When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls
Season 2, Episode 12
Air date	August 16, 2016
Written by	Eoghan O'Donnell
Directed by	Patrick Lussier
Episode Guide
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“	You thought killing her made you safe? You'll never feel safe again, Emma. Never	”
–Lakewood Slasher to Emma Duval

"When a Stranger Calls" is the twelfth episode and season finale of Season 2 of the television series Scream. It is the twenty second episode of the series overall. It aired on August 16th, 2016.

Plot

Now considered Lakewood's Most Wanted, Emma and Audrey are taunted by the killer as they keep playing manipulative mind games. They enlist the help of Kieran, Brooke and Noah to uncover Piper's final surprise, which unearths another set of surprising and twisted secrets.

Cast

Main Cast

• Willa Fitzgerald as Emma Duval
• Bex Taylor-Klaus as Audrey Jensen
• John Karna as Noah Foster
• Amadeus Serafini as Kieran Wilcox
• Carlson Young as Brooke Maddox
• Kiana Ledé as Zoë Vaughn ^{(Video footage)}
• Santiago Segura as Gustavo Acosta
• Tracy Middendorf as Maggie Duval

Recurring Cast

• Hunter Burke as Deputy Stevens
• Sean Grandillo as Eli Hudson
• Austin Highsmith as Kristen Lang
• Anthony Ruivivar as Sheriff Miguel Acosta
• Mike Vaughn as Killer ^(Voice)
• Alec Rayme as Killer ^(Costume)
• Tom Maden as Jake Fitzgerald ^{(Video footage, uncredited)}
• Chase McCleery Bouchie as Eddie Hayes ^{(Video footage, uncredited)}
• Brianne Tju as Riley Marra ^{(Video footage, uncredited)}
• Bobby Campo as Seth Branson ^{(Video footage, uncredited)}
• Mary Katherine Duhon as Haley Meyers ^{(Video footage, uncredited)}
• Bella Thorne as Nina Patterson ^{(Video footage, uncredited)}
• Sosie Bacon as Rachel Murray ^{(Video footage, uncredited)}

Notes

• The title of the episode is a homage to the 1979 psychological horror film, "When a Stranger Calls" which was directed by Fred Walton.
  • "When a Stranger Calls" is also one of the main horror movie inspirations for the Scream franchise.
  • This marked the first episode to be directed by the original trilogy editor Patrick Lussier who returned to helm the season finale.
  • The title of the episode also made an appearance in the Zenith Theater.
  • This episode was originally titled "The Grudge".
• This episode was watched live by 0.34 million people.
• This episode marked the final episode of Season 2.
  • However, Halloween/Halloween II are still technically part of the season.
• Emma and Audrey were in a police car that crashed into a tree.
  • Emma Duval and Audrey Jensen being stuck with the Lakewood Slasher in a police car after a crash resembled a scene in Scream 2, where Hallie McDaniel and Sidney Prescott were in a similar situation.
  • After the police car crashed, Deputy Stevens, the one driving the car, was stabbed to death in front of Emma and Audrey by the Lakewood Slasher, making him the seventh death of the season, and sixteenth overall.
  • The killer played a final game with them. The rules were that if Emma and Audrey turned themselves or got caught, the Lakewood Slasher will murder someone they love.
• This was the first episode in the series where Brooke and Kieran received a call from the killer.
  • Although, Kieran was revealed to be a killer in the episode, another killer called him over the phone when he was in prison. From the conversation, it is heavily implied that there is another killer on the loose that Kieran does not know about.
• In the episode, Emma received calls from the killer.
• Brooke Maddox visited Noah Foster once again at the hospital.
  • They received a call from Emma, in which she explained everything that has happened surrounding their circumstances after their escape.
• The Lakewood Slasher lured the remaining members of the Lakewood Six into the Zenith Theater.
  • Gustavo was also lured as he received a text from Brooke to meet outside the theater. It was later revealed that she did not send the message, with the real sender presumably being the killer.
  • The killer showed them short clips of each person he/she has killed throughout the season to them. The clips showed the death scenes of; Jake Fitzgerald, Riley Marra, Zoë Vaughn, Nina Patterson, Rachel Murray, Haley Meyers, Eddie Hayes and Seth Branson.
  • This is similar in Scream 2, when the killer shows short clips of staking the victims to Gale and Dewey before a chase occurs.
• The Lakewood Six had weapons to protect themselves from the Lakewood Slasher.
  • Emma Duval carried a gun, Brooke Maddox carried a sickle, Noah Foster held a chopping knife, Audrey Jensen used a machete and Kieran Wilcox alternated between using a dagger, a hammer and a gun.
• In this episode, Noah Foster got out of the hospital.
• Towards the end of the episode, Kristen Lang was last seen writing a book called "The Madness of Two", a condition primarily based on the psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief and hallucinations are transmitted from one individual to another.
• Audrey Jensen got kidnapped by the Lakewood Slasher.
• Brooke Maddox got attacked for the first time this season.
• Eli and Kieran confronted each other for the last time.
• Eli revealed the truth about the incident in Atlanta.
  • Kieran was the one obsessed with the girl and had framed Eli for it. He used it to make it look like Eli was the killer.
• Kieran Wilcox was revealed to be the killer.
  • He is the first killer in the franchise to survive after the reveal.
  • His reveal was similar to Billy Loomis from Scream.
• This episode marked the death of Eli Hudson, the seventeenth death overall in the series.
  • This makes him the eighth victim of the season.
  • He was stabbed by Kieran Wilcox, then shot several times by Emma Duval (she thought he was the killer) and Kieran Wilcox.
  • His death is similar to Derek Feldman's.
  • Kieran Revealed That He Was Piper's Boyfriend and her Accomplice.

Body Count

• Deputy Stevens - Stabbed several times in the abdomen and back area by Kieran Wilcox.
• Eli Hudson - Stabbed by Kieran Wilcox; and shot several times, once by Emma Duval and thrice by Kieran Wilcox.

Featured Music

• The Beaches – “Give It Up”

The killer calls Emma and Audrey

• RIVVRS – “Ready to Begin”

Emma and Audrey go to the movie theater to hide out

• Foreign Air – “Free Animal”

Emma and the gang find weapons to prepare for battle with the killer

• Bishop Briggs – “Pray (Empty Gun)”

The killer is revealed and brought to justice

Gallery

Episode Stills and Pictures

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Behind the Scenes

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Promotional

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Video Clips

Scream 2x12 Promo "When a Stranger Calls" (HD) Season Finale

Scream (Season 2) ‘Cousin vs. Cousin’ Official Sneak Peek MTV