Episode V: Signing Øff

We see Sidney get a call from a contact named Gale. She still hesitantly answers

Sidney: Hello?

Gale: Hey Sid

Sidney: Gale?

Gale: The one and only

Sidney: What’s the call about?

Gale: Ghostface is back, right?

Sidney: Oh no, Gale you are not coming back to Woodsboro

Gale: Sid, you aren’t stopping me, I’m a part of this now

Sidney: Gale, you idiot

Gale: You can’t change my mind, I need to solve this with you

Sidney: Gale, please. I don’t want you to die too

Gale: I won’t, I’ve made it this far for a reason, and so have you. So how’s Jennifer?

Sidney: A bit annoyed, I banned her from going out, gotta stay safe, y’know?

Gale: She’ll understand eventually

Sidney: I know. How’s New York?

Gale: Not all it’s cracked up to be

Sidney: (chuckles) That checks out. I’ll see you here, I’ll text you the address

Gale: Alright, see you there Sid

Sidney: See ya

Sidney looks at a picture of Her, Gale, and Dewey and smiles softly

We fade into the TITLE CARD “Signing Øff”

We cut to Charlie, in his room. He’s only looking at a picture of his mother. His phone buzzes but he doesn’t answer it or breaks his focus. All he cares about is remembering his mother. His phone buzzes again, and again. On the fourth call, he finally answers

Charlie: What is it, Jack?

Jack: I was checking up on you, I was getting worried. I know it’s all hit the fan but we have to Stay Together. He’s trying to split us all up. I have a plan to kill this psycho, but I need you, man. You in or what?

Charlie: I’m in, let’s do this

Jack: That’s what I wanna hear, say it again

Charlie: Let’s do this

Jack: Do what?

Charlie: Kill this psychopath, and make it hurt

Jack: That’s it, I’ll try to get Jen and Hannah to come to the building that party was to discuss it all, it’s on Craven Lane last time I checked

Charlie: Alri- wait what about Valorie?

Jack: If I’m being honest, I think it’s her. Think about it, she has a Ghostface costume, scarily accurate to the ones used for the real killings, and she has the exact knife. I’ve heard the bloodlust in her voice recently, we can’t trust her

Charlie: You may be right

Jack: Exactly, stay away from her, trust me

Charlie: I trust you

Jack: Good, I’ll talk to you later, man

Charlie: Talk to you later

Charlie hangs up and thinks about what Jack said

Charlie: Hannah’s close to Valorie... It all makes sense, she’s the killer. Valorie’s getting close to Hannah to give her an alibi

We cut to Wesley at the police station

Officer: Wes, we have the results of the DNA test on that extra blood

Wesley: Alright, tell me

Officer: It matches up with Jack Blair

Wesley: Jack?

Officer: Indeed

Wesley: Shoot, we need to find him quick

Officer: That’s not the biggest part, Wes

Wesley: Then what is?

Officer: There’s no official Jack Blair in Woodsboro

Wesley: What

Officer: Tracking him will be a pain, he’s been living by a fake name

Wesley: Jesus, get everyone on this, we need to stop him

We cut to a door, with a knock. It opens and it’s Gale Weathers. Sidney hugs her

Gale: Hey, Sid

Sidney: Promise me you’ll get out of here right after

Gale: That’s a great welcome

Sidney: I’m just worried about you

Gale: I know, this is all unnerving

Sidney: Come inside

Gale walks in and looks around, then Jennifer comes downstairs

Gale: Oh, Hi Jen

Jennifer: G-Gale Weathers…

Gale: Believe it or not I knew you as a baby

Sidney: You’ve heard about Gale. About time you met her

Jennifer: Y’think?

Gale: Well, I’m Gale Weathers

Jennifer: I’m Jennifer and a huge fan

Gale: You could’ve asked to call

Jennifer: I could call you this whole time?

Sidney: Well Gale is here to solve this Ghostface stuff, again

Gale: You two got anything?

Sidney: There’s a friend group

Gale: As always

Sidney: And Jen is part of it

Gale: Yikes, fully a target. That’s rough

Jennifer: I thought you’d know

Gale: You been attacked?

Jennifer: No, surprisingly not many people have

Gale: Anyone you think would kill someone? I know it’s a weird question

Jennifer: Hannah’s friend Valorie always seemed a bit suspicious

Gale: Noted

Gale gives Jennifer a card with her phone number

Gale: Call me if you need help, I’ll do some more “Investigative Journaling”

Jennifer: Alright, bye Ms. Weathers

Gale: Bye Jen, bye Sid

Sidney: Bye Gale, good luck

Gale: Thanks, Sid

We cut to Jack, Charlie, and Hannah at the abandoned building where the party on Halloween took place. There’s a big sheet of paper on the ground with a crappy layout of the building drawn on it

Jack: Alright here’s the plan

Hannah: Looks like someone watched Home Alone too much

Jack: (sigh) Ok, so I go upstairs while you two are downstairs facing Ghostface, just get him upstairs, there will be a tripwire at the top. There, I’ll be ready to hit him with a bat, right in the head. Then we find out who this is after, alright?

Charlie: So we’re bait?

Jack: If that’s what you wanna call it

Hannah: Where’s Jennifer?

Jack: Her mom won’t let her leave the house

Hannah: And Valorie?

Jack: She, uh- She already knows the plan

Charlie: Yeah, we ran into her earlier and we told her it then

Hannah: Alright, I’mma get going, I have stuff to do. See y’all later

We follow Hannah as she walks out of the building into the rain. She walks down the sidewalk, eventually coming to an intersection. A car speeds past it, running the red light. We cut to seeing the aftermath of a car crash. The road is icy and there’s slushy snow around. Squad cars and ambulances surround the intersection and the sound of sirens ring out. One of the car’s driver side doors is pushed in deep. The other car involved seemed to have little damage on the front, where it had clearly hit the other car. We cut back to Hannah, more tears streaming down her face. We cut to a darker part of town at night. It’s raining with the street lights reflecting off of the wet ground. Marcus Elliot walks into an alley and behind a dumpster, hidden from view. We then see him walk out in a Ghostface costume, one just like the real ones. Then he gets pinned to the ground by another Ghostface, who stabs him in the stomach. The Ghostface repeatedly stabs him in the stomach and pulls out one of his intestines. Marcus Screams. The Ghostface stops and rips off Marcus’ mask

Ghostface: Hellø, Marcus. I have a game før yøu, well møre øf a deal really. Answer my questiøns, and maybe I’ll kill yøu quicker. Døn’t answer my questiøns, and I’ll make it hurt

Marcus: Wh-Who are you?!

Ghostface: I said yøu’ll answer my questiøns, I wøn’t answer yøurs. Nøw, first øff, whø's the secønd Ghøstface?

Marcus: I won’t tell you-

Ghostface rips out more of his intestines slowly and painfully, making Marcus Scream more

Ghostface: That hurts døesn’t it? Nøw, tell me

Marcus: I will just please stop

Ghostface: Then gø øn

Marcus: Valorie-

Ghostface: Marcus, I’m sørry but that isn’t the answer I’m løøking før. I tøld yøu the rules

Ghostface gets up and stomps on his stomach repeatedly until all his abdominal organs are smashed into a mushy, squishy, and chunky red puddle. Marcus chokes on his own blood, unable to Scream. Ghostface moves face to face with Marcus

Ghostface: Savør this face. It’s the last øne yøu’ll ever see

We see a rear view as the Ghostface removes the mask and drops Marcus back down. The Ghostface has a hood up concealing their hair. They light a cigarette and bring it to their mouth. They put the mask back on and turn to the camera checking for anyone down at the entrance of the alley then leaves down the other side and drops the cigarette. We get a close-up on the cigarette being extinguished from the rain. We cut to Gale walking into the abandoned building and she sees that Jack and Charlie are still there

Charlie: Is that-

Gale: It sure is, what’re you guys doing here?

Jack: We have a plan to catch Ghostface, we’re involved in all this

Gale: You must be Jennifer’s friends

Jack: Yeah, Hannah’s in on this entire thing

Gale: So my guess is you’re gonna lure them in here?

Charlie: Yeah, then lead him upstairs and trip him.

Gale: That’s the most barebones plan I’ve ever heard

Jack: But effective

Gale: Only if everything goes right, maybe I could help adjust-

Jack: Ms. Weathers, we’re good here, we know all you want is another book, we’ll give you the details, don’t worry

Gale: You think that’s what I do this for?

Jack: Everybody knows that it’s the truth, Gale. Get out of here, your 15 minutes are up

Gale glares at Jack and walks out of the building. Charlie looks to Jack, a bit concerned

Charlie: What was that for?

Jack: The plan’s not designed for Gale to be part of it, we just need to leave her out of it. Besides, it’s obvious she wants to write a book on this whole thing too

Charlie: She could’ve helped us

Jack: No she couldn’t, because we got this, Gale will weigh us down

Charlie: If you say so

Later in the night, Gale is lying in a bed at a motel, swiping through pictures on her phone. Pictures with Dewey and Sidney. Then she gets a phone call. She hesitates for a moment then decides to answer the call

Ghostface: Hellø, Gale. We’ve never øfficially spøken øn the phøne beføre, this is løng øverdue

Gale: Why? Why restart this endless cycle?

Ghostface: Why nøt?

Gale: At least be original

Ghostface: Øh, I will be, because I’m different cømpared tø the øthers

Gale: And how’s that?

Ghostface: I’m gøing tø succeed

Gale: That’s what they all think

Ghostface: But nøt what they dø

Gale: You might as well turn yourself in before things get messy

Ghostface: Øh, it’ll get messy alright

Gale: Yeah, when a bullet goes through your head and you involuntarily paint the walls

Ghostface: Yøu seem pretty cønfident, Gale

Gale: Cause you’re like the tenth guy to try this

Ghostface: And the first tø get ahøld øf yøu, I’m already øff tø a gøød start

Gale: If you’re at such a good start, what’re you waiting for? I’m ready for you

Ghostface: Yøu think yøu are, Gale. But yøu’re nøt

Gale: Why’s that?

Ghostface: Sømeøne whø was ready wøuldn’t leave their døør unløcked

Gale’s heart drops when she hears this. She turns to the door to her motel room and draws her Ruger SR9c and aims at the door

Ghostface: Put the gun døwn, Gale

Gale: Why should I?

Ghostface: I have a deal, yøu leave this all aløne, yøu live. We døn’t lie. We have a deal, Weathers?

We fade into the TITLE CARD again “Signing Øff”