This article contains discussion of manipulation, PTSD, abuse, and serial killers.
Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Criminal Minds: Evolution season 2.
Summary
Scream 6had a shocking Ghostface reveal with a trio of characters behind the killings, which had a unique follow-up through a serial killer show.Scream(2022), also known asScream 5, and its sequel focused on half-sisters Sam and Tara Carpenter.Sam’s biological father is Billy Loomis, one of the originalScreamGhostface characters, which led to Ghostface targeting them and their friends inScreamandScream 6. The Carpenter sisters will not return forScream 7as Sam’s actressMelissa Barrera was shockingly fired fromScream 7and Tara’s actress Jenna Ortega exited the series.
This has caused a great air of controversy aroundScream 6as Melissa Barrera was fired for pro-Palestine posts that were labeled as “antisemitism” and an“incitement of hate” by Spyglass Media Group, the production company behindScream 7. Fortunately, Sam was able to get somewhat of a fitting ending to her storyline, and Barrera has continued to star in horror movies, likeAbigail. Viewers have made theories about what would have happened toSam and Tara Carpenter inScream 7, and oneScream 6character gets somewhat of an alternate storyline in a famous serial killer television series.
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Scream 6’s Liana Liberato Plays A Serial Killer Again In Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 2
Liana Liberato Plays Jade Waters In Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 2
TheScream 6castincluded Liana Liberato as Quinn Bailey, Sam and Tara’s roommate and the daughter of detective Wayne Bailey (Dermot Mulroney). At the end ofScream 6, Quinn is revealed as one of the killers in the Ghostface mask. She had faked being Tara and Sam’s friend, as well as her death, to ease suspicion, coming back for one final fight scene and shocking reveal. Liberato played a convincing manipulative killer, so it wasn’t surprising whenthe Ghostface actor took on the role of a serial killer again inCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 2.
Criminal Minds: Evolutionseason 2, episode 4 was framed as though Jade’s dad was ‘Gold Star’
Liberato’s character, Jade Waters, was introduced inCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 2, episode 4in a crazy twist that revealed “Gold Star,” the serial killer the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) has been hunting down, is not just one person but a group of five. The serial killer series may not have Ghostface, butCriminal Mindshas unsubs, or unknown subjects, whose reveals can cause the same kind of gasps audiences experienced in theaters watching theScreammovies.ScreamandCriminal Mindsalso enjoy misdirections and fakeouts, with Liberato’s storyline so far perfectly tying in to herScream 6performance.
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Criminal Mindsepisodes typically follow a formula of introducing who the unsub is at the beginning of the episode, with viewers then watching the BAU team try to figure out what they already know. In the revival of the series,Criminal Minds: Evolutionseason 2 waited a while to introduce the unsub, causing the same excitement and tension as theScreammovies.Criminal Minds: Evolutionseason 2, episode 4 was framed as though Jade’s dad was “Gold Star,” and she was trying to get revenge on himby stealing his signature killing style; a way of acting out.
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However, Jade kills her father. She attended a reform school, where she and a group of people abused by the staff “trauma bonded” and became serial killers. InScream 6, Quinn became a killer because of her father and her connection to her half-brother, another former Ghostface. Sam killed her at the end ofScream 6, getting her revenge, but inCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 2, Jade survives and gets revenge. WithCriminal Minds: Evolutionseason 3 confirmed, Liberato’s character could evade justice even longer, reversing Quinn’sScream 6fate.
Scream VI
Cast
Scream VI, the next installment in the Scream horror franchise, follows four survivors of the latest Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro in search of a new beginning. Released in 2023, the film explores their efforts to escape their past while facing new threats in a different setting.
