The WORST episodes of Scream Queens

Every episode of Scream Queens ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Scream Queens!

A semi-anthology series that centers on returning characters being terrorized by a serial killer in different locations, including a university and a hospital.

Last Updated: 10/1/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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Pilot
star
7.12
1668 votes

#1 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2015

Twenty years after a mysterious death rocks Wallace University, another murder takes place.

Directors: Ryan Murphy
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The Hand
star
7.38
626 votes

#2 - The Hand

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/2016

In an effort to secure positive press for the hospital, Dean Munsch pitches a risky surgery to Dr. Holt, whose hand begins expressing more of a wild and dangerous personality than ever before. Meanwhile, Chanel #3 forces Cassidy to undergo a psych test to find the root of his condition with surprising results, and Nurse Hoffel sets a devious plan in motion

Directors: Barbara Brown
Writer: Ian Brennan
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Beware of Young Girls
star
7.42
795 votes

#3 - Beware of Young Girls

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2015

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 a 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
Writer: Ryan Murphy
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Seven Minutes in Hell
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7.42
892 votes

#4 - Seven Minutes in Hell

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/2015

In an attempt to protect herself from the killer, Chanel makes a surprising decision, which leaves Zayday in a position of power. To stay close to each other, the girls of Kappa Kappa Tau host a slumber party, but when a shocking discovery is made, not everyone will survive the night.

Writer: Ryan Murphy
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Blood Drive
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7.45
659 votes

#5 - Blood Drive

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/2016

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
Writer: Brad Falchuk
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Chainsaw
star
7.45
1129 votes

#6 - Chainsaw

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/2015

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
Writer: Ian Brennan
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Rapunzel, Rapunzel
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7.49
607 votes

#7 - Rapunzel, Rapunzel

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/2016

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
Writer: Brad Falchuk
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Mommie Dearest
star
7.51
825 votes

#8 - Mommie Dearest

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2015

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.

Writer: Ian Brennan
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Chanel Pour Homme-Icide
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7.51
698 votes

#9 - Chanel Pour Homme-Icide

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/15/2016

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
Writer: Ian Brennan
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Black Friday
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7.52
832 votes

#10 - Black Friday

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/2015

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
Writer: Ian Brennan
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Hell Week
star
7.52
1277 votes

#11 - Hell Week

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/2015

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
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Warts and All
star
7.55
846 votes

#12 - Warts and All

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2016

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
Writer: Brad Falchuk
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Scream Again
star
7.57
1001 votes

#13 - Scream Again

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2016

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
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Haunted House
star
7.58
1020 votes

#14 - Haunted House

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/2015

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
Writer: Brad Falchuk
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Dorkus
star
7.58
823 votes

#15 - Dorkus

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/2015

Grace learns shocking details about the remaining Red Devil; Chanel's angry email to her minions goes viral, so she tries to make amends by apologizing to Melanie.

Directors: Bradley Buecker
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Pumpkin Patch
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7.58
969 votes

#16 - Pumpkin Patch

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2015

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
Writer: Brad Falchuk
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Lovin the D
star
7.60
604 votes

#17 - Lovin the D

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2016

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
Writer: Ian Brennan
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Handidates
star
7.62
802 votes

#18 - Handidates

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2016

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
Writer: Ian Brennan
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Ghost Stories
star
7.63
820 votes

#19 - Ghost Stories

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/2015

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.

Writer: Ryan Murphy
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Drain the Swamp
star
7.65
619 votes

#20 - Drain the Swamp

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2016

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
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Halloween Blues
star
7.67
722 votes

#21 - Halloween Blues

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2016

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
Writer: Brad Falchuk
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Thanksgiving
star
7.74
822 votes

#22 - Thanksgiving

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/2015

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
Writer: Brad Falchuk
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The Final Girl(s)
star
7.89
786 votes

#23 - The Final Girl(s)

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/2015

Shocking confessions are made as the Red Devil is finally unmasked and the killer revealed.

Directors: Brad Falchuk
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