Hearts of Darkness: The first two episodes back, which work as a big two-parter, will death the "aftermath" of what Scott, Stiles (Dylan O'Brien) and Allison (Crystal Reed) did to save their parents. You know, the whole bringing darkness into their lives permanently thing. "We deal with what it means for all three of them in their lives, their relationships and their futures. I can say we definitely come back into the story with our characters deeply affected."

As for Scott's new role as True Alpha, fans can expect to see their hero struggle a bit in the new season. "You're going to see a crisis of confidence at first. I think it's fun ti play for this kind of story where he suddenly has new power and new responsibility, but he's still a teenage boy," Davis explains. "it's almost as if he's been promoted too soon to a job he may not be ready for and he's going to count on all of his friends to help him.

Don't Call it a Love Triangle: "I wouldn't call it a love triangle, actually," Davis says of the romance brewing between Scott's BFF Isaac (Daniel Sharman) and Scott's ex Allison, adding that the writers "wanted to attack that situation with a different perspective" that most teen dramas.

"Instead of the jealousy and the she's mine, she belongs to me, I wanted to actually approach it with, 'What if this is a breakup and what if this is real and what if my best friend starts dating her? How am I going to handle that maturely? How is that going to change our friendship?' I think that's something you don't see often in teen dramas, which is that people do breakup and they see their best friends date them. Maybe it's a better relationship; maybe they were always meant for each other. We want to explore that. It's definitely addressed quite a bit in some funny scenes in the first few episodes."

Teen Wolf returns Jan. 6 on MTV.