At the onset of Ports in the Storm, Manny’s funeral leaves
Kym scrambling to help his parents with the arrangements, locating a note on
flowers from Ghostface. While Manny’s family do things a certain way, Kym
disagrees with how he’s dressed and the layout of the funeral. Deion tries to
console Kym, letting her know that parents deal with grief in their own way.
Liv, in the previous episode burning her arm with a lighter (!!!), is
confronted by the gang for stabbing Kym’s tire and being absent at crucial
times when Ghostface was on the loose. Liv stabbing the tire sets Kym off, with
Manny’s death even blamed on her.
On the card, Ghostface makes it clear the detention club
must pick a member to die. That seems to be the next part of Ghostface’s game.
It does appear someone will die thanks to Ghostface…did someone text a name or
will Ghostface just take it upon himself to kill one of the club? A nice little
sequence has Deion in practice, thrown for a loop when Ghostface turns on the
scoreboard and draws him to the broadcast booth. Deion and Liv talk about who
might have been the one responsible. The conversations at the parents’ donut
shop where Amir’s parents work (and Amir) and at the funeral home where Beth
lives (and her parents work) continue to drive home the progressing romance.
The music and tone try to somberly humanize Beth and hammer home Amir’s
affections for her.
Beth talks to Amir about how Liv is the perfect candidate
for Ghostface. Juxtaposing her rationale behind that, it plays out with Deion
arriving at her window, seduced by him (“lulled into a false sense of security”),
and vulnerable for the kill. Deion with a gun, finding a cell phone and
receipt, looks for it and Liv confronts him with the weapon in her hand. Amir makes
his move on Beth, thinking about how death could come at any time, with the two
dancing. Meanwhile Kym goes to her and Manny’s favorite spot to appreciate his
memory. “Congratulations Deion. You have been chosen to die” on the phone. White
lilies sent to the funeral according to the receipt found in her room. Her
father telling Deion that Liv can be a bit unstable…before Ghostface puts a
knife into him! And in the cop car, Deion must fend off Ghostface. Left behind
in a frame by Ghostface for Liv’s father’s murder, contacting the dispatch
office, police are called to the scene of the crime as Deion must flee with the
knife. And Amir admitting to Beth that he was the one who texted Deion’s name
lands him in the target seat next (“Snitches die!”). The plot thickens and
intensifies. And Kym realizes that Manny had a boyfriend…on the football team,
the buddy of Deion’s, Hawkins! While Amir possibly going next is no surprise, I
had figured Keke Palmer would have been killed off earlier, considering her
similar to Posey as more of a celeb guest rather than a key part of the cast
and overall slasher story arc. 2.5/5
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