Scream season 2, episode 11, “Heavenly Creatures,” just finished airing, and we saw the fallout from last week’s heartbreaking death.

Right at the top of the episode the Killer sneaks into Emma’s room. There were quite a few shots of his brown shoes, which may have just been a stylistic choice, but it kind of feels like a clue to me. Too bad I totally forgot about it once the drama started and didn’t notice if any of the characters were wearing those types of shoes this week.

While in her room, the Killer looks at a picture of Emma and Kieran (could this be Eli’s jealousy rearing its ugly head?), then steals her dream diary. Emma wakes up and hears him downstairs, but when she follows, all she finds is a wooden necklace in the shape of a heart with her name carved into it.

Kieran wakes up to go comfort Emma, but not before Eli stops him. Eli’s having a little snack at the dinner table, telling Kieran that he couldn’t sleep. We did see him at the end of the last episode outside of the Duval’s house, so it’s not a stretch to think he could be the one donning the mask and leaving presents for Emma.

At the hospital, we see a completely different Noah Foster. Like I said last week, I liked Zoe, but there was always something slightly suspicious about her. Not knowing if I could completely trust her meant I never really allowed myself to care for her. But Noah’s heartbreak is enough to nearly bring me to tears, and good on John Karna for walking Noah through a myriad of emotions within a matter of seconds.

Noah’s decided to shut down The Morgue and his investigation of the murders, and you can tell he’s scared, angry, and a little sad all at once.

Once again alarm bells should be going off in your head, as Stavo draws a bloody Mayor Maddox giving a press conference after Zoe’s death. This little scene is especially concerning given what happens to the mayor later in the episode.

At Noah’s request, Audrey, Emma, and Kieran take down his murder board, but before they pack everything away, Emma finds a clipping from Will’s funeral which shows that Eli was in Lakewood last year. When Audrey later gets a text from the Killer saying Emma is good at cutting people off, it all but confirms to the trio that Eli is guilty of murder. After all, following the carnival incident, Emma stopped speaking to him.

For someone like Eli, with his kind of obsession, cutting him off from the object of his affection could send him off the deep end.

Eli is a fascinating character, if only because he’s still so enigmatic. We don’t know who his father is (could it possibly be Brandon James?) and we don’t know why his mother takes orders from a high schooler. She’s pumped she just got a $15,000 ticket out of Lakewood thanks to the mayor, but when Eli says he doesn’t want to leave, she listens. He also promises to take care of Mr. Maddox, sneaking into his office and leaving a threatening note.

Acosta and Maggie are wracking their brains for a suspect other than someone who supposedly died 20 years ago. The sheriff goes to Ms. Lang, but the psych teacher says she barely knew Piper, even though they were in the same foster home. She admits she’s doing an informal case study on the survivors of the Lakewood Killer, but tells Acosta that if he wants to talk to someone who’s obsessed with Piper, he should call up Emma Duval.

We’ve now gotten to the point of the episode that has confused me the most. Because, guys, I really like Stavo. I know I shouldn’t. I know he’s a creep, and I know there’s a good chance he’s the Killer, but he’s just so damn tragic and brooding.

First we hear Ms. Lang saying that Stavo just wants to understand his father and what he goes through on a daily basis. He first became fascinated by death when he snuck into a police file and saw a dead gang member. He can’t talk about his issues, so he draws them.

And next, we see Stavo visit Noah and send him the graphic novel he’s been drawing. It’s actually…pretty cool. I mean, it’s still creepy as hell, but it’s an interesting piece of artwork. Stavo also admits that the podcast helps him, just like it helps plenty of other people. And that would be sweet if it didn’t sound like a confession of sorts.

Because let’s not forget that Stavo emailed Noah the file for the graphic novel, which means that when he later gets the virus that uploads the A Nightmare in Lakewood short film, it very likely could’ve originated with the sheriff’s son.

When Kieran sneaks into his own house to spy on Eli, he first finds the letters his cousin stole from the mayor and then later finds Audrey’s letters to Piper, along with pictures of Emma when she was a kid. Despite her anger toward Audrey, Emma says they can’t incriminate her and they can’t risk pissing off Eli, so Kieran returns the letters to their original hiding place. Unfortunately, Eli spots him doing just that.

Noah deciding not to end The Morgue may be one of the worst decisions of his life, if only because he accidentally uploads A Nightmare in Lakewood, which paints an absolutely awful picture of Emma and Audrey. It uses various video clips and out-of-context audio to make them sound like they teamed up to go on a murder spree.

The worst part about all of this was that Brooke saw the video of Audrey with Jake’s body. She’s going to demand answers, and I’m terrified that she’ll go even further with Audrey than she did with Branson.

Like any person about to get into some seriously deep water, Emma goes inside the farmhouse by herself and makes Audrey keep watch. When she finds the secret room, though, Emma calls in Audrey and they find her dream journal. The passage that the Killer has outlined is a fit for what Emma told Ms. Lang, which is now a piece of incriminating evidence found in that mystery video.

But the nightmare is only just picking up pace as we find ourselves awaiting the finale next week. Mayor Maddox shows up to the barn and finds himself driven through the chest with a pitchfork. Emma and Audrey find him, only to be caught literally red-handed by the police. The pair are arrested, and Kieran conveniently shows up just in time to throw a fit.

Was anyone else extremely disappointed by the fact that this is where they decided to split the episode? If Brooke had showed up to cry over her dad and scream at Emma and Audrey, I think it would’ve made a bigger impact than waiting a week to get the inevitable confrontation.

Killer potential

Half the fun of Scream is trying to figure out who the killer is. Let’s sees who’s most suspicious this week.

1. Stavo Acosta: We can’t discount the drawings, even with Lang’s interpretation of their importance. There’s also the fact that he has a grudge against Mr. Maddox for being mean to Brooke. Plus the presence of that virus on Noah’s computer is more than a little suspicious.
2. Eli Hudson: All signs are pointing to him between his dislike of Kieran and obsession with Emma, his mysterious history, his presence outside the Duvals’, and his blackmailing of the mayor.
3. Kieran Wilcox: Something still seems off about Kieran, and even though a lot of signs are pointing to Eli, I feel like they could be pointing to Kieran, too. He’s also got a thing for Emma, plus he’d be reminiscent about a picture of the two of them together, and then there’s his dark past. Even if he’s admitted the truth to Emma, who’s to say it’s the whole truth? And he shows up at the most convenient of times, to be frank.

Who’s your biggest suspect after ‘Scream’ 2×11, ‘Heavenly Creatures’?