Buckle Your Seat Belts for Season Two of Scream!

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Julia Allen (11th), Reporter

*Spoilers for season 1!*

Everyone who has seen season one of Scream knows that it was a rough five hundred and four minutes of accusations, twists, and turns. Season two managed to up its game with a more wild plot and suspicious new characters.

MTV’s Scream is a television series based on the chilling movie Scream directed by Wes Craven. The movie has been labeled a classic horror movie and that classic slasher vibe has been infused into a tv series as a crazed killer stalks and frightens a group of teens, just as the killer in the movie series did.

In season one fans learned slowly but surely of the legend of Brandon James, a mass murderer from years before in their town, Lakewood. Emma, a teen in Lakewood, experienced the Wrath of Brandon James as “he” came back to harass her and her friends. Fans, as well as Emma and her friends, learned that James was in love with Emma’s mom and the two even had a child together named Piper, who was a journalist in their town and friend to Emma. It is revealed in the season finale that Piper was the killer, in a final scene in which Emma shot Piper.

Season two started off with innocent Emma and the remainder of her friends Emma, Audrey, Jake, Brooke, Noah, and Kieran, also known as the Lakewood six,. They were dealing with the trauma faced in the finale, in which the reign of Piper came to an end when Emma killed Piper. Before her downfall, Piper revealed that she had one last surprise before they would be fully released from her iron grip.

Marimar Martin, a senior at Pitman High School and a fan of the show, shares, “Scream is interesting to me because it is not a typical scary movie with boring adult characters, where a murderer or supernatural being is hidden behind the closet door. It’s a show with teenage characters with random murders, mysterious texts, and false accusations.”

Many new characters were introduced in the new season including Sheriff Miguel Acosta and his son Gustavo. Gustavo was an artist and some would say he was obsessed with Emma and her friends. Also introduced was Eli Hudson, Kieran’s creepy cousin who appeared to fall in love with Emma.

As the season moved further, the characters learned that Piper’s last surprise is a new killer who seeks vengeance on Emma for killing Piper. Eyebrows are now raised on who this new killer is.

Fresh blood was shed in the newest season of Scream, as well as light into why Piper killed those who were close to Emma. Whatever opinions are to be had on the series, it is sure to keep viewers at the edge of their seat and intrigued by this unique play on a classic.