She is introduced in Scream as an obnoxious and ambitous tabloid reporter who will go to great lengths to get a good story. Throughtout the series, Gale is characterized as a bitch, but in the middle of Scream 2, she slowly reveals a compassionaite and sensitve side upon the Ghostface Murders and her former enemy Sidney. In Scream 3, Gale is still seen as obnoxious, bitchy, and ambitious but has toned down her devious ways a bit. She, along with Sidney and Dewey, are the main survivors of Ghostface Massacre. In scream 4, She is married to Dewey Riley and seems to be on good terms with the much stronger Sidney Prescott. She nearly falls victim to the Ghostface Slasher after being stabbed in the shoulder but survived her wounds.