It's official! Fox has picked up Ryan Murphy's Scream Queens for a second season. Here are 11 reasons why we can't wait for more....
Season one ended on quite the cliffhanger, with Hester getting away with it, and Chanel Oberlin, Chanel #3 and Chanel #5 in the mental institution...BUT still being hunted by a Red Devil. Was it a dream? Was Hester back to haunt them? Was someone else setting out to get revenge? Perhaps the Pizza Man's family? (It's definitely not that.) All we know is that the plan for season two supposedly involves a whole new mystery in a whole new place, and four to five of the season one cast members.
Whether it's "Chaneloween" (an epic knockoff of Taylor Swift's "Swiftmas"), Number Two (Ariana Grande's) social-media-obsessed murder scene or a Serial reference to Best Buy parking lots, no one is slaying pop culture references like this show. Period.
If that cafeteria scene in which the Chanels take down a slimy, sexist guy didn't make you want to stand up and cheer, we're guessing your legs don't work too well and we're really sorry about that. In the scene, after a jerk calls Chanel No. 6 a "bitch" for refusing to smile for him, Chanel steps in to defend her, saying, "That's my sister and she's no bitch, but I am." Highlighting how wretched the Chanels' desperation to be popular and to be loved for all the wrong reasons, Scream Queens has had a poignant message about female empowerment sprinkled throughout.
A sampling of stellar lines from Chanel Oberlin alone: "Calm down, Pissy Spacek." "You have rough hands and horrible shoes. Are you Amish or something?" "Idiot, you don't get STDs from blood oaths. You get STDs from dirty toilet seats and drinking the water in Mexico." "If any or you b***hes die while protecting a sister, you're allowed to skip the rest of hell week." "First of all, I'm an American. I don't have to understand anything." Bow down.
Exhibit A: Hester, Chad and Chanel. Remember that time Hester kept talking about backdoor action around dead bodies and in cemeteries? Has there ever been a weirder "meet-cute" on TV? Probably not and we're all about it! These three people are fully terrible and messed up in every way, but it's like the best Jerry Springer episode on crack and we're all about it.
Whether it was a frat guy getting his arms chopped off to the tune of the Backstreet Boys, a sorority sister texting and Facebooking instead of screaming, or a spray tan gone awry, Scream Queens' death scenes are always a good time.
Jamie Lee Curtis is a freaking national treasure, so the fact that she's willing to put ego aside and really do pretty much anything when it comes to comedic sex scenes with Chad Radwell (Glenn Powell) and Wes (Oliver Hudson) is worth some serious praise. Also...Oliver Hudson! Has there been a more simultaneously hilarious DAD BOD SEX SCENE than we witnessed in that finale? Serious cajones.
Screw ABC's Quantico. We love it, but we'd totally rather have a Denise Hemsfield spinoff by that name now! Maybe with her stripper cop posse? Niecy Nash SLAYED every scene she was in this season and we can't imagine a world without Denise in it. Mic. Drop.
We'll admit, we didn't understand the personality 180 that accompanied the physical makeover early on, but of course, ultimately, the joke was on us, as Hester herself was putting on an act. Lea's performance in the finale in particular was chilling and funny (raise your hand if you could watch her flip over that game board in the asylum on a loop all day!), and this new, stripped-down Hester with the eyepatch is one we want to see more of. (Lea herself believes Hester will return for a second season, but won't be the killer.)
Seriously, has the TV season gifted us anything greater this year than Emma's insanely perfect performance as the most fabulously horrible sociopath around? Whether it was her slaying lines like "Good evening, idiot hookers" or toddler-tantrum-trying over Chad Radwell sleeping with, well, every other female around, Emma was a FORCE. We need more Chanel Oberlin like we need air.
"I promise I'll never bang anyone like I banged you." These parting words from Chad Radwell went down in what was perhaps this season's funniest scene of any show on any network on any planet (OK, we're getting carried away here, but YO, 'TIS TRUE): Chad and Denise's (Niecy Nash) hilarious goodbye, complete with TLC's "Waterfall" lyrics and an ass slap. We need more Chad Radwell in season two!