Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Scream Season 2 Episode 5

It’s a common complaint that horror movies don’t address their own consequences - that a movie piles up bodies but we never see anything beyond that, no loss to friends or families, no dealing with the survivors once they escape the clutches of the monster. After last week’s big finish, this week’s episode of “Scream” actually does try to deal with the consequences of it all, although, what could have been a Very Special episode doesn’t take too long before things continue to spiral out of control.
For those that missed it, everyone in the high school found out Jake was dead last week when his bloody body dropped onstage and his blood dumped all over Brooke. We start this week with the school on lockdown, the police are there and tensions, to put it politely, begin to mount. Before we’re done there are two brawls, Keiran and Emma face a challenge, Noah gets deeper into things with Audrey than he ever imagined, Stavo is backed into a corner by the entire student body, creepy Eli is still being creepy Eli and the new teacher continues to seem to be more than she appears, and none of it is all that good.
But, first, Brooke. Traumatized by last week’s reveal, Brooke’s our reminder that there’s more to this than a horror movie. She’s shown as mostly in shock, frozen in her Carrie-esque nightmare as cops and doctors surround her. When she does start to talk there’s a frankness to her, but a frankness that lacks the sort of sarcastic bite she normally displays. Where Brooke goes next will be the interesting part of the second half of the season. She’s never been one to trifle with, and the teases so far make it clear that’s going to be even more true. You don’t screw with Brooke.
It’s also starting to look like the days of being able to screw with Emma are coming to an end. As much as she’s been too damsel-in-distress-y this season, as this episode went on, she seemed to turn a corner and not only did she throw a right hook or two, she also took control of the end of the episode in a way that said she’s emotionally taking control of herself and the situation. This is good, if we want Emma to be one of our protagonists, she’ll need to nut up. That’s what she seems to be doing.
Lots of cellphones come into play this week, from both the living and the dead. It puts information in other peoples’ hands, that’s for sure, most notably the Sheriff and, at the episode’s closing, Noah. I won’t spoil who has what phone but, well, next week should lead to some serious twists and turns as people try to wiggle out of trouble.
It’s going to get ugly, I think. And it could be really freakin’ awesome.

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