- Piper Shay: I, uh, know that I said I would respect your privacy, but can I offer you some advice from someone whose dad is never coming back?
- [Emma nods]
- Piper Shay: Second chances are rare. Don't waste them.
- Mayor Quinn Maddox: We are a family, Brooke. If one of us gets hurt, we all get hurt.
- Brooke Maddox: Yeah, and I'm left to pick up the pieces.
- Mayor Quinn Maddox: I'm sorry, sweetheart, but we are going to survive this. You'll stay with the Fitzgerald's for now. Just be strong until we can all be back together again.
- Brooke Maddox: Maybe we shouldn't.
- [Brooke turns to leave]
- Mayor Quinn Maddox: Brooke? Brooke, wait.
- Brooke Maddox: Goodbye, daddy.
- Piper Shay: [on her podcast] The brutal murder of Will Belmont has forever changed the town of Lakewood. I came here as an outsider and then Will Belmont saved my life, so now I'm part of the story. So I can't even pretend to be objective anymore. Now I just want it to be over, and for the people I've come to know to find peace again.
- Maggie Duval: Did the meds help you sleep?
- Emma Duval: I don't need to sleep. I need to not be questioned, by the doctors and the police and you. I need to go back to normal life.
- Maggie Duval: Honey, what you went through was horrific. I understand how you feel, but trust me, normal's gonna take some time.
- Audrey Jensen: I stopped by to check on you.
- Emma Duval: Yeah, thanks. My mom told me.
- Noah Foster: Emma, there are no words. I mean, I'm sure there are, but I... I can't think of any to...
- Audrey Jensen: We know what you're going through, and we're here if you need us.
- Emma Duval: It's okay. I'm okay. Really. I'll see you in class.
- Audrey Jensen: She's so not okay.
- Noah Foster: Yeah, not even close.
- Sheriff Clark Hudson: How's Emma?
- Maggie Duval: The doctor says she's in shock; let her work through it. I'm trying, but it's terrifying.
- Sheriff Clark Hudson: I know. We brought in more officers, and I'm working with your cell provider and social media sites that this guy was using to contact her.
- Maggie Duval: Can you trace back the messages?
- Sheriff Clark Hudson: Not yet. But if he tries to reach out again, we're gonna be there to track him.
- Emma Duval: [entering] Don't.
- Maggie Duval: Emma.
- Emma Duval: He'll know. And then he'll punish me and someone else I care about will die.
- Sheriff Clark Hudson: I know you're scared, all right? We've been doubling our efforts to find this guy and to keep you safe.
- Emma Duval: That's what you don't understand. It's not me that I'm worried about; it's all of you.
- Piper Shay: Emma, I know you're going through hell but you're going to survive this.
- Emma Duval: You know what? Maybe it's actually better if I don't.
- Piper Shay: Don't think that.
- Emma Duval: He said that it ends with me so, let's just skip ahead to the ending.
- Piper Shay: You can't let this sadistic bastard win. If you're the key to all of this then you have to find a way to fight back.
- Emma Duval: I did, and he sliced Will in half right in front of me.
- [a beat]
- Emma Duval: I don't know if I have any fight left.
- Piper Shay: Yes you do, because you come from a family of survivors. Your mom, your dad, and now you. Don't forget that.
- Audrey Jensen: So if Branson is the killer, why would he take a job at a school instead of somewhere below the radar?
- Noah Foster: Hiding in plain sight. Think about it, his classroom is one-stop victim shopping. Pick one, slay one, console one, then repeat.
- Audrey Jensen: Okay, what's his criteria?
- Noah Foster: Archetypes, you know? Because Nina was the Queen B, Tyler: the rebel, Riley was the brain and now Will, the jock.
- Audrey Jensen: If he is killing off the members of The Breakfast Club, the only one left is the raccoon-eyed, weird girl who only wears black.
- Noah Foster: Or the weird girl's girlfriend, which might make sense with Rachel.
- [a beat]
- Noah Foster: Okay, maybe not, but if Branson's thrill is hiding in plain sight and the classroom is his cover, then it stands to reason that he'd want his tools of the trade handy.
- Audrey Jensen: Well, he was awfully anxious when he found us in there alone.
- Noah Foster: Maybe it's time to dig a little deeper.