It is the day of the full moon once again and Maddy and Rhydian aren’t looking forward to a night in the den. They manage to trick her parents and lock them in, running off to the woods to change under the full moon. Download Video Wolfblood Caged Episode On ABC Family Tv Online Tv Live Streaming Video. Online Watch Wolfblood Full Episode Watch Stream HD Video on Internet TV.Shannon has been attempting to forget about the beast by throwing herself into other interests, but after beast hunter Kyle Weathers shows up in town looking for her, she is soon back on side!The series follows two seemingly ordinary teenagers, who are secretly part of a mysterious race who have lived among humans for centuries by disguising their abilities and blending in without being noticed. Wolfbloods have razor sharp senses with a great sense of smell and are incredibly fast and super strong. On a full moon they also turn into wolves.On the plus side, there’s ultrasonic hearing, night vision, super smelling power and the kind of speed that would put Usain Bolt to shame. Unfortunately, there’s also a tendency to get hairy, teethy and quadrupedal under stress, or whenever the moon is full. But this isn’t your common-or-garden variety lycanthropy.
‘It’s wolfblood, not werewolf,’ Maddy (who has yet to experience her first transformation into wolf form) explains. ‘We’re not monsters.’ This may be true, but she still has to keep her powers hidden from her friends – and her parents locked in the cellar during certain lunar phases, so they don’t scoff live chickens or their daughter’s shoes, or do something even worse.
Things are tricky, but she’s doing a decent job of balancing the ordinary and extraordinary; her BFFs Shannon (Louise Connolly-Burnham) and Tom (Keder Williams-Sterling) have no idea that their pal is a wolfblood. Nor does anyone else at the school in Stoneybridge, the Northumbrian town in which they live – until Rhydian (Bobby Lockwood) turns up.
‘You smell like my parents!’ Maddy blurts out when the new boy is being introduced to his classmates (amid a hail of jokes about being Welsh – leeks, sheep noises – even though he isn’t). Rhydian, of course, is also a wolfblood. Only as he’s lived in foster care since he was two, he has little knowledge of his Canis lupis heritage.
All he knows is that when he gets angry or upset, bad things happens and he turns into a wolf. Together, he and Maddy must learn to control their developing powers and keep them under wraps, whilst simultaneously going through all the usual joy and heartbreak of teenage life.
Although it can’t quite decide whether it’s a sanitised version of The Fades with the sex and swearing cut out – as it’s a CBBC drama, the puberty/virginity metaphor of the change from human to wolf is understated, while the thorny dilemma of what happens to a wolfblood’s clothes during transformation isn’t addressed; the garments merely reappear intact when their wearer changes back with no questions asked – or if it’s simply Twilight-meets-Byker Grove – there’s more than a touch of the Robsten about Maddy and Rhydian, particularly when they’re running around the woods – Wolfblood is a lot of fun.
The first episode is mostly given over to introducing the main characters, their lives and – in the wolfbloods’ case – their powers without adding any additional storylines, but there’s another twelve instalments to come for that.
The series mixes ordinary school events – Who’s trashed the Family Art exhibition? How can a photography club get new members? How can an expensive piece of clothing be replaced before mum finds out? – with the lupine element. Wolf increased senses help sort some problems, but cause others, so as a viewer you’re not quite sure which route any story will take.
The effects owe a great deal to the old Incredible Hulk series – the hint of wolf comes from a glowing of the eyes, the transformation is indicated by shots of body chemistry changing – and it has the same suspension of disbelief problem (everyone gets dressed incredibly quickly after the change!)
The CG wolves are okay – you’re not going to get state of the art effects on a CBBC budget, after all – and their reactions with humans in the scenes work well enough to sell the story.
The first couple of episodes have a few moments of dodgy acting, but persevere – by the third part, the cast have settled into their roles, and the characters are becoming fleshed out. There are some interesting links between the various teenagers that you wouldn’t guess from the first episode, and, as ever with the best of The Sarah Jane Adventures and other CBBC shows, real-life situations are mirrored.
Nobody pretends that it’s all going to get sorted out: all the characters deal with the realities of life – and a few of them with some of its unrealities.
‘It’s wolfblood, not werewolf,’ Maddy (who has yet to experience her first transformation into wolf form) explains. ‘We’re not monsters.’ This may be true, but she still has to keep her powers hidden from her friends – and her parents locked in the cellar during certain lunar phases, so they don’t scoff live chickens or their daughter’s shoes, or do something even worse.
Things are tricky, but she’s doing a decent job of balancing the ordinary and extraordinary; her BFFs Shannon (Louise Connolly-Burnham) and Tom (Keder Williams-Sterling) have no idea that their pal is a wolfblood. Nor does anyone else at the school in Stoneybridge, the Northumbrian town in which they live – until Rhydian (Bobby Lockwood) turns up.
‘You smell like my parents!’ Maddy blurts out when the new boy is being introduced to his classmates (amid a hail of jokes about being Welsh – leeks, sheep noises – even though he isn’t). Rhydian, of course, is also a wolfblood. Only as he’s lived in foster care since he was two, he has little knowledge of his Canis lupis heritage.
All he knows is that when he gets angry or upset, bad things happens and he turns into a wolf. Together, he and Maddy must learn to control their developing powers and keep them under wraps, whilst simultaneously going through all the usual joy and heartbreak of teenage life.
Although it can’t quite decide whether it’s a sanitised version of The Fades with the sex and swearing cut out – as it’s a CBBC drama, the puberty/virginity metaphor of the change from human to wolf is understated, while the thorny dilemma of what happens to a wolfblood’s clothes during transformation isn’t addressed; the garments merely reappear intact when their wearer changes back with no questions asked – or if it’s simply Twilight-meets-Byker Grove – there’s more than a touch of the Robsten about Maddy and Rhydian, particularly when they’re running around the woods – Wolfblood is a lot of fun.
The first episode is mostly given over to introducing the main characters, their lives and – in the wolfbloods’ case – their powers without adding any additional storylines, but there’s another twelve instalments to come for that.
The series mixes ordinary school events – Who’s trashed the Family Art exhibition? How can a photography club get new members? How can an expensive piece of clothing be replaced before mum finds out? – with the lupine element. Wolf increased senses help sort some problems, but cause others, so as a viewer you’re not quite sure which route any story will take.
The effects owe a great deal to the old Incredible Hulk series – the hint of wolf comes from a glowing of the eyes, the transformation is indicated by shots of body chemistry changing – and it has the same suspension of disbelief problem (everyone gets dressed incredibly quickly after the change!)
The CG wolves are okay – you’re not going to get state of the art effects on a CBBC budget, after all – and their reactions with humans in the scenes work well enough to sell the story.
The first couple of episodes have a few moments of dodgy acting, but persevere – by the third part, the cast have settled into their roles, and the characters are becoming fleshed out. There are some interesting links between the various teenagers that you wouldn’t guess from the first episode, and, as ever with the best of The Sarah Jane Adventures and other CBBC shows, real-life situations are mirrored.
Nobody pretends that it’s all going to get sorted out: all the characters deal with the realities of life – and a few of them with some of its unrealities.