The best Scream Queens episodes are comedic, uplifting, and satirical. In this article, we are going to take a look at the best Scream Queens episodes from across the two seasons on FOX.
Cast: Emma Roberts, Skyler Samuels, Lea Michele, Glen Powell, Diego Boneta, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Oliver Hudson, Nasim Pedrad, Lucien Laviscount, Billie Lourd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kirstie Alley, Taylor Lautner, James Earl, John Stamos
Scream Queens Overview: A semi-anthology series that centers on returning characters being terrorized by a serial killer in different locations, including a university and a hospital.
Best Scream Queens Episodes: #20 – Beware of Young Girls
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 7
Aired Nov 3, 2015
Dean Munsch is left in a desperate situation when a shocking event leads her to come face-to-face with her ex-husband’s mistress. Meanwhile, in an attempt to determine who the Red Devil killer is, the Kappas use an Ouija board to communicate with Chanel #2 from beyond the grave and learn of a wicked plot against one of their own.
Directors: Barbara Brown | Writers: Ryan Murphy
#19 – Chainsaw
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 3
Aired Sep 29, 2015
Chanel finds a new project in Hester, Chanel #3 confesses a secret and Grace and Zayday uncover a surprising connection between two fellow students. Meanwhile, Denise sets her sights on one of the Kappas, and Dean Munsch appoints a new Wallace University mascot as Chad and Earl Grey lead the fraternity on a witch hunt for the Red Devil.
Directors: Ian Brennan | Writers: Ian Brennan
#18 – Mommie Dearest
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 8
Aired Nov 10, 2015
Grace enlists Chanel’s help to learn more about KKT’s past, and ends up realizing she might not be so different from her nemesis after all. Dean Munsch goes “psycho” when she becomes the latest target of the Red Devils. Meanwhile, Denise becomes the new house mother of Kappa House and a shocking figure from the past returns.
Directors: Michael Uppendahl | Writers: Ian Brennan
#17 – Blood Drive
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 2 – Episode 6
Aired Nov 22, 2016
After an influx of patents at the C.U.R.E. institute, Dean Munsch and Chanel organize a blood drive to solve the hospital’s severe shortage. Meanwhile, Nurse Hoffel sets a plan of revenge in motion, Hester finds a way to join the hospital’s staff and a shocking revelation involving The Green Meanie occurs.
Directors: Mary Wigmore | Writers: Brad Falchuk
#16 – Hell Week
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 2
Aired Sep 22, 2015
When anti-Kappa Dean Cathy Munsch decrees that sorority pledging must be open to all students, and not just the school’s silver-spooned elite, all hell is about to break loose, as a devil-clad killer begins wreaking havoc across the campus.
Directors: Brad Falchuk | Writers: Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy
#15 – Black Friday
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 11
Aired Dec 1, 2015
After the horror-filled events of Thanksgiving, the Chanels decide to celebrate their favorite holiday — Black Friday, but the Red Devil has plans to stop their shopping spree. When the Kappas conclude that Dean Munsch is the killer, they set a plan in motion to stop her once and for all. Meanwhile, Denise lands yet another job, Chad offers Pete a chance to join the Dickie Dollar Scholars and someone confesses to being the murderer.
Directors: Barbara Brown | Writers: Ian Brennan
#14 – Chanel Pour Homme-Icide
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 2 – Episode 5
Aired Nov 15, 2016
After the terrifying events of Halloween, Dean Munsch is forced to notify the authorities of the murders occurring at the C.U.R.E. Institute, which surprisingly leads to an influx of new patients. Fed up with doing dirty work, Chanel concocts a plan to put the new patients to use by recruiting them to join the Chanels. Meanwhile, Zayday and Chanel #5 pay a visit to someone with ties to the hospital’s past, and a new patient’s ailment causes the hospital staff to go a little mad.
Directors: Barbara Brown | Writers: Ian Brennan
#13 – Rapunzel, Rapunzel
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 2 – Episode 8
Aired Dec 6, 2016
A man from Dean Munsch’s past checks in to the C.U.R.E. institute with plans to win her back, causing a jealous Brock to further question his relationship with Chanel. Meanwhile, Zayday and Chamberlain devise a plan to discover the origins of The Green Meanie killer with shocking results.
Directors: Jamie Lee Curtis | Writers: Brad Falchuk
#12 – Dorkus
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 12
Aired Dec 8, 2015
Shocking confessions are made as the Red Devil is finally unmasked and the killer revealed.
Directors: Bradley Buecker | Writers: Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy
#11 – Scream Again
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 2 – Episode 1
Aired Sep 20, 2016
Years after the murderous events at Kappa House, Dean Munsch purchases an abandoned hospital under the guise of fixing the healthcare system in America. After recruiting surgeons, Dr. Brock Holt and Dr. Cassidy Cascade, as well as medical student Zayday Williams, the Dean shocks everyone when she enlists the services of the disgraced Chanels to join the ranks at the teaching hospital. Meanwhile, secrets from the hospital’s past begin to reveal themselves and a new killer surfaces.
Directors: Brad Falchuk | Writers: Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy
#10 – Warts and All
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 2 – Episode 2
Aired Sep 27, 2016
A new patient with a hideous ailment visits the hospital in hope of a cure, but finds a love interest instead. Meanwhile, Chad returns to win Chanel back and, in the process, discovers a dark secret of Brock’s. Then, after another run-in with the killer, Munsch enlists the help of new Quantico special agent Denise Hemphill.
Directors: Bradley Buecker | Writers: Brad Falchuk
#9 – Pumpkin Patch
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 5
Aired Oct 13, 2015
With Halloween just days away, Dean Munsch makes an announcement affecting the campus and, specifically, Chanel’s plan to throw a pumpkin patch party in support of her Kappa Kappa Tau presidential campaign. Meanwhile, Grace and Pete lead a search party for a missing friend, which steers them closer to the Red Devil than ever before, and Chanel #3 and #5 learn what life would be like without Chanel.
Directors: Brad Falchuk | Writers: Brad Falchuk
#8 – Lovin the D
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 2 – Episode 9
Aired Dec 13, 2016
The Chanels are overwhelmed when their TV idol, Dr. Scarlett Lovin, visits the C.U.R.E. Institute. Meanwhile, Hester calls a Green Meanie summit as the killer(s) put their final kill plan into effect.
Directors: Maggie Kiley | Writers: Ian Brennan
#7 – Haunted House
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 4
Aired Oct 6, 2015
As Halloween approaches, Chanel creates a devious plan after Zayday makes a shocking announcement. Meanwhile, Grace and Pete pay a visit to a mysterious woman with ties to Kappa’s past. Also, Hester grows closer to Chad, Denise continues her search for the red devil killer and Dean Munsch does everything in her power to keep Wallace University open.
Directors: Bradley Buecker | Writers: Brad Falchuk
#6 – Ghost Stories
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 9
Aired Nov 17, 2015
Denise does little to calm the Kappas’ fears when she spins a terrifying ghost story. Meanwhile, Hester’s shocking announcement pushes Chanel to the edge, and a familiar face returns to campus as the Red Devil claims another victim.
Directors: Michael Uppendahl | Writers: Ryan Murphy
#5 – Handidates
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 2 – Episode 3
Aired Oct 11, 2016
Determined to find out who the killer is, Dean Munsch, Denise and the Chanels question Hester, as well as the sole survivor of the Halloween massacre. Chad accuses Brock of being the killer and makes a shocking proposal to Chanel. Meanwhile, a new patient with an outrageous disorder leads Chanel #3 and Cassidy to grow closer, and another victim crashes a celebration.
Directors: Barbara Brown | Writers: Ian Brennan
#4 – Halloween Blues
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 2 – Episode 4
Aired Oct 18, 2016
After the latest attack by The Green Meanie leaves everyone shocked and saddened, Dean Munsch and Denise, along with Hester, devise a plan to catch the killer by throwing a Halloween party in the hospital. Meanwhile, Chanel celebrates a different kind of Chanel-O-Ween and attempts to make contact with the killer’s latest victim from beyond the grave. Once the party begins, an outbreak surprises the hospital, leading Brock and Cassidy to jump into action, and another victim falls.
Directors: Loni Peristere | Writers: Brad Falchuk
#3 – Drain the Swamp
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 2 – Episode 10
Aired Dec 20, 2016
Season Finale. The Green Meanie sets its final plan for revenge in motion as Hester makes a bold move to secure her future, and Brock performs a dangerous surgery to save Dean Munsch’s life.
Directors: Ian Brennan | Writers: Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan
#2 – Thanksgiving
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 10
Aired Nov 24, 2015
Chad takes Chanel to his family home for Thanksgiving, where she meets his brothers, Brad and Thad, as well as his parents. However, an uninvited guest throws the holiday into chaos. Meanwhile, Dean Munsch gathers the survivors at Kappa House, but dinner quickly explodes into accusations of who among them is really the killer. Then, the Red Devil carves up a deadly main course as another victim falls.
Directors: Michael Lehmann | Writers: Brad Falchuk
The Best Scream Queens Episode: #1 – The Final Girl(s)
Best Scream Queens Episodes – Season 1 – Episode 13
Aired Dec 8, 2015
Shocking confessions are made as the Red Devil is finally unmasked and the killer revealed.
Directors: Brad Falchuk | Writers: Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy
