ethan and his gf were ghostface killers discussing the situation with their friends mindy: "im actually happy that this is happening so i can redeem myself fir not calling the killers last time. it's fine~ okay. the way i see it, someone is out to make a sequel, to the requel." anika: "uhm, what's a requel?" mindy: "you're beautiful, sweetie. let's hold questions to the end." sam: "stab 1 took place in woodsburo, stab 2 took place in college." tara: "so do we think the killer's trying to copy the movies?" mindy: "that is one possibility. heroes now in college, check. suspicious new characters to round out the suspect list, and or body count," she motions to her, ethan, quinn, and anika, "check, check, check, and check." ethan: "i don't like this~" mindy: "it can't just be about stab 2." tara: "why not?" mindy: "it makes sense if this were just a sequel, but we're not in a sequel. nobody just makes sequels anymore. we're in a franchise! there are certain rules to a continuing franchise." sam: "i had a feeling." mindy: "rule one: everything is bigger than last time. bigger budget, bigger cast, bigger body count. longer chases, shootouts, beheadings, you gotta top what came before to keep people coming back." chad: "beheadings?" mindy: "beheadings. rule two: whatever happened last time, expect the opposite. franchises only survive by subverting expectations. if the killers last time were whiny, snowflake film nerds with (idk what she says) accounts instead of personalities, you can bet the opposite will be true here. rule 3: no one is safe. it is not looking good for gale and kirby. ohhh and that's not even the worst part." chad: "this is the part where she tells us the worst part." mindy: "the worst part is, franchises are just continuing episodic installments designed to boost an ip. that means, main characters are completely expendable now. that means it's not just the friend group. all of us could go at any time, especially sam and tara." ethan: "any of us? am i in the friend group? am i gonna die a virgin?"