MTV’s “Scream: The TV Series” is back for its second season, and things are bloodier than ever. Before going any further, be advised that this article contains potential spoilers concerning the events that occurred in season one as well the first few episodes of season two that have aired.

Emma Duval (Willa Fitzgerald) returns to Lakewood after checking into a mental facility in order to cope with the murders of season one by demented half-sister Piper Shaw-James (Amelia Rose Blaire). Soon after Emma’s return, Audrey Jensen (Bex Taylor-Klaus) receives threatening messages from an unknown stalker who taunts her with the guilt of her involvement in Piper’s scheme during the previous season, Jake Fitzgerald (Tom Maden) is captured by a new Ghostface and new students at school Zoe Vaughn (Kiana Lede), Gustavo Acosta (Santiago Segura) and Eli Hudson (Sean Grandillo) pose problems for the Lakewood Six, the survivors of Piper’s attacks.

So far, season two matches the excitement and terror of season one and may very well surpass it in the episodes to come—the ending of episode four with Jake’s blood pouring all over Brooke Maddox (Carlson Young) and his body crashing at her feet while she’s on stage in front of the whole school? Insane!

And of course, season two already has viewers on the edge of their seat biting their nails as they rack their brains trying to solve the most puzzling and complex question of all: who is the killer?

Fans all around have theories of their own as to who wears the Brandon James mask now. Perhaps it’s Eli, Kieran Wilcox’s (Amadeus Serafini) strange cousin. Maybe it’s Gustavo, who has an odd obsession with the Lakewood Six. Could it be Mr. Branson (Bobby Campo), who’s strange reappearance after season one has Brooke on edge?

In due time, fans will know the truth, but until then, speculation is all a part of the fun, and everyone wants to be the person that cracked the case at the end of the season, saying, “I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT WAS THEM ALL ALONG!”

My obvious picks for the crazed murderer behind the mask are Eli and Gustavo. Eli and his mom, Tina, discussed the poor quality of their lives, and Eli could be jealous of his cousin’s life in Lakewood. After all, Kieran lives in a big house, and Emma is his very pretty girlfriend that Eli clearly covets. Then again, Kieran’s dad kind of died in season one, so his life isn’t that great. Still, Eli and/or Tina could blame Emma for the death of Kieran’s dad, Eli’s uncle and Tina’s beloved brother, and the perfect revenge would be to force her to live through the madness all over again.

Gustavo is almost too obvious to be the killer just because of how creepy he is. His obsession with Emma and her friends is disturbing, and the fact that he obsessively spends his free time drawing gruesome images of them sends off red flags everywhere. He also has a Brandon James mask in his room, which is all sorts of creepy. Like, how did he even get that? However, the “Scream” franchise loves to draw attention to certain characters that aren’t actually the killer, like Derek (Jerry O’Connell) in “Scream 2” and Trevor (Nico Tortorella) in “Scream 4,” to move attention away from the actual culprit, which is why I have a hard time pinning Gustavo as responsible.

Now onto my not-so-obvious suspects. Sheriff Acosta (Anthony Ruivivar) might seem innocent being the chief of Lakewood Police, but Mayor Maddox (Bryan Batt) made a remark that got me thinking. He mentions how he gave Acosta the job to replace Sheriff Wilcox because Acosta wanted to “be the hero.” What if Acosta is the one targeting Audrey? He could easily be the one committing the murders with plans to pin them on Audrey just so that he can arrest her at the very end of it all. He’d be hailed as a hero, as Lakewood’s savior, despite being the actual one that dragged the city through hell. This would be similar to Jill Roberts’ (Emma Roberts) motivation for donning the Ghostface mask in “Scream 4” -- to achieve eternal fame by being the “sole survivor that brought down the evil Ghostface,” attempting to pin the crimes on her cheating ex-boyfriend.

My favorite suspect so far, though, is Zoe. You might be thinking, why Zoe? She hasn’t done anything yet. But that’s precisely my point! Zoe has remained relatively quiet so far this season. She had a brief fling with Noah that ended rather abruptly, but other than that, nothing. In the “Scream” franchise, the killer is almost always the person you least expect. They were crafty enough throughout the movie/season to be in the right places at the right times, to have credible alibis, and to draw the suspicion onto someone else. Zoe could easily be doing the same, and the audience wouldn't even know it. Plus, Zoe is very interested in Psychology and shares Noah’s enthusiasm for horror films, and the killer this season seems to love using mind games and tricks to torture Audrey and Emma.

This list may very well change as the season presses on and the bodies begin to drop like flies, but I’m excited to see how very right or how very wrong I am as I continue to watch my favorite franchise come to life on my TV screen. Who do you think the killer is? And how many of them do you think are out there? It really could be anyone. “Scream: The TV Series” continues to teach us cardinal lessons of the franchise: never say “I’ll be right back,” because you won’t be back, and horror movies are really fun and thrilling… until you’re the star.