Mark Kincaid

Mark Kincaid is a character in Scream 3 (2000). He is the husband of protagonist/heroine, Sidney Prescott and father to their three children.

He is an assigned LAPD homicide detective on a case related to her mother's death. Sidney is initially suspicious of him, but they bond, and have a romantic connection by the end of the film. Sidney is single in the sequel though. However, by the fifth film, they are married with children in the next decade jump.

Films
In Scream 3 (2000), Mark finally meets the reclusive Sidney after she comes out of hiding to face the new killer head-on. She is attacked by Ghostface in the set version of her house, 34 Elm but Mark is initially skeptical due to her fragile state recalling her mother.

Later, after they speak at the police station, he appears entranced by her, and also sees that what she saw was real. Sidney is skeptical of him, as he is shown to be a big movie fan. But after he is stabbed trying to save her life in the climax, they become close, and by the epilogue, appear to be dating.

In Scream 5 (2022), Mark is mentioned by Dewey and Gale in separate scenes, asking Sidney about him and the kids. Gale asks if they are safe, and Sidney says they are, and she is back after Dewey's death to make sure of that because "it always follows".

Quotes

 * "Call me Mark."
 * "You can't shoot ghosts."
 * "The old killer playing with the cops routine, very Hannibal Lecter, very Seven."
 * "Miss Prescott, I'm here to help."
 * "All I know about trilogies is that in the third one... all bets are off."
 * "You know who she was to you."
 * "That's not Woodsboro, Sidney."

Trivia

 * Different scripts included Mark returning in the fourth film, before he was outright ignored in the final product after Patrick was unavailable due to shooting Transformers.
 * He was described as "mid-thirties. Handsome with piercing eyes" in the script.