AVClub: It feels safe to say that no one could have predicted that Scream Queens’ best episode would be completely devoid of Niecy Nash and would kill off Nasim Pedrad. It’s especially strange because of the holding pattern Scream Queens has been since Boone returned in Joaquin Phoenix mode and the growing possibility that Scream Queens is a 13-episode show that exists solely for the “OMG” grand finale. The Red Devil as a whole has become an ineffectual villain—which makes some sense given how “dumb” people in this universe generally are—and whole episodes go by without any substantial kills. Take the death of Earl Grey last week, who is surprisingly a series regular (Lucien Laviscount’s name is still even in the credits). Besides his relationship with Zayday, all we really know about that character is that he was the closest thing this show has had to a “normal,” real person, and the kill is really only motivated by Boone’s jealousy. Then Boone is killed, but Boone was already “killed” once before, and Nick Jonas is yet another guest star. However, Chanel pushing Hester down the Kappa Kappa Tau stairs actually teased a change to the status quo of the show, finally bringing in a sense of “no one is safe” that Scream Queens has been so sorely missing.
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