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The relationship between Kanima/Werewolf hybrid Jackson Whittemore and Banshee Lydia Martin.
Jackson and Lydia had been dating since before the start of the series and were seen by most students at Beacon Hills High School as the popular couple at the top of the school social ladder. Jackson and Lydia seemed to be at least a moderately stable couple; however, there were underlying issues between the two that did damage their relationship. This began with Jackson's need to be the best at everything he tried, his cocky and egocentric attitude, as well as the fact that he occasionally blamed Lydia when something went wrong with him.
In addition to the personal issues that Jackson had, Lydia also had her own problems in the relationship; this included the fact that she had to conceal and hide her true intelligence as a result of Jackson's inferiority complex, not wanting to draw more attention to herself or add to his preexisting insecurities, causing her to act more ditzy and dumb, while at the same time Lydia seemed to only stay loyal to Jackson as long as he was the best at lacrosse and seen as the most popular jock in school.
When Jackson found out that Scott McCall was a Werewolf, he coveted the new superhuman powers that Scott possessed and set his sights on becoming one himself. In pursuit of this goal, Jackson proceeded to break-up with Lydia via text, with the intention of "removing the dead weight from his life" in preparation for his transformation. Although Lydia tried to shrug it off as something that didn't bother her, it was clear that she was very hurt by Jackson's actions. ("Wolf's Bane")
The two weren't seen interacting until the school dance, with their respective dates (Allison Argent in Jackson's case and Stiles Stilinski in Lydia's case) and it was clear that the two were not on the best of terms. However, this did not stop Jackson from saving Lydia's life after she was attacked and bitten by then-Alpha Werewolf Peter Hale, an act for which Lydia was immensely grateful despite Jackson's cruel behavior toward her after the fact. ("Formality")
In Season 2, Jackson and Lydia were both suspected to be the new reptilian shapeshifter terrorizing Beacon Hills and killing numerous twenty-four-year-old former Beacon Hills High School students, though it was eventually revealed that Jackson was the creature. Meanwhile, Lydia was suffering the side-effects of her mind being haunted by Peter Hale's spirit and the awakening of her own supernatural powers from his Bite. When Jackson started to become aware that he was being controlled by a Kanima Master who was also a classmate, he tried to distance himself from Lydia to protect her.
However, it was ultimately Lydia who saved him by calling out his first name with her voice and giving him back the key to his house that he gave her months earlier, which acted as a symbol of their relationship. Not only did this bond bring Jackson back to life after he was killed by Derek Hale his recently resurrected uncle Peter, but he also came back as the Werewolf he was meant to be, albeit one with residual Kanima traits.
Due to the significant amount of attention his deaths and resurrection caused in the town, Jackson and his family moved to London, England, causing Lydia and Jackson to end their relationship for good, though they seemed to do so on good terms.
In Season 6, Jackson and Lydia reunited for the first time in over a year when Jackson returned to Beacon Hills from London after he heard about Tamora Monroe and Gerard Argent's Hunter army going after supernatural creatures around the world. During this reunion, it was revealed that Jackson was in a romantic relationship with Ethan Steiner, a fact that caused Lydia to remark that she thought he would never figure out that he was romantically interested in men. Jackson remains an ally of the McCall Pack, of which Lydia is a member, and despite having loved each other deeply and still caring about each other a great deal, they are both seemingly much healthier and happier now as friends as they were during their romantic relationship.
In the year of 2026, Lydia called for Jackson's assistance to aid her in figuring out the culprit behind several fires that occurred in Beacon Hills Preserve as well as to help them in a ritual meant to bring their deceased friend, Allison, back to life, with Jackson helping them discover that the ritual needed to happen in the Nemeton tree trunk. Both Lydia and Jackson were taken captive by the Nogitsune along with their friends and allies, with the Banshee and the Kanima-Werewolf hybrid discovering that the dark spirit had Adrian Harris, their former chemistry teacher who was believed to have been killed as one of Jennifer Blake's human sacrifices, as his accomplice. Harris revealed to be the responsible behind the fires to acquire large quantities of Mountain Ash so he could create barriers around them to prevent the supernatural protagonists from escaping the Nogitsune's illusion.
When they were witnessing Scott and the newly-resurrected Allison fight against several Oni demons, Jackson encouraged Lydia to remind Allison of who she was to avoid losing her for a second time, giving Lydia the encouragement necessary for her to use her Banshee scream for the first time in several years to call out to Allison, whose memories were fully restored by the scream. Jackson and Lydia managed to subdue Harris, who was then imprisoned in Eichen House, while Derek Hale and Jordan Parrish destroyed the Nogitsune by incinerating him to death, though Derek, who was keeping the Nogitsune immobilized, was killed in the process.
After attending Derek's memorial service, Jackson returned to London whereas Lydia continued her career in San Francisco as a businesswoman in a company that transformed sounds into a green energy.
Throughout Teen Wolf[]
In Wolf Moon, Lydia Martin was chatting with the new girl Allison Argent in front of her locker when Jackson Whittemore approached them, kissing Lydia before joining the conversation. Jackson went on to invite Allison to the party Lydia was throwing at her house that coming Friday, which Allison kindly declined (using her family's "game night" as an excuse), much to Jackson and Lydia's disappointment.
Allison, unfamiliar with the school's customs, assumed they were celebrating a school football game on Friday, which amused the two before they explained that their school's main sport is lacrosse. Lydia smugly bragged about Jackson's athletic prowess and team captainship being what led them to win the state championship the last few years before inviting Allison to come watch the boys' lacrosse team practice, not giving her the opportunity to say "no."
After a rough start at practice, Scott McCall, who had recently (and, at that point, unknowingly) been bitten and turned into a Werewolf, began demonstrating yet-unseen athleticism as a result, which immediately caused Allison and Lydia to take notice of him, much to Jackson's displeasure.
The next afternoon, before the second day of tryouts, Jackson, jealous that Lydia was taking interest in Scott, confronted him at his locker, where he demanded to know how Scott was cheating. Scott, realizing that Jackson believed he was using steroids and overwhelmed and confused by the changes he was experiencing, insisted that he had no idea what was going on and that he thought he was losing his mind, which Jackson interpreted as Scott playing dumb on purpose. Even more frustrated now by Scott's reaction to his accusations, Jackson vowed to figure out what Scott's secret was.
Friday night, which also happened to be the first Full Moon since Scott had been bitten, Lydia held her party at her family's home after the scrimmage. Though Scott only had eyes for Allison, Lydia was seen staring at Scott and Allison as they were dancing, all while Jackson passionately kissed her neck, though Jackson seemed to be oblivious to the real object of her attention.
In Second Chance at First Line, Jackson, jealous of the attention Lydia and the rest of the school was giving him, taunted Scott at lacrosse practice, to the point where Scott lost control and injured Jackson's shoulder in retaliation. Afterward, Derek Hale, a fellow Werewolf, threatened to kill Scott if he played in the lacrosse game coming up, believing that he would lose control again and expose their species to the people of Beacon Hills, forcing Scott to step down.
During the next class, Lydia confronted Scott and insisted that he play in the game the following day, citing the fact that it was Scott's fault that Jackson wouldn't be playing at his peak because he "brutally injured [her] boyfriend" by ramming into him. Lydia went on to say that she valued dating the captain of the winning lacrosse team, and that if Jackson and Scott don't play in the game, they will start off the team losing, and she doesn't date losers. When Scott cryptically pointed out that losing one game wouldn't kill anyone and may even save someone, Lydia threatened to take Allison out after the game and introduce Scott's new girlfriend Allison Argent to all of the other "hot players" on the team.
After school, Lydia went with Jackson to the Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital to see an outpatient doctor about his shoulder. Once Jackson returned from the office, Lydia asked him how it went, and he explained that the doctor gave him a cortisone shot to help with the swelling but warned him not to make a habit of it. Lydia encouraged Jackson to get one more right before the game as well, reminding him that the "pros" do it all the time. When Jackson looked unconvinced, Lydia taunted him by saying, "You want to be a little high school amateur? Or, do you want to go pro?" She then kissed him to emphasize her point.
At the game, Lydia stopped by to see Scott on the sidelines and reminded him that "nobody likes a loser," and Jackson, feeling pressured by Lydia's insistence that he perform at the highest level, assured Coach Finstock that he would be playing through the pain.
In Pack Mentality, Lydia and Jackson, along with Allison Argent, Danny Mahealani and Harley, sat down at the lunch table where Scott and Stiles were quietly discussing that morning's discovery of the man who had been mauled to death in one of the school buses, as Scott, a newly turned Werewolf, was worried that he was the one who attacked the man due to a dream he had that night.
Ignoring Scott and Stiles' annoyance at being interrupted, the "popular kids" immediately settled down around them. Danny then continued Scott and Stiles' earlier conversation, stating that the rumor was that the man had been mauled by some type of animal, such as a cougar. When Jackson retorted that he had heard it was a mountain lion, Lydia absent-mindedly interjected, "A cougar is a mountain lion" before realizing that everyone was looking at her as a result of her uncharacteristic display of intelligence, causing her to backpedal by adding, "...Isn't it?" Already bored by the conversation, Jackson didn't get why anyone cared, assuming that it was "probably some homeless tweaker who's gonna die anyway."
Stiles interrupted Jackson by pulling up some news footage on his phone and informing the group that they had identified the victim-- Garrison Myers, a bus driver. Scott immediately recognized him as the driver of the bus he took to and from school during the brief period of time he lived with his father, Rafael McCall.
However, Lydia, also bored, asked if they could talk about something slightly more "fun" before turning the topic of conversation to the date Scott and Allison planned on going the following night, already speaking about it as though she was included. Seeing their confused faces, Lydia played dumb and pointed out that she thought Allison had said she and Scott were hanging out tomorrow night, and Allison, clearly not interested in a double date, vaguely replied that they were thinking of what they were going to do before looking at Scott apologetically in an effort to communicate that she knew Lydia was about to invite herself and Jackson along.
Proving Allison right, Lydia continued by saying, "Well, I am not sitting home again, watching lacrosse videos, so if the four of us are hanging out, we're doing something fun." Scott, shocked that Lydia was expanding their date into a double, unenthusiastically asked Allison if she was interested in hanging out with Lydia and Jackson, but since neither of them could think of a polite way to back out of it, they reluctantly agreed. It was also clear by the look on Jackson's face that he, too, hated the idea, but no one seemed able to change Lydia's mind.
After some debate, Lydia suggested they go bowling, but Jackson pointed out that he only liked playing with "actual competition," rankling Allison's nerves as she asked him how he knew that she and Scott weren't actually competition. Though Scott had a history of being terrible at bowling, he bragged that he was "great" at it to impress Allison, and the four made plans to go to the bowling alley the following night together.
The next night, the four met up at Suburban Lanes Bowling Alley, where Lydia began the game, visibly performing poorly on purpose, though Jackson was too caught up in his own competitiveness to notice. Allison bowled the next turn and put on a good show, impressing everyone, with Jackson following her with excellent form and skill. Scott, however, got two gutterballs in a row due to how nervous he was, causing Jackson to immediately mock him, and even Lydia joined him in laughing at the teenage boy.
However, once Allison had given him a pep talk and Scott had figured out how to tap into his superhuman reflexes to help him out, he began scoring strike after strike, leading Jackson to become extremely cross and Lydia, who had demonstrated a tendency toward being attracted to people who are good at what they do, be it sports or school, started trying to get Scott to flirt with her, to no avail due to the young Werewolf's eyes being only for Allison.
When Lydia asked Scott to help her with her aim, Scott kindly assured her that she had it, leading Jackson, jealous of the attention she was giving Scott, to offer instead. Lydia, however, irritably stated that she could try it on her own and went up to the lane and shot an easy strike, much to her own enjoyment. Upon her return to the seats, Allison pointed out that she had perfect form, and when Lydia played dumb again about it, Lydia's best friend remarked that Lydia should "stop pretending to suck just for Jackson's benefit," leading Lydia to snarkily retort, "I do plenty of sucking, just for his benefit," which Jackson overheard, causing him to scowl irritably before leaving to play in the arcade instead.
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In Magic Bullet,
In The Tell,
In Heart Monitor,
In Night School,
In Lunatic,
In Wolf's Bane,
In Co-Captain,
In Formality,
In Code Breaker,
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In Omega,
In Shape Shifted,
In Ice Pick,
In Abomination,
In Venomous,
In Frenemy,
In Restraint,
In Raving,
In Party Guessed,
In Fury,
In Battlefield,
In Master Plan,
In Tattoo, Lydia Martin attempted to get Allison Argent to come with her on a double date. During their drive, Lydia revealed that Jackson had moved to London with his adoptive parents following his very public deaths and subsequent resurrections before adding that he made sure to learn "Werewolf 101" from Derek Hale prior to leaving to ensure that he would be able to control himself during the full moons.
In De-Void, Lydia accompanied Scott McCall into Stiles Stilinski's brain through the Werewolf Memory Manipulation ritual in hopes of freeing Stiles from the influence of the Nogitsune who was possessing him. However, the Nogitsune attempted to fight back against them and prevent them from fulfilling their mission by separating Scott and Lydia and trapping them in their own memories in hopes of distracting them from what they intended to do.
Lydia's memory was of the winter formal in Season 1's Formality, where Lydia, now wearing the same blood-soaked dress she was wearing after she was attacked by then-Alpha Werewolf Peter Hale. She began rushing through the hallways of the high school, calling out for Jackson, who she was looking for before the attack happened, not realizing right away that the memory wasn't real.
In Broken Glass, Lydia Martin had a premonition one night while she was sleeping; as she tossed and turned in bed, she murmured, "Where is he?" several times before awakening and immediately asking "Where's Jackson?" This was a premonition referencing Jackson Whittemore and Ethan Steiner's capture and torture by Monroe's Army of Hunters, as Ethan had just demanded to know where Jackson was after Nolan Holloway and Sydney brought him back into a cell at the Argent Arms International facility.
Later, Lydia was approached by the Werewolf Peter Hale, who was looking for his daughter Malia Tate while Lydia was looking for her friend and Alpha Scott McCall. After some urging by Peter, Lydia reluctantly confessed that she had a premonition that Peter, Jackson, Ethan, Derek Hale, Malia, and Scott were all petrified into stone by the Anuk-ite and implied that it seemed that Jackson had returned to Beacon Hills.
In The Wolves of War, after Gerard Argent revealed to the McCall Pack and their allies that Jackson had, in fact, returned to Beacon Hills and was currently being held captive at Argent Arms International, the pack regrouped at the Beacon Hills Animal Clinic to decide how to proceed. Stiles Stilinski and Lydia were tasked with rescuing Jackson from the armory due to Lydia's success in Banshee screaming through the reinforced steel doors.
Once there, Stiles and Lydia found Jackson hiding in the hallway after having used his Kanima tail to break free from his restraints. Lydia was ecstatic to see Jackson and immediately squealed happily before launching herself at him after over a year without seeing one another; Jackson, too, was relieved to see her and gave her a big hug, much to Lydia's new boyfriend Stiles' displeasure. Jackson was in awe of the fact that Lydia managed to incapacitate all of the Hunters in the building with her Banshee powers.
Just as Stiles suggested that they get out of there before Gerard sent in reinforcements, Jackson insisted he wasn't going anywhere without Ethan Steiner. Lydia and Stiles were initially confused by the fact that Ethan and Jackson came back to Beacon Hills together until they released that they are now in a romantic relationship; though Jackson appeared to be bashful of this news, Lydia sighed in relief and stated that she thought Jackson would never figure out his attraction to guys.
After rescuing Ethan, Stiles split off from the group to grab Mountain Ash for Scott McCall's final plan against the Anuk-ite, leaving Lydia, Jackson, and Ethan to head to the high school to help the pack. When the appearance of the Anuk-ite and its fear-inducing powers forced the trio to shut their eyes, Lydia was separated from Jackson and Ethan, ending their on-screen interaction in the series.Trivia[]
- Jackson and Lydia were each other's first romantic relationship shown in Teen Wolf, though it's unknown when exactly the two began dating.
- In Season 1 and 2, they seemed to act as a sort of beta-couple to Allison and Scott, demonstrating relationship issues that Scott McCall and Allison Argent managed to avoid and negate.
- Despite the issues and problems they both had in their relationship, at the end of Season 2, Jackson and Lydia seemed to have genuine affection and love for one another.
