User blog:The Noah Killer/The Crusade of the Shadow Captains (Season 3)

Plot and Setting
One and a half after the events of season 2, the Harlem Six have moved on and have made new friends in their last year of high school. However, a vengeful Sauron has assembled new killers to rebuild the Shadow Captains, which has allowed him to set up a third killing spree. This time, the survivors will face the full wrath of the Dark Lord and all questions will be answered.

Nick St. Claired
We open 2 years after season 2, at the Harlem high school. There, we see five of the Harlem Six: EUGENE DIXON, ELLA VALENTINE, RACHEL SCARFE, and MELODY and ABBY BARRETT dancing. Eugene is dancing with Ella, who is now four months pregnant. Many of the other students there are also wearing some costumes. Suddenly, one student dressed in red comes up to the Harlem survivors. When Abby asks who she is, the girl replies “Hi. I'm Cheryl Blossom, AKA Cherry Bombshell, which means I need no reasons. I simply am. Feel free to tremble.” Eugene replies “I don’t do trembling, kid” A glaring Cheryl replies that “If you breathe, it’s because I gave you air”

Ignoring this comment, Ella immediately greets Cheryl and asks if she is a fellow fairy tale princess. Cheryl replies “The answer is a double cherry on top NO” Rachel says that she likes this girl already. She asks who she is. Cheryl says that she’s been a queen for a while, and would like to get to know the Harlem survivors, so they can be “fellow queens” Eugene adds “AND king” Cheryl rolls her eyes at this. She says “Look, I don’t want to get into a catfight to the death with any of you for some reason. So…can we be friends…or frenemies”

Rachel says that they could be friends, if Cheryl promises not to stab them to death. Cheryl states that if she were to kill someone, she would use a bow and arrow, but she’ll make that promise too. Just then, someone yells “It’s time for LIGHTNING to STRIKE!” Cheryl says “Oh no…” and RUDOLF “LIGHTNING” JACKSON enters the promo. Lightning does a pose and jumps up, yelling “Sha-BAM!” Rachel asks who that is. Cheryl tells him “If you want a definition for annoying, just look at Lightning” She explains that he is a football player that thinks he’s the best athlete in the world.

Lightning does a jump toward the Harlem survivors and says that he’s heard about them. He says “You guys are ALMOST as talented as the Sha-LIGHTNING!” Abby asks why he likes saying “Sha” in every statement. Lightning just shrugs and says that it’s just because he’s amazing. Cheryl whispers to Eugene that the stupidity from Lightning kills her “thousands of times” every time she hears his voice, and Eugene suggests she buy some earplugs. Lightning tells the Harlem survivors that they are like “invincibility statues” in this school.

Melody asks Lightning if he wants to dance with them or something. Lightning replies “No need, I AM an invincibility statue” Eugene gets annoyed and starts slamming his head against the wall. Lightning says what he met by that was he would love to hang out with them, though he’s already an invincibly statue. Eugene asks Cheryl to buy tons of earplugs, which she agrees. Lightning asks if Abby has anyone to dance with, which she doesn’t. Lightning invites Abby to dance with him, but she declines. Lightning replies “Your loss, thunder. SHA-BAM!” Lightning jumps away and dances on his own.

Abby asks if Lightning just called her thunder. Just then, a third person says “It’s his way of showing respect” The person is revealed to be MIKE “MON-EL” MATTHEWS (years younger than in Screamgirl), whom the group already knows and has been dating Melody. He asks if she would like to dance with him, and Melody goes on the dance floor. Mon-el admits that he’s nervous, since he’s never danced with a girl before. Melody says there’s nothing to be nervous about, and he’ll do great. Lightning, who is standing next to them, says “Don’t worry little girl, just be confident” Mon-el replies “I’m a boy…” Lightning just shrugs it off and dances.

Eugene tells Rachel, Cheryl and Ella that the stupidity is literally killing him now. Ella says that she wants Eugene to be around for their unborn child and recommends that they dance it off. As they dance, Rachel looks at Cheryl. Rachel says that she likes Cheryl’s dress. Cheryl thanks her, before saying she likes hers too. Rachel asks if Cheryl has anyone to dance with. Cheryl admits that she isn’t particularly attracted to boys, so she never asked anyone out. Rachel offers to let Cheryl dance with her. The prospect of this amuses and surprises Cheryl. She agrees to dance with Rachel.

At this point, Abby is the only person left without a dancing partner. Just then, a rather handsome kid comes up to her. The kid introduces himself as NICK ST. CLAIR, who has a handsome tuxedo on. Abby comments that everyone wants to hang out with her today. Nick says that he likes girls like Abby and offers to get her a drink, which Abby accepts. He goes to get a bottle of juice. However, Nick covertly puts something in it. He gives the bottle to Abby, who drinks it. Nick shows a devious look on his face. He asks Abby if she’s a good girl to have “fun” with. Abby replies that she does, before getting dizzy.

Nick holds her with one of his arms and says “Time for some fun” before chuckling. He heads toward the exit, and due to all the commotion, nobody notices anything suspicious. However, one person wearing black robes sees him leaving. Nick leaves the gym (where the prom is taking place) and looks in the hallways, seeing nobody. He then goes into a janitor’s closet and locks the door, before laying Abby on the floor. He takes off his tuxedo and it becomes evident that he is preparing to rape Abby.

Meanwhile, the dark figure in the prom grabs Melody by the arm and pulls her away from Mon-el. Mon-el is surprised by this and doesn’t know how to react. The dark figure tells Abby to listen and her sister is in danger. Melody asks who is he and what he did to Abby. The dark figure calls themselves “Deacon” and says that it is not “Abby’s time to go…yet” Deacon tells her that a kid just took her to a janitor’s closet and is making her “a victim” He explains the directions and recommends she bring backup. Deacon then departs, saying that they will meet again.

Melody tells Mon-el that she needs to go, but Mon-el says he overheard the conversation and wants to help. She says he needs to wait, but Mon-el insists on helping. With no time to argue, Melody gets Cheryl and Lightning and asks for their help. Lightning says “I can do anything!’ and Cheryl asks what’s wrong, seeing the distressed look on Melody’s face. Meanwhile, Nick has Abby stripped to her underwear and officially begins his rape. Nick begins to roughly grope her butt and work his way up her body.

Nick takes joy in the absolute power he has here, so he takes his time while doing this, completely unaware that people are coming for him. He is feeling her private parts as well, showing a wicked smile. Soon, however, Lightning, Mon-el, Cheryl and Melody arrive at the janitor’s closet door. Lightning says that he wants to make a dramatic entrance first. He yells “Sha-BAM!” while kicking open the door, which surprises Nick. He says “Nothing to see here!”, but Melody notices that he is raping Abby. Seeing he’s been caught, Nick grabs some toilet paper and throws it at Melody’s head, before rushing to escape.

However, Mon-el stops him with a fist to the face. He is extremely angered by this rape and begins punching Nick repeatedly, which Melody and Mon-el join in doing. Instead of joining the trio in beating up the rapist, Lightning examines the unconscious Abby and begins to put her clothes back on. Despite being extremely arrogant, Lightning does care about other people. Nick is knocked to the ground from the punches, and Cheryl, Mon-el and Melody kick him repeatedly until he is finally passes out. The foursome then attend to Abby, and Lightning tells them she is unconscious.

Melody says that she is calling the police. As all of their attention is diverted on Abby, the foursome don’t notice someone in a clown’s mask with green hair and several holes appear behind them. We recognizes this person to be LOGS member Holes, who picks up Nick and carries him away from the closet. As he does this, a random janitor walks by Holes and sees him carrying Nick. The janitor asks what Holes is doing. Holes’ response is to pull out a knife and shove it into the janitor’s head, killing him, and walk away as if it didn’t even happen.

Holes then takes Nick to the parking lot and puts him inside his car. Holes writes a note saying “Deacon’s too sensitive about Abby dying too early. Have some more fun with her later” for Nick. As Holes walks away, a rather seductive woman wearing a green outfit. Holes says “I corrected his mistake, Hela” Hela says that Deacon should have let him finish. Deacon comes up. He states that he doesn’t want Abby to be so traumatized to the point that she commits suicide, or maybe Nick would have killed her when he was done, as its Sauron’s job to kill her. Deacon also says that Abby is traumatized anyway. Hela says that their mission is done here then, and the killers depart. Cut to black.

Shadows Never Die
We open up to the next morning at the hospital, where Abby is being examined by a nurse. We zoom in an old woman looking inside of Abby’s room. The woman says “You’re so beautiful Abby, I wish I could talk to you now. Sally (meaning that this is SALLY MCKENNA) will be back. I promise” Upon hearing Abby’s friends coming, Sally walks off. The people that are here are Lightning, Eugene, Ella, Cheryl, Melody, Rachel, Mon-el, and POP TEMPLE, Abby and Melody’s grandpa. Ella and Eugene obviously feel horrible and say that they should have known that this was happen and they wasted time dancing.

Rachel asks if Abby really was raped, which Cheryl confirms. Rachel begins to cry at the thought of it, and Cheryl sits next to her as she does. Pop feels the guiltiest, since he was at home doing nothing and just left Abby at the dance. Suddenly, the doctor comes out and informs everyone that Abby was drugged and raped. Pop asks if he can see her. The doctor says that it’s best to give Abby a few minutes first. Everyone then discusses what happened to Nick. Mon-el explains that Nick disappeared when they turned around (unaware about Holes).

Lightning comments that not even he would be able to walk away from a beating that severe without being noticed. Melody says that they have a bigger problem, and reveals the dead janitor that they found in the hallway. Everyone is surprised about someone being murdered. Ella says that she knows how tough the three of them are combined, and there is no way Nick could have murdered the janitor and escaped. Mon-el speculates that someone helped Nick escape. Pop asks how they even found out about Nick raping Abby to begin with.

Melody remembers Deacon telling her about it. Cheryl says that Deacon is the 2nd most strangest name she’s ever heard, adding “Trust me, you wouldn’t believe me if I told you the first” Melody tells everyone about how Deacon was a dark, cloaked figure, and his comment about “not being Abby’s time to go yet” A realization strikes Eugene, and he says “You don’t think-“ Pop shuts down the suggestion of Sauron being back, saying that they have way too much on their hands as it is. Just then, the doctor comes back. He says that Abby would like to see Melody and Pop, and the two go inside her room.

Melody and Pop don’t ask Abby how she’s doing, as they already know the answer to that. In fact, they don’t really know what to say. After a few seconds, Abby bursts into tears. She laments that she hoped that by killing the man she loved (Mike/Mal), she thought that her being the victim was finally over. Instead, Abby has now been brutally raped. Melody says that at least they rescued her. Abby asks who raped her, as she was unconscious. Pop explains that it was a man named Nick, and lies that he is in jail now. He motions to Melody not to correct him. Abby says that makes her slightly better, but not really.

Abby asks how severely was raped. Melody insists that she, Mon-el, Cheryl and Lightning stopped it before Abby could get seriously hurt. She sobs that she feels so helpless again. Pop says that she isn’t helpless, and she always has people for her. Abby replies that isn’t the point. She says that trying to handle herself got her stabbed by Logan, forced her to kill her boyfriend, and now got her raped. Abby says that the only thing that keeps her going is her friends and family, and that’s been getting wiped out to. She sums up her concerns saying “Without you, I’m nothing”

Melody says that Abby is every bit as tough as her. She points out how she fought off the drugged Rachel and overcame her hallucination of Logan last season. Melody says that Abby just needs to believe in herself, and now she has new friends. Abby does agree Mon-el, Cheryl and Lightning might make great new friends. She asks to be allowed to stay in the hospital for the rest of the day. Pop tells her that he’ll be missing her, but she should only come home when she feels like it. Abby says that she wishes Pop was her father and not Logan. Pop says that he is, even if he isn’t. He, Abby and Melody have a family hug.

Back at the waiting room, Mon-el is still talking with the others when an old woman (not Sally) comes up. Mon-el states “Of course” when he recognizes the woman, who is RHEA MATTHEWS, Mon-el’s old aggressive looking mother. Rhea says that she told Mon-el to come back home hours ago, and he ditched her for some people he hardly knows. Mon-el says that he and Melody have been dating for weeks now. Rhea says that he is coming home, and Cheryl states he can do what he wants. Rhea rolls her eyes and asks Cheryl how her mother ever tolerated her so long before abandoning her, which touches a nerve (yes, Rhea knows Cheryl’s mother).

She forcibly grabs Mon-el by the ear and yanks him home. The others attempt to stop her, but Mon-el puts his hand out and shakes his head, not wanting them to be involved in this. Lightning states that his mother is way better than that and asks how Cheryl’s mother knows her. Cheryl explains that her former mother, Penelope, was friends with Rhea. The last time she saw Penelope was when she was 8 years old, at which point Penelope abounded her. Cheryl says that other than she somehow “annoyed” Penelope, she basically just abandoned her for no reason.

She admits that she’s been living with her aunt and uncle since. Hearing about another bad mother prompts Rachel to tell Cheryl that they have something in common. Cheryl asks Rachel if she had “a mother worthy of only pigs” too. Rachel has tears in her eyes. She asks to talk about it with Cheryl another time, which she accepts, seeing her tears. Ella, clearly saddened about seeing so much drama, asks Eugene if it’s really over. Eugene looks over at Abby, who is crying, and, anticipating the inevitable, says “Not anytime soon”

Later, we see Deacon, Hela and Holes gathered at the underground lair. Hela, while looking at her fingernails, wonders if she could claw out someone’s eyes with them. Hoes says that she could try, while he usually likes making holes in his victims. He asks how Deacon likes things. Deacon states that he’s just the spymaster and as agreed upon, he won’t perform much kills until after his reveal. Just then, loud footsteps are heard. Hela states “The Dark Lord has come” SAURON, the dark lord of Tarvender/LOGS, enters the room. He states that it’s good to be back in business again. Sauron asks for a report of last night’s events.

Deacon tells him everything about how Nick raped Abby, and how he told Melody before it got out of hand. Sauron says that is a wise choice, as if Nick had his fun, he might have killed Abby or compelled her to suicide, both of which are “out of the option”, since he will kill her himself. He says that Abby has humiliated him by outsmarting his killers and dispatching them, and he will have his revenge soon. Sauron asks Deacon what he recommends should come next. Deacon states that they should keep up the pressure on Abby and kill their first survivor.

He points out that since Holes has murdered a janitor, which wasn’t part of the plan, the survivors are likely suspicious of another killing spree. Sauron agrees that they need to start. Deacon says that since Holes has already had a kill, Hela and Sauron should do this one. Sauron agrees and asks Deacon what he has planned. Deacon takes out a journal and reads his plan of who to kill and how to do it to his fellow killers. Before he continues, we cut to Lightning, who is working out in the school’s gym that afternoon. Eugene and Ella are with him.

Lightning is lifting some weights and telling Eugene and Ella that “The Lightning can lift anything” After Lightning puts his weight down, Eugene sits on Lightning and asks if he lift him. Lightning is able to do so, which surprises him and Ella. Lightning states that he lifts little girls no problem, and Eugene replies “Seriously, I don’t even look like a girl…” Lightning just shrugs and then puts Eugene down. He asks how strong Ella and Eugene are physically. Ella states that she would be good, but her pregnancy makes it hard. Eugene admits that he’s not really that strong, and he’s more likely to win a battle of words.

Lightning replies “Not against Cheryl” He says that he may be the best on sports, not even “the Sha-Lightning” could compete with her sassiness. Lightning then states that he is the champion of everything else, without a doubt. Eugene states that he makes sarcastic names for people all the time. Lightning asks Eugene to name one for him, and Eugene says “You aren't Lightning. You Fizzle” This makes Lightning’s eye twitch. He admits that he would hate Eugene from that statement alone if they were enemies. Ella asks Lightning how he thinks he would fare if the killers came back.

Lightning laughs and says “Ha! NOBODY can stop the LIGHTNING! Sha-BAM! He looks at his biceps and calls them “gorgeous beasts” Eugene asks if they can leave, claiming that Lightning’s stupidity is physically hurting him again. Ella says that they could make the perfect trio: she’s the princess, Eugene’s the brains, and Lightning the brawn. Lightning and Eugene believe that Ella shouldn’t risk herself considering her pregnancy, which she agrees with. Ella then admits that she is still unwilling to stand behind while Eugene and her friends get in danger. Eugene says that at least for now, there are no killers to worry about, so they talk about it another time.

Ella agrees, and the trio part ways. We cut to the Barrett household at around midnight, where Hela and Sauron are. Hela tells Sauron that she cannot see Abby’s reaction to Melody’s impending death. Sauron states that he wishes to kill Pop rather than Melody. Hela suggests they flip a coin: if it lands on heads, they kill Pop, and if it lands on tails, they kill Melody. Sauron agrees to this. Hela takes out a dime and flips it. However, we don’t see the result. Regardless, Hela and Sauron head toward the house to claim their victim.

We open on the next morning, at which point Abby is waking up, and feels a red liquid dripping on her. She looks up and sees the words “Shadows never die. Look in the kitchen” Just then, Abby hears a very loud scream. Still in her pajamas, Abby rushes downstairs to find Melody in hysterics and sobbing. Abby asks what’s wrong, and then she sees it, and screams as well. We finally see what they are panicking about: Pop, who has been absolutely mutilated. His eyes are gouged out, there are stab wounds on every part of his body (arms, legs, head, chest, stomach, you name it) and there is a pole impaled through his head. Pop Temple, father of Claire Temple, and grandfather of Abby and Melody Barrett, is dead. Smash to black.

Origins of a Surfack
We open on around the same time that Pop was found murdered, although this time we are at Mon-el’s house. Upon waking up, Mon-el attempts to get out of bed, but realizes that he isn’t even in his bed. Rather, he’s tied up in a chair, with Rhea standing before him. He also notices that he has been stripped completely naked. Rhea reminds Mon-el that she told him numerous times to stop dating Melody so that “we could be together” Mon-el states that their relationship is wrong and he needs to be with people who care about him. Rhea rolls her eyes.

She says that she cares about him, and begins stripping herself naked. As Rhea does so, she states that Mon-el is her most prized possession. Mon-el sobs that she doesn’t have to do this. Rhea says that she disagrees and climbs on top of Mon-el. Rhea begins bouncing on top of Mon-el, moaning and seeking pleasure from it. She states that this is even better than “last time (yep, Rhea frequently rapes her own son and enjoys it very much)” After a while of raping her son, Rhea finally gets off and examines Mon-el, who is crying and frozen.Rhea interprets Mon-el’s crying as offensive, as if he isn’t enjoying this.

She says that in order to make up for it, Mon-el must state that he loves his mother and enjoys their relationship. Mon-el is too shocked to say anything, however. Infuriated, Rhea frees Mon-el from the chair and takes him upstairs to the bathtub. She ties him up once more and starts the bath, setting the temperature to the hottest. Mon-el doesn’t resist since he’s too traumatized and feels helpless. As the water gets hotter, the life starts coming back into Mon-el. Rhea sees this and says "much better". Soon, the water gets too hot for Mon-el, who starts screaming and screeching for his mother to let him go, but she refuses and demands he say he loves their relationship.

It's obvious that the water is boiling hot and that Mon-el is suffering, but Rhea will do anything to make sure her son returns her “love”. After two minutes of agony, Mon-el screams that he loves Rhea and their relationship is the best thing ever. Rhea is finally satisfied and turns off the water. She tells Mon-el to go back to his room, call Melody, and end their relationship. Rhea adds that if he doesn’t, then the water will be cold next time. She shoves Mon-el into his room and slams the door shut. Before leaving, Rhea adds that Mon-el is also grounded for the rest of the day. A traumatized Mon-el looks around for something that will bring him happiness.

He notices a book on the counter and takes it, but realizes that it’s Rhea’s diary, which she left in his room by accident. Mon-el decides to read it upon seeing a page with his father, Lar Matthews, in it. As Mon-el reads the page, we cut to a flashback taking place several years earlier. We see Lar talking to a woman in the house, while Mon-el is out in middle school. Unknown to him, Rhea is listening in. Lar tells the woman that Rhea has been a horrible wife to him and by extension a mother to Mon-el, and he wants her instead (meaning that Lar is cheating on Rhea and plans to divorce her). Rhea’s eye starts twitching.

After the woman leaves, Rhea picks up a lamp and bashes Lar in the head. Lar tells her to stop, and says that she needs to leave him and Mon-el alone. Rhea says that she loves Mon-el more than Lar ever did, and they are going to have “the best relationship ever” now that Lar can’t interfere. Rhea bashes in Lar’s head in with the lamp. Lar Matthews, father of Mike “Mon-el” Matthews, and husband of Rhea Matthews, is dead. Back in the present, Mon-el realizes that Rhea murdered her father so that she could have Mon-el to herself (which is likely would have done without the affair anyway).

Mon-el is raging at this point and decides that he’s not going to let Rhea tell him what to do anymore. Just then, Rhea comes in with a gun and sees Mon-el reading her diary. She says that she came back for it, but, seeing that Mon-el is reading it, asks if he knows what happened to Lar. Mon-el confirms he does. Rhea holds her gun on him and says that he is happy with him. Mon-el states that he doesn’t date murderers. Rhea’s eye twitches again. She says that their relationship will never end. Mon-el shouts “Melody, over here!” to distract Rhea, which works perfectly.

Mon-el then jumps on Rhea and yanks the gun away from her. Rhea does not believe Mon-el will actually shoot her and attempts to take the gun back. She is then shot in both of her legs by Mon-el. Rhea screams out in pain and says that this is impossible. Mon-el looks to his right and notices a lamp (unknowingly the same one she used to kill Lar). He picks it up and ironically uses it to bash in his mother’s head. Rhea Matthews, mother of Mike “Mon-el” Matthews, and husband of Lar Matthews, is dead. We then cut back to the Barrett house, where we see Sally coming up to the front door.

She contemplates knocking on it, hoping to introduce herself to the family. However, she hears a loud scream before she can knock. Sally peeks through a window and sees Melody and Abby finding Pop’s mutilated body. She takes out her phone and calls the police for them. Seeing that this is a bad time to introduce herself, Sally runs off. A short time later, the house has turned into a crime scene. Cheryl, Lightning, Eugene, Ella, and Rachel have all come to see what has happened. Abby and Melody are distraught while sitting on a bench. The sisters look up to their friends.

Ella asks what horrible deed has happened here, and Abby weakly states “He’s back” Everyone instantly knows what that means: Sauron has returned and the Shadow Captains are back. Lightning asks if he can try to brag about how he’s greater than the killers, and Cheryl glares daggers at him. He knows that this is a good time, so Lightning stays quiet for once. Rachel says that Pop’s death marks something new in the horror saga. She states that Pop was the last adult figure the group had, and now they are on their own. Everyone realizes that she is right, and now all survivors consist of teenagers.

Melody looks around and notices that Mon-el is missing, asking where he is. Eugene tells her that Mon-el wanted to see her as soon as possible at his home, but she doesn’t have to now that Pop is dead. Melody asks why Mon-el wants to see her. Eugene only tells her that Mon-el insisted it was important. Melody says that it’s probably best that she be with him, but Abby is coming with her, as there is no way she is leaving her alone. Abby proceeds to cry on her sister’s shoulders. She says that by the end of all this, she probably will be alone. Melody isn’t even able to correct her, knowing they might all die.

Cheryl asks if she and Rachel can talk privately, and they walk away. Cheryl asks how much Rachel knows about survival. Rachel says that since losing her girlfriend (Audrey Jensen), she knows a lot. Cheryl asks if this means Rachel is bisexual, which she confirms. Cheryl “I thought Faux lesbian kissing hasn’t been taboo since 1994” Rachel states that they can have romance with whomever they want. Cheryl states that people would face “a phoenix” if they tried to keep her away from someone she likes.

Rachel says “As long as you don’t send your crush a pig’s heart or something, you’re good” Cheryl stares at Rachel with some desire in her eyes. Rachel examines it and stares with some desire as well. After a few awkward seconds, Rachel breaks it up and says she could show Cheryl the ropes of surviving if she wants. Cheryl says that maybe she could teach Rachel “some Blossom tricks” while she’s at it. Rachel says that she’s looking forward to it, and the women part ways. As she leaves, Cheryl says “I hope this will turn out better than last time”

Later, Abby and Melody go to Mon-el’s house, where he is waiting outside. Mon-el is about to tell them what happened when he notices that they are distraught, and asks what is wrong. Abby and Melody tell him about Pop and the killings are happening again. Mon-el says that he can’t stay here, and tells Abby and Melody about what happened to Rhea, and all of her secrets. Abby and Melody are clearly shocked by all of this. Mon-el admits that he feels like that he shouldn’t be in town anymore and admits that he is leaving to get some professional help.

Melody says that first she loses her grandpa, and now her 2nd boyfriend is going her. Mon-el tells her that it’s only temporary and insists that he doesn’t want to leave either. Abby says that it’s for the best and Mon-el should get all the help he wants. Mon-el says that Abby and Melody should leave town too. Abby says that she can’t, since if she does, then Sauron will simply kill all of her friends to lure her back. Melody, holding back tears, admits that she does want to leave, but she can’t, not until Sauron is defeated for good. Mon-el tells Melody that even though they’ve only dated for a few weeks, he hopes that she survives so they can continue.

He apologizes again for leaving, and Melody says that there is nothing to be sorry about. She does ask for a goodbye kiss, and Mon-el gives her one. Abby feels happy for her sister, but also sad because it reminds her of Mike/Mal. After the kiss ends, Mon-el gets into his car, and Abby and Melody watch him drive away. Abby says at least Mon-el won’t be killed off now. She asks Melody if she really thinks they can survive again. Melody says yes, but Abby shakes her head. She tells Melody that they aren’t going to survive, and wonders what the point of going on if everyone they love is just going to die. Melody takes Abby’s hands and tells her to look in her the eyes, which she does. Melody then begins a monologue.

MELODY: Abby, you’re my sister. I love you, even more than I love myself. You can’t quit on me now. We’re survivors. I killed my own dad to save you. You fought one of our best friends (Rachel) and killed Mike to save me. What keeps survivors going is their love for the others. I know it looks like we’re done for, but as long as we keep resisting, we can do this. Going on is what Pop would have wanted. Ella and Eugene are going to be parents soon. We gotta stick around for that. You need to keep going, for our friends, for mom, for Pop, and for me. Ok?

Abby is touched by this speech, to the point that she cries on Melody’s shoulder. Melody pats her sister and lets her vent out her feelings. Just then, Melody gets shot with a tranquilizer dart and passes out. Abby is then shot with a dart and passes out as well. We see that the shooter was Deacon, who was hiding behind a bush and observing them. He says that their confidence will not long after they are done with them. Deacon drags Abby and Melody off. We cut to a therapist’s office sometime later. Mon-el knocks on the door and hears a man say “Come in”

Mon-el comes in and introduces himself, saying he is here for an appointment. The therapist, who is sitting on a chair facing away from Mon-el, tells him to have a seat. Mon-el sits down, and says “It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Henshaw” The therapist then turns around and says “Just call me Hank, Hank Henshaw” Yes, this is HANK HENSAW, the same partner Mon-el had in Screamgirl season 2. Hank says that he is from “an organization” that deals with things like this. Mon-el asks to know more about this organization, saying that it sounds interesting. Hank replies “Have you ever heard of Surfack?” Smash to black.

A Test of Survival
We open shortly after the abductions of Abby and Melody, and the two are asleep in some kind of large circular chamber. Upon waking up, Abby and Melody look around and realize that there is some sort of danger here. They run to the front door to open it. Just then, an intercom turns on. Sauron’s voice is heard, saying “Don’t bother, all of the doors are locked from the other side. Look up” Abby and Melody look to see Sauron from a window high above them. He asks if they missed him, before saying that Pop looked like he did. Melody takes off one of her shoes and throws it at Sauron, which doesn’t get him due to the window. She screams that she’ll make him pay for that, which Abby agrees with.

Sauron says that if it’s a fight the final girls want, then it’s multiple fights they will get. He explains that Abby and Melody are going to go through four rounds of fighting, with the last round including him. Sauron says that after all the fights, Abby and Melody will be released. He adds if they lose before the final round, both of Abby’s hands will be chopped off. Sauron asks if they are scared. Abby and Melody laugh and tell him to bring it on. Sauron announces “Let the games begin!” Just then, Deacon enters the room and walks up to Abby and Melody.

Sauron introduces Deacon as his new spy in the group and pretty much the weakest killer in the group. He tells Abby and Melody to call this a “warm-up round” Abby asks Deacon if they really know him. Deacon says that they do, before adding that they will not see his reveal coming. Melody says they’ll unmask him here, at which point Sauron warns they cannot do that. He says that if they unmask a killer, or kill them, he goes to murder Ella and her unborn baby while the sisters are trapped here. Abby curses, before reluctantly agreeing. Deacon tells them that’s enough talk, and Melody says “Couldn’t agree more”

She takes off her other shoe and throws at Deacon, momentarily stunning him. Abby runs up to Deacon and knees him in the stomach, and Melody punches him in the face. Deacon punches Abby in the face and leg sweeps Melody to the ground. On the ground, Melody kicks Deacon in the groin. It doesn’t cause him an intense amount of pain, but he still felt that blow. Abby elbows Deacon in the face. Melody kicks Deacon in the back. Deacon grabs Abby’s foot when she tries to kick him and throws her to the ground. Melody jumps on Deacon and begins strangling him. Just then, the intercom comes back. Sauron announces Abby and Melody have won round one. Deacon runs off.

Abby asks if that’s all Sauron’s got. Sauron states “Not even close”, before saying that this round will have two enemies, and one includes a “very special guest” Just then, Holes enters the room with WALTER STOKES (18), the son of Cottonmouth, the 4th Founding Father. Sauron introduces Holes as his 2nd best new killer, saying that he’s tougher than Deacon. Walter tells Abby and Melody that this is first real test for Cottonmouth, and says that he’ll be glad to prove he’s the best. He adds that his little brother, SCOTT STOKES (12), is watching. We then see Scott standing next to Sauron. Walter states that Scott isn’t joining the fight since he’s a pathetic brother. (NOTE: If you recall, I initially introduced Talia and Nyssa Al Ghul on Screamgirl, now I have replaced them with Walter and Scott).

Holes speaks and says that he’s a lot tougher than Deacon, though he can’t say the same about Walter. Walter glares at Holes. Abby uses the distraction to take off her shoes and throw one of each at Walter and Holes. Abby takes on Walter, while Melody engages Holes. Abby and Walter proceed to trade punches and kicks. Walter knees Abby in the stomach and punches her in the face. He asks if that’s all she’s got. In response, Abby kicks Walter in the groin with all of her strength. This makes him howl in pain. Walter tells her “Honestly, this happens to me WAY more than it should”

Walter headbutts Abby, and tackles her to the floor, and they continue trading blows on the ground. Meanwhile, Melody and Holes also fight. Holes is armed with a screwdriver, which he manages to stab Melody in the arm with. Melody sucks up the pain and punches Holes in the face. Holes has a pretty good mask and isn’t affected by it as much. Holes headbutts Melody and tackles her to the ground. Melody grabs the screwdriver from Holes and stabs him in the side. Holes screams out. Melody crawls back a bit and kicks Holes in the face, causing him to fall. Melody and Abby repeatedly punch Holes and Walter, respectively.

Sauron interrupts and announces Abby and Melody have won. Walter gets up and says that was a pretty good test. He says that the next competitor is much stronger, however. Holes and Walter then run off. Walter meets up with Scott, who says that maybe he’s the better son for Cottonmouth after all. An infuriated Walter punches his brother and says that they are gonna have a little chat. Walter and Scott then leave. Sauron says that now that Abby and Melody have triumphed over all the easy parts, it’s time for them to face his greatest new killer: Hela. Hela walks into the room and approaches Abby and Melody. She tells them that she admires their fighting skills, but reveals that she is one of LOGS’ strongest non Founding Father killer. Abby says that they’ll see about that.

Abby and Melody pick up their shoes and throw them all at Hela, but Hela skillfully dodges them all. She kicks Abby in the face and spin kicks Melody in the face. Melody wipes blood off her lip and uppercuts Hela. Abby kicks her in the face. Hela pounces at Melody and digs her sharp fingernails into her shoulder. Abby jumps up and kicks hard on Hela’s back. Hela rolls away and gets up. Abby and Melody punch Hela in the face. At this point, it’s a vicious catfight, with all women throwing every move they can. Hela punches Melody hard enough to break her nose. She screams out. Abby jumps on Hela and repeatedly punches her in the face. Hela throws Abby off of her. Melody charges at Hela, and the two kick each other to the ground.

The three get up to continue their battle, Melody karate chops Hela in the chest. Hela kicks Melody in the face again, and it is hard enough to knock her out. Abby and Hela continue throwing punches. Eventually, Abby grabs Hela’s arm and bites her, making her scream. Hela headbutts Abby. The duo are exhausted at this point. Seeing this, Sauron declares the battle a draw, saying that there is still round four to go through. Hela walks away knowing she did a great job. Sauron says that they will delay round four until Melody wakes up, and to give Abby time to prepare.

Meanwhile, Rachel and Cheryl are hanging out at the latter’s house, which turns out to be significantly big. Cheryl is wearing a red jack and hood, while wielding an archer’s bow and several arrows. She tells Rachel that she “only miss when I mean to” Rachel says that she would to see Rachel shoot some targets, which she has set up in her backyard. Rachel calls her “Red Arrow”, which makes Cheryl smirk. She shoots at the targets and successfully gets a bull’s-eye each time.

Cheryl asks Rachel if she would like to go, though she says she’ll never outmatch the red arrow. Rachel decides to do so and takes the bow and arrow. She shoots at a target and successfully gains a bull’s-eye, which impresses Cheryl. Rachel asks how Cheryl got so good at it. Cheryl says that she just put pictures of her mom at the target and she got it no problem. Rachel asks why if Penelope really abandoned her for no reason. Cheryl hesitates, but admits that she lied and there was a bigger backstory behind it. She tells Rachel that her family has “a really shitty history” and tells her the story.

Cheryl explains to her that she had an older brother, Jason Blossom, and a father, Clifford. One day, Jason argued with Clifford while the family was out driving. The argument distracted Clifford and caused the car to crash, with everybody surviving except for Clifford. Penelope blamed Jason for Clifford’s death and murdered her son by smothering him with a pillow the next day. Rachel is clearly horrified by this story. Cheryl further explains that Penelope decided that she didn’t love Cheryl anymore and left her behind when she was 8 (at which point she found out Penelope killed Jason). Her grandmother took care of her until she got too old and had to retire last year. Rachel says that she thought Cheryl said her aunt and uncle took care of her.

Cheryl says that she lied about that too, and didn’t feel like saying the truth back then. Cheryl admits that she is wondering if “The Blossom family curse” will come back to haunt her as well. Rachel laments that “The World’s worst mothers reside here” and tells Cheryl that she had a similar experience, which interests Cheryl. Rachel tells Cheryl all about the time that she was forced to kill her mother (as revealed in season 1) when she tried to murder her and her father. Cheryl says that she is sorry for Rachel and asks why she did it. Rachel admits that it was because of her bisexuality.

Since then, Rafael Scarfe (Rachel’s father) convinced Rachel not to let her mother define her sexuality and fall love with anyone she chose to. Cheryl asks if Rachel is dating anyone, which she isn’t. Cheryl admits that she has been looking for someone, and Rachel says the same. The girls stare at each other with desire. Eventually, Cheryl says that “I’m not about to get all sappy and shit” and asks Rachel if she would like to go out with “Cheryl Bombshell” Rachel says that she saw something special in Cheryl in the prom and asks Cheryl to promise her she won’t be a killer.

She adds that if Cheryl is a killer, Rachel will have no choice but to shoot her with her own arrows. Cheryl adds that she would never give Rachel the chance for that before promising not to be a killer. She asks Rachel if the killers come after them “Wanna team up for a little destruction?” Rachel eagerly agrees with Cheryl’s suggestion. Cheryl asks Rachel if she wants “The kiss of life”, which Rachel accepts. Rachel and Cheryl then have a kiss. The kiss goes on longer and passionately. With both of them having tragic yet similar pasts, they have officially formed a bond.

Back at the arena, Melody has awakened from being knocked out. As Abby helps her up, Melody asks if they won. Abby explains that they made it to the final round, at which point the intercom turns on again. Sauron tells them that it’s time for the final round. He goes away from the window and enters the arena personally. He begins circling Abby and Melody. Sauron says that he’s been waiting for this part of the plan for a long time. Melody asks if he’s going to reveal himself. Sauron says that it’s too early for that. He explains that he intends to beat the shit out of Abby and Melody, and do something “quite painful” to Abby. Melody says that’s not happening.

Abby and Melody up to Sauron. Abby punches him directly in the face. The punch has absolutely no effect on Sauron. Abby and Melody begins punching, kicking, and doing anything they can to hurt Sauron. It still doesn't have any effect. Sauron says that the final girls are no match for the Dark Lord. Melody looks at Sauron and says “This isn’t gonna end well, isn’t it?” Sauron replies “correct” before hitting Melody and Abby with his mace. Melody gets up, but Sauron hits her again, hard enough to knock her out. Sauron then grabs Abby’s wrist and lifts her up. Sauron says he's gonna have to get Abby out of commission for a while and gets an idea. Abby’s eyes widen in fear.

Sauron uses his other hand to squeeze on Abby’s left hand. He reminds her of the power settings on his gauntlet, and raises to maximum. As Sauron squeezes Abby’s hand, she screams in absolute agonizing pain as we hear the sounds of bones cracking. Her hand is bleeding profusely. Eventually, Abby’s left hand is completely crushed and mangled. Sauron drops Abby, who is crying in absolute agony. He says that will take her out of commission for a while. He tells her that his new friends will take care of hers, and Abby will be powerless to stop them. Sauron then kicks Abby and knocks her out. Cut to black.

Worst. Thug. Ever.
We open on the hospital the next morning, where Abby is unconscious on a bed. Eventually, she wakes up, with all of her friends by her side, and we notice that Sally is with them as well. Melody hugs Abby as she wakes up and apologizes deeply for not being able to stop Sauron from hurting her. Abby looks her hand, which is completely bandaged and mangled due to Sauron crushing it. Abby asks what happens to it now. Melody explains that the damage to hand is beyond medical help, and Abby will not be able to use that arm for anything as a result. Abby sighs in depression on the bed. She notices Sally and asks who she is.

Eugene reveals that Sally was the one who found Abby and brought her to the hospital, which surprises everyone. Abby asks if she knows Sally. Sally says that she does and doesn’t at the same time, deciding that it’s time to introduce herself. She asks if Pop ever told them about Heather, Abby and Melody’s grandmother, whom they remember. Sally then reveals that she is Heather, which was her birth name, and asks to finish her story before they accuse her of being a killer. Rachel says that she’s got one minute. Sally says that she is no longer faithful to Sauron and tells them about her romance with Pop.

She admits that they were married for a while and had two children. This gets Abby’s attention and reminds Sally that Claire was their only child. Sally then reveals that she had a brother, whom they gave up for adoption because at that time, they could only afford to take care of one child. Eugene speculates that Sauron might somehow be Claire’s brother, which distresses Melody and Abby. Rachel asks what Sally is doing back in Harlem. Sally admits that she wants to reconnect with Pop and his granddaughters, and reveals that she called the police after seeing Pop’s body.

Abby asks why she went to Sauron. Sally says that she was actually kidnapped by Sauron, and he left a false note behind saying that she didn’t love Pop and wanted to leave. Sally also tells them that Sauron repeatedly raped her, which prompted her to eventually run away. Sally says that she understands if Melody and Abby don’t trust her, and she can just leave. Abby and Melody ask their friends of what they think. Lightning, Cheryl, Ella say that they believe her, while Eugene and Rachel aren’t sure. Abby and Melody decide to trust Sally, considering that they have no adults in the house and she deserves a chance.

Sally promises that they will not regret this decision, and she’ll be a good grandmother. Melody asks what they should do now, while Abby recovers in here. She tells everyone that they need to be ready when the killers strike, and she should be safe for now. Abby tells everyone that they shouldn’t let the paranoia get to them though, and they should do something to get themselves less stressed. Eugene decides to focus on how they’ll take care of their unborn child with Ella instead. The two leave the room and walk toward their car in the parking lot.

A couple minutes after everyone leaves, Abby’s phone rings, and she picks up to hear Sauron’s voice. Sauron asks how his hand crushing felt. Abby says that Sauron can crush both of her hands, but she’s not giving up. She tells him that she fought her way past everyone else that she threw at her, and her friends are going to survive his attempts to murder them. Sauron tells Abby that “When I’m done, you will NEVER feel safe again” Abby rolls her eyes and states that’s a lame threat, and she could think of a better one. She responds with “When I’m done, I might leave you humiliated for all the other Founding Fathers to see. Can you hear their laughter?” Sauron groans and hangs up.

Back in the parking lot, Ella says that she is super excited about having this baby, but not as much since there is a killing spree going on. Eugene assures Ella if they don’t get kidnapped, the baby will be fine. Just then, three masked men rush at them. The thugs start punching and kicking Ella and Eugene, but make sure not to hit Ella’s stomach. After they are unconscious, Nick pops out of a corner. He goes up to the unconscious couple and tells them to load them in their car, but make sure the baby is unharmed, as he needs it for his revenge plan. The thugs do so and drive off with Eugene, Ella and Nick.

Later, we cut to the orphanage, where Ella and Eugene are waking up, tied to chairs. Nick and the three thugs stand before them. One of the thugs removes their mask, revealing them to be a sweaty TURK CASTLE. Turk asks if he can keep this off, adding that it’s so hot in here. Nick tells him to stop whining, and says that he is lucky that Nick had him released on bail. Turk says that's true. Nick says “Wakey Wakey” and slaps Eugene and Ella to wake them up. Eugene recognizes Nick due to Abby’s description and asks “Don’t you know when to quit?”

Nick replies “No”, before asking how much Eugene and Ella value their baby. Ella insists that she would rather die than the baby. Eugene asks what he wants with them, pointing out that they’ve never met him. Nick explains that he intends to force Cheryl to come here, and get revenge on her for beating him up. He adds that it’s a shame Mon-el left town before the plan was ready, but this is good enough. Eugene says that this is insane and idiotic, before insisting that if Nick wasn’t stupid, he would let them go now.

Nick tells Eugene to shut up, and he replies “Make me” Nick then raises his fist as if to punch Ella in the stomach. Eugene screams that he will shut up now. Nick replies “much better”, then orders the thugs to beat on Eugene and Ella for a minute, but avoid the stomach. Turk says that he’s had such bad luck with teenage girls in the past, but now his luck’s about to change. He and the two thugs beat on the teenage couple, while Nick pulls out his phone.

We cut to Cheryl and Lightning in the gym, where she is watching Lightning doing some push-ups. He asks if Cheryl can do any. Cheryl replies “I’m not the mindless brute type of person” Just then, her phone rings. She answers it to find Nick, who asks if she recognizes his voice. She asks Nick what he wants. Nick tells her that he hasn’t forgotten the beatdown she helped give him. He tells her about Ella and Eugene being captive. Nick says that she if she likes them, Cheryl must come over, alone and unarmed. Nick says “He’ll have some fucking fun” with Cheryl once she gets here, but if she doesn’t, then he’ll rape Ella instead while she is pregnant.

Nick tells her to be at the orphanage in an hour and hangs up. Cheryl asks Lightning if he heard that, and it is obvious he is angered at Nick coming back. He says that “Nobody messes with Lightning’s little nerdlings!” Lightning asks what the plan is. Cheryl says that there is a back entrance to the orphanage. She orders Lightning to take it and free Eugene and Ella while she distracts Nick. Cheryl says “As much as my ears hate being with you, this is necessary” Lightning raises his fist and says “Lightning and the Bombshell to the rescue!” Cheryl just goes along with since she likes her nickname.

We cut to an hour later at the Orphanage, where Lightning and Cheryl have arrived. Cheryl goes to the entrance while Lightning sneaks around back. Cheryl knocks on the door and is greeted by Turk, who takes a look at her, seeing that she is apparently intimidated. Turk prides himself on this apparent improvement, saying “The Turkey is back!” Cheryl replies “Just take me to Nick, slimeball” Turk then takes Cheryl to Nick and the other thugs. Nick chuckles. He tells Turk to go guard Eugene and Ella, just in case. Nick says “You picked the wrong person to beat on, Sherry”. Cheryl angrily replies “CHERYL!”

Nick doesn’t even care and has thug #1 slap Cheryl and then states that he isn’t tolerating backtalk this time. He then tells the thugs to go strap Cheryl to a bed, and they drag her over there by force, with Nick following. Meanwhile, Lightning goes into the back entrance and prepares to kick it open. However, he discovers that is unlocked. A brief flashback then shows that Turk forgot to lock up. Lightning then finds Turk, who is playing video games on his phone and doesn’t notice Lightning, who is standing right in front of him. Lightning peps talk to himself, saying “The bases are loaded. Lightning is up to bat. It is time for the LIGHTNING to SHA-STRIKE!” Lightning pounces at Turk and punches him hard in the face, downing him.

He then kicks in the door Turk was guarding and finds Eugene and Ella inside. Eugene says “I wish we had a different savior, but at least now we will feel safe again” as Lightning unties them. Afterwards, Turk groans on the ground. He turns to Lightning and says “Why you gotta be picking on me, man?” Eugene goes to Turk and asks where Cheryl is. Turk states “I am loyal thug, it’s a code of honor amongst thieves, eh? Nothing you do is gonna make me-“Just then, Ella stomps hard on his groin, which makes Turk yell “Not the kiwis!” She goes to do it again, but Turk relents, yelling that Cheryl is on the room down the hallway.

As Lightning, Ella and Eugene run off, Turk slowly brings himself to his feet and tries to leave. However, Turk ends up tripping on a wire and knocking himself out when his head hits the ground. Meanwhile, Lightning comments to Eugene that Ella is “Sha-mazing” Eugene says that she isn’t a princess anymore. The trio arrive at the room to find the two thugs blocking the door. Thug #1 asks what they do about them. Thug #2 says kill them, since Nick said no witnesses. The thugs draw out knifes, causing Lightning to scream like a girl.

Ella simply runs up to Thug #2 and kicks him in the groin, which hurts. Thug #1 swings his knife at Ella, but Lightning grabs his wrist and they struggle. Eugene gets into the struggle when Thug #1 uses his other hand to strangle Lightning. He takes the knife away from Thug #1, but the thug still continues strangling Lightning. This ultimately causes Eugene to stab Thug #1 in the head to save Lightning, killing him. Just then, Thug #2 gets up and stabs Eugene in the shoulder. In response, Ella jerks the knife away from him and slashes Thug #2’s throat, killing him. Lightning and Eugene are both surprised by the energy and ruthlessness Ella is now showing. Ella looks at them and says “What? They were trying to kill you” Lightning and Eugene just look at each other awkwardly.

Meanwhile, Nick has Cheryl strapped and handcuffed to the bed. Cheryl tries to contain her distress and tells Nick she is not afraid. He just lays on top of her, naked. Nick tells Cheryl he’s missed this, and this time, there will be no interruptions. Cheryl sobs as she begs for him to get off her, but he tells her to shut up. Nick gets into a position to rape her, which he does. As Nick rapes Cheryl, he repeatedly calls her “Sherry” for extra satisfaction. At this point, Lightning, Ella and Eugene have finished killing the thugs, and they break into the room upon hearing Cheryl screaming. Eugene rushes at Nick with a knife in hand and stabs him in the back, which makes him scream. He throws Nick to the ground and orders everyone to free Cheryl.

However, as soon as she’s free, Cheryl grabs the knife and stabs Nick many times all over. She stabs him in the chest, arm, leg, face, throat, and groin for a total of sixteen times. As she does this, Lightning, Ella and Eugene rush to stop her, but she resists them and continues stabbing her rapist. After the sixteenth stab, the trio finally manage to pull the hysterical Cheryl off of Nick. Nick St. Clair, psychotic rapist, is dead. At this point, Cheryl breaks down, while Ella comforts her. Lightning just stands in silence, shocked by the amount of blood everywhere and Cheryl and Ella’s savagery. In the meantime, Eugene calls Rachel and tells her “You're going to hate what I’m about to tell you” Cut to black.

The Depths of the Holes
We cut to just a few minutes after the deaths of Nick and two of his thugs. Rachel is literally speeding in her car to get to the orphanage to check on Cheryl. She parks in front of the orphanage and sprints through the building, paying no attention to the bodies of the thugs and Nick, and also the unconscious Turk. Rachel comes in to find Cheryl wrapped up in a blanket. She and Cheryl immediately embrace and kiss. Eugene says that it’s best to leave them alone. Lightning and Ella agree, and they leave the room. Cheryl says “I hated him (Nick), Rachel. He deserved it” Rachel says that it was self-defense, technically, not murder.

Lightning comments through the door at Rachel that Cheryl went “Sha-savage on the poor sucker” Ella elbows Lightning the ribs and glares at him, which makes him silent again. Cheryl holds Rachel’s hands and says that she wants real love from her, not from selfish people who use her for their own ends, or abandon her when they don’t need her anymore. Rachel promises Cheryl that the love they have for each other is real, and she will never abandon Cheryl. Cheryl continues crying on Rachel’s shoulder, and she tells her to let it out. Cheryl points to Nick’s corpse, saying “I did”

We cut to three days later at the high school gym. Since Cheryl’s rape, Turk has been arrested again, while Sauron and the Shadow Captains have been taking the time off, and Cheryl has spent time emotionally recovering with help from Rachel, with the two officially starting to date. Also, Abby has been released from the hospital and is actively living with Sally and Melody. Now, Cheryl is practicing cheerleading when she is approached by Melody, who is also in a cheerleading outfit. Also with her is Eugene, Abby, Rachel, Ella and Sally. Eugene says “Hello queen of lipstick” and Cheryl replies “Hello, prince bookworm. What bring you to my adobe?”

Melody asks Cheryl if she would like to do a dance-off, now that the Shadow Captains are apparently gone again. Cheryl puts her hands on her hips and says “You’re welcome to challenge me Melody, but you’ll lose” Melody competitively says that they’ll see about that. Sally asks if she can join the dance-off too. She says that it’s been a while since she’s danced. Cheryl tells Sally “try to not embarrass yourself when you lose” Sally states that she’ll try. Abby, Rachel and Eugene declare themselves the judges and watch the three of them dance. Ella says that she’ll provide the song, and begins to sing another song.

ELLA: How can you see into my eyes like open doors? Where I've become so numb, without a soul. My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold. Until you find it there, and lead it, back, home. Wake me up inside. Wake me up inside. Let your dancing awaken your soul. Show me you’re dancing and save me from the dark, before I become undooonnneee. Bring me to life. Bring me to life. Without your skills, darlings, our souls with be darkness. Save us with your incredible skillllsssss!

Eugene comments that this is the same song that Ella had sang to herself and him last episode off-screen after they were kidnapped by Nick. Ella just blows a kiss to Eugene, which makes him smile. Meanwhile, Sally, Cheryl and Melody dance. Sally isn’t very good at it and does some weak dance moves, even tripping a couple times. Eventually, she becomes tired and drops out, saying “dancing is for granddaughters. Not grandmas” Melody and Cheryl’s dance-off becomes very similar to Veronica Lodge’s and Cheryl’s in the Riverdale show. Ella calls it the “Cherody dance-off”

Cheryl keeps touching her hair and throwing it around, trying to show off. Melody does some more normal, but great dance moves. However, Cheryl’s performance doesn’t appear to be impressing Eugene. Eventually, Ella stops singing and the dance-off ends. Ella tells them that they have brought joy in her heart. Melody asks who won, and Cheryl smiles in pride. Eugene states that Cheryl is the loser “by far” Cheryl asks how that is even possible. The judges appear to know, but don’t wanna say it. Eugene says “I’ll just make this quick, with one word: cringey. It really was”

Cheryl’s eye twitches. Abby whispers to Sally, “Yeah, he’s dead” Cheryl marches over to Eugene and grabs his ear. She tells him “We’re going to have a little chat about cringey” Eugene and Cheryl go out in the hallway, where she proceeds to dish out on him. We and everyone in the gym has no idea what Cheryl is saying to Eugene, but whatever it is, she is absolutely destroying him. After Cheryl is finished, she walks back in smiling. A bug-eyed Eugene walks slowly up to his friends, who ask what she said. Eugene slowly turns to them and says “Don’t ask” before sitting down, speechless.

Later, Abby, Melody and Sally return home. Sally asks Abby and Melody if they trust her by now. Melody mockingly states she knows Sally isn’t going to be a threat after seeing her dancing, which makes them laugh. Sally then goes to kitchen and reveals some surprise pancakes that she had hidden for them. As Abby and Melody eat, they thank Sally for coming back. Sally says that her biggest regret is not being able to apologize to Pop for what happened. Abby assures Sally that if Pop could see her now, he would be proud of her. Sally gives Abby a hug and thanks her saying that. Melody joins in on it.

After they finish eating, Abby goes upstairs with Melody. She shows off her crippled hand, which is covered in bandages, and asks how she’s going to be able to defeat the Shadow Captains like this. She admits that they did great in the fights in episode 4, but now that her hand is crippled, she can’t fight. Melody points out she is still capable of kicking the crap out of the Shadow Captains, and she can still punch with her other hand. She tells Abby to hit her the gut to show off her strength. Abby doesn’t want to hurt her sister, but Melody insists that it’s fine.

Abby punches Melody in the stomach, which makes her groan and laugh at the same time. Ignoring the pain, Melody assures Abby that she’s still got it, and they high five. We then cut to Rachel and Cheryl at Cheryl’s house. Rachel has heard about the dance-off and says that it’s a shame that she couldn’t get to see the look on Eugene’s face. Cheryl then informs her that Ella took several, to Eugene’s dismary. She shows her one of the bug-eyed Eugene, and they laugh. Rachel says that when Cheryl called herself “”Bombshell”, she wasn’t kidding. Cheryl replies that she never kids around. Just then, another voice says “Neither do I”

Holes pops out of nowhere and grabs Cheryl, putting a knife to her throat. Rachel is surprised, but tells Holes to let her go. Holes tells her to go upstairs into Cheryl’s room, and three go up there with Cheryl as a hostage. Cheryl comments that she hates damsels in distress, at which point Holes shoves her toward Rachel. Holes states that he has always found Cheryl irritating, even when she was just a kid. Rachel asks if this means Holes knows Cheryl. Holes asks Cheryl to guess his identity. Cheryl thinks about it, and her eyes grow wide. She asks “Mom?” Holes then removes his mask. Holes is…

PENELOPE BLOSSOM, aka Cheryl’s mother who abandoned her. Upon seeing her face, Rachel says that Penelope is so ugly that she looks better with the mask again. Penelope growls. She states that she always hated bisexuality anyway. Cheryl asks her mother why she is doing this. Penelope states that it is simple. She admits that she was a fugitive after murdering Jason and didn’t have much to go. Eventually, she was found by Sauron, who invited her to take shelter in LOGS. With nowhere else to go, Penelope decided to accept the offer and became Holes.

She says that overtime, she became thrilled with murder. Cheryl reminds Penelope that she killed her own son, and she replies by shrugging and stating “Oh, who cares? He was a loser anyway” This makes Cheryl cry. Rachel tells Penelope that she has no reason to target her daughter. Penelope admits that she doesn’t really, but she didn’t really care who she targeted, since her love for Cheryl left after Clifford and Jason’s deaths. Penelope states that her current mission is to kill Cheryl, and reveals that Sauron just now wants her “Deader than dead for some reason. Something about being a threat and big annoyance. I can relate”

Cheryl attempts to run, but Penelope grabs her. She attempts to stab Cheryl, but Rachel punches him in the face. Not willing to run, Rachel proceeds to attack Penelope and beat her. Penelope isn’t surprised by her strength and fighting skills, considering she is a survivor. She blocks Rachel’s attacks with her arms and stabs her in the torso. Both Cheryl and Rachel scream. Cheryl jumps on her mother and yells at her to stop killing everyone she cares about. Penelope states that she is can do whatever she wants with her and throws her off.

Rachel, despite being stabbed, keeps attacking Penelope. Penelope stabs her again in the back and elbows her in her frontal stab wound, which hurts. Cheryl goes into her drawer, takes out a screwdriver and attempts to stab her mother. Despite her old age, Penelope appears very capable, and she headbutts Cheryl and takes the screwdriver. Rachel kicks Penelope in the chest. Penelope stabs Rachel in the chest with the screwdriver, right around where the heart is. Cheryl screams and shoves Penelope toward the balcony. She shoves her again, and Penelope falls off of it to the ground below. However, it’s unclear whether or not she’s dead. The fall wasn’t that high, but she isn’t moving.

Cheryl goes over to Rachel, who is badly bleeding from all of her stabs. Cheryl says she’ll call 911, but Rachel tells her to go. She asks Cheryl to survive without her. Cheryl starts sobbing. She says that she’s already lost her family, and she can’t lose Rachel too. Rachel says that she hasn’t lost everything, and asks if Cheryl loves her. Cheryl’s face is filled with tears at this point, and she says I love you back. She and Rachel kiss. Rachel tells her to be a strong girl like Abby and Melody, and not to let anyone stop her. Rachel’s eyes roll over and she goes limp. Rachel Scarfe, girlfriend of Cheryl Blossom and Audrey Jensen, daughter of Rafael and Leslie Scarfe, and season 1 survivor, is dead.

Cheryl puts her head on Rachel’s chest and mourns the loss of her girlfriend. Eventually, she hears groaning. Cheryl looks down at Penelope, who is alive, but too badly injured to move. Cheryl has a strange look in her eyes and she leaves the room. Soon enough, Cheryl leaves the house and approaches her helpless mother. However, she is now covered in a red substance, presumably blood (or fake). Penelope actually looks intimidated by her daughter’s appearance, and notices that Cheryl has a lit candle with her, apparently to set her in fire. Penelope gulps and says they could talk about this. Cheryl tells her mother to listen to her and not speak a word before beginning her monologue.

CHERYL: I could kill you right now. You were cruel to me, mother. It was abuse, plain and simple. You killed the only woman I ever loved, and my brother. So henceforth, if you breathe, it is because I give you air. If you drink, it is because I poured your cup myself. And if you move, it is quietly, and with my blessing. I’m sparing you tonight mother, but only because it was my decision. You have no power over me. You and the rest of the Shadow Captains are pig-people, and you will live amongst the pigs in prison. Good riddance.

Cheryl then goes back inside Thistlehouse and takes a shower to get all the blood off of her. As she finishes this, the police arrive and arrest Penelope, who is too injured to resist. We then have a flashfoward to about 2 months later at a prison. At this point, Penelope has healed, and is being escorted to a cell by 2 prison guards. The first prison guard informs her that she will be having a cellmate, who is revealed to be Turk. Penelope is locked in the cell with Turk and the guards leave. Turk recognizes Penelope to be one of the big killers he’s heard about on the news. Penelope replies “And you’re the one who got beat by two teenage girls”

Turk reminds her that she got beaten by her own teenage daughter, which makes Penelope warn Turk that she’s a good killer for a reason. He asks her if she has any “powerful friends” on her side. Penelope explains that she doubts that they will come for her, considering that LOGS has a policy of not rescuing members from jail depending on their rank and success. Turk then reveals he is planning “A Turkish escape” from this prison, which intrigues Penelope. Turk gets close to Penelope and says that she looks like a type of woman for him, one that could escape and be with him.

In response, Penelope smacks Turk. Turk says that Penelope is too old for him anyway, but he’ll still let her in on the plan. He asks her that he be allowed into LOGS if they escape, with Penelope putting a good word in for him. Penelope scoffs and says that Turk is weak. Turk replies that he needs to get better at what he does, and LOGS is the place for him. He asks “Do you want to get out of here or not?” Seeing that Turk is her only way to get out of prison, Penelope reluctantly agrees to take him to LOGS if they escape. As Turk explains his plan, we cut to black.

Killing the Joy
We open on the next morning at Thistlehouse, where Cheryl is telling the now Harlem Four (Eugene, Abby, Ella, Melody) and Sally and Lightning about Rachel’s death. They are clearly devastating, considering that they’ve lost a third of their members. However, they are glad that Holes is out of commission. Melody states that Penelope was pretty lucky that Cheryl spared her. Cheryl admits that she spared her mother not because she had any love for her left (which she doesn’t), but because she wanted her to know Cheryl was her own woman, and nobody could boss her around.

Eugene grimly that she made that clear yesterday when “You basically blew up my eardrums” Ella lightly elbows Eugene, since Cheryl just lost Rachel. Melody tells Cheryl that she felt the same way as her when she lost Silent D last season. Cheryl says that she usually doesn’t do this, but asks Melody how she moved on from that. Melody asks if Rachel had any last words for Cheryl, and she tells her them. Melody advices Cheryl to keep remembering Rachel’s last words to guide her if she loses hope, and remember that she still has her. Cheryl and Melody hug.

Abby states that Melody would make a pretty good motivational speaker when she grows up, considering that she’s doing it daily at this point. Everyone agrees with that. Ella says that it is ridiculous about how many bad parents this town has. Sally asks if she counts as a bad parent. Abby says that she, Pop and Claire are all good, and she wonders about Ella and Eugene’s parents. Ella says that they are great, and Eugene declines to answer. He states that his past is “completely normal” like Ella’s. Lightning states that pretty much nobody in this town is normal. Eugene just shrugs.

Abby says that they need to tighten up security, and she has an idea. She suggests that they do a “secret knock” whenever they come over, so they’ll knock whether or not to answer the door. Everyone believe that this is a good idea. Sally suggests that the secret knock consist of two taps, a pause, and then two more taps. Everyone agrees to have this as their secret knock. Cheryl then asks to be left alone. As everyone departs, Melody says that if any of the killers use the knock, then one of the people here is a Shadow Captain. Abby says that she hopes that doesn’t happen, considering she’s had more than enough betrayals.

Later, Sauron, Hela and Deacon are meeting up. Deacon is telling Sauron and Hela about the secret knock. Sauron replies “I was there too, remember Deacon?” He then informs them that Akanthus messaged him about Penelope getting arrested. Akanthus told him that they are not busting Penelope out of jail for him because they’ve spent enough resources on him. Deacon states that at least Rachel is gone. Hela says that is true, though Cheryl is still alive. Sauron says that Cheryl is a thorn in his side that he’ll have to take care of later. Hela states that she hasn’t done much in a while and asks that she be allowed to make the next move.

She goes to a chart of the Harlem Five and rips Rachel’s picture up, before taking Ella and Eugene’s picture. Hela says that it’s time that “the prince and princess get an unhappy ending” Sauron says that she likes the way Hela thinks. Hela asks Sauron for suggestions on how to torture them. Sauron whispers to her a method that makes her eyes wide. Hela calls Sauron “a stone cold bastard” and vows to use what he just suggested. Sauron replies that he is a “Dark cold lord” and says that he’ll be seeing what she does. After Deacon leaves, he wonders if Sauron’s idea is bad. Sauron asks if he’s disrespecting the Dark Lord. Deacon tells him that the more that they torture these survivors, the braver they seem to become.

Sauron says that he learned things from Gasface’s experiments, things about the human mind. He tells Deacon that the human body can only take so much before their mind completely shatters. Deacon warns Sauron that this might have the opposite effect on Eugene and Ella, and might actually make them more determined to kill Sauron. Sauron is actually taken aback by this. Could what Hela is about to do only make his enemies stronger? Sauron ultimately tells Deacon that they can’t sit here and do nothing all day. He walks off before Deacon can make his point further.

Later that night, Eugene and Ella are having dinner when Hela comes up to their door. Hela rings the doorbell, and Eugene says “Do the secret knock so I know you aren’t a killer” Hela then taps twice on the door, does a pause, and taps two more times again. Believing it’s safe, Ella goes to answer the door. Once the door is opened, Hela punches Ella as hard in the face as she can, which knocks her out and makes the screen cut to black before anything else happens. Soon, Eugene and Ella wake up in the orphanage, with Hela sitting in front of them.

Hela says that she’s been waiting for this move for a long time, and adds that she personally dislikes fairy tales. She feels Ella’s stomach, which makes her scream for her baby to be left alone. Hela says that maybe she will, if Eugene manages to answer some horror questions. Eugene states that “The bookworm doesn’t get outsmarted lady” Hela scoffs and says that they’ll see. She says the first question: which two movies had the line “We all go a little mad sometimes?” Eugene answers Scream and Psycho, which Hela deems correct.

She then asks Eugene in what horror movie did the villain attack the heroes through their minds/dreams. Eugene asks “Are you kidding me, bitch?” before saying the correct answer (Nightmare on Elm Street). However, Hela takes offense at Eugene calling her a “bitch” Eugene tells her to do deal with it and go on with the questions. Hela says “No” before punching Ella in the stomach as hard as she can. Eugene screams that they had a deal, and Hela states that this is Eugene’s fault for insulting a lady. Hela unties him from the chair and says that if he hurries, maybe doctors can save the baby.

Hela punches Ella again in the stomach for good measure, which prompts Eugene to punch her back. He then takes Ella, starting to bleed and lose consciousness, and rushes her out of the orphanage. As they do so, an angry Hela shouts from afar that there are no cars, so they have to walk to the hospital, which is about 2 miles away. As Eugene runs, Ella loses consciousness from the pain of going into premature labor. Before she passes out, Ella faintly sees a shape that looks like a car, but Eugene doesn't appear to see it. Later, Ella is asleep in a bed in the hospital. Abby, Melody, Sally, Lightning, Cheryl, and a grim and frowning Eugene notice her wake up. Eugene says that he’ll have to tell her and goes inside.

As Eugene comes in, Ella feels her stomach and realizes that the baby is gone. Ella asks Eugene “Where’s my baby?” Eugene doesn’t reply. Ella starts to sob, saying “Where’s my baby. Where’s my baby!?” Eugene, who is holding back his feelings, says “I’m sorry. The baby is…it’s…” before realizing that he can’t even bring himself to say it. Eugene’s inability to tell her, combined with the look on his face, makes Ella realize that it’s too late. Ella and Eugene’s unborn baby is dead. Ella bursts into tears and Eugene sinks his head against the wall, not letting anyone see his expressions. As Ella and Eugene mourn their unborn baby, we cut to black.

The Real Monster
We cut a couple minutes after the last episode left off, when Ella and everyone else finds out that her unborn baby is dead. Once Ella is more stable, the rest of her friends come in. Eugene turns away from the wall and tells Ella that it’s his fault the baby died, had he not insulted Hela. He says that if it weren’t for his big mouth, he would have won the quiz. Ella says that it’s Hela’s fault that the baby is dead, and reminds Eugene that he’s the father too. Everyone insists that the baby was a victim of Hela, not of their parents. Ella also reveals that the baby was going to be a girl, and she would have named her “Jasmine”

Eugene explains that Jasmine was from the princess in Aladdin, a Disney film, and it was a dream of Ella’s to name her baby after a Disney princess. Ella laments that she has lost absolutely everything. Abby says that isn’t true and asks Ella what she sees around her. Ella looks around and says that she still does have her future husband and friends. Eugene raises and an eyebrow and asks what that means. Ella pulls Eugene close to her and says that the only real reason she isn’t committing suicide is because of him.

She asks Eugene to promise not to die, and says that if he does, then she is committing suicide. Ella says that she loves her friends, but Eugene is in reality her closest loved one left. She tells him that she still wants a family, and the only way for that to happen is for them to get married. Ella says that this isn’t an official engagement, but once the killers are dead, she will be making one. Eugene is happy to hear that, but can’t show it since their baby just died. He tells her that he’ll survive just for her, and Ella and Eugene kiss again.

Lightning looks almost in tears, and whispers to Cheryl that “I’m so proud of my little sha-nerdlings!” Cheryl asks Lightning if he considers everyone in the room to be “his little sha-nerdlings” Lightning says “Yeah, Sherry” Cheryl then menacingly asks Melody if she has a shovel, and a scared Lightning replies “Everyone except you, Cheryl” Ella then asks to be left alone with Eugene, as she is going to be a private song for him Eugene holds Ella’s hand and tells her that they are here for her, forever. After everyone else leaves, Ella proceeds to sing a song to Eugene.

ELLA: I see your monsters. I see your pain. Tell me your problems. I'll chase them away. I'll be your lighthouse. I'll make it okay. When I see your monsters. I'll stand there so brave, and send Hela into hell. I know the monsters, but it’s not Hela, or Sauron, or Deacon. It’s me. I’m going to be a monster to Hela. Thereis no more princess in this young woman. That died with her unborn baby. Hela is going to die, and I will send her to hell in the most painful way possiiiiblllleee. I’m a monster now, but the real reason is thisssss: I want to smile and laugh like I used to 'Cause I just can't imagine losing you (too). I can't…

At this point, Ella stops singing and hugs Eugene, still saying “I’m going to strangle that bitch (Hela), promise you will let me kill her” Eugene, though he also wants to kill Hela, says that he’ll let Ella do the death blow, but they need to do it together. Ella and Eugene agree to stand up the Shadow Captains and avenge their unborn child. Finally, Ella is no more of a princess she was last season. She is now the hardened survivor that we’ve all been waiting to see.

Later, back at the Barrett household, Abby and Melody are discussing killer theories upstairs (Sally is downstairs). Abby says that at least one of the killers has to know them somehow. Melody admits that she has had a suspicion, but hasn’t wanted to tell Abby. Abby says that in order to survive, she needs to be braver and face the truth, like what Melody has been lecturing about all this time. She asks to hear her theory, and Melody admits she suspects Sally. She explains that she thinks Sally’s story is too easy and doesn’t quite add up.

Melody also adds that Sally came in at the exact time after Pop died. Abby asks if she means she came in after Pop died so that he wouldn’t be able to counteract her story. Melody says that is exactly what she thinks. Abby decides that Melody has a point, and they should look in her room just in case. Melody says now would be a good time, since she’s busy making pancakes again. Abby and Melody go inside Sally’s room (which formerly belonged to Pop) and look around. They don’t find much other than her clothes, but then they look in their closet.

Inside, they find a black robe, which Abby and Melody examine. Melody remembers what Deacon looked like and realizes that this is very similar. Abby says that they can’t just accuse their grandmother of murder with a black robe, and they should look for more concrete evidence. Abby looks under the bed and finds a hidden journal called “How to break down the survivors” The latest written pages has details of Ella and Eugene’s abduction, which states “Hela had a good idea, but I’ve got a better one. After I slit Melody’s throat while she’s sleeping, Sauron will love me” Abby and Melody look at each other and realize this is all the proof they need. Sally Mckeena is Deacon.

Just then, Sally walks in and sees them looking at her black robe and journal. She asks what they’re looking at. Melody says that Sally is a traitor. Sally says that it’s not her journal, but Abby points out it exactly matches Sally’s handwriting. It’s obvious they won’t fall for her tricks. Sally sighs and shuts the door. Sally says that they didn’t want them to find out until later, but she’ll have to work with it. Abby asks if what she said before was a complete lie, and Sally replies “Pretty much” before revealing her true story. Sally reveals that she indeed fell in love with Sauron and abandoned Pop for him. She was never raped by him and Sally is really a LOGS member.

Sally seeks to prove she is still good for him, but knows she isn’t fit for killing due to her old age. Sally decided to be a spymaster instead, spying on the survivors and getting to know their feelings, being Sauron’s informant. Melody asks if Sauron is really her son, before adding that her romance with Sauron would have been incest if he is. Sally refuses to confirm that, as she doesn’t want to risk giving them any hints. Abby and Melody tell her that she has one chance to give up and go to jail. Sally gets on her knees as if to surrender, but secretly has a knife behind her back. Melody asks to see both of her hands, which prompts Sally to throw her knife at Abby. Melody jumps in the way and the knife gets stabbed into her shoulder instead.

Infuriated at seeing her sister hurt, Abby uses her good hand to pick up a knitting needle and stab it into her grandmother’s neck as she is trying to flee. Although Abby couldn’t kill her father in season 1, she now knows the necessity of self-defense and won’t hesitate to defend her sister. To make sure Sally dies, Abby picks up another knitting needle and stabs it into her head. Sally Mckeena, grandmother of Abby and Melody Barrett, mother of Claire Temple, former husband of Pop Temple, and the Deacon killer, is dead. Abby remarks to Melody that “To be honest, this is really one fucked up family” Melody, at a loss for words, simply nods in agreement. Cut to black.

Actions Have Consequences
We open on the next morning at Sauron’s lair, where he and Hela are headed inside for another killer meeting. Sauron sees someone inside the main room and assumes that it is Sally. However, Hela is able to realize that it isn’t Sally and asks where she is. The person replies “She’s busy being another victim of the Dark Grunt’s incompetence” Hela and Sauron see GASFACE, LOGS’ chief chemist, planting a rather big device in the room. Sauron asks what he is doing and where Sally is, and Gasface asks “Where do you think?” which makes him and Hela realize that she is dead. Gasface reveals that Akanthus is furious that Sauron has lost two of his killers and believes Hela might be next.

He says that to this end, the lair is rigged with a bomb filled with poisonous gas that will render it uninhabitable if detonated. Gasface explains that it’s like a “Gas bomb”, which will detonate if Hela dies. Hela asks how the bomb is supposed to know when she dies. Just then, Gasface takes out a heartbeat monitor and attaches it to Hela’s arm. He says that the bombs will detonate with no heart activity. Sauron states that this is ridiculous. Gasface replies that Sauron’s death will be “ridiculously painful” if he’s still in lair when the bomb explodes.

Sauron says that he is fed up with the other Founding Fathers treating him like a loser, and Gasface replies “We’re just treating you like you are” Sauron marches toward Gasface in a fury, but Gasface pulls out a remote detonator for the gas bomb. Sauron says that he’s bluffing, and his armor would shield him anyway. Gasface explains that gas masks, armor, and any type of shielding and clothing is useless against this gas, which he has been working one for a long time, meaning that Sauron will die. Gasface also states that he is crazy enough to kill himself as well. Hela says "If you make him detonate that bomb with me in here, I am clawing you face off in my last moments" Sauron reluctantly backs off.

Gasface adds that if Sauron tries to defuse the bomb, it will alert him, and he will remotely detonate it. Hela says that she likes Gasface’s style and asks if Akanthus authorized this. Gasface confirms Akanthus sent him for this, and Hela smirks, telling Sauron that Akanthus will always be the best Founding Father. Sauron says that he sees why Akanthus has “his feelings” for her. Hela replies “Who doesn’t?” before flipping her hair around. Gasface then departs, and Hela tells Sauron that if he wants any hope of redemption, he needs to kill someone. Sauron says “I know just the person, then”

Shortly after, the Harlem Four, Lightning and Cheryl meet up at Abby and Melody’s house. Abby and Melody are telling everyone about Sally’s betrayal and death. Eugene says “So the missing relative was the killer, what else is new?” Ella elbows him lightly for that, but Melody and Abby actually agree that was nothing new. Lightning states that “The Harlem Six are going long. You two (Abby and Melody) just hit the SHA-SCORE! Sha-SWEET!” Cheryl whispers to Eugene “I swear, if he says Sha one more time, I am shoving my heel down his mouth” Eugene replies “Unless I shut him up first”

Melody asks what their next move should be. Abby says that Hela isn’t someone that they know, and Sauron’s the only unknown killer left. She says that she doubts anyone in this group could be him, however. Cheryl says otherwise, and tells them she has a killer theory. She asks everyone to give her some time to figure it out. Everyone agrees to give Cheryl the time she needs, and the group leaves, while Abby and Melody stay home. Abby asks Melody if it’s bad that she doesn’t have too much remorse for killing her grandmother. Melody says that it’s not, and admits that she herself was lacking remorse after killing Logan, considering he just murdered their mother in front of them.

Melody tells her not to feel bad for killing and points to the wound on her shoulder as proof it was necessary. Abby decides that she has a point. Later, Lightning starts working out again by lifting some weights and gets sweaty. Lightning wonders if he’s “gaining muscle mass” and concludes that he’ll be as powerful as Sauron, if he isn’t already. Just then, his phone rings, and Sauron’s voice tells Lightning to pick up the phone. Lightning says “Ha! No Dark Loser can tell THE LIGHTNING what to do!” and continues working out. However, Hela suddenly walks over and looks down at him. Seeing Hela causes Lightning to scream like a little girl.

Hela attempts to stab him, but Lightning starts sprinting toward the front door, saying “Sha bye-bye sucker!” However, upon opening the door, he is intercepted by Sauron. Sauron brings down one of his gauntlets on Lightning, but he grips it and attempts to hold it back. Sauron increases the power setting on the gauntlet and makes Lightning go down on his knees while holding it back. Still, he doesn’t give up. Sauron expresses admiration at Lightning being able to last this far. Lightning says that Sauron absolutely sucks as a killer. Annoyed, Sauron turns up the power setting to maximum, and Lightning cannot hold it back.

Sauron pushes Lightning to the ground and presses his hand against his head. He says that Cheryl is annoying, but Lightning will be much more satisfying anyway. Lightning says “Nobody gives Lightning the crush. Lightning gives YOU the-“ Sauron gets annoyed and presses down the gauntlet on Lightning’s head, which gets crushed by its maximum power setting. Hela is at least slightly grossed out as Lightning’s head is slowly and gruesomely flattened. Sauron presses both of the gaunlets down to ensure Lightning’s head is squished to the size of a bloody pancake. Rudolf “Lightning” Jackson, the arrogant yet hilarious athlete, is dead.

Hela and Sauron look at Lightning’s body, until Sauron tells Hela that they should keep up the momentum. Hela agrees and suggests that she kills a major survivor tonight. She tells him that Ella could pull a surprise victory over them if they allowed her too. Sauron tilts his head and says Ella is just a puny princess. Hela says that Sauron hasn’t been paying much attention to the development she’s been getting, and she insists that if Ella is given a chance, she could become a strong final girl. Sauron asks if this is the case, then why didn’t Hela just finish her off at the orphanage. Hela reminds Sauron that he specifically ordered her to spare Ella so she and Eugene could feel the pain of losing their baby.

Sauron says that Hela does have a point, and they are starting to near the finale. He gives her permission to take out Ella, and Hela says that she’ll do it “with style” Later that night, Eugene and Ella are getting ready to go bed. Ella tells Eugene that she wants to sleep in a different room today, wanting to be alone. Eugene allows it, but tells Ella not to forget that he’s right next door if she needs anything. Ella swears not to forget. Eugene then goes to bed, while Ella goes downstairs to get some water. Just then, Ella hears the phone ring. She picks it up and answers it just as the screen cuts to black.

Drag me to Hela
We pick up right where the last episode left off, with Hela answering a phone call from Ella. Hela asks her how she feels, since this is her first ever phone call. Ella says that she was involved in a phone call once for Banner. Hela says that Banner was a loser, and she’s one of the best. She tells her that she did her a favor by killing the baby, since Ella would have been a terrible mother to her unborn daughter. Ella gets pissed off and asks Hela to say that to her face. Hela says that she has an opportunity for that. Ella asks what that is supposed to mean.

Hela replies “It means, shitty princess, that a fight between us can be arranged” She tells her to meet her at the orphanage, and she’ll be waiting to fight Ella. Hela says that if she brings any weapons, she won’t show up. She tells Ella that if she wants to prove she would have been a good mother, Ella would come and face her. Ella thinks about this. She says she’ll come, but only if she can bring a friend. Hela says it’s a deal, but it’s not allowed to be either Abby or Melody, since Sauron wants them to himself. Ella says that she’ll kick her ass, and Hela laughs.

She asks Ella if she knows what her name stands for, before saying that Hela is the Norse version Goddess of Death. Hela says that Ella and her friend will simply add to her collection, and hangs up. Ella goes to tell Eugene, but stops short of waking him up. She realizes that while Eugene is talented, Ella can’t bring herself to risk losing him too. Unable to take Abby and Melody either, and knowing Lightning probably won’t help this case (she doesn’t know he’s dead yet), Ella decides to go the one other person left.

At that moment, we cut to Cheryl’s house, where Ella is telling her the situation and asking for her help. Ella tells Cheryl that she’s tired of being helpless and if it means abandoning her princess persona, then so be it. Cheryl then proceeds to put on her Red Arrow costume and load her bow, saying “like the furies of Ancient Greece, who ceaselessly pursue blood atonement when a crime's been committed, I, the Red Arrow” will not rest until those responsible for the torment of our sister.... is rightly punished with swift arrows” Ella then informs Cheryl that they can’t bring weapons, or Hela won’t show up.

Cheryl snaps her fingers in disappointment, but says that the Red Arrow doesn’t need arrows to bring justice. She discards the bow and arrow, but keeps the costume on. Ella says that she never knew Cheryl was a vigilante type of person. Cheryl says that they basically are vigilantes for doing this. Ella agrees with this. Cheryl says that she’s thinking about renaming the survivors “The Harlem Vixens” after all this. Ella reminds her that Eugene is still alive, so she can’t use it. Cheryl lets out a suspicious look and says “Can’t I?” Ella tilts her head in confusion. Cheryl says that she’ll explain later, and the two girls go in Ella’s car.

As they drive to the orphanage, Cheryl asks Ella if she has much idea how to fight. Ella says that she hasn’t really done much, considering her pregnancy and asks if Cheryl has any ideas. Cheryl points to the heels that she and Ella are wearing and says that they should probably take them off and try throwing them at Hela, like Abby and Melody did. Cheryl says that she did take some martial arts lessons, though she quit midway because she found the instructor “a complete ass”. As they arrive at the orphanage, Cheryl asks Ella to stay behind her, which she refuses.

Ella says that Hela was the one who stopped her from having a family and tells her that no matter what happens, she is the one who is going to kill Hela. Cheryl sees a determined look in Ella’s eyes and admits that she pretty much has no say in the matter, at least for once. She says “You can be a stone cold bitch sometimes, Ella Valentine… Congratulations!” Ella and Cheryl then go inside, where they are quickly greeted by Hela. She says “So, I’m up against a fairy tale final girl wannabe and the fake queen bee bitch?”

Cheryl replies “No, you are up against the Red Arrow and Princess Valentine” Hela just bursts into laughter. She says that Cheryl has no arrows, and all Ella is going to do is just probably give her Valentine’s Day cards or something. Ella tells Hela that she’s done just being a princess, and tells Cheryl that her nickname is the “Bad Valentine” now. Cheryl asks “Isn’t it Black Widow?” Ella says that it’s already taken, and Eugene is still alive, so she's going with Bad Valentine. Hela states that they have no idea who they are dealing with. Ella asks why she doesn’t tell them then. Hela decides to so.

Hela reveals that she is actually Akanthus’ wife and Elektra’s mother, Margaret Coleman (Yep, this is why Akanthus wants her alive so badly). She admits to not having an particular motive other than a love for killing with her husband and daughter. Hela then states that she’s getting bored talking and sprints toward Cheryl and Ella. As planned, they take off their heels and throw them at Hela, who skillfully dodges them. Cheryl then remembers that she dodged Abby and Melody’s attempt to do this as well. Ella says “NOW, you remember?” before getting punched in the face by Hela. Cheryl pounces at Hela and manages to knock the machete out of her hand, which infuriates her.

Hela punches Cheryl in the face. She punches Hela in the face back and kicks her in the stomach. Hela kicks Cheryl in the chest and elbows her in the face. Ella gets back up and charges at Hela, but she gets kicked to the ground. Hela says that Ella will always be a helpless damsel in distress. Ella says “Wrong”, before suddenly pulling out a knife (she had it hidden in her pocket the whole time) and stabbing Hela in the side. Hela shrikes in pain, but quickly pulls the knife out of her side and stabs Ella in the shoulder.

Hela says she’s had enough for her and tries to strangle Ella (while the knife is still lodged in her shoulder), but Cheryl charges at Hela and body-slams her backwards. She repeatedly punches and knees Hela, doing what she can to pummel her. Hela fights back at the same time, kicking and smacking Cheryl. Blood is being smacked off their faces, it’s brutal. Both are starting to get exhausted. Cheryl does a spin kick across Hela’s face. Hela kicks Cheryl directly in the nose, breaking it. She then headbutts Cheryl, which knocks her down. Hela repeatedly kicks Cheryl on the ground.

Just then, Ella comes charges forward and stabs Hela in the chest, which causes her dire pain. She asks “How’s that for a little princess?” Hela, though wounded, pulls the knife out of her chest and trades punches with Ella. She’s still strong, but Ella is giving it everything she’s got. Ella kicks Hela in the nose with all of her strength, breaking it and knock her down. She tries to stomp on Hela's face, but she rolls out of the way and bites Ella’s leg, which make her fall over. Hela climbs on top of Ella and starts strangling her. Ella strangles Hela back, but Hela punches her in the throat. Ella has the breath taken out of her by this.

Hela seizes her chance, takes the machete and repeatedly and viciously hacks Ella. She’s a bloody mess in seconds. Ella Valentine, girlfriend of Eugene Dixon, and season 1 survivor, is dead. Cheryl doesn’t appear to be too shocked for the loss of her friend, and Hela calls Ella “Pathetic” Cheryl agrees that Ella was weak and just shrugs her death off. She and Hela high five, happy to be rid of the fan favorite. Just then, time pauses, and THE NOAH KILLER, who is grinning wickedly, appears on the screen to address the audience.

THE NOAH KILLER: This is a one-time cameo by the author, to inform the readers that they have officially been bamboozled and what has just happened has been fake. Ha. Ha. Ha. Gotcha suckers! Now (walks off the screen), back on with this story.

Time rewinds back when Hela is strangling Ella. Ella strangles Hela back, before punching her in the throat, which takes the breath out of her. Hela falls from on top of Ella, who takes the machete and viciously hacks Hela with it. She’s becoming a bloody mess in seconds. Ella’s ruthless. She’s unstoppable. She’s finally becoming a badass final girl she’s been building up to be. Margaet Coleman, wife of General Akanthus, mother of Elektra Natchios, is dead. As Ella catches her breath, she helps Cheryl up. Cheryl tells Ella that she has officially upgraded from “Vengeful fury to Badass Princess”

Just then, they hear beeping and see the heartbeat monitor on that Gasface planted on Hela’s arm activating. Cheryl and Ella wonder what this means. Ella says that whatever it means, now there is one killer left to deal with: Sauron himself. Meanwhile, at Sauron's lair, Hela’s death causes the gas bomb to detonate and flood his lair with poison gas, rendering it uninhabitable (I’ll confirm Sauron isn’t inside his lair at this time). Cut to black.

Desperate Survival
We open on the next morning after Hela’s death, Cheryl and Ella have gathered all the other remaining characters (Abby, Melody and Eugene) to tell them all that Hela is dead and Sauron is the only remaining killer left. Abby tells them that it’s not all good news, as Lightning was found dead by his parents, which saddens everyone. Eugene doesn’t take too much time for Lightning, as he is the most surprised at Hela’s death and asks why Ella took Cheryl with her instead of him. Ella admits that she didn’t want to risk losing Eugene and wanted to risk someone else, before telling Cheryl “no offense” Cheryl replies “None taken” with a smile. Eugene thanks Cheryl for keeping Ella safe and helping her kill Hela.

Cheryl wonders just how “thankful” Eugene actually is. Eugene asks “What’s that supposed to mean?” Cheryl explains that she has a killer theory all set up, and Eugene asks “Is it a Bombshell revelation?” Cheryl replies “something like that” before telling everyone to meet her at her house in about an hour to explain. Before everyone leaves, Abby says that Sauron may be out of killers again, but they cannot let him flee back to LOGS just so he can rouse more again. Melody agrees that they need to stop Sauron now. Eugene asks how to find him.

Melody and Abby say that heard a light explosion out in the woods last night (the sound of the gas bomb going off), and they are going to investigate to see if that had anything to do with Sauron. Cheryl calls them smart and wonders if they can rename the Harlem Five to “The Harlem Vixens, filled with girls with fire on my squad."” Eugene sarcastically replies “As long as I live, I will never let this group turn to pure feminism” A smirking Cheryl says “We’ll see about that” before telling Abby and Melody to call them if they see Sauron lurking at the site. The Harlem Five then depart.

About 10 minutes later, a frantic Sauron is seen ruining to his lair, as if just now aware of Hela’s death. He sees the entrance to the lair destroyed and knows that it is flooded with gas. Sauron punches a tree in frustration. Just then, his phone rings, and the ID reads “General Akanthus” Sauron reluctantly answers the phone, and tries to explain the situation. Akanthus doesn’t give him a chance and announces that he is no longer welcome in LOGS. He calls him incompetent, foolish, and a disgrace to murderers in general. Sauron demands that Akanthus recognize that that he is still powerful.

He tells Sauron that he will give him one proposal: if Sauron manages to kill the entire Harlem Five by himself, then Akanthus will make him death swift. Sauron, furious, says that he will march back to Mount Massive and kill Akanthus just for saying that. Akanthus replies “Hope that the kids finish you off before I get my hands on you” He then hangs up before Sauron can talk back to him. Sauron has now lost all of his connections with LOGS and all of his kills. He is driven with nothing left but to finish the operation that he started. Sauron storms off and throws the phone away.

Just after he leaves, Melody and Abby come up. They notice the charred lair and consider going inside. Melody points out that since it’s destroyed, there is likely nothing useful in there. Abby agrees and then notices the dropped phone. Melody speculates that it’s Sauron’s phone and asks Abby to play the last conversation. She does, and they find out about how Sauron is now entirely on his own. Melody says that this is perfect and Sauron is probably “Whining like a little bitch" Just then, there is a facetime request on the phone. Melody accepts it, and JAMES WESLEY (Fisk’s assistant from Screamgirl) pops on the screen.

Wesley says “So, you are the annoyances Sauron’s been talking about” before introducing himself as Wilson Fisk’s personal assistant. Abby asks if Fisk wants a fight or something. Wesley says that Fisk would destroy them a fight, considering his intimidating size and strength, but he’s at the LOGS HQ (Mount Massive Asylum). Wesley tells them that Sauron is now an enemy of Tarvender and Akanthus wants him dead for recruiting his wife (Hela) and getting her killed. Wesley gives them a cryptic hint of how to defeat Sauron, saying “Look for the button” Melody asks “What’s that supposed to-“ but Wesley interrupts.

He says that he will leave them with a warning. Wesley explains that LOGS policy requires them to actively pursue the killers of a high ranking member, but Fisk is willing to make an exception. Wesley ells Abby and Melody that if they take any action against LOGS after they defeat Sauron, he will make sure they suffer for it. Wesley promises that LOGS will leave them alone if they kill Sauron for them, and that he’s “a man of his word” Melody says that they will kill Sauron, but if he goes after them, he will regret it. Wesley replies “It's gonna take a lot more than a voice on a phone to stop us” before hanging up.

Later, the Harlem Five have gathered at Cheryl’s place, where she is about to present her Sauron theory to them. Cheryl asks Abby if Sauron stated that he knows her, which Abby confirms. Cheryl says that either Sauron faked his death, or he is one of them. She informs them that she has taken many hints, but one came very recently. Ella asks who her suspect is, and Cheryl reveals that it is in fact Eugene. Eugene is very surprised that Cheryl suspects him. He is momentarily speechless, but regains his cool and asks why.

Cheryl brings us to a flashback from episode 9, when they are talking about Lightning right before his death. We see Cheryl say “I swear, if he (Lightning) says Sha one more time, I am shoving my heel down his mouth” Eugene replies “Unless I shut him up first” Back in present day, Cheryl explains that she finds it suspicious that Lightning just so happened to die right after that. Eugene looks nervous and insists that was a coincidence. Ella tells Cheryl that she can’t just accuse him of being Sauron without more evidence, and Cheryl replies “Oh, I have more evidence” She goes to another flashback back in episode 6.

We see Cheryl completely owning Eugene, though we still don’t see what she says to him. Cheryl then recalls Penelope saying to her that Sauron found her “a threat and annoyance” Back in present day, Cheryl explains that “there are serial killer vibes” in Eugene, considering that Penelope attacked her on the same day she owned him. He asks if Cheryl really thinks he’s Sauron. Cheryl replies “I think you’re crazier than a serial killer on bath salts” Eugene insists that he is innocent, telling them that he’s done so much for everyone these past few years. They think about it.

Abby asks if Eugene has ever encountered Sauron directly. Eugene realizes that he can’t think of any direct encounters he had with him. Ella tells everyone to back off and give Eugene some space. Melody says that she has a proposal to prove Eugene innocent. Melody proposes that Cheryl tie him up to a chair and keep an eye on him all day, while the others (Ella, Abby and Melody) look for Sauron. Cheryl says that if they find Sauron, call her and Eugene, then they will know he isn’t Sauron. Ella says that is crazy, and Sauron could attack him and Cheryl instead.

Cheryl says if that happens, he will receive several arrows to the face. Abby reminds her that Sauron is armored and that won’t work. Eugene replies “I’m going to need a Ritalin smoothie just to get through this” before reluctantly agreeing to be tied up to earn everyone’s trust. Ella is strongly against the plan, which will leave Eugene vulnerable, but Cheryl insists that nothing will happen to Eugene under her watch. Ella trusts Cheryl and gives Eugene a kiss on the lips. She promises to prove him innocent quickly. Eugene bids her good luck.

After Ella, Melody and Abby leave, Cheryl prepares some rope to tie up Eugene. Eugene asks if they really have to do this. Cheryl tells Eugene that if he resists, she’s going to have shoot him in the face with several arrows. Eugene reminds Cheryl that she doesn’t even have her Red Arrow costume or bow and arrow ready. Cheryl then puts on her costume and loads her bow and arrow. She asks “Any more suggestions?” before getting the rope. While Cheryl is distracted, Eugene begins quietly approaching her from behind while reaching for something in his pocket.

Later, Ella, Melody and Abby have armed themselves with crowbars and are searching the woods for Sauron. Ella asks what their plan of attack is if they find him, knowing he is invulnerable with his armor on. Melody proposes that Sauron needs a way to exit his armor and there must be a button on it somewhere. Ella asks if she and Abby can remember seeing anything during their fight with Sauron. Abby thinks and remembers noticing a shiny button on the very top of Sauron’s head, speculating that that may be how to make the armor open up. Ella and Abby decide to distract Sauron while Melody presses the button.

Just then, they hear heavy footsteps approaching, right before a mace is swung at them. The three girls dodge the blow and see Sauron attacking them. Sauron yells that they have absolutely ruined his reputation and he’s now a joke. Ella says that Sauron has always been a joke, before telling Abby to call Eugene and Cheryl. As she does, Ella tells Sauron to come get her. While Sauron’s attention is focused on Ella, Melody takes a step backward before launching on Sauron’s back and climbing toward the button. She manages to reach the top of Sauron’s head and raises her hand to press the button.

However, Sauron quickly grabs her before she can press it and grabs her neck. He says that she should have done this back at the showdown in episode 4. Sauron tells her that Melody has been so persistent, but now she will die. Abby and Ella rush at Sauron and hit his arms with their crowbars to make him release Melody, whom is he is starting to strangle. Her face is turning blue. Abby screams at Sauron to stop. Sauron replies by raising the gauntlets to maximum power, allowing him to completely crush Melody’s neck. Melody Barrett, the secondary final girl of the trilogy, sister of Abby Barrett, daughter of Claire and Logan Barrett, granddaughter of Sally Mckeena and Pop Temple, and boyfriend of Donald “Silent D” Newton and Mike “Mon-el” Matthews, is dead.

Abby, having just finished sending the message to Cheryl and Eugene, completely flips out and jumps on Sauron despite only having one functional hand. Sauron tries to grab her, but Abby successfully presses the button Sauron’s head. This causes him to sink to his knees and for the armor to open up. Ella and Abby watch as their finally vulnerable tormentor is forced to exit the armor that made him unstoppable. Two legs step out of the armor and turn to face Abby and Ella. They finally see that the identity of their tormentor, and Sauron, aka the Dark Lord of LOGS/Tarvender is…

BEFORE WE SEE, WE SMASH TO BLACK.

The Dark Lord
POP TEMPLE! POP TEMPLE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE AND IS SAURON/THE DARK LORD OF LOGS/TARVENDER, NOT EUGENE! (I MADE THAT TYPO WITH SAURON/EUGENE’S LAIR ON PURPOSE TO MAKE UP FOR MIKE’S REVEAL, SUCKERS!)

We open up right where the last episode left off, with Abby and Ella starting in complete disbelief at Pop. Pop asks if they are surprised, before saying that he should stop stating the obvious. Just then, Cheryl (in her Red Arrow costume and bow and arrow) and Eugene arrive. They apologize for the delay, saying that Eugene was giving her the knife he had in his pocket back at the house to make Cheryl trust him. They are also shocked to see Pop, and Melody dead. Eugene says that this might be a bad time, but he’s saying it anyway. He points at Cheryl and says she owes him $10 for accusing him if they survive. Cheryl admits she might have acted a little bit mean while accusing him, but she’ll only give him $9.99

Abby says that this cannot be happening, as she saw Pop’s corpse back at the house. Cheryl points her bow at Pop and says “You’ve got some explaining to do, grandpa” Pop states that he doesn’t have to do it, but he will anyway. Pop explains that the corpse that they found at the house was a mannequin, filled with pigs’ blood. He also reveals that the medical examiners were paid off by LOGS to make sure nobody noticed anything. Abby says that this doesn’t make sense, considering Sally’s story. Pop reveals to them that all of the Founding Fathers have tragic backstories, including him. Cheryl says that she won’t weep for him, and Pop says “We’ll see” He begins his story, and we flash back to a rainy day in 1962.

At this time, we meet Pop as a child (around 12 years old) and his twin brother RANDALL TEMPLE. The two are being berated by their abusive and drunk father William, who doesn’t want to deal with them today and orders them both to leave the house. Pop is depressed that William kicked them out, but Randall suggests that they go play despite the rain. They go to play at a nearby construction site, where the two brothers decide to play hide-and-seek. Pop then goes to hide. Moments after, Pop hears Randall calling out for help and finds him caught in an open pipe full of water. He attempts to pull him out, but to no avail.

Pop yells out for help, but nobody answers. Randall tells Pop to go get dad for help. With the water rising, the area deserted, and their mother away at work, Pop rushes home, where William is sitting on a bench outside. Pop tries to get him to help, but William is too drunk and uninterested to listen. Pop tries to pull him over, saying that Randall is about to die. William, in a drunk rage, replies “Well that’ll be one less greedy mouth to feed, won’t it?” and shoves him to the ground. William repeatedly yells at Pop to go away, which he tearfully does.

Pop goes back to the construction site and finds Randall about to drown in the open pipe full of water. Pop says that William won’t help, and he tries desperately to pull out his twin brother. However, Randall knows he won’t make it at this point and says “Don’t forget about me, Pop” After muttering his last words, Randall drowns while holding his brother’s hand. Randall Temple, twin brother of Pop Temple and son of William Temple, is dead. Pop proceeds to break down sobbing over his brother’s corpse.

Back in present day, some of the survivors are actually feeling bad over Pop’s backstory, including Cheryl (since it reminds her of Jason). Pop reveals that when he became a teenager, he murdered William and moved to Harlem. Around this time, he met Sally and the two started their relationship. Pop told Sally that he wanted to make people feel the pain that he went through as a child, and he ultimately decided to create Tarvender. It took a long time to make the organization, but he found three powerful people willing to help: the other three Founding Fathers.

Eventually, Tarvender was a full-fledged murder organization and he and Sally gave birth to Claire and her brother. One of their agents was Logan, who eventually raped Claire, resulting in the birth of Abby and Melody. Abby asks why he let Logan marry Claire. Pop explains that it was punishment for Claire joining Surfack and aiding in Tarvender’s destruction, and he wanted Logan as a “sleeper agent”. He never told her about his past because he feared her reaction. After Tarvender was destroyed, Pop sent Sally into hiding and he and the other Founding Fathers worked to rebuild their organization, eventually renaming it “LOGS” to avoid rousing suspicion.

He also had Fisk build him his Sauron armor to make him menacing as a Founding Father (since his old age limits him). Abby asks about the son that Sally mentioned that she and Pop had. Pop reveals that this secret sibling ran away from home after Pop tried to get him to join Tarvender. He has no idea where he is now. Eugene asks why he started his spree here to begin with. Pop reminds them of Logan’s excuse, that he wanted Claire to suffer by tormenting her children. Abby says that it should have ended after Melody killed Logan then. Pop says that when someone kills a high ranking killer, LOGS does not let that go. So, Pop entered the killing spree personally as Sauron to get revenge for Logan, and it got even more personal for him after the losses of Mal and Banner.

He tells them now he wants revenge for disgracing him and getting him out of LOGS. Abby points to Melody’s corpse and says that they loved Pop. Pop says that all love he had for them was lost after they killed Logan. Abby says that they trusted Pop and loved him. Pop rolls his eyes and says that was Abby’s mistake, and now he will finally avenge all the humiliation he’s suffered by killing the Harlem Four. Cheryl replies “Except for one problem: the arrow that’s pointed at our face” Pop yells “Akanthus! Over here!” Everyone spins around to find nothing; Pop tricked them. Pop then jumps back in the suit and presses the button to close it.

Cheryl quickly shoots her arrow at Pop’s head, but it only hits his shoulder and makes him angry. The suit closes up and Sauron/Pop is back in full strength. He picks up his mace and gets ready to kill Eugene, Abby, Ella and Cheryl. Ella asks if anyone has a plan. Abby looks around and notices the dock that Logan was killed at nearby. Abby yells at everyone to draw Pop toward the dock. Pop repeatedly swings his mace at the survivors, and they keep stepping backwards toward the dock. Pop doesn’t see the trick coming and is lured to the dock.

Once he’s there, Abby shouts “NOW!” and the survivors proceed to body-slam/tackle Pop as hard as they can. Pop moves backward slightly, close to the edge. Abby, Ella, Cheryl and Eugene push Pop as hard as they can, and he trips over the edge and falls into the water. Pop attempts to swim back up, but the suit is too heavy and he starts sinking below the water. Thus, Pop is forced to press the button to get out of the suit and prevent himself from drowning.

However, Pop’s foot gets entangled in the suit and he gets dragged deeper underwater. He frees himself, but the surface is way up high. Nevertheless, Pop attempts to swim upwards, but cannot get up there, and he drowns. Pop Temple, grandfather of Abby and Melody, father of Claire Temple, twin brother of John Temple, husband of Sally Mckeena, and Sauron aka the dark lord of Tarvender/LOGS, is dead. Back on the surface, the Harlem Four wait in case Pop resurfaces, and he doesn’t. With Pop dead, Abby goes over to Melody’s corpse and breaks down in tears. Ella, Cheryl and Eugene lower their heads in respect and sadness for Melody.

Two months later, we cut to the prison where Turk and Penelope have been jailed, where we find a group of prisoners sitting around Penelope and Turk in the courtyard. It is obvious to us that they have become the ‘rulers’ of the prison. Suddenly, Penelope asks who the new guard is, to which a prisoner tells her that the new guard (who looks to be in his early-to-mid-twenties) just started here yesterday, and is easy to fool. Penelope looks at Turk, and then smiles at him. After this, another prisoner asks them (Penelope and Turk) to tell them another one of their stories from their time in LOGs. Turk tells them that he and Penelope have to get going, but the prisoner calls this bullshit, before stating that he wanted a story.

Penelope grips the prisoner by the throat and threatens to have him personally executed by her good friend Cottonmouth. The prisoner quickly loses breath as he struggles to let go. He tries to claw at Penelope to let him go, which makes him tear some of her shirt. We get a glimpse of a LOGs tattoo on her, which she had gotten upon entering LOGS. Elsewhere, we cut to Turk and Penelope, who are walking away from the group. Turk says that he was sure his plan to “Literally walk out the front door like badasses” would work. Penelope says that she’s thought of her own plan. As she tells Turk her plan, we see a smile form on his face.

The pair of them walk over to the new guard in fury. Penelope laments to the guard about how he just stood here while she was physically assaulted by one of her fellow prisoners, who tore her shirt. The guard starts to apologize, and gets increasingly worked up as he does so, which leads to him tearing up. Penelope tells the guard, who she calls a “big strong handsome man” not to shed tears, and that she won’t report his ignorance to the chief guard, should he help her out in the back room. She winks at him seductively. Being young, naive, and horny, just many other young men his age, the guard goes with Penelope to the backroom.

We see that Turk was left behind. He tells himself that he wants to get in on the action, before following them. In the backroom, we find Penelope and the guard making out. Suddenly, she starts strangling him, and he struggles to break free from her grip as she does so. Eventually, the guard loses consciousness and falls to the floor. Penelope quickly pulls out a knife she had been keeping and cuts the guard’s face off, killing him. She smiles to herself. Just then, Turk walks in, but with a second guard who caught Turk lurking around. Penelope facepalms, before dashing at the second guard with her knife and slitting his throat before he can call for backup, killing him.

Penelope slaps Turk for not following the plan and bringing trouble here. Turk tells Penelope that at least they have two faces to use now. It’s obvious to us that Penelope was originally only going to get one face and break out alone. She proceeds to cut the second guard’s face off, before the pair of them get changed into the guard uniforms. The two of them attempt to walk out, pretending to be guards. As they go to the main gate, Turk says “Man, this face is itching up my face. I’m taking this off” Penelope responds with “Do it and I kill you, twice. I would find a way” Turk then shuts up. They then to the main gate, which Penelope unlocks. The two of them proceed to walk out of there, before locking the gate behind them. They run off into the forest, having officially escaped.

Later, the Harlem Four (Abby, Ella, Eugene and Cheryl) are having a small part at Abby’s house to welcome Mon-el, who is finally returning from therapy (he knows that Melody is dead, since Abby told him earlier). As Mon-el walks in, the others shout “SURPRISE!” before hugging him, glad to see him back. Mon-el thanks everyone for the warm welcome, before saying that he wishes Melody were here to see this. However, he tells everyone that he won’t be staying here for long. Abby is confused and asks why not.

Just then, Hank Henshaw walks in with two costumed people and a tall black man with black gauntlets. He introduces himself as Mon-el’s therapist and explains to them that Mon-el has signed up for something very important. Ella interrupts to comment that she loves the costumes the two other people have and asks who they are. The costumed people thank her, before saying that they are THE GREEN ARROW and BLACK CANARY (Mon-el mentioned them in Screamgirl Season 2). The tall black man also introduces himself as LUKE CAGE. Cheryl says that the Green Arrow better not be trying to steal her title. The Green Arrow chuckles, before saying that they can just call him by his name, Oliver Queen. Ella admires Black Canary’s costume and asks if she can be one too.

Black Canary tells everyone that they can call her by her real name too, Elena Lance. Cage tells them he has nothing to hide except for the gauntlets. He reveals that these are Sauron’s power gauntlets, and he took them after Pop was fished out of the river. Now, they are Surfack’s weapons. Oliver says that he has an offer to make everyone here if they want it, and they are all interested. Oliver explains that they heard about LOGS reforming and Sauron’s death. Oliver reveals that not only are he, Cage, Hank and Elena are all veterans of Surfack, but he is also its new leader. He is now trying to reform Surfack, and they all came here upon hearing of Sauron's death.

Mon-el proceeds to explain to everyone that he’s signed up for Surfack, because he feels the need to go out and help people with similar problems like his. Cheryl asks what Surfack means, and Elena says it means “SURvivors Fight bACK” Cheryl likes the sound of the name, and Abby realizes that this is the organization that her mother joined back in 2007. Hank explains that they are here to give the Harlem Four a choice of joining Surfack, or at least give it a go, if they want to. Oliver adds that it is totally up to them if they wish to join. Ella asks if they get cool costumes, and Elena says “Yes”

Eugene asks what they would do if they joined. Cage explains that they would be going to fight LOGS and stop them from tormenting any innocent people, kinda like vigilantes. He says that they apply some rules for how they deal out justice so that they don’t get carried away and become murderers themselves. Abby huddles with her friends to see their opinions. They ask her if she wants to join, before reminding her that Fisk promised to leave them alone if they didn’t fight. Cage briefly interrupts, telling them that might not be the case. He informs them that Penelope and Turk have escaped from prison, which surprises everyone, especially Cheryl.

Going back to it, Abby tells everyone that LOGS ruined her life and destroyed her family. She says that Melody would absolutely have joined Surfack upon hearing that Mon-el was joining as well. Abby decides that she wants to honor her family by standing up to LOGS. Cheryl says that if Abby is going, then she’s going too. She tells her that with Rachel gone, she needs to start over elsewhere. Cheryl also says “From the flames of Thistlehouse, I am reborn as a phoenix in Surfack” Eugene asks if she really burnt down her house, to which she smiles and says “Maybe…no, just kidding” Cheryl also says that if her mother is going back to LOGS, then it’s inevitable that they will meet again and she might as well get prepared.

With Abby and Cheryl agreeing, they ask Eugene and Ella. Eugene says that his membership depends entirely on Ella, as wherever she goes, he follows. Ella asks Elena what happens to pregnant women in Surfack. Elena says that they will always permit pregnant women to leave to take care of their child, as they wouldn’t like them to risk their unborn baby. Ella thinks about it. She says that she would love to be Black Canary instead of a princess, and admits she doesn’t want to leave her friends behind either. Ella does want a peaceful life with Eugene, however. She asks Eugene if he would survive if they joined Surfack. Eugene says that he survived the Dark Lord’s wrath, so he can do it. Ella thinks.

Eventually, Ella decides to join Surfack, and Eugene subsequently does so too. The Harlem Five are now officially Surfack members. Oliver says that he’ll come to pick them up in two weeks to give them time to prepare. Cage thanks them for joining and makes sure that they are aware of the risks by doing this. The Harlem Four say that they are aware and will join nevertheless. Hank, Oliver, Elena and Cage then depart. As they do so, Mon-el tells everyone that nothing will be the same again, to which Abby responds “As far as I’m concerned, the same ended two years ago” The survivors hold hands and say that they will survive together, before going into a group hug. Cut to black and roll the credits.

In a post credit scene, Penelope and Turk have returned to Mount Massive Asylum and are meeting with Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes, a Founding Father. She informs him that the survivors have joined Surfack. Stokes says that this is bad, but he has firmly established a gang in the town of Bennington and is making tons of money right now. Turk asks if they will let “The Turk” into LOGS now. Stokes says “You’re in-“, which causes Turk to cheer. Stokes then finishes his sentence, saying “-as my janitor!” Turk sinks to his knees and dramatically yells “NOOOOOO”, horrified at his extremely boring job. Smash to black.

Confirmed Facts

 * There will be 12 episodes.
 * How Mon-el joined Surfack will be revealed.
 * Mon-el won't be around all season and only be in half.
 * There will be MANY survivor deaths, so prepare yourselves for heartbreak.
 * All of the killers motives and identities will be revealed this season.
 * Holes will be revealed in episode 6.
 * Deacon will be revealed in episode 8.
 * Hela will be revealed in episode 10.
 * Sauron will finally be revealed in the finale.
 * Sally has secrets related to Sauron.
 * Abby will suffer a lot in the first four episodes.
 * Episode 4 will give her a severe injury.

What Would Have Happened

 * Bryce Walker was going to be in the season instead of Nick St. Clair.
 * Lightning was going to be saved for the next trilogy, but I figured I needed another new character.
 * If I kept the Talia and Nyssa idea, Melody and Abby would have fought them in episode 4 instead of Walter and Holes.
 * Cheryl was going to burn Penelope to death in episode 6, but I saw some potential if I had at least one surviving killer in the trilogy.
 * Sally and Pop's son that was mentioned was going to be Deacon, but I changed to Sally due to a different idea I had for him.
 * Eugene was going to fight Hela with Ella, but I decided it make more sense for Ella to use Cheryl instead.
 * I got the idea for the typo trick randomly.