in the woods, especially when he smelled the dead body on the Hale property. He and Stiles returned to the ruins of the Hale House to investigate after Derek left, where they found half of a wolf buried inside a spiral made of rope and wolfsbane.

When they removed the wolfsbane, the half-wolf turned into the upper half of the bisected woman from the woods, and Scott and Stiles determined that Derek must have killed her, leading them to inform Sheriff Stilinski about what they had found.

Scott then went straight to the Argent House, where he jumped down from the roof just as Argent was pulling into the driveway, causing Argent to accidentally hit him. However, Scott shrugged the injuries off, and Allison was so appalled by what her father had done that the older man was too embarrassed to question it further.

The next night, Scott went against Derek"s instructions and played in the game anyway, and though he did begin to transform on the field, he was able to rush off before anyone became suspicious and bring himself back in control in the locker room. Allison followed Scott toward the showers, but, fortunately for Scott, she arrived just after Scott regained control, allowing him to keep his secret. He admitted to her that she made him nervous, and the two kissed, which marked the start of their romantic relationship.

Once Allison left, Stiles approached Scott and informed him that the woman buried on Derek"s property was Derek"s sister Laura, and that the autopsy revealed that she had been killed by an animal, which forced the Sheriff"s department to release Derek from jail due to the fact that they were ignorant of the supernatural world and its animal-esque shapeshifters.

Upon arriving in the parking lot, Scott and Stiles come upon a bloody crime scene in the bus bay, causing Scott to become even more convinced that he might have actually murdered her in the night, though he eventually found her alive and well, leaving him confused as to what really happened. While in chemistry class, Scott, Stiles, and their classmates saw a visibly traumatized and mauled man being loaded into an ambulance from the crime scene, and Scott, desperate for answers, decided to go to see Derek after school to see what he had to say.

At lunch, Scott and Stiles were joined by Allison, Jackson, Lydia, and Danny, where they all speculated about what happened to the man. When Stiles found a news alert on his phone about the attack, he informed the group that the victim was Garrison Myers, who Scott recognized as being his bus driver when he was still living with his father.

Lydia then changed the subject to Allison and Scott"s date the next night and invited herself and Jackson along to make it a double date. When Lydia suggested that they go bowling, Jackson made a rude comment about hating playing against people who weren"t good, and Scott (who, like Allison, was clearly not fond of the idea of going out with Jackson and Lydia but who also didn"t want to look rude in front of the other) insisted that he was a good bowler before agreeing to the date.

After lunch, Stiles immediately called Scott out on his lie and reminded him that he was terrible at bowling, which Scott regretfully acknowledged before they began to discuss their current issues, such as Scott"s difficulty controlling his lycanthropy and the various attacks in Beacon Hills.

Afterward, Scott went to work at the animal clinic, where he apologized to Dr. Deaton for his tardiness, though Deaton was quick to remind him that being two minutes late is not a big deal. Shortly afterward Sheriff Stilinski arrived with one of his search dogs from the K9 unit, which caused Scott to worry that Stilinski had made a connection between Scott and Garrison Myers. Scott watched as Stilinwki gave Deaton a file on the victims to see if he had any idea what could have attacked Garrison and Laura Hale, and became even more nervous as Deaton explained how a wolf would attack a person.

Once his shift ended at work, Scott went to the Hale House, hiding in the nearby nature preserve until the Sheriff"s deputies who were checking on the house had left. He then loudly shouted that he knew Derek was listening and waited for Derek to show himself. Scott went on to sheepishly apologize for mistakenly accusing him of murder as well as for essentially announcing Derek"s presence in Beacon Hills to the Argent Hunters before asking him for his help.

Derek finally came out onto the porch and pointed out that he knew Scott didn"t want his help-- he wanted to know what he did-- leading Scott to realize that Derek knew about the attack at the high school. Derek informed him that he could help Scott learn control over his lycanthropy, but that it wouldn"t come for free; when Scott asked him what it would cost, Derek said they would settle that part later, and that for now, he would give Scott what he wanted-- to know what he had done the previous night. He instructed Scott on how to use his enhanced senses at the crime scene to let his body trigger the memories that his mind repressed.

That night, Scott and Stiles drove to the crime scene in the high school bus bay, where Scott left an irritated Stiles to keep watch while he went into the bus to trigger his memories, much to Stiles" protests to the contrary. While in the bus, Scott"s memories of his nightmare transformed into his true memories of what really happened on the bus-- the Werewolf who bit him had called Scott to the bus with his Alpha Roar and had attacked Garrison Myers in an attempt to get Scott to hunt with him; instead, Scott fought the Werewolf, causing a great deal of his blood to be left at the scene when he was clawed across the chest, though the wounds healed quickly.

This led Scott to once again mistakenly believe that Derek was the other Werewolf and had known what happened to Garrison the entire time. However, he was soon forced to flee the bus and return to the Jeep. When he told Stiles about what he had figured out, Stiles questioned Scott on why Derek would teach him to trigger his repressed memories if those memories would out him as a murderer, but despite these valid questions, Scott continued to believe that Derek was the killer. Scott did, however, take relief in the fact that he himself wasn"t the killer and that he could go on the date with Allison without concern that his presence would put her in danger.

The next night, Scott, Allison, Lydia, and Jackson went to the bowling alley for their double date, where Jackson wasted no time making rude comments about Scott"s lack of prowess at the game while Lydia purposely pretended to be bad at bowling, both to make Jackson feel better and so she could have an excuse to ask for Scott"s assistance.

Allison, feeling badly for Scott and wanting to throw Jackson"s comments back into his face, stepped behind Scott while he was preparing to make his next shot and suggested that Scott focus on thinking about her naked to calm his nerves. Sure enough, this allowed Scott to activate his Werewolf powers just enough to get a strike, a streak that would last through the rest of the game.

Jackson became increasingly sullen throughout the game at the revelation of Scott"s new bowling skills, and Lydia, now even more attracted to Scott, tried to get him to "teach" her how to bowl better, which he declined in favor of staying with Allison. Scott, Allison, and Jackson were all stunned when Lydia then took her turn with perfect form, revealing that she had simply been playing dumb this whole time for Jackson"s benefit.

Later, Scott approached Jackson in the arcade and complimented him on his pinball skills before pointing out that even though he knew that neither of them really wanted to be there (preferring solo dates with their respective partners), they don"t have to hate each other. Jackson, annoyed, replied that he didn"t hate Scott; he simply didn"t believe him when he said that he just suddenly got good at everything. He went on to say that he had no idea if he was on steroids or "something weirder," but he had not given up on his mission to find out what Scott"s deal was, adding that he knew that whatever it was, Scott didn"t want Allison to know.

With the excitement having died down, Scott took Allison home, walking her to her door and kissing her before Allison remarked that she wasn"t fond of group dates and that next time, they should go out alone. Scott wholeheartedly agreed with her and kissed her once again before letting her sneak back into her house.

However, Scott soon learned from Stiles that Garrison Myers had died of his wounds at the hospital and became so furious that he immediately returned to the Hale House to confront Derek. He accused Derek of having finished Garrison off at the hospital as well as having killed his own sister, but Derek insisted that Garrison died on his own before angrily retorting that his sister was killed by Hunters so that she could be used as bait to catch him.

Not believing him, Scott tackled him and threw him through one of the walls in the downstairs part of the Hale ruins, which Derek proclaimed to be "cute" before fully transforming into a Werewolf for the first time in the series, giving Scott a serious beating before finally coming clean to Scott about what was really going on-- both Derek and Scott were Beta Werewolves, and the more monstrous Werewolf who bit Scott and who appeared in his dream was an Alpha, the most powerful of their kind and the only kind of Werewolves who can actually turn a human into one of their kind. Derek then insisted that since Scott was the one the Alpha wanted, Derek couldn"t find and kill him without Scott"s help, much to Scott"s shock and horror.

In the Alpha howling, causing Scott to sneak out of the house and track them down. He eventually stumbled upon the Alpha, a shadowy figure (later revealed to be Derek), and a mysterious woman downtown, with Derek chasing after the Alpha and the woman chasing after both of them.

Scott was then shocked to see the woman shooting at Derek with her sniper rifle, just before Chris Argent showed up to pick her up. Scott then overheard the woman informing Argent that the Beta she shot would be dead within forty-eight hours, if that, before they left.

Unsure of what he had just witnessed, Scott returned home, not yet knowing that Derek had been shot with a bullet laced with a rare form of wolfsbane that would eventually kill him if left untreated. The next day at school, Stiles questioned Scott about what he had learned the previous evening, as he was curious about the situation and had several questions: "Who had bitten and turned Scott if it wasn"t Derek? Did the Alpha kill the bus driver Garrison Myers? And, did Allison"s father Argent knew about the Alpha?" Unfortunately, Scott did not know any of the answers to these questions.

While they talked, their teacher passed back graded tests, on which Scott had scored a D and had written instructions to see them after class. Stiles joked that Scott needed to study more before assuring him that he was kidding and offering to help him study himself, only for Scott to inform him that he was studying with Allison that evening. When Stiles implied that he and Allison would be hooking up, Scott insisted that they were just studying, which led Stiles to indignantly argue that he needed to hook up with Allison because Stiles, as a single man, was currently living vicariously through him.

After school, Scott was about to leave to ride his bike to Allison"s house when he saw a weakened and pale Derek Hale stumble toward Stiles" Jeep, leaving Scott with no choice but to go see what he was doing there before anyone noticed his strange behavior. When Scott, who was now the one afraid of exposure, tried to tell Derek to control his eyes, which were flashing between hazel and Beta-blue, Derek insisted he couldn"t because he had been shot by a wolfsbane bullet, leading Scott to realize that he was the one who had been shot by the woman from the previous evening.

Derek insisted that Scott, who was planning to hang out at the Argent Family"s house anyway, find the type of bullet that the woman had used so they could learn what strain it was and how to treat the poisoning, revealing that his attacker was an Argent as well. Scott then left Derek with Stiles to start his mission.

Scott ended up at Allison"s house before she had even gotten back herself in her car due to his Werewolf superhuman speed, which confused Allison and forced Scott to lie about taking a shortcut. He then tried to distract her from this by admitting that he was stressing about his grades because he wasn"t doing as well as he normally did, and Allison replied that they could start with studying English before assuring him that her parents wouldn"t be home for hours.

Inside, Allison led Scott to her bedroom, and when Scott noticed all of the boxes inside, she admitted that she was still unpacking and had been taking her time with it. Just as Scott was about to suggest where they start in their studies, Allison began kissing him, and the two quickly began making out on her bed. Allison stopped shortly afterward to ask if this was okay, as she didn"t want to make Scott feel pressured to do anything he wasn"t ready to do, and they resumed after he enthusiastically consented to their hook-up. However, as Scott"s heart rate increased with his excitement, he started to uncontrollably transform and used Stiles" phone call as an excuse to stop and settle down as he shut off his phone.

When he returned, he noticed the family photo in the box nearest Allison"s bed and pulled it out; upon recognizing the woman who shot Derek in the photo, he asked who she was, and Allison responded that it was her aunt Kate, though they were raised more like sisters. Unnerved, Scott remarked that she looked familiar, and Allison explained that Kate used to live in Beacon Hills and guessed that they had maybe seen each other before.

This evolved into Scott looking at other objects in the box, forcing Allison to confess that they were her attempts to learn photography, painting, and poetry, none of which she believed herself to be good at whatsoever. Scott asked her what she was good at doing, which caused Allison to smile and offer to show him before asking him to follow her.

She took him to the garage, where there was an armory full of guns, knives, and other weapons. Noticing Scott"s alarm, Allison reassured Scott that her family weren"t in a separatist group, her father was just a firearms dealer for local police stations. She then pulled out her compound bow and showed it to him, revealing that she was a nationally-ranked archer but had quit when she lost interest.

Before they could discuss it further, Argent and Kate returned from the grocery store and drove into the garage, causing Scott and Allison to hide from them. Unfortunately, they were caught nonetheless, and Kate, taking interest in Scott"s brown eyes, invited him to dinner that evening, much to Argent"s displeasure.

At the dinner, where they were all joined by Victoria Argent, Allison"s mother, Argent immediately began testing Scott by offering him alcohol, but Scott, understanding what he was trying to do, declined and stated that he was too young to drink. When Argent asked him if he had ever smoked pot, Kate, trying to save him from her brother, changed the subject to lacrosse and asked him to tell her about the sport, as she didn"t know how to play it. Throughout the explanation, Argent butted in with sarcastic comments, bitterly trying to undermine his talent, leading Scott to jokingly accept his previous offer of a shot of tequila.

He was then forced to excuse himself under the guise of using the bathroom when Stiles called to give him an update on Derek"s condition, which was quickly deteriorating. Scott instructed Derek and Stiles to go to the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic to wait for him. When Derek asked if Scott had found the bullet yet, Scott, frustrated, retorted that finding a single bullet was difficult in a house that is "like, the frickin" Walmart of guns." Derek gravely informed Scott that if he didn"t find the bullet, he would die, which Scott, annoyed, remarked may not be the worst thing to happen. This led Derek to argue, "Then think about this-- the Alpha called you out against your will. He"s gonna do it again. Next time, you either kill with him or you get killed. So, if you want to stay alive, then you need me. Find the bullet."

Scott hung up so he could do what he was told, only to accidentally set off an alarm when he tried to go through one of the doors. Kate found him and smirked as she observed that he looked like a lost puppy, and Scott lied and said he was looking for the bathroom. Kate, not knowing he was playing dumb, showed him to the guest bathroom, which just so happened to be connected to the guest bedroom where Kate was sleeping.

Once she had returned to the dinner table, Scott went through her bags and found the bullet he was looking for in a box with the words "Nordic Blue Monkshood" written on the top in French. He texted Stiles with this news, and when Derek realized he had been poisoned by a rare form of wolfsbane, he insisted that Scott bring him the bullet, because he would die without it.

Not wanting to attract attention to his theft, Scott returned to the dining room and thanked the Argents before stating that he should get going. However, Kate refused to let him off this easy and insisted that he stay for desert, as she wanted to know more about him. When Victoria mentioned that Allison had told her that he worked for a veterinarian, Argent took the opportunity to try to feel out what he knew about Werewolves and the supernatural by asking if his boss had any theories about the recent animal attacks.

Scott once again tried to play dumb and remarked that he thought it was a mountain lion, but Argent went on to ask him if he had ever had to deal with a rabid dog and how vicious and brutal they could be. As he described a rabid dog he had encountered when he was younger who had been bitten by a bat, he added, "This harmless animal... turned into a perfectly vicious killer. And it all started with one bite." Allison pointed out that the dog had died, but Victoria retorted that it was only because her grandfather Gerard Argent had shot it, leading Argent to once again remark that something that out of control is better off dead.

Just as Scott was about to leave, Kate confronted him at the doorway and demanded to know what he took from her bag. Scott played dumb for the third time and asked her what she was talking about, so Kate explained that she left her bag closed in the guest bedroom, but after Scott used the restroom, the bag was open, and she wanted to know what he stole from her. Allison immediately jumped in to argue, and when Kate demanded that Scott empty his pockets, Allison reluctantly pulled a condom out of her pocket and held it up, awkwardly admitting that she had taken it from Kate"s bag and thus (unknowingly) covering up Scott"s theft of the bullet.

Scott then rushed to the animal clinic, where Stiles was just about to cut Derek"s infected arm off at Derek"s own insistence. When Scott gave Derek the bullet, Derek held it up for a brief moment before losing consciousness and falling on the ground, causing the bullet to fall into a nearby vent in the floor. Scott used his claws to get the bullet out while Stiles slapped Derek in the face until he woke up. They then watched in awe as Derek awakened, broke open the bullet, dumped the wolfsbane onto the table, and burned it with a lighter. He then picked up the ashes and shoved them into his bullet wound, causing him to writhe in pain on the floor for a moment before his arm healed.

With the danger over, Scott insisted that Derek leave them alone, threatening to tell Argent everything if he didn"t. Derek was appalled by the fact that he was willing to trust them to help him, but Scott pointed out that they were a lot nicer than he was. Derek then furiously informed him that he would show him just how nice they could be.

He then went on to take Scott to Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital, where Derek"s uncle Peter Hale was in a coma. Derek explained that the Argents set a fire on the Hales" family home six years ago, killing the majority of his family and burning Peter so badly that he had been comatose ever since.

Scott, horrified but unable to process this information in contrast to the family he had just spent the evening with, suggested they must have had a reason, but Derek demanded to know what could possibly justify what they did. He then explained that while the Argents allegedly had a code that states they only kill adults (and only with absolute proof that they had taken human life), there were innocent human children who died in the fire along with their Werewolf relatives. When Scott was left speechless, Derek added that this is what the Argents do, and its what Allison will eventually grow up to do as well.

In Video 2*C with Derek Hale the night that the Alpha attacked the store"s cashier, Leveque, and killed him while Jackson Whittemore and Lydia Martin were there renting a movie. When Derek asked Scott if he was finally starting to see what"s really happening, Scott, horrified, insisted that he didn"t understand why the Alpha was killing people before asking him if this was typical of Werewolves.

Derek assured him that it was not, quoting his mother by saying, "No. We"re predators. We don"t have to be killers." He went on to promise Scott that they were going to find out why the Alpha was killing these people before the two set off for the night. However, neither of them noticed the fact that there was a glowing red spiral painted on the roof, the Werewolf symbol for revenge.

When they returned to the Hale House ruins, Scott reminded Derek that he did have a human life, especially the next night, which was the parent-teacher conference that he was required to attend due to the fact that he was failing chemistry; because of this, he wasn"t interested in finding out why the Alpha wanted to make Scott "his pet."

Derek then retorted in response that he needed to choose between "homework and not dying," since the next full moon was in less than a week, and they needed to track down the Alpha since his human scent may be totally different than his Werewolf scent. He went on to explain to Scott that Werewolves are naturally stronger in packs, and that they need the numbers in order to stand a chance against the Alpha. He believed that Scott"s connection to the Alpha from his bite would be the key to finding him.

He then began training Scott in how to use his new abilities to do this. The first lesson included Derek breaking his arm to demonstrate that pain makes them human, and that he was going to have to learn to fight through the pain to stay in Werewolf form in a fight, a lesson that failed spectacularly during their practice.

The next day, Scott was approaching Allison at school when he saw her frantically shoving a bouquet of balloons back into her locker. He assumed that it was Allison"s birthday, which she reluctantly confirmed before demanding that Scott keep it a secret; as it turned out, Allison was ashamed because she was turning seventeen a year earlier than the rest of the class.

Scott was not at all bothered by this and assumed that it was because her family"s constant moving all the time led to Allison having to stay back a year in school, which relieved Allison, who had been mocked at previous schools and had rumors spread about her as to why that was, such as a pregnancy or learning disability. To make her feel better, Scott decided that the two of them were going to skip school to celebrate her birthday, to which Allison quickly agreed before the two rushed out to her car.

Allison started having second thoughts about ditching school once they got in the car, especially when she wondered how her father was going to react, but when Scott asked her if she always followed the rules, Allison smirked and retorted, "Not lately," which emboldened Scott to encourage her to start her car and leave. When they saw a truancy officer driving around the parking lot, they were forced to make a decision and sped off away from the school.

Scott and Allison ultimately decided to hike around the Beacon Hills Preserve for the day, where Scott joked that he would blame Allison if they got caught skipping school before the two took advantage of their alone time to flirt with each other. After Allison sent Lydia Martin a text to thank her for the birthday balloons, the two vowed to each turn off their phones so they could focus on enjoying the moment. As a result, they both lost track of time, and Scott totally forgot that he was supposed to work a shift at the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic before the parent-teacher conference.

While walking through the forest, Allison declared the day to be her best birthday ever, and Scott remarked that he would be able to tell if she were lying due to the fact that her "tell" is when she touches her left eyebrow when she isn"t being honest. When Allison wished aloud that her parents would stay out all night for the conference so they could spend more time together, Scott began to panic, remembering that he was required to go to the conference with his mother Melissa McCall due to his poor grades. Allison checked the time on her phone and looked concerned when she realized that the conference was already underway.

Meanwhile, at the conference, Melissa"s discussion with Adrian Harris about Scott"s performance in school went disastrously, with Harris admitting that Scott"s mind and body were elsewhere where school was concerned (implying that skipping school was not a new concept for Scott) before suggesting that Scott was suffering from a lack of a male authority figure. Though Melissa argued that she was the authority figure, Harris continued to push about Scott"s father, an FBI agent, leaving Melissa with no choice but to assure Harris that she and Scott were much better off without him.

Allison had just dropped Scott off at the high school when Melissa stormed out of the conference, furiously leaving him a voicemail regarding the fact that she was stood up and that his performance in school was so poor. Chris Argent, Allison"s father Chris Argent left Allison"s a similar voicemail, which Melissa overheard and approached them about it for answers. Argent and his wife Victoria wasted no time suggesting that Scott"s influence was corrupting their daughter, and Melissa became absolutely furious at the remark.

Just then, Scott and Allison showed up and were separated by their respective parents in order to head home and discuss the night"s events. However, there was a wild animal running lose through the parking lot, leading Argent and Sheriff Stilinski to pursue it, though it was soon discovered that the animal was not a Werewolf like Argent initially assumed, but a mundane cougar prowling the school. Scott allowed his eyes to briefly glow gold so his vision would improve and he would have a better time visually tracking the creature. Fortunately for the others, Argent was able to neutralize the mountain lion before it hurt anyone.

In family and was searching for his mother"s car in the parking garage when suddenly, he realized he was being stalked by a shadowy figure. Afraid it was the Alpha, Scott immediately made a run for it, trying his best to come up with evasive maneuvers, before finally being caught by the predator-- Derek Hale, who was using this to test Scott"s survival skills-- when his phone rang.

Derek lectured him on the fact that this was all part of his training, and that he needed to use anger, not fear, to control himself. Though Scott tried to bring up the things he had done right during the pop quiz, Derek held up Scott"s phone and reminded him that Allison, who was the one calling him, was a distraction and that he needed to stay away from her. Scott assured him that he would be able to do so, and Derek smashed his phone to pieces to make sure it stuck.

However, later that night, Scott ended up at Allison"s house, where he and Allison were passionately making out in her bedroom. A knock heard on her door sent Scott hiding in the closet, and when Allison answered it, she found her aunt Kate waiting for her on the other side.

When she asked Allison what she was doing, she lied and stated she was just doing homework and explained that she had a history project due that needed to have relevance to her family. Scott eavesdropped as Kate suggested she research "la Bête du Gévaudan," which Allison translated to mean "the Beast of Gevaudan" in French, as it had a lot to do with their family history. Scott saw a picture on the screen and became unnerved when he realized how much it looked like a Werewolf.

Just when Scott was able to sneak out of the Argents" house, he came upon the Alpha as he approached his mom"s car and immediately rushed into the safety of his vehicle. Before he could start the engine, he watched in fear as the Alpha scratched a spiral into the fog on the driver"s side window, but Scott had no idea what this message meant.

The next day at school, Scott struggled greatly to avoid Allison or Allison-adjacent (i.e. her best friend Lydia Martin) people, which was made even harder when he found that his own best friend Stiles was still mad at him for the events on the night of the parent-teacher conference, during which Scott was too worried about Allison to save Sheriff Stilinski from the car that hit him. Scott apologized for what happened, only for Stiles to continue to ignore him, leaving Scott with no choice but to share the new information he had learned about his lycanthropy from Derek to pique his interest and finally get him talking again.

However, Stiles still did not trust Derek and he decided that it was up to himself to teach Scott how to control his transformations by the end of the school day so he could continue to be with Allison. To do this, Stiles stole Coach Finstock"s heart monitor and cell phone so that they could use it to monitor Scott"s heart rate. To get his heartbeat racing, Stiles bound Scott"s wrists behind his back with duct tape and began taking out his residual anger by forcefully tossing lacrosse balls at Scott until he became angry enough to start to shift.

Unbeknownst to either of them, the suspicious Jackson Whittemore was watching from nearby, trying to figure out Scott"s secret. To make matters even stranger, Jackson continued to spy on the two while they were in the locker room, where Scott remarked that something "smelled like it was dying,", which seemed to be a hint to what Jackson was going through after being injured by Derek"s wolfsbane-laced claws several days earlier. Jackson became even more suspicious of Scott and decided to get closer to him by getting closer to Allison.

Scott"s heart rate continued to be monitored by Stiles throughout the day, where it spiked during Coach Finstock"s economics class, where the teacher was cruelly taunting the newly-turned Werewolf. Stiles started to get alarmed as he watched the pulse spike on the cell phone, but suddenly, the pulse got slower, and Stiles suddenly noticed that Scott and Allison were holding hands. Stiles then realized that Allison was an anchor to Scott, helping him stay in control of his Werewolf side, which meant that what Derek believed was actually the false-- Allison wasn"t a distraction, she kept him balanced, which meant Scott could continue to date her.

Not satisfied with just a hypothesis, Stiles decided to test his theory once again by keying a jock student"s truck and then putting the keys in Scott"s hands so that the owner thought it was he who did it. They then began to viciously beat Scott up, with Stiles gleefully monitoring his heart rate the whole time, remarking that this was his last bit of petty revenge against him for what happened at the conference.

That night, Scott arrived at the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic for his shift to find his boss Alan Deaton tied up and in the middle of being interrogated by Derek, who believed Deaton was the Alpha. When Scott lashed out at Derek for his crazy plan, Derek admitted that the spiral was a symbol for revenge in Werewolf culture. Still unable to believe his boss could be a killer, Scott decided to prove Derek wrong by howling into the intercom at the high school to draw the Alpha to them while Derek kept Deaton tied up in the back of his Camaro.

Just then, the Alpha appeared in front of them, having clawed out Derek"s back and causing blood to pour from his open mouth. Assuming Derek was dead, Scott and Stiles rushed into the school to seek refuge, and Deaton was shown to have disappeared.

The Rocky Roll Call: "Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "....." Then apply Rule of Three. Like so:"Janet!" "Dr. Scott!" "Janet!" "Brad!" "Rocky!" "HOKEY SMOKE, BULLWINKLE!"

The Incredibly Lame Pun is further compounded by the Audience Participation for this linenotethey throw toilet paper at the screen — as in Scott Tissue, making it a three-way pun.

At one point, when Dr. Scottnote"Cap"n, the transporter"s acting up again!" "Dang it, Scotty!" is being magnetically dragged up to the lab, he winds up in Columbia"s room, and circles around her and MagentanoteRING AROUND THE LESBIANS!, who barely even give him a glance when he"s gone.

Before that, Riff Raff and Magenta show off their excellent table-waiting skills. "THUNK!"noteHey, can someone give Dr. Scott a fork? He"s only got twelve of them!