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Teen Wolf Explained: Did Derek Hale Really Die? Why Did He Die?

The hit supernatural YA series from the early 2010s,Teen Wolf, has another instalment out now. From MTV and Jeff Davis, the same creative team of the series, comes a new horror-esque movie which is set a few years after the events of the show.
The official plot of the film is as thus: “A full moon rises in Beacon Hills, and with a terrifying evil has emerged. The wolves are howling once again, calling for the return of Banshees, Werecoyotes, Hellhounds, Kitsunes, and every other shapeshifter in the night. But only a werewolf like Scott McCall, no longer a teenager yet still an Alpha, can gather both new allies and reunite trusted friends to fight back against what could be the most powerful and deadliest enemy they’ve ever faced.”

1. Why does Derek make the ultimate sacrifice?

Teen Wolf explained why Derek dieSource: Decider

However, Nogitsune reminds Scott that he was also given the power of the Alpha. This sends Scott, Derek, and even Eli into full werewolf mode, attacking him, but they are all put into illusions, but they work together to break out and find themselves on the magical Nemeton stump. Derek then chooses, so they all don’t burn up fighting the Big Bad. He tells Scott his son is part of his pack now and holds the villain in place. He then orders the hellhound Parrish to light them up, and he does. Why does Derek make the ultimate sacrifice? To save his son.
The group finds themselves now back in the stadium, empty and at night. They are all safe. They have a service for Derek, where Scott tells everyone what he did and meant to him. Allison and Scott celebrate that they are back together. Finally, Adrian Harris is taken to the Eichen House, which is a detention facility. The final scene shows Eli on top of the hill looking over the city. His eyes are glowing and he has full power over his abilities.

2. Did Derek really die? Is there any chance he is still alive?

Teen Wolf explained why Derek dieSource: Us Weekly

Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin) dies at the end of the film. As Parrish isn’t strong enough to hold the Nogitsune on his own, but his fire will easily kill Scott and Derek if they stay close. Scott wants Derek to jump off the Nemeton since he has a son, Eli (Vince Mattis), to take care of, but Derek says that Eli is now part of Scott’s pack, and sacrifices himself, burning up along with the Nogitsune.
According to show creator Jeff Davis, the descision to kill off Derek was not easy: “You second-guess yourself all the time,” he stated “You say, ‘Are we really doing this? Maybe we should plan something that’ll bring him back.’ But there’s also part of you that wants to commit.”

Teen Wolf explained why Derek dieSource: IMDb

He then added, “I didn’t want to do it without Tyler’s blessing, so I called him up and said, ‘What do you think if we gave Derek a big, heroic, sacrificial ending?’ And he was like, ‘I’m in. Let’s go for it.'”
There are other deaths in the film of course, including a brutal kill of a Kitsune-turned-police officer, but they’re all of characters we don’t really know. Meanwhile, Derek is a character that has been present since Season 1, and fans will certainly miss the show’s resident sour-wolf. During his funeral near the film’s end, you can really feel how impactful he was to the other characters.Allison surprisingly stays alive, and she and Scott are seemingly going to live out their days happily together. This ending makes you wonder if that’s what the show was planning from the start, with the ship Scallison as endgame.
The fact that Stiles wasn’t there already makes this movie not canon, but killing Derek? No. I’m sorry, but Derek Hale lives happily ever after, in my mind.

3. How does Derek die in Teen Wolf: The Movie?

Teen Wolf explained why Derek dieSource: Screen Rant

Here’s how it happens: First the movie fakes out audiences by almost killing Derek several times, and then revealing he’s still alive. He gets stabbed in the throat by Allison (long story) and it seems like he’s a goner… but then he’s fine. He gets sent to another dimension and offers last words to his son—”Remember who you are,”—but then, again, he’s fine. Phew! Derek is going to be fine, right?
With a little encouragement from his dad, Derek’s 15-year-old son Eli (don’t even get me started on that!) finally transforms into the werewolf he was born to be. Father and son fight the evil demon Nogitsune side-by-side, along with Scott. Eli gets thrown to the side, and Derek and Scott struggle to contain the demon. They have to kill the demon somehow, and one easy way would be to have Jordan Parrish, their resident hellhound, light the demon on fire. But someone has to hold the demon while they burn him. (Do they? Could he not have just dodged out of the way?)

Teen Wolf explained why Derek dieSource: Quora

Derek looks at his son and realizes someone needs to make the sacrifice play. It can’t be Scott, because Scott is the “alpha,” which, apparently, is more important to Derek than making sure his son has a father. Derek pushes Scott to safety, grips the demon securely, and tells Jordan, “Parrish, light this fucker up.”
Parrish does, and both Derek and the demon burn to a crisp in a fiery ball of destruction. And just in case you thought there might be a chance that Derek survived that encounter, Davis literally hammers the nail in Derek’s coffin by staging a funeral scene for the former alpha werewolf. (Which, I might add, Stiles does not show up for. In what universe would Stiles not attend Derek’s funeral?!) Scott says some words about found family, which is nice, but it feels hollow in light of the fact that Derek definitely did not have to die. 
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